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SELECT TALES, j I BID MRLinM: or THE DARK STRAHGER. on idtvd t vyu.li i Ciik JL.? ^ V MAI?, Angely, I am ruired?utterly , mined !" exclaimed Rol>ert Wilaon to hi* (J young and devoted wife. "Ruined ! why, Robert, what can hare . , I'J happened f I thought you were doing no well in your business," returned the wife, with the deepoiit anxiety depicted upon j her fair feature*. , I)' "And *o I am, tr.y lore; hut in an unlucky moment, I embarked in a specula- ^ lion which ha* proved unfortunate, and ^ every dollar I possess is gone," ^ "Why have rou not tolJ lue of this before, Robert f" 1,1 "I wished not to pain you, lo\e," ^ "I fear you have been imprudent; nay, ^ 3 will not reproach you." "I hare hoped that until now I should q ! ? able to redeem my wolf. By risking a ^ few hundred dollar* more, I feel confident that I could retrieve my losses, and come k out bright again; but alas! 1 have not ^ another dollars in the world." An 1 the young husband looked anx- ^ iously at his wife. . "What kind of speculation was it, Robert !" asked his wife, as a slight misgiving crossed her confiding heart. "O. it was a slrictlv business transac lion, rather complicated in it* detail*,and ^ I don't tlii.ik you would understand it if I explained it," replied Robert. I am not to dull of comprehension,that M) 1 cannot understand an ordinary business jn transaction." ' No, my dear, I know you would un demand it better than Indie* generally would, but it is very intricate?very." "I will not insist, Robert, upon knowing ^ anything you desire to conceal," said Mrs. ^ Wilton, with a gentle reproach in her lj| tone?"but inetbinks a wife ought to know the occasion of Iter husband's sor- ^ r.wt." th "Forgive ?nc, Angtlyreplied tbe hut band, imprinting a tender kba upon her lipa; "fi)rgivt me and I will tell you ^ fr "Nay, love, I aak it not; I am talk fled |u now. And is there no hope I" "If I hnd two hundred doll urn, l Met perfectly confident that I should redeem n< myaelf.M ^ "I? there no risk, Ilobert f m "I will he candid, Angely ; "there in oim risk." lu "I will get you tlie money, Bobert." uf *lfy own true wife ln u This coo re met ion occurred et the bouse g< of e young New York shopkeeper. He of bed been eserried to e vouug, gentle hearted girl only e year before, during hi evbich period they lied lived in unin'er- jj ruptcd hspjHnces. er The young wife hed no suspicion thst a the clouds of ed varsity were towering over a< their-joy eee be win until her husbeed hed fr ?onMMBioM?4 the feet. For some weeks, however, she bed noticed that Robert n wee more then ususlly doll. Once or h twine e week he hsd absented himself from her side in the evening, alleging r, that he Had koioin demaediog hie air b 4m tion. n Angelina WPaoo, et tfee time of her k marriage, wife the powcaaor of a small ? um of money, hoqoooUtod to hor by bor p 4mlb*. U bod booo touted a poo bor to ij cbnt bor butbood oootd not oooirol ii^nd ft oooM ip?4 do poet too of it without bor I] to fiti - g , Tbo yooof tbnpbitpwf'o bot??* l.?d fwoopo?d boyoad bk moot tongmne *- * poeuiiooo, to ttaiJiit domtol wife, wbo t! oooblfwiUinyty b??? ptoowl bor IHtto (oo- b tune b) kk boodt, tow wo oeeokmi U> J orubdro* it from bor undU% 4? wbnto J t1 hoods k wot jkH ooif I? hi I to bo tofc 11 t ^ j t ^ +- li d?l . ' >*7 *f^W' ' I * ?# * j iuuuv him pivuuviu^ m imiiu" v oroo interest. ? Robert Wilson was a whole-souled oung man, without a selfish thought in c< lis composition. He had married Ange- ? ina for herself alone, and had hardly be- a towed a thought upon her portion. g Hut the "had speculation" had warried f? nm exceedingly. All the ready money w le could command had been exhausted, id in his extremity, tho thought had oc- ir urrcd to him that his wife could supply g lis wants. The idea of asking her for slief, was, to a man of bis higbstrung bl snipersment, so highly repugnant, that in e only had the courage to hint at the n< trvice she might render him. P CD AFTER II. In CJ With the money in his pocket, which nigely had procured for him, Robert di V\Uon hastened down Broadway. At hi ie corner of Park Place he paused, nnd s? ist a furtive glance around him, evident- bl r much agitated. He thought of his tying wife st home. te He had deceived her,and hi# conscience d? note him. She was all love nnd gen- n< eneM, and sincerity, and confn'en -e, and ki o had basely deceived her. ai Should he not return, throw himself at tti er fee), and beg her forgiveness! Such course was csrtainlv the most grateful *o ? Ilia erring, penitent soul: but be had je iide a "bad speculation" and while there lo as hope of retrieving himself, the tlenten to r mammon within prompted him to ?in e?i Tain. O Turning down Park Place, be entered n< le of thoae gambling hells, which are fl< le course of enlightened America. A- at tin he pauacd on the ntepa of tlie magificent establishment, to ailence th? ii| raiding of hia conscience. The beautiful ving expression of bin wife, languiabing way the tedious bourn of absence in lone- g? ' misery, haunted biin. n< Hut the usual consolation, the oft resated resolution, of the erring soul ;"On- hi this time, ami then 1 will forever aban}ii the way of the transgressor," came p' > urge hiin on. Hy the gas-light in the street, he ob- hi rved a daik form, closely muffled in the nple folds of a Spanish cloak, approach* >?< g the spot where he stood. The stran- b? ir paused by his side, glanced intently P' him, and then entered the saloon ! sp Fie followed liirn ; tlis hall flashed with 'illiant lights, and the gay and fashion- "| lie of the metropolis thronged the scene, cn smiled as though the place was not ?h ie gate of hell itself. The old and rentable of the bar and forum, and the st ;cliange, were there, countenancing, by icir presence and exmnyle, the iniquity *t actised within those gilded walis. dRobert Wilson shuddered as be enter- n> I the saloon. Yet why should be shrink n did a scone, in which the respectable e! eo of the community hesited not to minlet le Poor, simple, young man ! his soul bad >1 yet come to believe that wealth, sta- di i>n, and the honors of the world can fr< tnctify sin and hollow iniquity. In an unguarded hour he bad been rod into a "don of thieves," by a man hi ' good standing iu society?tlio imporr from whom he purchased many of hia xmIs, and who held h'w notes iu payment ' tbatn. lie had hatarded a few dollars, though ia bioscience smote him all the while, [e won; be was in the hands of thoao g. WV IW ? !? lent of unsuspecting dupe*. II* went (h n*y with bit pocket* wall lined with tba uiU of hia unhallowed fain*. lo Inflated by the ambition to bee own iddenly rich, be went again, and again U e won. The devil lured him on. With aflrn sedation to abandon iheM visits when b e should have added the gains of own jx lore night to Ma previous accumulation, o went a thud time. If be eueeeeded w this b suasion ae he bad on the two reviews nighm, be ebonid be able to pay g be only ?<He be owed. The prospect of eeing liinaeelf entirely from debt, sudden- tl f and without labor, tempted htm to en- a age ones wore in the exciting game But tbe gamblers bad permitted him ? tr rwa the whole length of bit rope. On g he third night be feet-?feet all be bad ufore won I _ ^ * * All hie fine fen fee war# thus dashed te t' he ground, * Bat the hoy* of freeing ti k * ? k k . n * a t t i - T" r# * - 4T- # ^ ^ ^ f A %.*4 r ina iiiiitguiiiuuu, HUU HO COUIU DOl M wily resign it. Again lie went, trusting tliat the clian ss of the game would again favor hiir -again and again he went, till all hit vailable means were sacrificed. Tlx amblers adroity permitted him to win i tw dollars occasionally,and thus his hopes ere kept buoyant. All were gone, but the passion of gam ig had gainjd intensely as his worldlj oods had melted away. Uneasily ho strolled among the gam ling table*, now pausing to glance ar istant at the game, and then hurrying srvously on again. He had two hundred dollars in hii xket and?humiliating reflection !?il ad been given by his wife. lie musttx ireful of it! lie could hope for no more. As he paced the gaily thronged hall lu iscovered the dark looking stranger,whe ?d confronted hiin at the entrance of tlx door, alone, at one of the marble ta es. The eye of the dark l?eing suddenly resd sharply ujwhi him. It wns a dark ?oplv, expressive blue eye?it seemed >t unfamiliar to hiin. The glance?he lew not why?riveted him to the spot id he stood tremulously gazing at the ranger. The complexion of the mysterious pernage was decidedly white. His beard, t black, enttvly covered the sides and wer nart of the fj?ee. even In t)m ur of tli j mouth. It was very long nnd irled gracefully down over the chin.-? ver his head he wore a cap, from be>ath which, long, black, glossy eurli )ated down over his coat collar. In ature he was below the ir.ediuin size. CHAPTER III. "Play f" said the trangcr, in a low, ittural voice, not unniinglcd with toftm. Robert Wilson involuntarily seated msvlf opposite the dark being. With his gloved hand the strangei need a lifty dollar bill on the table. "Highest w ins," said he laconically, ar s pushed the dice-box over to Robert. This was certainly an irregular game, id an irregular method of proceeding? it it was simple, and in this respect wa? efernb'e to him, so he placed a corretonding amount by the sido of it. Robert shook the dice, nnd cast them ;>on the table. "Twelve," said the stranger, as h< took up the Ik>x anJ made his throw. "Eighteen," continued he, swec( ing akea from the table. The next throw Rol*rt won. Th? ake was doubled ; he won again. Madmed by excitement he placed all ih< >ney he had on the table. The darksage 1 stranger, without moving a nius b of his brow, covered it. At one fell swoop Robert was penni s again I Rising from the table in a paroxism o sappoiutment, he was about to rut) ?in the scene. ''Stay !" said the stranger. MI have not a dollar," replied Robert tterly. "Your watch." "No," regtied Robert, firmly, it is my wife's." "Your luck will change again." Tl._ i? J AUTi j wisssg innii iru, "Soro to change," continued the stran*r. Wi a r. desperate effort, Robert dree ie watcii from bis pocket. "Seventy five dollars," said he, tremc ?sly. The stranger placed the amount on tbt AM Tire dice descended?Robert wont vera! successive throws He woe tit sinking all, again he was once nen Maileea The watcii was pet down again?I1 as loatl Robert was in despair. "You have a wife I* said the strae sr. "I have?Ood forgive me H repliei ie reined huabead, in a bart of bitter see. "Of course, yon love her not, or yon ould not be here," eoetiaeod the atrao ?r, earelsssif. ' Jfi "I do love hsr an I W>ve my owi Ml!" asdsioad Rebert, perpfoftOd b; be aiogtifar tern the aoaveieetfoe hei Hmo, ' UWii#- ?>v *<* ' 1 ? The character of the emfcesineal Oam v *< "3| t*!*. ^ ^ . v a*'# * ft ^ *?? > u or was 100 wen Known to nun, not to u suspect that the dark stranger had some utes, object in view in these inquiries. Those ger < fearless tales of gamblers who have stnk- Ri e l money against the honor of a wife, with flashed across his mind, and he shudder- "1 ed to think how near he stood to the fa- his I tal precipice, which might hurl hhn, in 'd his madness, into deeper dishonor. are ] "You would have her know what you man have donot" said the stranger calmly. B "Nor for the world." ?hoo "Then play again; your chance is the i good." Tl "T have not a shilling." atoo< "I will lend you." UJ "On what security!" asked Robert, mili trembling for answer. the < "Mortgage me your stock of goods." conti "You know mo, then ?" you "No; you are a shop-keep." be h "I will." you; The stranger threw him three hundred gam dollars. rich, In ten minutes it was all lost; f?rfT "The mortgage," said the dark being. ted i "C-n we make it hery f" said Robert overwhelmed with angeish. **J "No ; I will go to your house." ey , "Impossible ! not for the wotld." Alge i " But I will!" sniil the stranger, stern y "By Ilenven, you shall not!" , "Hist! you shall be exposed." | Robert was obliged to consent, and . borne down by the terrible agony that ^lyc \ preyed upon him, he conducted his mys- "tl'e terious companion to his once happy waH home. The clock struck eleven as they ^ , entered. P?li9 "Your wife is not at home," said the ^ stronger. Robert was surprised to find that An- *n(' gely was not in her accustomed seat by lo I'' the fire. Full of painful misgivings, why, ( he knew not, he hastened to her apartment to tec if she had retired ; there was no trace of her to be discovered. i | Returning to the sitting-room, he found ono 1 the strange gambler seated by the fire, intently poring over the pages of a book was lie had taken from the centre-table, i Loft you, I should say ; women are so strange," replied the stranger, sternly. ( "Left me! no!' exclaimed Robert, cast an^ ing hirastdf into a chair, and renting deep ''"8 ( groans, the anguish of his soul. "The mortgage," continued the stran- a^-'c ger, sharply. tion. , "I will write it in my room, replied the young man, leaving the apartment. r i Wiping away the tears which coursed in great drop* down his haggard cheeks, r he picket out a blank mortgage from his l,P' 1 papers, and proceeded to fill it out. The , task completed, he turned to the siltingr . room. Cl7i ! As he opened the door, he started back evcn . with astonishment at beholding Angely me . seated by the grate, reading the last num- w'" ber of llarper! "Why, Robert, I did not know you had mftn' got home," said she, rising and placing a ?*eh f chair before the fire where his ?lipperslay lc*n rexdv for him to nut his fnot into. The dark stranger was not there. *^ar< "What ie the matter with vcu, Robert, , how atrnngely rou appear," continued hia *'ie wife. ]yw *I>o IP and Rol>ert atarted and look' ed round him in wild amazement. Where , . , . . brisl waa 'he atranger f . ? "I did not know you were here, AngeIf," at-iinmered he. "I have been out awhile, thie even ing 2!T( but I came in juat aa the clock a truck _ ' COOtl r eleven. "flo did I," anawered he, more confused cnlc| . th?n before. "Where ia Mr. , the ^ . gentleman who cants home with mef" I "I have net Been any gentleman." ^ ^ "I came in at eleven with" * "What time is U now, Robert P *',nl The watch?bia wife's watch?it waa ' the t goneT >h| "Your watch?I left " c| ^ I "I have it; it ia half past elevsn," said . Angoly, taking the watch from her poe- ^ 9 k*L met "What ia the matter with you, Robert! I you are crety, I ahould aay. # "That watch"?Robert paoaed. ?] "Well," said Aagely, beinning to wear ?' I a mysterious, miachievoua leok, "how the goea your speculation P a fri "Badlv. mv dear," raplied Robert, with rn#r a a took of wornler. WM r "What paper hum you in your baadf han 1 k-4 .?V-* i..r A Moratory," ami 1m left lira mm to gat him p th? ogtj dommeat out of tb? way, r7 * * ? ?r * rk Ir .. s * " ?T e was not absent more than five mir but when ho returned the dark strai >f the gambling hell sat at the fire, obert began to think he was dcalin the devil. rhe mortgage," said the stranger, i ow, deep tones. iVho nre you, sir f man or devil??1. fou?" exclaimed the bewildered youn , rushing toward the dark form, ut before he could reach it, the foil k off the cloak, and the whiskers an wig, and his Wifk stood before bin lie spell was dissolved. lie unde 1 it all. Vre you cured, Robert," said sh ng mischievously. And then usin Jeep tones of the dark stranger, si inued : "You have a wife; of cours love her not, or you would you n< ore. Ah, Robert, that alone save you confessed your love even in yoi Ming hell. In making haste to I you have been led astray. But vo you, Robert," and the gentle-bea vife twined her arms around his necl kissed his cheek. Uways forgiving as the spirit of mei i uo not deserve your forgivcnet ly." The Little Outcast; OH, MOW A MINISTER, have no father," answered a miser! lad, h-iight eyed, intelligent, lookin fellow whom I inet one evening as wending my way home through or e thoroughfares of our great metr< fou hav,nt, Eh,** ifo Sir," utterd he, and he uhivere shook as if his little frame would Is eces. fou seem cold," said I. es Sir," he murmured, casting aglnai rart has poor apparal, as much as 1 ine how could it bo otherwise wit clad in ouch tattered attire. iul your mother, have you nonel my next (question. fo, Sir, no mother," he replied. )r no relations or friends!" Co, Sir, no relations or Iriends either, a tear might have been seen tricl down his pale cheek. iVhat makes you cry!" asked I, muc ted at the little outcast's forlorn situ; Ui, dear gentleman, I can't help it eplied, and sobbed and sighed i gh his heart would break. )!i, but you must not cry, come che< .hat's a man," said I soothingly. 'U try to, sir," said he, and then a? "I know it looks babyish for me I but I did love my poor mother ? after she began to drink and be! o, but as you spoke so kind to me try to stop crying, and after two < t oflforU to cease weeping ho con red afresh, and tears kept cbrsi other down his intelligent com re. }, fie. don't keep crying so, said knowing what to say, "as long i has called her away it is to be hop< is better ofT, and now if you w ill o i|?o your eyes and come with ni shall have a good supper." ?IiaI! I though," he exclaimed, his ey litening up at the thought of parte r?f somo wholesome food, fou k!iaII," assured I, to wipo tbe kly bade I gaily, much pleased wi cheerful aepect his heretofore wol iterance had assumed. Well, sir, I'll?I'll dry them," nr liing a corner of his torn jacket, whi< sufficed to cover a part of what intended to, ho quickly passed it or ace, shaking up the tears that hi ng from pure affection, and grnspit hand, I led him to my home, whe evening meal was wailing my coniin isty improvement In the little fcllov ling, accompanied with a well wash* and combed bair, gave to bim a diffi appearance from that in which I fli bim. Well, sir, I presume yon feel dispo* at something now!" [ do, sir," was tbe timed reply. Well, yon shall have abundance I present, and may Ood ever raise y lend that wilt make food that *tm it; drawing a chair to the table,! in a short time satMyfog worst ga? hawser kfter having nisbed bis it**!, I pii with scveiil questions, which wm i tonor. l- "What Church have you been brought1 i- up tot" No Church, sir." g "No Church, you say, did your parents , ncrer go to churchl"' n "Yes, sir, they did befoio they vicome fond of drinking." , o : "And then they quit going, eh?" g Yes, sir, they stayed home and would | get di nek." n They would: well, you will, I hope, d spend your Sundays in a more christiann! like mannar. Now how wc u!d you liko r- to attend the Sabbath-school!" "O, I would like it much." e, "Well, you shall go there to-morrow, g I will take you with me; you shall be one ie of my pupils, and I will learn you how e, to love and thank Cod; and now you may | >t retire for the night, 1 have had a bed pre-1 d pared, in tho room adjoining mine, whero ir you will rest very comfortably. So good >e niglit." I "Good night sir," lie rep'ied, an 1 the r- door closed behind him. k, The next day lie became a Sunday school child, a few years a tier wards ho r- embraced the ministry, and now is tho Reverend gentleman who pre ichcs in St. Church, and isboloved by all who know him. Yes, that little out-cast is now a kind husband, an affectionate father, aud a 'ir.ruI Christian.? Knirmtmt !?< - corder. ?* 1 M g Dkai.Ckntly.?Deal gently with those I that stray. If there arc sigiu of repent10 snce, there is hope, and a kind word or t>- smile may bring back the wanderer?a frown, a bitter taunt may s uk hiin into the lowest depths af infamy. A kiss is :d north a thousand kicks. Draw bacti the >11 erring one by love and persuasion. Knock at the hoor of his heart, feel your way up the winding stairs, and (archance ? pious :e mother's tears have kept a corner most ;o and tender?touch it gently?tenderly ,h stir the precious seed, and may hap you may pluck the ripened fruit iu spirit world. Deal gently with tho erring. "To err is human?to forgive divine." A kind wnrd is more amiable to the lost than a mine of gold. Shiuk of this and be on your guard, ye who would eba.sc to rbe grave c- an erring brothco. . Why Common Sense i? so Rr.re. ^ It is often said that no kind of sense is so rare as common sense; and thio is true. ? simply because common sense is attained by all farinoro and as a natural gift far les% than most ether traits of character. Common sense is tho application of thoght to common things, and it is rare because moat psrsona will not exercise their thought [o al*>ut common things. If some iinpor0 tant alfttir occums people then try to think, but to very little purpose, because not j having exercised their mind on small Jr things, their powers lack the development ^ necessary for great ones. Ilence, though less people, when forced to act in a n affair of importance, blunder though it with no moro chance of doing what they I, should, than one would have of hitting a us small or distant mark a a shooting match, >d if previous practice had not given the n- power of hitting objects that are large >c, and near.?Element* of Chorarter. os Dr. ATM in the lit if It O* Tllll MIMI.-TllOS I Ir. S. CSullivan. the chief engineer of the I Llacific roa<l (rotn Jefferson city to St. m Louis, was one of the most skilful men in tli liis profession in this country, anil that u! road had al?orbed his every thought for the years preeeoding its completion. The '<1 first day it opened was a day of triunph fu for him and his profession before the sun it which had risen on his ?uc< ess had sunk er into the west, and while revelling in the *d Tory consumation of bia fondest hopes; ig the projector was hurled to an untimely re death. ^ TbeCheraw Goztlte of Wednsdny sayr: ^ "We regret to learn that Mrs. Ann, wife of Richard L. Edge worth, of this District, committed suicide by shooting herself with a shot gun. It appears from ad the wound, that she placed the gun nnder her chin, and fired it, the whole charge pnming directly through the brain, killing ror her instantly. Mrs. Edgeworth was a ou highly respectable lady, and was grately te- esteemed by all who knew her. She I _ _ a . a t a 4 a ? a ne icrTpt Deteaveci huroriiu Run eererai of children to monm R loos they ncrer can , regain. Mr*. Edgeworth bod labored for od anveral year* tinder an aberation of mind, of hot no apprehension* of the roelnneho!? eeent were anticipated.'* % ? - ? * * |H| p ' ^ A GOOD CONCIENCF. The conscience alone is good which is much busied in self-examination, which speaks much with itself, and much with ^ God. This is both a sign that it is good, and the means to make it bettor. That rouI will doubtless be very waiy in its walk, which takes daily account of itself, aud renders up that account unto God. It will not live by guess but naturally examine each step beforehand, became it is resolved to examine all after: will consider well what it should because it means lo flsk ovnr nornin ultnf if 1?q|1i onA -o - -v,..v, not only answer itself but to make a faithful report of all into God; to lay all before liiin coatinually, upon trial made; to tell hi in what is in any measure well done as his own work, and bless him for that; and tell him, too all the slips and mis-arriages of ilia day, as our own coinplaining of ourselves in bis presence, an I an 1 still entreating free pardon, and more kolily and exact')*, and gaining, even by ourfailiug*, more humility and moie watchfulness. If you would have your conscience vnswer well, they must inquire and ques" tion much beforehand. Wheather is this I propose and go alrout, agreeable to my Lord's will? Will it please or profit myself.' Firts that my ow n humoi? Fits that inv own I uinor? And examine not only the hulk and the substance of thy ways and actions, but 'lie manner of their, how thy heart is see. So, think it enough to go to church, or to pray, hut take heed how ye hear; for, consider how pure lie is, and how piercing his eye, whom thou servest.?Leigh-ton,. Courage, Mo'miki b.?Newton sinned away his early advantages, and became an abandoned profligate; but the textr and hymns bis mot'-er had fixed in bis infancy and childhood were never effaced and finally fastened him to the Cross. Cecil tells us that iu the days of his vanity, though he withstood as many pious endeavors, he never could resist his mother's tears. Wilson, late Bishop of the Calcutta, in his narrative < f intercourse made him feel nothing till he mentioned his mother and then he broke into a flood of tears. ' In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thy band." St'ici t>k of Mk. Dkbi'st.?The Philadelphia Ledger of Tuesday says that Mr. Debest, who committed suicide at a boarding house in the vicinity of 9th and Chev nut atroets there, committed the act with the utmost deliberation, having placed a basin beneath his head ao as to catch the hlood and preserve the furniture of the room from injury. The deceased was a mineralogist of some eminence in North Carolina, and it is said, ho was the first discoverer of the gold deposits in that State. Pecuniary embarrassment is the cause assigned for the rash act. The remains have been taken charge of by Coroner l)e!avan, and will be interred. jC-tf Home is emphatically tho poor man's paradise. The rich, with tneir many resources, too ofteu live away from the hearth atone, in heart, if not in per on ; but to the virtuous poor, domestic t.es are the only legitimate and positive source of hapj incss short of that holier heaven which is the soul's home. X^rNeverdespair in adversity. Work and persevere. When the wheel is going round, the bottom must turn up? sometime. ?3T Fine natures are like poems? a glance at the first two linos suffice for a guess into tit* l?eauty that awaits you if you read on. XT Sin is never as a stray. If we do not retract from it we shall advance in it, aad the further on we go tho more we have to come back. One hour lost in the morning by lying in bed, will put back all the business of the day. ?W A 8blu?A good joke was played by the telegraph operators on Saturday, in sending to the hotels and depots bout town, to inquire for a trunk markedLE. Fant. After a dose search by ibe baggage masters, clerks, Ace., all came to the conclusion that the Elephant s'? W1VI latfw l.ia (rulr ailk Ida-? wim uiiii.? iviww Rif'lWtr**. I ? > i ^ i I. ' ,; &*** h ^ u 31