life preserver attached. lie took it home, 
and Mrs. Works nursed it as her own. 
They made some effort to find the parents, 
but failed, as they were then far from the 
thoroughfares; and it sceinc-l that those to 
whom the child belonged must have been all 
lost. So they reared the little one as their 
own, and the little one is now before me.” 
She smiled up at him through tears. 
“ It is strange they never told me anything 
of this,” she whispered. 
“ They grew to love you as their own,” 
was Ins response. “ They intended you never 
should feel your parents’ loss in any degree. 
1-3Ut when 1 told them of my being driven 
out from home in the way 1 was, they recog¬ 
nized your right to what a false claimant 
had received. There could be no mistake, 
you see. Upon your clothing when found 
was the name in full, ‘ Evaline Laxgaveix,’ 
(the calling you Faith was an odd fancy of 
theirs,) anil about your neck was fastened a 
locket with your own and two other like¬ 
nesses in it. I recognized them both as 
soon as I saw them. Here they are,"—and 
he produced the keepsake; “ this is the man 
whom I always supposed was my father; 
the lady was his wife. A portrait of her 
hangs in the old house on the hill.” 
She looked at them long and earnestly. 
Then she dropped her head upon her lap 
and wept, but whether for joy or grief she 
could scarcely have told. 
By-and-by, when she had calmed herself 
somewhat, lie told her of his late meeting 
with Mr. Makepeace Lawmore, and the 
revelation about a will. 
"It seems hardly time," lie said, "yet it 
may he. Yon will not care if 1 claim half 
your inheritance, in ease it is?” 
For answer she put both her hands in his, 
with that rare smile of hers, simply saying,— 
“ It will nil he yours, you know.” 
“ Not so, little Faith,” he responded. " If 
your father wished me to share with you, I 
will gladly do so, and the more gladly be¬ 
cause, having wealth, I may dare to claim 
you. If no such provision really exists, 1 
shall see you placed in possession of what is 
justly yours, and after that shall only long 
for what l may not claim.” 
Though ho tried to say this cheerfully, his 
voice trembled a little, and he grew sad. She 
looked positively pained, for a moment. 
Then she asked simply ; 
“ You love me yet, Joseph Law well?" 
“Next to God,” he answered,solemnly. 
“ You have proved your love in the past 
by striving after strength,” she remarked, 
earnestly; “prove it in the future, then, by 
accepting with me whatever good fortune or 
Providence will bring, let circumstances he 
wluit they may. If Mr. Lawmore produces 
the will, it is well; if not, all that you say is 
rightly mine must he equally yours. Unless 
you promise me this, I will refuse to let any 
claim he made in my behalf.” 
He doubted no longer. Her strength and 
his love drove away all further questioning, 
and he was content. 
“ It shall he as you wish, then, my darling," 
was his assurance. “ I need you too much 
to say more.” 
Esquire Law well's will was soon an 
acknowledged verity, and then Joseph 
Land well astonished everybody by legal 
declaration, substantiated by indisputable 
proofo, that the school-mistress was co-heir 
with him to all that property devised. Mr. 
Makepeace Lawmore, and his aforetime 
client and accomplice, were overwhelmed 
with their own surprise, chagrin and indig¬ 
nation. A common cause made them friends 
again. They showed resistance at first; put 
on :i hold front and scouted the whole pro¬ 
ceeding. Even the community in general, 
much as Faith Works was loved, were in¬ 
clined to doubt. But when all the evidence 
was made public there could be no gainsay¬ 
ing it, and the lawyer and his client sud¬ 
denly disappeared. They were never heard 
of again at The Corners, and we cannot, 
therefore, trace their history further. 
A lew weeks later, on the last day of the 
summer term, the old school-house witnessed 
a novel scene. Consenting to an early union, 
the mistress stipulated that it should be cel¬ 
ebrated where she had plighted her troth, 
and where so much of her life had been 
spent. So the scholia's brought their little 
offerings of love; many of the parents came 
also, bringing simple gills and good wishes; 
and, as a fitting finale to her experience 
there Faith Lano well placed her hand 
trustingly in that of the man who owed so 
much to her uplifting influence, and heard 
in solemn thankfulness the words,—“ What 
God hath joined together let not man put 
asunder.” 
There were wet eyes in the assemblage, 
when the “Amen” was pronounced, es¬ 
pecially among the little ones, and some 
kisses wore given through tears. Yet joy 
overrun their grief,—that quiet joy which is 
strangely glad. Even llun Graver, de¬ 
lighted as he was, felt an unusual swelling 
inside his throat, and for a time could say 
nothing, though liis eyes glistened. 
The school-house may go to decay, but 
there are some who will never forget that 
afternoon within it. Two to whom it meant 
most went up the long avenue of maples, as 
the sun was setting, to the old mansion on 
the bill, with little speech on their lips, yet 
with tender thanksgiving in their hearts. 
“‘Each for the other and both for God,’” 
said the young wife, quoting the legend in 
the gold circlet on her finger. 
“ ‘ Each for the other and both for God,’ ” 
echoed the young husband, in earnest affir¬ 
mation, as he looked into her beaming eyes. 
Together they look possession of what was 
jointly theirs; and to the ’Squire Land well 
of to-day, no less respected than his prede¬ 
cessors,— a man of manly strength and an 
honor to my kind,—I point proudly in an- 
•wer to the question put at the outset —“ Is 
lie worth saving?” 
mimic Jnfarmaltan; 
WALKING ERECTLY. 
The New York Journal of Commerce 
makes the following suggestions on the sub¬ 
ject. :—“ Walking erectly not only adds to 
manliness of appearance, but develops the 
chest,, and promotes the general health in a 
high degree, because the lungs, being re¬ 
lieved of the pressure made by having the 
head downward and bending the chest in, 
admit the air freely and fully down to their 
very bottom. 
“ If an effort of the mind is made to throw 
the shoulders hack, a feeling of tiredness 
and awkwardness is soon experienced, but is 
forgot ten. The use of braces to hold up Ihe 
body is necessarily pernicious; for there can 
be no brace which does not press upon some 
part of the person more than is natural, 
hence cannot fail to impede injuriously the 
circulation of that part. Tint were there 
none of these objections, the brace would 
adapt itself to the bodily position, like a hat 
or a Shoe, or a new garment, and would 
cease to he a brace. 
"To seek to maintain an erect position 
or to recover it when lost, in a manner 
which is at once natural, easy and efficient, 
it is only necessary to walk, habitually, With 
the eyes fixed on an object ahead, a little 
higher than your own, the cave of a house, 
the, top of a man’s hat, of simply keep your 
chin a little above a horizontal line, or, it 
will answer to walk with your hands behind 
you; if either of these thing's is done, the 
neeessaiy, easy and legitimate effect is to 
relieve the chest from pressure, the air gets 
through more easily, develops it more full}', 
causing a more perfect purification of the 
blood, imparting higher health, more color 
to the cheek, and compelling a throwing out 
of the toes. To derive the highest benefit 
from walking, hold up the head, keep the 
mouth closed, and move briskly.” 
-- 
HOW TO SIT. 
We find the following uncredited among 
the selected matter in an exchange, and 
do not know to whom to credit it. But 
it is important, and we give it a place in the 
Rural: 
“All consumptive people, and all afflicted 
with spinal deformities, sit habitually 
crooked, in one or more curves of the body. 
There was a timejn all these when the body 
had its natural crectness, when there was 
not the first departure on the road to death. 
The make of our chairs, especially that 
great barbarism the unwieldy and disease- 
engendering rocking chairs, favors these dis¬ 
eases, and undoubtedly, In some instances, 
loads to bodily habits from which originate 
the ailments just named, to say nothing of 
piles, fistula, and the like. The painful or 
sore feeling which many are troubled with 
incessantly for years at the extremity of the 
hack-bone is the result of sitting in such a 
position that it rests upon the seat »f the 
chair at a point several inches forward of 
the chair back. 
" A very common position in sitting, 
especially among men, is with the shoulders 
against the chair back, with a space of sev¬ 
eral inches between the chair back and the 
lower portion of the spine, giving the body 
the shape of a half hoop; it is the instan¬ 
taneous, instinctive, and almost universal po¬ 
sition assumed by any consumptive on sit¬ 
ting down, unless counteracted by an effort 
of the will; hence parents should regard 
such a position in their children with appre¬ 
hension, and should rectify it at once.” 
-MA- 
lV«M'nutions be Observed.—Somebody says: 
Never enter a sick room in u moment of per¬ 
spiration, as tin- moment you become cool your 
pores absorb. Do not approach contagious dis¬ 
eases with an empty stomach, nor between the 
sick and the tire, because the beat attracts the 
vapor. Preventives are preferable to pills and 
powders. 
-—- 
Trouble wiih Hair. Will some of your readers 
inform me how to keep the hairs from growing 
down on the hack of the neck, f can lind no 
remedy.—C lara < ’level ani>. 
Let the hair grow down the neck as Gou de 
signed It should. It is a protection to the sensi 
tivc cords and nerves, which they need. 
? ££ £f £ijk Jj JH tJ 
When JoSEPn Lang well had gone a “I am,” said Joe, with so much force as 
goodly distance on his way, he began to to surprise even himself, 
question if what he was about to do would, " Well, then, we'll to business imme- 
nfter all, bring him the full satisfaction diately." 
hoped for. A dull fear that it would not 
took hold upon him. Jle was a trifle worthier 
Joe folded his arms composedly, and 
waited. From a look of momentary surprise 
to return to little Faith, he trusted, hut was and scorn the lawyer’s face changed to one 
he worthy enough V Might she not have of uncertainty anti doubt. How should he 
given over his coming? Would be find her broach the subject in view? To disclose 
unchanged ? the existence of a will in the young man’s 
Then he scorned this last doubt, but it favor was his object. Blent with it was the 
only vanished to make room for another. If hope of reward lbr such disclosure. Yet 
she were unchanged, and ho should succeed how should he secure this? If he offered 
in what he had in view, could be claim her his information only at a price, tho charge 
as his own ? He would he penniless. She might bo brought that he had withheld the 
might have much, but could lie rightly ask 
to share it? His generous nature said not. 
That he might one day approach her as an 
honest claimant, 1 think he would even now 
have been willing to turn about and work ircnerosity. 
will all this while for personal profit. He 
must give his proceeding an air of disinter¬ 
ested right-doing; and to this end lie must 
throw himself wholly upon the young man’s 
faithfully for months or years longer. 
You know," lie began, presently, that 
Yet there was justice. This service lie was I asserted, soon after the ’Squire's death, 
about to perform might put a great distance that he left a will,—or that I drew one up 
between him and his cherished hopes once for him. Wlmt Its provisions were I did not 
more, but it was demanded of him. Was he say, because I had no business to, so long as 
weak enough still to shrink from doing the paper might turn up. 1 can now tell you 
justly? If the innermost nature of the man that they devised all the properly to your- 
ha 1 not been a proud and unselfish one he self;” here his listener bent an eager look 
would probably have gone on uudoubting, tipon him, “ one-half to he hold in trust for 
glad that such a rare opportunity was put his child by his first wife, to be delivered to 
within his reach. I will not Say that lie 
never once thought how a prospective un¬ 
said child should identity be established 
within twenty years, but if'at the end of that 
pleasant fate might he circumvented. He time no claimant appeared, you, your heirs 
was not naturally obtuse. He saw, as or assigns were to receive the whole.” 
another might see, that he could claim 
Faith Works, put the present purpose 
aside for a little, and marry her,—provided 
she were unchanged, Marry her, and then 
her good fortune would be his. But that 
would he taking an unfair advantage. He 
thought »f it, I will admit, yet not as a 
desirable thing,—at least not long ns such. 
“ What, does it, matter now V” said JOSEPH 
Laxgaveix, a little impatiently. "Tho will 
was destroyed; the child appeared and was 
duly identified,” be tried t,o say this without 
any show of bitterness; " and how does this 
interest me?" 
“ The will was not destroyed,” said the 
lawyer, hastily, and not daring to look his 
bo he held to his original intention, through questioner fully in the face. “It was hid 
all his doubts. Ho would sec justice done, away in the ’Squire’s secretary, among some 
whatever the result to himself. In the pros- ,,i,| papers which, ns Miss Lang well’s at- 
pect that he was yielding up what liu had torncy, i had occasion to look over. 1 dis- 
inost longed for, there was slight consola- covered it only a lew days ago,”—how glibly 
lion, perhaps, Retaliation issweet to human uttered the falsehood! — “and was about 
nature iu general. 1 bore are some saintly t() histitut.fi search for you at once.” 
souls, it may be, who can suffer wrong at the Could this be truth, the listener asked him- 
liauds ol others with no wish that, the wrong- 9e jf or another attempt to deceive, for some 
.. 1 ...._ it.. 1 _ T 
doing might react upon the wrong-doers. I 
should like to believe our friend was one of 
purpose or other? 
“ Where is the will now?” he asked with 
these, yet I leai the contrary. 1 lull he felt suppressed excitement, 
considerable pleasure in the thought, that he « j n ]ny possession ” 
should soon bring just judgment home to “Does Miss Langavi 
those who hail conspired together for evil, I istencc?” 
am tolerably certain. And if, in the face, of <> yp c , l0t j ,| UI 
tins admission, you consider me contradic- om . before findhi"- von 
“ In my possession.” 
“ Does Miss Lang well know of its ex¬ 
istence ?” 
“ She does not. I thought, it best, to tell no 
one before finding you. I've always been 
lory and inconsistent when I say lie pursued y our friend, you know, Joe, and T wanted to 
1 • i t t « i i t t it ^ ' » 
his long journey both sad and glad, 1 shall 
rest content in the belief that there are some 
human peculiarities with which you arc not 
conversant. 
CHAPTER XII. 
Mr. Makepeace Lawmore aim Miss Em¬ 
ily Langwf.lt. had quarrelled, finally. I 
doubt if you have become sufficiently inter¬ 
ested in these two diameters to render de¬ 
sirable a detailed statement of that consum¬ 
mation. A quarrel is a miserable thing to 
detail any way. This was one even worse 
than the average. It was the outgrowth of 
ambition, cupidity and dishonorableness. 
Mr. Lawmokk made pressing suit for the 
young woman's hand and was repulsed. 
Whereat, he was indignant and she delighted. 
He was feeling her power, and writhed; 
she was realizing her strength, and rejoiced. 
When she persisted in declining his hand, he 
waxed, more wroth, and angrily demanded 
the half of that fortune he had gained for 
her. Perhaps over certain of her rights, 
may he with but a desire to worry and taunt 
him for a season, she refused to concede him 
a penny; and to his threat that he would 
expose her as an impostor she had the ready 
answer,—“ Do it, and implicate yourself, if 
you wish tot” At the white heat of anger, 
then, lie determined to find Joseph Lang- 
WELL if possible, pul the ’Squire's will into 
the young man's hands, and so have at least 
partial revenge and perhaps be the gainer. 
It so happened that on the day following 
this resolution our friend arrived at The 
Corners, and the very first person to greet 
him as he alighted from the stage-coach was 
Mr. Makepeace Lawmore. It was indeed 
a godsend, the latter thought,—the young 
man’s return at this precise time; and tho 
welcome was positively warm and hearty. 
Joseph La now’ell felt, too keenly the 
lawyer’s baseness to respond very heartily, 
he the first hearer of such good news to you. 
It .was very hard for you to be deprived of 
everything as you were; i am right glad you 
have still a title to fortune.” 
The young man looked at him a little in¬ 
credulously. 
“You are not, deceiving me in this, sir?” 
he asked. 
“ Deceiving you! Why, my dear fellow, 
what should cause me to attempt it? It is 
gospel truth 1 am telling, and to my own 
disadvantage, too. 1 could have made a 
snug fee, probably, by informing Miss Lang- 
well of the little paper I hold,—for sin- 
isn’t exactly a saint, if she is related to you ; 
1ml, honor and regard for you forbid such a 
in was nmi’.-iiuiit uuu sue ui'iiulii'-U. , , , ... 
r r.. . i ,,,, .. i i Mis hearer chose to accept tins state- 
feeling her power, and writhed; . U1 . 
i . . ,i , . . , ment with apparent credulitv- lie had hard 
realizing lier strength, and reioiccd. , . , .. 
. , , . , , • . . work to keep from telling the man he was a 
ie persisted in declining Ins hand, he , . ‘ ... . . 
, -ii i , knave, hut saw there might he great gam m 
lore wroth, and angrily demanded ... s 
of that fortune he had gained for ain, ’ l( P° jbo piot oe< mg. 
.•Imps over certain of her rights, And what would yqn advise me to do? 
vith but a desire to worry and taunt “ IIav0 * e wlU . ,alb(jfore thc c « urt at 
i season, she refused to concede him °' ,( ( - 1 " .H move ... the matter immediately, 
; and to his threat that he would lf , 
or as an impostor she had the ready , J ^atl W™ ^ l*-mds, Joseph 
-“Do it, and implicate yourself, if Indwell silently deliberated. Dallliisw.il 
. to!” At the while heat of anger, ^ cxwt > !lH he Co "\ d \ imv h:mll -\' dl,nb, > 
determined to find Joseph Lang- AvitU it once acknowledged ho could laugh 
possible, put the ’.tquire’s will into lU 111 ,bv,iuie ' lIis previously intended pro- 
g man’s bands, and m have at least cecdiQ « mi = bl < of , ' ourso w6a,d > cause 11l( ' 
'vengfi and perhaps be the gainer. lawyer to destroy the paper. He had bcltci 
appenod that on the day following i,H bun( ' lit3 befom S® !,, S furt,K ' r in ,h « 
ffutlnn our friend arrived at The aIIUir b( ' lmcl colue heiv PVmecute. llo 
and the very first person to greet was dm9 deciding "'ien Mr. Makepeace 
e alighted from the stage-coach was Law more spoke out latbei slmiply, 
epeace Lawmore. It was indeed “ Como - .Y° un S mau > bad ff° od ll,ck iuad( * 
id, the latter thought,-tho young - v ° u dwmb? Do >' ou authorise me to bring 
turn at this precise time; and tho lbb uiU U P f ‘»probate as soon impossible?” 
was positively warm and hearty. “ * ( ' s - was ,bo "P 1 *". lhc "Danker 
i Lang WELL felt too keenly the rigin " s » ddeIll y; “I want thc matter dis- 
baso.mss to respond very heartily, > K ^‘ d of as J» may he.” 
e reouest for a little nrivale eonver- Hiey separated, with little move said by 
hut to the request for a little private conver- 1 •’ supuuiuxi, wuu uuio moie sum ny 
sation be consented, and the two were facing f>,lbpr ’ r ^ ll< - vomi '- r m,ul 9 manner puzzled 
each other only a moment later in one of ^i AI '- Il - PI A( r -I jA ' v more considerably, it was 
Killum’s upper rooms. 
so cold and abstracted; yet the lawyer 
“ You’re just the one I most , wanted to see, :ittl *lmted the change to anything but the 
Joe,” was Mr. Lawmore’s prefatory re- ri »' d cause. _ 
mark, " the one of all others.” charter xiii. 
“ Indeed !” was Joe’s somewhat incredu- It was only a trifle past tfio hour for 
Ions reply. closing school, and Joseph Langwell look 
“ Just the one !’’the man echoed. "And his way directly toward the old school- 
now avc will order something Avarming to house. The air was redolent with summer 
take while 1 talk business.” 
“ Not anything for me, if you please,” 
HAveetness ; the hush of un August afternoon 
brooded o\ r er all. Looking up thc long 
said Joe coldly. “ I prefer to hear you talk avenue of maples he could Catch glimpses of 
business at once.” the familiar home, once liis, soon to be his 
“What! ain't turned temperance, are again, perhaps; and in liis emotional soul a 
you: was Law moke’s ejaculation. whole flood of memories avus set astir. Some 
Avcrc bitter, — ah! too many were!—some 
were sweet, preciously sweet. And borne 
in over all was the conviction that, Avhether 
good or ill had been his portion, God had 
dealt very kindly by him indeed. 
Approaching the old school-house lie saw' 
it Avas unchanged. Yet rough, weather¬ 
beaten as it was, it was dearer to him than a 
palace could he. Some of his tenderest 
recollections Centered in it. How they 
thrilled to new life as he passed over the 
smooth play-ground in front! Everything 
remained the same,—at a glance he srav that, 
thfi surroundings Avere unaltered. Would 
lie find the trim mistress alike unchanged ? 
Little Faith never dreamed of the happi¬ 
ness awaiting her. The same cheerful, pa¬ 
tient, hopeful body, she sal there at her high 
desk, patiently tracing the copies in the copy¬ 
books, when Joseph La no well stepped 
w ithin the entry. Wholly absorbed she did 
not observe the intruder, and he passed with 
noiseless step half way across t he room, un¬ 
noticed. Then, fearing to frighten Her by 
so abrupt an appearing, lie stopped short, 
and said softly,— 
“Faith!” ‘ 
It was unusual for any one to so address 
her. She looked up, startled ; a sudden joy 
came into her face and shone, out at her eyes; 
mod directly she was enfolded in the strong 
arms that would find their chief delight 
henceforth, please God, in protecting her. 
There was so much to say and hear in that 
first meeting that the moments glided un¬ 
consciously. The slant rays of the sinking 
sun, streaming in at the w indows and lying 
in delicate-colored squares on the floor, re¬ 
called them to a sense of time and place, and 
they Avont, out. of doors. 
At the AvidoAV Graver’s a rapturous greet¬ 
ing awaited them from Bun, avIio avus Bub 
still, and didn’t seem to have grow 1 a particle. 
They spent a long aud happy evening to¬ 
gether, in the w idow’s snug parlor. Faith 
Works’ life had been uneventful during 
their separation, and she had little to recount. 
Joseph L ung well had made sharp fight 
against ill fortune, and to Faith liis narra¬ 
tive was full of iiitcuscHt. interest. He gave 
it as connectedly as ho avils able, while she 
sat on a Ioav stool at his feet, looking proud¬ 
ly up into his face. She conld look up to 
him now. Slie suw that. In every line in 
his face she read new manliness, lie had 
come hack, strengthened: so much was cer¬ 
tain ; and the trustful girl felt a deep thanks¬ 
giving in her heart. 
His story had Us climax at thc wrecking of 
The River Belle, lie could give none of the 
terrible details of that night. From the time 
his pleasant dreaming avus interrupted so 
suddenly, and he fell a confused sense of be¬ 
ing lifted up — up- amid n fearful din of 
noises, he could tell nothing until he aivoke 
in the cottage at Rivertown. 
His listener gave a little cry as he men¬ 
tioned the place. 
“Why, that is Avhere my home is!” she 
said. 
“ Ycj ; and it avus in your home and by 
your good mother that 1 was brought hack 
to life and you." 
He said it gladly, yet solemnly. The tears 
gathered in her eyes as he spoke. 
“ God was very good to us,” she said. 
He hesitated a little here. Should he now 
tell wlmt developments lmd sprung out of 
his tarry at Rivertown ?—or should he finish 
the story at another time V 
“ Yes, God whs very good to me,” he re¬ 
sinned ut length, “ better even than I knew 
at first. 1 learned to trust Him more com¬ 
pletely.” 
He stopped a moment, and looked earn¬ 
estly into her eyes. She avhs resting her 
chin upon her hands and gazing up into his 
face Avitli a look of trust and love that w T us 
almost a t ransfiguration. He bent aud kissed 
her reverently. 
“ l learned something more,” and as lie 
said this his tone was even tenderer than lie- 
fore,—“ I learned that the good people Avho 
cared for me Avere not your parents," — the 
look on her face changed to one of wonder¬ 
ing, and she raised her bead in a frightened 
w ay,—“that you were the rightful heir to all 
1 had been deprived of.” 
He bad made tho great revelation ab¬ 
ruptly, at the last, hardly kltowiug Iioav else 
to make it. She clasped her hands t ightly 
together, and turned pale in her effort to 
appear calm. 
"What do you mean?" she questioned 
eagerly. 
He could not make it too plain, now. 
“ I mean that you are ’Squire Lang well’s 
child — the child by his first Avife avIio Avas 
drowned. The young woman avIio claims 
to he such child and now lias possession of 
the estate is an impoator." 
“ I cannot believe it,” she answered, with 
a low 1 emphasis. 
“ I hove every proof. You were saved 
from that disaster in which your mother was 
lost by the same hands that saved me. Mr, 
and .Mrs. Works then lived far below River- 
town, on the Mississippi. lie was crossing 
the river in a boat several miles from the 
scene of the accident, and found a little 
child floating on a bit of plank, Avitli a large 
