was to prevent Frank from seeing me before my 
departure to hinder the possible catastrophe of an 
engagement between us. 
To accomplish this object she kept him busy, 
night and day, in preparations for going to the city; 
in taking her here and there on various errands 
and visitings. The first of July evening, on which 
he called to sec me, was the one only time in which 
he had a moment’s breathing space. While his 
mother was attending to the packing of her trank 
for the morrow’s journey he came quietly down to 
have a little talk with me. He then went on to 
Jambs’ store. (It was nominally James’, since his 
father's death, aud Mrs, Pap.kek had promised that 
it shonid be his, in reality, very soon.) The broth¬ 
ers returned home together, and whatever Mrs. 
Pakker may have suspected of Frank's wherea¬ 
bouts that, evening, she asked them no questions. 
By the most skillful questioning the next day, she 
found out that Frank, if he had seen me, (whether 
he had or not, she conldu’t be sure,) knew nothing 
of my going West. 
Once get me safely off and she felt secure! “ Out 
of sight, out of rnind; ” and she would try to occupy 
Frank’s mincl in such a manner that he would 
scarcely have time or opportunity to think. To 
accomplish this she would set him up in business. 
He had been James’ clerk long enough, she said; 
she would make over to him ten thousand dollars. 
When she gave James his store, and the goods it 
contained, she would give Frank that sum of 
money, and the use, for five years, of one of his 
father’s warehouse's, which, of late, had been used 
as a granary. Her gifts to both of them should be 
made out in legal form, aud all should be settled 
before she and Frank returned from the city. She 
would keep it a secret from James, she told Frank, 
and surprise him with it. Therefore, James spoke 
truly when he said they hadn’t told him their busi¬ 
ness. Frank, indeed, did not know it, himself, 
fully, till they were fairly olT; when, in the curs, his 
mother told him all He was pleased and grateful. 
What young man Is not, when first made independ¬ 
ent, and left to work out his own way in the world, 
especially when he is conscious that he has the ele¬ 
ments of success in bis own bruin und fingers ? He 
thanked her sincerely and assured her that he would 
make no bad use of her trust in him. 
“ I am very glad, too, mother,” he continued, 
“that James’ good fortune comes at the same time 
with mine ; it gives me a double pleasure.” 
“1 thought it would,” she replied, “and now, 
this week, while I visit some of our friends in 
town, you can be buying up a small stock of goods; 
enough to last till the full trade." 
Frank assented, and both relapsed into silence, 
each one, practical as they were, entering into the 
very Ideal occupation of building castles in the air. 
I think I know what Frank's were ; aud 1 imagine 
I can now guess some of his mother’s. One item I 
chance to know she would keep Frank in the city 
till 1 had started on my journey. She was now like 
a desperate gambler, who had risked everything he 
possessed on one throw of the dice. If Frank 
shonid meet me, after all, before 1 started, all was 
lost. She was even putting the means In hie hands 
to marry me, and be independent of her. It was a 
desperate risk, but the Inexpressible relief she felt 
at hearing that I was really going far away gave her 
boldness for it, and a feeling of surety of success. 
Hy absence was 6Uch an unhoped-for blessing—such 
a welcome omen — 6ureiy it betokened good. She 
had a pleasure in flaring the die, aud as long as 
Frank was by her ,;de — an unmarried man — and 
“that Maggie Alien” in Illinois, she would not 
trouble herself about the future. 
he might have the pleasure of seeing her safely to 
the depot. She laughed at his bantering manner, 
and away they went. Alice followed with the 
Judge; mother and I followed them, and had a 
quiet talk all to ourselves, as we loitered behind the 
rest, for there was plenty of time. 
WheD we arrived at the depot, I asked Mart 
where James was. 
“ In there,” she said, pointing to the ticket office, 
and as they opened the little door, at that moment, 
we saw him standing by the telegraph operator and 
heard the click of the telegraph wires. 
The Judge got our tickets; in three minutes 
more the train came. Not till I was seated in the 
car and had hastily pushed up the window for a last 
look and word, did 1 see James* Then he came 
hurrying up to shake hands for “good-by.” 
“Miss Maggie,” he said, “if you see that brother 
of mine in New York or Illinois, tell him to please 
hurry home. I am impatient to get a sight of him." 
The cars rushed on; he had scarcely time to step 
back on the platform; I looked out once more, but 
James, mother and the girls were all out of sight; 
and the cars were almost into tue covered bridge 
leading across the Hudson.—[Concluded next week. 
Written for Moore's Rural New-Yorker 
BY THE BROOK, 
months, I believe,—! knew nothing of it then, 
but 1 have suspected since,—she suffered agonies. 
Wounded pride is worse, than sea-sickness, which 
Mrs. Btowb says is worse than any martyr’s torments. 
Both the boys inherited enough of their father's 
easy disposition to make them, generally, quiet 
agents of her will; bnt they possessed too much of 
her own sharp acuteness to come under her yoke with 
their eyes shnt, as their good father had done. They 
only bowed to it, at times, for the sake of peace; 
when they chose, they threw it ofl, and ran abso¬ 
lutely against her potent will; like herself, doiDg it 
quietly, without the least waste of words. Her 
skillful generalship, her artful maneuvering, some¬ 
times brought them back, bnt not always. How¬ 
ever, till the. boy6 were men, nothing of any great 
moment had occurred in or for which it was worth 
while to use much strategy,—only a little light 
skirmishing on each side, while a true affection ex¬ 
isted between mother and sons. They loved her, 
and were prond of h.er, although James openly and 
good humoredly laughed to scorn her plotting and 
planning, while Frank quietly smiled at, and both 
thoroughly despised it. Still they had to own, 
sometimes, that they were both caught in her nets. 
One thing was noticeable: the boys always took 
each other’s part in any difference between one of 
them and the mother. They seemed to have a sort 
of instinct that to do otherwise would be meanly 
going over to the 6ide of the stronger. In reality 
very much alike in character and disposition, to a 
stranger they looked very different; for though 
each had his father’s features, as though cast in a 
mold, and their mother’s tall stature, there was a 
great dissimilarity in their appearance, James had 
black eyes, black hair, whiskers and mustache; was 
broad shouldered and athletic, and had a fiery, pas¬ 
sionate disposition, which, like a true son of his 
mother, he could curb at a moment’s notice, but 
which, now and again flashed out of his dark eyes 
iike a blaze of sheet-lightning, gone in an instant, 
but during the instant it lasted very bright aud very 
dangerous. Frank was more slenderly made than 
his brother, though equally tall; his hair was light- 
brown ; his whiskers of a fairer shade, (one saucy 
girl called them creamy;) he had no mustache; and 
his eyes wore blue or gray—I never could tell which. 
As to his moral make, his passions and temper lay a 
strata deeper down, hi? generous affections a layer 
higher up than James’ ; but they were substantially 
the same. Either—had he inherited a smaller por¬ 
tion than he did of their parents’ genius for busi¬ 
ness and trade—would have made his way in a 
world three timc6 as full of difficulties as this. 
And did Frank Parker love me? Yes, he did; 
1 knew he did. Every tone of his voice, when he 
spoke to me,— every expression of hie face, when 
his eyes met mine,—disclosed it. Besides, during 
the two past years be had paid me such unremitting 
attentions as a man gives only to his chosen or affi¬ 
anced. Truth and honor were in each mobile ex¬ 
pression of hi6 countenance, which expressions were 
changing as the summer winds. He guarded me, 
too, as the apple of his eye. He watched over mo, 
as over some precious treasure. At school, any suc¬ 
cess I achieved was doubly sweet to me for his few 
quiet words of congratulation. When, in my blue 
graduating drees, (1 was a member of a literary 
society in the seminary, whose color was blue,) 
which 1 knew became me, I came on the stage to 
read the valedictory, it was his face 1 sought in the 
quick glance I cast over my audience; it was his 
eyes and brown hair I saw near the stage, a little one 
side; it wa& his smile that gave me an electric thrill, 
under the influence of which 1 read well. They 
praised me that night, when they should have praised 
him; so rarely do we get. our due in this world ! l 
know that when Frank married I wonld be his 
bride, and I did not care that it should be soon. I 
could wait years if he chose; there was no hnrry; 
we were both still very young and I did wish to earn 
GREAT AMERICAN 
TEA COMPANY 
HAVE RECEIVED 
TWO FULL CARGOES 
OF THE FINEST NEW CROP TEAS 
22,000 HALF CHESTS by ship Golden, State. 
12,000 HALF CHESTS by ship George Shoiton. 
ET LEWIS DAYTON BURDICK, 
Swollen by the springtime rain,— 
Icy chains no longer binding,— 
Throngh the little valley winding,— 
Onward speeds the brook again. 
Memories, are like a dream 
As 1 stand beside it musing, 
History of my life perusing 
In the flowing of the stream. 
Here our cottage used to stand,— 
Fair wild flowers around it growing, 
PerlU me sweet on n< bestowing,— 
Happy home in fairy land ’ 
Dear old place It is to me; 
Ah t how many ties endearing' 
Visions of the past appearing. 
Boy again I seem to he. 
Here no cottage longer stands; 
Still the brook Is onward flowing. 
Still the years are onward going, 
Stayed not by frail human hands. 
Treasures old are swept away 
From the valley loved so dearly. 
Rich in memories, hut I yearly 
Hither friendly visit pay; 
And the brooklet's gentle flow 
Many lessons to me teaches, 
Many sermons to me preaches, 
As adown Life’s stream 1 go, 
Though the rolling yearB shall ever 
Bring refreshing summer showers, 
Giving bloom to nature’s bowers, 
Yet these dead years come back never. 
Childhood's honrs swift roll away, 
Manhood’s cares come onward pushing, 
And, to Life’s rough contest rushing, 
We must win or lose the day. 
In addition to these large cargoes of Black and Japan Teas, 
the Company are constantly receiving large invoices of the 
finest quality of Green Teas from the Moyune district of Chi¬ 
na, which are unrivaled for fineness und delicacy of flavor. 
To give our readers an idea of the proflts which have been 
made in the Tea trade before the establishmentof The Gbeat 
ascbuxoan Tea Company, we will start with the American 
houses, leaving oat of the account entirely the proflts of the 
Chinese factors, 
1 st. The American house in China or Japan makes large 
profits qd their aalee or shipments—and some of the richest 
retired merchants in the country have made their immense 
fortunes through their houses in China. 
2d. The Banker makealarge profits upon the foreign ex¬ 
change. used in the purchase of Teas. 
3d. The Importer makea a profit of SO to 50 per cent, in 
many cases. 
4th. On its am vaj here it is sold by the cargo, and the Pur¬ 
chaser sells it. to the Speculator in invoices of 1000 to 2000 
packages, at an average profit ol about 10 per cent. 
5 th. The Speculator sells it to the Wholesale Tea Dealer in 
lines at a profit of 10 to 15 per cent. 
6 th. The Wholesale Tea Dealer sells St, to the Wholesale 
Grocer m lots to suit Ills trade, at a profit of about 10 per 
cent. 
7tb. The Wholesale Grocer sells it to the Retail Dealer at a 
profit ol 15 to 25 per cent. 
Stli. The Retailer sells it to the Consumer for all the 
PRO?IT HE CAN GET, 
When you have added to these eight profits as many bro¬ 
kerages, cartages, storages, cooperages and wastes, and add 
the original cost ol Tea, it. will be perceived what the con¬ 
sumer had to pay. And now we propose to show why we 
cau sell so very much lower than other dealers. 
We propose to do away with all those various profits and 
brokerages, cartages, storages, cooperages and wastes, with 
the exception of a small commission paid for purchasing to 
our correspondents in China and Japan, one cartage, and a 
small profit to ourselves — which, on our large sales, will 
amply pay us. 
By our system ol supplying Clnbe thronghont the country, 
consumers in all parts ol the United States can receive their 
Teas at the same price (with the small additional expense of 
transportation,) as though they bought them at our ware¬ 
houses In this city. 
Kor manner of getting up Clubs, see former advertisement 
inthis paper. 
Parties sending Club or other orders for less than thirty 
dollar? had better scud Post Office Drafts or money with 
their orders, to save the expense ol collections by express ; 
but larger orders we will lorwurd by express, to collect on 
delivery. 
Hereafter we will send a complimentary package to the 
party getting up the Club. Our profits are small, bnt we 
will be as liberal as we can allord. Wc send no complimen¬ 
tary package for Clubs less than $30. 
Parties getting their Teas of us may confidently rely upon 
getting them pur.-- and fresh, as they come direct from the 
eastern House store* to our WurohonecB. 
We warrant all the goods we sell to gtve entire satisfac¬ 
tion. If they are not satisfactory they can be returned at 
our expense within 30 days, and have the money refunded. 
The Company have selected the following kinds from their 
stock, which they recommend to meet the wants of Clubs. 
They are sold at cargo piicoe, the same as the Company sell 
them in New York, a# the list of prices will show. 
For Moore’s Rural New-Yorker. 
GEOGRAPHICAL, ENIGMA.. 
I am composed of 31 letters. 
My 2,14, 7, 21, 28. 82. 27 is a lake in North America. 
My 20,14,10,11,15, 31, 6 is a country in Europe. 
My 9,12, 4, 8. 28 is a river In Asia. 
My 3.19, 32, 31. 23, 9 is a gulf i D Africa. 
My 22,13, 28,12, 5,14, .33 is one of the N. England States. 
My 25, 20, 32, 11, 15, 1.18, 10, 26, 20, 32, 21 is a city in Pa. 
My 16,17, 6, 31, 23, 34 is a city in Australia, 
My 20,18, 30,16. 29.18,14 is a town in Texas. 
My whole is very good advice. 
Havana, Ohio. h. k. d. 
Answer in two weeks. 
MY TRAVELS: 
THEIR ADVENTURES AND TERMINATION. 
The following Enigma was made by a Miss Seward, 
an English lady, and wus found in her will, with the di¬ 
rection to her executors to pay .£50 to the person who 
should discover the true solution. A t the time when cop¬ 
ied by an American traveler, it still remained a mystery 
in England and Scotland: 
The noblest object in the works of art, 
The brightest gem which nature can impart, 
The point essential in a lawyer’s lease, 
The well-known signal in the time of peace, 
The hardy plowman, when he drives hie plow, 
The soldier’s duty and the lover’s vow, 
The planet, seen betwixt the earth and sun, 
The prize which merit, never yet has won, 
The miser’s pleasure and the badge of Jews, 
The wife’s ambition and the parson’e dues. 
Now, if your noble spirit can divine 
A corresponding word for every line, 
By all these letters dearly will be shown 
An ancient city of no small renown. 
CHAPTER IV. 
[Continued from page 106, last number.] 
Mrs. Parker was a unique woman, — quite a 
genius in her way. She was tall, slender, with 
well-cut features, aud graceful carriage:—a fine- 
looking woman. There was a little too much firm¬ 
ness about the mouth; perhaps not quite enough 
softness or gentleness in the eye, to make it pleas¬ 
ant for instance, to think of living in the same 
house with her. Not that she was a virago; by 
no means. 1 don’t believe she ever was “ mad ” 
in her life; she never even scolded; but she was 
determined to rule, and did rule, entirely, every 
one with whom she came in contact Bbe didn’t 
do it openly; she didn’t take you by storm; but 
slyly, very slyly, by maneuvering, by planning, and 
steadily pursuing her plans to the end, she used 
you for her own purposes, and for the particular 
purpose she designed from the first. Ambition was 
her watchword ; to be tbe first, and to have every¬ 
thing and everybody belonging to her, and con¬ 
nected with her, the first and best of their kind, 
was her aim,—really and genuinely the best, how¬ 
ever; her’s was no vulgar ambition. If she wished 
to shine, it was not with borrowed light. Bhe 
must be a sun—no satellite. If she wished lo be 
at the top of the ladder, that ladder must be no 
bean-stalk, frail and tottering, leading nowhere but 
into the air, above the heads of the gaping crowd ; 
it must be one with solid gold rounds, carrying her 
up to a substantial basis of prosperity. She was 
not greedy for gold—that was not it; indeed, the 
miser and the ambitions man are scarcely ever one 
and the same. Mrs. Parker only loved money for 
the power it gave her. She sometimes bestowed it 
freely and generously; and she never gave for the 
sake of seeing her name at the head of a subscrip¬ 
tion list, where, indeed, she never allowed it to dc. 
She was too high-minded for that; she scorned such 
low ambitions; she left, them for those who could 
attain nothing better. 
Mrs. Parker was not a cold-hearted woman; she 
was neither hard nor atifeeling. Though she ruled 
her husband, living and dying, yet I believe she 
loved him, truly and tenderly. She mourned his 
For Moore’s Rural New-Yorker, 
GEOGRAPHICAL, ANAGRAMS. 
PRICE LIST OF TEAS. 
OOLONG (Black.) 70c., 80c., 9QC., beBt $1 F lb. 
MIXED (Green und Black,) 70c., 80c.. !*0c.,best 21 F ft. 
ENGLISH BItEAKFAST (Black,) 80c., 90c., 21, fljfl, best 
$1,20 F lb. 
IMPERIAL (Green.) 80c., 90c., $1. $1.10, best $1,25 ¥ lb. 
YOUNG HYSON (Green.) 80c. f flOc... $1, $1,10, best $1,25 * tt. 
UN COLORED JAPAN. 90c . $1, $1,10, best $1,25 p lb. 
GUNPOWDER (Green,) $1,25,best *1,50 p lb. 
Consumers can save iron; 50c. to $1 per pound by purchas¬ 
ing their Teas of this Company. 
00PFEES ROASTED AND GROUND DAILY. 
GROUND COFFEE,20c.,25c.,30c.,35c.,best 40c. per pound. 
Hotels, Saloons, Boarding-House Keepers, and Families who 
use large quantities of Coffee, can economise lu that article 
by using our French Breakfast and Dinner Coffee, which we 
sell at the low price of 30c. per pound, and warrant to give 
perfect satisfaction. 
ROASTED (Ungrouud,) 30c., 35c., beat 40c, per lb. 
GREEN (Unrouated,) S8C., 30c., 33c., beet 35c. per lb. 
N. B.—All villages and (owns where a large 
number reside, by Clubbiug together, can re¬ 
duce the coal ol their Teas aud Coffees about 
one-third (beside the Express charges,) by send¬ 
ing directly to “ The Great American Tea Com¬ 
pany.” 
BEWARE of all concerns that advertise themselves as 
branches of our Establishment, or copy our name either 
wholly or in part, as they are bogus or imitations. We have 
no branches, and do not, in any case, authorize the nse of 
our name. 
POST-OFFICE orderB and drafts make payable to the 
order of The Great American Tea Company. Direct letters 
and orders to the (as below, no more, no less) 
Cork tell it 
D. stop us, 
Nell C Andev, 
E. T. Wilson, 
Romulus, N. Y. 
Answer in two weeks. 
Dan Torlp, 
Lumbus Co, 
Harin loves Kate, 
Hang E. Carl. 
N. Baxey. 
For Moore’s Rural New-Yorker. 
ANAGRAM. 
liVAPTEK V. 
Meantime, the d&f s passed by , the last day that I 
was to spend at holme drew near. My bright, gay 
liOpeB had somehow vanished du ring these last day6; 
they were gone, I knew not whither. Some way, 
Illinois had lost its charm. 1 was down-hearted 
and depressed; but I must 6how a cheerful exterior. 
Mother, no doubt, had her own sorrows at the an¬ 
ticipated parting; I must not add to them. And I 
did not. 1 noticed, too, that, about this time, 
Mary’s gay songs, Alioe’s lively talk, and Amanda 
Lee’s funny stories, all ceased. I could not help 
feeling what these things betokened, but managed, 
some way, to keep up a semblance of cheerfulness. 
One great and unexpected pleas are we had, about 
this time. The Seminary examination days and ex¬ 
hibition evening passed, with the usual bustle and 
eclat, and Miss Mary Allen’s name was read off' in 
the chapel, as having obtained the first prize for 
good scholarship. Onr modest Mary, blushing up 
to her hair, went forward, and received a handsome 
octavo volume— Shaksdeare’ 8 Tragedies, bound in 
Turkey morocco. That was a very bright evening 
for us. 
The next day we were very busy: there was so 
much to be done. Judge Welles just came to 
tbe door to tell me to be ready for the five o’clock 
train, and to leave the money he said the Principal 
had commissioned him to give me for the journey— 
fifty dollars. 
“Will it take so much as that?” I inquired, in 
astonishment. 
“ Oh, yes,” he said, “ very likely; if there ia any 
left, you can send it back, you know. Good 
morning.” 
I went on packing my trunk. Some tears dropped 
upon my pretty, new pink muslin, as 1 folded it up; 
bnt I wiped them away very hastily, as mother and 
the girls came in, aud showed them the Judge’s 
money. 
The morning hours passed; clothes, books, part¬ 
ing gifts —everything were in my trunk; it was 
shut and locked. Dinner time came and went. 
After dinner, friends came, school-friends, espe¬ 
cially, to say good-by, to have one last little talk, 
as 1 was going so far away. Thus the afternoon 
went by; four o’clock came; a man whom I had 
Iprnsg asli mcoe tiwh lal tsi enslgasd, 
Res to nad dubs dna lstpna cojiroe; 
Tie rehet ocom on gonthth lo nasesds 
Tbu elt so molcewe iwbt orn lvoce. 
Harrisburg, N. Y. Anokunb Denison, 
Answer in two weeks. 
Answer to Geographical Enigma: — There’s many a 
good wife who cant sing and dance well. 
Answer to Anagram: 
In the calm si ill twilight of evening. 
When the shadows are stealing aronnd, 
And the moon in her splendor is beaming. 
And the stars in tbeir grandeur looked down, 
Aud tbe wind in the forest is sighing. 
And making our life poem so drear 
We can think of the promise of Jesus, 
“ The angels are hovering near." 
Answer to Mathematical Problem:—8 feet. 
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS 
8REAT AMERICAN TEA CO, 
Nos. 31 & 33 Vesey Street, 
Post-Office Box 
NEW YORE CITY 
it is such a rare, as well as “ beautiful thing in 
woman;” 1 have said she never scolded. Another 
good word for her,—she never fretted; never carped, 
nor harped on by-gone griefs and troubles. When a 
tiling was past, and could not be helped or changed 
— when a deed was absolutely accomplished, no 
matter what trouble, or perplexity, or even ex¬ 
treme pain it caused her,—not a word concerning 
it ever afterwards passed her firm, proud lips; nor 
did she ever sulk. Some innate philosophy taught 
her the folly of either; in my eyes, this trait of her 
character covered a multitude of sins. To my own 
certain knowledge, it was well put to the proof, 
tried in a burning, fiery furnace, and came out pure 
gold. 
Of coarse Mrs. Parker desired that when her 
sons married, their wives should be peerless, in 
some way or other; if not in wealth and station, 
then in resplendent beauty, or brilliant wit, wis¬ 
dom, or genius. No common-place person innst 
bear her name, or enter her house as an equal 
Naturally, then, her son could not pay close atten¬ 
tion to such a nobody as I— Maggie Allen_ 
whose mother took in sewing, went out nursing, 
and did whatever her bands found to do, to obtain 
our daily bread, almost ibe last dollar of our small 
property being consumed in my education. Of 
course he couldn’t mark ms out as the object of his 
special regard, gossip retailing each visit into the 
ears of Mrs. Parker ;— though indeed, that lady’s 
eyes would have served her wit Lout other aid. 
Could this be allowed ? Possibly—not very prob¬ 
ably—but possibly, if I had been possessed of un¬ 
surpassed beauty, or had been a shining light, an 
unmistaken.;“star" in any orbit, she might have 
granted Orion to wear me in his belt; but I ,—who 
only.possessed a loving heart, an average share ol 
brains, and a mediocre portion of beauty! (My 
eyes have been praised by many: they are dark 
blue, well-shaped, aud not too small; but, reader, 
when everybody praises and admires only some one 
feature of your face, it’s a gentle hint that there 
is none other worth noticing; aud becomes rather 
humiliating, after a time.) Would Mrs. Parker 
deign to cast a look ut me V It could not be: the 
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they wouldn’t get lost; they hadn’t even conde¬ 
scended to,.tell him their business there, and he 
laughed and touched his hat, and was bidding me 
good morning, but 1 stopped him for an instant. 
“Did your mother go?” I asked; “I didn’tknow 
that.” 
“Oh, yes, and by the way, Miss Maggie, some¬ 
body told me, this monring, that you were going to 
leave ns pretty soon. I hadn’t heard of it before. 
Is it so ?” 
“ Yes, sir, in a little over a week. I am gomg to 
Hlinois.” 
He fairiy started. “In a week? —to Illinois?” 
he exclaimed. “ Isn’t that very sudden ? ” But he 
calmed himself in an instant. “ Well, 1 will see you 
again before you go. I will not say ‘good-by’ 
now, but only ‘good-morning;” and touching his 
hat again, he left me. 
Frank’s mother was gone with him! Well, 
wasn’t that perfectly right and proper ? Header, do 
you see the wolf’s eyes shining through that lamb’s 
fleece? I did not, very clearly, at the time, but I 
felt rather uneasy at tbe creature’s presence. 1 
didn’t know Mrs. Parker very well then, and 1 was 
very innocent and unsuspecting in those days; my 
dull wits have been sharpened somewhat since. 
How could 1 imagine that many half-formed plans 
which had been roving like wild horses through 
Mrs. Parker’s troubled brain, concerning her son 
Frank and myself, had suddenly been drawn into 
leash, harnessed and prepared for labor, at the in¬ 
stant of hearing that. I was going West? She knew 
it, though Frank did not. Nothing that occurred 
concerning me would Vie likely to escape her. Little 
did I know the vigilant surveillance I had been under 
for eighteen months, and the trouble of heart and 
mind I had occasioned Mrs. Parker. As little did 
I imagine the relief and thuiikfuiness she felt at hear¬ 
ing that I was going, aud going away so far, too, for 
an indefinite time. A burden was lifted— a load was 
taken — from heart and brain; she saw her way 
clearly before her. All that was to be done now 
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T O THE LADIES, 
FOB ONLY ONE DOLLAR, 
We are selling Silks, Shawls, Dry and Fancy Good# at 
every description; also, silvkb Wake, Furniture, Ac. 
Valuable Presents, from $3 to $500, sent free of charge to 
agents sending cluhs of ten and upwards. Circulars sent 
free to any address. WYETH & CO., (Successors to Mes¬ 
srs (ikr * Co.,) P. O. Rox, 2,961.42 Hanover St.,Boston. Mass. 
Is Readily Lenai turned or Shortened, 
Self-Sappoillni', Eu,ily Transported, 
Convertible into a Step Ladder or Scaffold. 
IT IS USEFUL TO 
FARMERS, FRUIT GROWERS, 
MECHANICS AND HOUSEKEEPERS. 
Single Lad tic iv forwarded, freight pre-paid, to nearest Sta¬ 
tion on receipt of retail price. 
AGENTS WANTED in every county. For Circular 
ami Turin* address 
TURNER’S PATENT EXTENSION LADDER, 
P. O. Box 2018, or No. 128 S. Front St.. Philadelphia,Pa, 
G kant-the life of.-a mew a\d 
-oanilard work by Hon, J. T. Hbadlby, the popular 
Historian, in one. handsome volume. Agents wanted every¬ 
where to sell this. Also, Til E HISTORY OF OUR NAVY 
IN THE REBELLION GRANT AND SIIEKMAN AND 
THEIR GENERALS (English and Gentian,) and three other 
standard works By the. sutnc .author; the best chance ever 
Offered tael’, unci wemeu Ui make money. 
H. U. TREAT & CO. Publishers, 
S61-13t tftt Broadway New York. 
^MERICAN (WALTHAM) WATCME8. 
The Best I The Cheapest. 
Recommended by Railway Conductors, Engineers and Ex¬ 
pressmen—the most exacting class of watch-wearers —«f 
superior to all others for strength, steadiness, aecurucy and 
durability. 
Unscrupulous dealers occasionally sell a worthless Swiss 
Imitation. To avoid imitation, buyers should invariably de¬ 
mand a certificate of genuineness. 
For sale by all respectable dealers. 
Ask for a WALTHAM WATCH, aud take no other. 
It is tbe Best! It is the Cheapest! 
CILVER POLAND HENS’ EtaiH-lcan^ w 
n I'urnfflh Eggs of th'.-ie Premium perpetual-lay- rg 5 ?* M 
evs, (bcniitlltiTTap-KiiO’ Fowls,) during the sea- 
son, at $3 per dozen. Eggs securely packed and S&f&S 
sent by express on receipt of cash. These fowls Wf.; 
sell readli v at $7 B pan, The trio. St. Jugu hens SSafeaE 
eggs.for sitting, at *2 j) dozen. Address _ 
WM. M. LEWIS, 46 Delevan St., Rochester, N.Y 
OWENS NEVER-FAILING AGUE CURE aud 
Tonic Hit.iui’f- -For Chills, Debility, Sciatica, Neuralgia, 
Cure o no ■ ay. Price. > i, or ti bottles sent for $5. Ad¬ 
is C- B. HOWE. M. D., Seneca Falls, N. Y. 812-5L 
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