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< REUBEN A, SCOFIELD, Editor and Proprietor. Devoted to Politics and General Intelligence. TERMS :~Two Dollars per Year in Advance. VOLUME IX .—NUM B E R 9. PENN YAN, N. Y., W ED N E S D A Y , MAY 27, 1874. W HOLE NUM B E R 425. *1 ari)c p m n |Jcm dLcprees PENN YAN, YATES COUNTY, N. Y. TERMS $2 00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE., Fifty Cents w ill be added on all subscriptions where payment is delayed to the end of the year. . ,*r UHOIS O F A D V E R T I S I N G ! 1 1 1 sq.. 2 sq. | 3 sq. i ool. £ co!. | 1 eol. 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S. y t «K OllVU B L i E f A l lUmN-EjXd AINU VOUD- >rs at law. Office formerly occupied by [ Main St., Penn Yan. N. Y. I. B a k e r . I I a n f o r d S t r u b l e . M orris a leary . attorneys and coun - selors at law. Oi .e in the Arcade—first floor- opposite the Post-Offlcc. 209 D. M orris . M. A. L eary . P ROSSER & KING, ATTORNEYS AND COUN- selorsat law, Penn Yan, N.Y. Office first stairs below Oliver Stark’s Banldng Office. 209 D. B. P rosser . C has . R. K ino . J ERE S. REED, SURGEON DENTIST. OF- flee 3d Door South of the Post Office, Main Street, Penn Yan, N.Y. All work warranted to give satis faction. Charges moderate. 209 THE PLACE TO BUY YOUR CO <D O PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY, H Y R E U B ElV A . S C O F I E l j O . Chemicals,I)ye-StuiT8,Machioe.Lar(l and Kerosene Oil, and everything kept in a first-class Drug Store,is at the Yates Co. Pharmacy AND DRUG STORE, 31 East Side Main St, one door below Bush Ilall entrance. Our stock has been pur chased from the most reliable houses in the United States, and everything sold by us will be warranted as represented. We have in stock the lat est and finest Perfumes, Hair Oils, Brushes, Combs; and almost everything in the line of Toilet Goods. Boat, Bath, and Surgeon’s Spong es, sold low for cash or trade. Lamps and Lanterns, and a general stock of Lamp goods at greatly reduced rates. Call and get our prices. A full line of Confectionery, Pocket Books and Porte- Moneys. A large assort ment of Trusses and Sup porters, Horse and Cattle Powders. Dr. Belt’s Horse Powders ahvays on hand. Our Liquors we buy direct from the manufacturers, thereby insuring their puri ty, and sold strictly for me dicinal and mechanical pur poses. A choice lot of Green and Black Teas will be sold at cost to close out stock. Chemical pure Cream Tar ter, Mustard and Spices. Any one wishing a strictly pure article of this kind,will find it to their interest to nal shape,\ so as to be useful and ornamental. Plates I g lV C US a C a l l . W C W O l l l d of teeth made with special care. A competent assis- ! *, • 4 . ^ 4.1 ^ ^ 4 . 4 .^ ^ 4 ♦ _ _ /* i tant with me all the time, so all may receive prompt 111 V I v C t l l C R t t C D l l O n p t 1 I l V S * attention. 5Syl 1 J <£> © G G <X> O h 0 ) © M P-i <X> £ c3 P h © ?-( o P h F h GO GC o L 0 1 fl PQ F TOMPKINS, M. D., HOMOEOPATHIC PHY? e Ician and surgeon. Office on Main Street, over Guthrie’s B ookstore , and residence on northeast comer of Main and Clinton Streets, Penn Yan N. Y. ___ _______ ___________________ 3-10 B r o w n & w o o d , a t t o r n e y s a n d co u n - sclors at law. The undersigned have formed a partnership for the practice of law In all its branches. Office over Baldwin's Bank. Penn Yan, April 1st, 1873. 367 MORRIS BROWN. RALPH T. WOOD. o .y 5 GO 5 bJO p F-i a> t> GO Q 0 ) B r ig g s & k n o x a t t o r n e y s a n d coun - sclors at law. -Office the same as that heretofore occupied by the Surrogate. We will invest money upon unincumbered real es tate, for persons having the same to loan, without ex pense, We inv*te wait S. B riqos e invi such persons to call on us. 301 J ohn T. K nox . CD I nd o z a o M II. SMITH, SURGEON DENTIST.—OFFICE, comer of Main and Elm Streets, Jonnes’s Block. Filling done in the moat approved manner. Will re store badly decayed and broken teeth to their origi- 1874 icians especially to our com plete stock of Fluid Extracts and Tinctures, prepared strictly in accordance with POIRE IDR 0 RSIthelJ's,Pharmacopceia* In ir ^ i r a i f c W TO I their careful preparation de- AND MEDICINES. I pends, in a great degree, their success when pre scribed. Prescriptions care- Paints, Oils, Varnishes, Dyestuffs, Paint Brushes, Whitewash Brushes, Whitewash Lime, [achine Oils. A saving can be made by buying Fine Sewing Machine Oil in Bulk, Fine Flavoring Extracts in Bulk, Handkerchief Extracts in bulk Fine Toilet Soaps, Perfumery and Hair Oils, Combs and Brushes, Boat & Bath Spdnges, Flint G la s s (Fire-pioof) Chimneys Lamps, Lanterns & Fixtures, Candies, Nuts, and Toys, Pure Liquors, Scotch Ale, and London Porter for t Medicine. Pure Paints, ready mixed for use, and no Fancy Prices, at the lowest Drug Store on Main Street, Penh Yan, N. Y. ED. C. WILKINSON. fully prepared at all hours, night or day. DR. B0RDWELL & CO., Successors to R. R. C. Bordwell & Sons. R. R. C. BORDWELL. [419yl] W. C. BRIDGEFORD. 02 3 cd O p o> <D p £ GO a o o 02 s ^ |x— Q GO H •3 m £5 a o «! 3 0 e •e$ ® u J S s PW €l)ai'lc6 punter. GROCERIES! CHARLES HUNTER Has again filled his Store with a new Stock of Bought before the recent advance, which he is offering at Bottom Prices! Everybody is invited to call and to BUY. His Teas are genuine, DIRECT FROM CHINA and J A P A N in original packages, and warranted to give perfect satisfaction. 41Syl i$t. tt). Cernis. Family Flour a Specialty! Ho has also added to his stock FIRE! FIRE!! The City Drug Store! LAMP CHIMNEYS OF THE BEST QUALITY. Give him a call before purchasing elsewhere. Goods shown, with pleasnre, by The late disastrous fire on Jacob Street did not extinguish IK. W. LEWIS, But be can now be found on Main Street, No. 29, two doors below Bush’s Ilall, in tho Store lately occupied by Mr. Oppenheimer, Clothing Merchant, where he has just opened a New and Fresh Stock of DRUGS, MEDICINES, DYE STUFFS, PERFUMES, POMADES, and ARTICLES, And the most reliable and Popular Patent Medicines. The Stock is new and nice; has just boon bought for Cash, and will be sold low for C asd . The place to buy such goods is at N. «. & tU. 8. Conn. B. R & W 19 and 21 Main St., Would inform their customers that they open this Spring with their usual general and complete assortment of every description of ardw a r e CUTLERY, MECHANICS’ AND BUILD ERS’ TOOLS, Agricultural Implements, Ac. They will sell for cash or approved credit, at small advance upon the cost. They buy for C ash , get all the discounts, and give the BENEFIT of them to their customers. As a spec ialty, and as S ole A gents , they offer Averill’s Patent Paint. Those who design to paint will find it for their interest to examine this paint. It is superior to lead and oil, and much cheaper. The Improved COOKING STOVE, Wood or Coal, low Copper Tank, Anti-Clinker Grate, Illuminated Front, Auxiliary Air Chamber, Ac. Forty Thousand have been sold in FIVE YEARS, and first premiums awarded at over 3 0 0 State and County Fairs. Two hundred of them have been sold by us in this County, and we can refer to almost any neighborhood. Tnc SMALL QUANTITY of FUEL They Consume is a marvel and astonishment. Our variety of Stoves is unequalled by any one house in this town, or in the cities of Troy or Albany, and we do not sell a stove that we cannot TO OUR FRIENDS. w E HAVE RESUMED BUSINESS AND RE- spectfully ask for your patronage. Our S p e c ia lties ARE •AND HORSE-POWERS. Wo shall give very particular attention to all kinds of Jobbing and Repairing! Ouv facilities are complete. We employ skillful mechan ics. Our prices will be moderate. We will repair all kinds of Farming Implements. Our personal attention will be given. We will do all kinds of mill work Our intention is to please. Wewill furnish mill supplies. Our purpose is to secure your patronage. We will do all\ we can to merit it. O'ffice and factory at corner of Main and Head streets, PENN YAN, N. Y. H. & E . M. BIRDSALL. Penn Yan, March 4,1874. n413yl of Yates County, In offering the And DELIVERED to all parts of the village by the two B ii - lys , free of charge. PRODUCE W A F T E D at A L L TIMES ‘i DECORATION DAY,\ BY MRS. DR. J . P. At noon in the cast witli dawning grace. Present to thy subjects thy comely face; And with thy light’s transcending pow'r, Deep be the impress of our hearts each hour. With steady step and solemn tread, We approach the home of the military dead! In time with-the beats of the muffl’d drum, We march to the time of their requiem ! At noon in the south regard with truth These off ’rings lain o’er graves of youth ; Of flowers and sighs o’er older age, Give sweet account on Record’s page. At eve in the west with thy decline, Inspire our souls with thoughts divine; Teach us to pray that, with the blest, Spirits of our heroes now find rest. Thou monument erected to the patriotic dead, Extending from earth to lieav’n o’erhead, Vast arc thy myriads, as thy tablets tell, Who for their country fought and fell! Most worthy art thou, “ Decoration Day *’ ! To be the theme of ev’ry poet’s lay ; Thy zenith, heaven; thy nadir, earth, Whose inmates love tliy retrospective worth. Thou great memento of our nation’s blast! Honor’d recorder of its sanguinary past l Thy clouds reflect our minds’ sad thought; Thy show’rs our tears with grief well fraught; But, as tho sun with, piercing ray Gleams through thy misty casts, O Day! So does the Holy Comforter await Our shadow’d hearts to illuminate; For while we mourn the soldier’s pain, Still we rejoice each patriot’s gain. And, ns the moon’s pure, lambent light Twilights thy radiant disc for night, So will the evening of life’s thraldom cease, In enduring day of increased peace, To those who yet remain to die As these have done;—blest destiny! i . Memorial Day; e’er since thy birth Have graves been added to thy hallow'd earth! Time and again, year after year, Are soldiers borne by the funeral bier. As one by one each spirit soars, So one by one each body lowers; And while the soul survives in trust, The mortal frame returns to dust. Great Day! name o’er those fall’ll men, Who well denote the citizen; Call back to mind their service done By battles fought and victories won. Nobly they struggl’d and unm’rous hardships Iwre, From thirst and hunger—fates of cruel war. Bleeding on southern soil did thousands lie, Waiting results in their eternity! O Day! forget each evil done, Cherish but the good ; for did not ev’ry one, As soldier to the cause, with heart and hand, Dedicate himself to God for this, his country land ? As lovers of their country, and for its ruling pow’r, They bled with stem resistance unto life’s dosing hour. However brief these efforts were, Yet none the less accepted By God, whose just decrees declare, Republic’s stand protected. t h e d a r k c l o u d . 11 Where arc you going, Diana?” asks Mrs. Hoadley of her beautiful, goldcn-haivcd, and fresh-faced daugh ter, who enters the room dressed for an out-door walk. “ I promised to take a stroll on the shove with Mr. Shelton this afternoon,” Diana lightly responds, as though the whole matter were quite indifferent to her. Mrs. Hoadlcy’s pale, sweet face sad dens. “ Yon arc going to walk with Walter Shelton, Diana? I am sure you told me yesterday that to-day you were ffoinsr to walk with Norman Pom- yy Exchanged for Butter, Lard, Beans, Potatoes, Eggs, and Dead Poultry! J CHA’S HUNTER, No. 10 Main Street, Penn Yan.\ Manufactured by John S. Robinson, of Canandaigua, to yon this season, I do it with coniidciice, having Sold over 100 the past Season, and every one of them sold on the ex p r e s s condition to SATISFY every one who bought them; and having conversed with a very large proportion of those sold to, it gives me great pleasure to inform the farmers of Yates that I shall continue the sale of said Plows on the same conditions as I did last year, leaving every farmer to Judge for Themselves OF THEIR UTILITY. I advertise no trado-mark to sell them. J. S. Robin- \ son bought what is claimed to be the original, a long tunc since, and has Improved it many times, until farmers began to think he had arrived to perfection. And still lie has made another great and grand improvement the past winter, viz: A process of chill ing and carbonizing an entire mould board, rendering It susceptible of as high a polish, and AS HARD AS STEEL, and a patent secured therefor. We claim to be Em peror on plows. I have a large supply on.haml, and hope, by fair dealing, to sell one, at least, to every farmer m Yates Co. who 16 not supplied. I keep them in Penn Yan on ELM STREET, and at my dwelling in Jerusalem. Old Iron taken in exchange for Plows, or for Cash. Respectfully Yours, 419in3 WATKIN DAVIS. Don’t forgot to call. 40tiyl Notice^This! I am on hand as usual prepared to attend to all or ders in the lino of House and Sign Painting, Paper Hanging, Kaleomining, Graining, Ac. I have a full force ot the best workmen which I can procure* I have also a good Whitewashes and shall endeavor to attend all calls in that line. Store Shades, Banners, Ac., made in every style and as cheap as the cheapest. D. CLINTON ROBINSON. Shop on Elm Street, over Carroll’s Grocery. ’13yl G. & W. WELDON The New City Drug Store. 52 Easl Main 1 5 5 Sl- Paul S,reels’ Mr. Lewis will continue to give his personal attention to compounding Medicines with tho utmost care and tne proficiency gained by many years of experience. M. W. LEWIS. Penn Tan, June 4, 1872. 322 Catarrh can be cured and warranted by calling on M. W. Lewis. JOB PRINTING. ROCHESTER, N. Y., Have now on hand tho largest and most varied as sortment to be found in Western New York Of W all P aper , S tore and H ouse S hades , T able O il C loths , C ords , T assels , C ornices . C urtain F ix tures , Ac., Ac., which they are offering at wholesale and retail, at exceedingly LOW FIGURES. w w ® and authentic. A tine to sell the life of . ....... ...... Elias Nason. Full .YompTifte tine opportunity for wide-awake canvassers. B. B. Russell, Publisher, Boston. [21wl B. T. BABBIT’S Pure Concentrated Potash, OR LYE Of Double the strength of any other SA P O N IFY IN G SU B S T A N C E . I have recently perfected a new method of packing m y p o toshor” the coating of the soap. It is packed in boxes\ containing 24 and 48 one lb. balls, and in no other way. Directions in En glish and German for making hard and soft soap with this potash accompany each package. 418 B. T.-BABBITT, 64 to 84 Washington S t. N.Y. CiWA PLASTER For Sale at Dresden. The undersigned has on hand a largo quantity of Cayuga Plaster, which he will sell at $5.80 per ton, Cash, or $6.00 on a credit Jt six months, interest to be charged after 30 days. FRANCIS HOOD. Dresden, Feb, 11,1874. 410tf Waters’ Concerto Organs. Arc the most beautiful in Style and perfect in Tone ever made. The CONCERTO STOP is the best ever placed In any organ. It is produced by an extra set of Reeds, peculiarly voiced, the EFFECT of which is MOST CHARMING and SOUL STIRRING, while its IMITATION of the HUMAN VOICE is SUPERB.— Terms liberal. WATERS’ PHILHARMONIC VESPER and OR CHESTRAL ORGANS, in unique French cases, arc ajnongthe best made, and combine PURITY OF VOICING, with great volume of tone, suitable for PARLOR, CHURCH, or MUSIC HALL. WATERS’ NEW SCALE PIANOS have great power and a fine Singing Tone, with all modem Improvements, and arc the best Pianos made. These Organs and Pianos are Warranted for six years. PRICES EXTREMELY LOW for C ash , or part cash, and balance In monthly or quarterly payments. Sccond-liaud instruments ta ken in exchange. AGENTS WANTED in every County in the V. S. and Canada. A liberal discount to teachers, ministers,\ churches, schools, lodges, etc. Illustrated catalogues mailed. HORACE WATERS & SON, 423w4d 481 Broadway, New York. Box 3567. JOB PRINTING, a t t h e e x p r e s s , o f f i c e . oroy. Diana flushes slightly and gives her head a light toss, whilst she stands at. the window and looks from this cottage chamber across the great sweep of lawn to the mammoth hotel, and thence on ward to the white-rimmed beauty of the breakers and billows. u Really, mamma, your’s is a perfect fionpareif of memories. But if you must have facts, I saw Mr. Pomeroy last evening, and—” “ Broke to-morrow’s engagement, I suppose, because Walter Shelton had asked you to do so.” Mrs. Iloadley’s placid voice here interrupts, with sor rowful intonation. “ Ah, Diana, how easy it is to guess tho truth ! ” “ Upon my word, mamma,” pouts the daughter, “ I sec no special reason why you should make such a very great mountain out of such a very small mole-hill. ” “ IIoxv can )ron speak so, ” is the firm-toned, serious-voiced answer, “ about as important a matter as Nor man Pomeroy’s whole future happi ness ? ” And by showing such a mark ed preference for Waller Shelton, all on a sudden, you arc certainly helping to make that happiness a complete ruin, Diana.” Another toss of the young lady’s head. “ Perhaps 1 am wrong, but then the two men are so thoroughly different.” “ Indeed they are different,” mur mured Mrs. Iloadley meaningly. “ You can’t possibly even be hinting, mamma, that Normon Pomeroy is in any way superior to Mr, Shelton? ” “ I undoubtedly mean that he is eclipsed by Walter Shelton in only a single way.” “ And that—? ” “ Is outward style, manner, grace of carriage, etc. Apart from such superi ority, Diana, none other exists. Wal ter Shelton cannot bo compared with a man of Norman Pomeroy’s sterling, sound principles.” “ Oh, dear,” exclaims Diana, petu lantly. “ I wonder why it is, In this world, that whenever a person is par ticularly slow and stupid, he is sure to be called i sound’ and ‘sterling’ and other highly moral names. Well, mam ma, dear, I’m sorry I can’t prolong this interesting discussion; but here comes Mr. Shelton now to take me walking.” And Diana hurries away from the window, approaching, the door. Just as she reaches the thres hold of the chamber her bright face takes an arch, saucy look whilst she addresses her mother in those laugh ingly spoken words: “ If I meet Norman, mamma, I’ll tell him that you’re getting up a subscrip tion toward having him publicly ca nonized. Att revoir.'9 Not long afterward Mrs. Headley stands at the window and watches her daughter stroll seaward at Walter Shelton’s side. He is a man of move than medium height, handsome, dis tinguished, graceful in every way.— But as she gazes on this couple which, she cannot tail to tell herself, are phys ically a perfect match one with the other, she sighs nevertheless and with a heaviness that plainly shows how the eight troubles her. “ And yet, after all,” she muses aloud to herself, “ I do not believe that Di ana is anything more than dazzled by this Walter Shelton’s mere surface at tractions. She docs not love the man. No; Norman Pomeroy, her old play mate, lfcr life-long friend, has her heart still. Only Diana secs that here, among these hotel fashionables, Norman’s grave, quiet manner is of little account, while Walter Shelton is a courted beau. And vet—perhaps I am wrong; per haps her heart has really become alien ated from Norman ! Ah, how I hate to think that thought! ” It is almost dusk when Diana re turns from her,walk, with flushed cheeks and a rather excited pair of eyes. There is to bo a *“ hop ” at the hotel this evening, and Walter Shelton, who is to lead the German, has asked her to dance with him. This Diana cannot but feel to be a signal honor. There arc at least twenty young girls whom she knows who will deeply envy her such a marked triumph. Her beauty, her youth* (for she is on ly eighteen and just entering into so ciety), and the prominent position which her partnership with the leader gives, all contributed toward making Diana’s time ot the hop that evening a most eminently enjoyable one. She is surrounded by several gentlemen, and is talking animatedly first with one and then with another, when Norman Pomeroy joins the group and asks her for q dance. We can only say of Diana that her silly young head is turned by flattery and success. Just for the first time Norman Pomeroy’s request (plain, homespun sort of Norman, who has never flirted and dislikes balls) wears a tinge of unwarrantable audacity.— And almost before Diana is aware what she is doing, she has given a rather curt refusal. Norman walks away, slightly bow ing as he does so. He looks out of place in a ball-room; his face is too strong, his figure too solidly massive, his whole ensemble too suggestive of fashion and its countless sham forms and frothy flippances. Not long after this he smiles bitterly as he sees Diana rise with a most ami able look and begin to float over the floor with Walter Shelton. The ball is not more than half over; the German is not even begun as yet; but Norman Pomeroy walks away, nevertheless, from every vestige of its festivity, and finding a wholly deserted tract of piazza, annihilates a cigar in solitude. After the cigar is smoked he goes up stairs—and to bed. . Two or three weeks pass. Walter Shelton’s attentions continue unabated. Norman is still at the hotel, though in a half desperate m^od lie lias more than once told himself that it is far better for him to go away. Unfortunately, however, he cannot go back to work and there absorb himself, for he has made such positive arrangements for a permanent vacation with the remain ing partner in his prosperous little firm that lie is simply ashamed- to return before the stipulated lime has elapsed. One afternoon he calls on Mrs. Hoadlcy, crossing the lawn from the hotel with bent head and a generally preoccupied maimer. Mrs. Iloadley receives her favorite cordially. “ I am sorry that Diana is not at home,” arc almost the lady’s first words, after they are seated.— “ She,”—and here there follows a rath er confused-looking pause on the part of the speaker. “ Has gone driving with Mr. Shel ton,” finishes Norman composedly.— “ I saw them start. But it is not Miss Diana whom I came to see, Mrs. Iload- lcy.” “ Whom then, Norman ? ” “ Yourself. I wished, however, to talk with you concerning your daugh ter. I know that what t intend saving is no possible affair of mine, and doubt less I am taking the most reckless of liberties.” “ Speak on Norman,” Mrs. Iloadley softly encourages. Norman Pomeroy’s dark gray eyes are fixed steadfastly on the face of Di ana’s mother. “ Mrs. Iloadley, I believe that your daughter has become greatly interested in Walter Shelton.” Mrs. Iloadley looks right troubled at this. “ Oh, Norman,” she presently bursts forth, “ if you only knew what an effort it has cost me to bring myself into acknowledging that Diana really is fond of Walter Shelton ! 1 do not like tho man ; 1 have never liked him ! And, Noririan,”— lowering her voice to a regretful semi-tone—“ There was a time, you k»ow, when l firmly trust ed that—that—” “ Yes 1 know,” he breaks in a little coldly, though his eyes shine as if from unshed tears. “ But that is all past now—all irrevocably past, Mrs. Iload- lcy.” Then lie suddenly rises and walks toward the window, stands gaz ing from it for a moment, knits his brows hurriedly once or twice, and at length turns toward Mrs. Iloadley, speaking with most rapid tones and in an excited voice: “ Close observation can show a man a great deal, and it has shown mo this: Every fresh day that Diana Hoadley is in Waller Shel ton’s company she becomes more and more attached to him. Ho fascinates her, as he is trying to do. It is his trade.” “ What do you mean ? ” “ He has no other occupation in life, one might almost say. He is the sort of man who counts up his conquests every year very much as an Indian brave might count the number of scalps he had taken. Marry? Not he! If a woman believes the nonsense he talks to her and pines for him after he goes away among ‘fresh fields and pastures new,’ why, tho more fool she—that is all.” “ Do you mean to tell me the man is like this, Norman ? ” “ I know it. But in the case of your daughter I propose at least giving him the benefit of the doubt.” “ I don’t understand.” “ Let me explain. With your per mission I mean to meet this man and hold an interview with him. As an old friend of this family I shall ask him whether he has matrimonial views or not. If he tells me a falsehood I shall very soon detect it. Should ho posi tively state that it was his intention to ask for your daughter’s hand, th 6 n I shall have no further words with him.” There is a silence now. Mrs. Hoad ley levels upon Norman looks of ill- concealed admiration. “ This is so noble and kind of you! ” she at length bursts forth. “ There are not many men who would behave in so disinterested a spirit.” “ Oh, do not speak of that,” Norman murmurs. “ There is one point in this coming interview which somewhat bothers me. I mean—where to hold it. My room at the hotel is so small, and what one says so nearly sure to be heard among the next door apart ments, that—” “ Let it be held here,” interrupts Mrs. Hoadlcy. “ Here! ” “ Why not ? ” “ But you cannot arrange it.” “ Do not bo too sure of that.” She looks thoughtful for a few minutes. Presently she goes on with considera ble oarncstuess: “ Altogether, Norman, I would rather you would meet here, for more reasons than one. And as for its not being practicable, I really doubt if you can have thought much on the question, to decide so. AYe can very easily arrange the whole matter.” II. On the following morning Diana is occupying the sitting-room with a vis itor on the sofa at her side. Tho visit or is Mr. Walter Shelton. He looks extremely handsome this morning, in his elegant suit of white duck, reliev ed by a rich blue silk cravat. He is reading Tennyson to Diana, who bends above some embroidery that seems to occupy her attention much more close ly at certain times than at others.— Reading, that is, in a very irregular way; for both he and his companion pay Mr. Tennyson the frequent disre spect of intruding their own thoughts ( often commonplaced enough) among tho poet’s charming numbers. Suddenly Mrs Hoadlcy enters, fol lowed by Norman Pomeroy. The look of dissatisfaction that crosses Wal ter Shelton’s face is indeed ill-conceal ed, as lie rises to pay his .greeting,— Diana is lady cnough in her own house to smile with the proper amount of courteousness. “ I am very sorry to tell you my daughter,” Mrs. Hoadley immediately commences, “ that you will have to leave both these gentlemen in my hands for some few minutes—perhaps a quar ter of an hour.” u Why so, mamma ? ” asks Diana. “ Because, my dear, Mrs. Wain- wright has sent her maid for you from the hotel to go over and cure one of her headaches. You know how won derfully you cured her last one by just passing and repassing yoiu* fingers over her forehead.” “ Yes, mamma; and since I have dis covered that nature has endowed me with the sweet privilege of calling my self good for something, I am only too happy ” ( speaking with laughterful earnestness) “ to hurry towards Mrs. Wainwright’s succor. But is she not very suddenly attacked? I saw her less\ than an hour ago and she was looking quite well.” “ Neuralgia comes on quite suddenly always,” responds Mrs. Hoadley. Just now Norman Pomeroy is won dering silently to himself, “ IIow is Mrs* Hoadley possibly going to man age matters? This headache of Mrs. Wainwright’s is a myth. Very well; as soon as Diana discovers it she will return. That will make altogether too short a time for mv conversation with • » Walter Shelton, I am afraid. Mrs. Hoadley is rather bungling the affair it seems.” \ Diana leaves the room presently, promising to return very soon and po litely requesting both gentlemen to await her return. But she has no soon er disappeared than Mrs. Iloadley rises and follows her, calling, “ Diana, Di ana,” as though desirous of communi cating something previously forgotten. The two gentlemen left together re main silent. Three good minutes elapse. Presently Walter Shelton makes a lan guid remark about the heat, to which Norman civily assents. Meantime no Mrs. Hoadley as yet. Norman wonders whether lie is ex pected to begin; concludes yes, and is just about to do so when he glances toward the soft blue curtain that makes a sort of arras ( and a tasteful one) be tween the sitting room and the adja cent sitting-room. This curtain is drawn aside now, and a servant enters the apartment. “ Mrs. Hoadley is very sorry,” the servant begins, “ but she wants to know if the gentlemen will excuse her for about ten minutes, or perhaps a little longer.” Saying this the servant disappears by the door leading into the hall. Norman sees now how Mrs. Iload- lcy has managed. But ho is far from liking the probability of Diana’s re turning from the hotel at any moment, annoyed with her mother, and inter rupting him in his interview at a most mat apropos time. However, the best plan is for him to begin promptly, Norman decides, and condenses what he has to say into as few words as possible. Immediately after the servant lias quitted the room lie glances toward his companion and speaks these words in a voice of perfect composure: “ Mr. Shelton, I desired an oppor tunity for some private words with you, and am glad to see that it has ar rived.” Walter Shelton bows coolly. Nor man proceeds, remembering that he has but little time and he must make the best of i t : “ I am a friend of Mrs. Hoadley, and have known her late husband intimate ly enough to feel privileged even be yond the limit of most friends. I there fore ask you what are your intentions regarding Miss Diana ? Do you mean to ask her to become your wife ? Walter Shelton sits the picture of utter amazement for some few seconds, staring at the man who has thus dared address him. At length ho responds, coolly as surprise will let him : “ Ido not consider you authorized to put that question, sir.” “ I have an excellent reason for do ing so.” “ What reason ? ” Norman’s gray eyes is fixedly level ed upon Shelton’s handsome, rather effeminate face. “ I suspect that you are merely enjoying yourself with Miss Diana Iloadley — flirting with her, in other words—and that you mean no serious results to come of your present intimacy.” Shelton’s lips curled with a sneer now under his handsome moustache. “ Do you call that a reason I ” he ques tions, with a short, contemptuous lit tle laugh. “ I t is a part of a reason. The sec ond part is this: I believe Miss Diana to be rapidly falling in love with you.’ “ That is more flattering, surely*” “ And the third and last part of my reason,” Norman continues, “ is its most powerful portion: I hold her in sufficient regard to feci unwilling that her future shall be made unnecessarily miserable. This is why I speak with you, Mr, Shelton, on so delicate a snb- jee t. If you mean marriage with Miss Diana, and tell me honestly that this is the case, I shall say nothing more and apologize for having spoken at all.— B u t i f n o t - ” “ Well—‘if not,’ Mv. Chivalrous?” There is so much insolent scorn in Shelton’s tones as he utters these words that Norman bites his lips to keep his anger under good control. But he re members their place of meeting. “ If not, sir, why 1 shall have Miss Diana warned against you.” “ She will not listen to you—don’t deceive yourself. “ She will listen to her mother, how ever., who suspects, by the way, just as » I have suspected, that you are merely trifling with her. Acknowledge that you mean to marry her—that is all I ask. Indeed he goes on, his voice suddenly softening most noticeably— “ I beg you will tell me the real truth regarding your true feelings.” “ Beg as much as you please, my dear sir,” is the scoffing answer. Norman’s voice rings hard, and cold, A challenge now. “ Then I dare you to tell me.” Norman has calculated well. Wal ter Shelton’s nature—a combination of weakness and vanity—has not power to resist these few defying words. “ You dare me, do you ? ” he laughs, looking bravado to the very finger nails. “ And suppose I should tell you the truth, my fine fellow, who is going to be a whit the wiser ? Do you fancy the fair Diana would be lieve any story of )rours? Or, even if her mother should credit what you said, how much influence would she have against me?” Norman sees very plainly how this childish egotistical nature may be managed. The truth at which he wish es to arrive may be reached rather promptly. No very hard mining re quired in such soil as this. “ Nevertheless,” he sternly states, “ you have not yet dared to tell me what your intentions are regarding Miss Diana.” “ Dared! ha! ha! ha! Dared!hear the man! Why, I mean to amuse my self with her society till I am tired of it. And now, my fine friend, I dare you to repeat what I say. Much good it will do if you attempt such a thing.” “ There is no necessity for that, Mr, Shelton. I have heard it already.” As these words fall upon the ears of both men they both start with an equal surprise. Pale as a ghost, Diana Hoadley emerges from behind the blue, arras-like curtain. She walks straight toward Norman Pomeroy and puts out her hand. “ I thank you with all my soul,” she mur murs fervently, and the next moment reels with a sudden faintness, just in time for Norman to catch her by means of an opportune arm sweep. “ Coward I ” now came from between the white lips of Walter Shelton, whilst Norman is bearing her to a sofa; “ I see well what your contemptible game has been. You stationed the girl behind that curtain- “ It is untrue! ” exclaimed Mrs. Iloadley’s voice, whilst that lady hav ing entered the sitting-room unobserv ed, now hurries toward her daughter. “ I stationed her there unknown to Mr. Pomeroy. He thought the story of Mrs. Wainwright’s headache a ruse to get her away; he did not dream that the moment I met her in tho hall 1 made her go into the dining-room with me and listen to everything that was said there.” c At this moment Diana, whose faint ness has been of very short duration, heaves a great sigh and uncloses her eyes. They chance immediately to rest upon the face of Walter Shelton. “ Oh,” she shudders, lias not that dreadful creature gone yet?” The dreadful creature tries to smile engagingly as he disappears; but the smile does not rank aqiong his visible successes. Mr. Shelton goes away vowing terri ble vengeance against Norman Pome roy ; but, as it subsequently proves, one cold, half-indifferent glance from the later’s grave gray eyes the next time they meet lays low all such blood thirsty instincts on the valiant part of Mr. Shelton. 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