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The Cedartown By Jno. W. Radley. Official Organ of Polk and Haralson Counties. Subscription $2 Per Annum. VOLUME IV. CEDARTOWN, GA., THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 1878. NUMBER 24. PROFESSIONAL 3. A. IUNCI, JMO. X. KINO. JgT.ANOE & KING ATTORNEYS AT LAW, OHPA.RTOWN, OA. PTWill practice In all tho Courts of th# Rom# Circuit, In lh$ Supremo Court of the State, and In tfa# U. B. Dist rict Court for the Northern Dlulrlct «f OeAigta. Noy, 11, 1874. T. W. MILNER. J. W. HARRIS, Jn’ J^ILNER 6c HARRIS. ATTORNEYS AT LAW, GARTBRBVILLB, GA. trOmoion Main Btr##t, next door to Gil- wtl A Ben. Mr. Milner will attend the Superior Court of Polk county ragnlarly. Mareh S. 1877-tf ^j^ILLIAM M. SPARKS, Attorney ft Counsellor at Law, ORDARTOWN, QA. &T Will practise In all the courts of the Roras Otrentt and adjoining counties. novll, 1874 W. Iff. STRANGE, N. P. & Ex. Off. J. P. Hooltmart, Oa. ET- Collections solicited, and money paid over punctually. JAS. D. MLOW, J. P. CEDARTOWN, GA. car Office at the Court House. All business entrusted in his hnnds Will receive prompt attention. March 9,1876-3 m ifl I—I I—} t. not easily earned in tho \|f J J' J but It can he mado in 8 . a|\ £ £ £ by any one of either sex, In any \i/C I f country who is willing to I work steadily at the employment hat we furnish. $68 per week In your You need not he away from home * u give yonr whole time *' Your apare moments. We have agents whe making over *20 par day. All who engags at can make money fast. At the present timo money cannot be made so easily and rapidly at any « bnslneas. It costs nothing to try the buslne Terras and $8 outfit free, Address at one IUllett A Co., Portland, Maine. Jaly *0,18TMy LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS POCK COUNTY. Polk Sheriff’s Sales. ILL be sold before tho Court llouso door, In Cedartown, Polk county, Ga., on the First Tues day in May 1878, between tho legal hours of aale, tho following properly, to-wlt! Lots of laud Non. 985, 1082, 1088, 1055.1050, 1073. ..05, 1100, 1120 and 1120, nil in tho 2nd district and 4th section of Polk county, Ga., aB the property of G W Chisolm, Executor of Thomas A Chisolm, de ceased, by virtue of one Polk Huperlor Court ll fa ' i favor ol G W Feathorston * Oo. vs. said Chisolm. Also at tho same time aud place, lots of land No* 650, (Wfl, 082, 088, 720,721.758, 750, 700 and 701 In the 21st district and 8rd section of Polk county, Ga. as the property of Joseph B Goddard, secmlty, by virtue of ono Polk Superior Court tl fa In favor of 8 P Smith & Son v«. C M Camp, principal, aud Jo seph B Goddard Security. Also at tho same time and place, lota of land Nos. *89,240 and 278 In tho 20th district and 3rd soctlon of Polk connty, Ga. as the property of L G W Phil lips, by virtue ol ono Polk Superior Court 11 fa in favor or W A Stringer vb I, G W Phillips. Levy mode for pnrehaso money. Deed filed In the Clerk's ofllco before making thlB lory. Properly In posses- on or L G W Phillips. Also at the BAmetlme and plnco one Whcclor and Wilson Sowing Macliluo. as tho property of James ’ ’ ’ ' — —Polk Superior Court 11 levs said J L Jenkins. Said maohine now in possession of said Jenkins. Also at tho samo time and place, forty (40) bush els of corn, more or less, in tho shuck; fifty (50) bushels of cotton seed, inoro or loss, as the proper ty of T K Akin, by virtue of a Polk Superior Court ft fa In lavor of J A Balo vs. T It Akin. Also at the samo tlmo and place, lot of land No 470 lntho21st district and 8ril section of Polk coun ty Ga. situated on fish creek, and lu possession of James I Right; levied on as tho property of W A Stringer, by virtue of one Justice Court ft fa from the 1223rd district. G M of Polk county, Ga. in favor of W M Morgan, hearer, vs. sold Stringer. Also at tho same time and plnco, lot of land No. itokely A April 4 ti l favoi J suns. E. W. Ci.kmbnts, 8horlff. uorson an (/property of Burton 15. Morgan, Newton 11 Morgan, Robert J Morgan, Emory A Morgan Lenar I) Morgan. Cora L Morgan, and Dollar D. Morgan, minor children of Joseph D Morgan, de ceased. Therefore, all persous concerned will ho at a court of Ordinary to l>* laid In said county on tho First Monday In May next, to show cause, If nny they have, why Letters of Gnardlanshlp should not be granted In said case. .Given under my hand this March 10th, 1878. JOEL BltEW Ifilt, April 4, 30d Ordinary. G KOltGIA-POLK COUNTY.—Gourde TWfttts lias applied for letters of administration on the os- i of J. A. Fain, lato or said county deceased, loneerned will ho and appear said county on Libel for Divorce in Polk Superior Court. LUCY DAVE 1 Rule to Porfect Sorvico, RY DAVE, / Febrile Ft appearing to tho Conrt by t.._ lerltr, that tho defendant doos not reside In this county—and It further^nppenrlnjj that he docs not lomHthat said defendant sppenr and answer at the lext term of this C< urt, cLt tlini tho case he con- idered lu default, and the Plaintiff allowed to pro ceed. And It Is further ordered that this Rule be published In the Cedartown Exmcss onco a month lor four months. J. W. II. Undkhwood. J. 8. C. R. C. niancn A King, Plaintiff’s Attorneys. IIA.UA LSON COUNTY. Gkoroia-iiahalson OOUNTY.-To nil whom It may concern, 8. M. Brown having applied i for Letters of Guardianship of the person and property of John It. Brown, a Lunatic of said coun ty, this Is to clto all persons concerned, to ho and appear at my ofllco within the time allowed by law. show cause, 11 any they can, why Letters of Gnnrdlnnshlp should not bo Issued to S. M. Brown of the person and property of John It. Brown, u lunatic. Given under my hand and official slgnn turn, this 4th day of March, 1878. S. M. DAVENPORT, march 14 -1m Ordinary. D. H. Ledbetter, Agent. (Meeks’ Building,) Cedartown, i » « » O-* lias just received a full line of FAMILY GROCERIES. which #r# offared to tho publicat reasonable prices. Anything usually kept In a FIRST-CLASS GROCERY, •tab* found; In my store. Give mo your patron age, and .1 will make satisfactory prlcos. I have also opened a magnificent Stock of Jewelry, consisting in part of WATCHES, CLOCKS, GOLD & SILVER WARE. I invite the attention of the public to the puhlic U an Inspection of these articles. Everything Warranted as represented. REPAIRING Of WATCHES, CLOCKS and JEWELRY, Promptly don# and GUARANTEED. Romember tfa# pine#. D. H. LEDBETTER Agt. * Meeks’ Building. jan.8-ly died for lol J. A “ Therefore all nprsoi at a Court of Ordlnnrv to ho held tho Hist Monday In May next to show cause If any they have, why letters of administration should not be granted In said ease. Givon under my hnml this March 23, 1878. JOEL BltKWliR, April 4, 30 Ordinary. Haralson County Deputy Sher iff’s Sale of Wild Land. W„ X ho sold heforo tho Court House door In Buchanan, Haralson county, Ga., on the First Tuesday in April next, between tho legal hours of snlo, for tho cash, tho following doscrlhcd lots of land, Bltuntcd in raid connty, and known as Wild Lands. Levied on under and by virtue of A fas now In my hamlB, of tho State of Georgia vs. snlil lots respectfully, and Issued by the Honorable Comp troller General of the Stam for nonpayment of tax- ob duo tho State, to-wlt: for taxes due for the years 1871,1875 and 1870. Said lots pointed out In said fl fas and containing 40 acres, more or less, except ono lot containing 22Jtf acre.', originally Carroll now Haralson county. No. 302, In the 7th district aud 6th section, originally Clierokeo, now Haralson county, Ga. No. 950, In tho 20th district aud 3rd section. Nos. 001, 420, 055. 823,8-13, 845, 767, 4«'.l, 407, 700,707 lu tho 1st district and 4th soctlon. Nos 1250, 1201, In the 20th district null 3rd soctlon of Haralson county. Thomas Phllpot, S A Cunning ham James llnpes, J W Spearman and W W Dean, of Haralson, county, transferees of said 11 fas. Aprll-i.tda A. J. HUNT, Deputy Sheriff. Guardian’s Sale. A GxonaiA—Pc GREEABLK dinary, In and for said County, n order fr< ty, will from tho Court of Or- ... .lay next, tho undivided one-fifth inter- and to lots of land Nos. 112*1, 1127, 1128,1177 i, lu the 2nd district of tho 4th soctlon of • *•- --the proporty of Edda D. " Chisolm Polk county. Chisolm, minor for distribution. April 4, tds. ' KORGIA—POLKCOUNTY.-W. C. Knight Ad- lotters of dismission should not bo granted iii said case. Given under my hand, this March Uth, 1878 Mch 213m JOEL BREWER, Ordinary. it Libel for Divorce in Polk Superior Court. Superior Court, Fcbrmiry Term 1878. His Honor, J. W. H. Underwood, J udge. LOU BROWNER 1 Rule to perfect service, JAMES BROWNER. \ February Term, 1878. It appearing to tho Court by return of tho Sheriff that the defendant does not reside In this county, and It further appearing that he does not reside lu the State, it is on motion of counsel, ordered, that said defendant appeur and answer at the —n of thin Court, elso that the caso ho conBl the Cedartown Expuesb, once a month for four montliB. J. W. H. UNinsnwooD, J. 8. C. R, C. W. M. Sparks, Plaintiff's Attorney, mch 28-lm4m. ADMINISTRATOR’S SALE. Pursuant to a deccrco from tho Superior Court of Fulton county, Ga.. eluted May 17th 1876, and by virtue of an order from tho Court of Ordi nary of said county issued September 0th 1875 w bo Bold before tho Court House door In the town Buchauan, Haralson couutv, Ga., within the legal hours of sale on Tuesday the seventh day of May next, for the benefit of the creditors and heirs of W. M. mu (late of Fulton county, Ga.) deceased, the following described property, situated In the town of Bueliauon, Haralson connty, Ga., viz: Town lot number seventy-one (71) and being part of land lot number Forty-eight and situated on the weBt side oflhe Public Square in said town and containing ono acre more or less. Also town lot number forty-four, and being part of land lot No. forty-eight, and situated on tho North east side or the public squaro In said town, and containing twentydive feet front, and running hack ono hundred feet of Bamo width as front. Upon this lot Is a small house, Terms cash. W. A. POWELL, Administrator, with will aunexed. April 4, tds. GREAT REDUCTION IN PRICES. W# are tb« first to offer First-Class Sewing Machines, at priees within the roach of all. WE WILL SELL THE VERY BEST Family Sewing Machine for Twenty-live Dollars IN CASH, on an ornamented Iron Stand and Troadle, wit Walnut Top and Drawer, and necossary Attach menu, and deliver it at any Railroad Depot In tho United SUto, FREE OF CHARGE. Thee# machines are warranted to do tho whole lino of Family Bowing with more rapidity, more bom of management, and less fatlgno to the opera tor, tbananrmachlne now In use. They make the Double Thread Stitch In such a manner that they avoid the necessity of winding the under thread, and will sew from the finest cambric to the heaviest overcoat cloth. Bend fora clcular and sample of • jwlng. Every machine warranted for three years, Agents Wanted Everywhere. CENTENNIAL MACHINE CO., Limited, 789,»FllbertBt.; Philadelphia, Pa. JanMy. TJ; __ make money faster at work for ns than at anything else. Capital not required; we will sUrt yon. $12 nor day at home by the Industrious. Men, women, bovs and girls wanted everywhere to work for ns. Now Is the time. Costly outfit and terms free. Ad- CrEORGIA POLK COUNTY.—Charles Dougher ty and others has applied for an order converting and changing into a first-class Public Rood, tho second- class road commencing and leaving tho Cedartown <fc Cavo Spring road near,the residence of M T Sow- eli;in said county and crossing Cedar creek and ran; nlng through the lunds of said Sewell, J R ami B W Hunt, Dr. Georgo T Watts, E R King, Mrs Sarah Smith, Thomas Hendrix and Mrs A A Haynes, to the line of Polk and Floyd counties, and M T Sew ell, Thomas Hendrix and J It Hunt, tho duly ap pointed Commissioners, having reported that tlioy find the same to bo a public necessity, and that they have marked It out conformable to law. Therefore all persons cousornod will file In any objections to the granting said order at a Court of Ordinary to be held on the 8rd Monday in May, This April 17, 178. JOEL BREWER, Ordiuary, aprI8, 80d. Business For Ladies. Our attention has been called to a new article lor the nse of ladies, tho invention of which hns confcred an everlusting blessing upon every lady. We refer to the Queen City skirt penders lor supporting ladies’ skirts, the most desirable and beneficial ar tide ever invented for the relief of women, many of whom have suffered years of miserable health caused solfely by carrying the weight of a number of heavy skirts, completely dragging them down. Something to support ladies’ clothing is absolutely necessary. These suspenders are re commended by our leading physi cians to all ladies and young girls. Every lady should have them. They are sold only through lady agents. A splendid oportunity is offered to eome reliable lady canvasser of this county to secure tho agency for a pleasant aud profitable business. For terms and territory write at once to the Queen City Suspender Company, 878 QlarkStreet, Cincinnati,©. aplll-4t Next Town Ahead where they loan you a dol lar and chalk it down till to-mor row, for a bottle of Merrell’s Hepa- tine for tho Liver. The enormous expense of importing the ingredients of this great liver medicine into this country, is why our Druggists, Burbank & Jones, sell but one sam ple bottle to the same person for ten cents; hut as there are fifty doses in the large size bottles, it ie cheap enough after all at two cents per dose, for a medicine that has never been known to fail in tho cure of dyspepsia and all diseases of the liv er. It haa never failed in the cure ef liver complaint when taken as di rected, no matter of how long stand ing the diseuBe. It cnreB Chills and Fever, Constipation of the Bowels, Dyspepsia and Liver Complaint. Sample Bottles ten cents; regular size, fifty doses, $1,00. jan24-l. Mst Turn* Co., Angtuta, Heine, march 14-0m Georgia polk county.-j. y. Phiipot and others having applied for an order to change the Public Road leading from E. D. Hlghtower’i Mill to Rome, commencing and leaving tho pres ent traveled rout at the Sonth line of lot Number 878 In the 21st district of tho 3rd section of Polk county, and running due east to tho South-west corner of lot Numbor 872 in said district, and from there due North on the lino between lots Noe. and878 until it intersects with the said road. And all persons conseraed will appear at the next Cou of Ordinary, for county purposes, to be held In sa county on tho 3rd Monday In May next, to slio cause, if any they have, why said order should n be granted, This April 17th, 187P. apr 18 8d JOEL BREWER, Ordinary. A Milwaukee man, who deposited one hundred dollars in a bank, and was told the interest would be five per cent, came promptly at the end of the year with five dollars in small currency to pay that interest. When told that the five dollars went the other way, he looked up in astonish ment, and went away wondering why a man should pay him for being al lowed to take care of his money a whole year. An old bachelor was rather taken aback a day or two since as follows: Picking up a book, lie exclaimed, up on seeing a woodcut representing man kneeling at the foot of a woman, “Before I would even kneel to a wo man I would encirole my neck with a rope and stretch it.” And then turning io a young woman, he en quired, “Do you not think it would be the best thing I could do ?” “It would undoubtedly be the best for the woman,” was the sarcaBtie reply. Mr. Dayton’s Housekeeper. “Wanted.—A housekeeper. No one but an elderly person, compe tent, and of the highest respectabili ty, need apply. Call between tbe hours of three and four, Thursday, April sixth, at No.—Michigan Ave nue.” Kate Franklin read this in the pa per which lay on the counter in the little grocery while waiting to have an ounce or two ol tea done up, and a roll of baker’s bread. She repeated th» number of the house over to herself, as she received the change from the grocer. She prepared the lea after alie re turned to the little bare attic, and ate her 80anty meal mechanically. She forgot how unsatisfied her appetite still was, in her busy thoughts. A stranger in a strange place, suc cessively she had tried to find a situa tion. She had failed in the first three, and was starving on the last. She would apply for that place, but she would need references. Only one person she knew in tbe whole great city, of sufficient influence— Mrs. Davenport, the rich, haughty step-sister, who had ill treated her title mother while she lived, and had hated Kate herself. Perhaps, Kate thought, she would permit her to refer to her, because glad to liavo her descend to menial employment. Kate was competent for the situa tion, for during her mother’s long illness, and her father’s absence, she had entire charge of their large fam* ily and splendid house. Hut an “elderly* woman.” Now Kate was not an elderly woman, be ing only twenty; but she remember ed, with a sort of pleasure, that in private theatricals in happier days, she had imitated thp voice, and ao- suined the character of an old woman with great success. She knew how to stain the skin to give an old and wrinkled appearance, and she had, in the bottom of a box, some false grey hair and a muslin cap worn on one of these occasions. She did not need to look so very old—only to present a mature and matronly ap pearance. Mr. Edward Dayton waited at home after his dinner to see the re spondents to his advertisement, lie was a handsome man, not yet thirty, with a gay, frank, good-natured conn tenance. He leaned back in a nonchalant way, with his feet on another chair. “There ought to bo a Mrs. Dayton to manage these housekeeping mat ters. Well, there’s time enough. 1 ’ Two applicants were seen and dis missed in Mr. Dayton’s gentlemanly manner. A third was ushered in* Mr. Day- ton instinctively laid aside his segar, and placed a chair for his visitor. The lady-likeness aud propriety of her manner pleased him at once. “Fallen fortunes,” he commented to himself. She answered his questions readily, but in a few words. “A silent woman—-a good thing,” was his inward remark. “I think you will suit me. Mrs. what may I understand your name?” “Franklin.” “Mrs. Franklin you will be requir ed to go out of town, about seven miles, to my country house, Oak Grove—in the town of Embury, on the Grand Central Railroad. The salary I propose to pay is six hun dred dollars per annum. Do my terms suit you?” She answered quietly that they did. “Then it is all settled. By the way suppose you have references, though that is a mere matter of form.” The name of Davenport was given. “Davenport? Robert Davenport? Know them. All right. If conveni ent, you will please go to-morrow, Mrs. Franklin, or the next day. I shall not come till the middle of next week, and probably bring a friend or two with me. Have the cham bers in the center and wingB prepar ed, if you please. The housekeeper there now will not leave until Satur day. She will show you round.” “Ib Mrs. , your wife there, or to go aoon?” He laughed. “Mrs. Edward Dayton! No, she is not there, and I do not know of her Mrs. Franklin, of having a wife:” with a slight stress on “pleasure.” A vivid color came into the brown cheek of the housekeeper, and her manner showed evident embarrass ment. “I thought—I believe—I can not—” and stopped. lie did not notice it. Ilia mind had already turned to other things. He rose. ‘It’s all settled, I believe. By the way,” his eye falling on the rusty black dress, “you may like an ad vance, as an evidence of the bargain. It is quite customary, I believe, to do so.” The housekeepers band closed oil the fifty dollars that lie gave her and the words she would have said, were left unuttered. She moved to the door. He opened it for her cour teously. “Good morning, madam.” “Good morning,” she replied. “I cannot starve. I must go. I can keep up my disguise,” she mur mured. Mr. Dayton, nccompauied by it friend, arrived at bis country house tho middle of the ensuing week. Everything within and and about the house was in perlect older. If the new housekeeper had made u few mistakes at first, they were soon rec tified. Every room that she had touched showed a magical change. Her predecessor had been one of the kind who believed in the sun light never entering a room for fear of fading the carpets., Mr. Dayton felt the change with out knowing the reason of it. He looked around him with a satisfied It was not possible to find fault with the variety and quality of the food placed before them, nor the manner of its being served; and the table appointments were perfect; and Daytou congratulated himself upon having Becured such a jewel of a housekeeper. The weeks passed, and a holiday came. Mr. Dayton had gone to town the day previous, to remain the rest of the week. The housekeeper had given permission to the servants to go also. She felt a welcome relief to have the house and day to herself. She locked the doors carefully after the last servant. She would make the most of her day. She would have no dinner, only a lunch. She had almost forgotten her real character in that which she had assumed; but to-day she could be herself without tear of intrusion or discovery. She laid aside her cap and grey tresses washed the stain from her skin, and arranged her luxurious hair in becoming curls and donned a pretty, fresh muslin, which fitted well the slight graceful figure. This done, she entered the parlor and stood before the mirror, as attractive a figure as one would often see. “Truly I have forgotten my own looksl I am Kate Franklin, after all!” she laughed. Removed from the long restraint, her spirits rebounded. She felt gay lighthearted, and like committing any foolishness. “Miss Franklin,” she said, in the mincing, affecting tones of an ex quisite, “it would be inexpressible pleasure to hear the music of that ong sileut voile. “It would be a great pity to de prive you of it then,” she answered in her natural voice, “and myself al so,” 3he added; and goiug to the pi ano she opened it and played a few pieces with exquisite taste aud skill, and then she sang song after song, in a sweet, clear, cultivated voice. She chose at first the brilliant and. tri umphant, then the sad aud plaintive succeeded. There were tears iu her eyes when she rose. But to-day her moods were capricious. “Mrs. Franklin, who is playing on the piano?” she asked in an excellent imitation of Mr. Dayton’s voice. «It is I, sir, dusting the keys. They need dustingso often,” she re plied, in Mrs. Franklin's mature tones; and she dusted them vigor ously with her pocket handkerchief. “Ah, me,” she said, “now what other foolish thing shall I do to prove to myself that I am not an elderly housekeeper, but a young girl, who, by virtue of her age, should be gay, by right of birth, wealthy, and of going at present.” Adding more consideration, visited and visiting, seriously, “I have not the pleasure,' as Mr, Dayton’s lady Tisits an(1 is visited. He is noble, good, and handsome,” she said with a sigh. “She will be happy. How gracefully she danced hero at the party the other evening, when the old housekeeper was permitted to look on. She looks good nnd amiable too. Mr. Davton danced with her three times, I wonder if I have forgotten how to dance?” and humming an air, she floated gracefully about the room. She Btopped breathless, her cheeks brilliant from the exercise, her splen did hair disarranged. “I believe I feel like stiff, old Mrs. Franklin, with whom dancing doesn't agree.” “One inoro song by that heavenly voice, Miss Franklin, and 1 shall go away, dreaming I have heard angels sing,” in the ludicrously alluded voice she had before imitated. “Ah,” she laughed, yet half sadly, “the compliments poor old house keeper Franklin received, I hope won’t quite spoil her, and turn her silly old head.” Who sat down again at the piano, and sang “Home, Sweet Home,” then played one of Beethoven’s gran dest, and solemn pieces. She arose and closed the piano. The carnival is ended, Kate Frank lin disappears from the scene, and Madame Franklin enters. Neither Mr. Dayton nor the ser vants would have suspected, from the placid and dignified deportment of tho housekeeper when they re turned at evening, of what strange freaks she had been guilty. The housekeeper, as usual, when Mr. Dayton was alone, sat at the ta ble. It had commenced to rain lently, and the weather had grown suddenly cold. Mr. Dayton, as he bad done occa sionally, invited her to the library, where a cheerful fire burned in the grata. Ho read the letters and pa pers which he had*brought with him from town, while she kuitted. An hour or more passed in silence; indeed, the housekeeper seldom spoke except when asked a question. At length Mr. Dayton looked up at her and said abruptly: “Yours must be a lonely life, mad am. If it ie not tv painful subject, may 1 ask how long since you lost your husband?” Two hands suspended their em ployment, two eyes looked up at him with an alarmed expression. In his serious, sympathetic countenance there was nothing to frighten or em barrass, but the red grew deeper on her browu cheek. “It is a painful subject,” she said at last, faltering. “If you will ex cuse me.” One morning he was speaking of the great loss to children in being deprived of their parents. “I never knew a mother,” he said. “She died before my earliest recollec tion. I believe that, man as 1 am, if I bad a mother, I should go to her with all my griefs, as a little child would. I have sometimes thought of asking you to act as mother in the quiet evenings, when I have longed to confide in some one. My mother would have been about your age, I think.” Again there was was a livid color in the cheek of the housekeeper, such as is rarely seen in the aged, but it is accompanied by a quiver of tho mouth, and ends in a cough, but both mouth and cheek were quickly cov ered with a handkerchief, and quite a violent fit ot coughing succeeded. Mr. Dayton, however, did not seem to notice, though he had giveu her one curious glance, instantly with drawn, aud he continued: “For instance, respecting matrimo ny, whose advice is of so much value as a mother’s? Who so quick to see through character, and make a good selection? Had you a son, whom about here would you select for a daughter-in-law, Mrs. Franklin!” “I am not acquainted with any of the young ladies, Mr. Dayton,” she answered, faintly, after a pause, dur ing which he seemed to wait for an answer. “True, but you have seen them all* and are, I judge, a good discerner of character, from observation. Whom would you select from those you have seen?” he persisted. She reddened and paled. “I have heard the Misses Grandi- son highly spoken of. Their appear ance would seem to prove the truth. 1 doubt not that you agree with me,” site returned quietly. It was now bis turn to color, which ho did slightly. “I do agree with you,” he an swered, emphatically. It wua late in Sep‘-mh r. Mr. Dayton and his housekeeper were both in the parlor.” Ho had been un usually grave all day. It seemed to the housekeeper that his manner was changed towards her. “1 have a few questions to ask, if you will permit me, Mrs. Frank lin?” She felt instinctivo alarm at Ins tone. “Certainlywith an effort. There was an ominous pause. “I have been told,” he said, “that Miss Kate Franklin, a young lady, by disguising herself, palmed herself otF upon me for several months as an elderly lady. Is there any truth in the story?” looking searchingly at her. “Yes, it is true,” she murmured, falteringly. “I contess I fail to see for what ob ject. My heart you could hardly ex pect to gain in that character.” “Your heart!” she repeated scorn fully. “I have no such laudable am bition; I had never Been or heard of you till I saw your advertisement.— Would you like to know for what purpuse I took upon me a disgu se so repugnant? You shall. To save myself from starvation. I had eaten but one meal a day for a week when I applied to you, and was suffering with hunger then. My money was all gone, except a few pennies, with which to buy a roll of bread for the next day’s meal, and I had no pros pects of more, for I had been refused further sewing. But why should you find fault?” Her j»ri*lo rising. What matter if I were Miss or Mrs. Franklin, old or young, if I fulfilled the duties I undertook? Have I not taken good care of your house? Have not made you comfortable? If I have not, deduct from this quarter’s salary, which you paid this morning, whatever you like.” I have no fault to find, except for placing yourself and me in an awk ward position, wero this to becomo known.” Waves of color mounted to the poor housekeeper’s temples. “I thought—I meant, that no one should know, least of all you—besides l thought when I engaged to eomo, that you wero married. Oh, what shall I do?” And sho burst into a passion of tears. Mr. Dayton’s manner changed. “Kate! Kate! I did net meau to distress you. Nobody knows but !—nobody shall Enow.” And be soothed her tenderly. “Kate, look up, I love you with my whole heart, I want you to be my little houskeep- er—my wife always Kate, what do you say?” taking her in his arms and laying his cheek against hers. “My own Kate, is it not?” She murmured something between her sobs, that she must go away this minute. “Nonsense, darling! Haven’t you been here for months? What differ ence can a day longer make? You are safe with me. Kate. Oh because I know you are Miss Franklin, will you give me the inexpressible pleas ure from that long silent voice? Oh, Kate, you have bewitohed me always. But Kate, let’s take off these trappings,” untying her cap, and re moving tho grey hair and with this action down fell the wealth of bro',u treBses. “Oh, Mr. Dayton, you were not-^- surely you were not home that day?” looking up covered with confusion. “Yes, Mr. Dayton was—in the li brary.” with an accent on his name which Kate understood. “O, Edward! and you teased me with all thoso foolish questions when you knew.” “Yes my Kate, why not?” “But you looked so innocent,” He laughed. “I shall soon, I hope, have some body, if not a mother, to cou fide in; and Kate, it is my duty and pleasure to give you a husband, so that in fu ture yon can answer without so much pain, when he is inquired after.” “You are too generous.” “I can afford to be generous,” he said earnestly, “when I have the pre cious gift of your love. Kate, bless ed forever be the day that first oil-- gaged my housekeeper.”