ffBrt-d to bereelf that she did feel a fort ofliking 
for tlie fellow, after all; but, heigho! it was too 
late now—yes, nl.it! There was no use thinking 
of him! For, not one short week before, Mr. 
Rickard Sparks iifid declared bis love for Miss 
Alice Durfortb, and bad been, by that cruel 
damsel, set out in the cold. And why ? 
Why! 1 she now asked herself, not without re¬ 
morse. Well, because 
knew of the engagement of Miss Alice and Mr. 
Sparks long before the fortnight bad expired, 
and equally ujxjenlable that what everybody 
knew was the exact truth. 
Professor Blyng was not at the wedding, at 
all events, nor doe* this deponent believe that 
the bappy bridegroom ever bad the decency to 
send the professor even a single additional dol¬ 
lar in token of gratitude for the blessed result 
achieved through the revelation of the Wonder¬ 
ful Secret.— Btadle's Monthly. 
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because it 6eeroed so 
sudden at the moment, that she really hadn’t the 
courage to decide—to give np her delightful In¬ 
dependence, you know, all at once, by h word, 
ah it were. And besides, after all, she didn’t 
peremptorily say no. At least, she felt eu re she 
hadn't meant to say so, exactly. But Mr. 
Sparks hod so underttood her, evidently, for he 
bad gone—rushed madly, as the story-writers 
w ould say—from her presence, and had not since 
returned. 
The end of these reflections was a tolerably 
j comfortable cry on the part of Miss Alice, and 
| her subsequent refusal to receive the respective 
j visits of Captain Ilormer, Mr. Flibber, and five 
other single gentlemen, who called in the course 
of the day. 
III. 
“ PnorEBSOH Bltng : 
“ Dear Blr.:—I have just read your advertbe- 
rnent. I don’t believe a word of it. How ran 
you possess such a secret as you assert? Such 
a power, sir, la riot within the scope of human¬ 
ity. I own to you, sir, that I regard your ad¬ 
vertisement as a bait to trap the credulous, and 
yourself little or no better than an impostor. 
“ And yet, in the face of nil this, I am wij]Inir, 
for the sake of gratifying my private curiosity, 
to add rnyst lf to the number of your victims, 
to the extent of live dollar#, which I herein in¬ 
close. It I never hear from you in reply to this 
foolish letter, I shall lie in no wire surprised. I 
am prepared to be gulled, or rather, to gull my¬ 
self. But If you choose to reveal to me the pre¬ 
tended secret, by means of which I can win the 
love of a chat tiling maiden, aged twenty, w ho 
has once already rejected mv suit, 1 shall he 
happy to hear from you as speed 11 v as possible. 
Let me add that If (of which I nave not the i 
slightest hope) I should by your assistance, of ' 
whatever nature it may he, succeed it the object 
of my dearest wishes, the paltry sum enclosed j 
will be but a slender fraction of the amount to 
which 1 hiiali consider your service* eutiUed. 
“ You will (or will not; address 
“K. S., V. 0. box yy/.KiO, city. 
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eucb coin were In vogue, and valued at the Dgarte 
specified, but the people of sow-a-days can truly say 
“ of silver and gold have we none.” 
THE WONDERFUL SECRET 
fallible. 
“ Should you desire more explicit directions, 
or wlnh to penetrate further into the mysteries 
of the electro-biological science, I shall be hap¬ 
py to furnish you with my exhaustive treatise on 
the subject: 1 voh, pp. f>M5: price, in ndvance, 
six dollars. Very respectfully, etc., 
“ Piunkas Blyng, I*. S. P.” 
The face of Miss Alice Durfortb, as she read 
this production, would certainly have been a 
curious and Interesting study to any Inquisitive 
mind, had the owner of such mind been by her 
to note it at the time. But as she was wholly 
alone lu the parlor, how is it possible that this 
writer should describe the phenomena of vary¬ 
ing emotion that passed overtbe maiden’s sweet 
conntenance ? 
After she had finished the professor’s epistle, 
and had paused a moment In perplexed thought, 
she suddenly burst into a most singular laugh— 
a positive shout oflaugliter —which so discom¬ 
posed her that she dropped the letter and sunk 
back ou the lounge in momentary exhaustion. 
Then, being somewhat calmed, she once more 
stooped to pick up the document, when she 
spied, for the first time; a few lines, in another 
band willing, on the back of the sheet. 
These few lines, upon readiog which Miss 
Alice’s expressive face assumed quite a new char¬ 
acter, a something shining upon it like the re¬ 
flection of an Inner joy —these magic lines ran 
simply thus: 
“ In the folly of my despair at. your rejection, 
I was weak enough to seek the aid of a charla¬ 
tan, and even to believe, for an instant, that I 
might find gruuini- assistance from such a source, 
In securing that which I was so utterly loth to 
lose. In answer to my application I received 
the accompanying absurd mass of nonsense, 
such as I ought, indeed to have expected, if I 
expected any response whatever. 1 only send 
It to you, that you may at least know how deep 
and earnest was, uud, in spite of your — shall I 
say cruelty?— srill Is, my affection : and how I 
clung and still ding, to every fragment of hope, 
however frail or treacherous, that, may yet vouch¬ 
safe to me that which I covet more than all else 
on earth—your love, and with It, yourself. 
“ Do what you will with this — uud with me. 
I am, nevertheless, and shall ever bo, 
‘‘Yours, devotedly, Richard Sparks.” 
Instead of walking, the remainder of that 
morning was spent by Miss Alice in the seclu¬ 
sion of her chamber; but shortly before dinner 
she issued forth, and, calling a servant, banded 
him a tiny note, with directions to deliver it 
promptly at the address indicated, after which 
she ate a comfortable dinner Indeed. 
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My 4. 26, 24, 28 is seen from every quarter. 
My 5,17, 27, 25 appear* in time of night. 
My 6. 7, 8) Is precion* when 'tls bright. 
My 8, 10, 9, 11 is a river Jn the east. 
My 18,14. 21, 16 should In the ground be east. 
My 18, 28 ,8, J6 is wbat will give success. 
My 23, 32, 83, 8 with pleasant food will bless. 
My 20, 6, 22, 11 will soon a choice decide. 
My whole is a true saying which every one should 
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Hemlock Lake, N. Y. 
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About eight o’clock that evening, Captain 
Hornier, Mr. Flibber, and several other gentle¬ 
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Miss Alice Durfortb, who gave them but a very 
desultory attention, when the door opened, and 
in walked Mr. Richard Sparks. There was a 
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tleman, which, though he did his best to hide it, 
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Miss Alice, rising, said, with singular self-com¬ 
mand : 
“Excuse me one moment, gentlemen; Mr, 
Sparks comes ub the bearer of a wonderful 
secret. ” 
When she said this, and, saying it, led the way 
cooly into the conservatory, Mr. Sparks submis¬ 
sively following, then the gentlqmen alluded to 
gave their suspicious words: 
“ What the devil can Sparks have to tell her ?’’ 
whispered Mr. Flibber. 
“I’ll be-,’’ said the Captain, also in a whis¬ 
per, “ If J don’t believe he’s proposed.” 
“ I’oob! don’t you know ? He did that a week 
retorted Mr. Flib- 
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ago, uud got the 6ack, neat!” 
her, wtto voce. 
The other gentlemen made various more or 
less idiotic or Irrelevant suggestions, but they 
were compelled to leave the house with the mys¬ 
tery unsolved, for in a few minutes («. e. hall’ an 
hour) Miss Alice and Mr. Sparks came back as 
if nothing special had happened, and the con¬ 
versation fluttered on, till Richard took his leave 
in the most ordinary manner, and the rest sbort- 
Jy followed his example 
But there iB reason for believing that Sparks 
returned again to that mansion ae soon as the 
coast was clear, on that very evening, and that 
be found it pleasant to prolong his visit till after 
midnight. 
There is also good ground for suspecting that 
he repeated his visits with ridiculous frequency 
during the next fortnight, (and for some time 
subsequently, in fact,) aud even dined a number 
of times with the Durfortb family. 
Aud it is absolutely certain that everybody 
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