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I‘VVSVumvrnerside, V Mince—Edward

Alslan’dTTlinrsrlay, December

ERCE, AGRICULTURE, AND NEWS

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Summerside Journal

is rnixrnu axn I'lltIlJSHED uvnuv THURSDAY EVEXlNG, . . ur JOSEPH BERTRAM.

OFFICE, CENTRAL S'l'iilil‘l'i‘.

TERMS:

1 copy for one your, in advance, (is. 3d. “ “ half advance, 7s. lid. at the_cud ot'year 9s.

ersons getting up cums of‘ri-m Subscribers will be entitled to the Joints/u. for oaeyear'

ADVERTISEMENTS inserted at moderate rates and in good style.

Srueui. Anncuunxrs may be made on reasonable terms for a whole, a. half, or quur< ter column, or by the year.

JOB PRINTI N G of livery description, performed with ncatness and dcsputch. and at moderate rates, at the JOURNAL OMCc.

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‘ Summer-side Markets. Sunnnusmn, [leer-mural 26,:8117.

Oats per bush - - - - - - - - - - - - - ‘23 9.: Barley per bush - - - - - - - - - 3s in] ads Potatoes per bush - - - - - - 1s .1d 'I‘urnips per bush - - - - - - - 10d a ls

l - 10d a is

Butter per lb by Tub . . Lard per lb - - - - . . . Tallow. per lb. -

{til it 10d lid :1 10d

Eggs per doz -- - ~ - - - - - 10d a is Beefper ii) - - - - - - - - - - - 3d a :11] Mutton per lb - - - - - - - ~ - - - - 2d a .1d

3Ail a lid

l’ork per lb by carcass‘ - a - Geese each - ~ - ' Flour per bbl - ()atineal per cwt. lluy per 'l‘on - - - - - Straw per cwt. - - l’ine [loards - - - Spruce Iloards

ls lid it is {dis it fills [its it [55's

(ﬁlls a 70s

ls tid

[Charlottetoivu Mai-kt s.

llai'izuunu 24", [$117.

Becf(smull) - - — — 4d a lid Do. by quarter - - - {1d a 3d Mutton — — - - .1d :1 .id Lumhpcr 1b. . - - . - 3,111 a 4d Butter - - - - 11d a [a Do. by tub - - - [nil 11:18 (‘heesu - - - - in a rd Tallow - - - - 9d a lull Lard - - - - lid :1 11d Flour 11).. ~ - r -- 34 ﬂ 3511 Oatmeal-100 lb. - - its a his E'es ’ ' ’ 9 llii a [s 1'iihitoes - - - 1s lid a is Turnip: - - - . - loll Barley - - - - 3s a is ()ats - - - - 15s ltd Boards (ilcmlock) - - - Spruce - - - - A!“ ups i’iuc - - - - [S a shingles - - - 12s a 1,- \\’ool - - - - [s a ls :bl 11a - - - - fills a 70s Striiw cwt. - - - 1’s iii-i a ilomespuu - - - as I'll: is Sheepskins - - lid a Is Calfskin lb. - - - - 5d ii llil

- - - - - ‘Iéti

Hides lb.

115 i n t‘ s 55 at a it 1‘:—

BANK ()1" PRINCE .IJIVAR 1) [SLAND

Corner #9112511. .5- ll'uln' Sim, Clim'laltelown President—lion. DANI ‘1. [luv ' .

t“ shier—Wiiaant (‘1'. . Discount. [lays—lilonilays \ liours ol' Business—Font 1 from ‘J p.111 to -l p.111.

UNION HANK.

Gi‘ﬂffolt St, (Ii/cell‘s Squart‘, Charla/[dawn I’l't'!i:l\2ﬂt.—('IIAI11 l'.u..ui»:n. l-quuire. Cashier—Janna . . icusus, [-Isquire.

"iseonnt Days—Wednesdays .\'~. Saturdays. llonrs ofliusiucss—[v‘rom lU a.m to [p m., from 21 p.111 to t p m.

SUMMldllSllll'} BANK.

Central Sirezf, Samnicrsi'ilt. 1’. E. Island. President—[loin Julia [1. mam. zit.

lashier—E. 1.. l.vui.\nn, Esquire Discount. Days—’l‘uesdays and Fridays. Notes for Discount must be in before 11 o‘clock on Iliscount days. Hours of Business—til a. m., to 1 p. m., from 2 p. m., to 4 Iain. Dll. MUNEILL, Physician & Surgeon, RESIDENCE—A! (l urge. Carri-L‘s, Esquire, Stanley Bridge. New London, - - - - 1‘. E. I. Jun 24. [£67. 7 M d illt. I'illlh‘, Physician 6r. Surgeon, OFFICE—At the Simulaiisiim [lam S'roui-r, next door to llauk, (‘entral Street SUMMERS/I! a'. 1'. L'. ISLAND. October 1‘2. 1365.

KITSth CASEY, M D., PHYSICIAN, SURGEON &.ACODUCHEUR

formerly Assistant Surgeon in the If. S. Navy. offers liis protessiimal services to the ample of Summersiile and vicinity. lie can u consulted nthisoliii-e, over the Store of (ireen &. Schurmau, in Summerside. June to, 1867. if

WILLIAM M. newts, "

Attorney-at-Luw and Notary Public. 81'. Et.ui\noa‘s................l’. i‘i.1sl..\.\'li

FRANCIS LONUWORTH, BARRISTER AND .4 T’I'illi'A'h‘ 11d ’l'-1..«t 11

{an ()iiice—-i'AVil.lth llU'l‘lCL. (next door to the lion. Joseph [li-nsley's.) Ci-IARLO'I‘TE'I‘UWN - - - 1‘. 1'}. Island. Jan. 17. 184:7.

(Jo-Partnership Notice. 111‘? Subscribers have this day entered into CU-l’AIi'l‘NEllSllll' as 1l.\llltlS'l‘1GltS and A’l"l‘0[{.\'ll-IN-A'l‘-I.A \\', under the

mine. style and in 1 of ALL#‘& DAVIES OFFICE—0'11 [.LORAN'S BUILDING, GBIZAT Gunner. Stun-r . GEORGE ALLEY,

Louis 11. DAVIES. Clinrluliotownpct. "1 , 1807. W, H

Mm ,, ,w

iltloiutsso (lini'ilsi.

Commercial Hotel. CJV79‘IV ARR; ' 'L'MEIVT/ coAcn Lilia PAID!

N FUTURE tho (‘mcu Fain-1 of all travel- lers from the llaili ‘ Station iiiiil Steam- hiiut Landings in this ( ty to the (,‘UAIMI‘IR- t?[.\l.lltl‘1‘['ll., Kim: Street, who make their stay one day or upward, \vita. [Iii rain by the Proprietor.

FARE AT THE HOTEL:

,..

raissii-zs-r. One Day, -- --. .. . . $100 One Week, - - - — - - -— 5 no PERM. 'r

Per \Vcck, - ' 25 to $1 50

The liO’l‘l-Il. is situated onthc bestbusiness street iii the citv. and nearly opposite the \V.\i'r:lii.v. nmdsomely titted up uiul calculated to onimodatc some ﬁfty persons very comfortably, '

l). 1’. HOWE. Proprietor. St John N.11., Nov. 7,1567. Iy

CRAWFORD’S HOTEL, No- 9 King Square, StJolm NJ}.

Permanent and transient: Boarders accom- modated on reasonable terms.

In connection with the above the subscribers have opened a

First Class Grocery Store

where they will keep constantly on hand, [v‘lour,,(‘.oru Neal, Provisions, 'i‘ea, Sugar, Molasses, iiiul all articles usually kept in a Grocei‘ySlorc. J. C]‘vA\\'FORD 55 SON. liltiy :10, [H

Joachim Enlist giant. King Square, (North Side,) S'l‘..1011N, N. B.

Hotel, and reiilted the same, is now prepared to accommodate Transient mid Permanent lioarilers, and trusts by attention to meet a share of public patronage.

llaviug also leased the commodinus Stable attached, and secured the services of a careful liostlcr, who will to in attendance 1", “'11 hours, travellers L'e sure to get satisfac- ition at lowest rates. ‘

JAMES \V. THOMSON, ' Proprietor.

St. John, N. 13., July 4,1867.—1y

ROCKLIN HOUSE. Kent: Street, Charlottetown, SlMUX 1). FRASER, raormu'rou.

Permanent and ’l‘ransicnt Boarders will lliiil the above [louse to give satisfaction. (‘h'tinvn, Julie ill, 15117.

-7 \1 I ‘ .. . if aura Qumran anal, KENT STREET, GIIARLIITTETIIWN- .1011}.Y .‘lL‘itl’llY, i’iiOi’llii'i'i‘Oi’. Permanent ainl ’l‘ransient Boarders will iiIlli good accoiuIuodalion. ‘ (looil Stables in connectiouwiththe 1101121., and a careful Iliistlel' always iIi attendance.

tfli'towu, l-‘cb. [‘l, 15157. if

_ J. H. ALLEN. Commission Merchant,

And Dealer in Provisions, &c. M A [i K 1'} ' ‘ S '1' ll 1'} ii} '1‘, St. John, N. B. 653‘“ Gives persoiiﬁauttenliou to the Sale

and Purchase ot'cvei'y description ot’ti‘owls. May a. 1sa7.

rams; 112111106 in), AUCTIONEER

AND

Commission Merchant,

s'r. JOHN, M. u. v 1, [Slh'i

'c. L. RICHARDS,

Importer and Wholesale Dealer in grind it Jortignbmruic'.

1,11ead North 'Wharf, s'r..)onx, . - . NE\\'1111U1\'S\VICK. Dee. (i, 1861}. 1y

CAiiVlCLL BROTHERS,

“'71 U c T l o N 1: a a S.“

Commission Merchants, And General Agents,

BANK BUILDING, QUICIC.’ S'l‘ltl-Zli’i‘. (.‘hai'lullclmen. - - - - - 1'. 1'}. Island

C A a 1) WILLIAM BEAIRSTO,

Commission Merchant,

Auctioneer d} General xigcill,

“'ATi‘ill 541.111" ‘ Suinmreu'de, ...

W1 1.1.1.111 7301711, Commission Merchant, And Auctioneer,

oi'nizx suntan, (llLtIrLUl'TIvJTt) ll'.\'- - - I'. It. [Slatll'li

'. Island.

' V'rnonas 1(14131.Y,mw Barrister - at - Law

AN!)

NOTARY PUBLIC, (kc. suuuuasnn-z, - - - - 1'.E.[SLAN1).

aug. D, [8116

"fire Subscriber having leased the above

Business Clarita.

motor, animal. ciao. Qﬁ'luur, product, initial, ' AND GENERAL

Commission Merchants, MONTREAL, - ~ - - - - - C. 1".

The most careful attention given to the execution of orders for Flour, Urniu. Seeds, Provisions. Leather, Hides, Coal Uil, amt general Ait‘i‘l‘illllllilli}. li‘reights secured and insurances effected iitlowcst current rates.

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

Remittances against orders when not other- wise provided for. may be made with Stirling l‘lxchango, or (laid Drafts on New York. Drafts on New York being worth usually an: to a ll per cent more titan on Boston.

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

Consignments of Fish, Cod Oil, &c., care- fully realizod, and returns in: [c with the utmost promptititile, or ltplliic iecordiugio the wish of consignors.

Charges only made for actual disbursements mid commissions not over those of responsible [looses in the line. Unqnestionablc ret'ernces given when required.

[£111KW001), LIVINGSTONE 8: C0.

503 St. Paul Street, Montreal, C. E.

February 7, 1867.

NORTH BRITISH IlNll MERCANTILE INSURANCE OMI’ANY. FIRE AND LIFE.

Establisfed 1809.

TWO MILLIONS, Sterling. 111mb enact-2s: EDINBURGH & LONDON.

G. W. I)i:11L()IS, Agent at Charlottetown.

Forms 01‘ Application can be had by apply- ing to Mr. J. Belmont, Journal Oillce, Sum. tilersidc.

Charlottetown, June ’20, 1867.——iy

Important to Shipbuilders Blocks! Blocks! Blocks!

11“ YOU WANT 'ro 11118131111; Price '01' lessels in England. order it set ofthose Sl‘LI-lNDID BLOCKS, which everybody is praising, from

. 7 . _‘ 9 ‘ 1 ()UNG D. Terms [.1110 '11]. W‘ ' Summerside, Sept. '26. 1867. V 1 Carriage it actor-y ! ! [lead of Queen Street, C 11 A R L 0 '1' '1‘ 1'} '1' 0 \V N. 7 [11-1 Subscribersrrg‘llive to acquaint the public that, having entered into at‘o- Partnership, they are prepared to execute all orders in the

CARRIAGE, SLEIGH,

011.

Blacksmith lusincss, and having each had eimsiderable experience, they are able to turn out :1 FIRST PLASS

Carriage or Sleigh.

Repairing of all kinds, together with all other work appertaining to their line of busi- ness, will he attended to.

Send in your orders immediately

l’litlllll d: McCUUlllil-IY. Queen Street, Charlottetown, Jan. 111, IHli7. 1y»

S A W 'S , saws 1 SAWS! !

SAWS of the best qtiality, imd at the follow- ing (‘ash ll'it'L‘s, alu ya on hand at. the iiiiiiiutlature oi the allbsc

CAPITAL:

born—-

L‘IliCL’lulliS. DIAMETER. {11in $18 each 1111 in. .2115 each

DIAMETER. :11: in. $20 each :12 in. Sill mil :8 in. $1 U each 21 in. 39;. ch :11 in. $7 each lit in. $5 each 1': in. 5:1 eat-h. Mill Saws iii feet, $5 each; [luck' Saws ‘18 in. $7 per dozen, set and sharped. All orders lel'tiit the [look Store of Mr. Joseph 11c rain. Silliiiui-rsiile, or forwarded direct, will receive immediate attention. A lllt‘ll.\l Nth at Co. St. .lobn.N .11. April [1. I. my

_ navm iuairi'uan, Saddle and llarness Maker, Water Street . . . . . Summerside. October [2, 1.51mi. r r ‘ ‘ WA“ JABEZ HUDSON, Authorized Auctioneer, GENERAL Adi-:x‘r, ac” l'l.‘)'().\‘. — - - . . . . 1‘. 1;.1. “tillllt'>3i-.,iﬂli7<. ‘ r r _ THOMAS li‘lliZZl‘IL. Boot and Shoe Maker, WATER. s’i‘iticu‘r, opposite (from d' Schlirmmi's Slorc.

[tents and Shoes of a superior quality con- stantly on hand, and for sale cheap. Sununerside. .liinc ti, 1th“. ly

James (irecnong‘h,

FLOUR Commissmn Merchant.

No 47 Com ereial Street Corner of Clinton ctrcet< - - - - BOSTON

[P Q B 11' [It 1‘! . THE TYPE-SETTER'S GOLDEN ANNI- VBRSARY. liunriiva! Ifallthe r liantthouclit 'l'by hands have traced in fifty yenrs,‘ From heart and mind ot'geuius wrought, I'niliimned by clouds or tailing tears,—~ 11 all the good thy hands have. tohl Iiy'lype on type and line on line, Could be upon thy future rolled, Our \\'ilIitI',; hearts would wish them thine.

0 veteran knight of royal mt!

“'hal thought and [never tllv hands have held “’hiit made the rolling ages s'art, sI And earth’s grand livinn of progress swellei’: A half a century has passed

S ec thou was to thy letters wed, Aiiil now in love we come to east

()ur beueilietious on thy head.

Long may the years bringjoy to thee, ' thy closing day,

a, large and free.

lie strewn along thy peaceful way, And ﬁfty years of glorious art,

in toll ltllli thought and zeal like. thine; Shall \vi-itc upon the loving heart

Mcilevilt‘s name, a golden liuc.

[Borax-x.

cSelect included. A LIFE “iron.

(Concluded) ‘ run coxrnn‘rs or rat: CLAF‘d‘i—II) VOLUME.

I uxow not whether 1 an) mad or sane. [know not whether [was mad when I did it. There is madness in our handy. My mother died raving mud. The old earl, my grandfather, was methodically mad, and was kept under disguised res— traint in his ancestral mansion, that. the world might not know it. [lot it oozed out, as things concealed usually do. with exaggerations. If I an. mad 1 am not ac- countable for it. And il‘I am sane I have expiatedit by along [do watch of cruel and horrible sell-torture. To live all my daysin a house converted into a mausole- um; to be condemned to sit upon a grave as upon an arm-elmir; to be encumbered everywhere with a tenant. who should be slccpillgililiilc tomb; toca 3“: by Sid... sit atom! with death; to out 'side by side with a skeleton; to taste food out of a red hand, and have a red sky ever before me —-are parts of my punishment. 1 never see a blue sky or a gray distance. Every thing has a sanguinal'y haze over it. as it I looked through spectacles ol [lame-color. And yetI did not shed blood—ah no, .1 did not do that.

I have termed a friendship for this wo- inau, mid i should [it 2 to talk to her; yet [cannot divulge my si trot. She scents to love her husband; yet not as l loved mine. As 1 loved him? As i do love him—pasv sionatcly, wildly, learlully, madly, so that 1 can never take my gaze of his collin; so that 1 rise in the darkness and silence ol the night to kiss and embrace the cold wood; mid i feel my passion and my re morso eating out. my heart. I cannot weep. i iicver shall a tear now, as 1 never shed a tear then. M. grief is cold and tcarless, as my rage cold and icarless. and my happiness .uld and tear- less, when he lived. Outwarilly, only outwardly. Within 1 was and am a hinn« blo volcano, and the lire is Consuming my heart and lit"litl. sense and being. slowly, slowly- iicaicu how slowly! it is retri- hilliull.

[u my girlhood I was beautiful, and giltcd with extiaordi y talents. What— ever [ undertook 1 mas . I studied astrology, and cast my [11a vity. i saw the donut thou, but. did not comprehend it. i‘oulil We lib. illy know the tutor ', of what. use with it be? Should we be warn- ed, advised, or guided? No! [loom is doom. and we should rush on blindly to- ward it. W7

in every accomplishment 1 excelled. And yi-tiwas but lilteen years of age, living in retirement at a country seat with my governe s, when i met my beloved Carlo. i was sketching lbe stamp of a tree in a grove, be out with litll': aml 5.51111. (1111' eyes llll'i with a flash of light, and we loved each other. lie was so handsome a heathen might have [bought him a daily (11‘ ended from the clouds. His hair was lair, rich and waving, over eyes blue as skies, set in a complexion more deli *ale, it pi 'siblc, than my own. His voice was soft, rich, and manly. lie had traveled. and was as \i'i-Il-i'i-ail us Inysi-ll. 1 did not diseove ' all thisal lirst. [liit ire loved as our t '13:; met. ’.l‘hen we were impelled to speak. We walked home and saw my elixipid'oii-:iii interview which i salted in his seeking my father, whose parliament- ary duties yet held him ill London. No parent could object to such an 11110111913111)"- able mali-h as irlo; but an obstacle ex‘ isled on his 3111 , whose :illier, Lord -—~ (I will betray no 111111114, not even to her] lani'y my friend; but lorlhe rr litol those so unwillineg related suppress all no- menclature, and y shame and crime alone to the gran .oril —— retusvil to sanction his son‘s union with the daughter of a lunatic, the grandchild of an idiot.

lliit (‘urlo and 1 \Vi re mail l'orlove. We. met; \vc elopod; \\'t' married. and lleil to the t‘ontincnt to avoid the ri-proaclies and interference ol angry parents.

Alter 1 had consented to elope. [ looked round our pl. . fora receptacle “ill'l'l'ili I might pack the l'eiv clothes [ intended to lake “1111 me. In the coach-house [ saw the old box or chest destined to play so awlui a part in my \vren-biul story. 1 contrile to deposit what [ needed unob- served; ainl iii the silence of night, when all slept. [ aroused the young groout,who slept over the stable, and ull'ored him a handsome gilt of gold, yellow andshiuiug iu the [$111, at the lamp 1 held, it he would harness the horses and take me and that dingy box to where Carlo awaited us.

The. coaebunm, all old family servant, might have refused to drive so young I mistress on so doubtliil a journey. [lut Sam was at an age when such deeds raise sympathy in the breast; so he took his reward. and l. with my box, was hurried lrotii my unit.

Weary of trav in v, we ri turned to

where, as we thought, we ran little risk of being; seen by any one who know us. My husband, being tnud oflmthiug, sought the shore every morning, and l sat in the gall“ den until he returned.

We had not been at Broadslairs very longr when 1 fancied that there was a change in his manner. [was certain some secret rested upon his mind. and l bet-amt ll“ '. also, that [[1011in he sought the shore. hc ceased to bathe. Silting alone with busy thoughts 1 grow jealous, and determined to watch him; so instead of ri-inainingat home, one day [ hurried along it by-roail to a irt ol the esplanade that overlooked the snails. [ c it my eyis downward. and saw him walking,r with a young lady about. my own au-o. After a little they lelt the sands mid walked lmvaril our home. They were too preoccupied to detect that they were lollowcil, but sat down to talk by a quiet bank near a corti- liclil, where 1 bid myselt'amnng the Wheat. 1 was not near enough to hear his words. to which she listened so earnestly, orhcrs. on which he scented to hang: with tender interest. i noticed hint holding her hands loudly. twining her curls in his lingers; and 1 observed biin print a kiss upon her check ere they parted. 1 watched this day a.tcr day, and yet i said nothing. She only passed a few moments each time in his company, “5111151111111 at luring missed by her lriends. [hit was not that enough? was it not too much [or a young loving wife to witness?

(lite morning I noticed a lmquet of flowers, just gathered, lying: on the remit- oire where he had been writing. Fall of suspiciou'I diverted his "lance to another part ol the room, and Willi a hasty glance read the words scribbled upon a slip of paper: “ I will meet you at. sunset on the sands. and, if your )laus are ripe enough, we will leave. [iron stabsto-morrinv.“ iil' returned to his desk. folded the note, and went; out with it and the flowers. Could [ not guess how the one would be conceal- ed in the other, and for whom? Did I not know the golden-hairml siren with the sweet baby-face that had bewitched him?

That morning i spent at home, a wretch- ed prey to love ‘ ilousy, and wrath. At all hazards the 'uuset meeting must: be prevented. » Should I charge him with pet-lidv, upbi'aid. eutreat? Should I pre- vail? Should 1 risk failure? No; a thou- ‘and times no. As our dinner-hour drew near. a foolish, an evil. a vile idea entered my miserable mind, {um-5 mm} the“; ; linowuow that [ was mad. 1 latg'ucd wheuI remembered the laudaunm that stood with the hair-oil on the mantle-shell of my dressing-room. 1 emptied it into the wine-decanter. Cat'iodr: kwiue,but [did not. Alter dinner he slept. Cotl'ee came up, but still his slumber lasted. it was as I wished. i sat. still and smiled. The hours went on"slowly. '1 sent the servants to bed. and the house was very quiet. it grew late, the wax lights—there was no gas—burned down low; he was still sleeping very heavily. One, two sounded—then three. 11. was bread day- light; and I drew it i the blinds, for l was getting restless nui alarmed. Daylight was let in, and it fell upon the nriu~chair and upon the taco 01 a dead man. lilrop- pcil at his feet; 1 tiied to pray, but knelt thcro wordless and thoughtless. Then surelyi was mad—carefully, canningly, strangely mad. As Heaven is my witness, i had only meant to cause a sleep to stop that meeting and put 011' an explanation so bitterly humiliating, so stormy in the aspect of its gathering clouds.

[knelt before my dead husband and laughed. 1 had no part in the laughter; it was as it the. voice of somestrange spirit came. up through my lill'il' ' ml sounded curiously in my ear. 1 was aroused sud- denly by hearing the servants come. down stairs. [was alone with him; and they would say i had murdered hi 2', and this lairgirl with the golden hair Itlie. baby‘s face would stand by and see. mo strangled out of lite on a fold. [low 1 luuud strength [or the b inble task [cannot tell, but 1 tool; (‘arlo in my arms and carried him into our sleeping-chamlmr, which ad- joined, threw open the wind :ws that led from the dining-room into the garden. and lovked myself and myerimo away together. [ put. him on the door by the great box. ainl knelt ilown.

Suddenly an idea canto into my head. [ opened the box, and taking out my clothing,r made it into a bumllc. There was a closet in the room which i had (nice opened,i lli had seen among other do- mestic ci iosities the old ticking of a bed. 1 took it, out and covered it over (Yarlo. and with the. same strain}, strength lilted him into the box. lie is bawly dead then. tor his limbs were not still. and 1 folded them into the. space. Then 1 locked up the box and iii ed. and went in 1.. breakfast. A note. .i)‘ on the table. [1 was contained in a little pink envelope. directed in agirlish hand. As my eyes rested upon it my jealousy and am: -' rushed to tile again. [felt 1; :id (Jan to was dead, I [link up the note which she with the yellow hair and pink face must. have sent, and It no; it open read. “ ])Lili' (mild—deal "ll'illi [low the letters ran bolore my eyes! llid .v’ic darn Io call hint liar dear t‘arlo; Ay. it was iill‘l'l‘, \\ t'iltcn upon the pink paper Willi perfumed ink:

“1)1:,\n(‘ tltl.(‘,—i have pleaded your t‘ﬂllsp with papa uliii lllainiua, but cannot move them; and because they think 1 must have $00“ you here. Ulll' governess is ordered to bring us lIII home by the first train to-nmrruw. llut do not despair. for if] can do nothing at present 1 will yet rcvoncile them to you some day. i fear [ shall not be allowed to write. but in silence and absence do not. doubt that] am, and ever shall remain, ‘ Your atltcttonato mid loving “ Sisrna."

my sister! Ah! was ever climax so terrible. I” This. then. must. be his lavorite sister ['Lilith, of whom he had so olton talked, but who was unknown to me. Alas! why had he kept. their meeting secret? That, too, was obvious: could he expose me to the inorlitieation ol knowing that she was pleading for my recognition by his family. or that he was forced to meet a dearlyvloved sister b ' stealth b0- caiise. be had taken me to ho iis wife? And t‘arlo was dead! I hardly recog- nized that. Fear was upon mo. 1 must ﬂy. and [must conceal the deed. Twentv miles from my own lnnne a lonely iliilIs-i'. stood in this midst of a wood. [ti-port called it ilﬂllillt:ti.1|1lli no oneof thusiiuple country folk darenpproaeh.tarlossiuhabit

England, and rented” a small house—s more cottage—not far from ilroadltalrs

it. In a feigned name I wrote to the land-

lord. and requested be wunlil let it to me, with permission to enter iinmedialely. saying that. [ was anxious to secure a good house at the low rent 1 did not doubt he would be happy to accept. 1 would ban- givcn any price for the house. but 1 Wished to give a likely reason. not the true one. My oll'i-r was accepted by return at pn. .

Meanwhile] had told my two 5. va is that their master laid left early in the mornng for town, whither he wished one to follow him, as we found it necessary to take a long and unexpected journey. 1 hail paid :ill debts when the landlord‘s letter ('111110. lint-vying: to London [there liiapns‘cil ot our valuable plate and what- ever 1 possessed. except a little liucn, :1 low jewols. and the horrible sarcophagus herealicr my life watch. I was anxious to gain my new abode, as I knew the de- luys of a day or two would cause detection. lint my route was purposely circuitous and broken to battle any efforts that might be made to trace me. though under the family ban it was likely.

The. chest was placed in a large. room—- a sort of loft—at tho top of the. house, and alter a tow preparations had been made by three women who had been induced to come. together while it was day. and for a large reward, l was left alone. The tact of my having a .irge box put in the loft excited no suspicion. The conjecture was that it contained books

There, without sc us, without the companionship of a l 111;: soul, 1 dwelt alone for many years, until upon the death of the old landlord a new master of the soil desired to pull the house down. Then with my chest 1 traveled from place to place. a haunted. restless woman. asking of myself eternally, “ Am i sane or mad ?"

I had written so much of my history, in this poor cottage at llamstead, to give it some day to one who lms been kind to me; but going over the dc ails of my lilo has raised in my mind a h. riblc suspicion. more exquisitely agonizing than all that; has gone beforo-—-:t suspicion, the bare" term of which. as it suddenly name below me, Cast me into that frenzied tit which has closed the Weary life of one who neither wants nor Wishes to die—one who only desires to live her vague life on and on, gazing eternally at the sareoplmugiis. The idea, thoccrtainty so terrible in its nature, is. that Carlo was not dead when [ placed him in the chest. Carlo was under the inﬂuence of the noreotie, but tiring—Carlo, my love, my husband, the young and perfect; Carlo, put. living into the tomb and stilled by his beautiful wife's mad hands; and his young wife at sixteen summers locked up his lile and the secret. other crime. and sat down hearth-saly lie- sido it to perform her cruel life watch. Let: her die.

CHRISTMAS ncrnnoribn.

“ 1 wish you a merry Christmas And a happy New Year, With your stomach full of money, And your pocket fall of beer." yelled [k as be skipped into 1111's. Part- ington‘s ieheu, where the old dame was busily engaged in cooking breakfast on Christmas morning. “ Don't make such a noise. dear,“ said

“you give me a Scriitiuizing pain in my head, and your young voice goes through my brains like a s -:ilped kuilc. [hit what: did the good Santa Cruz putin your stock- ing. [saac 9"

As she looked at him with an arch and pleased cxprc ion. as he took out of his pocket :1 jack-kiiilc,and ii hunt-top painted with gaudy colors. [he held them up joyonsly, and it was a sight to see the two standing there, she smilingr serenel ' upon the boy's happiness. Illlli he gratcl’u in the [10551. at or his treasures.

“Ah !' said she, with a. sigh, “the ‘:‘s many ll. homo 10-day, lsa . that. Santa t'i'iiz‘ivon‘t visit, and many a poor child will find uotliingin his stocking but his own little fool I"

it might have been a grain oft-ho snuff she took, it might have been it "with!" mate of the atmosplici'e,blit Mrs. Parting; ton‘s eyes looked humid, though she smiled upon the boy before her, who stood lrvimr to pull the cord out uflier i'etlcule to :spi: his new top with.

CUBAN TRAGEDY.

A\VFUL CRIME BY A SLAVE.

Writing oivthe 31st ult., the llavnnn cor- respondent. et the New York Times gives the following account of a frightful tra ' «N which biiil occurred on the island. A'tc 'iblc tra- gcily was enacted on Sunday evening in the dwelling of Mr. Chinchilla, tho post-unisler general of the island. One of his sisters-in- Iaw, who with her mother, had been residing with Mr. Chinchilla, fer some time, was pos- iessed ot a uiuliitto slave, aged about 17 years. with whom she wished to dispose of. The lady had placed the slave in charge of a broker, who was intrustcd with the sale. The niniatto :«oon wearied of the tyranny of the b1 oker. ran away, returned to his mistress, before whom he presented himself on Sunday evening wlule at .\lr. Chini-liilla‘s house. 'l'ho hi ly immediatva ordered the slave. from her presence, when be, drawing a pninarii, sprain: upon her and stabbed her over the right shoulder blade. severing the 111 Ill) arterv.

'l‘be tlcnd then ran to Ihe apartment df the inistress's mother, found her, and Stitili‘l'li her three times, and then passed into Mrs. t'biﬂ' chilla‘s room, where he assaulted the lady. Her husband was With her iittbe timele throwing himself between his wife and the assassin. received the wound intended iiirtlie lidy. The slave then [led from the hours. wounding in his exit a domestic u be wind" it) check him. [to was subsequently 1mm”. and secured by thtI poliee. lie canto-50" "" guilt, and appeared quite prepared tonith the extreme Penalty of the law. It II dotIIJI‘ t'ul, however, that he will be cxeculcll‘ criminal lawyers are skiit‘ul eunllltl' “’ ' him from the punishment be well deser iiow little effect is produced by this threat of the deaib penalty may be imagined, when, on the very marrow or the day on which the shine nurr ted crime was committedmaothor slave murdered a lady in tho Calla Concor- dia.

“" "“”““’“ " ,1 A foolish chap of the male p0 '1

gets oil" the tollowinr poeticf' " " When Sally‘s nrms‘he ah 'ays wish my neck!" would 1 stop and a hand like he ._ ‘ ‘ 'l‘owsor‘s n

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