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SALINE, WASHTENAW COUNTY, MICHIGAN;. NOVEMBER 10, 1881.
VOL. I.-NO. 52.
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_jnp6rtant Ir\te_ligeiieejfro-_i All Parts.
Domestic.    -
The puWic-debt statement issued on the
1st mates the loll owing exhibit: Total debt
{including interest of $12,340,504), $2,026j-
_95,4:T3. Cash in Treasury, $240,960,971.
Debt, less amount, in Treasury, ij\L,'.S5,-
534,46§. Decrease during October, $13,-
321,459^ Decrease since June 30, 18S1, $55,-
064.345.
Onthe 1st the authorities of Forth Bennington, Yt, quietly raided all the saloons
in the village and spilled their liquors in the
streets. ■
Caveats^ onTfile in the Treasury Depart-
iuen| Bh.c^,' th4t there are outstanding
ii-n -iw Ann ..-_ ^j-j-^gj- regigtered .bonds,  for
$2,5^000-in .
whiQQ3iewon.
„„.,"ones have been issupd.
Ligh^nestg trains, making the transit
Irom Few York to Chicago in twenty-six
hours, have been established by the Pennsylvania Railroad, and the Yanderbilt managers announce that they will speedily place
a •train to run over tholr lines in somewhat
less time. These trains will reduce the
postal time to all towns west of Chicago by
one day. .   • ■
Isr Augusta, Ga., on the 2d Confederate
bonds sold at from $10* to $11 per $1,000.
*-|Goli> to the.-amount of $1,042,750 "was
brought.tc-'San JTrancisco from Australia on
the 2d7by the'steamer Ci.ty of New York.
■CFIVJ&years ago the tannery of Bryant &
King, at Clinton, Mass.,„ was* destroyed by
a flood., The firm was forced into bankruptcy, seventy-three per cent, being obtained from.the wreck. A few days ago the
tr^solxents secured $108,000 damages for the
-o'Ss'S-their building, and*at once forwarded to their creditors drafts to make good
the principal and interest.
. A gold mine in the Summit district of
Colorado Is; said by reputable experts to te
yielding $20^000 per ton. An offer of $3,000, -
000 in cash for a- half interest was recently
refused, , r* - ,
United States Treasurer Gilt-LT-AN's
report for the fiscal year ending June 30
shows' an increase in receipts over those of
theprevious year from every source. In
customs, an increase -of $11,637,611: Internal
reYedtie„$-l?255,011r sales of public lands,
$1,1^356; miscellaneous sources, $3,177,-
702^|Thfe totaj increase was $27,255,681.
During the year= there was a reduction, in
expenditures *of $6,930,070, thus making an
increase in the surplus revenue of $34,185,--.
,75jl. The net reveuues for the last ye*r
wire ^369^782;292, and the net expencKures
$260,712JBS7. Of the excess $90,87^,261 was
expended in the reduction of the public debt.
The" total amount of coinage of silver dollars, under the act of Feb. 2S, 187S, is*"9S,-
_222,705, of whicb thirty-four per-cent. are
in circulation. ; The coinage of the last fiscal year was $27,755,955, of which $9,5S9,-
420 went into circulation.   -
Judge "Preitgh) Acting" Secretary of the
Treasury, has isisued a circular, giving no-,
tice that the exchange of silver certificates
for gold coin, is suspended until further or-
- tiers. The reason, given, is the small amount
•of silver dollars in. the Treasury.
At the Home for Aged Women in Boston
on the 3d Mrs. Emma W. Skelton died at
the advanced age of 104 years.
At Columbus, Ohio, Emma Beekman,
who,was taken;.sick on, the 3d while employed in a" hotel, jumped from a fourth-
story window of a building in High street,
receiving fatal injuries.
-** The President of the Illinois Association
of Prisoners of War has sent out a circular
. to his comrades urging earnest work to«e-
cure an act of Congress granting pensions to
l\all-wfiowereinmates -of rebel prisons.
'*■'• TWO burglars rode into Mount "Vernon,
Ind., on the night of tbe 3d and tried to ex-
pj-de tbe combination lock in the First National Bank, faillug in which, they were engaged in drilling h'oles in the safe when dis-
covere'd by the watchman.
S. L. Bogart, au old member of the Few
York stock exchange, has been expelled for
splitting commissions with.* a friend who
furnished him with business.
The receipts for the last fiscal year on account of the Post-office Department wew
$39,757, 664, and the expenditures $38,544,-*
935, of which amounts $24,702,703 were received and expended' directly by Postmasters,    s
The annual report of the P^nj-JBj^ureau
shows that on the 30th- of June* lastrthere
were in the United States 268,830 pensioners, being 18,028 more than there were in
June, 1880. The total amount paid for pen-
-i-'sions during - tha year was; $49,723,147, of
which $20,954,180 was paid for accrued pensions covering periods dating back to the
date of the discharge of the soldier who collected, or his widow or children.
Is" Ms annual report, General Hazen,
Chief Signal Officer, states that there has
been a decided improvement in the weather
predictions made by his Department. With
regard to the forecasts made for the benefit
of cotton growers, he says lie was obliged to
reduce the number of signal stations on - account of insufficiency of the appropriation.
A Washington correspondent says the
recent Newark bank defalcation had caused
the President to call the attention of the
Acting Secretary of the Treasury to the
system of bank examinations. The President says the Newark defalcation shows
either that the Bank Examiners are inefficient, or that their inspection of the books
of National Banks is merely nominal, or
their inspections so Infrequent as to be of no
practical account in detecting fraud.
At the recent session In that city of the
Harrisburg (Pa.) Conference of the Lutheran Church a resolution was adopted -denouncing "grave-yard insurance," and suggesting that the community should be enlightened by the clergy as to the nefarious
business.
A MigsioxAitr bishop of the Mormon
Chureh has made 125 converts in southern
Virginia, who will soon Jeaye for Utah.
At Castle Garden, N. Y,, 39,264 Immigrants landed during the past month, an increase of 8,56". over the arrivals of the preceding month. **     ^
The President has designated the 24th.
inst as tSe National Thanksgiving day.
At an early hour on the evening of the
4tb the Missisolppi^ River steamer War
Eagle ran against a "span of the bridge at
Keokuk, breaking it into fragments and demolishing tbe boat. There were a' large
number of passengers on board, of whom at
least eight were lost.
The collapse of the Mechanics' National
Bank at Newark has served to develop the
fiict that Harry B. Marchbank was*retired
from a corresponding clerkship, two years
ago, with a deficit of $50,000 in his accounts.
He has been arrested.
The Commissionei of Pensions recommends tfoat Congress he asked to appropriate
$100,000,000 for the disbursement by his
office for the year ending June 30, 1883, in
payment of annual and accrued pensions.
He also requires $20,000,000 to pay the ar-
rear claims for the current year.
Governor Littlefield, of Bhode Island, refuses to audit the bills for the wine
' drank at the banquet given the French visitors at Newport. •
A furious snow-storm raged in parts of
New York and throughout New England
on the 4th. A foot of snow fell in the
northern part of St. Lawrence County, New
York. The Catskills were white with snow.
Eight inches fell in Northeastern Ontario.
The Treasury Department offers to purchase extended bonds to the amount of $2,-
000,000 each Wednesday until further notice.
Another ■•crank" put in an appearance
at the White House in Washington onthe
3d. He Avas laboring under the hallucination that he was President of the Uuited
States.   He was taken to the station-house.
The valuation of the real and personal
property in Massachusetts subject to taxation is $1,64S,239,976, an increase since 1880
of $63,483,174. of which $24,677,419 is on personal property, and $38,805,755 on real.
It is stated thatthe Treasury Department
in Washington basin store about $2,000,-
000 in Confederate bonds and $50,000,000 in
notes, besides a large quantity of certificates
of indebtedness issued by the Confederate
Government, ranging from $50 to $300,000 in
amount.
There were 140 business failures in the
United States and Canada during the week
endeU on thg 5th, being nineteen more than
during the previous week.
After an examination into the affairs of
the bursted Newark (N. J.) bank the Government" Examiner reports the assets as
amounting to the sum of $2,035,252.98, and
the liabilities as being $4,446,253.43. The
shareholders will lose an amount equal to
their stock, and -depositors may recover 50
per cent.
It was thought on the 5th that only two
lives were lost by the wreck of the steamer
War Eagle at Keokuk, Iowa.
At Omaha on the night of the 4th Colonel
Watson B. Smith, Clerk of the United
States Court of that district, was assassinated, his dead body being found at his office
door the following morning, with a bullet-
hole through his head. It was suspected
by some that his recent activity in enforcing
the Liquor law led to the tragedy? At a
public meeting of citizens on the Sth a purse
of $g,000 was raised to offer as a reward for
the conviction of the murderer, and the
..^liquor-dealers offered $g00"more.
W A fire broke out at the Eagle Dock in
jloboken, N. J., on the afternoon ofthe
6th. Owing^ to a quarrel between the city
authorities and the Eire Department 'the
fire got under full headway before the department got to work, and the whole dock
was consumed.   Loss estimated at $500,000.
Theri were heavy frosts in the cotton
districts of South Carolina on the mornings
of the 4th," 5th and 6th inst.
Pergonal and Political.
Among the witnesses summoned on the
1st for the trial of Guiteau were Mrs. Augustus Parker, James G. Kierman, George
T. Burroughs, Erances M. Scoville- and ,J.
Lewis Lee, of Chicago, and 0. S. Joslyn, of
the Oneida Community^
Colonel Cowie, Chief-Clerk in "the
Eiftb Auditor's Office in the Treasury Department at Washington, was recently requested to resign for passing an alleged
illegal claim for $2,000.
ON the 2d the Minnesota House of Eep-
resentatives passed the Senate bill for the
readjustment of kthe old bonded debt of the
State, by a vote of 77 to 2*9, with only one important amendment, that making the interest not to exceed five per cent., instead of
the provision making the interest five per
cent, absolutely.   -
Captain Erancis M- Ramsey has been
appointed Superintendent of the United
States Naval Academy, vice Admiral Rodgers to be retired.
The life insurance of the late President
has been equally divided between Mrs. Garfield and her family. Mrs. Garfield has
been appointed administratrix of the estate
and assumed the guardianship of the children.
The New York Graphic of the 2d says:
•'It is known that Baldwin, the Cashier of.'
the Mechanics'National Bank of Newark,
lost a great deal of money in coal shares
about the time of the coal war, and he has
been a dabbler in Wall street for a great
many years. Sometimes he made money;
but he was oftener loser, and was frequently robbed by professional pointers and.
blackmailers." f
At the annhrersary of the American Home
Missionary Society, held in Chicago last
June, a committee of fifteen was appointed
to suggest changes in the constitution and c
administration of that institution. -The
committee has presented a report recommending the deposition af Rev. Dr. H. M.
Storrs as its Chief Executive,and suggesting
material' changes in the constitution,and
management of the societv.
Lorenzo Montufor, Secretary of" gtate
of Guatemala, made the journey to Wash-s
ington to convey the condolence of his Government on the death of the late President
Garfield, and he was appropriately received
by President Arthur on the 2d. *
IN the Criminal Court at Washington,
argument was commenced on the 3d on the
motion to set aside the information iu the
Star-route cases. Jeremiah M. Wilson held
that ttie Grand Jury was .the only recognized authority for the prosecution of parties for crime. Mr. Ingersoll said be should
insist that the informations were illegal,
improper, and contrary to the spirit of
American liberty.
By order of the President, the pension
agency at St. JLouis is to be removed to Topeka, January"!, and Nathaniel Adams has
been appointed agent.
Adelina Patti arrived in New York from
Europe On the 3d.
President Arthur and Secretary Hunt
left Washington for New York on the 3d,
where they proposed to remain until after
election.
The Minnesota House of Representatives
has Impeached Judge Cox, of Mankato, and
appointed a committee to prosecute before
the Senate. The jurist is charged with being intoxicated and with immoral conduct.
The resignation of John W. Foster, Minister to Russia, has been accepted by the
President,
IT wfc& stated in Washington on the 4th
that evikmce had been submitted at the
War Pertinent going to show that Mason,
who attempted the life of Guiteau, was
really insane. Hence the Department had
recalled ib order for a court-martial .and
directed mat Mason toe placed under medical surve«fipce, with a view of ascertaining
whether or not he is insane. If reported insane, he will be sent to the  Government
asylum without trial, but if reported sane,j»
another court-martial' will be ordered to try
him. ,,
A. H. Wright, a Lieutenant Commander
In the navy, died of yellow fev£r at Key
West, EIa.„ on the 5th.
Three Boston clergymen and a brother
of Guiteau nave been formally summoned as
witnesses "oil the trial*of the assassin.
In the lower house of the Legislature of
Washington Territory on the 5tb a bill giving the right of suffrage to women passed—
13 to 11. A "similar bill was defeated inthe
upper house on the 26th ult., by a vote of
7to 5. * •
In six of the second ballots for members
of the German Parliament held on .the 6th
the Liberals gained five and the Socialists
one. Liebnacht, a Socialist, was* elected for
Mayence.^i Catholic-stronghold. .
Forelsrn.
A Washington telegram of the2d says a
cablegram had been sent to "_fCti*||tei' Hurl-
but, in Peru, instructing him 1j)**dbntinue
to recognize the Government of "President
Calderon. »•
On the 3d the principal journals of London
continued to demonstrate tne*impossibility
of any return from Confederate bonds, and
the price fell in that marke|_o £112s. 6d.
per £1,000. . **     , *
A daughter of the late John Stuart Mill,
in'addressing the Ladles' Land League in
Dublin, expressed the opinion that only in
Turkey could such atrocities be possible as
are now being committed in Ireland.
• Richard Leonard, of St. Augustin,
Quebec, who had attained the age of 109
years, was burned to death on the 3d in his
cabin while lighting a fire with shavings.
O'Hagan, the retiring Lord Chancellor of
Ireland, intends, it is said, to largely increase the magistracy, appointing many
Catholics. Attorney-General Hugh Law is
booked to succeed to the Chancellorship.
The police of Limerick have been provided
with revolvers. A tenant farmer near Cor-
rigan, named Doherty, was murdered on
the 3d after having paid his rent.
Five employes of the Czar's palace in St.
Petersburg were arrested a few days ago,
on the charge of being in league with the
.Nihilists.
A Dublin telegram of the 4th says Archbishop Croake, of Cashel, replying to an address of the Branch Land League, advised
the tenants to tender a fair rent. If refused, the fault would not be theirs. It
would show that the Irish could, for their
country's sake, endure insults and injuries.
He declared that the Government'had established a reign of terror.
According to a Constantinople dispatch
of the 4th the Russians would shortly occupy
Merv. The Tekke chief had arrived at St.
Petersburg to offer the submission of all the
Turcomans.
The sub-commission of the Land Court
at Belfast has given judgment in fifteen
cases, making material reductions in all but
one,
3. D. Carmichael, of Montreal, cashier
in the office of the United States and Canada Express, has absconded, leaving a balance of $10,000 on the wrong side of the
ledger.
A Dublin cablegram of the 4th reports a
bloody collision between the police and people of Ogonnelloe, in which several persons
Were injured on both sides.
*Brisson, the Republican candidate, has
been elected President of the French
Chamber of Deputies, receiving 347 votes.
The Legitimist and Bonapartist candidates
received .33 and IS, respectively.
A form of note promising to pay rent on
the day when Parnell and his companions
shall be released is being circulated among
the farmers at the fairs in the west of Ireland.
The number of applications for adjudication of rents up to tfie 5th before the Irish
Land Court was 16,000. A manifesto was
being circulated by direction of Egan advising the.farmers to pay no rent, to keep
out/of the Land Court, and to hold th_
crops.
■LATER  NEWS.-
The schooner Delia Hodkins capsized in
a squall on the 4th off the coast of New England. The crew took the ship's launch,
and, in two-days' exposure to the storm,
five men died of cold and fatigue before a
passing vessel picked them up.
'• The Supreme Court of the United States
rendered an important decision on the 7th,
holding that where an agent deposits the
money of the concern which he represents
with his own money, and, although he keep
but one account, the bank is directly responsible to the concern, and the concern's
-mbney can be recovered from it, though the
agent may have drawn the money on his per-
, sonal account; also, that if money held by a
persoiiin a fiduciary capacity, though not
as a trustee, has been paid by him to his account at his banker's, the person from
whom he holds the money can follow it, and
has a charge on th e balance in the banker's
hands, even though it is mixed up with the
depositor's own money.
, At Breslau two Socialist members were
elected to the Reichstag on the second election, held on the 7th, defeating, by the aid
of the Catholics, the Progressist candidates.
" The whaler Relvidere, which has arrived
from the Arctic seas at San Francisco, brings
news and mail from the Arctic relief steamer Rodgers, which she spoke September 27,
near Herald Island, the Rodgers then being
on her way south for winter quarters.
Lieutenant Berry, of the steamer, had established the fact that Wrangel Land is an
island*
The Irish landlords are much alarmed
lest the late decisions of the Land Courts
reducing the rents thirty per cent, will prove
ruinous to their interests. Five thousand
tenants on the estates of Sir "John Ennis,
member, of Parliament, assembled near
Athione on the 7th and resolved to apply for
an abatement of rent, and in case the abatement was not granted to apply to the Land
Court. Sir John Ennis is a supporter of
Mr. Gladstone's Government.
Frank Hatton, First Assistant Postmaster General, assumed charge of his department on the 7th.
Hanson & Nanwinkle, wholesale dealers in chemicals at Newark, N. J., failed on
the 7thj in consequence of the failure of.the
Newark National Bank. The United States
Court placed a provisional receiver in charge
of Nugent's factory. Cashier Baldwin's examination was postponed for one weekaiid
he was ordered to find bail in the sum -Ol
$100,000.
Charles Madder, a divinity student at
Heidelburg Colleee, Ohio, recently shot nnd
killed a young lady to whom he had been
paying bis attentions. lie asked her to
marry him, and upon her refusal shot her !
dead. On the. morning of the 7th a body ol
men numbering several hundred appeared
at the jail and demanded «the keys. The
Sheriff refused, and, having previously
gathered a posse of armed men to protect
the jail, a lively riot ensued. Some ot
the officers received severe injuries, but the
mob was repelled, and warrants were issued for the leader'-.
THE MAN WHO CAME HOME.
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One March day Mr. Mark Hunter arrived iu the city of Boston. His personal appearance was commonplace,
and his repxi.tation. did not warrant the
anticipation of his advent by the Mayor
aud Common Council. Nobody met
Mm at the depot, and nobody watched
for him with e"ager anticipation of joy
or sorrow." He expected no greeting
other than a glimpse of* the familiar
streets, church steeples and Common
of the town where he was born, and yet
a certain music had chimed in his ears
during the journey hither. This refrain, monotonous and unceasing, had
been, The man who came home. Yes,
he was the man returning home after
an absence of thirty years. What
should he find? All faces were strange
to him. /'-
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Mrs. Erskine was giving a-lunch.ep^_- '
party to some lady friends in her home
in the city of New York-. The lunch
was quite an informal affair, as she assured each guest in a "cream-tinted note
<*f invitation bearing her family crest—
a cock gazing at a lighthouse, on a silver ground. This form of invitation
signified to everybody a repast combining all the delicacies of the season, in
the shape of game, salads and jellies,
stimulated by chocolate and coffee and
concluding with champagne. The
lunch was the result of a sleepless
night, when Mrs. Erskine had gazed
with wide-open eyes at a bar of light
thrown on the* ceiling of her bedchamber by the gas of the street lamp.
An energetic woman and-fond jhother,
Mrs. Erskine had calculated the expenses of this feminine feast, and sought
among her acquaintance for those
guests from whom re turns would be the
most immediate. Such is the currency
of society. •
" The girls must be advanced this
winter, as they have ordered new ball
dresses, and perhaps Charley may find
an heiress.'1
Mrs. Erskine had thus meditated,
staring at the gaff-light on the ceiling,
and it was only when the milkman uttered his" familiar call at dawn that she
tiedher night-cap strings and fell asleep.
The luncheon party was the happy result of midnight calculations.
A spring day, a pretty dining-room
and an animated group of ladies gathered about a well-served table at two
o'clock. The hostess surveyed this
field with satisfaction. " Feed your
neighbor luxuriously if you would open
his heart and his do^or to you," she
thought, as she urged tender y the acceptance of more broiled.oysters on the*
wife of a # millionaire ship-builder, in
black silk and diamonds. Each dish
may have been said to represent a future ball or German for 0" the girls,"
while no intoxication lurked in the
golden depths of the champagne glasses
equal to the sparkling elation of Mrs.
Erskine in contemplating the mothers
of several heiresses thus drawn within
her net. The ladies gossiped about
Parisllashions, the summer at Newport,
a spicy item of slander imported from
London society.
" At this juncture a servant opened the
door with a flurried manner, and a stout
gentleman, with bronzed complexion
and gray beard, appeared on the
threshold behind her.
" Hetty!" he cried, joyously, and advanced with outstretched hands.
A wave of color mounted to his forehead, moisture dimmed his eyes, his
lips trembled with powerful emotion.
."Mark! Have you come at last?"
exclaimed Mrs. Erskine, rising from her
seat at the head of the table.
" Yes, yes. I feared to wait longer."
Mr. Hunter paused in embarrassment,
aware of the group of ladies in silk,
satin and flashing jewejs, the table
freighted with crystal, silver and fruit,
the fine room with jardinieres in the
windows.
" Dear friends, this is my brother,
from China," explained Mrs. Erskine,
smoothly. "You will pardon ine if I
leave you for a moment."
" Is this your home?" inquired the
new arrival, bewildered.*
"Yes," replied Mrs. Erskine, and
swept him away.    ''"$"
The ladies, left alone, looked at each
other in silence, and nibble'd bonbons.
The day proved one of excitement to
•Mr. Mark Hunter. Mrs. Erskine gave
hina_no leisure to think, in the whirl of
her usual routine. He had traveled
from Boston to New York to greet his
only surviving sister, the Hetty of the
old home thirty years ago. His visit
was a lojig cherished*surprise. Hetty
received him cordially, even with a
tremor of agitation; but after the
luncheon guests had departed, like a
flock of startled birds, she put on her
bonnet and drove with him in her coupe
to the charity bazar, where the girls
were serving as zealous shop"*women.
" You keep a carriage?" he inquired,
en route.
" O dear no; lam too poor," she replied, plaintively. " I hire this little
coupe by the month during the season.
It is far cheaper inthe end, you know."
Mr. Hunter slightly compressed his
lips. The burden of sister Hetty's poverty had weighed on him for the past
twenty years.
A vast building, hung with flags, was
gained, and strains of music reached
the ears as they entered the lofty hall.
," Ifc is like a fete," said Mr. Hunter.
The bazar sales were at their height;
a murmur of voices rose above the orchestra; the crowd surged from the entrance to the most remote corner, along
avenxies adorned with ribbons, embroideries and a rainbow of worsted work.
A tall young lady with black hair, sallow complexion and, slim waist "was
urging crystal llagons of essence o)n Ja
short and stout young gentleman,
in a temple deVoted to perfumery.
- Mrs. Erskine touched her brothei-'s
arm, and said: "That is my Helen#.
She is such an exquisites figure! Young
Scroggs has just  proposed.   All  the
firls in our set would give their eyes to
e in her place. His father is Mr.
Scroggs the banker. It is a great
chance, to be sure, but she will require,
a veVy expensive trousseau to hold up
her head with his family." ^
In the temple of Flora an arch maiden in blue faille, with a Louis Quatorze
of white satin, was selling bouquets to a
group of admirers, kissing the flowers
coquettishly before delivering them to
the fortunate recipient.
"That is Mabel, our beauty," pursued Mrs. Erskine. "Mabel always
draws a crowd at a fair. The "belles of
the London season vend bouquets in that
w.ay, you know. It does seem a little
fast, but thejj say tfiS Princess of Wales
kisses rose-buds', and they sell for ever
so many guineas afterward."
,A young-girl in white, her hair tied
with a red ribbon, darted up to them.
"Mamma, I've sold all the shares of a
grand piano. It is such splendid fun to
beg of every gentleman you meet!" she
cried. ,
"Yes. "fhisis Theo, our baby," said
Mrs. Erskine.   •'
"Where is Charley?" demanded Mr.
Hunter.
'"Charley is to be found at the club at
five o'clock."
t"Ah, he is a club man, then?"
"Of course. He is reading law, and
very anxious to get on, dear fellow,"
said the affectionate mother.
Later, when dinner was over and the
young people had been presented, including Charley—a very, correct and
somewhat neutral-tinted young man—
Mark Hunter found himself seated beside his sister, holding her hand. Ah,
at last! The moment had come for
precious mutual confidence, and he
could pour forth the history of his life
to such a tender and sympathetic listener as an only sister. A close intercourse
had been maintained between them all
these years by means of letters.
"So 1 have returned home," he said,
gayly. "Nofc at all rich, my dear, yet
with enough to keep me from becoming
a burden, to my friends. Providence
did not destine me for a nabob, I suppose. Your girls are the Three Graces,
no doubt, but they cannot hold a candle to their mother at eighteen."
Mrs. Erskine wept and laughed at
these reminiscenes. The hour of
mutual confidences was congenial to
her as well. Left a widow, with the
town house and an assured income, she
had done her best for the children.
Mr. Hunter listened, puzzled by her
ideas of beggary, and. equally by that
mysterious code of the awful dictates of
society, as eloquently preached by her.
At eleveu o'clock Mr. Hunter retired
to the guest-chamber assigned him.
The room was large and well furnished.
He dropped on the*- first chair
and held his head in his
hands, striving to analyze his own sentiments, to understand himself. Lo! a
ready echo reached his ear through
the open register of the furnace—the
voices pf Miss Helena., and young
Scroggs *in the parlor  below stairs.
" It must be awfully jolly to have an
uncle come home from China. Wish I
had one," piped the voice of Mr.
Scroggs.
"1 fancy ours lacks polish," piped
Miss Helena. " No, not a tea-tray polish, you naughty creature. Poor mamma is very glad to see him, of course."
Mark Hunter closed the register.
Lo! a second duet ensued, and sfcart-
lingly near—the blended trebles of Mabel and Theo in an adjoining chamber,
of which the closet partition was thin.
" Ma says he has not made "a fortune
in Chinese tea-pots and things, Mabel.
She is so disappointed, but we are.not
to show it."       ' .        ..•
"I might have married ik English
lord if he w.ould have given!f me^,'dtoi,1'
said the pensive Mabel, ' ,!      -9
Mr. Hunter closed the closet door.
That night Mrs.* Erskine again stared
at the light on the ceiling. 'She felt
very tender and doleful concerning the
returned brother. The lack of fortune
was a grievance she magnanimously
determined to overlook.
ii.
" Martha."
"Yes, mother."
" I should like to go into that church
instead of taking a walk. Surely there
'must be a gallery where the poor may
find a seat."
" What use?" God has forgotten us!"
An old woman and a girl stood beneath a dripping umbrella. The words
of the girl, uttered with concentrated
bitterness, reached the ear of another
pedestrian, - a stout gentleman with
bronzed complexion and pleasant eyes,
Avho had paused to cross the street. He
watched the pair enter the church, and
it occurred to him that the sacred edifice resembled another built of gray
stone, with a square tower, once familiar to him in his native city of Boston,
while the remai'k of the girl had been
unusual, even startling—Uod has forgotten us! What did she mean? He followed her into the church and the "gallery, inspired by the benevolence of a
philanthropist and the curiosity of a
student of human nature. Time hung
very heavily on his hands. The two
women had already seated themselves;
Mr. Mark Hunter chose a place behind,
them. He wished to ascertain why a
young girl had proclaimed on a street
corner that God had forgotten her. The
words aroused him from a sombre mood.
Had she been alone he would have suspected a tragic love affair, with a desperate rush for ferry-boat or railway
track in the mad impulse of suicide.
The old woman, meek, patient, tremulous, clad in the dusty black of decent
poverty, sat with fo'ded hands. The
girl remained, with he ad slightly thrown
back, and a pale, jure profile-turned
toward the observer. The face was interesting rather than handsome, massive, firm, courageous, only a trifle worn
and bitter just now. Mr. Hunter took
a card from his pocket and wrote on it:
" Tell me why you believe God has forgotten, you." He read this, hjesitated,
tore up the' card. The service went on"
Outside, the soft rain was falling; within the church all was dark and strangely
peaceful.
" My God shall supply all your need
according to His riches in glory by
Christ Jesus," preached'the clergyman,
iu sonorous tones,
The meek old woman in the gallery
looked at her companion; the girl's face
became more obstinate; Mr. Hunter
only half listened. Suddenly the girl
moved, bent forward and gazed at the
opposite wall. What did she see? Mr.
Hunter also scanned the wall. An illuminated text was designed like a
scroll on the Vhite surfac1^ " Thy word
shall be a lamp unto x&y feet.'' The
girl'§ eyes dilated, a smile irradiated,
her features, and she nodded her head
slightly.   Evidently she had discovered
sopie clew, vainly sought before. • The
organ breathed a subdued minor chord;
the "girl rose to her feet and sang the
hymn in* a.fttll rich voice, vibrating with
passion.
After the service' Mr. Hunter feigned
interest in recovering his hat, thus allowing his neighbors to pass out. When
he gained the street the old woman and
the girl, sheltered by the cotton.uni-
brella, had disappeared. He went home
disappointed.
Mr. Hunter no longer occupied the
guest-chamber of his sister. Instead,
he had selectJd modest bachelor quarters in an unfashionable locality, and he
did not daily enter the charmed circle
•of the young Erskines. Sister Hetty
was very kind, §v"en anxiously civil,
about the change: but the move was effected, and the man who came home
spent -many solitary hours, in which
the Rip Van Winkle sentiment gained
irresitible sway.
A whim led him to the east side of
the*fcOwn as remote from sister Hetty's
■sphfre. A month had not elapsed since
his return, and yet he avoided the young
Erskines. On the east side, wide
streets, noisy and dirty, were succeeded
by narrow Streets, also noisy and dirty.
He saved a child from being run over
by a butcher's cart, and got entangled
in a net-work of passing cars. Clearly
his choice of a promenade was a bad
one. He paused for the next car*fco extricate him from the Babel of traffic,
when he noticed the sign of a pawnbroker. "
He peered into the place, which was
dark, mouldy and with a sinister quiet
about ifc in serious contrast with the
bustle of the adjacent thoroughfare.
The pawnbroker's shop lurked around
the corner, a patient monster, sure of
its prey—the haggard mechanic out of
work and the careless youth spending
his wages in the tawdry billiard^ saloon
of the avenue. No object of value met
tho eye; faded carpets, lounges,*rickety chairs, a dilapidated clock, were
visible on one side—the wrecks ot
needy families; for the rest, not as
much as a gambler's watch. It was a
memorable morning at this particular
pawnbroker's, however. The French
emigrant's wife came, her eyes blinded
with weeping, the last shreds of household bedding in a bundle ready
to pawn. At- the door she
was stopped by a stout gentleman, who bade hei* retiirnhome, guarding the precious blankets, and thrust
double the expected sum into'her hand.
An Arab of the town, in shirt sleeves,"*
his last coat rolled under his arm, the
need of bread being so bitter in his cellar habitation, ripe for-any crime, in revolt against society, was stupefied by a
kind word from the same stranger, and
a question or two, which resulted in
his slouching back to the cellar with his
coat on his back and Hs arm full of provisions. A girl approached, hurried and
nervous in manner,'and .drew from beneath her shawl a silver lamp. The
lamp was small, of unique design, and.
richly embossed.
"Allow me'to look afc that lamp,"
said a voice.
A stout gentleman snatched it up,
'and scrutinized the bottom, wherelfome
initials were inscribed.
"Ah! I neveFsaw another like it,"
he exclaimed. " I sent it to my brother
Henry years ago."
The girl turned, and pushed aside
her veil with a fierce gesture. Mr. Hunter recognized the Martha of the church
gallery.
•'The lamp is mine and I may sell it
if I choose," she said, hoarsely.
"Trust me as a friend, and come
away where we can have a little conversation," he -said, quietly, and restored the lamp.-.
The pawnbroker blinked behind his
counter. He "opined that Mr. Hunter
was a private detective in search of"
stolen goods, and rather an awkward
novice in his profession. The two persons thus strangely brought together by
chance paused in a little square where
flourished a few discburaged trees
adorned with sjaarrow boxes, and
hemmed in by tall discolored houses
with ragged garments,floating from the
windows. ■/'■
"Now explain to ine' all about the
silver lamp." %*
Martha Davfehport looked at him with
clear, penefrat|hg eyes.
"Mark gavefeit to me on my last
birthday," shesaidT " He*had promised
nSyer to part with ifc, only he had nothing else to give."        ■":
"Mark!" repeated Mr. Hunter, incredulously. 1    *-r *• 7
"Mark Hunter. You know him?
We have been engaged for three years."
"Yes, I should know him," muttered
the other. "Can(he be my brother
Hetiry'j. son?"   .
Martha advanced a step nearer, and
inquired, imperiously, "Do you believe
in-him?"
".Why should I believe in him?"
"Cruel! cruel!" she cried. "You
speak as his rich relations would speak.
I would go and beg of them, but he
will not let me. They could only show
me the door. Mark is an .inventor, a
great inventor; perhaps in advance of
his time. Do you hear? We have
reached the end. Why should we not
be allowed to live? Yes, we are one
household; we came from the West to
find work in the great city. I have
been employed at the ribbon counter of
Hope's fancy store until last week.
The forewoman was my enemy since I
found a mistake in her accounts a year
ago. You know the proverb, when the
master Avishes to drown a dog, he pronounces the animal mad, in excuse.
Well, a package of lace was found in
the pocket of my water-proof cloak. I
did not put it there, I was dismissed,
and without a character.' Mark has not
finished his model. Yesterday mother
wished to go to church and I saw on
the wall, ' Thy word shall be a lamp
unto my feet.' I laughed; I feared I
was gpjing mad, but I remembered, the
silvei^uip at "home. I decided to sell
itin**or&d»hat'Mark might finish his
modl^-fjPa.^e. I did nofc dare to look
beyo-fa.*'^ "'
Marth'a"*spoke rapidly; her color came
and went; she extended the lamp with
a proud gesture and a ray of sunshine
fell on ifc, Mr. Hunter had seated himself on the stone bench, and traced lines.
on the gravel with his cane as he list-"
ened.
"Why was the lamp preserved?" he
finally inquired*
Martha smiled and sighed.   She was
not afraid of him.    " Mark's uncle sent    .
it from China.   He was never heard of '
again.   Did you say -.   Is it possible
that you can be "
Her companion sprang up and cried,
"Take me to  this  namesake,  Mark   * --
Hunter,"
In a small room of one of the neighboring tall houses a young^man was
seated before a work-table, on which
was  placed  a model of complicated
mechanism.   His face   was  pale, and    -,
wasted; he brushed back ,the hair which      *#
fell oyer his-forehead.   With la-eniD-   * .
ling touch he pressed a steel knob.    .
There    was . a ^ moment    of*    stiil-
fche    voune    man    held    his   -
ness;
breath, and became deadly ^hite in an
agony of suspense; then whir! minute •••
wheels began to move, gliding in
grooves, harmoniq-ls, rapid, perfect, in
the well-nigh miraculous completion Of
an inventor's thought. ;. .       #    *
"It moves!" exclaimed Mark Hunter
the younger.    _
* Martha stood on the threshold, smiling, flushed, tearful, her hand clasped
in that of a bronzed stranger, whose aspect was benevolent. '-."■■
■        »
m.
It was an unusually bright and lovely ;
Sunday. Trinity Church was thronged
at an early hour with an eager crowd.
Charley Erskine was of the number—a
slender young man irreproachably attired. As he made his way slowly up
the aisle, he was surprised to see his
uncle Mark, far in advance, with a party. The party comprised a shabby old:
woman, a pale youth and a handsome
girl with a bouquet of violets in her
corsage. Mr. Hunter whispered in the
girl's ear, and soon her voice, full and
rich, joined in the   opening   anthem.
Charley   Erskine    remarked,    "By
Jove!'<" put on his  eyeglass to inspect
this group, and forgot them, until din- .
ner time.
"Ah, by-the-by, mamma, I saw our
uncle at church.   He was "with some* •*
people; friends from China, perhaps.",
"I do not mind, if he is happy," replied Mrs. Erskine, plaintively.
The service had been poisoned, so to*
speak, by. a Paris bonnet worn by a;^7
friend in. the adjoining pew- "Affairs
were going badly in the household, in.
addition. , The arch Mabel persisted in
flirting with her sister's fiance, Mr.
Scroggs. ■■:■.*.:
At that hour a joyous banquet was
transpiring in the small workroom of •
the young inventor—a true 'feast, presided over by the joyous donor, whose
spirits and appetite stimulated those of 1
•his companions. A pot of roses»bloomed...
in the open window, and on the walU
hung an illuminated text: *'Thy word!
shall.be a lamp unto my feet."   From  •
fcime to time Mrs. Davenport turned her "
placid face toward this text, and direct- J"*?
ed Martha's gaze in the same direction.,;...
Martha was regaining her usual courage
inthe kindly sympathy of.this uhex:--;
pected guest.   One could see that -she!'*"*
was destined by nature to be the prae*  ,
tical  helpmate   of  the  inventor, the ■%
rock   of  strength  in the wilderness, '
the Aspasia of this Pericles.   Mr. Hunt- *
er was unrecognizable;   he  laughed*-
boisterously afc his own jokes; he told-.   s
long stories to enraptured listeners; he. -
drank toasts  in  the   bbttle   of wine '**
brought under his  arm to the* fefce.**
When the meal was over and" darkness
subdued the radiance of the Sabbath, ?
his tone became graver. -.  .        .
" I'haye a plan to submit to vbu,""
he said. "When Mark's invention, is
patented I will become his business
partner. Tut! 1 know more about business than you do, and I need occupa- 7.
tion. We will find a cottage in the suburbs, after the wedding, and. build a
modest factory near as a commencement. Martha must take care of. me >
when I have gout and rheumatism."
" You do it all for my advantage,"
said the inventor, with emotion. ,
" YOu have already done more for,
me," replied the man who had come .
home, with a certain solemnity.
Martha had slipped away.    She returned with a silver lamp lighted, and
it glowed a pure star of flame.
* Mrs. Erskine received a letter from
her brother in the morning.
" The idea!" she cried.    " Mark has
found Henry's son at a pawnbroker"sf_
and thinks he willyet build up our family name.   He blames us dreadfully.   I *
am sure I did not know Henry's-bBy?
was in New York and. engaged vtosa
shop-girl.   Listen to this, ehildren;, fl
wish my nieces might have displayed.*'
the same zeal in giving bread to their
cousin that they evinced at the charity,
bazar.' " """   * "*"*"
"But that  was beggmg mo__ey;jbf    '
other people," interposed Theo, naively-,,
"Do not interrupt, Theo. 'If the
philanthropists of every city would"
form a league, and agree to each, haunt
the door of a pawnbroker's for one da^
in the year, how many lives would be^
saved,!' Mayk alwaj-s lacked practical2
sense," added Mrs. Erskine.      " "     ""
Mabel eloped with Mr. Scroggs thafe"'
day. She was better fitted for the.por*
sition than Helena, fche bride later-af-,
firmed. The soul of Mrs. fifskine wag
tossed like a shuttlee-"ck on tberstorin-
clouds of Helena's grief/""and loldi;
Scroggs' indignation. At midn^hts^e.
burned a package of letters nearer fori
warded by lfer to the Western. viUa*ge*.
She had acted wisely at the timesisiJe
believed/6" Now she shpered an?d*\vepfc
a little. She felt herse|p|iudged"i-^,"tj-e
dead brother Henry and Ihe. -man 3$iq.se.
home-coming had devel^ £$$!*.3w£ *
foreseen resu Its'. * * *** *" "^ *"
To-day the half-jesting
uncle that Marie was desfcini
up fame for his family has^fc^^-amplY
fulfilled.   The maniifactory-of^he suburb has become a. giant .struiJttire,; the
cottage home a spaeious coufitry *reS--
dence, and wherever great .centers: of
industry   are created in the: civilized,
world, the name of Huni
with them.   Mrs. Erst?
cious to young Mrs. Hun;
of proposing Charlesrasr'
jtp. talks
d^pa^fer"
in the firm.   T^mpft'ers remainmn-
moved by the'^'Sugiges-ions, butt&hase
left to tne Erskine's"; without dispute,
that crest of their mother's, so highly
prized by her—the cock gazing ,at a
lighthouse  on a^s^yer gtomid.—ffaf- •
per's Magazine.4^J^- ~'-viV- '•*iil-.-f*
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