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KING SQUARE HOUSE. TO BE SOLD!

HATS and CAPS.

GOOD variety in FUR, CLOTH, o Wool, Felt and Silk, latest stvles BEER & SONS. RUBBERS, RUBBERS. PFE LARGEST STOCK IN THE

CITY. iweluding Ladies’ Misses’, Youths and Children's LDoots and Shoes

BEER & SONS.

BOOTS & SILOES, GREAT VARLETY, uta, Youths, and Children

BEER & SONS,

(tents

Ts lor Misses, SEALSKIN COATS,

q)* SUPERLOR QUALITY; also,

Russia Pup, Astrican Lamb and Natria Skins,

wery suitable for Cups and Coat Collars

BEEK & SONS.

DRESS GOODS! NCLUDING Plain and Fancy REPS, BARATHEAS,. Plain and Checked Wincies,

Galas, Ciweussian Cloths, Colanes, Lustres, &e. Ke.

BEER & SONS.

CAPITAL Assortment of Mafflers,

Scarfs, Ties, Collucs, Gloves, Printed Flannel

Shirts, &c. &e. &e. BEER & SONS.

Blankets, Blankets.

ALL SIZES AND QUALITIES. - BEER & SONS.

HARDWARE.

[IE usual assortment, including IRON, Spring, Cast aud Sleigh Shoeing STEEL.

BEER & SUNS.

STOVES, STOVES. HE LEVLATHAN COOK, for wood,

which wives such excellent sutjefaction. A few “superior " COAL COOK STOVES, Parlor Stoves for both wood and coal; large Box Stoves, suitable for charches and schoolhouses.

BEER & SONS.

TEA, TEA, TEA. - were CIESTS aod TWENTY

HALP CHESTS, warranted a superior article

BEER & SONS.

We iavite inspection of the above, together with

a large and varied assortment of useful GO DS,

from intending purchasers, confident that the quality and prices will meet their expectations. BEER & SONS.

November 24, 122. ow

Notice! Notice!! AM PARTIES indebted to the Sub-

seriber by Bond, Note, or Book Account, are requested to make payment on of before the First ef DECEMBEK neat, as a list of defuulters is to te hunded to the Hou. J. Longworth forcollection Schooners are now loading at Pinette, China Poiut, and two at Orwell, where parties indebted cau pay im produce, atal where the subseriber is yviving the highest price IN CASH for OATS and BARLEY ‘ The Sabsecriber alee notifies those who are in debted for the Mowrse aud Rearinc Macntises aud Stoves, due over twelve mouths, the sums respectively due by them wast be pra on or before the Snh iustamt, ae the Proprietors are now on the Istuad, and uly await pay weut of Lhe amounts dus.

P. STEPHENS. Orwell Cheap Store, Nov. 8, 1502.

N. B. Amounts due in King’s County to be paid to the Hon. Jdumes McLaren, or r. Phouuss Aunear, at Montague Brulge.

P. 8. RENFREW HOUSE! Thomas's old Stand, GREAT GEORGE STREET,

IS NOW OPEN.

mur subscribers have much pitsone in acing that they have now ready for in-

a EXTENSIVE AND CAREFULLY

SELECTED STUCK OF

British and Foreign Staple and Fancy

DRY GOODS, received via Halifax, ia advance of Pall importa tious, consisting of —

Grey and White Cutene Groceries.

Suriped Kegatta Slirung Tot , Sagar, Mo-

Prints, Ginghame ee Soap, Candles,

Denim, Dritls

Hed Tiek Osnabuarg Mustard. Ginger, ue,

Blankets, Flaunels Soda Mautle Cloths, Shawls aor Soda, de. ke. Thal Skirts and Skirting and Groceries, |

liosiery, Gloves Straw & Felt Hats, NS. Flowers, Feathers, and

which we can recom- meud for family use.

Bibbons i Mohair, Silk & Chenill Hardware. Haar News Nails—4d, 6d, Sd, 12d, 20d Black and Colored Co- Horse Shoe Nails, Kc. ke. bargs, Lastres Table Knives and Forks Winey Cloths, Gala Plaid Dessert do de Fanoy Dresses and Dress Caving and Butcher's Material, in the most nives fashionable styles Shoe Kuives, Sheath do. Polka Jackets, Seale Balances, Fancy and Chenill Searfs Weaver's Keeds im great variet AXES Elastic and Leather Belts Rope, Powder, Shot, White and Colored Stays = a a, Candlewick farther of Hats, Plow ounting « ; hoy om, Hams, Traces, Bac thers, Gloves, Mantles, Shovels, Hoes Shaw ls,Fancy Dresses, Blister Steel aud other fresh Goods Blacking, Shoe & Serubb-

kbands

shortly expected ing Brushes Boots, mm Rubbers in a. ae and Glass dies’ avd Gents’ i aper . oole 3 Black lead, Shoeblacking Men's Boys’ Cloth Putent Stove Polish Caps, Storm ditto &e. &e. &e. Ke.

The above Goods bave been greatest care,

vorably with any in the trade. DELANY & WILSON. Reafrew House, Oct. 6, 1582. Isl

Tea! Tea!

| (UST landed from Barque « THERESA," (add

and for sale by the subscriber, 100 Chests & Boxes TEA,

Warranted good, and will be sold cheap for Cash. WM. McGILL.

Ch. Town, Nov. 3, 188. rw 6w

~~ Re-Opened.

ypu Subscriber begs to inform the in-

Indigo, Stareh, Pepper, |

rchased with the ; ————_——__ , from some of the first Houses ia | EI OUR. Great Britain, and with a view to suit the require- ments of Towa aad Country, and are offered to the vublie at priees that will, we are satisfied, compare

“This is truce Liberty, when Freeborn Men, having to advise the Public, may speak free.”---Euripides.

j i |

TINGE Sabseriber being desirons to retire

from business

is willing to sell his entire |Stock in trade at a very Cheap Rate, 4\D UPON ACCOMMODATING TERMS In order to facilitate the sale of the whele to one party, it nay | be paid by instalments of £2000 per year, extend: | jing over a period of 4 or 5 years, upon security be

| ing given for the respective payments, at the oplion jot the purchaser. The stock is well assorted and

consists of nearly every article of Merenandize jusually imported into this Colony. has been long established and is connected with j nearly every section of this Island; the position of

the premises as a business mart— if not superior to | is not surpassed by any in this city, and is consider- |

| 2 on Y wv . , ed entirely Fire-proof from without rhe Shop, ¢ el.

| larage, Ware Rooms, Warehouses, Dwelling Hoase, | will be let on very reasonable |

Vat Vilices, &c., terms for any number of years which may be desivec by the purchaser of the Goods. In the meantime, hewever, in the absence of such purchaser, the

Goods will continue to be sold at the lowest price | Aud as the

that will cover the costs of importation whele business must be woundup before the Spring. all debts due after the first of March next will be placed for immediate collection in the hands of the Attornies of DANIEL BRENAN.

|} Charlottetown, Dec. 15, 1862. 4i

T T Te LONDON HOUSE. NEW CHEAP GOODS,

JUST RECEIVED, \iS" At the Stand formerly Dempscy's, opvosite Apothecaries’ Hail, Queen Street. H HASZARD begs to inform his @ friends and the public that he has received | by the ** Uranus,”’ from London, the * Prioress’’ and “Theresa,” from Liverpool, a large supply of

British Dry Goods, Fancy Goods, Hardware and Groceries Having been purchased on the best

the lowest rate for Cash only, comprising :

7 cases Dress Goods (2 bales Striped Shirtings

1 case Silks and Ribbons! do Bleached do

1 do Battons & trimmings | do Printed Cottons

i do Ladies’ Mantiles, j2 de Cloths and Doeskins

3 do Hats and Caps (great)! do Blankets and Sheets

variety) 1 do Wadding

5do Ready-made Clothing|| do Carpeting & Hearth

Ido Ladies’ and Gents ugs Waterproof Mantles &|7 do Paper hanging (3000 ‘oats pieces)

i do Gloves and Hosiery)5 casks Hardware

| do Haberdashery i cases de

1 do Shirts, Collars, Braces}1 do Gutler

Ec. 1 erate Coal Seuttles and

i de Shawts and Mufflers Zine Backets

e do Jewellry, Pomatum|60 chests Tea, cheap and and Soaps good

2 do India Rabber Shoes [5 casks Soda

3 Bales Brown Cottons

—~ ALRO —~

Crushed and Moist Savar, Molasses, Coffee, Rice, Mastard, Starch, Blac, Kaisine, Currants, Spices, Glass, Patty, Nails, Leather, Buckets, Brooms, Soap; Candles, Manilla Rope, Plough Mounting, Irou, all sizes, Sheet Lron, &e., &e. Charlottetown, Dee. 15, 1862.

EXTENSIVE ASSORTMENT

OF

NEW GO00DS!

BEER & SONS

AVE received the greater part of

their FALL SUPPLY

WEST INDIA, AND AMERICAN GOODS, with any STUCK of GOODS in the Colony.

Persons from a distance visiting the City will do

well to call and examine before making their pur

chases. WANTED—A QUANTITY OF GOOD HUME- SVUN

King Square House, Nev. 3, 1862. 2m

IRON ; also, 100 chests avd balf chests TEA, for sale cheap for cash by JAMES DUNCAN & CO. Charlottetown, Jane 30, 1862. TAKE NOTICE! LL parties indebted to the Subseriber, are requested to make payment before the | FIFTEENTH DAY of DECEMBER NEXT, as} any amounts remaining unpaid after that date will be sued for without distinction of persons. G. F. C. LOWDEN. Charlottetown, Oct. 27, 1872 2m

"Lo Arrive, 4 | Per MARIA, from HALIFAX,

1 = HHDS. Porto Rico MOLASSES, oD 06 Bbis. FLOUK (Extra), 25 Chests and Half-Chesta TEA, 20 Bbls. BREAD. , a J. 8. CARVELL.

isl pro tf Labrador Herrings. N STORE, a few Bbls. VERY BEST LABRADOR HERRINGS, J. 8. CARVELL. Nov. 3. 1862. ist pro if “ie Sole Teather. UST RECEIVED, per “Cannte M.

Ric” from Bostos, and “THomas Ciirt” from New Youk—

210 Sides Superior SOLE LEATHER. J. 3. CARVELL,

isl pro tf

Nov. 3, 1862.

|

Nov. 3, 1862.

| POETRY, A GREAT BARGAIN!!

The business |

terms and personally selected, they will be sold at | n }

of BRITISH, |

which, for variety and price ,willeompare favorably |

AINTS AND PAINT OIL, BAR!

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Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Monday, December

TEE

A Weekly Hournal of Volitics, Literature, and Alews.

22, 1862.

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N ew Series.---No. 50.

BETTER THAN GOLD. Better than grandear, better than gold, Than rank and titles a hundred fold, Is a healthful body, a mind at ease,

And simple pleasures that always please

A heart that canfeel for a neighbour's woe,

Aud share his joy with a genial glow,

With sympathies large enough to enfold gold

All men as brothers, is better than

Better than gold is a conscience clear,

Though toiling for bread in an humble sphere, | Doubly blessed with content and health, Uutried by the lust or the cares of Wealth, Lowly liviag aud lofty thought

Adorn and ennoble a poor man's cot.

For mind and morals, or natare's plan, Are the genuine test of a gentleman.

Better than gold is the sweet repose Of the sons of toil when their labours close, Better than gold is the poor man’s sleep,

And the balm that drops on his slambers deep, Dring sleeping draughts to the downy bed Where luxury pillows his aching head ;

His simpler opiate labour deems

4 shorter read to the land of dreams.

Better than gold is a thinking mind

That in realms of thought and books can find A treasure surpassing Australian ore,

And live with the great and goed of yore. The sage's lore and poet's lay,

The glories of empires passed away,

The world’s great drama will thus unfold And yield a pleasure better than gold.

Better than gold is a peaceful home,

Where all the fireside charities come ;

The shrine of love and the heaven of life, Hallowod by mother, or sister, or wife, However humble that home may be,

Or tried with sorrows by Heaven's decree. The blessings that never were bought or sold, And centre there, are betier than gold.

Better than gold in affliction’s hour

Is the balm of love with its soothing power ;

Better than gold on a dying bed

Is the band that pillows a sinking head,

When the pride and glory of life decay,

And earth and its vanities fade away ;

The prostrate sufferer need not be told

That trust in heaven is better than gold.

lil Leesioiaiaiiaiieasncsnaiptlocii

[The following verses refer to the late riots in Hyde Park, London, where, according to the newspaper reports, there were about twenty Ga- ribaldians to ove Irishman. }

ONE AGAINST TWENTY.

One against twenty! bravely done,

Fearless men of the fighting land, Every one an Irishman’s son, Light of heart and heavy y of hand.

I for ove will not stay to know

Whether their cause was wreng or right— One to twenty they faced the foe,

Doubled their sleeves and fouytit the fight.

Call it a battle, riot, or row,

When with those odds they fight and bleed, Even the twenties, I think, wast allow

The units have come of a vigorous seed.

Heaven above be thanked, say I, Whether their cause was right or wrong, The Irish courage was bold and high,

Their hearts were brave, and their wrists were strong.

Such was the muscle, the blood, the bone, That saved their race in the fearful past,

Spirit and strength like that they've shown Will win the good old cause at last.

One against twenty! gallantly done, Fearless men of the fighting land;

An Irishman still is the Irishman’s son, Light of heart and heavy of hand.

— Dublin Nation.

LITERATURE.

aa ae

AN EXTRAORDINARY STORY,

FROM THE HUNGARIAN,

Doctor N——, one of the most eminent surgeons of Pesth, was summoned at day- break, one morning, to see a person who pressingly sought to be admitted to him. While waiting in the aute-chamber, the stuanger desired the servant to add that every moment Was dangerous, as he stood in need of instant help.

The surgeon, hastily throwing off his night robe, gave orders for him to be shown up at once.

It was an entire stranger, but one whose dress and manner proclaimed him a man belonging to the best class of society. His

MACKEREL. ‘ 0 BBLS. No. 2 MACKEREL, 2 3 do. > a bu.

J. 8. CARVELL.

Nov. 3, 1862. _isi pro tf

Molasses. ue subscriber has in Store, from recent

arrivals—

180 Hhds. CHOICE MOLASSES.

J. 8. CARVELL. Ch. Town, Nov. 3, 1862. isl pre tf

UST RECEIVED, 430 Boils. FLOUR, SUPERSINE, EXTKA STATE, and SUPERIOR.

J. 8. CARVELL. Ch. Town, Nov. 3, 1862. isl pro tf

NOW LANDING,

ER Schr. Tuomas Cuter, from NEW YORK— ; 155 Bbls. Extra and —— FLOUR, | Which will be sold low for Cash. une aa M LOWDEN, Peake's Buildings. Nov. 3, 1862.

Important to the Afflicted. Located at Last.

| _ HOMER, Physician and Sur- 7 ‘ from Boston, na opened a Medical

Office at Summerside, where he can be consulted,

habitants of Charlottetown, and the Island ,, , ¢ by letter or otherwise, on all diseases of the

generally, that he bas re-opened in bis

NEW BUILDING,

Grafton Street, where he eee to execute all

orders in bis line, with aceuracy, neat- ness and dispatch Constantly ou hand, a large

Woeuss made to order, at the lowest Wholesale Dealers will please my Stock, before purchasing elsewhere. W. B. ALLIN. Grafton Street, Oct. 27, 1852. 2m

APPLES!

ible proces

l and examine

Eye, Ear, Throat, Langs, Meart, Liver, and Gene-

| rative Organs. ;

| A pure eure for Asthma, Catarrh, Deafness, Liver

| Complaint, Indigestion and Dyspepsts- ' ty” Dental operatians on Teeth, and Surgical

of Stove ‘operations on Tumors, Cancers, &e. &c. Pore and Tiwwane, Corren Boirxgs, STiLis and

Having recently imported a nice large case of oceular instruments, Le will cure Cross Eyes in 30 minates, and operate upon the Eye for dislocated Lens, Cataract, &e., in a very short time, with perfect satisfaction.

ty All letters recejyed, giving fall descriptions of dj

apd icings sent by mail, in care of the Postyyaster,

yest Received, by Schooner CECILIA, | to any part of the Island. from BOSTON, 50 Bois. WINTER APPLES.

DODD & ROGERS. Powual- street, December 8, 1862,

Charges to puit the times in all cases.

lof each week. | Professional vsits made in any part of the Island.

Summerside, Noy. 22,1802. uf

, &e., will receive immediate attentjon § |

pallid cheeks spoke of some deep inward | bodily and mental pain, and bis right hand rested in a silken sling. Though he suc-

ceeded perfectly in controlling the expres. |

‘sion of his countenance, a low murmur of | pain, in spite of all his efforts, broke forth repeatedly from his lips. | Have I the honor of addressing Doctor N ? be asked, in a weak, a! most faint- |ing voice, as he approached the surgeon. | * Yes, sir.’ * Pardon the question. TI do not live in

Pesth; I came trom the country, and know you by reputation only. I regret not to be

able to make your acquaintance under hap-| As for the slighter pain which the wound | occasions me, it is to the first pain what a

| pier circumstances——" The surgeon, seeing that bis visitor could

scarcely stand on his feet, begged him to”

| rest on his divan.

| [am weary; for a whole weck I have A calm, pleasant expression met the sur- I have been having a geon’s eye, instead of the former look of | pain in my right band, to which | can give! intense pain; the brow grew clear, the color In the beginning I felt only a! lively, returning love of life replaced the slight pang, but in a short time it commen- | late cruel agitation ; the whole man seemed

| not closed my eyes.

| no name.

| * Let meentreat you, in advance, Doctor, ‘not to be overcome by anything you will |see. My pain is so strange, “so extraordi- nary, that it will certainly take you ua- awares,

was accu®omed to everything in his pro-

vothing.

| Nevertheless, when the band appeared, he

\shrank back involuatarily, letting it fall | heavily. sound, healthy-looking and perfect as any other—not a spot was to be scen upon it. A sharp cry from the sufferer, as he lifted \the dropped hand with his left, proved that | eruell y. ‘ Where does it pain you ?’

finger.

* You feel it paining you here ?”

‘ Frightfully.’

‘And you suffer from the pressure when [ touch the spot with my finger ?”

ful was the suffering.

* Wonderful! I distinguish nothing here.’

* And yet I experience there so inexpres- sible a pain that I could dash my head against the wall.’

The surgeon took a microscope, examined the place, aud shook his head.

* The skin is clear and healthy ; the blood

no inflammation,no apparent hurt. The place is precisely in its natural state.’

‘I think it is somewhat redder.’

* Where ?”

The stranger took a pencil from his pocket- book, and drew a line sround a spot the eze of a balf kreutzer. ‘

* Here.’ | The surgeon carefully looked at this spot, jand begad to think that his patient was

insane.

* Remain here,’ he said, ‘1 may be able to assist you in a few days.’

‘L cannot wait. Do you think, sir, that you have a madman before you? That is a misfortune that you will not have to cure me of. The place I have indicated causes me such agony that, I repeat it, 1 have alone come here to have it cut out.

‘Which, however, 1 will not do!’ said the surgeon.

‘ And why not?

* Because your hand is perfectly sound ; so far as [ ean see, there is uo more the mat- ter with it than there is with my own hand.’

* You are therefore ready to deeide that [am mad—you cannot believe me jesting,’ returned the stranger, taking a note for a thousand guilders out of his pocket-beok and laying it on the table. * There, see

| that this is no child's play, and that the ser- vice which I ask at your hands is of the |

highest uecessity and importance to me. | eutreat you, cut this spot from my hand !'

‘And [ say to you, sir, that all the wealth in the world would not induce me to look upon a sound member as diseased, or to ‘make the slightest incision in such a one.

To do it would be to do what my surgical knowledge condemus—it would put my re- | putation to shame—ie a word, my duty fo:- ‘bids it! The whole world would maintain | that you were a lunatic ; but of me they

would say either that 1 had been so unprin- cipled as to profit by your mania, or that | | was too ignorant to perceive the error into which you had Jed me.’

‘So be it. At least you can accord me this favor. I will perform the operation myself. My left hand will, it is true, be | somewhat unskillful, but let that pass. I | will soon finish. You will surely have the | goodness to dress the wound for me ?”

The surgeon marked with amazement be- youd words that the strange being was in sad earnest; for he laid aside his coat, turned back bis sleeves, and took his penknife in |bis left band. Another moment, and he | would have plunged it deep into his right | hand. | «Hold! cried the surgeon, alarmed lest | the stranger should sever an artery, ‘ if the operation be really inevitable, then, in the | name of beaven, let me perform it.’

| On which, taking his surgical instruments ‘in bis band, he laid tne patieat’s right hand straight out in his own, at the same time ‘requesting him to look another way. | ‘hat is not necessary. Allow me to | show you just how deep the knife shall go.’ And truly, during the whole operation, the stranger's resolution did not fail him ; ‘he himself directed the surgeon as to the | depth of the incision ; bis hand never moved juntil the seat of pain was cut out, when, throwing back iis chest, he heaved a great | sigh of relief. ‘Do you feel no more burning?’ ques- tioned the surgeon.

| *It is entirely gone,’ answered the

| stranger smiling ; ‘ the torture has ceased.

warm bre: ze is to an unsupportable heat.’

Hesitate at nothing, 1 pray you.’ The surgeon assured the stranger that be

prem and pledyed himself to hesitate at

The hand was apparently as

he had come in no jest, but that he suffered

‘ Here, doctor,’ said the stranger, point- ing to a place on the upper surface of his hand, where two veins parted from each other in faint blues. The surgeon marked him shuader as he touched the spot with his

The stranger was bot in a condition to answer. ‘Tears started to bis eyes, so dread-

courses clearly through the veins; there is

days at the hotel where he was remaining,

This was rapidly taking place. During the course of this time the surgeon had an op- portunity to make observations, which re- sulted in the conviction that he had to deal

| with a refined, accomplished man; one whose | very word evinced not only extensive infor-

mation, but that knowledge of the world so

mind. Not the slightest trace of aliment, either bodily or mental, was to be remarked after the operation.

The stranger returned to his estates shortly afterward, perfectly restored.

Three weeks had passed when the servant was again called upon to announce to the surgeon the arrival of his singular patient. The stranger, who was instantly admitted, appeared again with a bandaged arm ; and so great was his suffering, that at the first glance his features were scarcely recogniz- able. Sioking into a chair, before the sur- geon had time to offer him a seat he stretched out his hand to him, no longer sufficiently master Of himself to control his groans.

‘ What bas happened?’ sympathizingly io- quired the surgeoa.

‘The incision was not deep enough,’ groaned the stranger. ‘The pain has re- turned—burns more fiercely than before. I could not at first bring myself to trouble you again ; I lingered, hoping that death would come and pat an end to my existence. what | longed for came aot, The pain was, and still remains, conceutrated in this one place. Look at me, and perhaps you will form an idea of my suffering.’

The countenance of the stranger was white with agony, and cold drops covered his brow. The surgeon unloosed the bandage. The wound had closed; everything about the hand appeared healthy and sound as be- fore, and the pulse beat evenly and soundly.

‘This touches on the marvellous!’ ex- claimed Doctor N. ‘It passes widely be- yond everything in my past experience. Wonderful !’

‘ Yes — wonderful, terrible! Seek not now for the cause, Doctor, but free me from this torture. Take your instrument and in- sert it deeper than before; that alove wil] give me relief.’

The surgeon saw that he must grant this prayer. For the second time he perf

the same operation ; again did he mark the astonishing alteration in the countenance of the stranger. Again, as he replaced the bindage, a fresh color took the place of the patient's pallor, brightening the visage be- fore so wan. But the smile returned not now as before. Sadly he thanked the sur- geon for his assistance,

‘I thank you, Ductor. Again the pain has ceased. In a few days the wound will be healed. Nevertheless, be not astonished if you sce me here in a month.’

* Be easy on that score, sir; chase that thought out of your mind!’ exclaimed the surgeon,

*[ have an unerring conviction that that deadly pain will return at the end of a mouth,” said the stranger, dejectedly. * Be- sides, what is to happen must happen ! till we meet again !’

The surgeon related to his colleagues al! the particulars of this unaccountable pain. They consulted tegether ; but not one was able to offer a theory, perfectly satisfactory, explanatory of a case so strange.

Toward the end of the month, Doctor N began to look forward, not without sadness, to again seeing the stranger; but time passed on, and he did not appear. Thereupon the surgeon received a letter, dated at his place of residence.

He opened it. By the first glance at the closely written page within, he saw that the stranger bad written the letter with his owa hand, and iuferred from this that the pain, which assuredly would have prevented him from writing, had not returned. The con- tents of the letter were as follows :—

‘ Dear Sir,—I will not leave you any longer in doubt concerning the fearfully strange malady which | am about to carry with me into the grave. I will give you the origin of this terrible evil. For a third time within a week has this frightful pain returned, I will not longer struggle with it. At this moment I am only enabled to

until his wound had completely healed. | &

lay not far distant from one another, and I rave my wife a promise to follow her soon. * Searcely had the carriage left my court yard when [ collected together all the keys I could"find, and with them sought to open the closed drawer. At length I found one. | * A looker-on would have taken me, as I drew out the drawer, for one who for the ‘first time in his life was committing a theft.

agreeable when united with superiority of | [ was a thief, opening a lock to steal from a

| weak woman her secrets,

* My band trembled as it came in contact with the different things in the drawer, but I carefully avoided creating any disorder that might betray my presence. Suddenly my breast seemed as if crushed in by iron bands; I felt on the point of suffocating! Under a roll of lace lay a packet of papers ; quick as thought my heart whispered they were letters ; at the first glance any one would have known them to be—dove letters!

‘The packet was bound together by a rose-colored ribbon, [ thought: ‘Is this right? 1s it not unworthy of an honorable man thus to steal the secrets of his wife— secrets which to her maidenhood alone! Is she answerable to me for thoughts and feelings before she besame my wile! Should I be jealous even of her dreams since she has been my wile ?

* I untied the ribbon. No one was there, no mirror near, to point out on my cheek the mounting flush of shame. I opened one

But letter after another, and read them all

through to the end.

* Ob, that was a terrible hour!

* Shall [ tell you what was in those letters? The most despicable treachery ever practised against aman. My best friend bad writteo them—but ia what tone? With what per- suasive and passionate eloquence did be speak therein? How he pianned and coun- selled the course a wife might take to de- ceive her husband. And all these letters were dated since our marriage—while I had been happy. I find no words to picture what I experienced when reading them. It was a feeling like the working of a deadly

ison. I drank this poison to the last drop. onal every one of those letters through by itself. Then I laid them in order, bound them together, covered them with the lace and locked the drawer.

‘ I was certain that my wife, if [ did not

for her, would hasten home before even- ing. And so it was. How quickly she sprang from the carriage and ran toward me, how sbe kissed me! Ilow happy she was to be with me again.

* I allowed her to perceive nothing of the revolution which had taken place within me. We talked together, supped together, and retired as usual to our rooms, which were side by side. I did not close my eyelids; awake, I counted the hours. As the first quarter past midnight etruck, I stood in her chamber. Like a little girl in the midst of snowy clouds lay her lovely fair head in peaceful slumber upon the dazzling white pillow. What a moustrous lie of nature to lend to sin features so innocent. I was as determined, as inflexible, as a monoma- niac in bis fixed idea.

‘The raging passion of jealousy had eaten into my soul. Softly I laid my hands on her throat, and suddenly pressed them to- gether. That moment she opened her large, dark blue eyes, saw me with amazement, then closed them slowly. She was dead. She died without having iime to utter a word iu ber own defence, las in a dream. As I murdered her, she felt no an-

wn por of her mouth, fell on the back of my hand; where you know but too well, ‘She had no relation to inquire into the cause of her death ; and 1 y delayed sending out to my friends invitations to ber funeral until it was too late for any of them to reach my place in time. No one upon

Besides I was master; who had any right to question me ?

* When all was over, and I was returning to my bome, my conscience was not burden- ed in the least. She had deserved her fate. I thought of her no more.

‘Oo reaching my home, I found the countess, my wile’s only female frieud, just arriving. Like others, she had come after the hour appoioted for the funeral. She was painfully agitated. Whether from sor-

use a pen by placing a piece of oe spunge on the back of my hand over the af- feeted part; while this burns, I feel only the smarting eaused by its intense heat ; and that is nothing compared with the former pain.

* Six months ago I was a happy man. [ lived without care, upon my income. I was in peace and friendship with all the world, enjoying all the pleasure that a man of thirty-five findsto enjoy. A year ago, | married-——married for love. My choice fell

girl, the protege of a countess in the neigh- bourhood. This portionless maiden loved me — not from gratitude alone, though through me she had become mistress of my home and sharer of all I possessed ;—she had a true childlike love for me. For half a year each succeeding day brought me more happiness than the last. When [ went to the city fora day my wife could scarcely rest; when I returned, she came out to meet

While the bandage was being applied, the | me a mile from home ; and once when I bad

‘appearance of the stranger totally altered. |beeu belated, she never closed her eyes the

to burn with constantly inereasing vio- transformed.

‘lence, growing to be g torture beyond the |

‘reach of the slightest alleviation.

| knife or iron — for 1 can sup l ’

knife.

| No, doctor; neither a plaster nor yet any palliative can relieve it; what 1 need For that alone did 1 come

is the knife. here.’

Doctor N——— asked to be permitted to look at his hand ; on which the sufferer,set- Examination and advice rrez to gil on Tuesday ting his teeth hard, held it forth. The sur-

geon, using the greatest precaution, begao to unloosen

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the baudages.

surgeon here endeavored to encourage ‘him, by saying his suffering might be over- come by milder means than the use of the

tones—

most sincere thanks.

to you all my life long!’

of his services was wholly different; he ab- solutely refused to accept the note for a' me! thousand guilders, which stil] lay on the lieved in her innocent countecance, table. The stranger persisted in leaying it, and bad passed out of the door, when, sce- What if taese were but part of the ing the growing displeasyre of the surgeon, he turned, and begged him at all events to. ) i ie expend a part of the sum for the benefit of came to take my wite home with her, over- insane a8 to believe some bospits!, and hastily took his departure. whelming ber with

Dogier N— visited bis patient for a few spend the

As the surgeon re-adjusted the stranger's I have | hand in the sling, he felt bis own seized by | tritd every obtainable remedy, far and near, | the left hand of the latter, who, pressing it but nothing relieves me—there remains the same cutting, dead!y pain. Finally, | could bear it no more; I got into a carriage and. hastened here to you, that you might free me from my torment by an operation —the it no

warmly, said to him in the most fervent

‘ Receive for your masterly service my You have laid me under a real obligation to you—for the re- muneration on my part is small indeed, in comparison with the mighty assistance which you have rendered me. | will be indebted

Bat the surgeon's estimate of the value

whole night long. When [ occasionally pre- vailed upon her to pay a visit to the countess, who loved ber tenderly, she always returned the same day :—it seemed impossible for her to remain more than half a day away fromher home and me, Her love for me evea went

so far that she gave up dancing rather than

‘I know not what demon one day whis-

an insane desire to look for pain.

takethe key. This

‘eyes, her kisses and embraces no

‘tion ? * One day the countess

upon a beautiful accomplished, warm-hearted |

rest her hand in the clasp of another. Ina : eat word, my wife was an innocent child who knot I made; your wife never untied it.’

pered in my ear:—' What if all this be \oosed it—ah, that I had gone only assumed !” Thus man, in the midst of committed s monstrous erime! I the greatest happiness, too often experiences

I was certainly beside myself. | be- her glear og ber! more? |

visited ys. She wife's coffia, in

to go and but I wanted to speak to her. whole day with ber. Qus estates te me she would bear my words ;

row or sympathy, 1 knew not, but the words of consolation with which she essayed to ad- dress me were so confused that I could scarce- ly understand them. At last she clasped my hand, and said in faitering tones, that she saw herself obliged to confide to me a sceret \which she must entreat me not to reveal.

to keep for her—the contents were such that she dared not keep them by her—she had now to beg me to return them to ber, An icy shudder weat through me as she spoke these words. With mar ness | asked

tess shrank back, and answered bastily :—

her care, she did not ask what they contained, but gave me her word to them well,

| had a noble soul; it would have been im-

inst me. Qaly a siege drop of blood | of

my estates had any suspicions of the truth. |‘

She had given my wife a packet of letters | -

her what these letters contained. The coun- | hd worn ee secreted the sum of

wife was more |

** Od, sir, your generous nd she assigned f being than you. When she took these lettersinto that he had given Sar at ellanaeel