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"DARKNESS," “‘ ‘â€" OR ONE MORE CHANCE. BY H. V. OSBORNE. III. Darkness gave me no trouble what- ever that evening. He did not pump as regularly as some would have done, but manifested his love for music, and his close attention to it, by occa sionally forgetting that his work was entirely mechanical, adapting his movements in such instances to the time of the piece. This made the tones unsteady, and muddled things generally, but readily divining the cause, it was easy to bear with him, and in time he learned differently. Rehearsal being over, the singers de- parted, but Darkness and. I lingered. I added all the stops in the organ, and as Darkness crowded in the air, I made it obey my fingers, and it come forth from the instrumentin a gay, brilliant overture. Gradually I throw off nearly all the power, and sent little plaintive melodies floating through the empty church. One little song without words was full of tears, full of beseechingâ€"the cry of a soul; another was full of weariuess and un- rest; its unease was haunting; then, straightway there came a song hope, telling of better things to come; brighter days in advance, more plain than word-medium could express. And then for my good-night, a lullaby followed closely, and , at the end, hushed everything to stillness. “Oh, mar’s,” cried Darkness, thrust- ing aside the screen at my Signal, and crowding his brimless straw down over his head. “ Well, what is it?” I replied, turn- ing Off the gas and groping for the stairs. . “ Oh, mar’s y’ aint goin’ to go, am ye? Wait, mar’s if ye~â€"but its no matter; out under de stars, den wait. I’ll done tell ye all ’bout it, for shore." And so when we passed out of the door, out into the still beaut' ‘ moonlight threw its glory over us both. “Aar’s,” said Darkness, throwing his hat on the ground, " I knowcd I couldn’t tell ye jist all dats been in here,” pointing to his breast, “an’ I frowed away (1’ expectation ob doin’ sich a meracle; yet here to-night, mar’s ye’ve done been an’ tol’ dis yer chile eberyting, an’ now ya know it, mebbe ye’ll gib dis dark 9. chance to be suffin’ yet. keer after mammy died, what comed ob me. I cut up ebery shine to light dis lonely heart; I played ’possum, an’ eberyting else disrespectful ; I ’sociates wid ebil companions, an’ jist gits my manners c’rupted. Oh, mar’s, mar’s God brass ye! hated me. Dcy stan’ a long ways off, an’ holler out, ‘ Here, you brack nig- of ‘ YB I ; mgjuét Where theimgffifi’fitéfiance was before me. Oh, mar’s, Ijist didn’t I hated dem church folks, an’ de church folks, dey ger, you young scoundrel, do Sun ob Righteousness kin nebber bleach you white ob sin, an’ salvation’s ribber’ll nebber wash yer clean : git out ob de road fur de quality folks, git out ch (19 way of us.’ Dey don’t all speak de words, but dere meaning shines out Oh dere eyes, an’ .dis chile don’t need no twice repeatin’ ob do some perticklar inwitation. Mar’s Iwas bad enufl'â€" J. SEGSWORTH, EALER IN FINE GOLD AND SIL- Ver Watches, Jewelry, ’&c., 113 Yonge tract, Toronto. ‘ September 1, 1871. ADAM H. MEYERS, JR, (Late of Duggan é” Meyers,) ARRISTER, ATTORNEYâ€"ATâ€"LAW, 684 SOLICI'I‘OR IN CHANCERY, CONvaYANoER, &c., dlc. OFFICE ;â€"No. 12 York Chambers, South- east Corner of Toronto and Court Streets, Toronto, Ont. . = . January 15, 1873. 756-1y WM. MALLOY, BARRISTER, Attorney, Solicitor-in-Chan cery, Conveyancer, &c. OFFICEâ€"N0. 6 Royal Insurance Buildings, Toronto street. Toronto, Dec. 2, 1859. 594 EDWARD PLAYTER, IlI.D., (Medalist, Toronto University,) PHYSICIAN, SURGEON, &C. Coroner for the County of Ycrk. Residenceâ€"Opposite D. Hopkin’s Store, gofl. Yonge and Parliament Sts. Richmond I . March 12, 1873. 764â€"tf D. C. O’BRIEN, CCOUNTANT, Book-Keeper, Convey- ancer, and Commission Agent for the sale or purchase of lands, farm stock, 830., also for the collection of rents, notes and ac- counts. Charges Moderate. 0rFIcE-â€"Richmond srreet, Richmond Hill. 700-1y F. WHITLOCK, CHIMNEY SWEEP, AND DEALER IN old Iron, rags, &c., 850., Richmond Hill. All orders promptly attended to. November 12, 1872. 747â€"tf The Akron Beacon says that Ak- ron’s annual dose of quinine is a quarter of a ton. Akron does not mean to shake herself to death if she can help it. but dey made me a heap sight worse. I come here dis week; I clim’ into de church ob ’ristocracy-â€"what for, mar’s? Ah, my fingers carry (is matches, an’â€"â€"â€"oh Lordâ€"mar’s,” with renewed earnestness, “of it hadn’t been fur youâ€"you sabed me, mar’s, you sabed me. Yer orgin, mar’s, everyting, shore as gospel preachin’, would hab went. Ye spoke to me, mar’s ; ye spoke gently; ye was near to me, mar’s; I could feel yer voice a creepin’ into my heart, and acuddlin’ down; I could feel it a singin’ dar, an’ a breathin’ on all do so’ spots an’ bruises. Oh, mar’s,” and tears trickled down the face of Darkness. He paused to recover himself, and grasped my hand with his hot, nervous fingers. “ I went home, mar’s ; I went straight to de room where mammy lay so long, ’fore de angel carried her home. I could see her dere, mar’s, jist as she used to be, an’ brack, mar’s, so brack, but always snow-white to me. I frowed myself by dat or bed, an’ ’clared fo’ God I’d jist go fur (is right track, and begged do Lord Jesus to keep me on it, and to forgib me all transgressions. J is’ den, mar’s, He reached out His hand and took hol’ Ob me; He lifs me onto my feet; He puts a new song into my mouf; an’ when I looked ’round an’ saw de sun 3. shinin’, de trees a glist’nin’, and a brightness I nebber saw befo’, den I whispers : ‘Glory, its de Lord’s doin’s.’ Oh, mar’s, sich a rest as come to me, an’ sich a tired as lef’ nie. Ye tol’ it all to-night, bettcr’n I kin tell it. My heart hab sung it eber senceâ€"‘ a new life, a new life; one mo’ chance fur Darkness! One mo’ chance, fo’ de foldin’ ob de hauls an’ do gwine off to sleep. De Lord bress you, mar’s. I don’t want no pay for pumpin’, never / I’ll sarve ye, mar’s to my dyiu' day 1” He withdrew his hand from mine, stooped down and picked up his hat. I felt that he was about to dart away. The long talk I had intended to bes- tow upon Darkness had given place to one from himâ€"â€"a talk much more appropriate, I felt, than my unneces- sary counsels and warnings would have been. His words had thrilled me. And having enforced them with gestures and attitudes, I had been fairly electrified during the recital. I felt incompetent to say a word, but yet obliged to speak. “Darkness,” I- exclaimed, “ you will always have a friend in meâ€"and there shan’t be any distance between us either. Come to me whenever I can aid you; you shall always have a hearing.” Following this was what you might term alittle sermon. but I intended it merely as comfort and help when I toll). him to keep close to the Master, wh' had promised us suf- ficient grace if every need, and strength, such our days require. 3 Iv. Weeks passed. I never once had occasion to regret my choice of blow- er. Darkness proved an invaluable assistant. He was able, willing, an always on hand. In fact, his omni- presence was a little annoying at first, until I learned to appreciate that it was his attachment for me that led him so often ,to cross my pathway. And yet he was not obtrusive. Often he would dodgepp a side street until I had passed, , nd then, returning, keep watch until the distance came between. In this one particular his affection and devotion seemed to me like that of somedumb animalâ€"a dog, for instanceâ€"that, once attached to a person, cannot endure to have him out of his sight, and when sent home, still lingers within the neighborhood of his presence, or follows, a long way off. When I at last comprehended why it was that Darkness haunted Inc in this manner, it touched my heart deeply, and in a way I cannot ex- press. ' I at once found that I was in great need of an Office boy, and Dark ness was duly installed in this posi- tion. Then the desire of his heart seemed gratified. When there was nothing for him to do, he was wont to sit on an Old box near my desk, and watch me as I wrote, till at last it grew to be‘such a habit with me to have him there, that I found it diffi- cult :to concentrate mywthoughts un- less Darkness’ glowin, eyes and chin-. made me more p‘atieht, too, to think of Darkness sitting there hugging his one more chance. Feeling what one more chance had done for him, I was inclined to be more lenient with the rest of mankind. My criticisms on afl’airs in general grew less severe, and by degrees I found sarcasm be- coming unwieldy; only whcn a case of aggression came up could I use it at all to advantage, then with Dark- ness’ pleading face raised to mine, it became easy to speak in behalf of the oppressed. Between four and six in the afternoon, Darkness and I were always at the church. third person accompanied us, in the form of Darkness’ sembling my protege, but occasion- ally rendering assistance at my re- quest, when I felt that Darkness must necessarily be fatigued. Darkness showed a wonderful talent for music â€"â€"not for the mechanical ever. overture, hearing it twice; but when I tried to teach him the rudiments, it seemed impossible for him to learn. So we disposed with them altogether, and Darkness learned to play by ear. I allowed him an hour’s organ practice every evening, though I was seldom there to give him instruction. In fact, he needed but little adviceâ€"genius supplied what lessons couldn’t teach. His combinations of ‘stops were very brilliant, and some so very fine indeed, I was very willing to introduce them into voluntaries of my own, always remarking the fact, to his encourage- ment. After awhile, however, in every combination 112: formed, one stop always predominated. This gave a sort of sameness to his style which I did not like, and therefore endeav- ored to correct. “Oh, mar’s,” cried Darkness, “its beautiful to me.” And with considâ€" erable emotion he added, “Don’t ask me to leab it out; its do words and do music 0b ebery tune. Its like do stars to do cbonin sky; like do blos- soms to de gardin’, is dat or stop. Its dc crystal water to de dry, hot I‘rote; its de dail y bred in do prayer; its do breff to dis life, and do angel’s wings in do glory time. Mar’s, mar’sâ€"jist as yer say though,” and the perspira- tionxstood in great drops on his face, and his very attitude was one of sup- plioation. l was astonished at the feeling he betrayed, and could not ac- count for it, but I replied that in the criticism, I had intended no command, had merely thrown it out as a sugges- tion, and that henceforth he should always suit himself. V.- At a period in the war with the Rebellion, when success had crowned us many times, but when the armies n; ‘ Sometimes a brother Louisâ€"a dull, stupid, lazy lad, in no way reâ€" paI-t, howâ€" He could whistle a diflicult every note correct, after were calling to us for something tan- gible in addition to our prayers, it was decided by the members of Christ Church, to give a grand national con- cert to help fuI nish the pecuniary aid required. In order that.the profits might be greater, they concluded to employ only home talent, and your humble-servant was voted organist of the occasion, and general director of the town’s united forces. I am easily puffed up at anything of this kind, and my gratification at the honor con- ferred was not slight. Then, too, I havea faculty for “ bossing,” which I like to exercise occasionally. In ad- dition to accompaniments, I was to furnish three instrumental pieces, and anxious to make the biggest splurge possible, I spent nearly all my time, the week preceding, in practice at the church, being always attended by Darkness, whose pride in his master seemed to know no bounds. _ The committee for church decoration went to work with a will: the names of the President, Vice-President, gener- als, &c., &c., in illuminated text, were gotten up regardless, and suspended from every available position, and the Whole edifice lavishly adorned with evergreens, ribbons, and flags. The eventful evening came at last. The church was crowded, even to standing room. At the appointed hour I gave the signal to Darkness, who I supposed was safe in his cuddy, but received no response. I repeated the signal, but to no effect. I left the bench and withdrew behind the blow- er’s screen, considerably annoyed. Darkness wasn’t there. Only the stupid, lazy Louis, looking at me with heavy eyes. “Your brother, sir,” peremptorily, “ where is he?” The dunce shook his head. My next move was to shake him. “Where is Darkness?” I criedâ€"- “Quick! No fooling l” “ He ain’t gwine to come, mar’s, he tol’ me not to tell l I kin pumpâ€"my brudder sent me.” I was enraged. That Darkness should fail me at the last momentâ€" fail me upon an occasion when a care- ful blower was so essential! “ He’s a little scapegrace, mind you tell him sol And that isn’t all either! He’ll pay for thisâ€"tell him that, too. And now blowâ€"and if you stop before I bid you, I’ll stand you on your head for an hour. Mind that l” “Ya’as mas’r,” came from the stupid, and angry, I returned to the organ, and went through with my first piece, but whether the perform- ance was good or bad, I never knew. Iam easily fretted, and all theeveu- aps ouis pumped admirably; Iwas in no condition to appreciate his efforts, and found fault constantly. Darkness was a deserterâ€"he should rue it, howeverâ€"this was the burden of my thoughts. At the close Of the concert, Louis, in a manner unusual for him, came and stood by my side until the audi- ence and singers dispersed. Then, ere the lights were turned Off, he said : “ Look, mas’râ€"way, way up dar l Kin you see ’om ?” I glanced in the direction he point- ed, and I could not but start at what I saw. the generals, above the draping of flags, standing out from the clear, white wall, in bold relief, was a crown of twined evergreens, and underneath, in letters grotesquely formed from bent twigs of cedar and laurel, was the word “Tenoroon,” the name of Darkness’ favorite organ slop. Louis still pointing “ Mas’r, my brudder did it, 311’ it means you! He said so, ober an’ obel‘ ag’in,” and the tears rolled down the youngster’s face. “ Mar’s, he tol’ me not to tell you he got hurt till t’was all Ober, do music an’ all, but he fell from up darâ€"Oh Lord, oh Lord,” walled Louis, “he’ll nebber, nebber blow ag’in, mas’r, dc doctor says he’s gwine to die.” - I waited to hear no more, but rushed from the church towards Darkness’ house, with an indescribaâ€" ble feeling in my heart, a choking in my throatâ€"a terrible fear lost I should be too late. I was in time, however. In time to see the little form stretched out on a miserable bed, and to look down into cager-â€"beautiful eyes, anl to hear blue lips murmur, “God bless you mar’s l” and then in amomentâ€"“ You saw it, mar’sâ€"way above de ginerals, way above delfiags, way above all do people-you saw de name, mar’s ?” “ Yes, yes, I saw it,” I groaned. “ Oh, mar’s, jis’ don’t speak~-wait mar’sâ€"-let dis chile tell fo’ he go to glory. Dar ain’t no tune jis’ c’rect widout de Tenoroon. Oh, Inar’s, its de fillin’ in stopl It fills in all do per places in do flute, all do rough parts in do trumpet, it goes away down under d’pason, it fixes ebery- ting, mar’s, it gibs de shine to it all. An’ oh, mar’s, you jist been de Tenoâ€" roon to me; you fills all do chinks, all do spaces in dis p’or chile’s life; you, Inar’s, make all do rough parts smoof; you goes down in my heart, whar nobody done go befo’; you say one mo’ chance furDarknessâ€"one mo’ chance fur me. Oh, mar-’s, God bress you. You don’t keer ’bout de liberty Ob dc name? I couldn’t call you nufiin else to myselfâ€"I couldn’t make de music a leabin’ Off de stop; ‘one mo’ chance,’ oh, mar‘s, it was enough. De one chance mo’ sube me. Mam- my’s God has got hold 0’ me yetâ€"l ter of prophet and laws, as it were. human" -‘~’Per,- , There, above the names of to thatf exclaimed; * His angel’s ’ll carry me home. An’ Splinters. when I saw de gincral’s names, an’ de president, an’ all de fine menâ€"Oh, mar’s, I felt for shore nobody’d keer â€"I put it above ’em all, mar’s an’ do crown upon it. PS only a brack nigger, mar’s, but I’ve keered for you so much." Sharp practiceâ€"Sword exercise. The evening papersâ€"Curl-papers. The Artists’ Stateâ€"Pencilâ€"vania. To remove stains from characterâ€" Get rich. - t f 11,1331: 3:: (132:1: £22,315?“ ou mm A fast friendâ€"the electric tele- “Dunno how I came to Iall, mar’s, graph' _ but I was all a dancin’ wid delight. Too late for the fourâ€"An old bach- Oh, mar’s, nebber mind me! I’s done elor. wid dis worl’, but when you play de orgin, mar's, an’ use de stop I lub, jist rickellec’ Darkness enough to gib one mo’ chance to some ud’er boyâ€"Jcausc, mar’s, sometime’ one mo’ chance is so muchâ€"~its been so much to me, mar’s. Its been a plenty.” As Darkness ceased to speak, I took his cold hands in mine, and wept, and groaned aloud. Maybe you could have restrained yourself. I was weak; I couldn’t repress the tears. Then the group of dusky forms around the bed drew a little closer, and simul- taneously they {struck up a weired darkey song about the land of the hereafter, and when they had finished, The best style of writing is right ing wrong. An end always to be kept in viewâ€" Dividend. Is “ stealing a march ” worse than “taking a walk 3” Money is very tight, said a thief who was trying to break open a bank-vault. A Maine man has put up on his land a Sign reading, “ NO GuniN aloud Hear.” What is the difference between an oyster and a chicken? One is best right out of the shell and the other isn’t. Darkness Opened his eyes and smiled when does the Paptain Of a vessel on them all_ His strength, however, commit self-mutilation? When hegoes was fast failing him_ The hope Of on shore and leaves his hands onboard. Seeing me had greatly Stimulated An Atlanta man wants the thief who him, and this deSil'e haying been stole his well-bucket and rope to come granted; ho Sunk away Very rapidly- back and get the well, as it is of no use At twelve o‘clock, I felt a little move- now, ment of his hand in mine, and noticed that his lips moved slightly; bending over, I caught the faint, yet triumph- ant words, " Its been a plenty.” Those were his last. A few moments after, his loyal heart had ceasoduto heat. It is difficult to relate anything of this kind, where one’s self must neâ€" cessarily be so Often mentioned. Over a year ago I began to tell you of this, but after repeated trials, gave it up as a hopeless task. But today, as I have sat here in my office, the face of Darkness has come up before me so vividly, and I have heard his voice pleading so persistently for “ one mo’ chance for some ud’er boy,” that] have been forced to write this story in that other boy’s behalf. And if you, in your daily life, should come in contact with him, I beg you, not only for Darkness‘ sake, but for the boy’s own sake, and for Christ’sâ€"give him one more chance. â€"â€"â€"â€"‘â€"â€"â€"9 o A Mother’s Home. A pocket bootjack has been invented. You put your foot into your pocket, give a spring into the air, and off comes your boot. A hotel in Grape Street, Syracuse, before which there is a large watering trough, has a sign bearing the sugges- tive words, “ Milkmen’s Retreat.” “ \Vhy should we celebrate Wash- ington’s birthday more than mine i” asked the teacher. “ Because he never told a lie I” shouted a little boy. An Irishman having been told that the price of 'bread had been lowered, exclaimed, “This is the first time I ever rejoiced at the: fall of my best friend.” Said a conscientious auctioneer, “Ladies and gentlemen, there is no sham about the carpets ; they are genâ€" uine tapestry carpetsâ€"I bought them of old Tapestry himself.” A Vermont school-teacher has struck the thing at last. He makes unruly boys turn a. grindstone one thousand times, while another boy bears on with a stick of wood. The most perfect home I ever saw was in a little house into the sweet in- cense of whose fires went no costly things. A thousand dollars served for a year’s living Of father, mother, and three children. But the mother was a creator of home, and her relations with her children were the most beautiful I have ever seen. Even a dull and com- monplace man was lifted up and enâ€" abled to do work for souls, by the atmosphere which this woman created; every inmate of her house involuntarily looked into her face for the keyâ€"note of the day ; and it always rang clear. From the rose‘oud 01‘ clover leaf which, in spite of her hard housework, she al ways found time to put by our plates at breakfast, down to the essay orstory she had on hand to be read or discussed in the evening, there was no intermis- sion of her influence. She has always been and always will be my ideal of a mother, wife, home-maker. If to her quick brain, loving heart, and exquisite tact had been added the appliance of wealth and the enlargements of wider culture, hers would have been absolute- ly the ideal home. As it was, it is the best I have ever seen. The gentleman who has heretofore performed the part of the wild man in a Chicago museum has concluded to be tame until he gets his’éb‘last mofith‘ks" wages. “ See here, Dick. I hear that you are in the habit of taking my jokes and passing them off as your own.”â€"â€"â€" , “ Shouldn’t a man always be willing to take a. joke from a friend i” responded Dick. ,A greenhorn sat a long time, very attentive, musing “uponia cane-bottom chair. At length he said, “I wonder what fellow took the trouble to find all them at holes andjfput straws around ’em.” “ If you don’t want the soot, don’t go up the chimney,” was the reply of an editor to “respectable” persons'who requested him not to mention the fact that they had been arraigned in the police courts. A pretty and well-dressed young lady after looking at several pairs of laven- der-colored gloves in a shop lately, shocked the assistant by asking him which pair he thought the “ lavenderâ€" est." It is more than twenty years since I crossed its threshold. I do not know whether she is living or not. But as I see house after house in which fathers and mothers and children are dragging out their lives in a harp-hazard alterna- tion of listless routine and unpleasant collision, I always think with a sigh of that poor litth' cottage by the sea shore, and the woman who was the “light thereof ;” and 1 lln l in the faces of many men and children, As plainly writ ten and as sad to see, as in the newspa- per columns of “Personals,” “ Wanted Mâ€"a home.” The following is a literal copy of a notice which has been erected in a field in South London : “ Ladies and gentleâ€" men are requested not to steal the tur- nips. Other persons, if detected, will be prosecuted.” A threeâ€"yearâ€"old St. Louis girl thrust her head through the iron pickets of her neighbor’s fence the other day, to smell the roses. She was compelled to smell them until some one helped her 1 il‘."fl{l out. 5 0.0-4 To Develop Talent. A Detroit German thus expresses his Opinion of buffalo meat, now very plen- tiful in tll()11:111'l<(‘.bS of that city: “ I shall not buy (lot moat vot ish bison. Ncin .! vcn I kills Ira:ys;elf I buys streetclinine and pe done Init it.” Place a young man in a position that will fearfully tax 'him and try him; a position that will often bring a blush on his cheek and the sweat to his brow; a position that will overâ€" master him at times, and cause him to rack his brain for resources. Place him in a position like this. But every time he trips go to his rescue ; go not with words of blame and censure; but go with Inauful words of encourâ€" agement; look him boldly in the eye, and speak them with soul and em~ phasis. This is the way to make a man of a boy. And agiantof a man. If a man has pluck and talent, no matter whether he ever filled a given position or not, put him in it, if worthy, and he will soon not only fill it, but outgrow it. But one in a posi- tion with a faint heart. This is the way to kill him. Put him in grandly, with most unmistakable confidence. Drop no caveats, but boldly point the way and then stand by him with a will and countenance Ol'a true friend. . Thus try twenty men, such as have been named, and nineteen will sue- coed. A woman in Burlington, Iowa, is six feet seven inches and a half high, good looking and rich, and yet none of the Inarriageable young men can muster up courage to propose to her, as she is still growing. The Masonic fraternity Of Connecti- cut are contemplating the erection of a building to cost $100,000 for indigent and aged Masons, including their widows and the orphans of deceased members of the fraternity. The loca- tion will be in that city which offers the greatest inducement, and 3. Hart- ford gentlemen offers a $4,000 site. A young man in a. state of miserable inebrioty a few days since applied to a town clerk in New Hampshire for a marriage license. The clerk told him that he seemed hardly to be in a condi- tion to present himsolf at the altar Of Ilymen, upon which the young man ' lieartlessly retorted, “ Oh, it’s all right; I am going to begin as I can hold out.” This was honest, at least, and the young bride couldn’t say that she hadn’t had fair warning. â€".-~"â€" The divorce case between Ann, Eliza and Brigham resolved itselfinto a purely business transaction, a mat-