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York Herald, 8 May 1863, p. 1

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ill): h EVERY FRIDAY MORNING, And despatched to subscribers by the earlios .muiis, or other conveyance. when so desired The YORK HERALD will always be bet‘ounii to contain the latestand mostiinpor- tnnt Foreign and Provincial News and Marâ€" kets. and the greatest care will be taken to render it acceptable to the man of business. and a valuable 1"amil\ Newspaper. TERMS.-â€"chmt and Sixpence per Annuni, In ADVANCE; and if not paid within Three Mouths two dollars will becharged. RATES OF ADVERTISING: ixlinesund under, first insertion.. . . .$Uh 50 Each subsequent insertion. . . . . . . . . . . till 1%} Ten lines and under, lirstiuscrtion. . . . . Oil 75% Above ten lines, first in.. per line.... ()0 ()7 Each subsequentinsertion,porline. . . . I)“ 02 If? Advertisements Without written direc- tions inserted till forbid. and charged accord. ingly. All transitory advertisements, from stronger or irregular customers. must be paid for when handed in for insertion. A liberal discount will be made to parties udâ€" vortising by the year. All advertisements published for aloss po {ion than one month. must be paid for in ud- Vance. All letters addreswd to the Editor must be post pitid. No paper discontinued until nllarrearugesme paid : and parties refusing papers without pay in}: up. will be held accountable forthe sub- scription 'l‘IIE YORK HERALD Book and Job Printin ISS’l‘ABLlSMEN'I‘. RUERS for all." Of ill“ undermmltloned vel ers can desire. those who wish to stay where " desel'll’ll‘)“ 0f “MUN and FANCY JOB they can bud every comfort are respectlully in- ' vitod to give him at call. VVOILK will be promptly utteride to :â€" HOOKS. FANCY SHAKE, BUSINESS CARDS, LARGI‘ AND SMALL l’US'l‘l‘lHS,,CIRCULABS, |.A\V FORMS. BILL H MAINLHANK (IHECI(S,I)R;\F')‘S, AN!) 0 Y To a where he willke'ep constantly on bond a'good Vol. V. who . ' , , , / W'x/ Wm-r\r\~‘s/\J--JC,V\,W~\. ALEX; SCOTT, Proprietor. . .. ....'.. -~______..__..__._..,.__.._...M4..___ ti. HOTEL CARDS. wva .mme l ., - _ VW . Mw‘NNWN RICHMOND Hl'LL- HOTEL RICHARD mesons, Proprietor. . LARGE HALL is connected with this Hotel for‘Asseinblies. Bulls, Concerto, Meetings. (Ste. V . A STAGE leaves this Hotel every morning for Toronto. at 7 a.m.: returning. leaves Toronto at half-post 3. ‘ 113’ Good Stabling and a care waiting. Richmond Hill, ful Ho‘siiei in Nov. 7. 1861. . its-Hy. White Iâ€"Iart Inn. RICHMOND HILL. E Subscriborbogs to inform the Public that he has leased the above Hotel. supplv of first-class Liquors. 61c. 'As'this house pOSSttsse-s, every accommodation lrzi- CORNELIUS VAN N051 ll AND. Richmond Hill. Doc. 28. 18150. ins-1y PAMPHLH'I‘S. YONGE STREET HOTEL, AURORA. G001} supply of Winusund Liquors . And every other kind of LE'I‘TERâ€"l’li’tESS PRINTING done in the beststylo, at moderate rates ‘ ' always on hand. »b.xcellent Accummo: HHS 'I‘YI’F is Mimi-Ii (lotion for ,'l'I‘fiV°ll°N. Farmers; alld (“he’s- . . i. . . . Our assiirimeni of . . . . ‘ l " - of all brands. new and of the latest patterns. A [urge variety (“'gms L). MCLEOD, proprietor. ofnew Fancy Type and liorders, for Curtis, _9 W3 Circulars .i\' i-, kept lilwnys on hand Aurora. JUNO 5. Isa - “‘ / \iflww‘i U i‘ v~ Iâ€"EOTEL, KING sr. EAST, NEAR THE MARKET SQUARE. MElilt'TAAL CARDS. 'ronoxro.c.w. ‘4~sr\'\.. \NN‘AAANCVVW AMA Np.“ .1. _ _. ,. s..,.,,_A,. JOIIN' 311111513, Proprietor. : Good Stablingz attached and attentive Hustlers always in attendance. Toronto, Novmnber lb‘b'l . D it. HOSETETTER, , ' Member of the Royal College of Surgeons 1 England. Opposite the Elgin Mills, RICHDIUND HILL. 1‘27olyp 157-if Jamefi Massey, (Late of the King s lleud.'l.ondon, Eng.) N0. 26 \Vest Market Place, TORONTO. May 1. I861. “Nylons Ni. REID. M.D., 80R. Ell: lfll‘lGE &. CULBURNE STS., 'l‘lIUlii‘ill lLl... v .3 . ‘ Eveiv accommodation [or I‘armers and others attending Market Good b‘tnbhng. [13" Dinner from 12 to 2 o’clock. Consultations in the office 0" the mornings pruosdnyi-i. 'I‘linrsdms and Saiuiduyu, 810 31', “JP. U3" All Consultations in the olfice, (xiié‘ll. 'll‘lionihill, Alli-ii o, ’62. 167 Iâ€"xfinteiwé fiestei. fl€uffib$§f @Hb’tljmm, if fi‘lllli Subscriber begs to inform the Public that he has leusid the above llOlt‘l, where he will keep constantly on mind a good supply of first-class Liquors, &c’.‘ l his house possesses every accommodation l :1in llers con desire, thosewho wish to stay wlieiouhey can find every comfort are respectfully invned to 176 B. BOWMAN, M.I). Physician. Surgeon dz. llccouslicur HAS again returned to ALMIRA MILLS where he can be consulted on the Vari- l sous brat-cites of his [H‘tift‘rslolL N.B. All calls pit nviually attended to oxcopt when absent on professimial business. Alluiru, Miiikliitiu, November :0, lb’li'z. . i _ c“ W. \l'lCS'l'l-‘llAL. Corner ofChurch and Stanley Fits, 'I'oi'onto, Sept. 6. 18151. l4o~ly l 207-6m I W l s A Ailâ€"Ci i 1% o illilil'lifimlflff). , Graduate ol'tlu University of Vic , Coll. 5t l’rovincinl Litit'lllilllc, BLACK HORSE H‘OTELa‘ ‘ - ~ w “Vill' It llll __ A-S settled (permanently) at 'I'HoPNHiI.t.. PO’lile‘ml) k‘d’l bl " ‘3’” “l l . where he can be CUllHlllefl at all times Cor. 0t 1231866 George his son the vm ions llllllh'llt‘F (if his profession ex- [FAST 0,, THE MARKER] 1.0mm,“ use) when abscn on business. . , , .‘ ‘. ‘ . ” i i, Wl‘lililitlil on, u out tum, Thornhill, May. 1&8‘3. . H , . ‘ [buccossor to lhonias lalinei]. Tim: WELL-Km w N I79 LAW] CAR Good Stabbing attached. 'l‘rusty Hustlers M“““““““""”' “”““""MM‘“’“VM“ always in attendance. ‘ I r ' 'l‘oront'o. April 19, 1861. 12ml)” , M. TE‘EFY, ESQ. Notary Public, (lly Iii-yin Authority,) CUMMISSIUMR IN THE QUEEN’S BENCH CUNl’IilYAL‘iClilt, AND DIVISION COURT AGENT, RICHMOND HILL POST UFFlCE. GREEN] EN'I‘b‘, Bonds, Deeds, Mortgages, f \Vlllb‘,§l’c., the, drawn witn attention and promptitudo. r Richmoim Hill, Aug 29. 'l‘eruts moderate. A o A so. V C KEEL-lfl. Esq“ ofthe City of Ter- 0 onto. has opened on ollico in the Vil- -uge of Aurora for the transaction of Common Law and Chancery Business, also. Convoy- oncing executed with cowectness and despatch Division Courts attended ‘ ' JOS. GREGOR’S l 69 KING STREET, ICAs'r. TORONTO l __ l Lunch every day from 11 till 2. l [l3n Soups. Gaines, Oysters. Lobsters, disc n'wavs on hand: , Dinners and Suppers for Private lefties got up in the best style. ’ 'l‘oronto, April 19, 1861. h_EvvsicciN'€HousE,i j A'l‘lfl Clarendon llolel, No. 28. 30 and 312 J 1444f. 12543- ‘Ifront Street. 'l'oronto. llourd $31,1per , dav Porters always in attendance at the Lars l and Boats. , W. NEVVBIGGING, - w . . ‘ Proprietor. i Wellington bi. Aurora. to Queen St. loroiito . . V November 20. 1565!. 1(l4-ly I Toronto, April 8. 1861. 124-1} YORK iviiLts HOTEL, 'YONGE STREET, T has leased the above hotel, and having fitted it upin the latest style travellers may rely upon having every comfort and attention at this first class house. Good Stubling and an attentive Hustler al- ways in attendance. WILLIAM LENNOX, Proprietor. York Mills, June 7. 1861. 13‘2-1y Char] cs C Keller, A'I“TORNEY~AT 1 LA W. SOLlf‘lTUfl in Chancery, Conveyancw'. Joe. tJflico. at Victoria. Buildings, over the Chronicle office, I Brock Street, Whitby. Also a. Branch Cities in the village of Bel» verton, Township of 'l‘horuh, and County 0‘1 Ontario- ’l‘he Division Courts in Ontario. Richmond Hill. and Markham Village regularly attended Whitby. Nov. 2'2. ldbU 1114-1} ' JAMES 30 UL TON, Esq. Barrister, Law Ollicoâ€"â€"Coruer of Church and King Sts. Toronto. March 8. 1861. llll-tf l (Wellngton llotel, Aurora 1 OPPOSITE THE 'IORONTU HOUSE. “A4 w " i " LA RGE and Connnodiousilfillatld other M a p 1 e H o t e 1 improvements have. _at great expense. ’ ‘Illl‘l Subscriber begs to inform his friends l been made so as to make this House tlielurgest Hi. the public gennrolly. that he husland best north of ’I‘o‘i'outo. Travellers atthis opened an llOTiil. in the Village of Maple. House find every convenience both tor them- 4ih Con. Vuughnn. where he hopes, by utten- selves and horses. (ion to the comforts of (he ti'avvlling commu N.ll.â€"â€"-A carefulostler aiwnye in attendance nitv. to merit it share of their patronage and Aurora Station. April lb’b'l. l‘26-1y upport. Good Stabling. .vc. -s.__._s__s._r- JAMES WA'ISON. 190 9 \Iaple. July 17. 1862. George Wilson,l (Lin-i=2 FROM mourn) ) masonic some motel. ‘ i - ,7 ltlLllNltl‘lâ€"Ll HILL. Mr DD, AN, l (_‘ OOD Aconiinodutions and every attention I shown to Travellers. Good Yards for Drove. Cattle and Loose Boxes for Race Horses and Studs. The best of Liquors and Cigars kept con- siuntly on hand. l‘he Monthly ll‘nir hold on the Premises first Wednesdayin each month. Richmond Hill. AprilS. 1&2. Carriage and Waggon - MAKER, UNDE RTAK ‘ 51c. -- &c.- &c.' ResidencewNearly opposite the 'PostOdiCe, Richmond Hill - March 1'4. 1893. EH- AURORA AND_ RICHMOND HILL ADV MIVW M‘s/‘W “ Let Sound-Reason weigh more wit/2.11.3 than. POpufal' 0pm ._____ ‘_._ fourth]. ..___._._......_.._._ _.._..â€"a WV“ A W O M A N. She is a woman : therefore, I it man. In so much as I love hot. Could I more. Then I were more a man. Our natures ran 'l‘ugethot. biiinming full, not flodding o‘er Thebanks of life. and everniore will run In one fi ll stream until our days are done. She is a woman, but of spirit bravo ’l‘o bear theloss of girlhood’s giddy dreams; The regal mistress. not the yielding slave Of her ideal. spurning that which seems Fort that which is. one. as her fancies fall, Smiling : the truth of love outweighs thorn all. . are. Tl‘e lives of others: in the common dust She finds the fro. merits of tho rninod star: Proud, with a pride all feminine and sweet. No path can sell the whiteness of her feet. The steady candor of her gentle eyes Strikes dead deceit. laughs vanity away ; She hath no room for petty jenlnusios. Where Faith and Love divide their tender ' lllcl'i "lld sway. Ofoither sex Sh“ owns the noble part. : ' 'VWM\ JWVWV'VM ,licnrd the long, complacez‘tt, sclfsn- lot the sinful, pill :tlic corner, and probably thoughillhoughts were running on other , .. . . . l . . . bhe looks throng bio, and wuu a bulancejusti [lmtlierseh and the partner at her matters. Weighs men and things, beholding as they; ' N OCATE AND" 7 ' ADVERTISER. Mfw £093.”. v. . .___.’~ about an hour's time from this. and you'can go to bed» when they are ‘over.’ Mrs. Livingstone hurrioil back to her guests and her warm room. Showiis not a rigid Catho- lic. and she joined. outwardly at least, in the fumin prayers. And when she knelt down by the side of her husband that night. surrounded by her visitors and servants. and: tisfying extcmporo prayers offered Up by Mr. Livmgstonu, she frowned c boy. for away in. goodness were Worthy to be named of the very elect. Again the school reviissenibled af- ter Chi'isiinus,;iiii‘l, :ilm st close upon it, an unpleasant surprise :iWnited Mr. Livii‘igstone. It was nothing less than news from Groii‘iger’s fa; to the effect that ho had sailed from America to Unlifin‘nin, to the workhouse todie. , It was it very little time lifterâ€":miot.‘ ‘ri li:)i‘tiiiglit-â€"‘â€"M‘i. Livingstone has s.ii ling majestically fortuto take the loud in some meeting, with a pious nuinc iit its-head, wnen one of the union officials (mine up to \hlll‘l, touching his but. It w.is ii person who Occasionally discharged the du- ties of master of the wbrkhousc dur- ing the governor’s absence. ‘ 'l‘hiit 'erc boy's gone, sir.’ he began ; died this n'iorning,’ ‘thit boy:1 iii- qnirod Mr. Livingstone, for his ‘ Him us come from your house, sir ; the little imposter as we’ve called him. lsuppOSeJc had been reared with other notions, or perhaps it was his learning. but he never held up his head from the hour in: come in; and us to eating, l’m blcst if I think he swnlinwod ii crumb :ill the time. The doctoi did for .. .,. u ».\'.'1 - ~ “em” ,,. spoken ouithoir way ; 0ii'ly,'iis‘tli'c‘{y” ii house, Sir Thomas observed that he” 'i should withdrawi'the" child at ohC‘é.’ " ‘ He can come back toi‘us,’ wiis‘ 'hor eager l'ej()ll'lt.lel'."“‘ You-u declaring ‘ yourself to be a friend of his father's will be perfectlyisti’lislitctory to-Mr. .LiVingstone.’ "l‘licn'be it soiiAo- bio. I Will'amply discliarge-‘all-‘obli. ‘ gallons.’ ‘ We wislrto see the child. William Gruinger.’ said ' Mrs. Li- w/V vmgstone to the officiating master, TERMS $1 50 In Advanée upon that person coming fot'witrd. _______~_'_____,w__,_‘.'_,;____w-‘__flw ‘Sce’ him, ina’am l" ,liesitatod the VW»\/\/ \HM -._.._.-.......... -â€"â€"â€"â€"â€".â€"~â€"~â€"â€"â€"â€"~â€" I r . man. ‘ To See him, and alone,’ ad- Whole N0.’ 3135. ldod Sir Thomas, in an authoritative _ . . ~ ‘ tone. ' But you are 8\Val'C, â€"* "W 'm“”“‘“# mu’am ~’ ‘ We are aware of references. It was a charge, Annie,’ all,’ interrupted Mrs. Livinostnne continued Sir"'l‘110iiiiis, with some iinpcriouslv, wishrnu tolprevdht um; emotion, ‘ that 1 W118 ready and delails “10.1111”! might be- about to willing to undertake. I am mor- enier'upon; and we would see him -ricd. but Providence has given me at once. This gentleman is it friend no offspring ; and though I cannot of his hit? father’s.’ The man bow- nct the part of a father openlv, I ed, and turned away; the visitors shall be only too glad to do so in followed : thcv were both agitated. secret. I have thought Over my ‘Annie in particulnr,_and paid no at? plans ; 1 had ample time 10 d0 50 tcntion to what their conductor was it) coming .fl‘Oll’l’lfldlfl. whence we saying; it was something about a. have but just arrived. and the boy ‘ shed] and its bell)” the ‘ custom of will be represented to the world its the house.’ It Will;’ indeed a shed the legitimate son of a deceased and I. I I to which he guided them, thoUgh it vulucd Irlend. DO you not approve was closed in; and, opening gently of this? ' Your words bewtldcr ‘ the door, he waited till they had en- me.’ She gasped lOFIh. C(lllliused Willi tcrcd, and then retired, remembering the puzzling thoughts that pressed their request to be left alone. N0-"‘ upon her brain. ‘ HOW cattle you thing Was in the room, notliinir,'savc hero to look for him ’l My aunt some trestlos and a coffin iffltl the told you truth when she said Iknew dead bodv of \Villiiim Griiiiiuer his nothing of the child.’ ‘ Aunic,’ be white fziée worn to ti’slgeléi3i1,‘zinil suio, seating hiinsell on the sofa, by his fair hair dislicvelled. ,1 Mrs. Ll- hcrside, and taking kindly her hand, vingsione‘s heroes had been, fearful- w.) drew near the: gates of the oilioiii‘ him what he oculil, and he was put ' I ask you again if it is possible ycu into the inlit‘inary-yord ; but ii was are stlll igi’iorunt of his being your ly tried, and this shock completely overcome her. U. ~.'U. '.. . ;.,.. . , .Man’s honest brow and women’s tuithlul heart. “(ilunb 10 lm'i‘ up guid' H‘L so m‘m.‘ [she opened the dot r and went lfl.---l _ l'l‘hc candle had burnt down to the Woman “M “0‘ “WW”- . l Fountains? Restaurant ti {sudden idcn flushed upon her that GEO. L GitAiiâ€"Eiu. PROPRIETOR.’ , be sure to do so.’ : was her reply. S he is a woman, who, i“ Love were guide. \‘Vould climb to power, or in obscure content Sit down : accepting late with changeless prideâ€" _ A read In calm. in storm a stall unbont: 13’ t No pie.ty playtliing. ignorant of life. But Man’s tine mother, and his equal wife. m lithium. A 33533: {in Liza E: ( Concluded.) others. “1‘. sent no money for. and no instructions nlmut William ; and lie was not ‘ Obligiit-ed’ to do so, hcl intin‘intoil, for the bov was none of his. “This is disgraceful l’ uttered the sclioolmzister, pacing the room Wllll indignant strides; ‘ the bov must be illugitimnte.’ " Disgrncofnl indeed l’ reiterated Mrs. Livmg- stone. ‘ And to thinkâ€"40 think,‘ he stiiinn'icred, the drops of perspira- tion breaking out upon his brow. ‘ to think that he has been brought into His ems were fixed upnn ,hemm contact with my sons! Mrs. Li- dlc, thc i‘on'niins of one given him Vmgsu’m- “"5 '5 “idem-l ‘1 blflw-F" on the previous night ; it llntl been ‘ And “H “UM-‘5 “f “'9 m‘mev gone 1, l “Xl’wl Mf- LlVl'lgsmnc home “'35” ‘lelll’ef‘llei . .v - 11"} .. " " ,..5‘ A ~7vln..,.,,.,‘ happy Ioi‘ him could lllS licziit have “L‘Aalluf M'b' L'VH‘g5l’f’mfl' Um“: 'W" “OM5- bm' “l‘fWUL'u- He had â€"â€"-goncl ho lamented in unison, the bald better say 80- brnkon there and then. heard boys speak of loving parents ‘”“"3“‘”” “NPS and happy homes; he laid tichr knoWn either. word or bell”)ng look addressed to him; his llili'sl), Ci‘ucl hither, his overbearing lll'¢)llll.‘l'. even his nin- thcr, wits ulvnysi-old to him. Buf- fctcd, illâ€"used. niid tron-pied upon, he had livedâ€"mind and body had known but piiin. Ho was not well acquainted with his Bible, for none linil taught and encouraged him to rend it ; but he knew that that some Jesus, whose lens! the world was then celebrating. was full of love lllldlliCI'U). and he dared to hope ihzii He would look doum upon his many Mauls, and take him from thorn in n 1101110 in heaven. lt vvzis about ‘nino o’clm-k that Mrs. Livingstone, passing by the school-rumor, [nought she perceived ii sum“ of burning, so socket, and boil set fire to the brown] paper placed there to make it fit in « She blew it out, and then, bv the “lg,” of her “w” candle, inok'ed a, plane I feel that I shall not live even .my allotted time.’ Graingei. He had fallen asleep.â€" His ailing log stretched out to the full extent, its most easy position, \vns about the only part of him visi-l lile, cxltept the ' face. he was sol iwrappcil up in the old green tnbloq Wis“ l" “Vet, l'ellel'mc‘l “inflam- iznver. His lips wcr' portly open. and his eyebrows drawn together, importing the idea that he went to1 sleep in pain. Mrs. Livingstone was about to arouse him when a, she had somewhere seen it face like his. She stood and loiiked at him, and the more she looked the firmer become her conviction: that it was no ideal resemblni‘icc, but. that she. had some time been familiar with' Some one very like: him. She tr’iiL-il‘ ' ‘ v I 7 ‘ i 1 - I. ‘ ., ' I “E Subscriber begs to intimate that he 10 think when and where‘ but H Hall lllc, he lepllctl , ‘ she sdld Sllé. seemed useless. and, bcginnii‘ig to find the cold atmospheie anything butzigrceiihlc, she pushed him \viihl lierdfoot and culled to him. He :iwiikc on the instant, and. starting up, board the harsh tones of Mrs-l Livingstone demanding, with unno- ccssui'y words of anger, if he had gone to sleep on purpone to set the house on litres He was Sorry lor his carelessrii-ss,nc unSWcrcd, mock~ ly ; sloop took him uuawnres. Per- haps Mrs. Livingstone Would kinillv permit bun logo to bed, for he felt very illâ€"indeed he did. ‘Ob. the smfulncss ofthc human heart? ul- tcred Mrs. Livi gslouc. ‘ Had I not heard your request with my oun ears I never haul belioveilynn could‘ wish to goto rust on, this night be- fore joining in family prayers ; yimr sleep most have caused you to for- get that they are not over.‘ Wil- liiim looked up with tears in his: eyes. 5 He would say his prayers: by his bed'sidc,’ be said, .‘ he would ; ‘ I hope you will,’ 'Ask God to lor-“ l l give you the many offences you are “,3 mmmcs, ramp ' \lVe have been keeping him for no- lcctions could not call up one kind ' mmg a” “"3 Wm,” “‘“Ounsmng hm‘l :ttlatltllllé lâ€"Mi's. Livingstone l short ibunâ€"«she knew it then, and she wiil= eXIendiijig them- selves ovcr his neck and arms.â€" :it our (*chnse!’ ' He ought to have gone to the wm'khnuse when the lllCilSlll'C was first prnj'msed,’ she. answered, sulkily. She had never quite forgiVon the scliOrihnnster for having been So ‘ viclding’ on that day. True, true ; but he shall go now,’ was the reply. ‘ This very; dny shall witness his dcpurtuic.’â€" Mr. Livinzzslonc wits as good as his wind. Bclurt: the afternoon hail Well begun, on order (mine for VVil- hum (ii-singer’s admittance into ll e- wmknonse. As soon its the poor liltl heard lllS doom, he threw, liiiii sclfnt the feet (ll Mrs. Livingsmne, clasped her knees. and fervently implored thiit shc Would not send llllll to the wm'kliousc to die. 3 c was taken by suipi‘ise, and for the ‘I know 3 l I l v lhaldcntli must soon route to me. he sobbeil; ‘I hove known it long. But it you send me to that dreadful l ‘ You Sometimes i say that you suffered mucl‘i,’ was her answer; ‘deuth mav relieve you of the ills you have cXpei'iciii:ed in life. ‘Lct me tell you why I forgetting; fill his hiibitnnl tiiiiidily in the exitcss of his emotion. and nttorw ly incapable of weighing his words; it is pct‘hnps that I may find my ino- tiicr.’ ‘ You are losing your senses.‘ exclaimed the lady. 'Your mother died before I truismâ€"before I came here.1 ‘ Mrs. Grinnger dicd.’ he answered; ‘ but she was not my mother. She told me so upon her: (leuihbecl’ ‘ 'l‘hon who is your mo-i tl'ier 'l’ exclaimed Mrs. Livmgstonc,’ aroused to curiosny. ‘ She did not (Iii.l not know. Oh, that [could fiiiil' her, and tell her how I have yo irned: for her. It is the thoung 0f licrl that has borne me up through lllVi wrctcned lifo ; it is this secret thiit‘ has caused me to work and toil. and, render my self, in learning.’ at least, winthy to be her son. I know I out but u pour cripple, yet when she slinll Iipd how good I wish to be, how I strive to do every right thing for her snkc. perhaps she will forgotI thiit I am not strong like ()lll‘ r boys,i l l l i t . ! l l I i and love even me. I think some- timcsmbnt it inin be it is only :1: wild dreamâ€"that if I were to linill my mother my happiness would he so great I should not dies Oh, on not the little spun of life that seems to be left me. for it may be in i that time I Sililll find her.’ ‘I can-l not help vou,’ she :insyvered, coldly ; ‘and I believe the messenger has: even now arrived to coriVev VOU‘ thitlier‘.’ She could have hefpcdi remember It' all through her after-I life. Had she chosen to exert hor it‘llnlly 01. and let me hear no more- influence Will] Ml's- Livlngb‘lINW 3h“ ofthesc‘profane requests Prnycrsl could havehelpcd him; but she did" 172-}, WI” be idle? than'usual K’lllglll""l"luot, and William Graingor was aentl .you,’ she fultered. 'tiile now ; ‘ she wrote to me in In- I 1 ~ ‘ [he retiring master 01 no use, tlioy said his heart seemed child 'I He is under this same roof was called back by irslirieking as of broken.’ I ‘ W’hnt alesson this should be to us!‘ exclaimed the si:iiool-~ iinister. turning up his eyes till no. thing of them was seen but the whites ; ‘ what it lesson not to im- with yumâ€"he hos been placed with Mr. Livingstone.’ A wild, horrible idon rushed to her mind; a ghostly vision of a mild, unresisting child, trampled upon and starved. rose bc- onc in agony, and opening,r quickly the door, he found Mrs. Livingstone was in strong hysterics, the gentle-1 man Slipptll'lll'lg her. ‘ How could, you dare to usher us in here with- pose upon our followâ€"men l That 1 fort: her as If in Sea of flame; 8110 l out a word ofpreparution l”’exclziim- boy swindled me out of :1 shameful sum of money", andâ€"ton see what drew her hands from Sir Thomas Stanley, and wrung them in agony. ed the latter to the dismayed oili- cnil; ‘doo’t you see the effects it lllS l'C\Vlll‘tl is. Good diiy, my friend." ‘ H15 mime, his “WHO lâ€"they have has had upon ithis Indy 2’ Ay, and Meanwhile Mrs. Livingsmnc sat at home alone. But not long had her husband departed when :i Sel‘Vitnl cnmc to say that it gentlcmi’in wait- cd in the dr:l\vll‘lg;l‘()t)lt’l.' ‘I do not The serviini went, and returned adult). The not called him by mine.” had some little trouble to find him,’ continued Sir Thomas, not under- ,stiinding the muse of her strong emotion, and proceeding to explain y. ‘ When Mrs. “CHM- thc country, aswe cull it.und inoving about from DlllCC to place so that gentleman sent in his cord and his there was it dclnv of months in its con'ipliincnls, with n request that, :is reaching inc. VVhCâ€"‘n at length it her husband was out, he might he did so, I knew that I Should soon be permitted to Spun-k to Mrs. Livingv stone. He had just arrived by the train from London, and wished, if: possible, to return that night. Mrs. Livnigstoiic rose to comply, iind glanced at thcucnrd. ‘Licutcnnnt Colonel Sir Thomas Stanley.’ What strange emotions Wrong lior bosom as she read it, causing her to sink leaving for England. rind I did not write to the boy’s guardian; I thought it better to lot the matter rest until I should be oVer n’iy's‘elli- l’mt again a delay took place: our pi‘issngc home was engaged, and all :irrni‘igoinonts we completed, when my wife was seized with a long and dangerous illness ; so that Some twolve-nmuths have been, as hock in her chair aignin, iiiid hcr fen-' lures to assume the hue of the gi'iivc.’ 1‘ It may not be,’ she uttered, after awhile, cmiipnsing herself as she bust might. ‘ Yet his name was Thomas too.’ She took the way tol the dreiwmg-room, nnd 'SilV‘V who it \vais at the first gloo‘cu. Iiicc they stood, gaze \vus r-ivctcil upon gozo, and for the first. time since [but liiid ported in youth,Cup-, lain Stanley and Annie Lcc incl. -! He knew her instantly. Though entirely unprepared to find bel' there, and though the mice-winning face Wore a look of. souruess, and the shining ringlcis he formerly thought so lovely were soberly braided under ii close cup, vet still he knew her. For himself, he was grcntly :ilternd. l‘llS Ilgurc was much spread, his fair complexion had turned coppei‘-‘ coloured. and his hair was greysâ€"- All that remained of him were his bonds: the features and his fascinu'. ting voice. It was ll most painful, meetingâ€"41m more so from its wont ofprepurniion. But the deep emo-' tion which shook them both was suppressed as speedily as it might be. for they felt that from henceforth they must be to each others as Sll‘ilnâ€"; gets. ' I had no coiweption,’ he sold. speaking with :ll'qull'cd culm- ncss, ‘ that I should find you in lllCi wife of Mr. Livingstone. But, :is ll is so, you doubtless guess the object l which has brought me hither?’ She looked at him tor explanation. ‘I came to see the child," he continued. in ii low tone, " and to make orriintzc~ inciits about him, for tho lil.llUl'C.;â€"-, ‘ Vtht child 3' she asked, her fuce flushing crimson. ‘ The child,’ bel whispered, ‘ your~our child.’ ' The child diet at his birth; she answered, faintly, for this recurrence to former events brought a sudden sickness over her. ‘ Annie. he rejoined, un-, cons‘oiously Cillllllg her by her Chris 1 tiun name us of old; ‘is it possible you zirc still ignorant that the child did not dieâ€"dud you the wife oer. Livingstone l’ ‘ I do not understiind' "A short time before your nunt, Mrs. I'lei'iniker, died,’ proceeded Captain Stanley, or rather Sir Thomas, for he bore thati dia. stating the child lived, but that you had been kept in ignorance of it. She said thnt she had hitherto piiid for the suiiport ofthe child. and that he hiid been brought up respect~ ably. But. anticipating her speedy : prevailed. it were, lost. England I found thnt the man who passed for his {other had sailed for some distant port; but I saw his son in London, and lciirncd Ilintâ€"--’ ‘ His name i his name l" reiterated proli'nclcil t‘Xpll-lllltllOl). ‘ He was christened William Loo, I find, but has iilWiiys gone hr the name of his reputed pzironisw PVilliom Grainger.’ A low wail, us of pain, buist front Annie. Ifcvcr the pangs ol retri- bution were felt by a human being they were felt by her then. A thou- snnd remembered coincidences rush- ed to her mind in the lapse of :1 mo- inent,carrying conviction with them. EVcry cruel word, evciy inhuman action, and CV'UI“’ insulting neglect inflicted upon that child by her, rose to her rcn'icn'ibrancc one by one. and remained there grown in letters of tire. Her own, own child-the child whose death she had dcpltiicd â€"â€" the child lici' henrt bud secretclv pincd :iftcr, even unto that hour, and iwllu hnd whispered to her that his only hope and him in life was to find his mother, and tell her of 1115 dcep -‘love-â€"â€"hmv liiil she rcquited him iâ€" Mrs. Livingstone pressed her hand upon her burning temples and our dcavoured to collect her thoughts. How she cxplnincd matters to Sir Thomas Stanley she never quite know. He asked few questions; he comprehended the case in a glance ; that the unfortunate boy linil been looked open by the Sclioolmiistcr as a pauper. and so was consigned to the pullSl'l workhou-e. But he did not know, andper/taps never will, the harsh treatment his ill-fitted child had been subjected to. ‘I will go thiâ€" ther at once,‘he said, in n subdued tone. 'I feel my unxielv now to see him stronger than that I have hitherto cxpciienccd. This work- inii‘iutes’ walk,’ was the rejoinder.â€" He was going to leave the room, buthc turned again, and spoke.â€" ‘Annie, will you accompany me 1’ ‘ Yesâ€"~sioâ€"noâ€"-yesâ€"â€"-vesâ€"--noâ€"~ yes,’ pulpitated her heart; but na- ture was strong within her, and She yearned to clasp him to her bosom, to Cover his poor ‘wan check with kisses, and to Whis- pcr that if he could forgive the past she. would henceforth be a loving mother‘to him, though the precious secret must be confined to their own death,‘shc consigned him to me for'iwo bre.isis. the future, giving- me at the some She left the house with Sir Tho- ‘l have ' Face in l Mrs. Livingstone, unable to bear the l l i l l on him. too : for his lips were white- as ashes whilst he spoke. ‘ The lady stopped me when l was gomg to tell her. sir,’ was the man’s dc-- precuting answer; ‘slic said she knew all; and I surely thought she ‘ You ker’s letter riachcd llldlll, I was up did, for 1 mld it myself to Mr. Li- vingstonc an hour ago, and l sup-- posed you came here from him.’ Annie returned to her desolate homo, and throw herself upon her knees before the crucifix in her chamber, but Willi a stinging con- sciousncss that prayer, just then from her was little less lllnn a mock- ery. Yetshe did prov, earnestly :inu ln'iplmingly. in her agony-â€" What \VHS shi: praying for '1. That God Would forgive her early sin? Ali! no; she was purring for that most rare of all gifts, a charitable licnrt ; she was iinnlorii'ig forgive. U110“ mi? al‘l'lVill “'1 hosts for the deep-guilt ofher conduct in the yeiirs lately passed; sue, the religious woman, who pulmcd be!" self upon her freedom from sin-but it liiid conic terribly home to her now. Never was retribution felt more kccnlv. How she had deplored her child’s imagined deathâ€"how clung towards it, even when she thought it bud been gone for ever! She recalled, with u shudder. the titles she had heard of William Grainger’s unhappy childhood, and she had pitied him as she listened, yet when he become an inmate of he‘ house she had'incrcosed his misery fourfold. The tours of un- iivailing repentance streamed from her eyes as she recalled the day he had prayed her not to send him into. the workhousc to die, but to suffer him to stay with lic‘ a little longer that he might find his door mother. How could she have failed to dis- cover that it was herself he was like, when his resemblance to some one struck her on that evor-to-be- _ remembered Christmas night Pâ€"the night she was making merry with her friends, whilst he who was doiircr to her than all, had she known who he was, was left, alone, neglected and fuinisl'iing, with no companion, save the four of her cruelty, an i the illness she held neve: sought to alle- viiitc. She know now that with common core and kindness she might have saved his life, and he would have lived on for years to bless her. But she hzid chooser) a different part, and urng on her hus~ bond ; they had stopped to calculate the cost of his nourishment; how much it would take from the riches they were daily frying by; and oh, deep, deep sin! they had Clonde their inhumanity under the name of religion. She felt now that she . ‘ I N ‘ T . loould never make atonement; she house, IS ll llll‘ oif. l\0t hve lfell that these rcmembrunces could I never be blotth out, never, never â€"â€"from that day from henceforth. day and night, would that wan face be present to her as she saw it in its paupor’s coffin. Render, may this history read no lesson to you? Not a word of it is fiction. Be llS< sui‘ed that cold-hearted selfishness is n sin more prevalent in the world than the unobservant would suspect. Should the opportunity be given you of liesitniing between petty SClfiSll~ ness and genial kindness, take to your bosom the latter ; hug it close~ ly, and never permit it to quit you, llest its perseverng rival usurp its . . . . , . $1 . time all recessary information and mas Stanley. Srarcelyawordwas piece. Begrudge not the bit ind

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