Yes better, better, better,” he whispered to himself, 
as he turned exhausted on his pillow. Chari.ks 
could not recover from the shock of finding Henky 
in such a place, and in each a condition. He who 
was once ho foil of life and hope, and might have 
been a blessing to himself and others, now lay before 
him —the body emaciated to a mere skeleton, while 
the soul, laden with guilt, waB trembling on the 
verge of eternity. With earnest words Charles 
spoke of the mercy of God in sending his Son to 
sufTer and die for sinners; and the promises to those 
who seek,— so foil of encouragement and hope,— he 
spread out before the dying man; but Henry 
stopped him, exclaiming, “ There is no mercy for 
me; no! no! I’m lost! lost! lost! I’ve sinned away 
the day of grace, and shall soon be in eternal tor¬ 
ment's.” Charles found that he could do him no 
good while he was in that state of mind, and 
earnestly commending him to the mercy of a» 
offended God, left him. 
During his stay there, Charles learned that when 
Henry arrived at New York, which he did soon after 
they parted in Buffalo, he was allured into the lowest 
dens of iniquity, and after a few yearB of debauchery 
and sin, stabbed, in a drunken frolic, one of bis 
associates, wbich bad brought him to the prison for 
life. 
Charles exerted himself to have Henry pardoned 
out, that he might be removed to more comfortable 
quarters; but Henry assured him that tbe pains of 
his body were nothing compared to the anguish of 
his mind, and that a change of place would not alle¬ 
viate his misery. Then, with an unearthly look, 
which sent a chill of horror through Cuaklks, he 
exclaimed, “I have wasted my day of grace, I hove 
played the fool, and now I must launch away alone, 
all alone, and meet my doom! Ob! the awful import 
of that word lost!” 
It was a dark and stormy night when William bent 
down to catch the last faint whispers that fell from 
Henry's lips. The hoarse death rattle that came 
and went with every labored breath, nearly choked 
his utterance, but the words, 
“ Let no one follow my course,” were heard, and 
soon the ghastly look, ami stiffened form, showed 
that the spirit had gone to Him who gave it. 
The next day the pardon arrived from the Gov¬ 
ernor, but it was too late, the spirit and body were 
beyond its reach, and all that was left of the once 
active Henry Wii.kkh, was consigned to the grave. 
Charj.hr found his father well and happy, and, 
when he urged him to accompany him to his Western 
field of labor, where his declining days could be 
made comfortable, the old gentleman replied, with 
tears, 
“My recollections of Western life are not very 
pleasant, but where you go, there will I go, and 
there will I be buried.” 
Charles lived to do good, and with a conscience 
at peace with God and man, his path grew brighter, 
and brighter, until it opened into eternal day; but in 
Henry Wilber we bcc verified the truth “thatthe 
way of transgressors is hard.” 
food, and then see God’s goodness in taking away 
your appetite that you might not suffer. 1 C harles 
smiled. “ Well, He has done that for me many a 
time,” said William, “and I have sometimes tho’t 
that He did more for the poor than for the rich. 
Perhaps it is because they are constantly driven by 
their circumstances to look to Him for supplies.” 
The next day Charles reached home, and received 
assurances from his father that he would contribute 
something towards William’s education. Being 
once admitted into the academy, ffo hindrances or 
discouragements abated the zeal with which William 
pressed his way on, and by much personal effort and 
pel-severance in the duties assigned him around the 
building, he was enabled, with the help of such do¬ 
nations as he received, to keep himself from debt, 
and to enter tbe ministry the same year with 
Charles. _ 
CHAPTER XI. 
Near tbe lake Kuskawong, in the southern part 
of Wisconsin, stood a large log school house, where 
Charles first preached tbe Word of Life to his own 
flock. Remembering bis own wayward youth, he 
was indefatigable in bis efforts to benefit the young, 
and often visited in the families where there were 
boys who might need his advice or counsel, and suc¬ 
ceeded in getting their confidence to such a degree, 
that their most secret plans were known to him 
before they were suspected by their parents. Thus, 
much evil was nipped in the bud, and many aspiring 
young men were put upon a right course before their 
feet were allured into the haunts of sin. 
Early one spring, the Itcv, Mr. Holmes, as he was 
called by his people, took a steamboat to make liis 
father, who had gone back to his native State, a 
visit. The aged man had become infirm, and longed 
once more to see bis only child, his beloved CilArtLERji 
and Charles, like a dutiful son, as be was, and ever 
had been since the death of hiB mother, felt it a duty 
to leave his flock in the wilderness, and bend his 
steps eastward. After many days’ travel over land 
t 2 r-THE AMERICAN WATCH COMPANY, of Waltham, 
Mas?., he? to call the attention of the public to tbe following 
emphatic recommendation of Waltham Watches, by tbe lending 
practical Watchmakers and Jewelers throughout the United 
Staten. The en tire list of signatures to it is quite too Ior J£ . f or 
publication in one advertisement, but the names presented 
will be recognized by those acquainted with the Trade as being 
in the highest degree respectable and nfluential. At their 
establishment* may always be fonnd tbe genuine Watches of 
the Company's manufacture, in great variety 
Signatures from many cities and towns not fully represented 
in this list will appear in a future advertisement 
For Moore’s Rural New-Yorker. 
MISCELLANEOUS ENIGMA. 
1 ax composed c< 52 letter 
Mv 2, 27, 20. 32, 6, 29, 10 is a plant. 
My 3, 13, 20 is an insert. 
My 4, 23, 6, 12, 6 is a rich man. 
My 5,18. 28,15 is a -eng in two parts. 
My 0. 30, 31. 29 is to cry aloud. 
My 7, 3.11, 27. 19 is a vessel of pleasure. 
My 8, 21, 29.10. 25. 21 is a sword of the finest temper. 
My 9, 23.18. 17. 6, 12. 7 is a wind instrument of music. 
My 10. 22.11, 27, 80,14. 28 is to adorn with embossed work. 
My 11. 21. 24,14. 12, 29, 28 is an ornament on the key of an 
arch. 
My 13, 10, 11. 8, 3, 2, 10 is to wink. 
My 14. 20. 28, 1, 15, 3 is a sleep in the day time. 
My 15, 32, 3, 5 ia a small clumsy animal. 
My 16, 4, 22 is a house of entertainment. 
My whole is what every citizen should do. 
North East, Pa, 1861. E- J- Pclman. 
Answer in two weeks. 
I stood on the brink in childhood, 
And watched the bubbles go 
From tbe rock fretted runny ripple 
To the smoother lymph below; 
And over the white creek bottom, 
Under them every one, 
Went golden stars in water, 
All luminous with the sun. 
But the bubbles break on the surface, 
And under, the stars of gold 
Break, and the hurrying water 
Flowed onward, swift and cold. 
TO THE PUBLIC. 
Tbk undersigned, practical Watchmakers and dealers in 
Watches, having bought and sold American Watches for a 
number of years past, and having dealt in all kinds of foreign 
Watches for a much longer period of time, beg to state that 
they have never dealt in Watches which, as a class, or in indi¬ 
vidual instances, have been more satisfactory to themselves or 
customers, whether in respect of durability, beauty of finish, 
mathematically correct proportions, accurate compensation 
and adjustment, or of .fine ttmr-kr.rj>ing remits, than those 
manufactured by the Waltham Company. 
\\ E, CRITTENDEN. Cleveland, Ohio, 
WM. BLYNN, Columbus, 
JAMES J. ROSS, Zanzesville, “ 
H. JENKINS & CO., Cincinnati, 
BEGG3 k SMITH. 
WM. WU.SON McGREW, 
DUHME & CO f 
«. OSKAMP, 
C. PLATT. Delaware, " 
J. T. & E. M. EDWARDS, Chicago, Illinois. 
F. J. ALEXANDER, La Salle, 
JOHN H. MORSE, Peoria, 
A. BEPPLER. 
W. H. RICHMOND, 
H. D. KAYS, Bloomington, " 
A. B. G1LLBTT, 
S. D. LILLE8T0N, Decatur, 
J. B. CURRAN. Springfield. 
J. W. BROWN, Quincy, 
E. B. TOBIN, 
BASSE & HUL8MAN, 
A. P. BOYNTON, 
WM. M. MAYO, 
E. NORTH EY, 
A. W FORD. 
WILLARD & HAWLEY, 
N. HAlOHT, 
H. & D. ROSENBERG, 
C. A. BURR & CO.. 
E. 8. ETTENnELMER & CO. 
WM. S. TAYLOR. Utica, 
W. W. HANNAH. Hudson, 
H. R. & H C CARPENTER, Troy, 
HOSKINS St EVANS, Owego, 
HAIGHT & LF.ACII, Auburn, 
JAMES HYDE, 
JOHN H. IVES, Fairport, 
WILLIAMS Sc CO., Canandaigua, 
J. N. BKNNET, 
A. S. STORMS, Poughkeepsie, 
WM. 8. MORGAN. 
HENDERSON BRO S 
J. A. CLARK. 
BLOOD & PUTMAN 
JENNINGS BROS, 
JOHN J JENKINS, 
W. II WILLIAMS, 
A. WARDEN, Goshen, *• 
L. 0. DUNNING, Penn-Yan, " 
W. P BINGHAM & CO., Indianapolis, Ind. 
CHAS. G. FRENCH, 
J. MCLENE, 
C A. DICKENSES, Richmond, 
G. H- BASCOM k CO., Terre Haute, “ 
J. M. STANSIL. Sullivan 
ADOLPH MYERS, Plymouth, •' 
THEO K PICKERING, Kalamazoo, Mich. 
GKO. DOTY. Detroit, 
M. S. SMITH. 
A. It. VAN core, 
JOHN' ELKINS, 
H. N. R HERMAN, 
S. C. SPAULDING. 
REINEMAN A MKYRAS', 
SAM I. BROWN, JR., 
W. T. KOPLTN. 
GEO W. SI’EtN, 
GKO H TITUS. 
GEO STEIN. 
E. J LASCELLf. 
SAM l. CARMAN. 
JOSEPH I.ADOMUS, 
J. J. BLAIR, , , 
GKO. W McCALLA, 
FRANCIS C. PoLACK, 
G. M Z.tHN, 
GEO HELLER, 
F. P HELLER. 
E. AUGHINDAUGH, 
J. C. DOLOS. 
T 8. HOFFMAN. 
J. C HAVNA. 
C. T ROBERTS. 
DAVID l.AVKRACK, 
AV. T. RAE, „ 
ENOCH K. BILLS, 
HF.NRY It JAMBS, 
S. T. LITTLE. 
CARSO s A BRANNON, 
TIIOS. GOWDEY. 
A. W. PYLE 
SIMPSON A PRICE, 
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w c DEFIUE'4, 
1 stood on the brink in manhood, 
And it came to my weary heart,— 
In my breast no dull and heavy, 
After the year* of smart,— 
That every bolloweet bubble 
Which over my life had passed, 
Still into its deeper current 
Some sky west gleam had cast; 
That, however, I mocked it gaily, 
And guessed at his hollowness, 
Still shone, with each bursting bubble, 
One star in my soul the less. 
Atlantic Monthly. 
HOW WAS IT DONE? 
One of our Western exchanges gives the following puzzle: 
A lady had a cross of diamonds of which o 
she was very choice. They were arranged o 
as here shown. Each day she counted them o 
to be sure they were all safe, thus:— Begin- o o o o o o o 
ning at the bottom, she counted those on o 
the npright, 9; then commencing at the o 
bottom again, she counted up to the trans- o 
verse piece, and thence on the transverse to o 
tbe right, making 9 again; and lastly count- o 
ed them, as before, to the transverse, theDce to the left, 9. 
A man stole two of the diamonds, and they counted the same 
as before. How did be do It? 
fgr” Answer in two weeks. 
[Written for Moore’s Rural New-Yorker.] 
CHARLEY HOLMES; 
THE CONSEQUENCES OF INDECISION 
Galena, 
Jacksonville, 
Cherry Grove, 
Freeport, 
Syracuse. 
Newburgh. 
Rochester, 
For Moore's Rural New-Yorker. 
THE PUZZDE OP THE STAHS. 
BY MRS. M. A. I.ATHROP. 
, [Concluded from page 140, last number.] 
At the close of the second term, Cuaui.es waR de¬ 
lighted with a letter from his father, giving bim 
permission to spend the vacation at home, and with 
a happy heart he packed his trunk, hade his kind 
teachers farewell, and started in the stage coach. 
For Home days before, the roads had been frozen and 
thus rendered quite passable; but that morning a 
thaw, attended with a steady rain commenced, and 
scarcely had Charley proceeded ten miles before 
the coach plunged into a deep rut and remained im¬ 
movable. A few sturdy men saw the accident, and 
with long and strong poles came to tbe rescue. The 
coach was released by a great effort but was found 
to be so badly broken that it could not be used, and 
the passengers gladly accepted the kind invitations of 
tbe farmers to make for the night their houses their 
homes. With a sad heart and disappointed look, 
Charles went to tbe house assigned him, wondering 
why God, in his providence, should thwart his plan 
of being at home that night with his father, and thus 
leave him to take np his lodgings with strangers. 
He had rejoiced in the belief that God directed all 
the steps of his children and ordered all their allot¬ 
ments, but now he could not see any especial provi¬ 
dence in this annoying delay, and he forgot his trust 
for the time, and murmured at the carelessness of the 
driver. But as nothing that he could do could 
relieve him from bis difficulty, he concluded to wait 
with as much patience as possible, till he could get 
away. 
The family with whom he was to lodge consisted, 
of an elderly gentleman, his wife, and a lad by the 
name of William, who was about his own age. 
Charles was at once interested in him, lor he was 
intelligent in his looks, and prepossessing in his 
manners; and as he followed him about upon the 
farm, he spoke freely of his own plans and purposes, 
and modestly inquired into the views and feelings of 
his new' found friend. He was pained to learn that 
William was not the son of the man with whom he 
lived, but an orphan, who had long been obliged to 
support himself by his own efforts, and excluded 
from the privilege of an education. Charles was 
immediately interested for him, and began to cast 
about in his own mind for ways and means by which 
he might assist him; and finally asked, “ would yon 
be able and willing to earn, in part, or in whole, 
your board and tuition?” 
“Most certainly,” replied William, with anima¬ 
tion, "for an education T should value above all 
price, and if by any amount of labor and study 1 can 
acquire It, I shall be exceedingly glad.” 
Charles then told him tliat a student at the 
Academy, who had fitted himself for entering College 
in advance, working his way along by the broom and 
the ax, was about to leave, and if he wished it, he 
would immediately write back and secure the place 
for him. William gladly acceded to the proposi¬ 
tion, and took Charles to his own room to talk over 
the plan and to write the letter. 
For some time Charles sat with his eyes fixed 
upon an old round-a-bout which hung upon the wall, 
half wondering with himself, as he talked, what there 
was about it that carried him back into the dreamy 
past Rising at length, lie took it from tbe nail, and 
turning it round and round, said, “ This looks won¬ 
derfully familiar, somehow. r 
“It is a relic I keep,” said William, “for the 
good it did me once, after being nearly drowned; 
Frieni.h. one and all, I pray yon show 
How you nine stars would so bestow 
Ten rows to form—in each row three — 
Tell me, ye wits, how this can be? 
Windham. Ohio, 1861. A- R- Rcssell. 
Answer in two weeks. 
For Moores Rural New-Yorker. 
GEOGRAPHICAL QUESTION. 
The following question was once printed in the Rural, hut 
received no attention from correspondent*. It might, how- 
ever, puzzle older heads than those who are supposed to 
study the juvenile departments to answer it satisfactorily: 
“ Into what stream does the Cassiquiarie (a river in South 
America,) empty? G. F. W. 
J'gT Answer in two weeks. 
Batavia. 
Amsterdam, 
Saratoga, 
Alban y, 
Answer to Miscellaneous Enigma:—Honesty is the best 
policy. 
Answer to Riddle:—A letter. 
Answer to Charade:—Buck-wheat. 
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