VOLUMB .XII. li USIXESS CARDS. Oa tis Space Four "Weeks. Something NEAV C,oriirj n. HUMPHREY, Agent. vllnSS , JOHN BRIGGS rnKKSTIllS OPPORTUNITY TO INFORM A his friend I and file public areiierally, that is now settled in bis- NEW BUSINESS HOUSE, on the old stand next door to I, t '. Harper tt'o , where ean be found lis great an assortment and as large a stock of -Stoves and Eanges " asenn be found in any one house this side of Portland, and at as LOW . IItICK. p3 C3ripOS, Catiroii, Brass & Kiianiclel i i:,iS2S, in great variety. Also, Tin, !iect Iron, alvanizcl Iron, anl Copper ware, slTr.iv on hand, and made to order, AT LIV INti RATES. JtX on XX :cr- Al'xinjr. Oeto!er2i, KHrt CITY DRUG- STORE. Caraer First ani Ells-worts, sts., ALBANY, ORECOX. I. . ALTMAR SI I, Has asnin taken charge of the City Drug Store, having purchase! th." entire interest of C. W. bhaw. sm"Mir to A. Oirothers Co., and is now receiving a Splendid 2T3v7 Stock, which, added to the former, renders it very cm?l'te in all the di ir.?i-e!i t d-oari incuts. Feeling assured that ail can be suite. 1 in both Quality and Fries, he cordially invites his ohl friends and custom era to give him a call. P33S.H,TI02T3, .' TTIll reeel-e immediate and eareful attention a all bount, nay nuil u !;,-... egg- Pure Wiljcs and biijuors for mcdicinu purpose. " K. SALT, -AKSII. t.SC TT-SvlO CITY MARKET I First street, 3 doors west of Ferry, ALBA-NY, s i OKKUOX. tOI.ACH.EB & GGSTZ, Prop's. TT.lVIStf nnrchased the City Market, I will X X. I -. . . . . . , i. .'kmn constantly on hand all kindsof Meats ... .... t tn 1m nhiiiiiw-l III the market. I will strive at all times to meet the wishes of -thy !1 who may tor nie im : . The public eneially are invited to ill at inj ahup .when In want of meats. &irXh highest rash pric imid for I'OUK. 51vl(tsl3 ew Geodi J Xew Departure ! mSLLIIIEHYAHD DRESSMAKING. MRS. O. L. PARKS, TTAVIXti PURCHASED THE MH-LISERY I t I ill v- IV .... ...... - - - iovl,ir lost added thereto a new invoice of late Clioice Hilliaory, Trimmiags, . - - a ... .!. C InFilini 1 ton nets. Hats. c., takes pleasure in inviting the ladies of Albany and vicinity to ill and insnect for themselves. All ffoodfs will be sold ..t.. ttiu iltV'enmnetitioll Having secured tlie servi-s of a first class Dressmaker! .,, mt fti and make dresses In any style desired at short not iee and in asatis- laJ ??. l. in o- tor ehlldren asneeialty Kt?.reon north slde.of First. east of Ellsworth street. You are Invitett to can. il UH. O. Li. PARKS. 87. 1879- Zaialli'ble Indian. Remedies. A Sure Shot For FEVER & AGUE. DCRIX A IXXO RESIDENCE AMONG t ho Indian tribes of the coast and the Inte rior, I have had the tfood fortune to c"y' from the "Medicine" men of the several tribes, "nnd from other sources, a number of remedies for diseases incident to tins country. iwne inmfnr. harh oml hark, mil bavintcoeen solicited hy many people of this valley, who liave tried and proved the effleacy of them In disease, to procure and offer the saute for sale, I take this means of announcing to all that, unrliiK the past season, 1 nave made an exrenu n l tinr T.bi-oiili IhA mountains and valleys, and have secured certain of these remedies which are a sure cure lor . Fever and Ague. Those snrYertng from Aene who desire to be cured, ean leave orders at Mr. Strong's store on First street, where I will furnish the remedies, warranting; a radical care or I will demand no pay. . W. H. JOtlM. 6Remedies done up in (1 packages. 1-1-1 in a montli and expenses guaranteed to Atfts Ouitit free, SliAW a Co., Augusta. Maiuu vUiryt LEGAL. FI-I--. - Kl t'lIAMBERI-AIXi FMW & CIIAMBEBLAIS, Attorneys at Law, ALII AST, ' OKEOOX. OFFICE-In Foster's new brick block, first door to the lull, up r lairs. vllnlj ro well a Bir. yeit. Attorneys at mw anrt Solicitors in Chancery. Albany, - Okwwx. COI I KCTIONS promptly made on all vxiints. tau'i negotiated on reasonable terms. Ottice in roster's new block. jT. K. WEATIIERFOKD, 1SOT4UY nunc.) Attorney at Law, ALBANY, : : OREGON. WILL PRACTICE IS THUlfFEITENT .i.i.n n State. speeial attention giv- .-..it.-.tionsmid probate uKUtera. Ofkick In Odd Fellows' Temple. "4. vltl 1. It. Ji. IlLACKBtRX, ATTORNEY AT LAW, ALBANY, : t OBS3UOX. IROni'T ATIKS'IIOS UIVES TO AI.I. business. va X. 11. IU MH1KF.T. C. K. WW.VF.CTOX Hsimplirey "t AVolvcrton, Attorneys ami Counselors at I.mv. -tT 1 I. I.VuAt TH E IN ALL T1IK COURTS W of tliistnte. okkick in FromaiCs brick (up stairs! Albany, Oregon. llnt'J L. 12. JJOXTAME, Attorney at Law ALUAxr, ohegox. OFFICE- Vp stair? on First street. Vli stairs, over John 15ri. vllnli. C. II. I1KWITT, Attorney anrt Counselor at Law. Offier, Ohl It OiJI-v liitihlinrj. Albany, Oreptm. TII.I. PRACTICE in the different Courts of vlliiM it. 51. c-asLE-Y, ATTORNEY AT LAW. OFr A'K-In Pavrish block, north skle First street. A Ibanv. Oreiron. All burliness prompt iv and carefully attended to. vlln.W MEDICAL. B. M. SAVAG3, XI. Physician asad Surgeon, Froinans'n ISi iek, tip. stairs, I'll st .Htreet, H:iiij , Orejro"- vlinl'J C. C. KELLY, M. I., PHTSICIAIT Ss SUESS01T. AI.BAXY, s : OBEUOS. OFFICE IX McIIAVAlN'S I'.Rlf'K P.LOI'K. Residence one door north of broom tm-to-ry, Lyon street. Ilvl3 1). W. BALLAKI), M. I. J. M. PliWELl., M. t. ISALLAESS& POWELL, OKfTt'E- At Lebanon Pntit Store. I'2n2! Jl Xil S l WEBEXIA., AiS IISS , Fresco, Sign, Scene, Pictorial Painting. esh;ninc; a specialty. J Rooms r. and 7, l'arrish bloek. corner First and Ferr streets. Allwny, Oreiron. CLAKK, SUtVOR TO J. B. H YATT, - dealer in Heavy and Shelf Hardware, Iron, Steel and Jleehantes" Tools, Firat door ast of S. E. Youni, AhJtAXY, (vllnW) OHF.GOX. ST. CHARLES HOTEL, ALBANY, : . OREGON, Mrs. C. Houk, Proprietor. THIS HOCSE has been thorouKlily overhaul ed and renovated, and placed in tirst class condition for theaeeonimodalion of itsiiuests. Good finrle Room for Commercial Travelers. General Stage Otliee for Corvallis. Indeiiend enee and Ixibanon. Frre t'i'li to and from Ihehome. vllnt!) WILLERT &. ISCSCIl, Manufacturers of Carriages and Wagons. LARGE stock Cnrriasresand Wasronsconstnnt lv on hand. ft& Repnirinfj and job work doneat short notice and in the most skilful! manner. 5i-l 8 Ferry Street, Allmny, Or. JAMES D ANNALS, Dealer and Manufacturer of SOLID WALNUT BEDROOM SETS No Venecrinti No Sham. Also Oregon Asli, Maine and Pine Suits. Sprinjr Beds. Pure Hair Matrasses. Also moss, wool, t-uiu anu Straw Beds on hand and made at Iowest Rates. Work and !f.ods warranted as represent e A. Corner Second and Ferry Nta., ilhnny. TITUS BROS. Jowolors, Albany, : Oi-egon. T EGULATING TIME-PIECES & RKPAUJ; 1. inffj.irolrv asneeialtv. Call. VllnlJ Ae r 'Km H me" clalnea. Ah I i. tYtnr own town .', outfit free. SbDONorlsk. Reader, if you want a business at which persons of either sex cjiii makeftreat pavall the time when they work, write lor jar titar a. HALLETT A Co., Portland, Me, wy ALBANY, Kindness and its Ucwartl. Alice sat in front of tne little table, washing the breakfast dishes, a bright haired girl, with large wistful blue e'es, whorn you would never tsuf'pect to be a cripple until you saw her seated on a wheeled chair, by means of which she propelled herself back and forth. Yet, although ehe herself was the only servant of the establishment, the floor was daintily clean, the windows shone like sheeted diamonds and the curtains were white and neatly darned. For little Alice, at eighteen, was a born house keeper, a:td took as much delight in the details of her homely, domestic life as if she had been a child p'aying with a doll house instead of Moses Haywood's crippled daughter. "It is puzzling sometimes," said Alice wrinkling her pretty brown brows over the housekeeper's book ; "because there's only just so much money and the expenses have got to be met ; and it you get the least little bit in debt, there it is, hanging around your neck like a millstone to the end of the year. L'ut then, again, if there weren't any difficulties in this style of housekeeping what would be the credit." And then Alice would shake her bright brown braids, bite the end of her pencil, and begin again with the trouble some array ot figures. 1 Ihit upon this particular day the color burned more teverih!y than ever in her check ; the teacups clinked nervously together as she rinsed them out. j ; ' lint ro;es Hay wood, a white haired, prematurely old man, sat over the "Clas.-ical Dictionary" at the other end of the room and only smiled quietly. "Filly pounds," t-ai.l Alice. "It's a deal of money, father, dear, and you've been years saving it up '' "You ara rigi't, my dear," said the schoolmaster calmly, "it is a deal of money. Hut what h mouey worth it we can't nse it to help our fellow crea tures with ?" "And I dare say he's ever so much richer tl.prt you, father,' pursued Alice "He is my wife's cousin," Alice," said the old man, "and he is in sore need. I5e comtortel, my child, ii is only a loan." j "Only a loan!" repeated indignant Alice. Father, you'd never see it asram. J eopie are always uorruwnig and nobody ever thinks of repaying money." Gently, daughter Alice, gently," chided the ohl man. l1t is bet to he charitable to all men in thought as we-1 as in deed. It is true t! at I had antici pated laying this filly pounds out in a j few books for myself, anew dress tor: yon, and in a carjiet for our sitting room ; but never mind. We sha'l do very well as we are, and tf ilr. Wat kins rtaily liee-ds this money' I don't lielieve he needs it half as much as we do," burst m Alice. And she wheeled the cnair across the room to give the linnet his i fresh seed and water, while Haywood, folding up tho fifty-pound note which; had been the bone of contention, placed it in an envvlone and walked away. Tt i too bad of father;? thought Alice, left alone by herself. do be lieve he would give the coat oft" his back ii any one asked for it.; But he ought to think of himself and he ought to think of me." And a lew uncon scious tears splashed down on the tin- net's glass water cup aa Alice thought of the long treasured fifty pounds. Just a week subsequently Mr Wal ter Watkinn sat in his back parlor, a wrinkled old gentleman with light blue eyes like staring marbles and a curious upward sneer to the curves' ot his mouth, while on the table in front ot him lay a pile ot letters. "Now we'll see," said Mr. Walking to himself, what all the ties of relation ship are worth. I've written pitiful letters to my' six cousins, and I'll be willing to wager lite biggest diamond in my ring that there isn't a penny in all these answers. We'll see." f The first letter, as it transpired, was from tho Rev. Theodore Talkington who inclosed a tract entitled 'Return, ye sinners," recommended a course of prayer meetings, and stated that the Rev. Theodore was quite unable to help his Cousin Walter except by good advice. i "I thought so," said Mr. Watkins. The 6econd was from Mrs. Calista Jones, the wife of a prosperous mer cl ant. "My dear cousin," it said, in little spider-webby characters, "your letter fills me with surprise Such necessity OREGON, JANUARY can only have its source in dissipation or speculation. With neither of those can you expect me, a Christian matron, to sympathize. AJuder the circumstances I must beg to decline further postal communication with you. Respectful ly, etc., etc., etc" The upward curves around Mr. Wat kins' mouth lengthened themselves out into the nearest approach to a smile in which the caustic old gentleman ever indulged, as he neatly labeled and docketed this letter also, and opened still tho third, in which Mr. Benjamin Courtenay regretted the straitened state of his financial affairs, and bluntly rec ommended some public charitable in stitution as the best refuge for his cous- in's declining years. "Humph, linmph!" muttered Mr. Watkirs. '"So he would pack me oft" to the poor-hrnse, would he? Very kind and considerate ot him, very." Mr. Peter Dilks was a stage less cer emonious than others. "Did his cousin Watkins think he was made ot money ? Did he think it was his business to supply every old pauper! In that case Mr. Watkins would find himself terribly mistaken, and so no more from his to command. P Dilks." The fifth epistle from Mrs. Million naire was excessively civil and as hard as granite. She begged to call Mi Watkin's attention to the fact that she, Mrs. Millionaire, was but his second cousin after all, and she really wonder ed at his audacity in expecting her to patch up his ruined fortunes. She in closed a card to an employment office, and hoped to be troubled no more with such useless applications. Mr. Watkins silently folded this let ter and opened the one direcle.1 in -Most Haywood's clerky calligraphy To his surprise, when he broke the seal, out foil a postoiiiiie older ot 50. "My dear Cousin Watkins," wrote the school master, "I grieve deeply to hear ot your financial distress, and here bv inclose all I have on hand. It-is not much but I beg of von to accept it in the same spirit in which it is given." Old Walter Watkins brushed his wrinkled hand across his shaggy brows, "The poorest,, most obscure ot them all,' he said. "The one ot whom I expected least. Well, wonde.s will neyer cease." And taking up his pen he wrote hack briefly "C'olsin Haywood : I thank you W. Watkins." 1 "Father, are yon sure you are well enough to gti bask into school ?" Alice had drawn up her wheeled chair close to the lounge on which old Moses had dragged himself into a sit ting posture. Yes, child, yes," he said, drawing his' hand across his forehead ; "I must be well enough ! The child rbn's parents are setting impatient! I shall lose my scholars if I don't go back into harness to day." "Father, father," cried poor Alice, piteously, "it we had but that money you saved so long and painfully that money yon gave to old.Mr. Watkins it would have brought you health, strength, repose now." "My daughter," said the old man mildly, "all that is past considering now. And remember, he that iveth to the roor lendeth to the Lord." lie was in the school that morning trying to accustom his whirling head to the c'amoroua voices of the little ones when there came a loud rap at the door and a well-dressed, bluff-looking stran ger walked in and looked ui.cermoni- ously around him. "Is this Moses Haywood, th eschool- master?" he asked, with outstretched hand. "That is my name, sir," said the old man. "I congratulate you," cried the stran ger, nearly wringing poor Moses' hand off. "Sir !" said the schoolmaster. x on re a rich man !" roared the stranger, "I I think I must be dreaming said Moses, putting his hand to his head. "Not a bij, ot it," paid the stranger j "not a bit of it. "It's your wife's cous in, Walter Watkins, of "Yes," said Moses Haywood. "I re member nowI lent him fifty pounds; I suppose hehas sent you to return it?" "Fifty pounds," echoed the stranger. "It is a thousand I He is dead, and has willed, you all his money. Pretty good interest on fifty pounds for a year, eh? But ray client was always cccen- 16 1880. trie. There's a string or names down in his will for ten shilling each, because, as he states, they wouldn't lend him as much as that when he asked for it a lot of cousins, you know-and it's all left you as the only one who responded genially to his call. I say, sir," with another overpowering shake of the hand, I congratulate you, with all my heart !" j And the Autumn-tide ot Moses Hay wood's lite is passed in the sunshine of wealth and prosperity, and Alice has her hot-houses, her aviary and her bewks. 'Father," she says, softly, with her cheek against his wrinkled hand, "you were right, after all, and I was wrong. Kindness is sure to filid 'its reward." Xlie Stone By The Koatfslde. Wbere the town of Randolph now carries on its busy traffic, Egbert Ba con's farm was once . located. Egbert Bacon was my grandfather. His farm covered more than 700 good acres and lie consiuereu himseit wealthy, as ne undoubtedly was. lie started in lite a poor boy, and his honest accumulation was the result of his toil. Grandfather was a very peculiar man. Many persons considered him penurious, but he was really liberal ; and from the fact that his charitses were given in sc cresy, people supposed that he never contributed to good works. It was in his old age (and he lived to a gieat peri od) that a company ot speculators bought his land, because of the fine water power that ran through it, an 1 as soon as they erected the mills the place began to go forward until Bacon's farm was a thing ot the past. I recol lect when the tirst mill was built and I well remember my boyish enriotity in watching the mechanics who worked upon it. My grandmother was about the same nre as her husband. She did not long survive his death and I missed a good friend and counselor when she left me. Grandfather expected me to be a far mer but as 1 never had any taste for hard work my thoughts and inclinations went another way. Ot course he was not at all pleased with my slubbornnessi but my good grandmother always stepped between me and his wrath and shielded me from his displeasure. Tl-.e old gentleman was a sturdy man at 70 years He was invariably dressed in brown clothes and wore so broad a brim to his low crowned hat that he might easily have been taken for a Quaker at first sight. But get him an gry once (for his irritability was easily aroused) and he would let fly such sharp and vehement sentences that it was sometimes difficult to imagiue that they were not profane. I was 19 years old and was deeply in love with Sallie Miller, the young lady who played the organ at the Cross Roads Church and was the finest dancer among all the girls in the country. Grandfather had conceived a dislike for Sa'ly because she was a musician. He had no ear for music and was not "moved by concord ot sweet sounds," and nothing so quickly excited his ire as to ecrape a violin within his hearing, or to strike a cord upon the piano. Much against my grandfather's in clination he premitted me to enter the law office of Mr. Smart, as a studeut. Had it not been for the offices of my grandmother I should not have had the wish ot my heart gratified. But she smoothed the way for my grand father's consent. But be never ceased to ridicule me for my pretentions and positively refused to give me his consent to marry Sallie Miller. It would not have been a wie thing in me to cross the old gentleman's whims, lor I was his heir; and he could have found another without much difficulty, so I never urged my case, but humored him in every way I could think cf. "What are you thinking about, father," ray grandmother inquired. She always called him by that name. ;I was thinking," be slowly replied, taking the pipe from between his lips and dropping both hands upon his knees, "that a few years hence, and one won't see good old hickory logs burn- inc on the andirons. Stoves and grates, and that infernal coal that m&kes gss enough to suffocate a household, will supply the place ot our old fashioned fires." I ought to have held my tongue, for he was not speaking to me, but I want ed to frhow off soma of my Bmartness, and so I replied : "Oh ! my dear sir, there is really no occasion for having a stovo which per mits the gas to escape. We bare now gas consuming stoves, and one is not &ibled in the way you suppose." "Pray, Mr. Smartness, permit me to inquire how long" you have been pos sessed of this valuable information ? I have known it for some years, or rather have heard it said that these stoves were gas-burners, but it's all a lie; there's not a word of truth in it. I've known them to send out as much gas as would kill an ox, it he were confined in the atmosphere. Now, sir, don't you feel like a fool ?" "Come, now, father," . replied my grandmother, "don't be eo severe on the boy." (She called me a boy to the day of her death). "He only told you what he heard, no doubt, and ot course every one is liable la make mistakes, especially about such matters." "That puts me in mind," continued my grandfather, "of asking you how you are coming on with your piano- playing friend ?" "I scarcely see her except on Sun- days "Humph !" returned my grandfather, clearing his throat. I did not like the ejaculation. I had often heard it before, and I regarded it with the same apprehension that a mar iner does an ugly cloud that rises up to the windward. "Humph!" he continued, blowing a iolumn of smoke toward the china orna ment on the mantle-piece, "what are you good for?" He looked very squarely at me as he asked the ques tion. He evidently expected a reply, so I answered by saying that as yet I did not know. "That's candid, at all events," he re plied. "I've been thinking a good deal about you of late, and it occurred to me that you might make a poor lawyer after all. And you know what a poor lawyer is. You remember Simmons, the man who used to board about upon the farms during the Summer time ? Well, he was what they termed a poor lawyer. He hadn't brains enough to make his profession support him, and was ready to do writing or saw wood to help eke out a livelihood." ' lT.tT 1 1 n i-n n f . o 1 ,1 vnn aM,ntalliav " . . v. ..... ....-w. ... . j s . a . , .a . t , suggested my grand mother. He did not appear to notice her re mark, but continued : "Can yon turn a somersault?" "I never tried," I replied. "Then yon are not as expert as a clown. For the life of me I can't see what good you are going to do in the world." "And I can't see," said my dear old grandmother, "what occasion there will be for tlie boy to mend clocks or turn sumersaults. To hear you talk, one would think you had nothing to leave him but your advice, and that is uot of the most encouraging nature." A young man should rely upon him self, returned my grandfather. "Riches take wings. I've managed to hold my property together pretty well, but how do I know he will da so when you and I are gone ? He'll marry Miss Miller. What sort of a wife will the make him ? Smart with her heels, no doubt. Nimble with her fingers at the old organ, but those won't serve to keep family from going headlong to destruc tion." "Sally Miller is a very prudent and useful girl," replied my erandmother. "I don't 6ee what yon find amiss in her." "Don't you?" he replied. Then he relapsed into filence, and smoked and looked into the fire. By and by he got up and walked out of the room, and then my dear old grandmother took my hand and held it within her own, and told mo not to fret, that she would bring my grand father to think better of my sweet heart. I thanked her ever so much, but I had little hope that she would ever be successful. About this time my grandfather was. selling some property in the town where I was reading law, and it became neces sary for him to go there to sign the deed for the 6ale. At his request I accompanied him. It was nearly evening when his busi was finished, and wo set out on our return home. Eour thousand dollars, the proceeds ot the sale, my grand father carried in bank notes on his per son, as it was too late to mako a deposit in the bank. The old gentleman was in good humor, and talked pleasantly as we drove along. My mind was full of schemes just at that time, as to how 1 was to support Sallie Miller it I mar ried ber. betore my, grandfather died. NO. 16. I little dreamed that eie we got borne a way would be openeato me We wera going down a steep hill and it was now quite dark, when the horse stumbled and fell and in an instant a shaft was snapped in twain. I sprang out of the wagon, and grandfather quickly foK' lowed. The horse in his fall had become en- ' tangled in the harness, and lay helpless upon the earth. The moon was just" rising, and gave but an uncertain light, tor the sky was full of fleecy clouds, but still it was light enough to perceive grandfather drop the package ot four ; thousand dollars as he stooped down to ' free the horse. There it lay at my feet," and he was unconscious of his lo.-" Another instant I picked it np and was holding it behind me, irresolute bow to act. You will understand that I did' not mean to steal it, but somehow or other I had an indistinct idea that I . could make the occasion subserve my aims. There was a large flat ftona by the roadside. I had trapped a rabbit " there once and I knew there was a con siderable cavity beneath it. An instant later and the 4,000 was deposited in the hole. ; Tho shaft being tied up we got on" our way home again, but it was mid- night ere we arrived at home. , Grandfather had not been within doors five minutes ere he discovered the loss of his money, lie didn't get angry,' but he was frightened. It was the first time in my lite I had witnessed him alarmed. ' "I've lost my money," he exclaimed,' as he drew his hand from his coat pock-" et. Then he slid down, like a helpless child, into a chair, and the cold perspir ation broke out in large drops upon his forehead. His face became very white.' Grandmother was standing by his side." "Never mind," she exclaimed j grandson will go baes: and look for it, and I dare say, will find it too. "Four thousand dollars "x don't lay7 long on any road, however nnm?'J.uemV" ed, and the road we traveled to-nigi"? t , has always some one passing over it. JS o, the money won t be tound, Ab! me," and the old ' mtlh -lay" back ia bur-', cliair like one ill. For ah instant my heart reproached:' me, and I was ready to confess my trick, " tor my grandfather looked the picture of despair. "I'll go and saddle a horse and ride back. 1 suppose you must have lost it ' when the horse was being freed from the harness. 'Tis only three miles back. ' and the moon is now up. It won't " take me long to ride it," "I think I'll go with yon," said the ' old man. I "Don't think of it," I replied. "Trust ' me, grandfather ; if I can't mend a' clock or turn a somersault, you will ac knowledge I was always a good hooter. " I'll bet you anything you dare that I'll ' recover every dollar of your money." ' "Do you think so ?" be asked, grasp. ' ing me by the hand. "You must not mind what I said to you, my boy," about being good tor) nothing. You. are ray grandson and my heir, too. All ' : I have will be yours some day." 'There's one thing you won't agree"" to let roe have," I replied. He waved his band, j "I know what you are going to say," he answered. "Well, your grand." mother has been talking to me on that subject. Go along, boy, bring me' backr" the 64,000 and I'll allow you to marry Sallie Miller." 1 I made a spring for the door and was : hurrying to the stable, when the old gentleman followed me. " "Remember ray conditions.the $4,000 I lost. Find that for me and yon can ' marry Sallie Miller, and I'll provide'' yon. ut it you fail to bring me the money, I say, I say nay, and perhaps for a good while tocome.'" I flew along the road as fast as a good horse could carry me, bnt felt like' a guilty wretch as I knelt down by the' stone and passed my hand beneath it.' A gleam of happiness erossed my heart as I held the package in my hand. My first impulse was to hurry home'1 as fast as I had thither. But reflecting ' that tuy speedy return might throw ar suspicion on the affair, I allowed the ' horse to walk nearly the whole dis-" tancc. Grandmother met mo at the door. ' She said my grandfather had been counting the minutes since I left. He " was still in the sitting room. I held the package up, and grand. ' mother kissed me. (Continued on fourth page,)-