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“Wha,t is tlie prjpo of this dressing
gown, sir V 1 asked a sweet-faced girl,
entering the elegant store of Huntley
& Warner, in a city and in a street
of a city which shall be nameless.
It was a cloudy day. The clerks
lounged over a table and yawned.
The man whom Alice Locke address
ed was jaunty and middle-aged. lie
was the head clerk of the extensive
establishment ot Huntley & Warner,
andwa9 extremely consequential in
manner.
“The dressing gown we value at
six dollars; you shall have it at five,
as trade is dull to-day.”
“Five dollars 1” Alice Locke look
ed at the dressing gown longingly,
and the clerk looked at her. Ho saw
that the clothing though made and
worn genteelly, was common in tex
ture, and that her face was very
juuch out.of the common'line. How
it changed! now shaded, now lighted
by the varied play of her emotions.
The clerk could almost have sworn
that she had no more than the sum,
five dollars in her possession.
The gow'n w r as a very good one for
the price. It was of a very common
shade, a tolerable merino, and it was
lined with the same material.
“I think”—she hesitated a mo
ment —“I think I’ll take it,” she said
then seeing an expression she did not
like, she blushed as she handed out
the bill the clerk had made up his
mind to take.
“Jennis,” cried Toirant, the head
clerk, in a quick pompous tone, “pass
us the bauk note detectro.”
Up ran the tow-headed Sboy with
the detecter, and down ran the clerk’s
eye from.column to column. Then
he looked over"with a sharp glance
and exclaimed, “that’s a counterfeit
Miss.”
“Counterfeit !”Oh, it cannot be 1
The man who sent it could not have
been so careless, you must be mista
ken, sir.”
“lam not mistaken: I’m never
mistaken, Miss. This bill
feit. I must presume, of course, that
you did know it, although so
much bad tnoney has been’ offered us
of late that we intend to secure such
persons as'pass it. you say
sent it ?”*
“Mr. C ■, sir,"of New York.
He could not send'me bad money,”
said the trembling, frightened girl.
“Humph 1” said the clerk. “Well,
there is no doubt about this; you can
look for yourself. Now don’t let me
see,you here again until you can bring
good money, for we always suspect
such persons as you that come on
dark days with a well made story.”
“But sir—”
“You need makeTno explanation,
Miss,” said the clerk, insultingly.
“Take your bill, and the next time
you'want_to'buy addressing gown,
don’t try to pass your counterfeit
money,” and as he handed it the bill
fell from his hands.
Alice caught it from the floor and
hurried into the street.
Such a shock the girl had neve r
received. She hurried to a banking
establishment, found her way in, and
presented the note to a noble looking
jpan, with gray hair, faltering out:
“Is this bill a bad one, sir?”
The cashier And his'son happened
to be the only persons present. Both
noticed her extreme youth, beauty
and agitation. The cashier looked
closely and handed it back, as with
a polite bow, and somewhat prolong
ed look, he said, “It’s a good bill,
young lady.”
“I knew it was,” cried Alice, with
a quivering lip—“and he dared—”
She could go no further, but en
tirely overcome she bent her head and
the hot tears had their way.
"I beg pardon, have you had any
trouble with it ?” asked the cashier.
“Oh, sir, you will excuse me for
giving .away to my feelings, but you
spoke so Kindly, and I felt s6 sure it
was good. And I think sir, such men
as one of the clerks in Huntley &
Warner’s should be removed* ho told
me it was counterfeit, and added
Something fny fffithor <lid not hoar. I
know tho publisher would not send
me bad money.”
“Who is your father, young lady ?’’
asked the cashier, becoming interest
ed.
“Mr. Benjamin Loclco, sir.”
“Bcmjamin—Ben Locke —was he
over a clerk in tho Navy Department
at Washington?”
“Yes, sir, we removed from there.”
replied Alice. “Since then,” she
hesitated—“he has not been well,
and we are somewhat reduced. Oh
why do I tell these things, sir?”
“Ben Locke reduced,” murmured
the old man, “who wje
of me. Give mo his number and
street, my child. Your father was
one of the best, the only f riendl had
I have not forgotten him. No. 4,
Liberty street. I will call this even
ing. Meantime let me have the bill,
let me see—l’ll give you another;
there is a ten dollar bill—your father
and I will make it all right.”
That evening the inmates of a
shabby genteel house received the
cashier of the bank. Mr. Locke, a
man of gray hair, though numbering
but fifty years, rose from his arm
chair, and, much affected, greeted
the familiar face. The son of the
cashier accompanied him, and while
the elders talked together, Alice and
the young man grew quite chatty.
“Yes, sir, I have been unfortu
nate,” said Mr. Locke, in a low tone.
“I have just recovered, as you see,
from rheumatism caused by undae
exertion, and had it not been for
that sweet girl of mine, I know not
what I should have done. She by
giving lessons, has kept me, so far
above want.’
‘You shall not want, my old friend,’
said the cashier. ‘lt was a kind pro
vidence that sent your daughter to
me. There is a place in the bank
just made vacant by the death of a
valuable clerk, and you shall have it.
It is my gift, and valued at twelve
hundred a year.’
Pen cannot describe the joy with
which the kind offer was accepted.
The day of deliverance had come.
On the following morning the cash
ier entered the handsome store of
Huntley & Warner, and called for
the head clerk of the establishment.
He came obsequiously.
‘Sir,’ said the cashier sternly, ‘is
that a bad note?’
‘I—I think not, sir,’ stammeringly
replied the clerk.
The cashier went to the door. From
the carriage stepped a poung lady in
companj with his daughter.
‘Did you tell this young lady, my
ward, that this note was counterfeit ?
And did you not so far forget self
respect and the interest of your em
ployers as to offer an insult ?’
Tho man stood confounded —he
dared not deny—could say nothing
for himself.
‘lf your employers keep you, sir,
they will not longer have my custom,
said the cashier sternly. You de
serve to be horse-whipped, sir.
The firm parted with their unwor
thy clerk that very day, and he left
the store discharged, but punished
justly.
Alice Locke became the daughter
of the good cashier. Alf*of which
grew out of calling a genuine bill a
counterfeit.
A little woman springs from the
cars and presents herself before the
conductor : ‘ ‘Monsieur, that person
there, who traveled with me from
Trouville to Paris, has insulted me.”
And she pointed to a mild and calru
lookiDg gentleman. “What did he
do to you?” asked the guard up in
arms. “He slept the whole distance
in his corner.” Tbaleau.—Chariva
ri.
“Papa did you see those nice little
guns down to the store ?” asked a little
six-yeaij >ld 10/- “Yes, Harry, I saw
them. But I nave so many children to
feed and clothe that I cannot afford to
buy you ore.’’ replied his father serious
ly . Little H irry glanced at the baby in
the cradle with no loving expression on
h s face. Finaly he said, “well, papa,
f wllßt y° u can do ! you ean swap
little Tommy for a gun.”
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I’EBRY WYNKKLE,
THE ROSES.
BY I’EURY WYNKKLE.
CHAPTER I.
Once upon a time there lived in
among the mountains a man and his
wife. He was a poor man, and he
was crippled too, and not able to
walk, except with extreme pain. On
account of which he made baskets
for a living, and his wife took in
work from a village a milc-and-a-half
distant.
They had two children, a boy and
n*girl. They were twins. Tho name
of the boy was, Lorna, and the girl’s
name was Lorena.
Up to the time they were ten years
old they had never been to school,
and had never had any playmates,
but their mother had taught them at
home until they could read well.
Their duties were about the house,
hoeing in the little garden, and nev
er to get beyond call of their father.
With this additional instruction from
their mother repeated every day,
“Children, don’t you go in the way
to the ‘Black Gorge,’” pointing the
direction.
The children had always obeyed
their mother, and had never gone in
that direction, further than a certain
place, to which their mother had told
them they could go without danger.
One day, Lorna and Lorena were
playing at this place, when she saw
a beautiful flower the like of which
she had never seen before. It was a
large blossom, held up by a straight
stem, and the colors were so very
bright. She wanted it—but it was
beyond the line.
“Oh, Bubber,” she cried, “see
that beautilul flower!”
“I see it,” he said, “but mother
told us that we must not go any fur
ther than we are now.”
“I wish I had it. It is so pretty I
so pretty!”
At first the boy resisted, but after
awhile, he gave way, and they con
cluded that they would go and pluck
the flower, as it was such a beautiful
flowe:, and it was just a little way!
Just a little way !
The little girl ran ahead and had
pulled the flower, and was looking at
it when her brother came up.
Just then they saw ahead of them
a beautiful road, and from that di
rection they heard music seeming to
rise and fall—now they could hear it
distinctly, and then it would die
away until they could hardly hear
it.
“Did you hear that, Bubber ?” ask
ed Lorena.
“Yes, wasn’t it sweet I" said Lor
na.
“Poor, silly children I ” said a voice.
“You have sold your obedience for a
simple flower.”
The voice seemed to come from
above their heads. Both children
looked up, but saw nothing.
“Who was that ?” cried Lorna.
No answer.
“Who was that?” cried Lorna,
again.
Still no answer.
They became afraid, a perfect
dread took hold of them; they turned
and ran as hard as they could, and
never stopped until they had reached
the little garden behind the house
But they had lost the beautiful
flower.
[continued.]
PUZZLES.
Every week I intend to give the
young people a lot of puzzles for
them to work out and answer through
this column of the Abgus. I will
give 30U two weeks to give the an
swer. Who will try ? P. W.
CHABADB.
No. 1. My whole is a sentence
from the Bible of sixteen letters.
1. My 6, 14, 6,9, 4, is a very
good bcok.
2. My 6,2, 16, 15, is something to
eat.
3. My 6,8, 7, 15, is a kind of a
fish.
4. My 15, 14, 9, 10, is a carpen
ter's tool.
5. My 9, 14, 15, 16, is something
which we all love very much.
6. My 1,10, 6,6, 4, l, isa very wick
e 1 man.
7. My 8, 10, 13 is something I
don’t want you to be.
8. My 3, 14, 11, 16, is an insect of
very small proportions,
CONUNDBUMS.
No. 2. What is that which occurs
once in a minute, twice in a moment,
and not once in a hundred years ?
No. 3. Why is a refected lover
like a tree in the Spring ’?
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GEORGlA—MarionCbnnty—By order from
tho Ordinary Court of waiff county, I will soil
on the first next before
the Court House door in said county, the
lands belonging to the estate of John T Green
dec’d, to wit: Seventy five (75) acres in North
west comer of lot no. two hundred and eigh
teen [2lß] and forty-five [4s] acres in South
West comer of lot, no. two hundred and
nineteen [2l9] in thirty-first [3l] District of
said county. Said land is subject to the
widows dower. Sold for benefit of heirs and
creditors. Terms Cash.
JOHN T. SMITH,
Sept.24-30d Administrator,
Administrator's Sale.
GEORGIA—MARION COUNTY, Will be
sold, on the first Tuesday iu November next,
under an order from tbe Court of Orinary of
said county, before the Court house door in
said county, the house and loti liwts. Vis
ta on which Mrs C M Webb resided at the
time of her death, known as No thirty-four
(34 in Block “A” in the plan of said town.
Sold tor distribution, &c. W P WEBB,
Sept 24,-30 days. Administrator.
Guardian's Sale.
GEORGIA—MARION COUNTY. By or
der of the Ordinary's Court of said county, I
will sell in Buena Vista, said county, on the
first Tuesday in November next, lot of land
No one hundred and seventeen (117) iu the
thirty-first district of said couuty—said land
is sold for as the property of Maty F Harvey,
and for her benefit. Terms one-half cash and
balance credit twelve month.
THO W HARVEY, Guardian
ept24-30d
Administrator’s Sales-
GEORGIA —Marion County—By virtue of
an order from the Ordinary Court of said coun
ty, 1 will sell on the first Tuesday in Novem
ber next before the Court House in said coun
ty, the East one half of lot of land No. one
hundred and three (103) in the fourth district
of said county. Sold as the property of Re
becca Green lor distribution. Terms Cash.
JAS. GREEN,
Sept 24-30d Administrator.
Estray Notice,
GEORGIA, Marion county—The following
is a description of two cows which have been
estrayed by N. O. Jordan, of the 807th Dist.
G. M. of said county: A red no horned cow
(with young calf) marked with under-bit in
the right ear, about three years old, The
other is a Heifer, solid red, with a smooth
crop in each ear, about three years old. Un
less the same be proved they will be sold in
terms of the law. Witness my hand Sept.
20, 1785.
JAS. M. LOWE,
Sept. 24;-30cl Ordinary.
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