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 :^' which ia ^^„. '*^. worId7^A»Tg.| intary little, invisibl is â- mi 8. li: e to a. except in aT*JP^J*«| fraud arth'""^?!*^^* ^o one has rl^^'waJcink.' '« "«y. motive ». 'hone which »n^" *»yrK f can pash ita i?" .»»«ilt » a of eternity Wk ""» th« U8lygnarded» w?» «»e f •yes of to-day aiU^/^ not reverent, w^j j^^ W n»„ It and hopeful ^„^*"o *»tch- '°d m part, at le.^^ »e "y«on.youh.vebeenfiAt. father, I had â- - «i.„^ inga this morning." "'•'o ^eil you reiner,iber oni- 1.^ -^^--bjec..aoyJ„°«,!«' 'a. her, you aaid t)i««. " your memory. I a^ !. .«,, therawhide. ^KankT' nS ttwdisagreeablethsk I ,bonM ^ur story, and alao know hS ^ou strnck the BilW w ,\7/"g^* I promised foui^i ^^hide for every time iLbi^a I, it was this way. Yonae* aR«,ubIicanandI,likeyr â- mea said that, did he?" he said they were iui bom at he could lick any son of a ever lived." J -^a on id then did you flght?" .not quite then. I told him t a Demociat, and was prond mid not hck one aide of me le could lick me if I was m id eight sides, and that my respectable thief anyhow, veranda climer. Then we "^â€" crâ€" many times, my son, Janr.es?" nted up as far as forty or he began to gouge my eye, of the rest, but I am sure io a hundred." 7 h3y, go throw this rawhide d then coma back and hng 1 Cause for Thanks. ptain sat in the lobby of the Bsterday afternoon. He was ood, and related a numbfr mces he had had with minis- one in particular which Emus- 2h as he recalled it. we left London," he began, p to Baltimore, among the ard wag a preacher. We out of the river before the e awfully sick, and he felt v/as wrong with the ship, ars to me, and to alliy them he fore part of the vessel, cf sailers were at work. ;ar those men swear?' I plied. 'Isn't it shocking? e cf them ' I'c know,' I answered, 'but they are not worried about f the ship.' The reverend the point and felt mnch ly a terrible storm arose. ged in the trough of the passengers were greatly preacher going to the same and I followed him. Snd- l and listened attantively. od 'Tbank heaven, they â-  I need not add that the wn. 'â-  Off by anEaele. rmer William Bsattie, who arron River, Kan., was car gle on Saturday. Bsattw he morning, leaying m m ildren, one five years old wo months. About roon lome, and found his girl » he had taken the baby mto it while she went into tB" minutes she heard a cry, It saw the baby " fly«« pressed it. at cnce that an eagle hw* ind summoned hifl neign- d banks of the "»«â- , *^ dn-ade. In about an h*« i summoned the «»f*?" the men had found tiW ?aged in a de«Uy wn^ fmptiedhuiguiiattiheWg wuig. and was M|f«jT a retof orcements tfov-d. into the boah, "J ^JJ infant dead, the body ft* 1 part of it gone. pnbUahed fr«B^*iL^ â- ^8 diary are no/J^ST ave the effect of ««jl«r world's opinMOjJS; nya been ^J^^^ ' the ide» of •"XSae Emperor's Jurf ^-^ iropofled "•â- Â«5lS^.4N'-^ fwer nboat ft»^^ wth^ bad ^r I to Hm r-*-* ROUGHING IT IN THE BUSH." CHAPTER X[. THE CHAKIVAKI. fate is «a*l' ' '"' ""' ^° ^*" *° •*) For home, or friends, or onatry left !•». bind. arv those t :ars, and lift the downcaat to eye Io the high heaven of hope, and be re gign'd rt-ijdom and time will justify the deed, The eye will csase to weep, the heart bleed. Tove's thrilling syrapAthies, affections pure, All that endear M and hallow'd your lost borne. Shall on a broad foundation, firm and sure, EstablLah peace the wildemeas become Dear as the distanr. land'yon fondly prize, dearer visicns that in memory rise. The moan of the wind tells of the cominii -in that it bears upon its wings the deep stillness of the woods, and the lengthened ihadows they cast upon the stream, silently but surely foreshaiow the bursting of the thuader-cloud and who that has lived for iBV time upou the coast, can mistake the luieuage of the weavesâ€" that deep prophetic surging that ua hers in the terrible gale? Soft is with the human heartâ€" it has its BTsterions WArningi, its fits of snnsliine and shade, of storm and calm, now elevated with an-ici'pations of juy, now depressed by dark presentiments ot ill; All who huve ever trodden this earth, po'sessed of the p3wer8 of thought and re- action, of tfAcicg effiots back to their causes, have lidceaed to thes3 voices of ths sonl, and secretly acknowledged their power; but few, very few, have had courage boldly to declare their belief in them the wisest jnl the best have given credence to them, and the experience of every day proves their tru'h yea, the proverbs of past agea abound with allusions to the same subject, and from oar once proaperona home, as the Cana- dius mowa diaaolve before the first warm daya of apring, leaving the verdareleaa earth naked and ban. There waa, however, a apirit in my family tliat rose anperior to the crashing influenoes of adveraity. Poverty, which a» often de- givdea the weak mind, became their beat teacher, the atembat fraitfal parent of high resolve and .ennobling thooght. The very miafortanes that overwhelmed, became the aonrcs from whence they derived both energy and atrenirth, as the inundation of aome mi«;hty river fertilizea the ahoreaover which it first apreada rain and desolation. With- out loainiK aaght of their former poaition in â- ociety, they dared to be poor to place mind above matter, and make the talenta with which the great Father had liberally endowed them, work out their appointed end. The world sneered, and aummer frienda forsook them; they tamed their backs upon the world, and upon the ephemeral tribes that live but in ita amilea. From oat the solitude in which they dwelt, their names went forth through the crowded cities of that cold, aneering world, and were mentioned with reapect by the wise and good and what they lost in wealth, they more than regained in well- earned reputation. Brought np in this school of self-denial, it would have been strange indeed if all its wise and holy precepts bad brought forth no corresponding fruit. I endeavored to reconcile myself to the change that awaited me, to accommodate my mind and pursuits to the new position in which I found myself placed. Many a hard battle had we to fight with old prejudices, and many proud airellings of the heart to subdue, before we could feel the least interest in the land of our adcp tion, or look upon it as our home. All was new, strange, and distasteful to us we shrank from the rude, coarse famil- iarity of the uneducated people among whom ^^ we were thrown; and they in return view- tloush the worldly may sneer, and' the good ed us as innovators, who wished to Scurtail 6 .. ., i-.i:-r 5_ iu„» â€" ^k:„u their inuependence by expecting from them the kindly civilities and gentle courtesies of man repudiate the belief in a theory which he considers dangerous, yet the former, when he appears led by an irresistible impulse to enter into some fortunate, but until then unthought of, speculation and the latter, when he devoutly exclaims that God has met him in prayer, unconsciously acknow- ledges the same spiritual agency. For my own part, I have no doubts upon the sub- ject and have found many times, and at different periods of my life, that the voice in the soul speaks truly; that if we gave stricter heed to its mysterious warnings, we should be saved much aft jr- sorrow. Well do I remember how sternly and solemnly this iu'^ard monitor warned me of approaching ill, the last night I spent at home how it strove to draw me back as from a fearful abyss, beseeching me not to leave England and emigrate to Canada, and how gladly would I have obeyed the injunc- tion had it still been in my power. 1 had bowed to a superior mandate, the command of dutv, for my husband's sake, for the sake of the' infant, whose little bosom heaved afiinst my swelling heart, I had consented to bid adieu forever to my native^ shores, and it seemed both useless and sinful to Yet, by what stern. necessity were we driven forth to seek a new home amid the western wilds 1 We were not compelled to emigrate. Bound to E agland by a thou- sindholy and endearing ties, surrounded by a circle of chosen friends, and happy in each other 3 love, we possessed all that the world can bestow of goodâ€" but tvioith, The half- pay of a sibaltern officer, managed with the most rigid economy, is too small to supply the wants of a fan)ily and if of a good family, not enough to maintain his original standing in society. True, it may find Jiis children bread, it m^iy clothe them indifler- entiy, but it leaves nothiag for the indis- pensible requirements of education, or the piinful contingencies of sickness and mis- fortune. In such a cise, it is both wise and right to emigrate Nature points it out as the only safe remedy for the evils arising out of an over-dense population, and her advice is always founded upon justice and truth. Up to the period of wjich I now speak, we had not experienced much inconvenience from our very limited means. Oar wants were few, and we enjoyed many of the com- forts and even some of the luxuries of life Md all had gone on smoothly and lovingly with us until the birth of our first child. It was then that prudence whispered to the father, " You are happy and contented now, but this cannot always last the birth of that child, whom you have haUei with as much rapture as though she were born to mherit a noble estate, is to you the begin- nmg of care. our family may increase, and your wants will increase in proportion out of what fund can you satisfy their demands SDme provision must be made for the future, and made quickly, while youth and health enable you to combat successfully with the ills of life. When you married for inclma- tion, you knew that emigration must be the reauh of such an act of imprudence in over- populated England. Up and be doing, while you still possess the means of transportmg yourself to a land where the industriouscan never lack bread, and where there is a chance that wealth and independence may reward virtuous toil. Alas that truth should over whisper auoh nnpleasant realities to the lover of e*8e â€" to the poet, the author, the musician, the man of books, of refined taste and gentlemanly habits. Yet he took the hint, and b^^ to bestir himself with the spirit and ener:CT so characteristic of the glorious North, from whence he sprung. " The sacrifice," he said, " moat be made, »nd the sooner the better. My dear wife, 1 feel confident that you will respond to the call of duty and hand-in-hand -and heart- in-heart we will go forth to meet difficultiea. nd, by the help of God, to aubdae them. ' Djar husband I take shame to myaelf that my purpose waa lesa firm, that my heart lingered so far behind yoora in prepar- ' for this great epoch in oar lives *at, like Lot* a wife, I atill tamed and looked back, and clnnc with all my atrength to the land I waa lsavin|{. it was not the hardships of an emi a more refined community. They consid- ered us proud and shy, when we were only anxious not to give offence. The semi-bar- b«rou4 Yankee squatters, who had "left their country for their country's good," and by wbom we were surrounded in our first set- tlement, detested us, and with them we could have no feeling in common. We could neither lie nor cheat in oar dealings with them and they despised as for our ignor^ ance in trading and our want of smartnesa. The utter want of that common courtesy with which a well-brought-up European addresses the poorest of hi 9 brethren, is severely felt at first by settlers in Canada. At the period of which I am now speaking the titles of "sir," or "madam," were very rarely applied by inferiors. They entered your house without knocking and while boasting of their freedom, violated one of its dearest laws, which considers even the cottage of the poorest labourer hia castle, and his privacy sacred. ' Is your man to hum?" â€" " Is the woman within " were the general inquiries made to me by such guests, while my bare- legged, ragged Irish servanta were always spoken to as "sir" and "mem," as if to make the distinction more pointed. Why they treated our claims to their respect with ma rked insult and rudeness, I never could satisfactorily determine, in any way that could reflect honour on the species, or even ^lead an excuse for its brutality, until i found that this insolence was more generally practised by the low, uneducated emigrants from Britain, who better understood your cUims to their civility, than by the natives themselves. Then I discovered the secret. The unnatural restraint which society imposes upon these people at home forces them to treat their more fortunate brethren with a servile deference which is repugnant to thi?ir feelings, and is thrust upon them by the dependent circumstances in which they are placed. This homage to rank and edu- cation is not sincere. Hatred and envy lie rankling at their hearts, although hidden by outward obsequiousness. Nccoodii.^ compels their obedience they fawn, and cringe, and flatter the wealth on which they depend for bread. But let them once emigrate, the clog which fettered them u suddenly re- moved they are free and the dearest priv- ilege of this freedom is to wreck upon their superiors the long-locked-np hatred of their hearts. They think they can debase you to their level by disallowing all your claims to distinction while they hope to ex4lt themselves and their fellows into ladies and gentleman by sinking you back to the only title you received from Nature â€" plain "man" and "woman." Oh, how much more honourable than their vulgar pretentions 1 I never knew the real dignity of these simpie epithets until they were insultingly thrust upon ua by the working-classes of Canada. But from this folly the native-born Cana- dian is exempt it Is only practised by the low-bom Yankee, or the Yankeefied British peasantry and mechanics. It originates in the enormous reaction springing out of a sadden emancipation from a atate of utter dependence into one of imreatrained liberty. As such, I not only excuse, bat forgive it, for the principle is founded in nature and, however diagnatins and diataatefnl to thoae accustomed to different treatment from their infttiora, it ia better than a hollow profeasion of duty and attachment urged upon OS by a false and niinataral position. Still, it is very irk-some until you tnink more deeply upon it and then it swves to amuse rather tiian to irritate. And here I would observe, before quitting this aabject, that of allfolUes, that of taking oat aervanta from the old oountry ia one of the greateat,|and isaart to end in the loaa of the money expended in tiidr paaaage, uid to become the cause of deep disappmnt- ment and mortifioation to yooraelL They no sooner aet toot upon the Canadian ahores than they beoome pouesaed with this oltra-iepabUsan spirit. AH reqpeot for th«r enpIoTent all sabordination is ft an end the veiy ^r of Oamida seven tlie tie of mntoal oUigation which boond yonjo^ aany Uaof ikmtminm not gant claims, they tell yoa that " they are free; that mo contract made ia the old country ia binding in ' Meriky ' that you may look oat for another person to fill their place as soon as voa like and that yoa nwy get the money expended in their passage and outfit in the beat nuuinor you can." I was anfoitonately peraoaded to take out a woman with me as a nurse for my child daring the voyage, as I was in very poor health and her conduct, and the trouble and expense ahe occasioned, were a perfect illaatration of what I have described. When we consider the different position in which servants are placed in the old and new world, this conduct, ungrateful aa it then appeared to me, ought not to create the least surprise. In Britain, for instance, they are too often dependent upon the ca- price of their employers for bread. Their wages are low their moral condition still lower. They are brought up ia the most servile fear of the higher classes, and they feel most keenly their hopeless degradation, for no effort on their part can better their condition. They know that if once they get a bad character they must starve or steal and to this conviction we are indebt- ed for a great deal of their seeming fidelity and long and laborious service ia our families, which we owe lass to any moral perception on their part of the superior kindness or excellence of their employers, than to the mere feeling of assurance, that as long %B they do their work well, and are cheeriul and obedient, they will be punctu- ally paid t'aeir wapes, and well housed and fed. Happy is it for them and their masters when even this selfiih bond of union exists between them But in Canada the state of things in this respect is wholly reversed. Ths serving class, comparatively speaking, is small, and admits of little competition. Servants that understand the work of the csuntry are not easily procured, and such always can com- mand the highest wa^es. Ths possession of a good servant is such an addition to com- fort, that they are persona of no small con- sequence, for the dread of starving no longer frightens them into servile obedience. They can live without you, and they well know that you cannot do without them. If you atempt to practice upon them that com- mon vioe of English mistresaes, to scold them for any slight omission or offence, you rouse into active operation all their new-found spirit of freedom and opposition. They turn upon you with a torrent of abuse; they demand their wages, and declare their intention of quitting you instantly. The mote inconvenient the time for you, the more bitter become the'r insulting re- marks. They tell you, with a high hand. that "they are a^s good as you that they can get twenty batter plwes by them3rrow, and that they don't care a snap for your anger." And away they bounce, leaving you to finish a large wash, or a heavy joo of ironing, in the best way you can. When they look upon such conduct as the reaction arising out of their former state, we cannot so much blame them, and are obliged to own that it is the nataral result of a sudden emancipation from former restraint. With all^heir insolent airs of independence, I must confess that I prefer the Canadian to the Europaan servant. If they turn out good and faithful, it springs more from real respect and affection, and you possess in your dom*stic a valuabld assistant and friend bat t will never be the case with a servant biuught out with grant's Ufe I dreaded. I conid beM mew g^Jf* --'t _^ ^tthat iawnuiee physical privations philoeophioaUy enoogb jT^qnal to yooto "^^"iJll^iJrSS-. It was the loss of the sooie^ In which I had moved, the want of congenial pomiti, ttnt Blade me so reluctant to rapoad to my w*- W'soalL M I was the yonngest in a fanJly rtaMK^» their literary attunmants and, -^" wUle y«t a child, I Iwd seen richw mdt aw»y 'â- .rf-:-s-iiM4ir^ nottoa. Thsr demand tiie fafi^ait tomTwhloh thsj-SMrfoI^ P««obm4 J»* hSS. Tlieyd«wid toert rtyoor tohle, faw to IMan to Aair dhaMMioa soEtiaivn- you from the old country, for the reasons before assigned. The happy independence enjeyed in tbis highly- favoured land is no- where better illustrated than in the fact that no domestic can be treated with cruelty or insolence by an unbenevolent or arrogant master. Forty years has maae as great a difference in the state of society in Canada as it has in its commercial and political importance. When we came to the Canadas, society was composed of elements which did not al- ways amalgamate in the faiisst possible manner. The Canadian women, while they retain the bloom and freshness of youth, are ex- ceedingly pretty but these charms soon fade, owing, perhaps, to the fierce extremes of their climate, or the withering tffect of the dry, metallic air of stoves, and their go ing too early into company and being ex- posed, while yet children, to the noxious in- fluence of late hours, and the sudden change from heated rooms to the cold, biting bitter winter blast. Though small in stature, they are general- ly well and symmetrically formed, and possess a eracef ul, easy carriage. The early age at which they marry and are introduced into societv, takes from them all awkward- ness and restraint. They have excellent practical abilities, which, with a little mental culture, would render them intellectual and charming com- panions. At present, too many of these truly lovely girls remind one of choice flowers half buried in weads. Music and dancing aie their chief ac- complishments. Though possessing an ex- cellent general taste for music, it is seldom in their power to bestow upon its study the time which is required to make a really good musician. They arc admirable proficients in the other art, which they acquire readily, with the least instruction, often without any instruction at all, beyond that which is given almost intuitively by a good ear for time, and a quick perception of the harmony of motion. Tne waltz is their favorite dance, in which old and joaay join with the greatest avidity it is not nnnaual to aee parenta and their grown-up children daacing in the same Set in a public ball-room. On entering one of the public ball-rooma, a stranger would be delighted with sach a display of pretty faces and neat figures. I have hardly ever seen a really plain Canadi- an girl in her teens and a downright ugly one is ahnost unknown. The high cheek-bones, wide mouth, and tumed-np nose of the Saxon race, so common among the lower olssiws in Briti^ are hare sacceeded in the next generation, by the amall oval face, atraight noae, and beauti- fully-ont mondi of the Amarioan while the glowing tint Of the Allnon roae palea before thewiuering influence of lato boon and stove-heat. They ate naturally a fine people, and paaBBBS oapebflltiwi and talents, whioh famNved by cnltivatien will tender aooond to no psodle in the wmdd and tiudi pniod is iwtkrdietMat Te the b eM T e l sn t pMlanI heart Ite bled ow Oamlei km«i tbe l«w«r daMs ia Qree* tiM almost entire a h isnai 61 mendioitT from OMMda would be hl^lf natt^riof. Oim- ada lu« few, if aagr, aative b^gfun; hm objects of charity are generally imported from the modier country, and these are never suffered to want food or clothing. The Canadians are a trhly charitable people, no person in distreaa ia driven with harai and cruel language from their doora th^ not only generonaly relieve the wanta of soffMing •craogets oast upon their bounty, but they nurse them in sickness, and use every means in their power to procure them employment. The number of orphan child- ren yearly adopted by wealthy Canadians, and treated in every respect aa their own, is almost incredible. It is a glorious country for the labouring classes, for while blessed with health, they are always certain of employment, and cer tain also to derive from it ample means of support for their families. An|induaious, hard-working man in a few years is able to purchase from his savings a homestead of his own and in process of time becomes one of the most important and prosperous class of settlers in Canada, her free and in- dependent yeomen, who form the bones and sinews of this rising country, and frcm among whom she already b^ins to draw her senators, while their Muoated sons become the aristocrats of the rising genera- tion. It has of*'eu been remarked to me by people long resident in the colony, that thoae who come to the country deatitute of means, but able and willing to work, invari- ably improve their condition and become independent while the gentleman who brings out with him a small capital is too often tricked and cheated out of his proper- ty, and drawn into rash and dangerous speculations which terminate in his ruin. His children, neglected and uaeducated, but brought up with ideas far beyond their means, and suffered to waste their time in idleness, seldom take to work, and not un- frequently sink down to the lowest depths. It was towards the close of the summer of 1833, which had been unusually cold and wet for Canada, while Mooiie wm absent at D inspecting a portion of his government grant of land, that I was start- led one night, just before retiring to rest, by the sudden firing of guns in our near vicinity, accompanied by shonte and yells, the braying of horns, the beating of drums and the barking of all the dogs in the neighbourhood. I never heard a more stun- ning uproar of discordaat and hideous sounds. W hat could it all mean The maid ser- vant, as much alarmed as myself, opened the door and listened. ' The goodness defend us I" she ex- claimed, quickly closing it, and drawing a bolt seldom used. " We shall be murdered. The Yankees must have taken Canada, and are marching hither." " Nonsense that cannot be. Basldes, they would never leave ths main road to at- tack a poor place like this. Yet the noise u very near. Hark they are firing again. Bring me the hammer and some nails, and let ua secure the windows." The next moment I laughed at my folly in attempting to secure a log hut, when the application of a match to ita rotten walls would consume it in a few minut;s. Still, as the noise increased, I was really fright- ened. My servant, who wsis Irish (for my Scotch girl. Ball, had taken to herself a hus- band, and I had been obliged to hire an- other in her place, who had been only a few days in the country), began to cry and wring her hands, and lament her hard fate in coming to Canada. (to be COJfTINCED.) ' She Wanted to Be on the Safe Side- "Be my wife," he implored, " be my wife, my adored one. See I have had my life in- sured for SIO.OOO in your favor," and he flourished the policy in the air. She pondered a moment, and then, rais- ing her large and lustrous orbs to his, she said " Before I give you an answer, I wouli like to know the exact stat j of your health." Jim's Gnriosity* Jim was a little boy, and Sibout as full of curicalty as any midget that ever lived. He was never satisfied with questioning his seniors concerning certain subjects, but endeavored alwayii to find out by practical experience. His mother was at her wit's end to know what to do with her precocious youngster, for he kept up a con- tinual volley of questions, and even upon be- ing amply informed aa to ail the particulars, he was not satisfied until he found out for himself One day his mother heard a military band passing the house, and anxious to give Jim a chance to satisfy his curiosity without asking questions, she called him to the open win- dow. Bat this was not enough for the little questioner. He looVnd for a few momenta at the gaily dressed musicians, and then in- quired "Mamma, what do you call those men?" " Why they are called the drum corps, my boy," answered his mother. " What a funny name, isn't it, mama " " Oh, I don't know," returned his mamma with a sigh. After the band had passed little Jim was unusually silent. Evidently he waa think- ing. At laat he inquired " Mamma, hasn't an apple got a core " ~** Why yea, Jimmie, why do you aak " "Oh, nothing." The next day Jim wanted a dram, and a drum he moat havjB. Hia mother had a great daal of contideration for her neighbora, and heaitated to bring thia tortare to bear upon frienda. Then again there waa another thing to be conaidered. She waa in the habit of borrowing parched coffee and a little bit of tea when she ran short, not to say anything of the butter, eggs, bread, v^;et- ables and other toifles which go to make up the ordinary mmL D she offended her n^hbors they might retaliato and cut off the source of supplies. But at length she yielded, and a drum waa bought. In the afternoon little Jim who had em- ployed the whole moiiaing in driving the ndghbws insane, entered the house wiui his drum in sections. When his mother witness- ed tliis strange state of affiUrs^he inquired " Well, wdl, Jimmie, wliat have you been doing with your drum t" " Why, maduna," aniwered Jimmie widi a' look of wonder in his eyes " yon spoke of tiie drum cwpa when that band psseed here. I took my dram apart to find tiie otwe.** ProbaUy Us mether did net langih aad Uas her boy when he gave iiiat aaawe^ J thinkibeud. • A DB£AOFnL WIFE. WkrHarrlaceteaFaUareteBb. 1 suppose every husband is subject to what might be oalled ' sadden fits," and I hope every wife tries to bear up under thess with philoaophioal patienoe. The other Sunday morning, five minutes aftsr Mr. Bowser had gone to his room to get ready for church, he roared at me (Mrs. Bowser) over the bannister " Mrs. Bowser, are yon the woman of the h'use or only a lady boarder " " Why, dear " " Don't why dear me, Mrs. Bowser 1 If I pretended te be a house keeper I'd look after things onoe in a while " " Any^ing wrong " " Anything wronff 1 Do I waste my breath in tuking when everything is aU right " What is it " I asked as I reached the head of the stairs. He held a clean shirt in one hand, and witih the other he pointed to it with a dramatic flourish and whispered "Buttons!" "Buttonsâ€" how?" " Not a solitary button on this shirt, and yet you find time to gad down town every day That's the kind of a wife you are I" "Mr. Bowser, do you mean ahirt but- tons?" "Doll Yon don't suppose I'm looking for overcoat buttons on my shirt, do you T" Well, then, yon haven't had a shut but- ton OB your ahirt for ten yeara. You and all othera use collar buttona. Your collar- buttons are in the shirt yon have on." It struck him all in a heap. He saw how he had trapped himself, but he went to hia room muttering " That'a it 1 She alwaya has an excuae ready for everything " One awful hot day in July he spoke aboat changing hia socks after his bath, and I told him in the plainest of English that he would find clean ones in hia lowest bureau drawer. That night he came home and began "Can you tell me what day during the next month you will have two minutes to spare " "Why?" " Because, if you ever get them, parhapa you can devote a few seconds to darning the holes in my socks. I've had to limp around all the afternoon on that account." "It can't be r " Oh, no You are sach a model house- keeper that it can't be, of coarse Look here!" He pulled off his shoes and lo he had on his heavy Winter socks, every thread wool There were two. or three holes, but they were not to be darneil until Fall, of course. " Mr. Bowser, where did you get those socks " I asked. Oat of the trunk in the clothes press, of course." " And you go and put on January socks in July You have six pairs of clean cotton socks in the lower drawer of the bureau." ' " I'll bet you $10,000 there isn't even one pair there I I looked through every drawer five times over I" I took him up and showed him the socks, counting them out pair by p»ir, and he look- ed at me very seriously and observed " Yes, I see 'em; but were they there when I looked for 'em? How easy for you to have sneaked up and placed 'em here an hour ago?' He had some wearing apparel which he said I might sell to buy some toys for the baby. I got the clothes down and went through every pocket twice over. In one of the coats I found a receipted bill for $26- worth of lumber, and I laid it on Mr. Bowser's desk. A man came for the clothes and took them away, and three hours later, when Mr. Bowser came home, I told him of my bargain. " You got just half what he would have paid me," he replied, and the subject was dropped for half an hour. Then all of a sudden be jumped np and exclaimed " You've finally done it, j ust as I expected you would 1" "Done what?' " I remember that I left a valuable paper in that brown coat. It was a receipted lumber bill, and they may send the bill ' again any day " " I looked in the pocketo." " Oh, yes, you looked You looked just like any other wife who was in a hurry to get the clothes out of the house and the money in her hand." 1 went and got the receipt and asked him ' f that -WM the one. He grudgingly admitted that it was, and added " I presume the old clo' man found it and returned it. I must reward him for his honesty." It was only three nighte ago that Mr. Bowser took $5 from his wallet and handed it to me with the remark "The man won't probably come with the oats until after I have gone in the morning. Take this and pay him." Next morning he sat down to breakfast looking so very sober that I asked " Are you sick, Mr. Bowser " "I ought to be. When people are robbed they are generally made sick." " Have you been robbed?" "I have." "When?" "List night." "For mercy's sake bat did some one get into our house " "I do not know. When I went to bed last night I had $55 in my wallet. This morning I have only $50." "You don't say." "It seems very queer to me, Mrs. Bowser. If you want money why don't you ask for it?' "Yon don't tJiink I took your money, do youT" ••It's very mysterioas." "Why, say, you gave me that five for the feed man." Mr. Bowser's countenance fell j nst t wentjr- six inches in the next two seconds, and in his confusion he agreed that the money waa now accounted for all right. 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