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NORWALK GAZETTE
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DENTISTRY
IN SOUTH NORWALK.
DR. KENDALL will continue the use of
Laughing Gas,
as to its perfect safety when administered by a care
fiil and ex crieneed Physician, to which hundreds
in Norwal 'can testify.
He will spend three days each week, Wednes-
day, Thursday and Friday hereafter. 1n. Nor-
walk, that all who desire his services may be accom-
modated But those who wish teeth extracted are
requested to call on Wednesday if possible.
Teeth filled in the latest and most approved
manner, those partially broken away by de-
cav restored to their formersize and shape.
We are constantly making the best styles of Artifi-
cial Teeth and can furnish them at short notice.
Room near the Depot, over Swords’ ClothingEm-
'porlum.
Ess DIRECTORY-
.~\:\,v
HHS
Ir. .ALEX. S, GIBSON,
:Orgnnist of the First Congregational Church.)
IEACllER of the PIANO Fours, ORGAN AND Mu-
BICAL COMPOSITION, Norwalk, Conn.
REFERENCES .'
tIr. E. C. Bissell, “ E. B. Price,
“ Henry I. lloyt, “ F.St.Jolin Lockwood
" Geo. L. Nichols, TS Broad St.. N. Y.
tev. R. S. Storrs. D. D., Brooklyn, N. Y.
Iii-ctiliirs containing information as to terms, &c..
y be obtained at Mr. Sellcck‘s Bookstore. 3m*-lt‘i
ISRAEL M..BULLOCK,
.ttnnng if? Conusdloxatifah;
OFFISE: No. 4'Gazette Building.
EWI'S F. BEERS,
gummy at yaw.
OFFICE Over Swat-(1’s Clothing Store,
SOUTH NORWALK. CONN.
Dr. William A. Lockwood,
IORMERLY House Surgeon and Heiise Physician
in ltcllevue Hospital, New York City. Office
r C. J. Grnn'ian’s Dry Goods Store. Office hours
n 9 to 1o :1. m., from :3 to 4 and from 'Z to S p. m.
.Ersiiizxcss t—Dr. W. H. Draper, Physician to
v Yell; City Hospital; Dr, J. W. S. Gonley, Prof.
ic E. l’uylor, ant Prof: Lewis A. Sayre, Physi-
is and Surgeons to Bellevne Hospital, N. 1'. City.
Remix-oval.
DR. MOSMAN
. removed his ofilcc and residence to the House
uerly occupied by C. J. Griiman, opposite the 20
E. Church. Oflice hours, till 0 o’clock, a. m., and
n 1 to 3 o'clock, p. m. tf25
Slate can be found at H. H. Baker‘s store, South
walk.
IATEAN s. ROBERTS, M. 1).,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
ain Street, next door to llyxbce‘s Hotel,
is
South Norwalk, Ct.
A. memory, M. D.,
Physician: and Surgeon,
SOU'l‘iI NORWALK, CONN.
:sidciicc at Mrs- Sears on West Avenue.
iecial attention given to Surgery, and Chronic
eases. 3iu*~l2
r: E. FOWLER BIRCH,
Physician and Surgeon,
e at the Drug Store of E. Blackman, No. 11 Main
Street, Norii'alk, Conn.
Patent Agency.
“7M. VINE, ,
lgent and Solicitor of Patents,
MECHANICAL DRAUGHTSMAN
AND
MODEL MAKER,
Winnipauk, Norwalk, Conn.
O KEELER & 1330mm?
. Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
comics, Flour, Feed, 610.,
3, 14 and 16 Main St, Norwalk, Conn.
A ELBEK’I‘MCURTI‘S:
MERCHANT TAILOR,
TRTIS’S BUILDING Main Street.
:nts and Youfh's Clothing cut and made to or-
, it short notice, of the best materials, in the la-
styles, by experienced workmen,and at rea-
blc prices.
Removal.
G o It N W A I. I. ’ S
FASIIIONABLE MERCHANT
ailoring Establishment.
.s been removed to Raymond‘s Building, Main
:t, where
EADY MADE CLOTHING
AND
URNISHING GOODS.
be had in great variety, and of excellent quality.
G. to G. M. HOLMES,
DEALERS IN
:roceries,
Flour, _
Provisions, are"
Main Street, Norwalk, Conn.
INA INSURANCE COMPANY
Of Hartford.
Incorporated in 1310, Charter Perpetual.
PITAL AND ASSETS, $3,128,820
re against loss and damage by Fire on Terms
adapted to the hazard, and consistent with
the laws of compensation.
GEORGE It. CO WLES, Solo Agent,
For Norwalk and vicinity.
‘SE SiNCEn‘s IIAIR ltEs'roIiA'rivn.
So‘d by UHLE BROS, Norwalk.
NORWALK
ISURANGE COMPANY.
NORWAI-E, ONN.
3H CAPITAL, $500000
[D UP CAPITAL, $100,000
. C. STREET. President.
GEO. R. COWLES, S ' .
EDEN. IllLL, Treasurer. ecretary
“Torin; IiENOUI');
Dealers in
oceries, Flour, Liquors, &c.
Main Street, Norwalk, Conn,
inghnd long experience in the business they
idently rclyupou their ability to please their
ids and customers, by fair dealing and strict at-
ion to business. ‘ '
HARVEY FITCH, JOHN W. RENOUD.
It will pay you to go to
BERNHARD BROS.’S
One Price Fancy Store,
. which he will make up to order at short notice and in
"Waterbury & Duncan,
Rear of Nonvalk Horse Railway Depot, are
now prepared to execute in the best man-
per mid With the greatest dispatch, everything in the
me o
C’arrt‘ageonakmg and Blacksmithing,
Carriages made to order, and Painting. Trimming
fiepaltrllllg, &c., done by experienced workmen, with
spa c l.
kgi‘Good Carriage timber taken in exchange for
wor -. _
ARRIAGE - MAKING
Horse Shoeing & Black-smithing. .
LYON, AHERN, & 00.,
OULD announce to the public that they have ta-
‘ ken the old stand of Capt. Henry Lamb. Main
Street, where they are secured to execute in the best
manner and greatest ispntch anythinv in the above
line. _Carriagcs made to order, and Iorse Shoeing,
Painting, Triinmiiig,Repairing. &c., done by expen-
enccd workmen with dispatch. 1y~f4
AUGUSTUS onN, Wm. AnnnN, CuAs.Fox-
Notice.
mHE subsoiiberhavinrr purchased the CLOTHING
.L and GENTS FURNISHING EMPORIUM, of A.
Kreprel, will continue the Business in all its branches
at the old stand, No. Shlain Street, Not-walk.
' The public are respectfully invited to call and exam-
ine the large and varied assortment of
Ready Made Clothing,
FRENCH CLOTHS, CASSIMERES andVESTINGS,
the latest fashionable style.
E. GUSOWSKI
1y19 ’
No. 3 Main Street.
J. In. HOPKINS,
Livery, Sales and Exchange tables,
No. 2MarshallStreet, South Norwalk, Conn.
FEW Good Horses for sale; Also. four cheap
horses. Horses and Carria es to let at all hours
Carriages run to all trains on to the Steamboat.
Coaches for Weddings, Funerals, &c.
Union Livery Stables!
Next to Byxbee‘s Hotel, South Norwalk.
v .
Car-
riages run to all theti-ains and to the Steam-
Conchcs for Weddings, Funerals, &c.
A few good Horses for Sale. .
WILLIAM H. WILCOX.
HORSES and Carriages to lot at all hours.
boat.
Groceries Cheaper than ever
I‘ O B O A S E l
T
HE Siibscriccr would inform the public generally,
_ that he still continues to sell the best of Grocer-
ies, Provisions, etc., at his old stand, No. 4 Skiddy‘s
Block, as cheap as the cheapest, He offers great in—
duccments to cash buyers, as he has as large an as-
sortmentofgroceries of the best qualities as can be
found at_:iny store in the country. We would invite
the specuil attention of all to his stock of
COFFEES, TEAS AND SUGARS,
which are of the very best quaiity,and will be sold cheap~
The publ:c are invited to call and examine and Judge
for themselves. A. MOREIIOUSE.
,5 DINING—SALOON. t)
gillllfIMiNTi a
E
mNEw Iiiiiii HOUS .m
g.
Meals at all hours.
0
Oysters
h
in every style.
The best of
Wines, Liquors ft Ales.
Also, a first class
BILLIARD SALOON
a
3
0 attached to the House. 0
ISAAC CIE.
238 NO. 28 Main St. Norwalk. 2
E SINCEn’s HAIR RESTORATIVE.
Sold by UHLE BROS. Norwalk.
US
IMPORTANT
TO GENTLEMEN.
ENTLEMEN wbuld save a good
deal of‘ money in having their
clothes
Cleaned, oi‘ Dyed
in all fashionable colors, without rip-
ping them. Also all other kinds of
Dyeing and Cleaning,
done in the best style at
LOUIS MOEGLIN'S -
DANBIIBY DYE WORKS.
Orders left with [-I. [-1. Wellman 8:00.,
J.39 Main Street, Norwalk, Conn. 44I
NEW YORK, March, 4th, 1807.
This is to certify that my hair and whiskers were
white. and have been coml‘plctcly restored to their
natural color b usin SI GE ’ ‘ -
RIéTIY‘E”! l y g It S HAIR. RES'IO
. at No. , a two is a correct likeness of m
using,and CutNo. 2, isa correct likeness of $351133:
using the Restorative Iliad also been very much
annoyed with Dandruff, which has been entirely erad
icated by iisiiig“SlNGER’S IIAIR RESTORATIV'E’
. REV. THOMAS DAVIS,
City Missionary, New York.
“SINGER’S HAIR RESTORATIVE” (is not a dye)
eriidicates dandruff, prevents the falling out of the
{item‘s'fgdgrftnlly increasgs its growth, restores both
* ll i e co or. a '
(lrgs‘filnfiitll)tlicworld. ii is decidedly the best hair
0 y lllg"lita and Fa - -'
where. g ncy goods dealers every
buy your Shawls, Sontags, Nubias,
ods, Jackets, 650., at 50 cents each.
DEPOT 79 NASSAU ST., N. Y.,
40
SAGENT at Norwalk, and issues Policies for the
and other Companies, Stock and Mutual, in Connecti-
“Norwalk, application may be
in extracting teeth as there is no longer any doubt
West Wing of the
Gazette Building.
I REAL ESTATE.
A House for—S—ale at South
5 F
gfdfifiiflfin, “3°“ If”! 1f" 64' siziifii‘éég Norwalk.
hmnixao ’- Ya “ ‘ ‘ 722.219 ITUATED on Washington St. within three min-
§°¥19~ ff N- H., ,2‘ 3 x 3 500,000 S utes walk of the Depot. For particulars enquire
Lgrmfk Y “ .. .. “ 3390,3311; of ALFRED KNAPP. 51
s - w - v -
North American Ht‘d “ “ “ “ 384 010
City of New Hutton. “ “ “ “ 330:41‘) For sale-
Merchants. Hartford, “ “ “ “ 301,443 TRACT of Land, _(50.000 acres) in Tennessee,
Western ltfass,,Pittsficl(l, “ " “ 236,424 located in Seqiiatie County adjoining quumie
Haiiipden. Springfield, “ “ .“ g 200, Valley (all surveyed) This land was located in 1834,
Peop cs, Worcester, “ “ “ “ 405,593 by actual settlers and a clear title can be given.
I portion can be adapted to Farming pnr ose.
within six miles Of a railroad depot.
Jasper. Marion County. Tenn. or enquire of CHAS
L. RAYMOND, South Norwalk, Conn.
West Avenue Building Lots,
For Sale.
.A LAST CHANCE.
W0 Lots 74x228 opposite the residence of F, DI-
mon, Esq. . .
Also, two in the rear of the above 80x186 fronting
on Elm Street. Terms easy. Apply to
6m4’l C. T. WEEKS.
For Sale or to Rent.
THE house recently occupied by the subscriber,
on Prospect Hill, pleasantly situated overlooking
the town, the islands and the sound. House arrang-
ed with convenience, eleven roomswith good cellar,
attic, &c. Lot 100feet front and 225 deep. Terms
easy. .
Also, for sale, a good Famil HORSE and CAR-
RIAGE ; also, an Alderney CO . '1‘. S. CHILDS.
Houses, Lots and Farms
FOR SALE AND TO RENT.
OME twenty FARMS, from 15 to 140 acres, for
k sale, orto cxchantre for ropertyiu Norwalk, A
good variety of HOUSES n and out; of town; for
sale onliberal terms. Thirteen first-class houses for
sale; two first-clrss houses to iet; one: furnished
House to let. A number of small tenements forsale.
to suit persons of small means—terms liberal'.
the s. T WOOD.
N. B.—Good servants, furnishedat short notide.
For Sale Cheap.
One of the most .
COMPLETE, CONVENIENT _
AND I
Desirable “Homes"
in the village. But three minutes walk of the Bridge
and Horse Cars, Terms aceommodatln and pos-
session given when desired. Apply to ditors of
GAZETTE. . tf41
BUILDING LOTS !
BUILDING LOTS !
For Sale Cheap.
And upon the most
ACCOMMODATINC TERMS
as to time payments. These lots are located on
.“Spring Hill" overlooking the water and surround-
ing country, and are unequaled in beauty, by any lo.
cation in Norwalk. Lots for $400, $500, $750, $1,000
to $3,000. Apply at GAZETTE Orrics. tf41
FOr 6a16.
The place formerly owned and occupied by Isaac S.
Beers, deceased. For further particulars apply to
IE MORGAN T. SMITH
_. NASH a IVES.
REAL‘ESTATEAGENTS
No. 1 WATER STREET.
ROPER'I‘Y Bought, old, Exchangcd or Let, on
_ reasonable terms. We have a good variety of
dcstrable Houses and Farms in and out of town for
sale on accommodating terms. “32
Wn. R. NASH. NATHAN Ivzs.
a". FERRxs.
REAL ESTATE AGENT.
50 Estates
0R SALE in Norwalk and vicinity, from 1-4 to
_ 200 acres, with buildings thereon, price from
$400_to $100,000. Also, TO LET. furnished and un-
furnished honses. Addriss J. FERRIS. at Tolles &
'Elyjs Drug Store, South Norwalk. Notice for sur-
veying may be left at the Gazette Office.
‘ BUILDING Low,
12-" o B. s .A. 1:. 1s.-
tEVEItAL very eligible building lots for Sale, in
the immediate Vicinity of t e Bridve, others
more remote. Three acres of unimprovcdaland pleas
antly located, for sale at a bargain. A house and
five acres of land, ditto. Apply to A. H. BYlNGTON
SE SINGEn‘s HAIR RESTORATIVE.
Sold by UHLE BROS, Norwalk.
FLOUR, FEED and GRAIN
At Wholesale.
HEsubSCiibers having taken the store in J ames‘s
_ building, Water Street, just above the store of
Wm. C Street, are now prepared to furnish Flour,
Feed and Grain at wholesale, at the lowest market pri-
ces. They sohmt, and will endeavor to merit liberal
patronage. I. do I SELLECK.
ISAAC SELLECK, J n. (17 FRANK SELLECK,
Temperance Dining Saloon.
AT THE OLD SPRING STAND.
JULIUS F. PARTRICK. having taken the above Sa-
loon, recently kept by Mr. Chas. H. Byxbee, is now
prepared to furnish hot meals. at all reasonable
hours. Oysters Stewed, Roasted. Fried, or on the
shell; Families or Parties supplied; also, shipped
in kegs to all parts of the country.
Home made Pics and Cake constantly on hand.
Ale drawn fresh from barrel—no poisonous lead pipe
used. No Liquors kept.
Saloon open from 6 a. In.
(Closed on Sundays) Private
dies, entrance under J. F. Bennett’s Store. Gent's
entrance under Carter‘s Shoe Store. 16
to 11 o’clock p. m.
Dining Room for La-
“ HOME AGAIN. ”
COAL! COAL! ! COAL !! l
AT
Steamboat Dock,
SOUTH NORWALK.
THE subscribe having resumed his old business as
abovc,ls prepared to furnish the public with a
better article of COAL, than has ever before been
offered, and at the lowest possible rates. Also,
woon,
ofall descriptions. [18] DAVID H. WEBB.
BEMIS"
Double Foot-Power rump.
Patented Aug. 901.1864 Re-z'ssucd Jan. 1, 1865
The best recommendation for labor-saving machines
in this age oftnventions is that they prove well.
This machine pumps from 16 to 32 gallons per
minute, they are siniple,durable, work very easy, and
do not freeze. Being made of wood they are not li-
able to corrode, rust. or in any we impart an un-
pleasant flavor; and can be repaire at a trifling ex-
cuse. Samples of this Pump can be seen at the fol-
iowinw places; South Norwalk Planing Mill; near
the Hotel in Westport; at E. Raymond’s lace,
Cranberry Plain,and at Cyrus Morgan s North Wilton
Manufactured and sold by
Z M. COMSTOCK, South Norwalk.
All orders romptl attended to when accompa-
nied by the cptho the well, measuring from the
platform down.
A. SWORDS’
Circulating Library.
T the News Depot, South Norwalk. The sub-
_ scriber has made large additions to his Circula-
ting Library and invites t to patronage of the pub-
lic ; he intends to increase the number of books as
fast. as the enter rise will warrant. He has also
constantly on ha a good assortment of Stationery,
Books, Papers, School Books, Slates. Pencils, Pens,
Pocket Books, 820. The atronage of the public is
solicited. A. S 0RDS, South Norwalk.
GREAT. SENSA’I‘ION ! 2
Hair Brushed by Machinery!
HE undersigned invites the public of Norwalkand
. Vicinity, _to call at his commodious Hair Dress-
ing and Shavuig Saloon, under the Gazette Building,
to try the
Patent Hair Brushes
which have given the greatest satisfaction wherever
they have been introduced. No extra charge,
He also keeps his Regenerator for the Hair, Ma c
Fluid for changing the color of the hair, and a so
Italian Cosmetic, for sale.
Private entrance to the Ladies Hair Curling, Cut-
ting and Sliampooing Room.
GEORGE SCHAUB.
N. B.—A man in daily attendance who will cure
ytur Corns and Bunions. '
The property is rich in Cool and Iron, and a Iii; e
s
or farther
information address letter to AMOS S. GRIFFITH,
2mm
Fruit Trees! Fruit Trees! !
AT THE
NEW CANAAN NURSERY.
The subscribers take pleasure in announcing to the
public that their stock of
Fruit dz; Ornamental Trees, Vines, duo.
is unusual] for e and of unsurpassed excellence.
We feel coiI'fidcn‘I. in saging that we believe that our
stock of APPLE TREE particularly, to be the Lar-
gest and Best in this Country. We are also positive
that we can furnish Trees in better quality. better
order, and for LESS MONEY than they can be obtained
f om d‘ taut Nurseries.
I"I‘hoscuivishing to purchase Trees and Vince will do
well to send their cideglsl tinny—or latitlil better, visit
than c c r own so cc one.
our Nursery an STEPHEN HOYT 85 SONS.
P. S. We take pleasure in showing persons through
onanrseries, whether desirous of purchasing trees
or not; and wouldcordially invrte all interested to
visit the Nursery.
Notice.
c ‘ber can furnish the Ladies of Norwalk
T255321? rsltyles and varieties for the season of
Bonnets and Jockeys,
forthe old and young, and with prices to suit the
times. All kinds of
HATS SEWED 0‘ ER.
and new ones made to order. am confident that
with my new and improved proc s of
Bleaching
ive entire satisfaction.
thadiggagigve me a call at the old stand foot of Mar-
shall street, South Norwalk,
GILES HAULENBEEK-
N. .—Tuscans. Panamas, Leghorns, Neapolitans.
and all kinds of Braids,Bleached, Pressed and Dyed,
USE SINGEn’s HAin RESTORATIVE.
Sold by UHLE BROS. Norwalk.
Millincry and Dressmaklng,
Mrs. E. SAWMNGE,
OULD inform the Ladies of South Not-walk and
W vicinity that she has taken the stand formerly
occupied by Mrs. Newcomb, Washington Street,
South Norwalk where she will contipue the MIL-
LINERY and DRESS-MAKING Bustness. Ladies
are invited to call and examine her assortment of
Spring Goods. 1y3m.18
a
Notice.
1fl‘lflfl subscriber would respectfully call the atten-
tcntion of the ladies of Norwalk and vicinity to
her selection of
Poll and Winter Millinery Goods,
which she is constantly receiving, consistin of Vel-
vets, Ribbons, Feathers. Flowers, &c.. w ich she
will sell as low as can be obtained elsewhere, Bonnets
and Jockeys made to order. She has also a good vari-
ety of Fancy Goods, Corsets Hosiery, &c., and Will
do all kinds of Machine Stitching to order at short
notice. Giveher a call. .
lylfi MISS S. A. BEERS, Norwalk, Conn.
READ THIS!
House and Sign Painting,
t
:1
SOUTH NORVVALIL.
Particular attention iven to Grainfng. Blind
Paintin and Glazing; a so to Paper Hangnv and
Calcem nciug, by J. II. S; A. H. Kl NEY.
WShop North of new foundry, o poslte Wm. B.
Montgomery's Coal yard, foot of arshall Street,
South Norwalk, Conn. 1y25
‘SE SINGEn's HAIR RESTORATIvE.
Sold by UHLE BROS. Norwalk.
A. Jackson to Bl‘O.,
No. 1, GAZETTE BUILDING,
WOULD invite the'attention of their old custom-
ers and the public generally to their varied and
extensive stock of
WATCHES, JEWELRY, SILVER WARE, FAN-
cv Goons, SILVER PLATED WARE, &C.,
which was selected with great care and is not to be
surpassed in Fairfield County, in quality or price.
Constant additions are made of all the latest at too
A. JACKSON & BR .
of goods.
New Jewelry'Storo,
1'.» WEED,
Practical Watchmaker do Engraver,
EALER in American, English, and Swiss Watch
es; American and Frenc Clocks Solid Silver,
and Plated Ware, &c., ; next door to It ain entrance
of Gazette Building, Norwalk. Wedding Rings,
Gold, Silver and Hair Jewelry made to order.
Special attention given to
Repairing
and all work warranted to give satisfaction or no
pay required.
Pianos, Organs, Melodeons
and all other musical instruments Tuned and Re-
paired '
ESTABLISHED 1829.
EDWARD 1'. W531),
Druggist and Apothecary,
Corner Wall and Water St., (under Norwalk Hall.)
A good assortment of Pure Drugs. Medicines. Chem-
icn s, Patent Medicines, Dye Stufi‘s, Perfumery, an,
constantly on hand. Particular attention paid to
Phymcian‘s Prescriptions.
WWill remove lst January to the new store op-
posite, with a fall stock of goods.
10 O BUSHELS POTATOES, Peach Blom,
Prince Alberts, Monitors a: Black
Eyes, for sale at G. S. ALLEN’S.
Stoves, Heaters, Ranges, &c.,
AT
F. E. Nash’s
SOUTH N ORWALK, CONN.
ANUFACTURER, Jobber, and Dealer in Tin,
Sheet Iron, Copper, Lead and Zinc Metals. Has
constantly on hand a general assortment of Kitchen
Furniture, and is repnred at all times, to do an kind
of Jobbing in his ' c, with good stock, and at ir re-
mnnemtive prices. Orders solicited, and the public in-
vited to call and examine stock. Terms Cash. For the
convenience of Manufacturers and Contractors, state-
ments of accounts will be rendered on the first of each
month, at which time (all bills) are due and payable.
Boots and Shoes I
CHEAP, CHEAPER, CHEAPEST!
EN‘S Women's, Boys and Girls Boots and Shoes
of every variety and style, warranted of best
make and material, and at prices which defy compe-
tition. Also, -
Rubber Boots and Shees,
all sizes and at lowest cash prices. An examina-
tion of these goods, and our prices for the same, will
convince every one of the sniperior advanta es we
offer. G. 0. RE LER d5 BRO'I‘ ER.
P. S.—Sold Wholesale and
Retail.
8. K. STANIIEY,
Manufacturer and Wholesale Dealer in
Gigars,Smoking dc Chewing Tobacco
MEERSHAUM and BRIAR PIPES,
And Smokers Articles generally ' also, YANKEE
NUTIONS and FANCY GOODS. boom No. a, first
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SE SINGER'B HAIR Rms'ronATivn.
A CHRISTMAS STORY.
BY MARY HOWITT.
Mr. Joseph Hilyord was a rich dyer in one
of our large manufacturing towns, a plodding,
hard-headed man of business, who never lost
sight of the main chance but once, and that
was when he married old Green‘s daughter,
with seven thousand pounds to her fortune,
instead of his first and his real love, Ellen
Stretton, who had nothing. He soon found
out'how fatal a mistake he had made, for his
wealthy wife was an unhappy-tempered wo-
man, who made everybody miserable about
or.
Ellen Stretton married, also, two years af<
terwards,not for love,and was not more hap-
py than Hilyard. Her husband, whose name
was 'I‘revisham, was a dyer, as hardhcaded
a man as Hilyard, but without his good
qualities: he was always in low'with some-
body; he had a desperate law-suit with Hil-
yard about the fence of their drying-grounds,
which unfortunately adjoined; it was but a
small thing to quarrel about, but, like a roll-
ing snowball, it grew at every turn, and in
the end brought on his ruin. Helost his law
suit, and then he died, leaving his affairs in a
very bad state. When all were wound up,
the creditors, out of compassion to the wid-
ow, whom everybody respectedgave up suf-
ficent to ensure her and her only child, a
daughter, on annuifof seventy pounds for
her life.
Hilyard had been a fierce adversary to the
husband, and she felt a peculiar grief to see
herself} in some measure, ruined by his
means ;—still she was not without comfort,
even in ’ her depressed circumstances—she
had good health, a cheerful disposition, a.
heart full of love both to God and man, a
beloved daughter, whom she herself was able
to educate well, and, beyond all, now that
poor Mr. Trevisham was gone, peace and
comfort at her fireside. such as slieibad never
known in her most prosperous days. Let
nobody exclaim at this,—for it is true that
“Better is a dinner of herbs, with love, than
a stalled ox and disse nsion therewith.”~
Many a time did Mrs. Trevisham say Amen}
-to those words with her whole scuL
Hilyard had gained the great law-suit,and
his adversary was dead. “There was a tri-
umph for him l” people said; but he did not
exactly find it so. When the man was dead
and gone, and his drying-grounds added to
his own still more extensive ones, many a. re-
proachful remembrance of the widow and
her child came into his mind. His own wife
who had been a thorn in his side and the
quill-feather in his down pillow for so many
years, had in process of time, like poor 'I‘re-
visham, gone to' her long rest, and now he
thought with himself whether he should not
endeavor to realize the dream of his youth,
and make atonement for the wrongs of his
after years by marrying the Widow Trevis-
ham; that is, of course, if he could persuade
her to recall the long-lost sentiment of for-
mer years.
He thought a deal about it; he had never
spoken to her for years-in fact it was years
now since he had even seen her, for though
the dwelt in the same town, he lived in a
large square stone house, which alawyer had
built, and which he had purchased, in one
suburb, and she since her misfortunes,” they
were called, lived in a little cottage—a very
little one—in an opposite direction. He
questioned, as I have said, whether he should
marry her; someway or other the thing it-
self seemed strange to him, after what had
taken place, and the thought so often occur-
red, that perhaps she might entertain strong
resentment against him,iis well as that every-
body would make a great talk about it, so
that at last he decided'in his own mind that
his marrying days Were over.
People saw him buttoned up in his good
broadcloth, going steadily about his business,
and making his fifteen hundred 8-year, and
never for a moment suspected the romance
which had taken possession of his naturally
good and affectionate heart. ‘
One day he took a drive to the little sob-
urban village in which the widow lived, and
leaving his chaise at the inn, strolled up the
lane in which her cottage stood. He had
no idea of making a call, not the slightest in
the world, he only wanted to see the place.
It was a very small cottage ; two gentlewo-
men, living on seventy pounds a-year, could
not-afford a large house.
“It cannot be above eight or nine pounds
a year,” mused ho to himself; “a kitchen, a
parlor, and two bedrooms, with a little wash
house at the back, that must be all; but it is
prodigiously neat, and has a mighty pretty
garden ;--Ellen was always fond of flowers"
and with that the sunny,rosy-scented days of
their youth came to his memory bewitching-
ly. “They keep a girl, no doubt, to do the
housework; they could not afford a servant
at full wages,” continued his musings; “I
wonder if any of their relations help them?
But, poor thing, she had so few relations,aud
noneof them rich, and lie was sucb:a spend-
tbrift that be drained his own family-I don’t
believe there is one that would help her; the
Trevmhams have note bit of heart among
them l”
So pondered Mr. Hilyard as be walked up
the lane: in a while he made a stand, and,
turning round. took a steady survey of the
backof the cottage. There was little to be
seen but a thick holly-hedge, a green water-
butt, the little back kitchen window, the cot-
tage roof, and one chimney. It was about
the middle of November. in the afternoon,
and Mrs. Trevisbam and her sweet daughter
Kitty, then just turning fifteen, were sitting
at the little parlor fire, the daughter reading
and the mother at her sewing. Kitty had
just put on some coal, and the little servant-
maid in the little kitchen had just broken up
her fire and put the kettle on for tea; there
was only, as I said, one chimney to the cot-
tage, and these movements at the two (fire:
had sent the smoke curling out of the. chim-
ney, which made quitea picturesque effect
against the dull November sky. And it was
at this very smoke which Mr. Joseph Hil-
yard, with his comfortable income 0; fifteen
hundred a year, now stood looking ; ,he was
not, however, noticing the picturesque effect,
but, in imagination, was picturing to himself
thelittle household that was assembled be-
side the fire from which this smoke proceed-
Hilyard, middle-aged man and dyer though
he was, had a very vivid imagination, for the
picture which he thus saw warmed his heart
to its very core; the broadcloth in which he
was enveloped was nothing to the warmth of
his heart. He walked back again past the
green gate which led to the house-door; a
little girl was coming up with her milk-can,
and, turning in at the green gate, knocked at
the door. He was a wealthy man, as we
know,aud a girl taking milk to his own house
would have excited no interest in his mind;
and yet he itopped to see who would open
the door to take in this pennyworth of milk.
It was only the little servant girl.
At the bottom of the little garden he stop-
ped again, and looked at the front of the cot-
tage; the fire that was burning in parlc r and
kitchen cast a glow williin,for it was getting
dusk, and by the parlor-window stood Kitty
reading, for she had gone to the window for
light. The outline of the bent head and the
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outhful bust,.sent a still warmer glc -w to his
heart; it reminded him of that Ell: .n Stret-
ed.
You may take my word for it that Joseph .
ton who had once been all the world to him.
With hasty steps he then returned to the inn,
ordered out his chaise. drank a glass of ne-
gus. and drove home to his large square
house and hiAnany servants.
People talk a deal about “the luxury of
doing good." Mr. Joseph Hllyard determ-
ined that he would enjoy thislu'xury; but he
did not say a word to any one—not a sylla.
ble. He thought a deal about the cottage
fireside and seventy pounds a year. Christ-
mas day was not far off, and he remembered
that people could not have fine Christmas
dinners with only seventy pounds a year.—
Two days before Christmas day, therefore,
the carrier's cart stopped at Mrs. Trevisham's
cottage, and left, carriage paid, a large ham-
per. It was carried into the little kitchen,
and the little servant-maid summoned her
mistress to open it.
“Dear me! what can it be?” exclaimed
Mrs. Trevisham. as the girl hastily cut the
strings and opened the creaking lld of the
hamper. ,‘ “Kitty, come here l" And Kitty
came instantly out of the parlor wllh her
sewing in her hand, which, however, she
soon threw down to help in unpacking the
hamper';-a turkey, a ham, a dozen of mince
pies, so beautifully packed that not one was
broken, a game pie, such almonds and raisins,
and delicious fruit for dessert, and a dozen of
wine 1
“Who can have sent them! What can it
mean t" exclaimed both mother and daugh-
ter.
It was long since Mrs. Trevisbam had had
a regular Christmas dinner of her own; now
and then she and her daughter were asked
out, but not often ; now, however, here was
a splendid dinner for them, and who must
they invite to partake of it ? Oh, there were
plenty of poor folks who should have some
of it; that was soon decided; and then noth-
ing was thought of for the rest of the even-
inlz but who could have sent this present 1’—
They could not ' imagine; it might be this
person and it might be that; but they hardly
thought it could be either. They never
guessed the right person—how,indeed,should
they it
It was now five years since this first Christ-
mas dinner was sent, and at the some time
precisely, for the next four years, did the
same carrier's cart bring the same present,or
slightly varied, to the widow's house. It
was a pleasant mystery; it was a real com-
fort to know that there was somebody who
cared that much for them. But- the delica-
cies of that Christmas provision were not
eaten alone by the widow and her daughter;
some poor neighbor, some sick woman or
man, or invalid child,was always a partaker;
and as to the wine, Mrs. Trevisham’s little
cellar was new never without a supply. She
and her daughter only drank a glass now
and then, on very extraordinary occasions;
on Christmas day, for instance, when they
drank the health of theirunknown benefactor
but the sick poor of that populous neighbor-
hood had many a vial-bottle,fillcd from her
store, which often did more good than phys-
ic. Indeed, dear reader, I cannot tell you all
the good which these Christmas presents did
to Mrs. Trevisham and her poor neighbors.
0 One day, when it was getting rather dusk,
Mr. Hilyard took another Walk up that lane.
A gentleman overtook him: it was the good
parish doctor. They walked on together,
and fell into discourse. Mr. Hilyurd was one
of those rich men who do very little actual
good with their money. The fact was, he
had never thought about itl He subscribed
to the Bible Society and Foreign Missions,
and the Tract Association, and, as he paid
his workpeople’s wages regularlydxé thought
he did all that was required from him. He
was a stranger, of course, to the doctor, and
they began to talk about the poor, of whom
this good man knew so much. He said how
much more tlic'wealthy ought to do for the
poor than they commonly do--that it was of-
ten those in straightened circumstances who
were their greatest benefactors. And then
he proved this by saying how much a lady
and her daughter who lived in that very lane
and whose income was less than a hundred
a year,did for their poor neighbors; how the
mother visited them, and was a friend under
all circumstances; and when they were ill,
sent them the best of wine, which was often
the means of their recovery, though he ques-
tioned if either she or her daughter drank
wine themselves, for they had been ,the
means of establishing a Temperance Society,
which had done a. deal of good. He said
that this Mrs. Trevisham was the kindest
and most Christian woman he knew, and
that she had not the means of doing all the
good she might; and her daughter, he said,
was a pattern to all young ladies; he be-
lieved that she and her mother were obliged
to make out their income by doing needle-
work ;-but for all that, the daughter found
time to teach in the Ragged School, which
never would have been established but for
her. and that she herself gave half a guinea
to its funds.
Mr. Joseph Hilyard pulled out his large
well-filled green silk purse, and gave the
doctor five pounds for this school,wbich do-
nation he said must be put down as from a
friend; and then taking leave of the good
man, he turned back and walked slowly
down the lane. Again the cottage chimney
smoked, and again his heart was as Warm as
if he had sat by its fire ;—he was filled with
all sorts of grand schemes of beneficence—
he would do—he did not know what,—tor
such excellent people as these.
While he was thus vaguely thinking, he
approached the cottage. The door opened,
and out came Kitty Trevisham in her dark
merino dress, plaid shawl, and straw bonnet
trimmed With dark blue ribbon. She looked
at Mr. Hilyard as she came out, and then
walked briskly on as if she bad business in
hand. She was a sweet,bright looking crea-
ture,withthe kindest eyes that were ever set in
ahuman countenance. When she came with-
in sight of the parlor window,she looked to-
wards it. smiled sweetly, and nodded; Mr.
Hilyard looked also, and there stood the
mother, in a plain cap and black dress, and
nodded affectionately to her daughter.
This little'circuinstanee expressed a great
deal; mother and daughter were all the
world to each other. There was the most
perfectly good understanding between them,
and the last look, even for an absence of an
hour or two, was full of affectionate intelli-
gence.
She walked on briskly, and he followed:
she had such a neat,pretty figure. She walk-
ed uncommonly well, and had a remarkably
pretty foot and uncle, as he could see when
she held up her dress where the road was
wet. ,
“I wish I were a young man for her sake!"
thought Mr. Hilyard to himself. “Now I
Wonder who she will marry ?" and with that,
all at once, a grand idea floated into his mind.
He would send for his nephew,Edwsrd Grey,
and adopt him as his son,and he should mar-
ry this good and pretty daughter of Widow
Trevishaml It was a splendid idea. This
nephew was the son of his only sister, who
had married a poor schoolmaster in the
country. She had oflen asked him to do
something for hereldest son. He was said
to be a fine scholar, a very gentlemanly
young man, of excellent principles, and he
was now strand-twenty. He could not
think how he had never done anything for
than before; he felt all at once as if he had
been a hard-hearted wretch; never till that
day had be given a penny even to a Ragged
School. Well, he would turn over a new
leaf now. He would send for his nephew;
get him married to this poor, but good girl;
and then he should no longer be ashamed of
himself.
Little did sweet Kitty Trevishamknow the
schemes which were working in the head of
the respectable gtntleman who was follow-
ing her. She was going to the. Ragged
School for a couple of hours that evening,
and she was thinking of nothing but her poor
scholars. ‘ ‘
In a month's time Edward Grey was at his
uncle's, as handsome a young man as his
mother had described him, with an open
countenance, and a great deal of decision in
his manner. He was one of those men who
in reality do not need any one to help them
on in life; the elements of success are in
themselves; and men of this character are
not such as can have a path chalked out for
them by another. Joseph Hilyard found his
nephew a very different person to what he
expect ed. He fancied that he would be pli-
able and extremely grateful, and that he
should open his plans to him with respect to
Kitty Trevisham, immediately, but there was
an independence about him which it did not
seem safe to interfere with,and almost an in-
difference about the large income of which,
if be pleased, he might be the heir, sotbat
his uncle felt pretty sure that if be all at once
revealed his designs, his nephew would turn
restive on his hands. With all this there
was so much manliness and straightforward
honesty of character about him, that he could
not help feeling respect for him. “Besides,
which,” so the foreman said, “he took very
kindly'to the business," and seemed at once
so thoroughly to understand it, that there
was no doubt of his becoming'a most valua-
ble assistant, if not partner.
They were, in fact, two of the most excel-
lent men that ever met; yet,in some respects,
they were so similar in character, that while
they remained in any degree strangers to
each other, they worked ill together. Ed-
ward Grey was unlike any person with whom
his uncle had ever come in contact: as yet
he had been sole king and master of his
world; he had no idea but of remaining so,
and now here was a young man whom he
had introduced into it, carrying everything
his own way, and that with the utmost quiet-
ness and apparent self-complacency. He
never asked his uncle’s'leave for what he did,
and yet he established directly 3 Temper-
ance Society among the men, and set about
forming a Mechanics’ Institute for the whole
town. Mr. Hilyard, as we said, was full of
grand benevolent schemes a short time before
and approved of Temperance Societies, and
schools for the people,th now he was angry
with his nephew for zealously cooperating
in them. Perhaps he was displeased that
men of influence in the place-great philan-
thropists with whom he had never had any-
thing to do, should seem to court his neph-
ew’s acquaintance as they did, stranger
though he was to them all; it was a. sort of
tacit reproot to himself, and it annoyed him.
Butle't the fault be where it would,the uncle
and nephew did hot get on so comfortably to- L
gather as they ought to have done, when a
little circumstance seemed, for the moment,
to be the one drop to the full cup of the un-
cle's displeasure, and made it overflow abun-
dantly. -
He had, immediately on his coming, made
his nephew 8 present of a handsome gold
watch and chain, and this the young man
lost one day when he was bathing. It was
a most distressing thing to him, and he could
only surmise that some dextrous thief had
stolen it from his clothes as they lay on the
river’s bank. He said nothing to his uncle
of his loss, for so grieved was be to have fail-
ed, as he felt he had done, in winning his af-
fection, that be was unwilling still further to
displease him by his apparent carelessness.
In his heart, Edward Grey regarded his un-
cle as a second father; he would have died
to have served him; but he was not one of
those who could make professions, and as
his uncle seemed cold and distant, be deter-
mined quietly to gopn fulfilling every duty,
trusting to time and circumstances for mak-
ing all straight between them.
The watch had been lost a week when it
came to his uncle’s knowledge, and that ac-
cidentally. A person came to the counting-
house where they both were, and asked
whether Mr. Edward Grey had not lost some-
thing. “My watch,” said the young man,
joyfully; “a gold watch and chain: I lost
them a week ago."
His uncle was astonished and enraged :—
“Was the watch, then, of so little value that
he could lose it and say nothing about it i”
In twenty different ways he could look at
this affair and be made angry by it. ,He had
never lost his own watch, and if he had, he
should have been at some trouble to have
found it, etc, _
Grey thought his uncle unreasonable in be-
ing thus angry without hearing him say one
word in his own defence. It seemed to him
that there was much more said than the oc-
casion warranted, and for that reason he was
silent, and by this means his uncle did not
know how much he had suffered, nor what
pains he had, in truth,taken for the recovery
of his loss.
The uncle was not only very angry, but
very much grieved; in his anger he declared
it was the last, present that be ever would
make him, and‘ yet, the next moment, he
threw him ten sovereigns, and told him to go
and see if he could get back his watch for
that money—which he did not believe. Grey
to )k the money,thus ungraciously given, and
went out with the man who said he was sent
by the person who had found the watch.
Mr. Joseph Hilyard would have been no
little astonished,could he have seen his neph-
ew conducted to Mrs. Trevisham’s cottage.
It was a very lovoly afternoon, towards the
close of summer; the little garden was as
full of fiowerslas it could be,and jasmine and
roses peeped in and clustered around the
open parlor-window, and there sot Mrs. Tre-
visham in her mourning. and Kitty in a pret-
ty pink dress and black silk apron; her love-
ly dark brown hair fastened up in its simple
knot, and no single ornament about her, ex-
cepting her own dear smiles and afi‘ectionnte
eyes, looking just like a rose, and every bites
sweet. She told Edward Grey,who from the
first moment he saw herwas quite in a bewil-
derment of delight, how she and the servant
maid set off one morning, at five o‘clock, to
look for mushrooms in the meadows, be-
cause her mother Was fond of them; and
how she found, under a sod, which seemed
to have been cut out for the purpose, it gold
watch and chain: she said she was so aston-
ishcd that she did not know what to do, and
as she thought that most likely some thief
had hidden it there, she brought it away;
that there was no name in it excepting the
maker’s, and that was a London name; that
she and her mother considered what had bet-
ter be done. They thought of advertising,
on then it occurred to them that she might
odors of some of the watcbmskers in the
town, if the watch had ever been in their
hands; that she did so, and soon found one
who told her that he had sold it only a few
weeks before to Mr. Hilyard for his nephew,
and that to him it belonged and in confirma-
tion, he showed her an atfvertisment in the
paper, offering a reward for this very watch.
And new here it was; and it was impossible
for Kitty to say what pleasure she had in re-
storing it to him.
The watch had become often time its for-
mer value as he received it from her hand.—
How he longed to kiss that hand 1 He was
the last man in the world to make fine
speeches, but his countenance expressed
something of what he felt. And then Mrs.
Trevisham began to say that in former times
she had known Mr. Hilyard; that unfortu—
nately there had been a law suit between her
late husband and him,but that when 'she was
young she had thought very highly of him.
Grey said that his uncle was the best man
living; that he had given him the watcb,but
that was nothing to his having taken him in-
to the business, which was a great thing for
him, who was poor, and the eldest of a large
family. Mrs. Trevisham had evident pleas-
ure in hearing any thing to his advantage;
and greatly astonished the uncle would have
been could he have heard all that his neph-
ew said in his praise.
Kitty went on with her sewing, and the
mother and he talked a great deal. He sat
With the watch in his hand, and the wonder
is, that he did not commit some extravagance
or other, he felt so inconceivably happy. :He
said that the theif who had stolen the watch
and hidden it there,never imagined the bless-
ing he was conferring upon him. He did
not explain his meaning; but Mrs. Travis-
ham knew very well what he meant, and
perhaps Kitty did, for she blushed as she
wanton with her sewing. ' He had offered,
in his advertisement, ten pounds for the re-
covery of his watch, but he never thought of
offering it either to the mother or daughter,
—he would much more likely have offered
his heart and his life; however he left a
handsome present for the man who had
fetched him, and who was a. poor gardener
with a large family;and after he had taken tea
with them, and walked in the little garden,
and helped Kitty to tie up the carnations, he
took his leave, promising to visit them again
before long.
If his watch had bceen suddenly encircled
with diamonds, it could not have been more
precious. His uncle told him angrily, he
hoped he would not lose it again. There
was no danger of that.
This affair of the watch did not tend to a
better understanding between uncle and
nephew; and spite of all Edward Grey's as-
siduity in the business, he could not find the
way into his uncle’s affections.
“There is something cold about him," said
Hilyard to himself ;—“a very good young
man he is; there’s no doubt of that—but I
hate your good people; he is not the bus-
band for my Kitty—after all, I shall be fore-
ed to have her myself ;" and with that he
laughed amazingly. He thought a deal about
Kitty and her mother, and one day he was
at the trouble of going to the Ragged School
where he thought he might have some talk
with her. . There she was, as cheerful as a
lurk, and as fresh as a flower, among the lit~
tie ragged urchins, and the very expression
of their faces, and tones of their voices, were
changed as they approached her. The mas—
ter of the school had not words enough to
praise her, and Kitty had no idem—not the
least in the world f—that it was for her sake
this good man now visited the school, and
left behind him a second donation.
“How odd it will be,” thought Mrs. Trevis-
ham, the day after Edward Grey had declar-
ed his passion, and been accepted, “for Kitty
to be Mr. Hilyard’s neice; I wonder what he
will say, and whether he has forgotten those
old times. Edward thinks he will be pleased
though he is so rich; but then Edward is
young in love, and I know that he once
thought a deal about money.”
It was Edward Grey’s intention candidly
to tell his uncle that he had fallen in love
with a pretty, penniless girl, some day when
he was in a good humor; and it was his un-
cle'sintentionalsoto tell his nephew all about
sweet Kitty Trevisham,some day when they
were talking about schools for the people,and
such things, for then he thought he should
be able to interest him about the young teach-
er at the Ragged School. He fancied that .
he could draw a very pretty picture of her
in the midst of her forlorn, group, and this,
he thought, considering his nephew’s philan-
thropic propensities,would very likely make
a deep impression upon him.
Summer and autumn were now oven-—
Christmas was approaching. There had been,
as one may say, a cessation of hostilities for
some time between uncle and nephew—they
were now gradually and silently approach-
ing each other in the spirit of mutual good
faith 2—still neither of them had found the
propitious moment for which they were wait-
ing; and each was beginning to like the oth-
er so well, that they almost feared to make
the' momentous disclosure, lest it should
throw them back into that state of alienation
which had been so painful to both.
Edward was a frequent, though secret,vis-
itor at Mrs. Trevisham’s; and the long his-
tory of their former troubles was familiar to
him. He also knew of the five years’ Christ‘-
mas present, and of all their fruitless conjec-
tures as to' who their unkown friend could
be.
“You will dine with us, Edwardpn Christ-
mas day l” said the mother: “I have no
doubt but we shall have our usual dinner,—
bnt at all events you will come ?" Edward
promised, and went home determined that
this should be the last visit he would pay to
this beloved family without his uncle's
knowledge; for he would make an opportu-
nity, if he did not find one,that very evening.
The good uncle, too, full of the delight of
having sent. to the widow a still more bounti-
fully supplied hamper than usual, together
with a letter, of which we shall speak anon,
sat that evening in his easy house-coat and
slippers by the parlor fire, the very image of
good humor, as his nephew entered. The
fire burned brightly,so did the lamp; ten
came in, and the urn bubbled and hissed ;
and, though there were only two men to par-
take of this meal, which seems so peculiarly
to require the presence of woman, yet it
would have been difficult to find a better im-
age of comfort than it presented. '
Now, thought the nephew, I will tell him.
Now, thought the uncle, I will make the
attack. Nevertheless the tea was taken in
silence.
“Uncle,” at length began the young man,
“My dear fellow," interrupted the uncle,
“but go oil—what were you going to say ‘2"
“I beg your pardon, my dear sir latter
you," said Edward, with a ceremonious man-
ner, very unusual to him. .
“Well, my dear lad," began the uncle in
good earnest, “I may as well tell you at first
as last—I have often wished to tell you-I
want to see you married.”
“Very strange," said the nephew, joyfully ;
“but I was just going to tell you that I am
very much disposed to get married.” .
“What,the deuce! you have no girl in your
eye, have you ‘9" asked he, as the idea struck
him that perhaps his nephew might be en-
gaged to some girl at his native place.
“Yes, I have,” replied Edward. .
“What the dickens could make you think
of such a thing? How do I know who ya:
have chosen—what right had you to choose
for yourself 1'" _
“Nobody had so great a right to choose
for me as myself," said Edward, astonished.
in his chair and looking very angry, “I had
chosen a wife for you before I had seen you.
Don’t interrupt me, sir,” said be, seeing hil
nephew about to speak; “and I should'not
have sent for you if I had not wanted a hul-
band for this good little girl. It was no me:-
it of yours that made me adopt you, but my
esteem and admiration for her; and I have
made up my mind, sir, either you shall mar-
ry her, or she shall be my hair i” And with
this the uncle crossed his legs, and threw
himself back in his chair in a determined and
dogmatical manner.
“Very extraordinary,” said the nephew, in
a tone in which his wounded feeling was very
evident, “but if that be the case, I must do
the best for myself that I can; at the some
time I must say that your ideas are arbitrary.
I knew nothing of these conditions, and
came to you in good faith. I wished to love
you as a father, and to serve you as an obe-
dient son ; and fathers do not commonly im—
pose wives upon their sons ;. besides,” added
he, cheerfully, as snow idea struck him,“bow
do you know that the young lady you have
done me the honor of selecting for me would ‘
like me ?"
“She would," said the uncle ; “she's a good
girl just of your own sort; fond of Temper-
ance Societies,and Ragged Schools, and such
things. I :lon’t know one like her.”
“Well, sir," said the nephew, with half a
smile on his lips, "if these be her recommen-
dations, the girl that I wish to make my wife
lovrs Temperance Societies and Ragged
Schools also."
“The devil take her i" said the uncle in
great wrath; for all at once he fancied it,
must be the daughter of some of those phil-
anthropic people who had been so assiduous-
ly courting his nephew's acquaintance, and
of whom he knew nothing, and taking up
his bed-candlestick, he went to his room
without another word. ’
'The next morning, his uncle, in a much
kinder voice than he expected, told him that
he had made an engagement for him to dine
out with him on Christmas day, which was
on the marrow, and therefore he begged that
he would be in readiness at the hour which
he named. Edward was engaged already,—
he told his uncle so, and that in a voice of
as much conciliation as possible. Another
one drop to the cup of his uncle’s displeas-
ure; and the cap as usual flowed over.
We said that a letter accompanied the ham-
per to Mrs. Trevisham's this year; it did‘so;
and a letter which occasioned some excite
ment and anxiety. It said that the friend
who had bad for some years the pleasure'of
sending this small present, proposed to eat
the Christmas dinner with them on this oc-
casion, and would also take the liberty of
bringing a young friend with him. The
hand-writing was unknown to them; it was
a very different hand to that which ha. been
familiar to Mrs. Trevisham in former aye.—
Of course they would be very glad to see
their kind unknown friend, and his compan-
ion; yet still there was an undefinable' anxi-
ety in the bottom of their hearts as to who it
wouldturn out to be. It was somebody who
wished them well, no doubt; they only
hoped that it would prove to be one from
whom “they would like to receive a favor.”
We always feel anxious when a mystery,
however small,is about 'to be‘solved. At all
events they were glad that Edward Grey
would be there; and,let the unknown friend
turn out to be whoever he might, they
agreed that Kitty's engagement to Edward
Grey should be made known to him.
The unknown friend, who had sent much
more than his usual supply on this occasion,
proposed to be with them for dinner at five.
Edward Grey, bewever, was there by two;
and great was the pains which he and Kitty
took to make the little parlor look as pretty
as possible, with its redberried holly, ivy,and
other evergreens. Though Mrs. Trevisham
had only seventy pounds a year, and the par-
lor was very small, yet this was one of the
nicest little Christmas dinners that ever was
set out. or cooked. Mrs. Trevisham had paid
a. neighbor who had been cook in a great
family to come in for the day; and asto the
table, it looked beautifully; there was a fine
damask tablecloth on it with napkins as
white as Snow, and some handsome plate
which had belonged to the family in its bet-
ter days, and bright glasss,and sparkling wa-
ter, hock and claret which had come among
the good things in the last hamper. Bless
me! there was dinner enough for a dozen
people. and yet the unknown gueet could on-
ly expect four! Mrs. Trevisbam, however,
expected five.
It grew dusk and then dark. The blinds
were drawn down: it was nearly five, and
the heaits of Mrs. Trevisham and her daugh-
ter beat anxiously; so, no doubt, would Ed-
ward Grey’s had be seen his uncle driving
along lhe\road towards the house in: cab,
and in a very bad humor, although he meant
to make himsslf very - agreeable to the two
ladies. »
'I‘he cab stopped at the little garden gate,
and the house door opened. It was a very
undignified ihouse: one was obliged to go
through the kitchen into the parlor, but
there was no avoiding it: so the little maid-
servant stood with the door wide open, and
Mrs. Trevisham saw that there wasbnly one
guest instead of two, and that he was rather
a stout gentleman, buttoned up to the chin
in a great coat with a shawl round his neck.
She had not the least idea who he was. She
felt considerably excited, and be, we must
confess, was rather so himself: and yet, as I >
have said twice before, he had fifteen hundred
a year, and he had paid for the dinner which
he now come to eat.
Mrs. Trevisham stood at the parlor-door
to receive him. He took off his hot in the
bald head before her. She saw who it was,
—her own old lover, the adversary of her
he sband; the uncle of her daughter's lover.
“I feel myself rather in an awkward posi.
ti( n, my dear madam," he began. But no
sooner had be altered these words, then Ed.
ward Grey darted from the side of Kitty at
the parlor fire, and seizing his hand,exclaim-
ed, “God bless you, my dear uncle, is it you?"
"And is this you, Edward? Good he“.
ens! how come you here i"
“I never was so glad in all my life," said
Edward, helping his uncle of with his coat
-—for now a great light began to dawn into
his mind. “I declare I don't know how to
express my pleasure; to think of meeting
you under this roof, or all places in the
world I"
turned the uncle. “You must excuse me,my
dear madam,” said be turning to Mrs. Tre-
visham, and he then sat down in a large
chair by the fire, feeling almost Overcome.
Mrs. Trevisham was hardly less so.
“My good lady," at length he said, “I feel
now as if I had done very wrongl- I ought
not to lave been so abrupt; I hindering the
whole thing clumsily.” . 1 ,
Mrs. Trevisbam said truly that it gm her
extreme pleasure to find that Mr. Hilyard
had been their friend for so many years.
' It was now Kitty’s turn to come forward.
for she recognized in him the kind visitor 0‘
the Ragged School.
His eyes now glistcned as he spoke to her,
and then Edward was at her side ;—-—an irre-
sistable power compelled him to speak.
“Uncle I" said he,—and as he Spoke he took
Kitty’s hand—“we had made up our minds
“Sir," returned his uncle, raising himself
kitchen, and stood with his uncovered and '
I:
“And to think of meeting you betel" re. .
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