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- . -I - *--17, - >o 4t b b and~ LA" aaei r 6P0' a 4dl3 the sa s new 11tdi'e teeding six lin es - akceramen'ding Candi. ottrietor.- puffing bib akged as k8dveti-e. byntail inust be paid to' in. tinance. P11EN NDTHE ROBIN. T. ARTHUR. hoisnogwhad been. falling tebadily - trnig.and the earth' was cover. dto thd depth'of several inchis . I ate ith r , au little Mary Wilson , Th6ns and FAfktd, i ar the grate in the pailor, f__ttering noise against the - I ook~ing ar6undtlicysaw a. b i h liiins outspread, and his .reast pessed agamst one of the pane&' assat-whichlihe was now beginnift to tpickvlth hip slender bill. -0!i rbin, a 'robin red breast!' ek. -bliinied Mary, clapping lier hands to etler. And alL the children started-up and n-toward the window. AThee he'sgonel'said Mary, in a dia. spointed voice asthe stopped suddenly. 'Let ls onthe windows,- and then: all ,oandsi' ietly down on the sof'as did k'ren d the windowvs, L ad "sa oWn upot"..the .sofa, t om lad I suggested., in a lit. .ieithe robIn camne back and lit upon th 0 idw 'id. The children did -not 4tIr- no ke k oiso; and soon lie hopped dlow do nid went'. anqd -hid I~t er of' a roon, behind. a It Ie window, brither,'shisper ary to Edward; and Edward. went othe Window, and shut It, down; M- hiie retured to the -sofa, and tiay and Tihothasreuidinbd very' aIt iiniAot long beforo the warmth rna de hilM feel 'better so he e o w iidhfdiiig pince, and stood pr about a; minute turning his head from qe9idb6'tie.'other, and-appearing toex. ,,kmin& every object'in the room with his 'lttleudar ocpressivo - eyes. Stisfiaed at if ' ree running hops, which "kif Mi-l11to'the middle of the rooM, o bIj enaie another pause, and 'took pq9sur Fry said, In a gentle - -14 asjdghanedi and fluttered -Mhi dng place. But, as the eliiri renintainedjverptill, it soon came )dtende more'and hopped into the middle' iLonMay - agnik said, 'Robin! )2. Thi *ird sierted and stood tuwning his ~hia~ f~~one aide to the other, asbofore. ~~,un-back into, the corner s~j~~~'resetlyit-begati picking up o~m~f oake which the nurse let .th~b~~ttiWos the floor." I cAnnot2 tel lioiihIldren were pleased fr i'tk~restrained idieniselves, umn im a low'ioipe, say. ~B4Aolo.-Dear little robin red. 1d9 pnu~drstarid that to hm, for ho hopjied ayay, and then stopped 6 r~ li e~asbeifore, from ide 'ei pv~ otgreat while before ~R~4Q1~4pppit himself to be taken up in 1I~E~ and,'ad let thenm smooth his soft 'A'la4 paitt6 uy caeas soon a robin in?' aske ay o6 iii~ tarnet eys into lher broth. ~ ~tiirned IMary, 'we won't shut .o~r1~et~t~fed-breast u~p .in .a epgel * I ~ a e' " ubi get would a ~u~ia ~ ~ ' ldeof thg'flelds and '" igt think oflautting N e' Weowilfeed him v Ft ilndowv and then 4~hIt ~as~ii .~ Tiny ground Is addcannnot find fields; ;Ho wfil ''-i' will fee"fhim Is' 1~tig us'end trus t~d~r ~Pd: 41tu a deceive hsim.' will neve see AZ~~q1Itwe will. diut even fF1 il~'~Ib ke 'hasden .ttr il 'cg4 IL T opJ. aga~ hbooke t 4 pJ) ti&t ui4q 'iet I kwnjd i*6ddad e f 90a V; morro M . Tho a ary'. ; abut it adw sidl heR was syh adn't ept th*bt asked he o atbaegt n W'lr no hav banoteri wehance, soo e et o nice a ory he ad . 014f - the iw, uptil~llti t'i ahr a&'oead 1hen Whein papa camethome, and .the ;cil.n dren told him abothe robi d idl f(ht he was vory glad-they-isdot d titiary hadsu ested, id liet thairn kgo at lil berty.that it would have heent all islife a free bird in the woods arnd fields. n,o, the net morning, all thie clods-had disappeared fromn..the sky, and the sun was again out brightly.: put it was very told, and the snow lay ideep upon th ground. 'Robin hasn't com yet,' aid Edward, about ton o'cook.d He feltas if he would like .tb have a bird in a c ge. ' . he obin sn't going to com' heturno d 'Wait awhile/ said &Iary, in her soft and gentle way . Aa awhile. I don't giRei up Robin yet. See!t added she, in a quick'exultii voice, 'there he is-now! I knly e vold come... And as she spoke, robin lighted down upon the window. aill, and ayith his red bestouching the glass, picked for ad. WVe need not say how quickly the win dowv was thrownopen, with. jind and wel1 como eclamations. The birdidd 'not aeem in iheleast afr'id, bt stopdd up on Mary's ainil, and was lying, nean instant after, pressed to her bosom.- ho!a ran into the dining .oom for ,bme.crumbs, while Edward stood admiripgly at~thelIt tie creature that, lay so fulltof conadence en his sister breast!' 'Shut dear, good robin up in acdge!' said Mary, touching her lips to the bird.1 'No, no, indeed. They slall not put him mn a cage4 crubsan Thomas broughateome rumb a held them in his hand to the bird. Robin was hungry and peeked affay at them eager. ly,-while the children locked on wvith de light. Aner he had as-much as he wan. ted, they .gve him some water, .into wvhich he dipped his delicate bifl. 'Then ie hopped about the room and seemed to feel .quite at home. In about. an otiu they opened the window oir him, but robin found is quarters so comflitable that ihe had no wish to leave.them. s Ho perched himselfupo the back of0a -chair and looked at the window, but made no attempt to flyout; so they let him stay as long as he pleased, which wras for several hour; Then lhe peeked at the widow, ni Mary opened it, when he flew ofas swiftly i his wings cou d carry him. Every day, so long as the snow reinain ed upon the ground, the . bird cajne and tapped on the window with him bill for ad mission. There was always some one ready to let' him' in, and give hirhe crumbs of breathe sought. Soetimes he would comq while the family were es .ting their dinner or break fast, and then he was sure to get upon .he table beside Mary's plate, and pick zp the crumbs of bread she gavo him. When the earth became bare again, ro. bin did net v'isit his frienids so ofhen; at last, as the spring opened he ceased coming altogether. One Bunny day, .laenin April, thwary had thrown opein the window, and was sitting near it, listening to the birds -that were singing joy fully among thie tiees, when all at once, a pair of robins comne fluttering down and hit upon the window sill. One of them she recognised in a moment. It was her old friend!i From the sill he flow to her hand, and then turn. ed, and as plain as a bird could do it, in. vited his companion to .follow him. But *he-was'moretimid and scoemed to be un-i easy. Robin stayed bum a few moments with Mary, and then flew bpck to his mute upon the windowveill. Here they dkl not lUngej long, but .eoon spread their wings, an d Mary sawv them no more. When Mary told this pleasant incoident, Edward end Thoreas wvere aurprised arnd de ' hted beond measure. 'Ire brought his.mate to see us. 0, 1 wish I had been at hiome,' said Thomas. 'Robin is much happier than if ho were shut up in .a cage,' remarked. Aary,. 'I mmg sure we acted the more generous and honprables g~~Ith hilm than-.we should hive donel~e ehad abused~ the ejonfi. donce"'heho aed in us and m~ade hin a prisoner for life.' 'It would have been cruel, I acknowl. dge,' said T~homan; 'and 1am very gida i4 was po done,' 4ridan an);L'A addEwa,.. iii rs e 0 eWnJR x gfti i hat bliylebeji) jd l na~ Ibx J~pte~ms br Lha r Cpy hr'16 r 'A COUN'rtYLA WYER 'ON HANd FOR HIS CITYFRIEND. . Fve-aad-twenty years agp, anthi western regio.NwassprAely., e enie ou bar-room wa ihe *i6 bbisom afi Udfo ckiEthMI j t g e v~p ~gennrally hea d anp . drinkipg sabodes, there;dvs a cer; tan set of good.,btored, fre-a"d-ediy ivfdua1 w1hsbeeunioni itwo d'aa6fore: gather'-nt tiinn'&o'fbid-.- . i-Ellicoit villi, cqubty npus maniong ibiu set w Cou psllor.. hose'ouughl yet 'ready: wit h.Lad, spread. his fame abroad irg lighdout all that reion'ked'. r ngtli meiheir'I was &ritle man twhir we'll allX . Thete,, with others,. whiled away mrary a.winter evening,,telliog stories,. tmoqid the pipe, andl quffing mugs.of hotflip.-. a 'fluid nov almost forgotten. But time sopaieted this jolly cotnPany, as itAsothersg and the subseqafont his. tory of the Counsellors and'worthy Mr. -X, wasas diverse as their foctunes, G. plodded on with'his 'oapiases' and 'sash. er-raro-ers' at ElligouvllleAX. in due time Iwcame engaged in r'esposible duties here. Legal .busnes,. at distant irmervals, called the IPyer to Buffalo, and he was, oa course, glad tosee. his ol) friend; bui X---., engrossed In business, or for rn. son of his own, had poi much timbio talk over'old tinfes,' and without inteniding ii probably, gave himi the cold shoulder. The man oT law -noted this. indifforence, -and posscssingu ivit what the other did in rhino- -determined to ascertnip"*hetlh. er X---really'meant to.'out hnt; o iobt. Meeting iim, next- day Jin the street he said:- m d fri howd'? Woll, very vWelllfioi are-you$M 'I say, X, I've noticed several times lately th at .yqu 've rpther avoided 4ae than ofherwise, and I ajn't going to stand any such gammon.' 'Why,.wut-.' We use4 to be miglity gCood friends up in Ellicottville, and I don' know wvhy we shouldn't be here,' c~hy, what- -. Ohoit' no use talking; just gc in he're, now and 'treat,' as you -used to. 'Why lIve just had my brepikfast, and don't want anything; besides, I'm in a hurry to get to my business; but I'll treal you, if you want. ..Well, Jet's go in?' [--And they antered a small 'one horse grocery,' wfhere the 'cheap and nasty was dealt out by the. small.--X---. gave a nod to the 'mix"r' behind the .ba a:nd said:- - ----/ uat give myfriend here some beer and what crqckers and cheese he wants, and charge to me.'_-Turning to G ho remarked: 'You mus-t excuse, me, atow; I've a great many things to,. and cant. stay, any longer,'-afier which 'he left. _ 'Well, if that isn't cool,'; says G, 'then I'm no 2dge.' Having, dispassion ately imblibed his beer, he stopped a min ute or two to consider,. 'I say, bar-keeper.' 'Yes, sir.' 'Have you got plenty of craokors and cheese?' - 'Yes, sir!' 'H-owv much will the cheese scrigh?' 'A bout sixty poudids a piece.' 'Full sixty? ',.ixty, and no mistake!' Well, just send over to the Farmecr's Hotel :olere I stop ,four of those cheeses and three barrels of crackers, anid charge themnto Mr.. X.---will you?'-.-'you hear-d him say J was to have wchat crackers an cheese I wanted?' 'Yes air?' 'And send them dowvn soon, be. .cause Il'expect my team 'Il be there in-a little whiile, and I shall want 'em all ready. 'Certainly sir.' Thefou chemes and She fhrei barrels of crackers weore sent down, and ir due course of.time Mr. X-.-, was pro. sonted a bill! for the spime, which he paid confessing at the same time that alhotgi rather expensive the joke wvas neverthles a good one. Hie never afterivards gave the COo.I shouher to Counsellor G. A ~Yankee's Peculiarities.-Winchiel, the drollerist and humorist, attended a recent Pilgrim's Festival at tieveland, Ohio. 'He gve-the followlsi description of a Yan. 'A real live Yankee, just caught, will, bc found, at deficient in the follown qujlibies U. ying, self-relying alwy try. in every thing -pryn. e Is a love. - t, propriety, sobrioy notoriety, r.nd ths tmperance society, li is a drag. .n~gging, bra ging- stlrvirig,- diving th~sioping, s 'apping jostling,4 , ith, wrestling, musical,' quizca, astronleaic poetical, phailoo lica, ,aid comical sort ol character *eq ' naifstde~iny Is te retttehtg o e a.laaet M t'for - sicli e to I, Uao.tAm w an fialls red ei pri t. -9 . s elr bJest stih.It u r lts4E ... o keep its eys opn,' th &y 02jhekj;61dill that nechinW. abd $ -WVidlit k"t kee, breadig i~ef. r s jest keen enough to W h it and- eeP die e'o o.craeok W '.r Mlf-hcti''quic Qi,ihA 11 lookin' critter, ride a hejtrhf~ ofice, and enipl tse' *nye One of old Nah"n e tent, capable-o tunni' The.lounger ffe $ ) ~ A A')fr X-144 producti ohn any f r the i of the fere l-in o b eca h tessayo businestransations whfe,4t)jir for UeyWIL imd anabanc'to sail# ona Sty have0 occasiot tbotn o I' $ to a toll and pitchas much as d, ae For food, they wil be to Snd plenty of chickens in'the main hatch, espe ciay P athe o6 pAn Get.lemen of Ilow ded4qgigto se~ wvill rpdi~yqtf~agol hiyidd the can put up - Ladies who are -~dqhit1 when4 ea, peed neehej wat , work for p sailor will be Fit spin thelh ayab? much'crib ti cftnap w if powsbidheave ,il f"athyig, the nover MR. CLAY ANI THE LAD!, I was readirg :ini the NiwYork-iajfers lastnight, the account of therecoptiontg en to Mr. Clay in theceity..--f~qBhaI omne whar the .editor sed-'Thousand~slaloe. arrayed in smdles, whose sweetniess 1ul, have attricted -angels' from thelrL I jirs called oh Mr. Cla at the Governo' and it is calculated that fullfuatienj kissed or ushook hanrihiJJ M'dnuirgq of two hours' . 'What!' se Mary, her eyes-shinin'.like dImnonds--'Mr. Clay 'kised nine tiidupW wimmi i two hour.!'-: WTh, papr sA .a s IdA, i better be at hoine kiusing hid oWhi wife.' 'Pahaw, Mary, sea I'that's nothing; he jat done it to please'the ladiv hatlan ogj pn thei O resp~ea"~t'oi.m .k - *To peas-Xth9ad2iesideed!) Is *n care,' ses she; 'I do believe in no ich ryins on as kissing other people's iv ifl iwas Mr. Clay, I'd lehm V what I thought of such conductte - i t fll e so e would' and her face usD h 6r ofor Jones. a r D r1 I df0io Doctr, Cel k-iid-n o i aails you, John": "Troth, nat' waore t "Are yo pa in."sea a%'' 'a a* "The ho-se tm.' 11 Wn slaip bany" anorto nature poor craythaur, is. exhiugted inTIUI "Good appetite1"? "Not a petatee's worth.". "Night- sweats?" -"You might wring the she, "Well you are in a bad -yy bw$ct but if you'rrMe.ntwe on ik upy constitutIon. "Arrab, doctor, honey: yel'. thur gete me a new constt~i ilgtl e.Iwould1l the old oine hal You coul take it out y'oli know while'P h tipsy with the Chloroformnl'" 'Why is'a young womai like a dud bil#' IBecause she ought to be epttled oil 4a6 uopn 'as she comes to matwt. die!of tJIbOlS 1le~ ~e he1a y tisthtttor the fellow Wh% dek i en fom whooptiggU 'There were twelve of us,'s4Ie~i thi etherelevenhad itprteeU'~ con3 iid m.L nml enua -t P.anua4: o pbt snine4 -re re.. in-gmor me.anMaazac.hm: nIs r . n d uredn'~ Y-ril A . ie0MA er . 0 ~op 00 0 h q ONI MOO Dr.~ ila v i Ah. a as r ~ d t i iI 0t n! Ail -lt 'Otb im or, s ol'rv ing to a00n* ~~~~ too eavy, thatih 40 4 4~Ti~re~jea~b~t6" . fthtD, MjpwAka #on, the'CiWdiff i~od~ rQssideofd a~u iI 9 .h I, -