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Outside ho enquires, "What Church is this'" T "Church of Christ," ho hears thtjui vi\ ; " Ah ' just the place I am looking for, - 1 trust ho is m to daj." Ho pi^ed thro' tho spvcious columned door Ami up tho carpeted aisle, And is ho pissed, on itianv ^ f5ce, He :>i\\ suipn--a and smile, From pow to pew, up one entire Bide, And then aeum tho broid front spice, From pow to pew down tho other mdo He walked with tho simc-slow pace. Not a friendlj voice had bid hirh Bit To hit.cn .to gospel trutlr, Not a signjbf deference had been paid To the aged ono bj ) outh No-door was opened b\ generous hand, The pews wore paid for, rented, And ho w is a stranger, old and poor, -. 2^ ot a heart to him relented. j He paused outside a moment to think, Ihen n0im pnsbeil into the street. Up to his shoulder lifted a stone That Ky in the dust at lna feet , And b<-re it up tho broadt craud ^islo In front of the rank of feu*, C loosing a place to see -and to hear, He made a scat for his use, Calmlj sitting upon the huge stone, Fcddiu^ his arms on his knees. Slowly re\ie^ing the worshippers A greit confusion he sees ; Mm) a clitik is crimsoned with shame, Some w hi-per together low , An 1 null thtj Ind been more courteous To the stranger old and poor. A.s it b\ miqic .some tift> doors / tlpen Hist miineOU";]}, And as mmj scats, and books and hind-. Are prolFercd hastily. Chinjmc Ins stone for i cushioned pew And wiping a tear awiy. i He thinks it wis i mistake iftdr all, And that C'l|rist came lite that day. The prmcher' di-coursc wis eloquent, The organ in tuiest tone. But the most isnpressne sermon heard, \\ a preaehod bj a humble stone. Tutj a ksdon of lowliiiciis and worth -f-g*^ ___. - 1. ti . i i i i - I Qi couiruancuni' Thit lodged in in ui\ a heirt, 'v n And the ehureh prcser\es the sicred stone <f Tint the'truth mi} nQfe'jclepart. In expkuatiou of this advico, bo assured her that Vivian, though belonging to a i<oh and respcctablo futility, did not bear a good name among thoso who know him boat, and waB known to be vety loosu and dissipated in his habits. Tn no lespoot wna ho tho perBon to bo outruHted with tho happiness of an innocent joung gill, and if Fanny continued to encournge his visits, ho (her uncle) would feol it his of tlio P. DT.U " = - L'in'1 3ir*e^ or an- q 7.1 ncr^.tfer, Uaelpb. ^ v t - - t. i ^ f , "a i i *'i- s - 1 \' r - -* * ^ " * *"c - ^ ** ' H :\&\ l. 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BEATry, Washing . to i, New Jersey, than any Other manufacturer in the United States- Why? Because he sells only foi* cash, takes no risks and lifl^ no book accounts. Every instru{ ment is fully warranted for six years" as Strictly first class, and are sent On from 6 to 15 days' test trial, monsy refunded and freight paid both ways by him if they are UBatiB- factory. Send for Illustrated Ad- vBUMij'ii (Catalogue Edition) and ead testimonials fiom his patrons, CH\l'TER I. Wo doubt if there was a hand- soiLer couple m Boston, on that1 bfitutlful Kjfi mg" dn},thun Egbert Vim m and,l"aniiie Wilde, us lliej stiolled leistml) up Tuniont st I'eituinh, none uttiucted more nil inning attuiitiou fioui the thiongs of people who, like themsehes, were enjoying the benefits of the tnst pleas.mt weather of the season, E^beil Tiuun wnB a man in e\tiy wttj calculated to captivate the heart of a romantic joung gill, Mich us bbe who now 1< aned confi- dentlj on his arm. W ith tho ad \antagesof an elegant figuie, and pieposses8ing featuies, were com bined the gift of reilned composuro, and that society polish tbt t enables some men to be provokmgly at e ise in the company of ladiea He uus diessed fashionably, even to i xtnu agance, and had the air of a gentleman accustomed to nil the luxuiies and puvaleges accorded to the wealthy Ponay Wilde was one of those delicious types of" budding woman hood not met with at eveiy tilln in the daily walks'of life, i>ttitc in figure and veiy childlike, though nineteen summers hud showered their biightest loses on Lpi' path way. Slit) had big bi ow n eyes that laughed whenever their owner laughed, and bad a distracting coquettish way of flnbhing glances at j on fioin. under the long, silky 1 ishes Yet Fanny was only a country girl, whose home was up among the Green Mountains of Veimont. By the indulgence of her fond parents she had been ptimitted to pj a visit to hui tich uncle in the City, with the undeibtanding flint faho was to remain as long us she liked , arid Fanny was so infatuat ed with city life, that she had ul- le.tdy extended her visit longer than any one had expected her to. It was now neaily ttuee months bince she left home, and still she did not talk of leturmng. Some of hei fyiencls may have been de ceived asl to the cauhe of this, but she d$ not attempt to deceive her self. She and Egbert Vivian knew the cause! She had. met this voung man at a dinner-party at hei uncle's house, and theii, fuendship had lipened into a very romantic attachment; for our little heroine was of a romantic disposition, just as many other girls ot her age are, who fancy they have found their hero as toon as some well-dressed snob, with a killing motiBtache, or a pair of daik eyes, begins to dance attendance on them. Her uncle did not approve of the j duty to npptiso her father state of affairs. This only roused Fanny's indig nation, iter undo was prejudiced tho woild in general was preju diced her us sociation with Mr. Vivian had af folded her ample oppoitunities of discoveung his tiaits of character, and if he had been anything but a very paragon of manly virtue, she would havo found it out long ago. This- was what sho thought, but who did nut express these thoughts to her* uncle Indeed, she rather nmdo h pretonse ol heeding her uncle's advice, in viow'of hiB threat to infoim her fatheV of what ho deemed her exceptionable conduct, but, instead of doing so in leahty, tile foolish girl began to meet the I young liiuu clandestinely, away fioni the. hotibe. They weio enjoying one of theso stolen meetings on the day wo m troduco them to tho reader. They had just entered tho Cotn- monj for the purpose of tin ending its numeious shady walks, when Fanny, who wus chatting gaily in her exuberance of spiuts, saw her ompmioii lift his hat and bow giacefully to sonio one, accompanj- mg iIih act with a jdensant ' " Good afternoon, Mr. Wilde." The gill tin nod hei bead with a Rtai tljt'd glance, und felt a sudden choking sensation in her throat, as |.4he saw n. middle-aged gi ntleman, appearance, ap- jnouchiiip; at right 'angles to the ioutao they weie pursuing. It was net uncle Ho nodded stiffly in nnBwer to Vivian's polite salutation, and gave his uit co a look of stern reproach. His whole mannei betokened tho ;_'i.i\ e sin piiseand annoyudco which the uiif ipi ctei) encounter g ive him, but lje|diop|>(d alongside the Cillj)- able tvwtin, and walked a short dis tance with them. * " I have jiist come from the liout.0," he b ntl to Fanny. " There is a joung gentleman theio from Peach Vullev, who has come to see v on." Fanny started, and. the little lingus tightened then giasp on Vjvian's sleeve. " A did yon say from Peach Valley?" she faltered. "You mean " " His name is Mr. John Martin," lutermpted hei uncle, colal).' I Fanny turned very palo now, and trtiubled so violently that Vivian looked down on her in sur- pitse. But she pretended not to notice his glance, and made a stioug effoit to oalm'herself. " When did he, cornel" she ask- ed. " Seal eel v an hour ago," replied Mr. Wilde.' " What can, havo- brought him heta? Is any thtng wrong at home Does does he bring bad news 1' " Nothing has gone wrong he biings no bad news. Your pareuts uie as wtll as usual. He said he came dow a to pay you a visit, since theie seemed to be no prospect of your leturning' to PeaSh Valley soon. But I must leave you here. I can't tittle away my time in idle piouienades." And with this putting shot at the handsome cavalier, whota he held in such couteuipt, the indua trious man of business burned away. "Who is this John Martin?" Risked Viviau. ' Oh, he's one of our Peach Valley neighbors," leplied Fanny, carelessly, '* Only a country clown who has always appealed to be very fond of me." ' " But why did he come to Bos ton to see you V " I don't know I shall be so moitibed. Heis tkoiougliiy lustic i)/oth in diess and manners, and and in shoit, he's an intolerable boie!" Ah, Fanny, it was wrong to say that! ' picking to pieces a bouquet flowers. " Why, Fanny, I came to He yon, of course," roplied John in Burpiiae. " What else would I come fort You ain't angry, I hope?" " Oh, no; but I wish you hadn't come." -=_ " Fanny 1" " Well, it is such a bore to have people asking mo who you are, and criticising your manners." " I don't mind 'em, Fanny." " Of course you don't, but / do. My fuonds hero aro all ladiea nnd gentlemen of refinement and polish, nnd you will cut a sorry figuie among them." "I vvou't mingle with them," said'John. " Nor give me a chance to !' snapped tho girl, impatiently. " I think you iniuht have remained at home till I returned." " I I thought you would be glad to see me, Fanny," faltered John, vigorously swallowed t(ie lump that kept rising in his thioat. " PuliawJ ara we childien that we can't enduro a Reparation of a few weeks 1 You ought to have known better than te coruo down here and iuoitify mo in the pre sence of my city friends. 1 am raoct ashamed to sit with you while you have on that article of ' apparel which von dignify by the name of coat." John Martin looked at the gitl before him ; i surprized and hurt. Ho could scarcely believe sho had changed so in three morths. " I might haTe bought a coat of] lato c,ut," he said, in a ttemluous voice,' " but I didn't think of that. There was a time, Fanny, when you didn't seem to mind what I wore, so that I came to see you often." " 1 was only a silly child then, and you should be moro consider ate than to remind mo of my for mer foolishness," said Fanny, with freezing dignity. " Our spheres in hfo are very different now, nnd you and I can never be to each other what we once pretended to be." The blow had fallen. Honest John Martin rose to his feet with an exclamation of surpriso aud pain on his whitening lips. ~ " Oh, Fannie, you don't mean to cast me off! You can't be so cruel!" " Cast you off!" echoed Fanny, in a tone of vexation. "Then I Biippose jou mean to hold me to that Hilly engagement i" " Fanny ' Fannj ' don't speak so ! You will diive mo mad ' Oh, heavens ! can this be the darling creature who promised to he tine to me though every man in<-the city sued for her hand 1 I can't oh, I can't believe it !" The girl left the sofa, and walk ed to the window. Sho did not dare to look her outraged lover in the face. "I hope you won't cause a bcene," she said, coldly, as she gazed u|>on the street. " It la very bad taste and will attract the attention of the family. I certainly did not think jou would hold me to a promise made in my simple-minded ignorance of the world and its people." " Don't don't tell me that you love another I" gasped John. " I do," was the icy rejoinder, " and I nsk you as a tjentleinan to relea>e -me fioin our engagement, since you chose to regaid it ub such." There was a long silence, dur ing which Fanny Wilde's heart kept up a violent beating as she listened for the man's leply. Piesently he came close up behind her, and in a voice that was stiangely calm, he said : -My Ctnada foronlv flft, ents tl.o ' pj'cp ] wnie^f whom.you may know^ Ad hae.mr brfcn rei"<-ed to introduce 'M dress DAKIrvh F BKAllI, wasa ^e-whdi-p Vilrc.-.. B4MLL * , tr-n N'eW Jersey. Bh\.1 lYJWashington New fer-<5 I ingt^n, cevr wi= i CHAPTEin II. r Two hours later ehe sat in the ^fresente of her country friend, in her uncle's pailor. i John-Martin was a fine specimen I of the plTysical man, Hug, and stoat and well-pt'oportioned,neither hanrf- Bonie nor ill-looking, but with a countennncethat stamped him every inch a man. His face was browned bv constant summer suns and win ter storms, but it was an honest, Blowing intimacy, and'he made no, <>andid fa^ ^ affordpd a true secret of the fact. As the days >dex to the noble, unselfib soul of and weeks glided by, and Vidian's tn0 m&n> and won lllm *>0BtB of Vi3lt8 became moie frequent, he friends wheiever he went, fiankly advised his niece to break " Why did you come here, Johnl" off from the vourg man, nnd bave asked Funny, petulantly, us she sat nothing moie" to do with him. cuilsd upon one end of thp sofa, Daruno Davohtbk : We havo vvjaitcd bo Ienjj for you to enid you* vmit in the city, and come back to us, that I must now exorciEQ a parent'i authority, Wq jpn'fc spare you from-homo any longer^ I wilLbe down to tho arty next weeTc, and you must b i prepared to return homo s^ith me. As ovor your affectionate Father." " Just as I expected ^exclaim ed Fanny, tearing the lotter to pieces. " TJncIe has written to him, and advised this step. I knew Ihe would do it when he dis covered me and Egbort ou the Comruohs that day." CHAPTER lit One very dark night"a carriage drove up to tho curb in front of Mr. Wilde's residence, and stopped. A. man, muffled in a long black cloak, stepped out upon the sidewalk and gianced up at the dark front of the bouse. A light glimmered at one of the upper windows for an in stant and disappeared. A few minutes later the street door of the house was softly opened from with in,! and a female figure, closely veiled, came out, and glided down the steps. j "Is it you, Rinny?" whispered the man. , i ' " Yes, Egbert, it is I." " Good ! You have kept your promise. What af bravo little woman you are ! She did not reply, but he helped her into the carriage; then, after giving a few hasty direct$>ns to the driver, he sprung in after her, and the cariinge rolled away. " You are a brave little woman, dailin'g," repeated Vivian, as they rattled along the stony street. " I'm afraid I'm a very w icked one," was the half sobbing re joinder, t *' Nonsense ! you aro only ner-' funs. Your fears will soon vanish. Did you expect your father to ar rive to-night?" " I don't know. Why do you ask]' " Obf nothing ; only Iv was at the depot just before I came to the house. Tho train arrived while 1 wus there, and I saw a man get off who enquired tho way to Mr. Wilde'fl"resideuce. A young man of rather rustic appearance stepped np and grasped him by the hand, and there seemed to ,be a mutual lecognition ^tween' the two. Your father (if, l&d^ed, it was he) called the young man John Martin." I ' John Mat tin !" gasped Fanny, in great trepidation. " 1 thought he had gone home. Oh, if it should be my father ! Ob, what will I dol" , " Never mind, littfo one ; there ib no occasion for alarm. Before they discover your flight, it will be too late to separate us. At least, it will not be safe for them to un dertake it !" At that moment tho carriage stoppsd in a dark, narrow street, and the occupants got out. Egbert "Vivian tarried only long enough to give the driver a sum of money, and dismiss htm; then he drew the girl's trembling hand through his arm, and led tier up a flight of stairs to a dimly-lighted, corridor on the second floor of a largo building, Here, after whis pering a few words of encourage ment in the ear of his fair com panion, he knooked softly on a door, which waB opened from with in by an old grey-headed man in a white " chocker." "Ah, Mr. Yivian, is it you," he said, oordially. "Walk in! walk in !" , Vivian led the girl into a neatly furnished room, saying aB he did BO : ** " Fanny, permit me to introduce the gentleman who is to make us happy for life the Rev. Mr. Pea body. Mr, Peabody, this is the young lady of whom 1 spoke to you Miss Wilde." Fanny permitted the minister to . take her hand and press it, but she I kept her pale face averted, and was b cold and calm, as a marble ima;e. He took her nerveless hand in hi*, and siguilled their reiui. ess to be joined in the lioly bonds of wed lock. But before Mr. JPeabody could utter a word, Fanny suddenly quailed and uttered_ a sharp cry. Vivian threw hia arm around ber, and exclaimed : HOrW to Make mischief. Keep your eye on ypur neighbors. Take care of thm. Do not Jet them stir without watching. They may do something wrong, if you do. To be ouie, you never knew them to do anything very bad, but it may be on your account tbey have not. Perhaps if it had not " What is it, dearest? What iaTbeen for your kind care, they might _______tl._, c,_..< i - IT,. 'w~ " Fanny, I releasa_ you. God j conscious of feeling very guilty. knows I didn't know I was doing wiong by holding in sacred re membrance your promise to be come my wife. You mvve changed since you came to the city. I see now how far above me you are, and how foolish I was to enteitain a hope of ever possessing biich a trea8ine. I beg you to forgive mo, and I wish you happiness in your new sphere of life. Good- by'!" She did not reply she' could not, had it been to save her life. His calm, manly voioe broke into a dry, choking sob as he uttered that last word and hurried away. She heard the door close on his ietieating form, and felt that John Mai tin had gone from his presence foi over. Was sho satisfied ] At least she was rid of the gteatest obstacle that rose between her and the happy ,consummation of bur ro-| manoe, 1 A few days after that, a letter came for Fanny. It was from hor father, and was CP jebed in these wotAs ; Then she supk into an arm chair,' while Vivian and Mr. Peabody ' withdrew to the fuithest end of the loom, and engaged ia a low, earnest conversation.,_ " By Jove !'L muttered the soi- disant ministei, after a pause, dur ing which he had glanced furtively at the litjtle figure in the arm-chair, " she is a beauty, aud no mistake. It seems a pity to " i " Shut your head 1" interrupted the other, in a fierce whisper. " Do you want to spoil the whole thing by your accursed nonsense 1 Do; what I hired you to do that is all I ask and don't forget that you are a minister of the gospel. Come, nrjw, there is'no-time to-loose; get your books, and let uu see hiw W ell you havo learned your pai t." In a_few minutes all was in readiness. Mr. Peabody stood up grave and dignified, with his open bible in front of him, and told tho young couple to join their right hands They stood before him, Egbert Yivian and Fanny Wilde with a einster- expiession of '6 he ti Himpb glittering in his eyes, she gaiety of fiity life, the matter 1 Speak, darling- " Hark ! don't you hear 1 Some body is coming ! Oh, what will I dol" Sute enough, there were footsteps on the Stairs. He heard them dis tinctly now. Tbey Were coming rapidly, and evidently belonged to more than one person. The guilty man1 turned pale. " Great God! what doea it meanr he ejaculated., " Gan it be possible that we have been pursued ! Lock tho door! Lock the door + Quick quick !',' But it was too late. The door flew open with a jar, and two men sprung into the room and stood in the presence of the terrified trio. Fanny recognized the both of them at a glance, and uttered a low shriek. One was her own father the other was John Martin ! "Fanny, what_doea this mean?" demanded ker fattier, sternly. But the poor girl could not re ply. She was clinging to the back of a ohair, and trembled violently. "I'll tell you what it means!" cried John Martin, in a clear, ring ing voice. " It it one of the nlest plots ever concocted to effect the ruin of an innocent girl, and these are its perpetrators cowering here before us like whipped curs," ""Liar !" hissed Vivian, drawing himself up and putting his hand in hit bosom. As if by magic, a pistol appear ed the young countryman's hand,] an4 revelling it tfie astonished vil- lian, he mid^cooly : , " Fool, put down your hand! Another move like that and you will be passed over to the police, who are yet ignorant of your criminal conduct to-night" Completely cowed.Egbert Vivian leaned back against the mantle- i piece, and folded his arms in sullen Eubmission, whilt the Rer. Mr. Peabody, being too weak tp stand, had dropped into a chair. " Fanny," continuedrJohn' Mar tin, addressing the girl, " when you sent me from your presence that day, I did not go home. Something seemed to tell me that I would be needed here, and I stayed. I watched Egbert Vivian, J and was surprised to find him the f black hearteJ villain that he is. I made the discovery that he con templated your ruin. " I overheard a conversation between *him and this cowardly companion of his, in which they formed this heartless, scheme of eloping and defrauding yon by a pretense of marriage; and when I met your father at the depot this evening, 1 told him all, and we followed you hither. Fanny, this marriage would have been a farce ; you would have been ruined ; this low wretch who would have performed the ceremony is no more a minister of the gospel than I am. Look! I will show you that he is disguised," As he spoke he Htepped up to the trembling creature called^Pea- body, and snatched from his Bead j the gray wig, disclosing to view^un under covering of very black hair, which gave the fellow quite a youthful appearance. J This was the last straw on the camel's back, and with a low, pite ous moan, poor Fanny fell back fainting in her father's arms. " Come, John ; let's go now ; the child's fainted," said Farmer Wilde, in a husky voice, as he lifted his daughter in his arms and moved towards the door. John once faced the two villains as he backed out of the room. ' We will bid you adieu now," he said, " and you may thank .your lucky Btara we have let you off eo easily. I advise you never Ifo oro&s this young lady's path again, Bgbei t Vivian. If you do, yonr blood be upon your own head !" He left them with that, and fol lowed Farmer Wilde down the stairs, to the carriage that was awaiting them in the street. Thoy entered and drove rapidly toward the residence of Fanny's uncle. Before reaohing it, the poor girl returned to consciousness and wept bitterly en her father's shoulder. But it was not until the next day thai she threw herBelf Bobbing into John Martin's arms, and tipgged his forgiveness, and told him how blind she had been in imagining that she had ever loved anv one but him. Of course John forgjvve her, and they wora happily married soon after returning to Peach Valley; nnd Fanny is con tented with her quiet country home, and ney^" longs for tho romantic - have disgraced themselves a leflg time ago. Tbeiefore, do net lelax any effort to keep them where they ought to be. Never mind your own business that will take care of itself. There is a man passing^- along he is looking over the fence perhaps he contemplates stealing, some of these dark nights; there is no knowing what queer 'fancies may have got into hia head. If ,you find any symptoms of^ny one passing out of the pati of duty, toll every one else what,you see, and be particular to see? a great many, it is a good way to circu late such things, though it,may not benefit yourself or any one else particnlai ly., Do keep something going though it was said there was silence in heaven for the space of haif an hour, do not let any such thing o3cur on earth it would be too much for this sphere. If, after all your watchful care, you cannot see anything out of tle way in any one, you n ay he sure it is not because they have done anything ba4 ; I perhaps in an un guarded moment yon loet sight of them throw out,hints that they are no better than tbey should be, that you should not wonder if the people found out what they were after a little while, then they may not bold their heads bo high. Keep it going, and some One else may tal$o the hint, and begin to help you along, after a while; then there will be music, and everything will work like a charm. "i hi H If In Suspense, LWhy, my dear, what is the matter! What can you mean 1 You look so depressed. It cannot be oh, relievo this kill ing suspense I Alexander, have you failed V said fc$B wife, with clasped bands. my credit is yet unimpaired, and business is looking up.' 'You can't mean to say, dear, that your old pain in the head has come back No.* < You havn't had to pay ihe note for your brother Joseph V > ' No.' ' Have you now tell me Alex ander Bislack, have yon had an other attack of vertigo ' No.' 'Has your caslfier troken his Murphy pledge 'No.' ' Now I know I knew it all the time I felt sure it was so. Mr. Lebonaip has asked for Seradhina ' No, nothing of the kind* ' Then tell me, without waiting another minute, what has happen ed ; |l can bear it; let me know the worst.' __ Well, that breeches button I told you about has got tired of hanging on by one thread, and here it iB." i' I J- 4' at fill >'4f f I X ;w liri England Will Boar. Russia^-T want several provin ces to Bquare off my territory, England Now, I don't tbiak that's right. Russia I'm going to take these Tuikish ships. England No w, you shouldn't do that. Taint right. _ Russia Let's see. But that isn't near enough. I want two ot>_ three, or1 twenty, or thirty millions f. of roubles. i England By George, you'd bet- Uer take Tuikey and be done with it: Rns&ia Don't know but that I shall. Now there's Egypt, England Now, if yon touch Egypt iWhan't like it. I'll roar. I can roar. - ., RusBfa 0. roar and be-------! I think I'll cork up the Bosphorns, rtoo/ England Now, if Ton cork up the Bosphorus I toil I roar. I've got 400,000 roarings men1. I------- Huasia Yes, I'll fut a fort on the Bonphorus. ^_ England Now, I'm going tp commence to roar right away if you do that. Austria will ro-r with me, too, wou't you, Amtrial Austria danno. J. havri't roared for a good while. I got awful aick the last time I ror- t-d at Germany. Maybe 111 roar. I'll see. I'll thtnk about it. England Well, I've a good mind to i oar all by myself. I declare it's shameful. Wby, the man hae no more congoienoe than a bear. * graphic. B ! ;3