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^BY ?. A. LE^l^HTJGII W ^ LLEX C^^V.i:i)XES3)Ar/ JOE 9, J ><i VOLVm XHIMO. 9. ^ 1 Proprietor. .anufacturer of Steam Enw * j* gines and Boilers, on and Brass Castings cf all} Descriptions made to Order. ' was awarded the first premium, on castings at tbo State Airi icnl ral and Mechanical Society Fairs, j ?J _ r-i - i i v | lOTl"! ipu 1U ^UIUIUUIU, JUd'liuu, ' :* MANUFACTURE ricular Saw Mills of all sizes. >olc the First Premium at Slate J llrs hold November, 1S71, '72,73, tiut.ii ujuuiui yjl Mills Irons of all sizes.! For Sale. earing of the following sizes. rheel and pinion $30 00 " " ? 32 501 " " 11 35 00 " ? " 45 00 " " " 50 00 olts $0.50 Extra for each set. 'riction plates and Balls for Cotis $10.00 and $12.00 per set. D. B. SMITH, Agent, Abbeville S. C. 0, 1873, 35-tf PUT fif At*A f Ifcl V/ VT IV WA V/ few GOODS!! IHE undersigned have just opnc" an entire new* stock of GROCERIES, ovision and Liquors, | p. well as Other Goods in L - /-VI 1 PI t -\T 1! 17 T ?? I iwtne wiu piiiJiu ui .v. iu. iii.i-.jj, hKtlv TEQWBIUDUi; & CO., wiu-iv, jf\vill be pleased to serve the public j CHEAP FOll CASH. |a.;m. hill, ; prWEST &SCNSr j BLADDINSEcc>^TTi: THE BEST OIL IX USE. iter white in r-olor. Fully deodorized.' I. ^ not cxr-oc^e*' jorns in all Coal Oil ami Kerosene!. Ebps. THY IT. Ask for "Aladdin ji Security," and take no other. \C. WEST & SONS'. and 115 W. Lombard .St., Bait. Md.' Tov. 7, 1S74 g0-<5m ji i b. norrell;!] i J larness and Saddle Maker, ! * t gr his Old Stand over Parker & Per- > rin's Drug Store, has a supply oft phern HARNESS LEATHER, I < f other material for Making and Re- <. ping Saddles and Harness. ji jgc.'2,1874, 34, tf t feSH COUNRY MEAL,' h *1 40 nor bushel, received cvcrv Ipraingham & Templeton., pTo^-tl 31-tf ESTATE OF l AS. C. RAY, dec'd. j A LLpersons indebted to James C.h 3, Ray at the time of Ins death,1 re requested to make payment to us,!1 nd those having demands ajainstj im to render them in properly veri- , ed to us. wtt.t.t \ \r A\'iiPnc;nv m ANDREW ANDERSON, - Executors. Abbeville, March 13, 1875, 49-Gm |~ CJE. BRUCE, j SBoot and Shoe ^laker, I Oier Farter & ftnirt Store. I .A-bbeville, S. C. BU TTk ESI RES to say tbat he is fully pre|Kjf v pared to meet all demands the! 4i public may make in his line, lie keeps Kr constantly on hand a large Jot ol' the; g&jbest material and employs only the huest workmen. He keeps a full stock of! ECUStom-made Boots ami .Shots, and 'I. "guarantees the most entire satisfaction Bsjfp-'every instance. Sept. i; 1874, 21-tf |lblark the Spot of Your De-! M . ceased Friends. J ; jVlarble WorlvS, |jE^ A FULL line of stock on hand and all work sold at the lowest price, i |Band work done in the best workman-like fHinanner. Several hundred new and IHhandsome designs an hand to make f*selectionsfrom. We will duplicate city j i ii : ? ..a ? i . i. i ? i. 111 an nron uiiumiku worn, uy v? nicii ^rtie.s can save freight. |B: Very respect full v, S J. D. CHALMERS. J ' J3T-i, L'i- tf [- ' ^STEAM^# I v. ' ..." ' .4, Columbia, S. C. ' ; 1''--.T?f' vsrr " vmrH r. w. wiiiu Proprietor. MAX UFA CTUEER OF Sasli, Blinds, Doors WINDOW AXI) DOOIl FlL\MKiS, Mis Pivot BIMs anfl Sirotteri r?f 7.?"o COiMfts, 2P1! ?310 IT ?; MANTEL PIECES, Mouldings, Erackets Hainl-Rails, NEWELS, BALUS-TRES Scroll fori of all fecrlpti All Work Guaranteed A No. 1 May 28, 1874, 7-ly. JJD. CHALMERS & GO. DEALERS IN Chairs, Parlor Slits, tata Suits Walnut & Mahogany Bareaus Wash stands,# Tables, IJedstcads Window Shades, kc. Looking Glasses, Oil Chromos, &c. Abbeville, S. C. Also agents for t!ie sale of l!io ce! ebratcd LMiiladclphia Improved Kit? tic. Window Shade, w iiic-1? lor dura bility, cheapness, convenience am beauty, cannot be surpassed. J.acl shade is furnished witli ail the fixt uivs com phi e. a?nd only requires Iwc lath nails or .small screws to fasten il up with. Should i hey tu-comc soiled by flies, they can be spread on a table washed and made as bright as new and wiH last fur years. This Style 01 shade is much superior to clotli shades. In warm weather, when the window is raised, the shade admits the air but prevents llics and mosqui toes entering the room. The simplieity of their fixtures is much in then favor, as they require no rollers, each shade being complete, and any one can drive two nails by winch to hang them. They are low in price, durable, convenient, and never get out of order. Call at store and see samples, Nov. IS, 1STi DENTISTRY! DENTISTRY!! Dr. H. D. WHS01? tf"KFFICliS his professional services to nit* peupiu oi xvuijumiiu ?. ouiti.v ind of upper South Carolina. Having ust finished a course of study in tlie Pennsylvania Oolk.qe of Dental Surrery, he feels fully competent to attend 0 all cases requiring the exe.ci.se oj skilled Dental Surgery that may be jrought to him. He asks the patronage jf the people, and guarantees full and ;omplete satisfaction. He has procured 1 full set of first-class Dental Instrunents, and is prepared to do first-class vork at most reasonable rates. OFFICE just over Post Office. >1. GOIJ1SMITII. P. KIND. Groldsmitli "Kind, FOUNDERS & MACHINISTS, (IMUKXIX IKOX WOKKS, HOLUMBIA, S. C. Manufacturers of steam Engines of all sizes; Horsepowers, Jireular and Muley Saw Mills, Grist md Sugar Cane Mills,Flour Mills, Or laniental, House and More I* ronts, Iron iiailiugs, Agricultural Implements, etc. Brass and Iron Castings of all kinds nade to order on short notice, and on he most reasonable terms. Also, manufacturers of Cotton Presses. May iW, 1873, 7-li'm THOMAS' SAW MILL IS Closed for Repairs. -n ^ i TiTi pa /-./-vr.< B?\ iuiii.1 .% iiw u?ii v i wi: iuauv JL (or r-l'M will call on AL LEX McCA-M'Y at 31 r. Edwards L havo soi.ie lumber on hand whici will be disposed of for the cash. J. W. THOMAS, March 21, 1875, 30-tf OR. JOHN S. THOMPSON DENTIST, iP^FFKR.^ liis jiioft-ssioiial scrvices t the citizens of Abbeville, and th surrounding country. ~ rfj.' 1 C * UltiCC over uiuzens Oitvixi^; Bank, Abbeville, S. C. Oct. lS7S,:iStr iffllMIHAI I TEMFLETOI Have just opened a nico line of ?3 US C3r IFJL ?3. f* om ?3 to ?(! per box ; a good Sega at 5 cents. Give theni a call. Nov. 11 31-tf [MEW FIRM! . Christian & Co. ; DEALERS IN Groceri & ss AND *4? 9 - (? ta m mer. a ai h p w-k w? wt#r9 4% 1 tmmm simip ; Abbeville, S. G., At Trowbridge's Old Stand, Z** * WTI^IT.L keep always on band a full ? VW surely of , * CORN, BACOXT, j FLOUR, I CI GARBS, Si COFFEES, &c., Also :i select .stock of iCoufcctioiinric.s and Fruits i ' CAHNEB GOODS, &c., Wo sell f->r cash at short prilits. O'ivc us a call. .CHRISTIAN & 00. Dec. I'.j, 1S71 .",7-1 f pg?? ii i,wa^gkwwcoasc?B ESTMUSHtS.1632. ' m: L 1 I Nos. 3 Broi l Street and 109 East Bay Street. CHARLESTON, S. C. | i STATIONERS ' -p tfl? q ] First-Class Work fi O'JR SPECIALTY, li | LOWEST LIVING PRICES. ! j | Flit rashigmsIT"stationery, i ij Piries Paper and Envelopes. L iV+ jdJiz* and .?&ll Juviiaiions ? on t:<c rr.st t~cc* a?<o printcd in the jj I'| i Lh I tb). b I X I.E. Csvwrwnufrt 11 : i Keep it Before ie People! LAWSON'S is the place to purchase yn;,r ?Vi?S. lU'iij'jinU'r each I Stove ha- ilie following (ixiMv.s: 'J pots, j 1 ham boiler, I Tea kettle, 1 spider, 1 ! longgiiildio, 1 waiilo iron, H iron pans, II bread pan, - pudding ami - custard | pans, 1 I a rtfi? fork, I spoon, 1 cake turu11 or, 1 collie pi t,! dipper ami 1") 1'iet pi]:c. I "We name below some of the Stoves J we sell: CIlAKTJm OAK, KOJtKST 'city, j'if{] ; sidk mauiox cook, j 1 IK],P. DHiKCTOJ}, STONE WALT,, i COTTON STATES, COLUMBIA |COOK, AL5, KJ< i iJ i\ liEST ami AC. I>N COOK, warranted by the manufacturers to !a-t '?) years. 1 AVe wili >eii(l any oi' the above Stoves , i with tixtlire;? complete, freight paid to I Donnaldsville, Helton, lioiiea l'ath, ;! Hodges, Oret-nwood, New Market and Ninety Six, at' the following prices: j o. 7, v31 ; .\ o. S, >.V?; .\n. 1), $-11. k w. lawson & co, Abbeville, S. C. Feb. 17, 187-j, -l">-lf ' I _ I BATCHLLEY'S Id "5H> k\ Improved C'ueum1V ?.bcr "Wood I'ump is eV the a e k n o \v 1 ? o d LjjL l^y .STANDARD of the j market, I.y popular verdict, the rl^h'-4 l)0st pomp f<?r least money. Atf ^ "it * tention is invited lo Jiatchley's 4 fmproved Jlracket, the Droy ^ ?1L(''C Valve, which can be withdrawn without disturbing I the joints, and the copper chamber ! which never cracks, scales or rusts, and ! will last a life time. For sale by dealers land the trade generally, in order to be | j sure that you ^et JJlatchh-y's Pump, be j careful and see that it has my trademark as above. If you do not know where to buy. ('iscriplive circulars, tol^ethcr wilh the name and address of! ;thea{ient ncarc.>t you, will bo promptly ! UIllllSIK'U in MidifSSIIIK Willi rIII III1 *. ' I 1'IIAS. { '. IIATCHLI-'Y, Man'r, 50(> Commerce St., Philadelphia, j April 1 lilt, 1 ?i'iii. Medical Card. DRS. Jil-X KIIAM & JOHNSON have associated themselves toj .nether in tin" practice of their profession, ami may In- *" >'.iin 1 at their oilice in * j Lowixii'.-ville. Tlr'V respectfully ofler ' I their professorial servicc* tn the public, l J:?)!:'i\ S. liMCKUAM, M. I), i. J. (;. .;O!! Ns(.)N, M. j). I April 1J, PT's 1 ! A NICK LINK OF Bleactel anil Brown Eojsbis Pretty Slyles Spring Prints, 0 AT sjCunningham & Templeton's' I T i Thresher and Fan, '| ' A I.SK iBailway Horse Fev/cr, K ? Forsnlo l>y Barnwell & Co. April 10, lS7o, G-lf . . - ... - i ' Malcolm, fclio Avenger; 03, ts3 kistesbus SL BY HABRTSON AINSY?"ORTH. .^Ifliion ov "Townii Iln.1.," " Haffled at X-ast "a Talk of iiv&iLjir," etc.. Jxc. r 5 CIJAPj'Kii VII. r 2*1 j?:< VIOLET A>m tier OTWTiDIAN. ?L? * "When Violet r-! urnod t:> the Lodge,after i ' her v.- wiih Charles Malcolm, she p ~ found Mr. L>.tv.yM in a slate of the greatest anxiety on her account. Sybil was but just recovering fi .i:t her long and alarming ,?jvoon. when he c.nno home, and. was inform "u of r i'ss I.iudsly's absence. No one , coiil 1 _'ivc him the slightest idea where she ha-1 g"?e, and this '"ncert-iinly riised his I fe.i:'s to their highest pil eh. The alternate excitement and d piv.ssion she had labored 11 I'ier e .'er since that eonvcrs-'ion between tlu iu which ii i I led her to suspect Vernon .Aubrey, us: 1: him tremble lest she should h.i .0 committed oon: rash act; and it was with n:irj>e.'.!cai.lo ieli< f th-it he s.vw her aiii-i.t iroiii the cib, m I enter the house. lie liurii.: i in mcd her, e.nd clasped her in a'.ie!: fervent embrace. lh.il she rej . i :' h'm'.villi surprise and a little con! u iioloved girl." h j murmured, as ho I ' . i h. r. you knew what anxiety I j h :ve '.cer. i:^i::ic <""i your account, you > ... ... i ... 1i i... i i M *v.n ?. ?- *. i i.i v -* *uu iiii.iu.h mf&iuu j i;svsi;!t whoii I iimi youagain! Where have i y j i been wandering? I Tow coulfl you, li'MivsfViiV.cfr. commit such a fully as to go anywhere wholly unattended? Could you not haw waited till I was at liberty to accompany you ?" "1 might have done so," she replied, sadly. "I lcno-.v I o!ryhl to have done so, and I J beg your pardon for the uneasiness I have occasioned you ; but 1 had grown so restlessly miserable, that I lost all patience, and iclt as if i mast have my doubts satistie I at once, or go mad." lb; regarded her with increased pertur | bat ion. "Dear child, in Heaven's name, toll mo j what you have been doing ? Surely you I have not been in search of Vernon Au; brey?"' j Her pale face was instantly mantled with J blushes, and she reproachfully answered, "No, no! How could you think that I could ! commit such an indelicate act? or that I j could endure to see one whom I can no j longer meet with the freedom and kindly I feeling of earlier days? Ah ! why have t^py vanished? Why cannot I feel as light* i hearted as I did then?" As Violet sai 1 this, she began to weep j again; sighing and sobbing with sucliaban| domnent, that M r. Derwen L seized her hands j at hist, declaring vehemently that he could ! not bear it. "Violet, my love, command yourself, ' or 1 shall go distracted. You cannot know j what agony it is to me to see you weep liko this!" ! Affected by the appeal, she dried her j eyes, and raised herself from her droopiijg attitude. "I am dreadfully selfish," she I said, penitently; "or I should not forget that my grief must pain so kind a friend a3 you are. Dear guardian, I will try to bo brave; indeed I will not weep any more. I i will go and bathe my face, and learn wheth| or Sybil is better. How cruel of me to nej gleet her so long! Dear girl, she would not J be so neglectful of me if I were ill." She was going to hurry from the room, but 2Ir. Derwent drew her back to her scat. J "Do not reproach yourself; there i3 ho | cause. Sybil is better,and thinks she shall j bo able to sleep. Iliad just left her when ; you came home. You have not answered | my question yet, as to the object of your j hasty journey." Violet's soft eyes grew dim ayain, as sho Confessed that she had V.'^n to .ju iu-i I Chatles ?.i.iK o!m a-! the ivsn:t. ot investigation. "S*b;l W:t.< to : fa'".' U> I ' I l.\r anything," she a id d, in <??; ! :-.;liur, " in: you were out. It was chih'i*,!: to be sy imp.iticiit. but I was in s.:ch thv.itifrJ susj pcr.se, that I went." ? V-,, ] l,oov/l ? T1,nf. V,.m,-.n J -V ..V.WV* " - . j Aubrey i? fivt?'' S!i?- givw p.ilo agun. "Yos; but, alas ! ' ! Mr. >; i <-im did not attempt to dcnyth.it j he ib only safe if inn-vent. ?ror> 1:is | words; and I feir, -is I heard iiiciu.. that lie I shares your su:-i>;ci< n"). i\ t howe.u I even I ltam to think I'.i.it o::e so 2iobi_\ uo intelligent, sj generous as Vernon,could have | stained his c-.nscit-nce with such a fearful j I crime ii/ar 'or?" Mr. Der.veut sighed. "IIo loves you, Violet; and I > possess the treasureon which ! their hourls :.ro set ? whether it be wealth, | ambition, or love?men have sinned from I the creation. Is Aubrey more thoroughly j exempt from evil thoughts than the rest of j Irs sex? Whs not tho temptation great? per haps o ver w i i u j m! n Oil tho one hand, I there was tho i>ror.j>"cfc of seeing you the the wife of an exulting and indolent rival; _>n the other, a crime certainly; but committed 111 an instant of time, and in the belief of its leading to a life of domestic felicity* with yon." Violet shuddered. "Felicity with a murderer ! A dream from which at any moment I might be awakened, to know that the hand that caressed me had if I ml i y-> o^i'f'nl I rvl-i Trim """" . .? Hjr w?, Mr. Denvent, did you dwell on so fearful a picture? Heaven defend xue from such a fate." "Forgive me, dear child. In speculating upon what might have been, I forgot I was harrowing your feelings," Mr. Denvent j soothingly replied. "And yet, my dear, I j ought not to have said this. You hare, | surely, sufficient self-respect to overcome a j sentimental penchant?it was nothing more than that?for a young man who could not have reciprocated it.." "Could not, Mr. Derwent ? I don't understand you," said Violet, faintly. "I am j sure that Vernon Aubrey did not care for j any one els:?that he?" "Loved mr, and me only," she was about j to a?ld; but averting her face, she paused, | and it was her guardian v.ho finished the ; EeLtr.ee. "Loved y>u, or your fortune? Which was ! the pun mount attraction? Nay, don't j st.irt, my dear; Vernon Aubrey is not so j i i . ;p 1 , i,?i i,;. i ? t*ity i v;.i .ji v, 11 ii' '-.i iiii/i/ .T. 11? u 1110 v:>co to the advantages lie would reap from marrying an hoiros--." "Y< rnon Aiiiiivy was never mercenary? Ecwri" cried Vio>!, indignantly. "Xot if left to hor guardian re! p'ied. "I belicv>-'tli.it ii'I'.ffc to liis own noj bier impulses, lie ,v. uM Ik* vn loved you for y.?ursv)tf, without ! -{..wing t thought upj 0:1 th>i wealth j'oa o.i who slioa! 1 ihim to think 1 1 oti'.civ.i-c?" she 1 doubtfully. "llo 1 1 .o no near relatives tr. iutirost !'i -ir.stdves j j:i <ii.: ail'.iir.-?, or imbue him with the j v>.mo; ivoa you are i:;jpulin.!* to him." j ' V<-ii forget Sir John Lefroyc, your other I v.;*.idiau. lie h.is a! .vays interested liiui- ; s;!f v.MiMi'y in Aaonn's fortunes, beeauso there waii some degree of kinship between L.aiy Lefroyc and this young man." btill Violet loolwd unconvineed. 1 * Sir .fnlin is s--r? in liiv; : ! that he would be tha 1 ist person m cxlstcnco j who would counsel Vernon Aubrey to commit :i mean act."' * Mr. Dti-.veut hemmed, and stroked his | chin. "Then t have done him an injustice, j | j;)}- dear, for which 1 beg his pardon. And i y?t?" J 11U UXlVt 11*3 WUiU. iiupuiuuiisiy UA." i claimed, "Oil, why do you stop, and leave | one in doubt ? You are of loo generous a I | disposition to distrust any one without sufli- ; | cieat cause. Tell me why you have harbor- j j cd these suspicions of Sir Jona and his kins| man j " Don't call my conclusions by so ugly a j name, my dearest child. If 1 havo had | > reason to suppose Sir John wished to arrango | a match between you and Mr. Aubrey, it was I because lie hinted such an intention to a ! mutual friend. And more?the last note I ; | received from him confirmed xne in this be- I lief." ? , ^-vr^A J", . : .. i * " I "r-.i lo.-vl! and how ? Oh don't keGtftenyt'.-.'n ;* frc?.:i 1:1 i!'' cxclaimcd the excited girl. "It is hard t "> he w.trned that, - whure I thought I ha 1 won disinterested, affection, my fortune i.ms all that was covotecL-]"yTet it L belter t? know th<-> worst than '-ti>>-c0xlt:i;ue to bu ho solf-dt tvivcd." * Mr. Dorwcnt went lo his desk' and 'prodnced from it a letter, which he hondSd to his ward. But sha rejected it. -JES. " I cannot look ut it; the letters swim bo! fore inj eyes, l'loasa road it for xneu^y"' "JtisMit a few words, dear bflfftd, and may bear a different iat-rprotation; Sir John commences with an allusion to the stay which, by the terms of your fathers will, you are lo make beneath his roof. ' 38 reminds me that you must ;jo to him next < I mouth; arid then askj,' Are there any signs ! of an attachment I i-twfcn our pretty ward i and my kinsman Aubrey ? Bs sure to an! sv.vr tliij question before Violet comes to mo, ar, I ask it that 1111:13- take my measures airor lii'.jly. 1 dare say you will understand j what I me in." " I will r.ol go to Sir John Lofroye'a," j crioi Violet, passionately. "I will not bo a passive instrument in the hands of any i one, to be made use of just as tlioy will and ! ploilS'J." ! Mr. Dirwcnt sighed, "My love, you can! Dot help yourself. Until you arc of age, you ! arc bound to obey tiic trustees in whose | hands your money i; vested. Unless, indeed, you many. Then thc>j are released from, their rc-'fonsibilil -i.d you are at liberty, j as fj.v as they are concerned, to go where I you pLase." "But until thai or my majority occurs, I am littb better than a slive," she retorted. "1 cannot stay whorj I clioose, but must come and go as 1 ain bid. My dear father little knew what he was doing when he worded his will in this way." Violet hurried to a table as she said this, and snatched up a pen. " I will write to Sir John, and beg him to let me ltmiin with you and Sybil. I can never be luippy again; but, in the Eociety of such friends as you are, I can, nerhans. learn t> Ijo r- signed.1' Mr. i>i;nveiit laid ins hand on hers. "Stop, dearest Violet; it is useless writing, Sir John will not grant your wish, lie is jealous alreruly of the affectionate regard you have shown us, and haa been heard to express his resolve to break, off the connection as much i.s lies in his power, as soon as he has you under his roof. In all other respects/' he went oa, in tones of wounded feeling, " 1 should care little for aught that Sir. John Lcfroye might say or do. lint you have won your way into my heart, Violet, and both Sybil and I shall feel the entire loss of your society dreadfully." She clasped her hands round his arm. " Dear sir, I'll not have you think that fifty Sir Johns will separate us. I love you and Sybil too well to ho so easily influenced. Neither will I be at the tin. ivy of so arbitrary a mnn." She was now working herself into a state of great agitation. "I will not go to Sir John's. You say 1 hat I must; but surely i 1 . _ P T~\ T.. ' j ll'f.TO 13 a way oi iiscapa. uuur jur, i/urwent, help me to stay with you?to sta^ here, where alone T can fcol contented!" lie took both her hands in his. ".My dear, there is but one w.ij% and th:-.t I dire not propose, even though I 1>clicve it would rescue you from the pursuit of tin so h artless fortune-hunt ere, who hesitate at nothing to secure their prize." "There is a way?you a,1 in it that!" she | cried impatiently. Wh.it is it?'' j % " If I could bring myself to do this," ho ! went on, musingly, "you, Sybil and I ttouI I i quit England directly. We would go to Italy ! and take a villa on the banks of some lovely ! lake. With our books, our music, our j gondola, und our rides along the mountain j passes the freshness of the early morn, i we would make life one long, delicious noli- | day." VinW? cmnrVlpfl. f'"Wa Ti-c- in Sllf>h ! scenes I might even loam to forget. Lot it be so, clear y;r. Let us go at dice." "Impossible!" lie answered, with another sigh. '* Were I some years younger, or you older, I should say,' Violet, l>e my wife, and let us realize the happiness I have been ? imagining!' As it ia, I can only couiiS'.*l j you to resign yourself to the inevitable, and j go t<> Sir John Lcfroye's. lie cannot l>e very j harsh with so gentle a creature r.s you." She did not seem to hear the latter part of his speech. The first sentence had been too startling. "Your icife, Mr. Derwent!?your uifo sho faltered. He drew his fingers caressingly over her i sur.uy hair. "lias the idea frightened you, j my love ? Have you been so long accustomed j to look upon mo asyourel lerly guardian, that youeannot teach yourself to view me ina fairer litjht 'i I might remind you that I am still young; that women as youthful and beautiful as yourself have married even as many , years their elders, and have never repented j it. But I will not. You would consider it a sacrifice, and I will be silent. So that you &ro happy, my dear girl I am s.itislie.1." Violet wavered between her un^onquer- \ able repugnance to the thought of such a j marriage and her fear of appearing un- | grateful to licr guardian, to whom she was i greatly attached. "Happy, t am not," she said, at last, "and j never can be again; for I will not attempt j to conceal from you that I have loved Ver- j non Aubrey dearly ; too dearly to be able to j forget him for another." Mr. Derwont hastily interrupted her. ''Child, you imiaL not, you cannot marry that young man. It id your duty to root j out such thoughts without hesitation." " I know it," she firmly replied, "Nor if i it yas liis deed that deprived Kobert Walters ! of his life, will he ever attempt to see me again, of that I feel sure. But even if he is innocent, I will not be forced into a marriage with him, if it is artfully contrived and arranged for me by a man who is evidently careless whether it brings mo misery or no. I shall never marry now?of that I am per- 1 su ided." Never! Ah, it is very kind of you to j say this dear Violet!" Mr. Derwent ob- j served. "You are anxious tn make your re- j ius.il lis geniJo us it can i>o. jjuc uo not | tliink that. I blame you for rejecting my | offer. I ought not In have ma le it; I oixcht : not to have let the I-right prospect of happy j hours, far away from ihis -.lull land, and of j bringing Lack your smiles, tempt me to ! speak too openly of what might be if you j were willing to be mine. Poor child, I have j distressed yon ! You did not know how ! very little tiue affection you had for your guardian till he distressed, you with his | monstrous proposal. You sue, my liitlo j Violet, the bare notion of spending the rest of your life with Sybil and 1, lias quite ' shocked you." "I am not shocked," cried Violet, cm mostly, "neither was your proposal monstrous. | 1 do full justice to the ,.;'ei,.ei'i.-u.ieoii-i Lrati(?:i for mo that dictated h. I iv:;s taken by sur- j r?ri llmf \\':ni ra ! 1 \?i?{ :? Jo < fiv.rlir en d ;it tlie idea of living always with Sybil an I yon, h.">w .11 i*l 1 in.- ? Are you not the deaiv.st friends I p >.'.se.ss r1' "1 nope so," he :msv.orcd. And it was of you?of I ho pleasure of jjuardinjf you from all further trouble.-;?ot cotiMiiln^you uiidui' the bitterness ot iindiu^ those 4\?hi trusted : unworthy, that i was ti 1:; 11:1n_j when I pro- ! posed our luiiou. Hut I h.iv.; pained you l?y ' it, a,ml so wo will not discuss the subject | any further. We will resume our old posi- j tions of ward and guardian ; and while I am j lu re, instruct 1110 as to what I shall say for you to fcjii* John fje!r?iye. Your term of { residence with us expires ill a few days. ! Shall 1 tell him that he may take you next j we ok i And how shall I .tusker hia iuijuirica I respecting tli" stale uf \ ?.ir alicctiuiis wit j : regard tu Vt-rnou Aulnvy r-' " Do nut answer liicm :it all," Violet re- I plied. " I wish joil would doiV-r writing, tiuiuo middle course may l?e l'<-und 11 wo I wait and think, SyMI is ipii. k ;i : I <-i, ;vr; | she may bo iiido, wlion she is holier 1 < > ' jcdl aoniothing./ Mr. Derwoai sho<*k his head v. it'i such a 1 duiihttul air, that his ward a^ilatolv ex- j claimed, " 1 wish 1 had never i-ili ii> 4 this hateful money. It letters my uirlin iit-nio, | and surrounds mo with treachery and do- j coit. if it were not for my jii\>;>--itv, I ' cuiil'l have remained quietly with ri\ i>.l, and > 110 one would have interfered t.> . nt it.'' 1 r. "I will wait as you suggest," tlio guardian sai<l, when she paused; " but, indeed, my love, there i.3 no middle course that you can follow. Your destiny points either to unquestioning obedience, and a chilling residence beneath the roof of Sir John Lefroye; or " he hesitated a moment, and his voice took a thrilling tone,?"or freedom and forget fulness o!' the sorrow you are now enduring beneath the blue skies of beautiful Italy." Violet shaded her face with her hand, to avoid the ardent glance ho bent upon her. Calm and subdued, even to sadness, as Mr. Derwent's tones had been alh through this trying conference, there had been a fierce ' light burning in his deeply-set eyes whenever she encountered them, that made her ?? blush and tremMe, she scarce knew why. 5*^Vhen she took courage to look up agaifli'" he ho/f left her. liO'wajj too sagacious 4*to urge his love-suit any further; bait his step as he quitted her present was assured, ai;d ' his lips wore a smile. The nce had l>eeu broken?Violet Lindsly had been permittee , \ peep into her 'guardian's heart. She was a'lowed to guess what he had hitherto carefully concealed?that he,too,iuvod her. But she did not know that despite her candid admission that her own affections hid been bestowed on another, he hoped to win her. She had heard him?if with surprise, yet without disgust. A little patience, and she might listen to him stsll more kindly. A little patience, and she might yet be hia own! CHAPTER VIII. HOW ROBSON* CAME EY THE KING. With the conviction of Sybil Derwent's giiilt growing upon him more and more, Charles Malcolm hid her note as Mr. Cayson came bustling up to him,' lull of im? porta nt and gossiping details. Two or three trivial cases had to be disposed of before the young man Robson was examined. The solicitor talked on, and tho buzz of whispering voiccs, or the sharp qticrie? oJ tne sium-,' magistrates, broke tlio siluncc enforced by the ushers; but Malcolm heeded nothing that passed arcund him. Ho was absorbed in a mental renew of the increasing perplexities that harassed him. Walters' request which ho had?perhaps too hastily?accepted as a sacred trust, forced him to use his best endeavors to discover in what way the young man was deprived of his brief existence; and his own stern sense of justice likewise impelled him to trace and punish the murderer. But now that he had every reason to believe that a woman had committed the crime?a woman, too, whom lie had onco regarded as the incarnation of his fairest dreams, he was sickenel and affrighted at the magnitude of his ta.sk. Before he could bring himself to denounce Sybil, or even hint to another that h ) be lieveu her giully, he had to overcome the dormant tenderness he still cherished for her. lie had to subs no the compassion which continually whisii ;rod, " Let her go. If punishment must Ij-j hers, let not your h:ui'l?the hand that once caressed her?be the one to deal it. If she must be denonn.c 1, do not let it be thy lips that once kissed hers -o fondly." Oh, it was a maddening struck' by!.? i-on his sense of the fluty tlint lad devolved upon him nd his anguLdi as he pictured Sy bil a prisoner?Sybil brought before :i jud;.;e, with hundreds of pitiless eyes gluing at h r beautiful iV.eo?Sybil univirs.iliy condemned as a murderer.'?. II?3 strength b 'gan to his cheeks to grow sunken an 1 h iggar 1, as the hours that went by were corjtiniul'.y tilled with these tormenting visions, 'ihe very sympathy men bestowed upon him, as they saw him apparently absorbed in the deepest grief for Walters' aeath, tortured him. ' Instead of compassionating, they would despise ir.e," h?i toM himself, "if they knew how weak, how wavering I am ; and all because a bad woman is beautiful, and I cannot forget that her glorious orbs have onco locked tenderly upon hie." Jle stilted, as if from a dream, when Richard Uubson was brought in and placed in the dock. Involuntarily his lingers sought f. r Sybil's note, and he recalled its con: -iita: "This young man is innocent. and m v*l ic sa red.'1 Why had she made tliis appeal to him ? Did she not know that ho van powerless to affect. the rescue of the prisoner, excepting by producing her missive, acknowledging from whom it came, and Lis ov.-n conviction that she had done the deed of which another was suspected. j. lion i.is scotcisn cnarru'rensucn, patience -.nd caution, cam? lo hj^ijd. Ho would a;:it and sto how things wcntr* The young.< man was undoubtedly in possession" of taring that had been Walter*'. Lot him account for this, .".nu save himself. Eichard Eobson was an under-sized, rather sullen-looking young man; and audible whispera went round among the bystanders that he had a guilty look, lie repaid these comments with deliant frowns, and then pushing the hair back that had fallen over his forehead, resolutely bent hi3 attention upon the 111.1gi3l.rate. Uut it was plain that he heard the low sob that broke from a young girl, who, by dint of great perseverance, had contrive i to got near the dock, and was watching tiobson with affec4- /> ?. * onli.-Sfiiila TT/vw> wo a nf. nil event3, who either believed him innocent, or was too fondly interested in him to forsake him in his misfortunes. When Milliccnt Vyner's name was called, a graceful figure, in simple but tasteful mourning, stepped into the witness-box. Charles Malcolm, who had only seen the young girl once, and that, when her countenance was pale anil distorted with the fright and pain of an accident, was astonished at the sweetness and intelligence of her features, Sha had been well educated, and had moved in a respectable circle, until the failure of a bank broke her father's heart, and reduced her surviving parent to extreme poverty. But not all the privations and toils she had encountered sincc, had destroyed her natural refinement. There was spirit as well as sense in her bright hazel eyes, and in the corners of her wellcurved mouth; and Malcolm, as he gazed at her, could no longer wonder that Walters had found attractions in her which to lu3 volatile nature had been irrestible. She went through the trying ordeal of her examination with lady-like composure. Several times she glanced pityingly at the prisoner, whom, it appeared from her reluctant admissions, had been for some time an unsuccessful suitor for her hand. Her lip quivered when she h.ul to speak of Walters, whose ring she acknowledged this to liavo Leen, but she denied ever having hail it in her possession, nor could she account in any way lor its being in iiieiurd liobson's. The young man himself?in spite of an imploring look and urgent whisper from the 1 kirJ, who li.td staggered up to the dock? doggedly refused to s.iy how ho came by it. U hcii first aiTe.r.c.1, he had declared that if. Wrttf r i i*? il tf? !.:>! Iili: liV U I ii-#111 ll*> WittlM not cuuicas. As no evidence was forthcoming to prove at wluit time lie left Dei*.vent Lodge, or where he went afterwards, he was ultimately remanded. liut it had been elicited in the course of the examination, that his threats against Kobcrt Wallers lnid been many aud bitter; and that lie had obtained the job of waiting at the fancy : ball, for the avowed purpose of finding an opportunity of annoying or insulting that gentleman. The magistrate was going to cross-examine one of Mr. Dci'Vuut'ss servants, who swore to this, but lie was interrupted by the j prisoner, who cried, recklessly, " it's ipiite true?I don't attempt to deny it. .Mr. 'Walters," he added, with a resentful glance lit lUUill'Cilt) \>iio uuu vjl juui j^c*aiwiv:w men that make nothing of liliiug a gin'3 ears willi ilaltery, and making her turn up her ncsoat the honest man that would have made her a decent home. I hated him, and 1 don't care who knows it; hut I am no i murderer, I hat." it was eviiflfnt that tho public feeling was against iiohson; and as Charles Malcolm | slowly wcmled his way from the court, he i heai't many predictions uttered of Uic issue ol Luc uifiui'. Ho 11 l.'C coimniltcd for Iriul | it-jii ni upon it!" trial one hustliutf littlo j j... ii, who did uot iiorcoivf tlut both nfilli. ^aaife j ce;it Yynei and the young girl who had | evinced such powerful interest in the prisonI or, were close behind him. "Tea, you mark j my words ii' he isn't. The pawning of that j Ling will bring the crime home to him, and j hang him." The girl, with horrified looks, made a desj perateolTort to pass out of hearing; but the crowd was too great, and she became very faint. Millicent Vynor, who was her cousin, tenderly supported her; and Malcolm, whom a movement in the throng had placed ei030 beside them, heard her consoling the trembling young creature. But mere and more heavily the ^irl leaned on that supporting arm, until her head drooped on Millicent'a shoulder. Her agitation and the heat had aoinbined to deprive . her of her senses, fibliged to bo "Axe you'iter6 tnonfc r" mojcoim inquired, as lie assistcu Miilicent in her endeavors to restore her companion. '?? She looked up, and recognized. liini with a blush. " Yes, sir. U j : 1 onunatcly, my mother was too ill to coino with me;. and Mary,"?she stooped om the insmsible'girF as she named her,?"Mary is an orphan.'" ' Malcolm kept off the curious bystanders, until Mary Vyncr had recovered sufficiently to go home in the cab ho h id sent for. Miilicent, after thanking him for his kindness, offered to aeeoriip ?.;iy her cousin; but ! the offer was irritably re! used. ' No, Milly, no. 1M ; tther be by myself. You're kind to me;! ;i; I k?.v.vyou don't think Richard innocent, ar.l so I won't have your pity, thank jvu all the same. I a:u foolish," she added, with a passionate burst of teare, "I am foolish to worry myself about him, for if ho.gets off it's you he'll be thinking of directly, cruel though you are to him." " Hush, Mary dear, hush !" was the hur rietl response, "lie 11 be wiser some u;iy, and learn to love the ijood little girl who really care3 for him. Keep up your spirits, dear, and see if my words don't come true!" A gloam of liopo brightened Mary Vyner'a pretty face, and jhe returned the cousinly kiss with more placidity, saying at the same time, "You always send me away comforted) Milly. Good-bye, and God bless you !" As their way led in the saiuo direction, r1'1 ? _ x; j i. 11. U_ uiuirics luaicouii concmuvu lu ?uir vj wo side of the silent Millicent, till mingled feelings prompted him to address her. " Is it fair to ask you, Miss Vyner, if you believe that young man Rob son to be guilty of the murder of my oousin Walters ?" She lifted her eyes to his face steadily. "I don't know what to think. I did fear that revenge for fancied injuries had tempted him to the deed; but my opinion has changed since I have watelied your looks in the court." Astonished at her words, Malcolm demanded their meaning. She looked a little confused, but promptly replied. "I saw that when the prisoner was brought in, you eyed him attentively; and as the evidence went on you were perplexed to account for his having the ring. But I also saw that t*>"ro was no indignation, no loathing, painted on your features, as thero would have been if you had felt that you i were surveying the murderer of your i cousin." " You are a keen observer, Miss Yyr.er," Malcolm tliouL'htfnriv remarked. "It is not every one who would have drawn such correct deductions from my looks." "Neither should I have done so, perhaps, had I not felt ?o deep an interest in tho matter. It is terrible to think of one so young, so handsome, so highly-gifted as Mr. Waiters, tl'jhuj, with no one by to hear his i l.ist wishes?no warning given lii;a that < death was so near; and :)till more terrible to know that lii3 death was brought about unfairly." She was now so pale with emotion, that Malcolm begged her to accept his rum. Ib was, however, gratefully refused; so was his "[ thank you, sir; but I am very well able to walk. I cannot afford to give way to a grief for which every one would condemn me. I must work, tint my mother j and I may live; and my regrets for KoLert Walters must be stilled." She spoke resolutely, but with deep feeling, and .Malcolm promptly replied. " Your regret! du not disgrace you, Miss Vyner. Jt is a tribute to my cousin's memory, which doe3 your generous heart honor. Were you not a true and good woman, you could not weep for one who it grieves xne to confess has- given you some cause to reproach him." " Oh, do not blame him for that I" she . cried, with womanly ?eu-recrwiuiation. "it ^'was my foolish conceit tliat caused it alL I sliouMhavo known thatl$e could never, never think seriously of ooQ^o^much hj3 inferior, in all worldly advilnt??ea. I should have avoided, and refused to listen-to him." She drew her veil over hc*r face to hide ! the tears thronging into her eyes; and Malcolm':} sympathy aud respect increased as I In: saw how bravely she tried to conquer j herself. When their roads separated,and Millicent bowed her adieu, he detained hor. "May I say a few words to you about this young man Kobson P On your cousin's account, I know you are willing to befriend lit in. if. sis we will hone, he is not so miiltv as he is .supposed to be." "Certainly. In spite of the annoyance lie has given mo of late, I like Richard Robson, and shall be glad to do anything for him that is in my power. He is -warm-hearted and industrious." " Then will you contrive to ascertain whether he will accept the services of a counsellor whom I will retain for his defence ? My name need not appear in the I ;v?f tir. if you will kindly consent to arrange It." ' Millicent pondoi-ed for a moment, and YM?Ainion<1 +/-v /lAmnilini'flO fft rvi f Vi 1? a1u son, and lot Mr. Malcolm know the result. With this agreement, they parted, and I Millicent sought the homo of Mary Yyner ere she returned to her own. At lirst, sho found the young girl rather sullen and irritable, and disinclined to listen to anything alio had to say; but, on learning that her errand concerned Richard Eobson, she became more placable, and willingly consented i to try and see him on the following d:iy. | The cool reception he gave the poor girl daunted her. He had entrenched himself behind such a rampart of mocly reserve, j Ih-it her tender little speeches died on her i I**. I " You are very good-natured, Miss Mary Vyner," he said: "but! don't know why j y.'ii come here. I don't want visitors now. j 'i'iioiv's no great pleasure in being stared at ' in a prison cell. I cm tell yon." II !. 1..L, ^ ? j *' I L Wli.S Jium' .'ilt ffliu MU.UV 111U she faltered; " Millieetit who bid 1110 1 lo.irii " I ' Slop a minute," ho interrupted. " I'll not hoar anything from hor in this underh aided way. If she really feels any sorrow for slighting ny I101.est love, and wants to L t mc know it. Jet 1.; r come herself." Miry tried to explain that it was only the wish t" .iKsi.it him that prompted 3[illieent to s.nd h..-r, and Iii.s count--nance fell. Although his passion had never been fed by a look or smile from its object, lie* could not bring himself to make a manly effort to oon pi< r it; and in a paroxysm of ill-humor, lio drove the weeping Mary away. ' Tell your eold-h' arte l cousin," he said, "that it's h*. r I've got t > thank for the mes3 I'm in ; that it's been :;elely to save her from disgrace and sorrow that I've kept the name of the person ol' whom 1 had the ring, a secret. If she knows that?as I suppose she 'loos l>y this time?tho best she can do is to help me all she cr.n.'' Though n.?t :i little puzzled l?y this speech, Mary hastened to s.jy, "ilillicent is anxious to help yo-i. That is why I am hero." " Anxious to help me, is she ? Then let her come and tell me so herself, and may be I'll believe it." Ho would say no more, and the disappointed girl, alter u.?<:!esslv abjuring him 1 ? 1 - WSULl'l it IllUitJ im-wugi; sorrowfully away. As she passed through tlio yit-.'t: ??f tin: IIousc of D<-nt<Mit ion, :t. tVmn.1" o! mien, whoso features wore shrouded l>y her veil, was addro-ssfog some questions to the porter. This female paused to look at her as she went by. And, eiv Mary hid gone fax, Blie foitn'l fcho stranger lkxiila-her. Startled out of her inxious thoughts respecting the man she loved, Mary stopped, and gazed at her half fearfully. ' Your naiue is Vynor ??you havo been 1 U T visiting Kieuara noisou, naven ij'our?aou he is your lover, is he not?" Jlary colored, end sijrh.-wl. She w!?h?i'she could auswor in the aiilrmaHve, but MilliConl's more intellectual .'ace liad bewitched the playmate of her childhood, and the alloetioQ.for her tl at ho had once, felt had grown cold. *-' " >' ?r* Tho stranger camc doser to her.- -v. " Are you ready to risk something for Ills sake?to do your best to aseint him to escape ] from this place ? Answer quickly, and remom ber that if he ^hoold be committed for trial, and removed to.-the fcTosci ward of & prison, all efforts in his behalfnyijrbe'unavailing." r 'jtf&fff -%. "Indeed, ma'am," replied Mary, eagerly, " Td do anything in the world to help poor Richard. 13uL how cm I?how can I ? ? * The lady walked a little way in silence, and then said abruptly, "I have formed no plans yet. But now that I have a willing coadjutor in you, it shall be done, if money and perseverance can achieve it.'' " Money will do a great d ial, I know,'* ooirl Tir^mr /l/MiKfTnllr Tijif lli ?r* nri?f/kli tlieir poor prisoners no closely at this dread- * ful place, that I don't see any chance of Richard escaping." The lady eyed her from head to foot. " Would you not have courage to change clothes with him ? lie is about your own height." -.v^Sw Mary was considerably staggered by the propositi; but, after a li.Llc while, she answered, " Yes, I would risk that, or even more, to get his liberty. But what will he - ' ^ ; do, and where wiii he go, if he succeeds in getting free?'' " To America. The funds for his voyag6 ' : * shall be provided, and there he will be in no danger of being recaptured." . - > Mary now was beginning to collect her thoughts, which had been scattered by the unexpected address of tho laxly. "This sounds very kind of you, ma'am," she said, suspiciously: " but you uro a stranger to me, and I should liko to know > ' why you are ho ready to help Richard ? " Am I obliged to explain my motives to you ?" the lady haughtily demanded. "Ac- cept the good I propose, and ask mo no - - questions why I offer it." . "But Richard will ask me that question I" the girl retorted. "He will not agree to put himself in the power of a person he knows ; nothing about; and who may bo only deceiving him with false hopes, after all." "With an impatient exclamation, the lady' turned away. * Let him perish, then; but remember, the sin will be on your hoad, not on mine; for I would have saved him if I could." - " ' She was moving slowly away, but now Mary, in great alarm, clung to her skirts. " Dear madam, Don't go?pray don't go! I was wrong to doubt you. Don't let poor Richard suffer for my folly! Only tell me what you would have me do, and I'll do it : and ask nothing more !" Tho lady's anger was appeased. " My ' good girl, you must be content to let mo Cimro VA11 nf>nr riyxr own Mv motive for interesting myself in "Richard Kobson'e cscap e is this:?i know him to be in danger of being convicted of a dreadful crime which, another has committed, and therefore I seek ; to rescue him. 1 can devise no other way ' than what I have already proposed; but, if.' you or he can suggest anything bettor, do.i so. I will bo here about this time the day J after to-morrow, to hear your decision and : his." "I will be sure to see Eichard'as early asT can get access to him] But he will ask me _ ' ' the name of his friend. What shall I tell j him ?" j " That I will not bo annoyed with idle = ! juriosity!" was the stern reply; and, stepi . ping into a cab which had been waiting fori her at the end of the street, the lady depart ed before Mary could stammer out an apolo- | gy for the inquiry. Tiie whole of this conversation had been. ; no extraordinary, so unlookpd for, that Mary ! Yyner stood on the pavement pondering over iC cm me ruac remans: 01 a passer-oy reminded her of where she was. Hasteningaway, she went straight to Milliccnt, to tefl. her what had happened. She found her cousin sitting beside the bed of her mother,, who was suffering from a nervous attack, and plying her needle industriously to makeup ilie ti:ue lost in attending the examinai.wi of Ri<-ii 'rd lioL.son. ii.ig. j iy Mary told her tale, and then to hear MiJlicent's comments upon it. . Mrs. Vyner, too, leaning on her elbow, her thin cheeks flushed with eagerness, had listened breathlessly to Mary narrative, and now lay on Tier pillow, with her eyes fixed 0:1 the face of her daughter. She had never advocated Robson's suit to Millicent; but she was concerned at his present position, and saeincd so shocked and troubled when she heard how much the evidence had gone against him, that her child had been afraid to leave her. " It is very mysterious why this unknown lady takes so warm an interest in Richard's troubles," said Milliccnt at'lenjrth. "Were I in his place, and conscious of my innocence, I would not accept her offer, but boldly wait and take my trial." A cry from Mrs. Vynor made her turn quickly towards her mother, who threw her arms around the neck of the frightened girL " Don't counsel him to do that, Millicent ?for my sake, don't!" "For yours, mother ? ** " Yes, yes; bid him escape if he can. Tell i }ihn I entreat him to do so; for if he should | be committed for trial, what would become | o'f me!" "My aunt is light-headed, surely!" whispered the wondering Mary; and Millicent j gently endeavored to soothe the agitated j woman, but she was silenced by her passion! ate exclamations. I "Don't, Milly?Jon't talk as if you ! ninmo/1 nnfor Tn.m neither? , i but I am a wretched and?and guilty I creature; for, oh, Milly, it was I who gave j Richard Rohaon that ling 1" "You ! Oh, mother, how came you by it 'f" cried Millicent, horrified at the confession. Instead of replying, Mrs. Vyner flung herself back on the be<l. and hid her troubled i face with her trembling hands. ' To be continued. I _ ^ ^ _ A VKMlEXl A. L A- ? 1 I. <rXTM\m 'l'HO exact : au> i uttuw , detta" was illusti .io.l by two natives of j Sicily 'in New Orl-ja is, recently. One of them was in his parlo." surrounded by his I family, when the door .suddenly opened, the other rushed in, and, placing tho tuuzzly of a pistol close to the breast of the first, exclaimed: "I've got you now !" and fired. : The bullet struck a pair of scissors in tho, j intended victim's vest pocket, and was cut , into three pieces, which were afterward | found in the pocket. The would-be asj sassin was permitted to depart without molestation, the assailed man merely obj serving to .inquiries that it was a vendetta, and he would settle it liimself, and he 1 probably will when be has more pistols i onijcjnisj Jill All t him. i The paying toller of the Union Savings Bank, ;it Oakland, Cal., is suffering the ; agonies "of the wicked by the conduct of a young man who deposited ?250, and each 'day with tipulchral solemnity ccmeaJit a : given hour and draws out ?1. Three pass books have been used up, and the teller is : trying to ^compromise by the offer of a $20 i picce to close the account.