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The Acton Freje ORE, ODs, &0. i h-k^ts for Cash, ' fpb-prvee*. '* , _ _ A grew b Hotel, [SCOTT. MY 8. -i i j J w M oat. 2 Ages, s Yolnrac f.Xo.^4$ } AOTON, ONT., THURSDAY, APRIL 13, 1876. nrsiXEss CARDS. w - II. LOWRY, M, B.. M. Coll:e, MclubT ot CoH*KiJof Tin hicIuiui and !urcreoiis, Mill-Stkrkt mtxin R. MORROW. Phj.-d- an, "iirgcoii, iM,oi Hilli\tu> Col- 1 r pis Co ICJO, TT)OMIMON HARNESS SHOP. The subscriber begs to announce- to the inhabitants of Acton and vicinity that he has commenced the V,w V>rw.*u^ ^vjcwrliliar|ic8i blwm0M m th0 i^ucswaj s tuui KHdaX-*, from > i>. m, Oil 4 i p. m. ACTV_ CsnuiJ i turn KHt KoMiimPo- CuHhUliaUon ilnys- v*.4ro VVest Hower street. TAMES MATTHEnS, Oon- r/ re\ ancor Ivurr^r MiirriHKC Llcen-t it, lJo>tm--"-tor. InMirsrnpof" \evnt, Aci>ni Money to 1 "ran. Agent Minim vl lilo- fra; >> <3,i., Cak 1-wictJi i l>Wi nYSourt, CV>m in ^ tt ,.tc , \i rus, t'\T D. HEVOEKfiON. C'oiney- Aiict r AC , iL*.o Ag nt Canada life \^Miri ue L o. IViM--. Morlg'nN *c , prepared n?at1v(;<rV>mi>tr> comcllv -anJ on reavnnbU' ttrnis. M* iu>> to i,ou on vlor ficc -ii.urit\. iifllce .U*<ou }Kmi, \ctofl. JD. M tTHESO>. Vttarne>~. Ac Olio* Corner-of Main .ind Churcb 6lcts?lv Utorxr-towu. \VH. LVIOLllV. Barrister. TY Mloruo-il l lu lor In t ttiine*r\t_.le- t* He - II imllton, 10 K rig Kln.it, Mllloi ilUiittrnt. 1 lie Milton Utiirc v.il t> uiiikrtbi man ie- unit rf li W Oamptvll in I Mr I.ud- Uw w.il i t. nJ a 'in ".Milton Ulliee " , ej l-'ri 1*\ o'tj 'malt I Old Post Office Building, - MILL STREET, ACTON, where ho is prepared to turn out work second to none in the Domin ion. ,.is cheap as1 the cheapest, and on the shortest possible notice. I fti*m> on hind a large and well select ed slock ot Eorso BjiuiKots. "WTiips, Brashes. I Combs, Trunlu, ote. v Repairing promptly attended to. Give me a call and bo convinced. J F.DEMr&EY 1S75. Tfl TROLLOPE C1IAPMAN, praotical Bookbinder. All Descriptions of Binding Neatly Executed. A ecotint Bool* of all Onler. Kinds Made to Ruling Promptly Attended to BlMiEltt St George's Square, Guelph MTOruVrs left at the Fun. Fiti-ss Olheo wil^ receive prompt atti tition Acton, Nov 25, A CTOX BAKERY. H JE>R\ L. BKlkE, Htirrab. l\im\L ictu, Asem lor iln' M< tin t ' tai.LPn. ana W nurlix). i i-t-irf l I in. iU r^ lt\ m til Hurrah. o ic te-l H I. l)R\Kfc CHEAP BREAD. 131TfeVT>for INDENTIONS i t-r- ii^i--l>^iJ ['v ^rh <<vLirtd I i *i ' 1st I i f Is" t< * uJtntnin, pt ,al ,'nin' t l i-i or! i t ---<ni3 -Tor ^' i i 1 (I ~.r H- n \^ i c\ in opt-r- aU'U.-ijiiT- iltNiJI ul.I-T. nil r t, C in 111, \riCTE-in i^ I ,<~t.-r. ~^o U i. r ol V t t a s-iJ I' i ) l > n i i Oii|x*.U4on N TJn life of t-n>lc, liu^ u Lllouu>'b mi^kt (tr lirt nl. QIIEAP BREAD FOR THE MILLION Ibber, is in WcoL ^V ^ILLIiU WirklNS, Vuirr MjTlasr l.lrrnr it crtlnrafc-v, ^ >\ Ko> l;,\p.-i>l jtmelil ) BJ^lnOI.^ p iia'.t xii il cot I iHnUal oliri! ,'i Fo~. UJI1 t, <<l nwUlum, C-.t; H i u a D. GAIAOWAY iJ' g1* to 'mnoiuct* ia the lnhnbltaiit" of \iion uhI v l{*iidi\ Ui xl he \\a* rtino\c-U hi* Uak nw K>t.tbiishinonl U* the prim- B. & & NICKLIN Bog to announce that thoy haTo sccurod the strMccs of a First-Class Baker, anil tliit their Baking busincu la now in full operation, in the premises oned bj Mrs llaima. Brvailwill l>e iUh\erel iHrly at the houses in the wlHge and vicinity. Weddinfir Cakes, Tea Cakes, Pastry, Buns, &c , Jnaile in the \erj bi it ininncr, and kept al.ijs on h mil, good and fresh Alia ill kiiuN of Confectionery, Bilcuita, ( heese, ie The introni^e of tho public is rea- petttulh solieitod I'LL REHEHBEB YOU. When tho curtains of night pmnod back by the stars, And tho beautiful morn taps tho Bkiea, And tho deudropa of hcavonarc kissing tho rose", It is then that my memory flics. c A if on tho \unga pf omo beautiful do\o. In hasto with tho mossago it Ijears ; To bring j ou a kiss of affection and say, 111 remember you, lovo, in my pray era. I hn\o lo\od you too fondly to c\er forget Tho lo\o thou hast spoken for mo, And tho kisi of atleetion still warm on m_\ lips, When you told mo how true you would be ; I know not if fortune bo fickle of friend, Or if time on your memory wears, I know tint I 1j\o jou w here\er >ou go. And remember jou, lo\e, in my praj^rs. , When the angels of hea\ en are guarding tho good, As Good has ordained them to do, In answers to prayers l'\o oilcrcd to lain, I know there ih one witching you ; And may its bright spirit bo with you through lnu, To guide > ou up hoa\ en's bright stairs, To meet with the one who lias loved you through life. And remember you, lo\c, in his prajers. "-It Beems little olso than a fatali ty which has overtaken me I You 4cnow, I may speak thus to you, without vanity that I have never lacked that chivalrous attention which is gratifying to moat girls. I have accopted it with apprecia tion, but nothing mom; my heart, throughout, has lemaiucd intact until, or even before bo qarae. If it is, I tan nb more help its being is so sttango ; my interest awoke so thar the [poor little needle, or tho miserable steel tiling can help being attracted by tlje magnet, Ho visits ai, ou house, Ssr liked by my fioin the moment my cousin Har- iy's wife said to me one d|\y, about a year ago ! ' Wo uxpect a \ ihitor; an old fi lend of Hariy's; there wore at colloge together. I have heard so much of Kim ; that I am quite curious to sen (his Mr. l(Oon- aid Faithfull. Chaiming name, is it notl' " I felt it so, and recalled what BaUac says in other words, ' Who shall account for the attiaetion of a name V Lstugh n,t me, Amy ; I deserve it, for theso /confapsions of mino aro those of a girl who is but too alivo to her foolishness ! " Yes, I conjured up visions of the man , visions which were moie than realised when I mot him lor the first time at the Nugents', and menfc coul how much i # |i5*l.O0 per nnnnm in Advance !iide from him He must have each time we How I ha.ve detested abhor myself when I re- not ,felt, 6eefTit m my face met. T1 how I mombei' thai it is t who am the wooer, and he just | suffers my at tention1 i! d)ur positions are en tiiely reversed ; anjl the worst of family, and II, eRct[ day, growing more and more feverish and impa tient fol some sign of preference which, i las 1 he never gives. Po lite be always is, but as cold as death; vhilo Itpoor soul thatlum, have grc wn more Hopelessly infat uated than ever, until I fear I am fast becoming a monomaniac, " Thisl dear Amy, is &y miser able story, which I have been wish ing some time to donfide to voir. Clytie looks mournfully at me, as though she1 said, ' |l, too, suffered as you do ; they suffer most whose natures are strongest to love most, for they aie faithful even unto Burstinsr of a Reservoir. On Thursday evening the reser voir dam which supplies the.city r> their love, than its acceptance, if I Worcester,' Massachusetts, with that were possible ; for it shewed I w<lter, gave way, letting loose 760,- was not a man among those she rejected whonlid riot feel that they valued her more in her refusal of them a true womanly nature whose goodness converted their faihue to win her love-into friend ship. She healed their wounds by making them feel that though un successful, they had not loved un- woithily, which was flattering at least -to their discernment, and 000,000 gallons of water.' The water rushed down the pivine in a solid mass iiO-feet irt heighi, sweep-, ing eveiything in front of it. Trees were twreieet" up by the loottr; houses were earned headlong until they vieio sinasl ed to pieces A laij 1 go bain was taken up bodily, upheld their self-respect; for if we I camed about iiftyj feet down the are to be judged by the affections stream and demolished. Ihe water we aspiie to ga(n3 it is surely more continued to run fort tbiee hours death.' Is his name to be woven Ive-. m tt <lior to Morrou's 1 druj; si*>rp. n lit Inn built a firM clnot lit v ov<n \etoii Feb "9 M its. b. < inrtK* 7akcr f31ui<-, Di^m la^aiftl t'rrnrli, Ui m s r e , Vtt'iH d ri itt>Hl U1* prtniise> mji tlri-t <*tiiMt [ nItU f<- a lUkerj uud Conftctiol i_riLiiituSb uiitl Is turning out SSTrSB, BRSAD T3AN BTS3, IV & 1S76 E XICKUX. c LEAKING SALE OF ill It i ,n-< e~v nJ J > b ' " Ek ui t r - UJ-, iUJ -.Ui! iC A 1TON FLOIU MILLS. . i-r vi< ur oil-i tin. -.3 i I il !> . Ulh.il*. f ' * tor> n I vi.i i I I !> 'Pi !1 Cites, _ Biacuita, Pastry, THE CLYTIE. he took mo into dinner. 'I can only , , dtscube hi(u to you as he then trn- </ into| my hfej^ God forbid pressed me. A tall, fuir, WINTER GOODS Cos lies, a l o tlie 11. RO-.si\ liOlsfc, tciou. c - o ih < r i. is v -t ui hi J.lC. ^[t c Qlllo-J l 1 li Yi'l th t .Vtl L j. p ^ c 1 li - U iil 1-1 , 1 rn) r. I11 ClUe ii il nt great } Re-. Mived Candies at 15c per lb. I roeli it if D< ,oni>I-ON II1>TEL. Vcton, rt \^n^iTt ' mi m ujr.l Ins Br J '!o - < - i as In IiraL-i_tj-. ye w s. i nt inrint_r Coiuni. reiul 1 c\r , rr ! 1_ rd _tJ-I tcoti-ino'i in ii ' mile m niilou-SjiaprKiniiil- ";> " J ji CI ntio i I-..1 V. lb- v .ill." o' Uic \r^\ e - | - tux ' > <", B-i--Lppi - w th fie w^t ! 1. qa if a -1 t i.'ii> t.i-ai b ablug unci s'lant % If j-i i rs I MiiNi ill ii In * >e luii t,e fill U(l-. UEMSTRLET, AYM Lacensed Auctioneer l-or th- Counties of W ell 11 gtoir.nil tl 1.1- ton H-.K--. 1- t a- fie yUKh. Pl.lf* oniee, Kcin , or at ra*. nsluenc-/, In 1 <K-iW<><l. wil.Se^p.omill) attende"1 to. Term* rea-^onao'e \V\igM forM-^Iuh' glim tn J'rc ul In (x ei jiitte for I lour Giahum Jtji'il a / jnciallt/. lircraf,l Buns nn'l j.C1:<b ,lellver(>il i verj Uu>, tre-iu, around the \illume. WEDDING & FANCY CAKES made toorder and on luinil. In the lutest *t> les and ul reaMJiitble charges X B AU aoods are wa.-ranteil pare, as nolliii g but the btn of roaterUill-i utd MoNAIR'S Greatly Reduced Prices iQRS, Shoes, e cK<p!f **" ' swhere >ring your ade of tb UU in and American =>-d -8 :.\EIiy BKOS. \tamm latsl A DV^IDSON, Licensed Auctioneer Far Ihe County of Halton B-il aeteul*! tn in nv part of the Couiitr, at rea--o'iiible r-atC^ AdlreMS. A. DtVIUiO-V, Catnpb lUlHcy H.n The patro ia^ f lis solicited. ' of the public is respect- Call and see for jour>el\ts U\.LI OWAV BROS. , Acton, March 8. lWt^ A OTON ,/ lxr-NNEDTt'S Marble Works, lOppi'-ite td<- from Mills it ioo It-allow rouuiLrj, -uid [ Near JEramo;a Bridge,1 tiuelph. ALL KlMis OF MONUMENTS fomb Stone-i, Mantle 1'iccos, S.C , male to an} mz or design, and put up in anj part of the country Jfii* >>c.ot<.h Granite Monu ments imported to order PS V. Kennedy is-a prac tical marble cutter PLANING MILLS A large quantity of JEWELERY To be rushed off at VEST LCW PB.ICES. AND }- .IB. IhiDg com- ' 3 |H0US,i Prioes- Pump. Sasli, Door and Blind Factory. THOMAS EBBAGE, Manufacturer of "Windo-w Sash, Doors, Venetian Blinds Mouldings, And other Building Requisites Also- Makers of IMPROYED STJCTI0N BTJHPS A CLATTER AMONGST TINWARE! NEW TIN AND 8T0VE DEPOT. A CTOX LI VERY & SALE STABLE J. P. ALLAN Taken p'easure in announcing to the public generally that he Is prepareiLto furnish First-elassi Horses and OarrlasroB At Reasonable ICates. His Rigs and Hon-esofe the best that can be .had, and beis determined not to be surpassed by any City Stable. Acton July 1st, JJ375. Lumbar Planed and Dressed toorde in the best manner. Jgeg- Air-work guaranteed. Acton, Jan., 1870. The undersigned announce to the people of Acton and surrounding country that they bave opened a Tin, Sheet-Iron and Stove Business, in, the premises formerly occupied by Mr Chas. Dean, nearly opposite the post office. (From Cluimbtia' Juurnal ) l HAPTtll I Near an open window, o\eilook ing tho Square, sat Mm ion Eltorr writing a letter, us an Italian boy cuine by hawking some plaster images. The morning was so love ly that she felt the influence of its brightness with a waim glow of heaifr^ladness which sunlight upon flowers Ii88 the power of imparting; and just then the dancing rays snone-wj beamingly ufSon the flow er-box ou the window-ledge, that she looked up to watch thedazzhng pflVct, and inhale tl e perfume which the fragrant blossoms, as it secmd to her, exhaled gratefully. The Ituhui boy, catching bet eye ils she thus paused, looked entreat- ini?ly and be'gijcd her to buy one of hi*J.mug<"< A gl tnce at his woe bi gone face touched hei healt. "Pi-ih.ips he 18 hnngiy," she thought , and she beckoned him to call, while she tang the bell lo have bini admitted not that feho wanted an\ of his waits, but bho felt some compunction in suffeiing a fellow- creature who looked hungry to leave her door unfed, or without the means of procuring food. There were many veiy well tlesigned images in his biibket; but as her object was to relieve him, she took the first that crffcred a ininature bu->t of Clytie. Foi thelittlc image she paid him the puce he asked, which was double its real worth. She knew- he was cheating her, but she was one of those who could make allowance for the temptations of grim po\erty, which finds hon esty an almost impossible viitUe when running a race with ssrant. On coining back to the loom, she placed the Clytie on an empty bracket, und continued her w riting; while every now and then she paused to take a glance Jt her pur chase, with a feeling of compassion, as bhe recalled tho mythological legend and thought it but symbol ised a fact of common occultenee. She regarded the-Cly tie (the water- nympb, whose love for the sun-god Apollo being unretuined, she was changed into a sun flower, that she might ever follow his course) as the ideal of unreqnitted but constant affection the unhappiest of woes for a woman to bear J so it seemed to her just then, and a shadow fell upon her spirits in tho contempla tion. " Would her puichase prove an omen 1" was a question which kept toi menung her mind, as she wrote to her friend the following : "I have just bought a Clytie. O Amy, suppose I also love m vain ! I feel that, like her, I too would turn, spell-bound, towards the sun of my woikk It is appalling to utteily my^ieait has <H1 O A da? at home AkodUj wanted. Via Outfit and terms free. TKUE 4 CO. a day at home OiHfllaud ten Augusta, Maine. F AK FOB SALE. One hundred acres of land, well wooded, being the east half of Lot 21, in the 3rd Concession, in theTownship of Esqu^sing. For particulars address l ' THOMAS GARVIN. ErinP O , Ont , Nov.^30, 1875. $6 to $20 \v. er day at home, .amples worth Si free. Btissqx <fc Co, Portland, Maine. XJIJKE MILK. The undersigned begs to thank his customers for the liberal patibnage- re ceived during tire past summer, and would say that he is now prepared to supply an additional number of custom ers with good, pure, fresh milk dehver- ed every morning, and twice a day on Saturdays. * Parties who keep cows will find IE much cheaper and less trouble to get milk delivered at their doors, and they would do well to sell their cows and, buy their milk. Twenty-one quart ticVkets for SI, if paid in advance, or tWentv-one pint tictetsfox 50 cents. PS ARMSTRONG. ,4cton, Nov. 10th, 1875. JOB PRINTING of all kinds neatly and promptly executed at the FREE PRESS"OFFICE, S>xt Ike Poit Office, Mill Street. Beinc practical workmen of large experience, we can assure all who may favor us with their patronage that they can rely upon having all work executed promptly and in the very best manner. A large stock of Tin, Sheet-Iron and Japan ned Ware always on band, of the best quality. gTGiYEg, of various patterns always in stock. Eavetroughingl Jobbing promptly attended to. Bags, Iron, Britss and Copper taken in exchange. i The patronage of the public is respectfully solicited. WILSON & JOHNSON. Acton, March 8, 1876.' SEND 25Ct to Q. P. EOWELL 4 CO., I fcu """'i " Now York, for Pamphiet of 100 pages 1 your love is equal to any aemanaB containing lisps of 8800nowspapers, and that, wvirp OTulnatesshowiDK cost of advertising. of mine on tnaD score. A tall, fuir, Saxon ty pe of nuui on a grand scale; with light hair and beard, who spoke little, und was perfectly! self-con tained. Imagine my being attract ed by such an opposite ! but so it v>us. _^ " Ilia remarks were few, and I was tongue tied ; so much so, that Harry said to me ucioss the table : ' Marian, why ait) you no silent? You are usually lively enough. I hope, Faithfull, you have not over powered my littlo cousin.'i " Ho turned quietly towards me, and smiled, Baying: 'I should regret Such a catastiophe for you, Miss Elton. I hope 1 urn not sofoimida- blo as till tbutv* , "I stammered out some Senseless reply not at all to the purpose; but we advanced to a better under standing after that, for lie began telling tne of his travels, and I am sure that I rivalled Desdemona in tho interest with which I listened. How I regietted tho mojve to the drawihg-ioom, which obliges ladies to yawn together for half an hour in each othei'sjcouipany ! As I sat meditating aftW dinner, in. a corner by myseli, I could not help exclaim ing, mentally : ' You poor, foolish Muiian ! the serpent has got at last into your happy Eden of girlhood, .and stolen away your peace for ever!' V " It is awful to awake to the truth pf the situation, and how was I to hide it? I, who am uf dieted with .a temperament that cannot liear the burden of a secret. I was ready to cry with vexation, to find that my independence of mind and will had-so utterly gone fioni me ; and yet, acioss my tears thei^e gleamed a flash of such glori- pus electnc sun light, that I was nearly blind with joy when I real ized for an instant the bare possibi lity of my ev er vvjnning tho love of such a ni~n 1 And then transcen dent folly ' I began to catalogue my qualities silently. What had I to attiact one who, to my mind, was so far above me? At that moment, Amy, dear, I felt that I was the plainest, most commonplace woman in existence ! and will you believe the human heaib is capable of such base intricacies JJ began to look jealously upon eveiy pretty woman in the 100m, who possessed in this respect changes so much greater than my own ! " If you do not think that I am a fit subject for the Commissioners in Lunacy to take note of after this confession, your fnendship reaches even unto the ideal of friendship, so raiely to be met with in this ietrestiul spheie of peipetual dis appointments. ' " I woj suiroujided shortly after the gentlemen came iDto the loom and could scaicely disguise the boiedom I felt, until that most pertinacious of men, William Bluk- And yet, linmaidenly ns the speech day sound to, other ears than yours, I know but too well that his name will be"~wriven into my life, whether as faithful unto delith in sorrow, or worn with joy forever, Adieu ! " firjished writing, and was She about to lose her fresh thoubht struck her, and she continued F ' It is paid, not with out some I tn th in the most important letter, when a i, i ennobling to ha,ve aimed high even to failure, than to have sought and won only an inferior. Her leverie was interrupted by a startling double knock at the! hall door, and from her point of ob servation "at the window, she-saw that it was Leonard Faithful who was calling. " Should she receive hiui ? Her mother was out. Per haps ho would not ask for her." Further surmise was cut short by his entering the room. She found it difficult to speak to him"; ^yitk her mind so intensely occupied as we have seen, calmness and an ab sence of self-consciousness were out of the questiprrr Every nerve within her was vibrating so keenly that she felt cold aid speechless with emotion. His embarrassment was scarcely less than her own, but it was the agitation of a man determined not to see or feel. Tbey sat for some time making common place remarks about ihe weather "..... fell my case, that part of a wo man's letter 1 es ml the odd piece of intelligence she just remembers when it id about to be posted. I was goiug to omit telling yon that I know Aotljiiig whatever pbout Mr. Faithful J except that Harry lie is a man of good Nugent says II means "anc fajinily Jri tlie North : beyond this, he is so singularly ret icent on all points concerning him self, that I do, not knov if be bus a relation living. That he has been traveling for some time, is the single info rmutionJ)e gives, and he is only wirmed into communica tiveness w lien on the subject of the countries he has visited. His reli- cenca on o iheij points is painfully tormentinf;, since it'arouses^all my curiosity t<> try to fathom him.-J^ sometimes! think there i a mystery' about him, for when he imagines himself uiobserveti, there comes into his face an expression of mel ancholy so profound, that it is with difficulty I restrain the longh and society, and i then his eye upon the Clytie. ^~ " Do you believe-such constancy possible, Miss Elton i Do you think the woman lives, apart from mythology, who is capable of loving continuously where it is not re turned !" He asked the question pointedly, almost savagely, she thought. Her quick, warm feelings were so shak en by it, that she replied nervous ly : " It is more a question of ex perience, and principle t;han of opinion, I fancy. If a iloman thinks she has loved worthily, she would be doing violence to her bet ter nature were she untrue po her faith. I can quite understand the constancy of Clytie, who could not be satisfied wi^h qr give her heart to other than" the sun-god. Once she had become penetrated by the rays of hia perfection, how was it possible she could effer the tribute of her highest love and.worship to any lesser light? Therefore, the Clytie for me is but the^sytnbol of the truth, that constancy to wtat ing I have I felt at such times-to on" considers the nobles, becomes snap the blidk of conventionality,) the law of necessity.' I.: .L and ask hiui its cause as I have already told yon, h' oil T f,r * tbink how gone from me J and I have no hope , that I shall ever find it where alone I eney, who vows he will never take I care to keep it. | my 'No' for an answer, woiried me " We met again last night, when bis coldness amounted to repulsion, but a repulsion which attracts me more than all thB compliments I receive fiom the many who seem to court me. My life is now but weariness, unspent; in his society I live but in the hours when I 4tnow he is by; olthough, oddly enough, while full of conversation with those around, he raiely ever addi esses me. " And yet intuition ! I am mad to use the woidj it is, after all, but a delusion of my over wrought brain, -which imagines what it longs lor. Forgive me, Amy ; but I know that with you to death b{ asking me why I was out of spit its was it the weather, <tc. until I became so nutated that I roae fiom my seat and left him. " To my dhmay, as I was cross ing the room, I found Mr. Faithful's eyes intently fixed on me, as if he had been watching my proceedings, and was striving to read my char acter. He turned away as soon as he saw I noticed him, but through out the evening I observed him bent on the same study, until I be came so conscious and embarrassed I did not know what to do; for the odd part of it was, he never once He only flung about xi,ui .. * .~.~.. ___.....- j-- spoke to me my feelings will be held sacred ;l me a chain of fascination, from and as it eases my overfull heart to which I found it impossible to es- pour them out to one so sympha- cape, thetie and safe, you will not deny me the ltirury my friendship calls thus largely upon your good nature to honoi, knowing, as I'do, that for, alas 1 j -n. ha sees but too we^, I fear| tb(it my heart is utterly his : and but how can I describe to yoju the bain and shame of this disclosure ? the more lie sees it, the mjore hp -shrinkE from me. Does he despise me ? I dread to ask'the question of myself. " It is positively inhuman to de spite a woman for th4 offeiing of her soul's i idlest blossom, even tif theie is no heait left to pluck it. If he does not care I for me, I feel that_I have done nothing woithy of his contempt, for I have simply- loved hiin "beyond tlie power of ray will to conticl. Love, the lord of all, has taken tbe helm of jny small balk, and while he holds the iud-1 4er in his hand, I shall be kept floating ever pn faithful waters. " How I can see you smite as you read thisl and suggest to your self the necessity of coming to stay with me for a little, as you consid er my cose such a bad one that I am hardly responsible. Come, dear friend } the Clytie has untoos- my speech, and made me tell you all. It is mote than probable that I shall need you, for loving as are those about me, the fear of paining them, especially my dear mother, foibids my disclosing all I have written to you; and if the worst comes to the worst, and he goes away without -a wotd, then, Amy, let me have yjou near me, that my heart may not be ieft to break ut terly without sympathy. .Human suffering hasits debths, but I ques tion if it ha^ one, psychologically speaking, thai will equal mine in' such a case, i Conie, therefore, as soon as you can " I Haying at length wiifcten all she wished, she closed her letter, and sent it to thd post. Feeling the vacuum left by Ihe accomplishment of a pleasant duty, she sat hock in her chauy arid with, her hands clasrjed acrosslier eyes, indulged in a reverie. I ' Marion Elton ! was a girl of twenty-five^; in, all the glory of wo manhood ; biglir' fascinating, in telligent',, and accprffplished, she waB ,the centr 3 6f attraction where- everJ she ~we it. She had more than one offer; fiom rich men, He held his eyes onl the ground while she spoke, lor Iraised^them once while she .uttered, with pa thetic earnestness, a truth ha had made her feel all too keenly. He' offered "no reply wlien she finished,'; and a pause ensued, which he was" the first to break, in a Voice which repulsed all tenderness, as he said, with apparent carelessness : " I am sorry Mrs. Elton is not at home, for I called to wish you all good bye. I resume1 my wanderings to morrow, after having been a sad- idler. This tinif, I am going west I dare say you will hear of -me as having come to! grifef m some of the wilds of South America. I fear I cannot stay until Mrs. Elton returns," he added, hurriedly, with averted eyes. Unable to meet her lbok_,of agony, ho opened his watch and then, as if late, he said : " I have several visits to pay, and must wish you good-bye, Miss Elton, kindly present my compliments and adieux to your family." ' She was just conscious that he took her hand, had shaken it cold ly, and was gone 1 gone 4 without even one kind word or'look ! " Oh, how ^ruel! bow inhu man,1" she exclaimed, as-phe flung . herself into a chair, benumbedAvith "an anguish that was tearless. " He is. unwotthy 1" was her first decis ion, which buoyed her up with re lentless endeavor to fling his mem ory from her heart; but all in vain ! He was the sun god of her woman's^ worship, towards whom her gaze would ever turn ; for the voice of her own soul, stronger than opinion, louder tttan fact, Tvhispered. she had not been mistaken,, and that he wasjworthy of her homage; even though be left the blossom of her., love "to pine forever on its stem. (Cotidzision next week.) befoi e the 1 eservoir was" exhausted. When the stieam xeached the vil lage of New Worcester a mill dam gave way and its waters wont to Swell up the already uncontrollable mass. Two large brick mills and a flame mill weie carried away by the stream and ontirely demolish ed. The boilers belonging to the mills were cairied_ along >the stream. Soon an explosion was heard above tho roar ot the flood, and the stream of water was tlnjowrr Sever al feet above the surface of the cur rent. Another explosion followed, ancLanother^ Until five had"occur-' red, and the boiler was blown to pieces. At Stonsvillo thedam" gave way. The flood next passed over a small,dam above Jamesvillo depo{^ Spectators who were stand ing near say the water was thirty feet high when it approached the track. With one tremendous crash the railway embankment gaye way, opening a gap 400 or 500 feet long and twenty* feet deep. The coal shed? were" carried away^ At Jamesville a section of the stream, forced its way into the line ofiioad and rushed dow n the track, cprry- ing devastation before it. It lifted rails and ties from the road "bed and turned them topsy tnr,vey for more than a (nnle. On it- rushed headlong, and at last, just before reaching the stone- arch bridge a;t Curtis' Pond it bored a hole down into the road bed'and ^made a xfaSp about eighty feet long and forty fivle or fifty feet deep. The warerjthen, found its way into, ICnrtis* Pond. The devastation at this, point will be as costly as any along the entire loute. The Sbod reached Leesvilfe - about two hours alter the Mam broke, and struck the satfnet mill owned ty Albert Curtis with terrF fie force. The mill gave way'and crumbled into "rums, and the <lam was carried a*vray. Three aours after the effect was felt at Nw "Worcester. The course of the stream fiom the rebervoir through _ the" other villages is Bine miles, showing that the water advanced- at the rate of three miles an hour; the first m:le, however, vas made in three minutes. - v , ?*" The double arch bridge on tbja Boston *nd Albany railway gavje way, and a section of the embankF ment, seventy feet long'and.tweTity feet deep with it. An [outlejt was made and the danger atiUew Wor cester was averted. After the sec- , ond break in the- Boston and] Albany railway, the, mill,of the Wieks. manufacturing company afc South Worcester was destroyed. The water then spread out over a series of meadows, and in the south" pat of the city there was a gradual inundation. The Boston artd Al bany railroads were impassable for several days^f He remained with the Nugents j wfto1 would heve given their wealth for a time, and then removed to his club, I imagine. ( I saw him fre quently. He never sought, and never avoided me; while I and this, Amy, is. my shame and tor- to ehdow her t and from poor men, who' only asked to toil for her. Take Notice. Of all the ills that earth "or society is heir to, tbat of the newspaper borrower is the most obnoxious. Newspaper bor lowers have no sense *of respect, np idea of honor, and aire totally de void of modesty. The^*are a class of people who may jifstly be termed vampires, who feed upon the fraits of others. They prefer to borrow i-ever^ day. your newspaper, but if they cannot borrow, they .dtm't hesitate to steal ijt. As, an article of value they think a newspaper irt worthless, and Return of trie Jews to Pales- v tine, " It would be * startling piece"*of news indeed, if 1876 should witness the return of the Jews to their own land. However improbable it inaj^ berand that it is so is manifest,'it is not impossible. Tfte Jews of Eu rope generally arb said to be on the tiptoe of expectation in referenceTio this subject, seeing- in the difiicuL ties of the Sultan's Government, " and the indifference of that Of Eng- f- land to the fate of Turkey, an un-| usually favorable juncture forthem.'1 It is rumored that Baron- Kothy i- cbird has offered to pay tho 'whole J5rl cjf the Sultan's dishonored loan on j conditiofta>f being made feudal lord] of Palestirie^and certain parts- Asia Minor, There may be ho truth in the Story, bnt it is at anyj rate within the bounds of possibili-[ ty.._ If Palestine were thas gained) it would be placed under English protection, and the Jejvs v^OuW 1 flock to it, and soon by their iudu tryi and skill restore jt to itsj'fbrinH er fertility--and prosjierity. J Th*. possession of Palestine by the Brilj^ % ish Goverpment in sotae way ojr^ other is've'ry likely jo be atjcom-' plished ere Jong, for Palestine n3, the valleys of the Tigris and En1 phrates arefcbeginning to be reeog'-, nized as .the gateway of Indiap England is evidently tightening he grip on that part of her empir But she was t. vyonian "true to her- yet they will lie,-and if needs be, self in her determination only to ' commit larceny tq become possessed marry whom me loved; and" theie of it. KnickerbocJcer. " ^ " Don't you think," said a hs liand in a mild form o_f~Tefeul$B his wife, " that worrlen arerpos edfcy the devil Y " Tes," was tfjj answer," " soon as, they4 are tied." - - , t^rir.