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NORWALK, CT. WEDNTESDAY, JANUARY 4, 1843.
NUMBER.164—NE“7
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ENTAL Surgery.--A. Hill, Denial
Surgeon, offers his services to the public
in every departtneut of'Dcutal Surgery._
Office as licrctofore. in Burrall's Builrlings.
Refcrencss-—J A. i\'1'Leau. M. D; lra Greg
ory, M, D; llon. 'l‘. B. Butler; I-Ion. Bcnj.
lsattcs; l{ev.Dr Me-ail; Rev Edwin Hall: REV
G. N. Smith. Nortcal/c. Ncltemiah Pcrry,M. D.
Ridrrcftelcl. R. B. Bt)tt§f'ortl, M. D. Danbury.
Dr. Hove;-ll R.-rtlgers, Colccltcster. Wm \Vit.tet',
M. I). lVilfirttantic. Ct.
G. W. Raymond, Draper & Tailor.
._ _ ,~-. .. ~‘..~._,
AVING taken a store in the south part of
Oluisted's Building, east sideofthi.-. Brlfltle’
is ready to give attention to all ortlvrs in his line
at short notice. or: favorable term . mill
in t/re Bax! twirl Ellosl 1“n..s.’tio/rttblc style.
From his i,‘.V£p"'flf.'ll(‘.(} in the Ullsllttss, he feel.-
r:=ml‘i-lsrnt. in his ability to give i-otirc satisfactiott
to all who ntay fztvor hitn with their p:.ttrnttagr>.
All garments mails to ori_let' are \\’£tl‘l‘-‘iDlt‘(.l 1' fit-
Particiilar atteiitiort paid to Cutting-
The siibscriltcr has on ltautl it good supply of
Clotits. (.J>l.~'.<lll]t:'t‘t"S, Suttiocttze and V(‘Sllt.‘_£1F.
whiclt he will iitaltc tip to order in a tnanuor to
elt:-tlle.-age competition.
Pilot and B.-.avcr Cloths for Overcoats. with
superior Triininings. _
Also. a Fine assortment of Stocks of various
styles and putters, at the lowest cash prices.
it‘aT’i ’."tzt..s‘tttitii~. .-......ivett.
l.)Bl'$tl'l<l wisltiug garments of any description
will find it to their advantage to call.
Norwalk,October 18-11. 49
TAILORING EST.4BLISHMEN'1‘.
HE subscriber would respectfully inform
his friends and the public in general, that
he has opened a shop over the store of \Vnt. <32.
B, Ln(-l{\\'(lt)tl. recently occttpied by .‘vi. l'}:tttlx'.~‘.
wliere he wonldbe happy to ret:v.i~.-c all or‘-furs
in his line. lie feels cortfi-‘lent in sztyitt:-L “'0'”
the experience he has hadin New York as _a
Cutter, that whoever will favor him with their
custom cart depeudon havingthcir work manti-
Norwitlk. April 20. J05!-IP71 E. Cotuct-:rt.23
Fol‘ Sale-—A valuable tract ul
. Laud, consisting of about 50 acres.
‘ C‘ situated in this town.at West Rocks.
. so called, near the residence ofJon
athan Camp, Sen. Said tract is well appnr
tinned into plow, meadow. pasture. and wood.
and will be sold in one or more parcels as will
best suit purchasers. on accommodating terms.
E. .1. ST. Jon-:v.
Norvvalk, Sept. 5, 1842. 36
FAl€1VIERS—-LOOK AT TIIIS!
~ - For sale a Farm pleasantly situa-
ted on the tnaiu road leading from
New Canaan to Ridct-field, and
Lewisboro, containing 76 acres, suit-
ably proportioned in Meadow. plough. pasture,
and woodland, with a comfortable two story
House. Barn. and Corn House; fences general-
ly good. payment nude easy to suit a purchaser.
The stock. farming utensils, hay and grain, (if
desired) will also be sold with the farm, antlt,
irnmediatte possession can be hail. Further
particulars is deemed unnecessary.
LEANDER Hort‘.
New Canaan. Novcmbcr S. 1842. ’*3t46tf§
The subscriber offers for sale his
well known establishment for the
manufacture ofOil Dressed Leather.
1.-._- - The premises contain about 12 acres
of good "land, on which is :1 good Dwelling’
House, Barn, Shop. and other buildings—a good
water power. and a fine orchard. It is situated
on the Danbury road, three miles from Norwalk
landing.‘ A further description is deemed un-
necessary. .KLl-SB}.-IR. Woamzir.
' Norwalk. Aug.16, JS42
500 lbs superior quality of Madder.
500 “ Logwood.
400 “ Fustic.
500 “ Alnr..t.
500 “ Copperas, for sale cheap by
W E B155!-ILL.
NK..-—Kent’s Black and Blue Ink. the best
now in use, for sale and warranted by
J. A. \Vr:En.
MERICAN LOCKS. &c.——'I'lie sub-
scriber ofiers for sale at t\Ianufactnrers'
prices. Pierpontol l-IoIchkiss' patent door locks
and latches. with silver plated. mineral, plated,
jet, porcelain, glass and brass knobs, which for
beauty or durability are not surpassed by any
manufar.-lured in the country. \V C S'rttt;i-:'r.
Norwalk, Nov. 1-1. 1842.
E.-lSE’S Clarified Essence of Hoarltound
Cauiiy.just received by \V E BISSELL.
ROUND Pepper and Allspice.—-
l A first rate article of°Ground Pepper and
A‘llspice for sale by the subscriber at 125 cents
COURT or PROBATE -D1s'rmc't‘ or: Nonwamr,
ST.-\'l‘l~2 or CoN.\'t:c't‘icu'r.
Pros.-nt, Uvitus A. M BAD. Judge.
T t_‘ Court of Probate holden at Norwalk,
within and for the District of Norwalk, on
the _]0th !lél_\‘.‘()l'D9(19lIlbCI. A.1) 1842, Upon the
izellllttll of ltnlllly Cannon. of said Norwalk,
(guardian of Jantcs L. G. Caitiion, of said Nor-
wt1lk,a minor undertlte ageoftwenty one years.
showing to this court that said minor owns as
tenant to common with the other heirs of'Jobn
Cannon. lute ofsuid Norwalk. deceased, certain
tracts or parcels ofland lying in said Norwalk.
as follows: viz. the honicstead, situated near
the First Cottgrcgational Church. in quau it_v
one acre. be the same more or less, with the
buildiugstheri.-on stunning, bounded north, south
and east by heirs of Thaddeus Butts, and west
Debby \VilIlel':
OR. THE FAR‘.\1ER'S I)A.UGH’I‘ER..
BY SEHA S.\1l'1‘H.
Thv-re lived a few years ago, in the intc-i‘
rim‘ of one ofthe middle States, it Slllrdy,
farmer, well to do in the world, by the norm»!
of William \'Vildet'. He had WilllClc‘l't'd.
away from Yankee land in his younger dziys,‘(
to seek his fortune,and having been em-'
ployed by a respectable Quaker to work on
his farm, he had contrived, with true Yun-
kee udroitncss, to win the afiections of the
old man’s daughter, and had married her.
His wife lljlllllg espoused one ofthe world's_
people, contrary to the rules of her order,‘
was of course ‘read out ofthe society ;’ butt
by the highway. Also, one other piece ofluud
.-‘ittm?ed on Mullen Ilill, so called. in quantity
two acres, he the some more or less. with the
ltutltltiigs tltetcrptt Slillltllllg, bottnded north by
David Boalt and uife. east and Wes, by hi,_,h
“"“.V: and S-0u'ii hv the heirs ol'Eli ha'et Lock-
VVOUd. llvI‘nun-n:I \ l.-.n »--n nI|\nI' ||-3,)‘-' Orlrlnd
situated at Clapboard Hill. so called. in (]U5I1ll-
ty twenty one acres, be the same more or less,
bounded north by Matthias Hubbr-.ll.east by
David Coruslock. Jr. south by highway. and
west by Eseck Kellogg ; also, one other tract
of land situated near the last aforesaid tract, in
quantity one acre. be the some more or less,
bounded northerly by highway, cast by Edward
Taylor, Jr. south and west by Joseph l_.ockwood;,
also, one Old Store, so called, standing over‘
Mill Brook. in said Norwalk: also, one other
tract ofland called Smith Lot, in quanti‘_y three.
acrt-s be the same more or less. bounded north
by Jabrz Raymond, east by lll,‘_'llWay, south by
EU9 H034. and west by Ezra Hoyt in part. and
in part by Plait F. Raymond ; also. one other
tract of land situated at East Rocks, so called,
in quantity two acres be the saute more or less.
bounded north by Charles Olirsicail, cast by
l'lF‘lrs of Williain St. John, deceased, south by
I-Ivory I’artrEc|t,arid Jonathan Camp, and west
by heirs of 'l‘l;adtlcos Belts, deceased, and pray-
tnu for tibeny to sell the same, as per petition
on file will appear :-—Ordereil that the 28th day
of Ft’l‘l‘ll&ll’y llr'Xl, at 10 o'clock forenoon, bi:
as.-igtictl for a hearing on said petition, at the
Probate Oliice in said Norwalk: and the said
pctitiontrr was directed to give notice thereof.
by pttblislting this ordfsr in tr newspaper printed
at Norwalk. three weeks successively, at least
.-:ix weeks before said day of assignment.
51 AIICSI. R. A. \VtI.Li.tMs. Clerk.
N133!’ VVORK.——l'rospectus of
.‘.''u‘-. the Pioneer, a literary and critical
t\Inga7.i:tc. Editt-tl try J. Lowell and R. Car
ter.——t.)n the first of January, 18-13, the sub
.~'{?fil,|(-‘TS will f;()lIlllH‘.ll(f{‘. the pttblicaliot‘: of a
,\1outhl_\’ .\laguziuc. with the above title.
Thecontctitsofbat-lt ttutnbcr wili be entirely
original, and will consist of ‘articles chit-fl} from
American Authors ofihc highest reputation.
The object ofthe subscribers, in establishing
the l’ro.\'r:i-tit. is to furnish the intelligent and
rt-fleeting portion ofthe reading public with a
rational substitute for the enormous quantity of
thrice dilute.‘ “.,,_.j,_,;,, .i... ..-nape of .'tatnuy-
pamby love lillrs and sketches. which is
monthly poured out to them by many of otir
popular niu,g:iz'tiies—nttil to oficr, instead there.
of. a healthy. manly Periodical Literature
whose perusal will not necessarily involve a loss
oftime and deterioration of every moral and
itttcllectttai faculty.
'l'|t:‘- Critical D.~p-uritrient of the Pioneer will
in; r:.,=niltic'i,-tl \\llll great care anal impartiality,
and ‘-Vltilif satire and pcrsiiiiality will he setlu
iously 2l\'ttltlt'll, opinioiis of merit and of dc-merit
will he candidly and fearlessly cxpresscil.
The I’io.\‘i-ztzit will be issued pouctually on
the day of publication. in the principal cities
of the Union‘. Each number will contain 48
pages, royal uc'avo. double coluins, hand
somely printed on fine paper, and will be
illustrated with engravings of the highest
character. both on wood and steel.
Ti-:rz.\is.—Tliri~c Dollars a year payable in
all cases, in advance. The usual discount
ma-leto agents. Comtntrnicatious to the Edi
tors, letters, Sic... must be aildrcsscil,;70.sfpair[.
to the Pttblishers. 71 \Vashiiigton street, (oppo-
posite the Post Otiice.) Boston.
3152 Ll-‘.LAl\'D dc Wiii'rr.\'o.
Groceries,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
At No. l But'all’s Buildings.
HE subscriber has availed himself of the
opportutiity offered. by the unusually low
prices of Groceries in New York, to purchase
for Cash at the lowest rates, a new supply of
First Rate Articles. He is now confident he
can furnish to his old customers. anti others, at
the old Stand No. 4 Burrall’s Buildings, for
Cash, prime articles as Cheap as they can be
purchased at any other store in Fairlield Coun-
ty—n0t excepting those who pretend to receive
their goods from first hands. Please call and
satisfy yourselves that this is not pu mg, but
’1‘rtrtlr..
His assortment is now completc.and embraces
among others the following Articles:
A Lot of Very Superior Sirup- Molasses, by
the Hhd. or at less quantity, likewise a lot of
very excellent New Orleans Molasses by the
Hhd. or at Retail, cheap.
3500 lbs St Crox (Sc Port Rico Sugars
2500 lbs N10 brown and Havana do. i
d va Coffee
Dhguii-a do Very cheap’
Clover and Timothy Seed.
A quantity of Bunch Muscatel Raisins in whole
ltalf and quarter boxes-—cheap by the box or at
retail.
Nutmeg by the pound or at retail. cheap.
Canai Flour by the barrel or at retail, «kc.
N. B. Persons wishing to purchase, are re-
quested to call at the store No 4, andjudge for
themselves. JOHN BURRALL.
Norwalk, April 17, 1942.
cheap
forcash
T a Court of Probate, holden at Norwalk
. Dec. 26, 1842, on the Estate of
Isaac Arnolrl,
late of Norwalk,deceased—Ordered, that the
Administrator exhibit his administration account
to this Court foradjttstment, at the Probate Of-
fice in Norwalk on the 7th day ofJtinuary 1843,
at 1 o'clock, afternoon: and that all persons
interested in said estate may be notified thereof.
the Administrator will cause this order to be
published in a newspaper printed in said Nor-
walk. Attest R A. WILLIAMS, Clerk. 52
60
Ba s Shot, assorted sizes. 'ust received
8 J
pal; pound at retail. Joim BUKRALL.
,. .
and for sale by “hi. C. Sr-:it.zn.
William loved her none the less for that
if anything. he felt a little rejoiced at it, for
he thought it seemed to bring her it little;
nearer to him. He had no pr~irticul21r ob-l
jectioos to ‘them tliceing and thouiitgg sort‘
of folks ;’ he hzid always found them zt pretty
-r‘—“--—--—i Hr.llt'ltlIlr- lint l.'tn.,_l):lfl nn itli-n lhzttl.
he should ever join them himself, and there.’ .-
fore felt it sort of l'Pllt’f, a something that he
wife was ‘read out ’
Mrs. \V.-lder, however, never overcame,
the habits which had grown tip with her
childhood and youth ; site rtlttays called her
husb:rn'.l William. and continued through
life to speak the Quaker dialect. But this
from her lips was never ungrateful or no-
welcome to Wilder's ears; for one of the
sweetest souitds that dwelt in his tnemory
was when he asked her a certain question,
and her reply was, William, thee has my
heart already, anl my haul shall be thine
whcncver thee inuy please to take it.’ _
William \Vild::r was :1 thrifty and stirring
man; in a few years he found himself the
owucr of a good farin, and was going alieud
in the world as fast as the best of his ucigh-
bors. Nor hastlte whole sum of his good
fortune yet been tol-l_ He was blessed with
:1 daughter‘, a bright rosy checked, healthy.
romping girl, full of life and spirits, and in
his eyes Ntceeclingly beautiful.
This daughter, at the period which is now
to be more particularly described, had trach-
ed the age of eighteen years.
ion was uctturully fair, but it littl: browned
from (‘xpOSt’lH'e to the sun, for she had bi-on
'i'l(.‘.CUS[0lIlt’(.l front childhood be much in the;
open air. If this however, had detracted:
ought front her beauty, it was more than‘
compensated by the vigor and elasticity it,
had itnpartcd to her frame, and thc brightt
and deep lustre it had brought to her d|l'l(l
hazel cyr-. She was an object ofcngrossing,
love to hcr parents, and of general attraction?
in the neighborhood.
Tbt-rc’s that Joe Nf'lSfin alongside of Deb-1
pt-in-.-:.ay‘, as trIey'*cat.‘.‘u-‘out of httrch Ont‘-
warm summer afternoon. and commenced
their it-ulk ltoinmvard. I wish he wouldn't
make himself quite so thick.
VVell, now, my dc-.11‘, 1 think thee has a
little too much feeling about it, returned Mrs.
Wilder. Young folks like to be together,
thee knows,:1nd Joseph is a clever and rc-
spccntble young innit; uobody ever says a
word against him. .
Yes, ht-‘s too clever to be worth any thing
said Wilder; and by-incl-by, he’ll take it in-
to his head, if he hasn’t already, to coax
Debby to marry him. I've no idea of her
tnarrying it paup.-r, I've worked too hard for
what little propcrty I've got to be willing to
see it go to feed a vagzibond, who never
enrnt anything, and never will. ldon't be-
lieve Joe’ll ever be worth a hundred dollars
as long as he lives.
\Vell now, my dear, I think thee is a little
too hard upon Joseph, said Mrs. \Vildet';
thee should remember he is but just out of
his time. His father has been sick several
years, and Joseph has almost entirely sup-
ported the whole fumilly.
Oh, Idon’t deny but he’s clever enough,
and kind enough to his father and mother.
said Mr. Wilder; all is, I don’t like to see
him so thick along with Debby. How
should you feel to see him married to Debby
and not worth a decent suit of clothes .7
\Vcll I should feel, said Mrs. V\"ilder, as
though they were starting in life very much
as we did, when we were first marrit-d. \Ve|
had dt-cent clothes, and each of us a good
pair of hands,'and that was about all we had
to start with. I don’t think, William, we
should have got along any better, or been
arty happier, ifthee had been worth it hun-
dred thousand dollars when we were mar-
ried.
This argument came home with such
force to Wildur’s own bosom, that he made
no attempt to answer it, but walked on in si-
lence till they reached their dwelling.—-
Debby and Joseph had arrived there before
them, and were already seated in the parlotxi
Seeing Joseph as they passed the window,.
Mr. VVilder chose not to go in, but continu-
ed his walk up the road to the high ground
that overlooked some of his fields, where he
stood ruminating for half an hour upon the_e
prospect of his crops, and more particularly
upon the unpleasant subject of Debby and
Joe Nelson. The young man had become
so familiar and so much at home at his house
that he could hardly doubt there was a
strong attachment growing up between him
and Debby, and he began to feel very unea-
sy about it. He had always been so fond of
his daughter, and her presence was so neces-
sary to his happiness, that the idea of marry-
ing at all, was a sad thought to him; but if
she must marry, he was determined itshould
be, if possible, to a person of some property,
who would at once place her in a comforta-
ble situation in life and relieve him from the
foolish anxiety, so common in the world, lest
his own little estate should be dishonored by
family connexions not equal to it. While
he remained there in this musing mood, he
recognized Henry Miller coming dotvn the
could hardly describe, when told that his ,
llercotnplex- P
by again, said Mr. \v.i.tit.-.r.....;—~L_ --= 1.55.. l=‘%.§§‘-3.‘ 1.9.‘
store about a mile and it halflrom ‘vVilder's
and was rcputcd to be worth sortie five or six
thousand dollars. He had heretofore been
:i frequent visitor at Wilder’s house,and there
was it time when his attentions to Debby,
were such as to cause Mr. Wilder to expect
that the thrifty young trader would become
his son-in-law. Debby, however, was not
stttiicietttly pleased with him to encourage his
attentions, and for some time past, his visits
had been discontinued.
Goof afternoon, Mr. Miller, said \Vilder,
presenting his han'l ; glttdjto see you, how,do
you do ? fine day this. '
Yes, fine day, s.tid Miller, excellent weath-
er for crops. how are you all Ill home?
Quite wcll, thank ye, said Wilder. Conic
you must go down to the house with me.
Why have you been such a stranger lately?
Oh, I've genera ly been pretty busy. said
.\_lillt-r, coloring a little, I don’t get much
ttfptye to visit.
' l v rnnci nn rinl‘ \ '. ‘
tne\riad'.\'5,ntihd stop to Sit‘pnpi'»?,”d:iidm”W'tliitii‘lj
you can have nothing i.) prevent you today,
f . . . . .
t home with him to supper. Miller was attind in :1 few minutes after that, he heard
' dtgshig business young fellow, who kept a,
the outer door rather softly opened and clos-
,ed; and then he ht-ard Debby tripping
‘lightly to hcr chamber.
Ah, thought Wilderto himself, it is as my
wife says: these things will have their own
way. This staying till one o’clcck’ looks
like rather serious business.
The next day Debby had a long privzitc
interview with her mother; and aftvrdinner
Mrs. Wilder wished to have some conversa-
tion with her husband in the parlor.
Well, it y dear, said she, Di bby and Jo
seph are bent trpon being married. Itsccms
that they made up their tninds to it some
months ago; and now they have fixed ttpou
the time. 'l‘ltt-y say they must be married
week after next. Now I think we had bet-
ter fall in with it, with as good feeling as
we can, and make the best of it. ‘Thee
knows I have always said these things will
have their own way, and who it young folks
get their minds made up, I don’t think it is
it good plan to interfere with’t-m. As long
as Joseph is clever an l r+spct‘tt1blt‘.'<tttd good
10 Wort , A lllllllx wt: uu-gm \\J .‘..-i _.,_ ,,_f,,,,_d
about it, although he is poor. It St’(’lIlS to
I'm sure
Miller colored still tleeper; sail he did not
think he could stop, he only came out to
take '21 bit of a walk, and did not think of
going any further than the top of the hill
w"tt-re they now stood. Mr. \Vilderr how-
ever, would not tukeno, for an answer, and
after (‘0fISlLlt‘fi1l)lt3 iinportuuiiy he prevailed
upon Miller‘ to accept his invitation, and they
descended the hill loge-thcr and wentintothe
house.
Dchhy, bere’s Mr. Miller, said Wilder, as
they entered the parlor.
D.-bby rose. liantlcd a chair.-and said good
evening, but her face was covered with
blushes, and she returned again to her seat.
As Miller seated himself in the chair, he
glanced across the room and recognised Joe
Nelson. The two young inert nodded at
each other, and both seemed somewhat eru-
batrrasscd.
\Vhere's your mother, Debby? said Mr.
Wilder; Mr. Miller’s going to stop to sup-
er.
At this moment, M rs. Wilder entered the
too it.
How does thee do, Henry .7 said she, prc-,
seating her hand, Iain glad to see thee; I
hope thy mother is Wt,'ll.
Very well indeed, said Miller, and nftera
few more rt-uiarl.s. Mrs. Wilder retired to
sup:-rintcntl the preparation of supper.
Excuse me, Mr. Miller, a littlewhile,suid
Mr. \Vildcr, 1 want to go and show Joseph
that field of corn ofmine we "were looking
at, back ofthe bill. According to my notion
_,pi«5c_e“t_li§re'i_s”in the town.
‘ a r’ '
I think it is the stoutust piece l’ve seen
.‘this year, said Joseph; I saw it about a week
“'70,
00b, it's trained amazingly within a week,
said Mr Wilder, come, go up and look at it.
Joseph was altogether unaccustomed tosuch
attentions from Mr. Wilder, and he looked
not a little confused as he took his but and
followed him to the door. They went up
the road, and Mr. Wilder took him all a-
round the field of corn, and examined bill
after hill, and looked into the other fields,
and found it hundred things to stop and look
at, and talked more to Joscph th:in be, had
before for six months. Joseph suspected
(far for the purpose of leaving Millcr and
Debby in the rootn together, but he bore it
patiently and answercdall Mr. Wilder's rc-
marks about his crops and his fields with
apparent interest, for he knew too well the
state of De-bby’s feelings, both toward himself
and toward Miller, to feel any uneasiness.
At length M r. VVildt':r concluded supper
must be nearly ready, and they returned to
the house. On entering the pttrlot‘. they
found Miller alone, reading a newspaper,
Mr. Wilder looked vexed.
What, all alone Mr. Miller? said|Wilder,
I shouldn't have staid so long but I thought
Debby would amuse you till we got back.
Miss Debb\r had some engagernent that
required her attention, s.tid Miller, and as-
quite interested in this newspaper.
Wilder went out and met his wife in the
hull, and asked her how long it had. been
since Debby left Mr. Miller alone in the par-
for.
She left it in three minutes after thee. went
nut,oaid iMro. Vlildct, and I cuuld-i’t pcr
suade her to go back again. She said she
knew thee went out on purpose to leave her
and Henry alone there together. and She
would not stay. It’s no use, William. these
things always will have theif Own way. and
no use trying to prevent it. ,
The supper passed off rather silently and
rather awlrtvardly. Mr. Wilder endeavored
to be sociable and polite to Mr. Miller. and
Debby performed many little silent acts of
politeness towards Joseph, and Mrs. Wtlder
as usual was mild and complatsant to all.—
But an air of embarrassment pervaded the
whole company, and when they rose from
the tea table Henry Miller asked to be ex-
cused, and said it was time for him to be re-
turning hoineward. _
Mr. Wilder endeavored to pursuade him
to stop and spend the evening,
was decided and said he must go. After he
had gone, Joseph and Debby returned again
to the palm, where they were joined a part
of the evening by Mrs. Wilder; but Mr.
Wilder, after walking up and down the din-
ning room for an hour or two, retired to bed;
not however to sleep. Hts mind was I00
much engrossed with the destiny of Debby.
to allow of repose. He counted the hours
as they were told by the clock, till it had
struck twelve. Mrs. \Vilder had been two
hours asleep, still he had not heard Joseph
~r
Its
road, and be resolved at once to take him
go out. After it while the clock struck out‘,
that this walk was undertaken by Mr. Wil-‘
ked to be excused; but 1 have foutid myselfl
but Henry [
me there are as many folks that marry poor
that make out well in the world, as there
are that matrryriclt.
Aftcr a rcflcction upon the matter, Wilder
came to the conclusion that his wife had
nearly the right of it, and told her that he
would make no further opposition to the
match; tliey might be married as soon as
they chose.
VVell, my deal‘, said Mrs. \Vililt-r, Debby
needs it little change to get some things with
this week, in order to get ready to be iimrricd
How much will she want this week? said
Mr. Wilder. '
Ifthcc can let her havel5 or twenty dollars
said Mrs. Wilder, I think it would do for the
pt't-sent.
VVL-ll, now I have no money by me, said
Mr Wilder, except a hundred dollar bill,
and its iinpos.-ible to get that chttnged short
of sending it to the Batik, a distance of ten
miles. {tried all over the neighborhood last
tvcek to got it changed, but could not suc-
Ccrtl. I shall be too busy to go myself to-
morrow, but if Debby has it mind to got on
the old horse in the morning, and take thi-
bill to the B;1nk,:ir:d get it chauged,sltc may
l have sortie of the money.
This proposition was soon reported to
Debby, who said she hal just as leaves take
the ride as not.
The tunnel‘ being thus amicably arranged
with Mr. Wilder, there was nothing to hin-
der going forward with comfortaiid dc-spatch
in making preparations for the wedding.-
Dcbby was in €.\(‘t'llt‘DlZ spirits, turned off the-
work about the house with remarkable facili-
‘* -.--—‘ --—=-~- --' . l.cnli(‘.l'l1(l - in her at-
tentions to her futhelri, answ nrifg "r.tt("lIlS
wants almost bcfore he had time to name
them. And on the other hand Mr. Wilder
was in his usual good humor toward
Dcl)lJ_\'. Having at last brought his mind
. to assent to the arrangement which he had so
,tstrongly opposed, his feelings were now in
‘a state of reuctiott, which caused him to re-
gard Debby with uncommon tenderness.-
, His eycs followed her about the house with
llooks of love, and ‘d. tone of kindness breathed
lin every word he uttcrcd. The next morn-
ling his old gray horse was standing at the
;door an.l cnting provindcr, full two hours
{before Debby was ready to start; and M r.
\Vildcr had been out httlfa dozen times to
examine the saddle and bridal to see that
everything was right, and had lifted up
the horsc-’s feel one after another, all around
to see if any of the shoes were loose. And
when at last Debby was ready, he led old
gray to the horse-block, and held him till
she was well seated in the saddle, and ll1t'l’)
he handed her the bridal, and shortened the
stirrup leather, and buckled the girth it little
titer to prevent the danger of the _sudtlle’s
turning, and when he had seen that all was
right, he stepped into the house and brought
out his small riding whip and placed in her
hand, and giving her a hundred charges to
take care of herself, and be careful she did
did not get a fall, he stepped upon the horse-
block, and stood and watched her as she
turned into the road and ascended the hill,
till she was entirely out of sight.
Debby trotted on leisurely over the long
road she had to travel, but she was too full
of pleasant thoughts and bright anticipations
to feel weary at the distance or lonely in
the solitude. The road was but little trav-
.tto.t, and cloo mpf hit! two persons in the
whole distance, one as she was descending
a hill about a mile from home and the other
in the long valley of dark woods about mid-
way in herjourney. Had she been oftimid
disposition, she would have felt a good deal
of uneasiness when she saw this last person
approaching her. His appearance was dark
and rufiiztnly, they were two miles from any
house, in the midst of a deep silent wilder-
ness. But Debby’s nerves were ttnmoved;
lshe returned his bow in passing,and kept on
lher way with perfect cotnposure.
She reached the end of her journey in due
time, hitched her horse in the shed at the
village hotel, and inquired of the waiter at
the door the way.to the bank. As lte point-
ed out to her its location, she observed a tall
dark-locking man, with black whiskers and
heavy eyebrows, looking steadily at her.—
She, however, turned away without noticing
him any further, and went directly to the
bank. .When she reached the door she
found it closed, and learnt frointlte bystand-
ers that the bank from some cause or other,
was shut for the day. In her exceeding dis-
appointment, she stood silent for some time
uncertain what she should do.
Is itany thing. Miss, that Icz_1n_h_elp you
about? said a gentleman at the adjoining shop
door.
Debby replied that she wanted to get a
bill changed at the bank. ‘;._._
05'. I'll changeiit forsyov. said the gentle-
«nen, if it isn’t too large: come step in here,
‘She ac.cordingl.y stepped into the store, and
'gTt‘\;tng hnn many thanks, banded bitn the
t. . -
Qh, a hundred dollars, said he: I can’:
d0 It. I havcn’t half the amount in the store.
9:1,!-_\‘:)tl.tg'0_] atiross there an the apdotbet:ary’s,
no .* I ll re _v cnouoh e may 0 it.
Dcbby thanked himbagain, and went across
to the apotltc-cary’s shop.
known her wishes, but with no bettersuccess
l(‘llr;;.npoth,ecngy llookcg aft thedbill, anddopfitr
e is poc .'et- 00 r, an tien rscovere t at.
he had paid away all his small bills that day
and couldn't chance it. As she turned to
go out,she encounteored a man behind her;
who seemed to have been looking over her
shoulder. She looked at him, and recogni-
ze-d tbetull man with black whiskers, whom
she had noticed at the hotel.’ Leaving the
druggist’s store, she observed a large dry
goods store, and tbounht she would try her
luck there. Still she: was unsuccessful.4—-
As she was leaving the store, she met the
pill man with black whiskers again. He
ooked'smtltngly upon t....-, and nol.{0d her to
let him see tllc bill, for ltethoiightitprobablc
he could change it. After looking at it, he
ft’llll‘gt‘tl it to her again, observing, if it had’
been clty bill he would have changed it but
he didn't like to change a country bill.
llaving tried at two or three other places
without cffccting her object, Debby found she
must give it up, for she was now told it prob-
ably would no‘. be possible for her to get it
changed till the bank should be opened the
next day. Nothing further remained there-
fore that she could do, and she concluded _to
return immediately home. As she rode out‘
of the hotel yard, she observed again the tall
man pith black whiskers, standing at the
corner of the house, and apparently watching
hcr movements. She could not but think
he had considerable impertinent curiosity,
but she rode on, and was no sooner out of
his sight than he was onto! her mind,'fo1'
llL’l' own perplexing disappointment engross-
vd all her thoughts. She passed over the
first two miles of her hoineward journey
ttltllatsl unconscious ofthe distance, so busily
was she turning over in her mind various
t-xpedicnts to remedy the failure of her pres-
scnt undertaking. Sometimes she thought
she must return again to the bank the next
morning; but the journey was rather more
ofan undertaking than she had anticipated,
and she shrunk a little from the idea of a.
repetition of it. She thought of several of
their neighbors, of whom she presumed it
miglit be rosslble to borrow a few dollars for
a short time. But she knew her futbett was
so strcitttotisly opposed to borrowing, that
he would on no account allow it to be done;
:1. I .t -_rJ t__ gfitl
and .1 vnulul -.—---—— .‘g3’-‘'' ' V . I
out : e had done it without his knowledge
OT Consent. She might be trusted for most
of the articles she wanted, but several ofthem
ofthe most importance were at Henry Mil-
ler's store, and she would not ask to be
trusted there, if site never obtained the arti-
.-les.
Her reverics were at last broken off by
the sound of a horse coming up at rather it
quick trot behind her. She looked over her
shoulder, and there was the tall man with
black whiskers, mounted on a large and.
beautiful black horse, within a few yards of
but‘. She shuddered a little at first at the
idea of having his company through the
woods, but as he came up and accosted her
with such a bland smile and such gentle and‘
easy manners, that she soon recovered from
her trepidation and rode on with her wanted
composure. '
Rather a lonely road here, Miss, said the
stranger, looking at the dark woods that lay
in the great valley before thern.. How fat‘
do you go, Miss .7
Seven or eight milts, said Debby, hesita-
ting a little.
lam happy to find company on the road.
said the Stranger, for it is rather lonesome
riding alone. I trust you will allow me to
be your protector through thetwoods.
Debby thanked him, but said she was
never lonesome and never afraid. Still in a
lonely place it is always more agreeable to.
have company.
Did you make out to get your bill chang-
ed ? said the stranger.
No, said Debby, Itried till I was tired,
but I could find no oneto change it. ldon’t
know but lshall have to come back again to
morrow, for it is impossible to get itchanged
in our neighborhood.
The stranger made himself very agreeable
in his conversation, and Debby began to
think that her feelings at first had done him
injustice, and she tried what she could to
make amends by being social and agreeable
in her turn. A couple of miles more had
been passed over in this way, not unpleasant-
ly, and they now reached the deepest and .
darkest part of the valley through which
the road lay. The heavy woods was above
them and around them, and not a sound was
to be heard except the murmuring of a little
brook, over which they had passed. The
stranger suddenly rode close to her side and
seizing the reins of the bridal, told her at
once she must give ltim the hundred dollar
bill. .
Now this is carrying the joke too far,
said Debby, trying to laugh; in such a
place as this too, it’s enough to frighten one.
It’s no joke at all, said the stranger; we
will go no further till you give‘_me the hon-
ihoughi she saw something inthe stranger’:
eye that looked as though he was in earnest.
But. surely you don’t mean any such
thing? said Debby, trying to pull'the rein
from his hand. It’s too bad to frighten me
so here.
We musn’t dally about it, said the stran-
ger, holding the rt.-in tightly; you see I am
Hcr -she’ '.'uucle-~-----—-—
dred dollar bill. , __ , » -' ‘-
Debby trembled and turned pale.-for she -' ‘
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