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THE ANSWER OF THE GARDENER. Ha'Jeanfc. at sunset, on his spado, (Oh, but the child was sweet to see— The one who in the orchard played!) He called: “I’ve planted you a tree.’’ The boy looked at it for a while, Then at the radiant woods below, And said, with wonder in his smile: “Why don’t you put the leaves on, though?" The gardener, with a reverent air, Lifted his eyes, took off his hat: “The Other Man, the One up there,” He answered, “He must see to that.” * S ’ ; -T~'i M. IS, Platt, in Bclford's Magazine. IN TWO HALVES. THIS STORY OP A DIVIDED BANK NOT i. THE FIRST HALF. Wet and dreary. It i3midwinter; the scene Northwestern; is ivirkliugton, the on the London and time one-quarter to eleven-just flashed after the night mail has -bound for through without stopping— railway officials . iverpool and the north. The aio collect mg prcpaia gmng off duty for the night. Where s Dan?” asked one of the crowd upon the platform. “1 saw him in the hut ust after the ODe-quarter to eleven went through. Cant have come to any haim, su cly?” Ao; ho said he’d seen something drop the from the train, and he wentdown line to pick it up.” ADd . an had picked up somolhin<T. Itwasa -----t basket, . a - common white . wicker - basket, with a lid fastened down by oy a string. clothes? What did it contain? Dirty What? A baby- -a child half a dozen weeks eld, no more. “Where did you come across it?” asked one. “ ying oa the line, just where it fell. chucked Perhaps .t ,u didn’t U. 1 UU u fall, mil perhaps pernaps it it was out. What matter? I’ve got it, and got to look after it, that’s euomrh b forme” The little mite's linen was white and m line umter.al, but he lay upon an oid shawd shawl and ana a a few few bits bits of of dirty dirty flinnel fl .nnel, All they found was a dilapidated purse, * brown common leather. snaploek Ins bag- purse of faded de was a brass th m bie,apawn-ticket,and of England the half of a Lank note of £100. eome Heis lately to ICirklington visits, now paying a round of paroch al <ihum, who accompanied by an old college in®- is spending Christmas with ti«n “Yonder,” said Treffry, pointing to a thread of smoke which rose from some gaunt trees into the sullen wintry air, “yonder is the house-if, indeed, it deserves so grand a name-the hovel, ratber, of one whose case is the hardest of a.l the hard ones in my parish. This •wbo inau is works a mere for hedger and ditcher, one for the any master, most olten rai,way, but who is never certain of a ,ob all the rear round, lie has a swaim of young children, and he has trated, just lost his wife. He is absolutely pros capacity aghast do his probablv at his utter in little to I wonder duty by his motherless ones. whether you could rouse him? If you could only get him take to make the a sign, or cry, or laugh, or to smallest interest in common affairs. Jack, I believe you’re the very man. You might get at him through the children—that marvellous hanky panky child of yours, those surpris.ng tricks; a takes to you naturally at once, Try and make friends with these, t’er haps ested when the father sees them inter and amused he may warm a little, speak, and peihajis the approve, perhaps smile, ui end give in. Jack, will you try?” ack Newbiggin o was by profession a conveyancer, but nature had intended Mm for a new Houdir., or a wizard ot the Aorth. He was more than half a pro fessional by the time he was f .ii grown, In addition to the quick eye and the facile wrist he had the rarer gifts of ttie Buave manner and the face of brass. He had even studied mesmerism and clatr 'voyaQce, and could upon occasion sur prise his audience cons.derably by his power. '! hey entered the miserable dwelling together. The children—eight of them —were all skirmishing child over the iloor, cx eept one, a of six or seven, a bright the eyed, exceedingly beautiful boy, le.ist—were not nature's vagaries well known— likely to be born amo, g and bei ng to such surroundings. «ho stood between the legsofthe man himself, wuo bad his back to the visitors, and was -crouching low over the scanty fire. The man turned his head for a raent, gave a pereceptibie stare, then an impereepuble nod, and once more he ,P C U the fir a‘ • little | . i ones; do you see this . gen .. what Cl * n „ uror ,s » Tommy? Tnl C !?’", catching r lv 1IIOW up a mite , a of four . five from.the or tioor. “No, not you nor you, ~arah. nor you, .lakey”— ‘2 le y h had '^ l0Ugh now ceared a l their n . am03 gambols - and were staling , ha d at their visitors— the moment was propitious; Jack Aew b ggin began. He had fortunately filled his pockets with nuts, oranges and cakes befoie leav.ng the parsonage so he had half h s apparatus ready in hand. ftJvL .♦T£V ,ett a ?, ,a b °J r v°, hl me ‘ d OVert Ieft J ° He J T father '" the fuu, going - back, , however, toexh.bit k his share of the spo.l and describe voiu m nously what had occurred. This and the re eated shouts of laughter seemed to produce some impression on him. Presently and he looked over his shoulder said—but without ammat'on: It is very good of you, sir, surely; very good for you to take so kindly to the little chicks It does them good to a bit, but it am t much aa they ve had to make em lately, ’It ,s good for all of us now and «g»'n, I take it, said • ack, desisting a ld g” ln g toward j um i the children , gradually collecting lu a far off corner and comparing notes. Vou can 1 ■ au S l1 , 3,r ; lf y° ur 1 ? eart8 , do it can be only sham. you a Whde he was speaking he had taken the the Bible hiblc from from the the shelf, shell, aid a .d resuming resuming his seat kegan to turn the leaves over. ‘Tm an untaught, rough countryman, S ’ r - bUt 1 lla ‘ VC kt ‘ ard tel1 that th” 80 strange things you do are only tricks; ain’t that so?” Here was indeed a hopeful symptom, He ( was was rousfifl roused thfifi then to to iftkfi take sninc. some inter- mipr. est in what had occurred. “All tricks, of course it all comes of practice,’’said pmciice,” , „ said . Jack, Jack, , , as as ue ue proceeded proceeded . ^ to to ® x P la :d some of the simple processes, ho l’ ia g tH enchain the man s attention, have “That’s what I thought, sir, or given you a job to do. I’ve been long J h want of a real conjuror many a a “ nothing Ie« II do. .''ee here, s f ‘ 1 r !’ .” ' he ' le said, ! ' am ’ as f ne he took ^ 00K a :l small M *J al1 carefullv careiuuy folded piper Irom be ween the ffiaves of theBible • do you see th s: It was half a Bank of England note . ..J 0 ''’ How, sir, could any conjuror . help , by itr’«ked Jack at-mce. ‘ I ‘1 tell _ short I make you, sir, as can ^ o ni “ ro! . 0 r no conjuror, you ve got a k 'n d ly heart, and I m mam sure that you 11 help if you can D /‘“ then described how he had picked U P the basket from the 10:io Liverpool e ’P r ® 83 - >berc ,, the .. hnea _, I , kc Pt } * e See „ here; “ l w,ar ' ed ‘l“«e P'etty and p ro P el j wlth , lac “ r,,l ‘ nd th f ed g®?> as though , its mother loved to make the little one smart. examined the linen; it bore a mono S ram and Cle9t ' Tli e rsthemade out <» mean i. . M., and the crest was P lal| ily two hammers cros ed, and the utotto, I strike not a common crest ~ and he never remembered tohaveseen 11 t e io '. e ’ . And A was that all ,, r i „ Cept the bank note. That , was in a poor old purse with a pawn-ticket ana a '•bimble. 1 kept them all. bike a true detective ack examined _ *»ery article minutely. The purse bore f he name Hester ' orngan, in rude lott e r ® msiae, and the pawn-ticket was made out in the same name. - THf J , SEC0ND ‘ .then Jack Newbiggin got back to the parsonage he fotmd that his host had accepted an invitation for them bith to dine at the “Big House,” as it was called, the country seat of the squire of the parish, “I beeu fighting battles have your all day,” began Mrs. Stillwell, the hostess, when seated at dinner next to Jack, “Was it necessary? I should have thought myself too resign ticaut ” “They wero talking at lunch of your wonderful tricks in cou uring, and some one said that the skill might prove in¬ convenient—when you played cards , for instance.” “A charitable imputation; with whom did it originate? “Sr Lewis > allaby.” “Please po ut him out to me.” He was shown a grave, scowling face upon the right of the hostess—a lace like a mask, the surface rough and wrinkled, through which the eyes shone with Bopuichre. a balclul 1 ght, like corpse-candles in a Jack bis let habit his to companion all the chatter information on. It J was get j found possible about any company in which he j himself, for h s own purpose as a ! clairvoyant, and when .Mrs. Mill weir i a ~ gcd b e ber w th artlcss 'l ues ' | ! tions, and , led her on l om one person to another, making mental nore 3 to serve h m hereafier. 1* is hits by careful and laborious preparations that many of the strange and seemingly invstdrious feats of the clairvoyant conjuror are pur- r formed W hen the whole party wee assembled in the drawing rmim after dinner a chorus of voices headed by that of the hostess, summoned Jack to his work, There appeared to be on y one diss.-n Slr J - cwi \ who not only did not trouble hnitself 10 back up the ! invitation but when the performance wa* actually benuu wa* at no paius to conceal his coutem.it and dssgust. I he conjuror made the conventional plum pudding in a hat, fired wedding rings card into quartern loaves, did all manner of tri ks, knife tricks, pistol tricks, and juggled .. B console tiously right through his repertory. Tnere was never a smite on ir Lewis's face; he sneered unmistakably. Finally, w th a i ostenta tion that sa-ored oi rudeness, he took out his w .tch, a gre it gold repeater, looked at it, and tremi- akal.ly yawned he ack hungered for that watch directly mHk,; saw it. I erhap- throu h it he raignt lts owner uricoml. .cable, if only for a moment. But how to get it into h.s hands? He a-k. d for a watch—a ! dozen dozen were were o o I I ered ered .ui, none of these ; would do. It must be a good w*tch—a repeater. US b.r i.ewts Mallabys was the ,uc only UIIIJ one OllC in the room, and he at rat. d sti .cily re fused to lend it ut so many tarne-t entreaties were ad Ire-se i lo him. the hostess lmutMca leading lour]im» tl«u the «.»■».«..l* attack, that »!-»..*• he couid j not m common eour e^y continue to re fuse. With something , I ke a growl he too< his wateh ..ff the chain and handed it to ack curi iVewbiggin. A .us, old fashnuie i watch it was, which would have gladdened the heart of awa ch codec.it a l jeweled and ename ed, udoiued with crest and in g.:r gcr pt pt oa—an n„-an heirio iteirlo un tn wu wu < . h h had had probably been in the. Mall,o.v family for years, ack looked u over cun., u-iy, medttat.veiy ; then, -udde .ly ra a ng h.s eyes, be stared intently mo. tr ew s allaby’s face and almost us quicaly b fiSr, w b. courteously. much of a treasure, to be risked in any enju ug tnca. An ordinary uio,ie i, w uch 1 mght replace, but not a work ot art like this.” j And he handed it i. ,ck to S. • ewis, 1 who received it >v th ill • once led sat.s-, faction He wj. as mm h plea-ed, prol>- j ab y. at ..ack’s expires on ..f p. urn he failure in the hi proposed trick as at the recovery of prop rty. | Another watch. However, wa- pounded | into a jelly and brou-.h ut whole Horn a cabn et in an ad ounng rnmn. “Oh, but it is too p ep sterous,” Sir Lewis Mai aby was he .id t.. s .y u te | augrdy. foundly disg The emit ed hi nued ”lh> applause pio-l . is a. is the merest cha, latani.-m. It mu-t be put an end to. It is the ommonest imposture These are things which he has co .ched I up tu advance. ■ et h m be tried with i something which upon the ace of it he cannot have learned be ..rehand by artificial means.” “Try him, Sir J ewis, try him your self,” cried se eral vo.ces. “I scarcely like to ie d my-elf to such folly or encourage so pitiable an ex hibition. ’ But he seemed to be conscious that further protest would be .n ack'siavor. ' so he said : “ an you tell whit l ha e in this pocket?” He tou.hcd the left breast of his coat. “A pocket book.” “‘Bah!’ Everyone car es a pocket book in his poeae “But do you:” asked -evc-al of ihe bystanders, all of whom were growing deeply interested in this strange duel. Sir Lewis Mallaby cotifes-ed that he did. and pro o c d it—an ordinary morocco leather purse and poc .etbook, al. in one “Are you prepared to goon?” said the Baronet, hang t ly to a k. i “(. erta my.” “What ioes tliis pocitetbook contain?” “Evidence.” “Evidence of what?” “Of fac’s that must, sooner or later, come “Whit to ight." ridiculous nonsens'*! I g ve you mywordihs pock.-, book contains no'hing — absoltneiy ami lmtli ug—but ” a Ba ik of 1- ng n te m.- i “Slay .” said acs N.-» bieg n, lacing him abruptly, and speak ng in a vo ce of thunder. “It is not so-you know it— it is only the half!” And as he spoke he took the poeket boos from the hands of the really stupe tied Baronet and exhibited for nspec tion—the half of a Bank of England note for 1 » . There was much applause at this harm less and sue. essful denouement of what threatened at one stage to lead to alter cati New.iggre n, perhaps to a quarrel. But Jack "as not satisfied, “ W vou have dared me to do mv * w<> r -t,” reid he. “listen now to what have to say sot only did I know that was only the half of a note, but I know where the mher half is to be found.” “-o much the better for me," said the Baronet, with an effort to appear humor ous. “That other half was given to—shall I s&v, -ir lewis?” Sir Lewis nodded indifferently, “It was g ten to one Hester Gorrigan, 8 an old nurse, six years ago.” leuce! t ay no more,” cried Sir Lewis in horror Mr lewis had Ven a younger son; the eldest inherited the family title, but ti ed early, leaving his window to give huna posthumomheir.thetitlereroaining in abeyance until time showed whether the infant was s boy or a fewis girl. It proved to i.e a boy whereupon information Mallaby, w o had thefirst of the act put into execution a nefarious project wh ch he had carefully concocted in ad vane. A girl was obtained in a found- 1 ng ho-utal and ubst.tuted by Lady allaby’s nurse, who was in i ewis’s i ay lor the newly-born son and her. Th s son and heir was h.tided o'er to anotheraceom nice, Hes¬ ter err gan, who was bribed with ul #, h df down, in the shape of a half-note, the other half to be paid when she an noimeed ■ . ber safe r al lexas with , ar r in the sto en child. It occurred to Mrs. ( orngan m her transit between ondoti and Liverpool that though M 0 wood he aceeptaole on her arrival, the child would be on y an encumbrance. 3im therefore threw the basket containing him out of the window, lorgetting ’deposited that in it she had for safety her puise. H was the watch borrowed from Sir Lewis dal.abv which r>t aroused .la k’s h usp cions It bore the same crest—two ha.mneis crossed, with the motto “I „ trike”—whch was marked upon the of ihe child that an Blockitt he with the mouo.-ram H M the-e fa. t-and what he had been told by rs . tjHwell, ack rap dlydrcw hiscon < lusions, and msde a bold shot, which hit the mark, as we have seen ew i Malla y’s confession combined w i,|, t h at . 0) ji rs . t oingun who was f,,u:d bv the police, soon reinstate l the r ohtful heir, and an Blockitt in after years had no reason to regret the gener osit „ which h d pn.mp ed him to give t ,.ei t.le ion idling the shelter of hisrude home .—London Ttd-Biu, Chinese Beggars, A writer ’n a shang ;ai journal re for ring to the beggars of i htim. says tlx <t large d,.nations are given to them p v Hie” people, but these are in the nature of an in urance. in the ciues t uu beggars are orgauized into very powerful guilds, more powerful by lar ban any organization with which they ha e to contend, lor the beggars have nothing to |,.se and noihmg to lour, in which respect they stand a one. The shopkeeper wbo sbould refuse a dnnat on to a stalwa t beggar, a ter the latter has wa ted lor a considerable tune and has besought with what lawyers cal “due diligence.” would be liable to in as on from a ho <le of famished wretches, who would render the ex stcnce even of a stolid Chine e a burden, and would ut'erty i revest the transaction of any bu-ine-e u .til their continually rising demands should be met. Both the-hop Keeper and the beggar understand this perfectly well, and it is lot ibis reason that the g fts flow in a steady, if tiuy, rih.— Lomuu Timex. A Mayor’s Epliem»ral Exaltation. Alderman Whitehead, who has been installed i ord Mayor of London, is a lanmaker by trade. He is, of course, w.-a thy, as the sa ary of li;s o i.ee, .* o, , on, will not su.i.ce for more than haif of his expeu-es The glories of the po¬ sition are many. The i.ord ajorranks and h ts the his precedence of an English Earl during reign of twelve months. He is add e-s.-d officially and in private as “,Mv Lord,” and his wife ra les at court as a > ountess. Once the term is ..ve> they sink back into plain “Mr.** and “ rs.” and are no longer eligible for court functions.
