Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, November 14, 1874, Page 10

10 THE CHICAGO . DAI i e e emeens oo onpraesesremaermmeeeeee e S e UMY SOC PSRN Tt S N S S G S " FATAL FORTUNE. BY WILKIE COLLINA. From Al the Year Jound. . I One flne morning; mora than three months Biuco, you wore riding with yotr brother, Mies Anstell, fn Hyda Park. It wos o hot day and you Liad allowed your horses to fall futo n walk- ingpace, As you paesed tho ralling on tho right hand sldo, wosr tlio enstein oxttemity of tha laks in tho patk, neithor you nor your brotlier noticed o golitnry woman, loitering on ths foot- paih to Jook at the ridora aa they went by, Tho solitary woman was my old nurso, Nancy Counoll. And these woro the words sho hoard exchauged between you and your brotlier, ae you slowly passod her: Your Lrothor said, **Xs {t really truo that Mary Lradiog and her husband haye gono to Amori- ca?” You lnughed (as it tho question amused you),. and answored, ¢ Quite true ! " Tlow long will thoy bo away?" your brother noxt asked, * As long ag thoy live,” yott aunswered, with an= ather laugh, By lbingumo yon had passed boyond Nnney Connell'a hoariug. Sho awns to having followed your horacs n fov alops to hoar what was anic noxt, Sha looked particularly at your brothor, o took your roply seriously ; ho scomed to be quito astonished by it. A + Loave England, and scttlo in Ameries I" bo excloimed. ** Why suould they do that ?" # \Who can toll why ?" you answored. ¢ Mary Brading's husbond is mad—eod Mary Brading neraclf is not much botter” You touchied your horse with the whip, and, in 4 moment more, you and your brothor wore out of my old vursa's hoaring, Sho wroto sud totd me, what I hero tell you, by & rocont mail. I liave beon thinking of thosoe lask \\'nrdl‘ of yours ro honrs, more seriously than you I Y aupaa. iva onl of it s that T ‘taka up ny pen o bebalf of my husband and.mysolf, to tell you tho story of our rmm'm%J . and tho reason for “onr emigration to tho United States of Amorica. 1t matters littlo or_pothing, to him. or to mo, whothor our friends in England think ua both mad or not, Their opinions, hostilo or fayor- able, ard of no sort of importance to ua. But souaro an oxception to the rule. In bygono days nt school wo were fast and firm friends; and—what wolghs with mo oven more than Lhis —youwere beartily loved ond ndmired by my donr mothor, Bho spoke of you tendorly on her death-bed. Events havo separated us of lato years, Dut I cannot forget tho old times ; and 1 caunot feol indifforent to_your opinion of mo and of my husband—though'an ocoan does Aep- arate us, and though wo are nover likely to look on one suother aguin, It is vory foolish of me, I dare soy, to iake serlunslf' to hoart what you £aid in one of your thouglhtless momonts. Ican ouly plead in exeneo that [ havo gono through s greatdent of sulferlog, and that I was alvara (ns you may remembar) & porson of sonsitive temper- ament, easily excitéd eud easlly deprossed. Enough of this]_ Do mo the last favor T shall over asic of you. Rend what follows,—snd judge for yourselt whether my husbaad sud T are quito so mad a8 you were disposed to think us, when Naiey Connell heard yon talkiag to your brother in Hydé Park. 1, 1t is now moro than a year siuce I went to Enstbourne, on the coast of Sussox, with my 1ather and my brotlier Jamos, 2 My brotber had then, 88 wo hopoed, recovered from tho offacts of # fall in tho hunting flold, He complained, howevor, ab times of. pain in Lig hend; and tho doctors advised us to try tho sea air, o removed to Ensthourno without n sus- picion of the serious naturo of the injury that he hod received, For o fow days, all went well, We liked the plicos tho air agreed with us; and wa determined Lo prolong our residence for sonio woeks to come. Our sixth daynt tho senside—s memorable - day to me, for reasons which you havo still. to ‘Loar—my brother complained again of theold pain in lis head. $le and [ wout out together to Toland Camoron's conduct wlilel gmplumd and troubled mo, whon my mind way busy with him In my lonoly momenta, 4 For {nstatice. ho was subjeot to tho strangost Inpses Into wilonco when ho nnd I woro talleng togetlick, At theso times his oyes assitmod o wanry, nbsent Jook, and his mind soomed to wandor away,—far from tho conversation and far from wo, o way }lur[m{ly unaware of big own lnflrmue': 1o foll into ik unconacionsly, and camo out of It wnconseiduste. 1t T notlcad ' Lhat hio'liaat sot boon attsnditng tomo, or #f 1 nekatl why ho lind booh silent, ha was complotely at a losit to comprehend whab I meant. 1t puze zled and distressed him, What he waa think- fng of in iheas pauscs of silenco, It tenl Impospibla to guess. His faco, at other timen slhgularly mobllo and oxvrossivo, Dbo- onmo nimost a porfect blank, Iiad ho suffered somo torriblo Bhock at somo prot puriod of his Iifo, aud hind his mind nover quite. recovered it ? Ilonged to ask him tho question, and yet 1 shtank from doing ft. I was po and'y afraid of Qistressing him or, to put it in plainer words, 1 wos g0 teuly and tonderly fond of him, Then, agafn, though ho was ordinarily, I sin- coroly botleve, tho most gentlo nud most lovable of mon, thoro were occasions when lp would surpriso mo by violent oni\nenlxn ot tomper, oxelted by tho merest tritles. A dog barking suddonly ‘ot his heols, or a bov throwlug stonea {n the road, or an lmporfunate shop- keepor trylug to make him purenase” somothing hat ho did wot want, would throw him luto & freuzy of rage which was, without oxaggoration, roally frightful to see, Ifonléayanpologized for those ontbreaks, in torms which showed that o was slncoroly nabiamad of Lis own violonoe, Dut ko could noversuccesd in controfling himself, helapsos into passion, liko the' lapacs into silanco, took him into thelr own pogxesslon, aud fl;d wlléx bim, for tho timo bolug, just ns thoy plensed, Ono more examplo of Roland's poculimitios, and Thavo dous. ‘Che straugoness of his con- duct, in this easo, was noticed by my fathor and 'my brotbor, a8 woll as by me, . When Roland was with us in the ovening, whethor Lo camo to dinnor or to ten, ko invaria- Dly loft us oxnctly at Do'clock. 'Try as womight taporsunde bim to stay longer, o alwaya po- litely bub posstively rofused. Kven I hnd no in. fluonce aver bim iy this matter, Whon I prossnd him to romaiu—though {t cost him an gffort—Lo still rotired exnctly as tho elock struck 9. Ho gaye no rongon for this strango Emeuadlng; [ ouly anid that it was o habit of his, and begged' ua to indulge him in it, without asking for au ex- planation, ~ My father aud my brof hnrshnlllg nen) succoaded in controlling their curlosity. try what exercise - would do towards rolieving him, Wo walked through ihe town to the fort at ono end of it, and thon followed a footpath runmng by tho side of the sca, over a dreary wasto of shingle, bounded at its inlaud oxtromity Ly tho rord to Ifastings, and by tho marshy country berond. We liad left tlio fort at somo littlo distance bo- bindus ; I was walking in front ; and James was following me. 1o was talking ns quietly as usunl,—when ko suddenly stopped in the middle of n sentonee. I turned rouud in surprise, and diecovered my brother prostrato on tho path, in couvulsions torrible to soo, 1t was the first opiloptic fit T had ever witnoss- od. My presence of mind ontirely desorted me, T could only wring my hands in horror and geream for Lelp, No one appearod either from tho direction of tho fort or of the high road, I wus too far off, I suppose, to make mysolf heard. Looking shend of mo, slong tho path, 1 discov- eved, to my infiuite reliof, the figuré of o man runpiug towards mo. As Lo camo nearer, I saw that ho was, unmiatakably, a geutlomau—young, and cager to bo of gervice'to mo. “Dray compose yoursolf I" ho eaid, after o look at my brothor, “It1s very drendful to soe but it ig not dangerous. Wa must wait until tho convulsions are over, and thoo I can help you.” o scomed to know so much about It tiat I thought Lo might bo & medical men. I pat the question to him Jalninlr. 3 Ho eolored and looked a littlo confused. **1 amnot a doctor,” ho said. *‘ Thappen to *hivo soun persons afliotod with opilopey ¢ aud I have heard medical men say that it 8 useless to {uterfero until tho fitis ovor. See,” ho added, ** youf brother s quictor alroady. 1Io will soon feel a sento of relief which will more than com- pensato bim for what bo has suffered, I will olp him £o get to tho fort—and, onco there, wo " can send for e earriage to talko bim home.” In fivo minutes moro wo wero on our way to tue fort—the stranper supporting my brother ns attontively and tenderly a8 if ho Liad been an old frlend. When tho earringe bad been obtained hie inrlsted on accompanying us to our own door, on the chanca that bis services might still bo of somo use. 1la loft us, nsking pormission to eall and inquire after James' hoal'h tho nest dny, A moro modest, gentlo, and unaesuming porson [ nover met with, IIo not enly oxcited my warin- est gratitudo; ho interested mo nt my first moeting with him. I lay somo stress on tho impression which thia fimé"” man produced on me—why, you will soon n ut. The nextdny the stranger paid his promised visit of lnquiry, 1lia card, which ho sent up~ ekairs, informed 1s that his name was Roland Cameron, Aly father—who is not easily pleased —took a liking tohlm atonco, 1liavisitwas pro- louged, at our roquest. Ho said just enough about limsolf io satisfy us that wo wero ro- ceiving o person who was at least of equal rank with onrselves, Burn in England, of o Scotch (smily, Lo had lost botl his parents. Not long gince, he ind inheritod a fortune from ong of his noclos. Xt struck usasalittlo strauge that he #fjoke of this fortune with a marked chango to melancholy in his voico and manner. Theaubfect was, for gomo incouceivablo reason, evidently digtastoful to him, Rich s8 ho was, ho acknowledred that he Jod o wimplo and solitary life. He had little taste for socioty, and no sym- pathies in common with the averzge young men of his age, But hie had his own harmless plons. uren and occupations; and paat sorrow and suf- fering had taught him not to oxpect too much from life. AN this was sald modcstly, with & winniig charm of look and volee which inde- seribably attracted me. Iie porsonn) appeatanco aided tho fayorablo impression which his manner and bis convorsation produced. o was of the middle height, lightly sad fiemly built his com- plexion pale; hin hands and fect amall and finely shaped ; his brown hair curling naturally: his eyea Jargo ana dark, with an oceasional {ndeolsion In their expression, which was far from boing anr objectiou ta them, to my taste. Lt sesmed to barmonize with n occasional indeclslon in his talk ; prococding, s I was incllued ta thiuk, from some paesing confusion in_bis thonghits, twhiol Iv always cost him a little offort to distipline and overcome, Dooa it surprika you to flud how clozely I obsorved a man who was only &_chinnco scqunintance, at my fivat fntorvlow with him? Or do your suspicions enlighten you, and do you eny to vournelf, Blio Lns Fullen _love with Mr, Raland Oameron ot first slght? I may plaad in my own dofensa that I was not quite romautic auough topgo that longth, But Iown I waited for hue next visit with an {mpationce which was ‘now to me in my exporience of my sobor self, And, worss etilf, when the day esmo, I ohanged my dresa threo timen, beforemy nowly-dovelope:l yunity wag satlsfled with the picture whiel the looking-glsss presented to me of myself! ¢t Inn larl.nlElll more my father and my brother bogan to look on the companionship of our now triend as onc of tha sottlod institutions of thair tives, In a fortnight moro Mr, Ttoland Cameron and I—though wo veither of us venlurod Lo e knowlodge it—wero o4 devotodly in love with each other a8 two imung puopla could well be. Al, what a delightful time it wos, aud how eru- elly soon out’ uarmuuss anmo to b end| During the briof interval which 1 have just desoribed, I observed certaln peouliarities in For mfv part (belng & womau) overy day that pagsed only made ma more und mora eagoer to wouotrato tho mystory. I privately resolved to chooso my time, when Roland was in a partion- larly nccossible humor, and then to appeal to him for tha explanation which ho hnd bithorto rofused, as & spoclal favor to mysolf. In two daye moro 1 found wy opportunity. Homo friends of ours, who had jomed us at Eastbourne, proposod a pienio party to the famous __noighboring cliff called Benchoy Hoad. Wo accopted tho invitation, The day was lovely, and tho gypsy diuner was, a8 usunl, infinitoly proforable "(for onco in a way) ton formal dmuor indoors, Towarda evening our hitlo party soparatod in twas and threes to ex- pioro the neighborhood, Roland and I found ourselves togathor, ng o matter of couras. Wu were happy, and wo wera alono, Was It the right or the wrong time to ask tho_fatal quea- tion? I am not able to decldo; I only know that I askod it, I “#Ar, Cameron,” I said, *will you malio nl- lowances for a woak women ?—and will you toll mo somothing that I am dying to know 7' Ho watked atraght into the trap,—iwith that outire abecuco of ready wit or smail Suspiclon (I leavo you to chooso tho richt phrase) which is 8o much liko mon, and so littlo like women, “0r course, I willl” hoanswered. #Thon tell mo,” I asked, * why you alwayu in- uist on lenving ua at 9 o'clock 2" Ho started, and looked at meo,~—yo sadly, sore- proachfully,—that I wounld have given evory- thing I possessed to remall tho rash words that bad just passed my lips, “1f I consent to tell you,” ho replied,—after o momentary strnggla with himsolf,—*¢ will you let o put a question to you first 7—and will you promito to answer it ? I gavo him my promise, and waited eagerly for ‘whiat was coming noxt. *¢ Mies Brading,” Ite snid, ** tell mo hionostly— do you think Inm mad ? " - 1t was imnossible to laugh at him; ho spoko those strango words soriously—sternly, I might almost say. * No such thought ever ontored my head," I answorad. o looked at me vory earnestly, * You say that, on your word of honor 2" * On my word of honor.” T answered with perfees glncority ; and I evi- dontly satistled lnm that T had spokon the truth. ll‘in took my Laud und raised it gratefully to his s, **Thank you,” ho anid simply. * You encouraga mo to tell you o vory sud story,” ** Your own story 7 "' I agked, ** My own story. Lot me begin by telling you why 1 persist in leaving v‘yanr ouso, always at the enmo carly bour, “Whonover I go out, I am bouna by a promise to tha porson with whom I am living at Bastbourna to return at o quarter past 9 o'clock.” “T'he peraon with whom you are living 2" I ro- peated. “ Youaro living at o boardiug-house, wro younot 2" **1 am living, Miss Drading, under tho care of o doctor, who fauepu an asylum for the iusane, He hias bnkcon n Longa for wome of bia wealthior pationts at tho seaside, and allows me my liberty in tho day timo, on the condition that I faithtully perforni my promiso at night. It {8 o quarter of an hour's wallk from your touse to tho doctor's; ond it Is a rulo that tho pationts rotuws at half- past § o'elook,” Here was tho myatery which had so sorelv per- Floxeu mo, rovesled at lnst] Tho disclosuro iterally siruck e speechless. Uncousclously and iustinctively I drow back from him a fow steps, 1lo fixod his sad eyes on me with & touch- ing laok of cutranty. “Don't shrink away from me?” he eald, “ You don't think I am mad.” I way too vonfused nud distrossed to know what to sny; and, at tha samo time, I was too fond of him not to answer that appeal. I took bis hood and pressed it in silonce, 1To turued his head asida for o moment. I thought I sawn toar ou his cliook, 1 felt his hand closa trom- Dlingly on mine, 1o mastored himeelf with sur- prising resolution ; ho spoke with porfect com- posura whon helooked at mo again, ‘Do you enre to kuow my story # he asked, “aftor what I havo just told you ¢ * [am cugor to_hourit,” I answered, * You don't know how I feel for you, Iam too dis. tressed to b ablo to oxprosg inyself in worda,” “* You ara the kindest sud dearost of women!" Do gaid, with the utmost fervor, sud at tho samo timo with the utmost respect. ‘Wo sat down togother inn grassy hollow of the cliff, with our faces towards the grand, gray Bon. 'I'ia duylight waa beginning to fade, na I honrd t‘l':a atory which mudo me Holand Camer- ou's wifa. Iv. * My mother died whon T was an infant ju arms,"” e began, ** My father, from my earlicat tomy Intest recollections, was nlways hinrd to- wardsme. Ihavo beon told that I was nn odd child, with strange ways of my own, 3y fathor dotosted muything that wae® strongly marked, anything out of tho ordinary way in the clinrne- tors and habits of thie persons about him, 1o himsolt Tived (as the pliraso is) by Jine and rule, sud ho detormined ko mulo L8 son follow his ox- ample. Iwas subjected to sovere discipline at school, sud I wus carefully watched aftorwards at college. Looking back on my eatly life, I can 8eo no traces of happiuess, 1 ean find uo tokena of sympathy. Sadsubmission to n hard dostiny, wonry waylaring over unirlondly ronda—such 18 the story of my Ife from 10 years ald to 20, *I passod one antuwn vacation at tho Cnm- berlantd Lokos—and there I mot by nccldent s young Yronch Indy, ‘T'he resuly of that meat. h'F deeided my wholo after life. *She filled the position of nursory governess in tho houso of & wealthy Englishman. I had frequent opportunitics of sesing her, We took an innocent plensuro in each other's sooloty. Hor little oxporionco of lito was ptrangoly like mine; there was o perfeot sympathy of thought and feeling Detwoen us, Wa Jovad, or thonght we loyed. I wan not 31, and she was not 18, whon I asked Ler to ha my wito, “1 can understond my folly now, and can Iangh at it or lument over it a8 the humor moves me. And yet, Lean't Liolp pitying mysolf, whon Llook bacit at mynolf at that time—I was so young, 80 hungry Tor a litle sympathy, fo woary of my empty, friondloss 1ifo, “ Wolll evorything in eomparntivo In this world, I wad soon to ro= ‘gret, bitterly to rogret, that triendloss hfo, wrotohed nu it was, **Tho poor girl's employer discoverad onr at- taohmont, through lus wife, 1la atonce com- municatod with niy fathor, ** Dy father had but ona word to wny—heo in. slatod ou my going nbioad and lonving It to him to relanso e from uly absurd on, agomant in my buouco, L nnswared him that I ehould bo of 4g0 1 o fow mouths, und that I was determined to masry the girl, "Ho gave e three duys to rogoustdir that tesolution, I hold to my reso- luclon, In o woek ultorwards 1 was decinred fi- uauo by two madical ey and 1 was placed by 1y father in a Junatio nuylum. YOWas it an act of innamty for the son of & ‘;qntloml\n, with great espoctations before him, 0 proposo mprringn to a nurRory . gavernors 7 1 declare, ay heaven fs my witness, I kneav’ of no other aet of mine whieh conld Justify.ray fathor, and juatify tho dootors, in plating mio nuder roscraint, b » I wna throo yenrs in that asylom, It was ofefnlly roportod thiat the air dld not syrae witlh utb. I'was romoved, for Lo yontd moro, {0 anotlior naylm, in n'romoto part of Engldnd, For tho flvo best vents of my life I havo beon herdod witi madmen—and 1y réason has sure vived it, “ho iprosston I produds on von, on your father; on your brother, on all vur'frionda at thia pienfo, 18 that Iam a8 reduotrble aa the rest of my toltow-croatnron, - Am Taushing ton haaty concluslon whon [ ssert mynall to bo now, and nlwrys to have baon, 8 Bane niah ? At the ond of my fivo yoars of arbitrary ims prisonmont in & freo country, liapplly for ma—I om ashnitied to eay It, bit I must speal tho trutli—happily fdr mo, my maratiess fathor divd, Ilis Leusteos, to whom T was consigned, folt some pity for ma. 'They could not tako the Yo sponsibility of granting mo my freelom. lnt they placed mn under the ears of n surzeon, who reaaived me Into bis privato rosidence, aud who sllowed mo frao exorciso in the ‘opon i, *+ A yent's trinl of this now matlo of life gatis- fled the surgeon, and gatisflod - overy one olso who took tho smallest intorest in mo, that I wns perfactly fit to enjoy my liborty, I was freed from all'rostraing, ond was pormitted to reside with's nenr relative of mino, In'that vory lako conuntry whiol hail beon tho - seeno of my fatal moeting witli tho Fronoh il slx yoats boloro, k. 1S 41 livad MT’F“! In the houso of my relative, eatisfiod with the ordinary pursiilts of a country gontleman, Time lud long since crred mo of my boyish infatuation for the nursery povernosa, Tcould rovisit with porfect compoaure tho paths aloug which wve hid walked, the lake ok which wo hiad sailed topother, Honring by chunco that sho was married in hor own country, I could wisli her all possibio happiness, witli tho sobor kinduoss of a disinterestod friend. ~What o strango throad of irotsy rurs through the testurs of thesimplest human lifa! ‘ClLe eatly love for which I had gucrificed and suffored so 1much was now ravenled to mo, in ita true colors,.ns a boy's pagsing fancy--nothing more ! “'hreo yenrs of peacoful freedcmn passed; {reedom which, on tho uncontradicted tentimon: #f of respoctable witnouses, I novor rafuisnd. Woll that loug sud bappy intorval, lilio oll intervals, camo to ils ond—nnd then the great ndisfortuno of my lifo foll upon me, Ono of my uioles died and loft mo inhoritor of hia wholo furiune, I aloue, to the oxulusion of the othor leirs, now roceived, not only the lnrgo incoma dazived from the catates, but £70,000 in ready motsoy a8 well. “Tho vilo calumny which had asse:rtod mo to bo mad was now revivod by tho wietches who wero intorested in stepping batwoen 1he and my Inkoritance. A yearago 1 wes sent_back sgain to tho asylum in which I lad been last imprisonod. ‘Uho pretenso, for counflning ms was found in an ‘act of violomes® (ns it was enllod) which I bad coromitted in o mdmontary outbrask of anger, aad which it was acknowlodged hind lad to no serions results. Haviug got mo into the asylum, the conspiraiors proceeded to complote thelr work. A, Comnmis- gion in Lunacy was eatered agalnst iovs, It was hold by ono Comnmissioner, without a jury, snd withont a lawyer to assort my intoronts, By ono mau's decision I was declared to be cf unsound mind, The custody of my porson, ay well ng tho managemont of my estntes, was conilded to mon chosen from among tho conspitators who had declared me to bomed, and I am hony (hmuf,h the favor of the |lm5riotor of the agylum, who bus given mo my Loliday at the soas [d s, and who liumnpely trusts me with my liborty,, ¢s yon soe. At barely 80 yoars old, T am refused tho freo uso of my monoy, and the frea manngoraont of my affairs. At baroly 80 years old, 1 an ofiicially declared to bo n Junatio ror life,” VI, Ho paused ; his head sanlk on -him'bresst ; his story was Lold. ¥ Ihnve ropented bis words as nonw a8 I can re- member them; but I cau give ne idea of tho modest and touching resignation vzith which ho gpoke. T'o say that I pitied Lim with my wholo Lienrt I8 to say nothing. I loved kim with my whole bienrt, and I may acknowledgo it nosw. Db, Mr. Camoron,™ I said, a8 so0mn as I conld trust myself to spenk, **can vothinng be done to Lelp you? Iu thora no hopo?" * There ig always hopo,” ho angwwo rod, without ralsing bis head. “1 have to thiwak you, Miss Bradiug, tor Loaching me that.” “I am glad to hoanr it,” Ieaid. **How have I When taught you to hope ?" *Yoit have brifihtuued my droar’y life. I am with yon all my bitter rome tm'brances leave me. Iamnlappy man again, and o happy man can always hopo, Idream now 3 finding what 1 havo nover yot bad,—n dear and dovoted friond who will rouse tho cvergy that ba.s sunk in mo under the martyrdom that I ‘hrave endured, WhyMo I submit to the loss of) my rights and my liberty without an efTort to recta vor them ? was alono in the world until I njet with you. I lad no kind hand to raiso mo; no und voico to cucourago me. Bhall I over fiod tho hand? Shull T over hear tho voice? \Whion Iam with ou tho hope that you bave taugl.t me auswor: Ves. When I am by myself 3 old despair comes brck, sud says, No.” e tified his hiead for tho first t'me, If I had not underatood what his words moaut, lia look would bave enlightoned me. Iha tears came in- to my oyes ; my hoart heaved an d. fluttored wild. Iy ; tny handa mechauloully toro11p and scattered tho grass round me. Tho silencte becamo unon- durabie. 1epoke, bardly kuowi what I was saying 5 tearing faster sud fusliyr at tho poor unrm{ius rase, a8 if my wholo husiness iu lifo was to pull up thoe greatest quan fityin the sbort- eat possiblo epace of timo 1 “Wo havo only known cachy other a littte while,” I said, *‘ and & woman is; but a weak ally in such o torriblo position aa yrours. But, use- less as I may bo, count on 1o & ow and always a8 your friond—" 1o moved closa to mo befora I could say moro, avd took my hand. 1lle murmuwed in my car “3lay I count on you, ono ds.y, as the noarest and dearost friond of all? _ Wil? you forgive me, Mary, {f I own that I love yyon? You havo taught mo to love, ns you ha.se taught mo to hope, It is in your power to lightou my hard lot, You can recompouso mo for all that I bave suffered; yow can rouss mo to atrugglo for my frosdom and my rights, 1o fiho good angel of my life, Forgiye me, love ros, rescue me—bo mywifo 1" Idon't know how it happowed, I found my- solf in his srme—nnd I answe ted him in o Iiss, Takiog all tho circumstances ‘Into cousidoratio: I dare say I was guilty, in ac cepting him, of the rashest Act that ovor & w oman _committed, Very good. I didu't caro {ihen—I dou't onre now. I:vjrqs thon, sud I awm :pow, the happlest woman living| vIT, 1t was neceséary that oithor o or I shomd toll my father of what had passed. betwoen us, On rollootion, I thougtht it bsat that I should make the disclosure, ‘The day aft.ir tho picuio I re- peated to my father Roland’s melancholy narra- tive, a8 a nocossary prefaca to the aunounce- ment that 1 uad promised to "bo Roland's wife, Iy father eaw tho obviou:s ebjections o the marriage, He warned me cif tho imprudenca which I contomplated in th o strongeat tevms, Our prospeot of Liappiuess, i £ we wore married, would depend entirely on ou r capacity to super~ cadle Lthe proogedings of tho T sunacy Commission, Success in this arduous u ndertaking was, to say tho least of it, uncortalnn, The commonost prudence pointed to the proprioty of dolnying the marrizge until the doubt[ul experiment had boen put to the proof. 'The ronsoning was unanswerablo, It was, nevortheless, completoly thrown away upon me, When did » woman in Jove ever Ksmn to reagon ? Ibellove thera ir) no iustauce of it on record. My father's wise words of cantion had no chance againat Holandi's forvent entroaties, o days of his resident .o at Eastbourne wore drawing to a clons, If!{let him roturn to the asylun an unmarried .van, months, years por Linps, mwight puss befw:o our union could tako placo. Could I exped’. bim, could 1 oxpect any | man, to ondure that © mel separation, that une volioved auspense ? H.js milud bad been soroly tried alrendy ; his mir ol might glve way undor it, These wera the argu ments that carried weight with them in my jud gmoent, L wae of nge, and froatonctss I ple gyod. You sro wolcome, if ou like, t0 consicie ;v o the most foolish and 0 moat obatintle uf womeun, In sixtoen days trom thodute of icho pleaic Roland and I weie privately marriod 2 ¢ Sastbonrne, My fathor—mon s grioved than angry, poor man—doolined to "be prosont at the corvmony ; in iuatlm to hitmue df, 3y brothor gave ma awuy at tho nitar. Roland snd I s ant tho afternoon of tho wed- ding day and the ¢ mrlier part of \ho.ovenlng to- othior,” At 0 o't sck ho raturnad to the dootor's 1wudo, exactly ay usual; heving previously ex- platned to mo bt Lo was i the power of the jourt of Cimnvez v, and wint until” we succoodod in getting axido tio proceedings of the Lunacy Uommivsion, thezu: was a sorions necessity for kaoping the marringe strlouly wocrot. My hus- buud aud I kissed, und said good-bye il to-mor- row, a8 tho olock siruok tho hour, 1 little thought, while 1" looked sfter him from tho street daor, that 1nonths on montha wero to pnss letoro Laawy Rola nnd agaia. A hurrled nate tirom ny husband reachod me tho next moruing, Our marrisge had beon dla- cavared (wa navar’ could tell by whom), sud wo nd hoan' batraved| to the doctor. Ruland wos LY TRIBUNE SATURDAY, thon on his way baole to the ssylum, Ifa had heon warned that forco would ba uaod If ho re- wfated, Knowlng that rosistanco would bo in- toiprotad, in his cneo, ne & now outbreal of mad- nean, ho had wisely submitted, “I have made tho Kacrifico," tho lottor concludod; it fa how for you to holp me, Attack tho Commisslon 1n Lunaoy,—nnd bo quick about it." Wa loat 110 tue fu_propuriug for tho attack, On tho doy when I received the newas of our misfartuo, wo loft Enatbourne for London, and it onco Lol monwuron 1o obtaih tho bost Jogal advice, My denr fathor—though I was far from do- norving bid kindness—entorod. into tho matter Lieart find soul, In duo course of Limo wp pro- wohtod & potition fo the Tord Chaucellor, pray. ing that tho declsion of the Lunacy Commluion might bo not aslde, Wa stpported our potition by r,noung the ovi- danco of Plolnlld‘u friends and nelghbors, during Lis throo yoars' residenco In tho Lako country an o froo maj;. Thosa worthy peopla (being sum- monod Bofore tho Lunacy Comminsion) had one and nll ngreed that ho was, a8 to thelr judgment nud oxperianco, porfeotly quiob, harmless, aud sano, Many of them had gono out shooting wlith him, Othora had often” accompanied him in wailing oxeuralons on the lake, Do peoplo trust 8 madman with & gun, and with tho muu- agomont of o hoat? As {o tho “actof violonce,” which tho hoiry at Jaw and tho noxt of kin liad mado the means of Imprisoning Roland in 1hio madhiouno, it Rmonnted to this. Ho had lost s tampor, and had knocked n man _down who had offondod him. Vary wrong, no doubt, but if that1a 8 proof of mndness, what thousands of lunatics aro atill at lnrgol Anothet instance pro- ducod to ]wova hls Insnanity woa still more absurd, 1t wag solemnly doclared that hie had put nn fm- ago of tho Virgin Mary in his boat when ho wont out on his eatliug oxcuraions | T havo soun the imago; it wns a very boautiful work of art, Was Roiand mad to ndmire it and take it with bhim? His rollglous convietions Jonned to- ward Cathollciwm. If lio botrayed insanity in adomiug bis boat withan image of thoe Virgin Mary, whot is tha montal condition of most of tho ladies in Chelstondom, who woar the crons o8 an ornamont avouud their nocks? Wo ade vanced theso argumentsin our potition aftor quoting tho ovidonco of the witnosses. Aund, moro than this, wo oven wont tho length of nd- mitting, a9 an oot of rusEucb to tho Court, that my poor husband might bo eccentrio in somo of bisopinlons and habita. Dut woput it to the au- thorities whether botter rosults might not be ex- peoted from placing bim undor the earo of o wife who loved him, sud whom he loved, than from ebutting him up in an nsylum nmong in- curablo madimon ns his companions for life, Buch was our potition, so farus I nm ablo to Qeseriba it, Tho deoisfon rested with tho Tiords Justicos, They docided agaiust us, Turniug a deat enr to onr witnesses and onr arguments, those merciless lawyers declaved that the doctor's individual nssertion of my hushand’s insautty was enovugh for them. Thoy congidered Toland'’s comfort to ba sufliciently provided for in tho nsylum, with an allowance of £700 n yoar, aud to tho asylum thoy cousigned bimn for tho rest of his doya. So fot an X was concernod, tho rosult of this infamous judgment was to deprivo mo of tho position of Roland's wifo; no [unatio boing ca- pable of contracting marriage in law, o far as my husband was concorned, the resnlt may be ‘bost atated in tho language ot a popular news- papor which published an article on tha case. **1t {a possivlo,” enld the article—I wish I conld porsonally thank the man who wroto it—*¢ for the Court of” Chancory to tske a man who hasa largo fortune, and i in the prime of lifo, but 18 o liftlo tonched In the bend, and mako a monk of him, and then report to iteclr that the comlort and happiness of tho Iunatio Liavo boen effectu-~ ally provided for at tho expenditure of £700 a year."” Roland was doterminod, however, that they sliould not make s mosk of himy, aid, you may roly upon it, 8o was I, But one alternativo wasleft to us. Tho au- thority of tho Coutt of Chancery gmthm its ju- riadiotion) is tho most dospotic nuthority on the faco of the eatth, Our one hope was 1 taking to flight. 'The prico of our liberty, ay citizens of Logland, wag oxile from our native country, and the entiro abondonment of Roland's iortuue, e accepted thoeo hard conditions. 1lospitabla Amorics offered us & rofuzo, beyond Lhe reach of mad-doctors and Lords Justices. 'To hospllsble Amoricn our hoarts turned as to our sccond cona- try. 'I'lie serious question was, How wera wo to gel there? Wo had attemptod to corroapond, and Lad failed. Our lotters lLad beon dikcovered, and seized by tho proprictor of tho agylum. Yartu- nately, we had taken the procaution of writing fn a “eciphor” of Roland's invention, wlnch ho hind tanghc me bofore our marriage. Thongh our laitors wero illegible, our purposo was sis- ccted as & matter of cowse, and o watch way 'ur! on my husband, night and qu. Foiled in our first attempt st waking arrange- maents secretly for our llight, wo continued our corrospondoneo (still in ciphar) by meavs of ad- vortisemeonts in the newspapurs. Lhis second attempt was discovered in 1ts turn, Roland was rofused pormission to subgcribe to the nows- papors, and was forbidden to enter the rending- room of the asylum, ‘heso tyrannleal probilitions come too late. Our plans Lad already been communicated, wo understood each other, and we had now ouly to bide our timo, Wo had arranged that my broth- or and & friend of his, on whoso discretion wo could thoroughly roly, should talo it i turns to wateh every ovening fur a given timo to an &p- pointed mesting-place, 3 miles distant from tho asylum, Tho spat had boon carofully chosen. It was on the banik of a lonely strenm, and closo to tho outskirts of a thick wood. A waterproof knapsack, contalning a chango of clothes, a falso boatd aud wig, aod somo biscuits and preservod meats, wero hiddon in a hollow tres, My brother and s friend always took their fishing-rods with them, and prosented themselyos ns eugaged in the funocent occupation of auglivg to any chance strangors who might poss withiu sight of them. Onono cceasion tho propristor of tho asylum himsolf rode by my brother on the oppo- gite bonk of the stream, ond asked politely if ho lied bad good sport | ; Yor a fortnight these stanch allles of ours ro- liaved each other regulariy on their walch—and 10 signy of the fugitive appeared. Ou tho fif- teonth evening, just as tho twilight was chang- ing into night, nud just zs my brothor (whoso turn it was) had decided on leaving tho place, Roland suddenly jolnod him on the bank of tho stremm, Without wasting » momont In words, the two ot ouce onterad tho wood, and took the Lnap- enclk from its place of shelter in the hollow tres. In ten minutes more, my husband wns dressed in = suit of workman's olothes, and wag furthor disguised in the wig and board. Tho two meun ot forth down the courso of the stream, keop- ing in the shadaw of tho wood nutil the night had fallon and tho darkuess bid them, Tho night was cloudy; thero was no moon. Aftor wulking 2mlles, or o little more, they alterod their course, and made boldly for the high road to Mauchestor, ontorlng on it at & poini somno 80 miles distant from tho aity, On their way from the wood, Roland doescribed tho maunar in which Lo Lad ofected hia eo- cape, The story was simple enongh. He lad ns- sumed tobo sufforing from netvons illnoss, aud hiad requested to have his mealsin hig onn room. Tor the firat fortnight the two mon appointed to wait wpon him in succession, week by weels, were both more then his mateh jo strougth. ‘Fuo thivd man employed, at the beghming of tho thurd weele, was phyaically o loss formidablo porson than his prodecossors. Boeing this, Ttoland decided, whon evouing came, on commit~ ting another ** act of violonce," In plain words, ko sprang upon the keoper walting on him in his room nml‘{;ngxnd and bound tlio man, U'his done, he Inid" the uuluoky keeper (fuce to tho wall) on his own bed, covered with his own cloak, Ao that any one ontering the room might supposo that ha was Iying dowu to rest, IHe had previously taken tho precaution to romove the shoets from the bed, and he Lad now only to tle them togother to escaps by tho window of bis voom, kituated on the upper floor of his houwo, The sun ywas sotting, aud the {uwmates of the asylum woro thon nt ton, Afier nariowly miss-, ing discovery by oue of tho laborers employod in the grounds, he hiad olimbod tho garden in- closuro, aud had dropped on the athor sido—a {roo man} Arrived on tho high road to Manchester, my hugband sud my brothor purted, Tloland, who wab an oxcellont walker, set forth on hiy way to Manchester on foob.' o hud food In bis knapaack, sud he proposed to walk some twolve or fiffeon miles on the road to the city boforo ko stoppod at any town or villugo to rest. My brother, who was’ phyu\cnny unabla to ac. company him, roturned ‘to'tho pineo {n whick I woa then residiug, to toll me tho good newa, Ty tho first train the next moming I travelod ta Mauchouter, and took a lodging {u the suburly of tua vity known to my husbaud, A prim, smoky little square was eituated in the fmmos diate peighborhood, and wo had srrangod that whichover of us trab arrived ju AManchoster shonld walk round that Aquare, between 14 aud 1in the ufternoon, and betwoen 6 und 7 lu the eveniug, 1u tha evening I Lopt my appoint. mont, A dusty, footsors man, in shabby clatts, with n hideons beard, aud l:llfl-[-mwfl on his back, mot mo at my fivst walk round. Hosmilod an L looked nt hiny, Al I koow thut wailo throughs ull disguisos | In spito of tho Court of Ohangory wnd the Lords Justicow, I was in my hukband’s arms ongo moro | Wa lived aulotly in our votreat for s month, NOVEMBER 14, 1874--TWELVIl PAGES. During that timo (a8 I hoard by lotters trom my brother) nothing thet monoy and ewuning aould do toward discovering loland waa left untriod by the propriotor of the asylim, and by tho por- BONB acting with him, But whero 19 the conning whitch can traco n man, who, useaping, ' night in dlsguiao, han not Lrusted himuolf £0 & Le.a?ay or n earringo, and who takes refugo in o gros, ity in which ho hne no frlonds ? At the ond o our month in Mnnohester, we travolod northwaid, aroased tho Clinnuol to Ircland, and passod n ploasant forinight in Dublin, TLeaving thia again, o made our way to Corle nnd Quaonatown, and ombarkad from that Iattor placo nmouhn ilp crowd of sleerngo pasgengora in n ptonwmsl bound for America, My ntory Ja told I am writing thoso lines from a furm fu tho woet of the Unitod Stntos, Our nelghbors may b Linmely onaugh, but tho roughest of them s kindor to us lfinn nmad- doctor or a Lord Justlco, Roland i happy in thqso ngricultural pursuite, which have always bLeen favorite pursuliawith him and I nm happy with Toland. ~ Our solo reaources consist of my humnblo littlo fortuno, Inheritéd from my dear mothor. .Alter deducling onriraveling oxpoubos, iho sum totnl amounts to Lotween .£L700 and £800¢ and this, na wo find, f8 amply suf- ficlont to atart us well in tho naw lite that wo hove choses. Wo oxpeet my father and my brother to pay us & visit noxt summor} and I think it just possible that thoy ay find our family cirelo {nerossed by the preu- onco of & now momber In )un§ clothes, Aro thora no componsations hera for oxilo from England and the loss of o forlunc? e think thote nro. DBut then, my doar Miss Anteell, “Mary Brading's busband is mad; and Mary Drading Liorsel? ia not much bettor,” 11 vou feol inclined to alter this opinion, and it you remetnbor our old days at scliool as ton- darly a8 I remembor them, writo and toll me so. Your letter will bo forwarded it you sond it to thainclosed nddross at New York. In the meantime, tho moral of onr story noems to bo worth serious consfderation. A “corfain Lnglishman lopally inherits a Jargs fortune, At the time of his inleritance he liau boen living ng o frea man for threo yoars—without once abus- ing bis freodom, and with the expresssanction of tho modical suporintondont who has bad expe- rienco and chiargo of him. is next of kin and hefrs at law (who aro loft out of tho fortnuoc) look with covotous eves attho monoy, and de- tormine to got tho managomant and tho nltimato nosseasion of it. Assisted by a dootor, whore honesty and capacity must bo takon on trust, theso futoreatod persons. in this ninoteonth con- tury of progress, can lawfully imprison thoir rolative for lifo in o country which calls itself ftae, and which declarea that ita justico is oqualiy administered to all alike, Notr.—Tho reader I8 nformed that this story Is fonwiled, fn all csaentia]l particnlarn, on a case which sctuslly oceurred in England elgt years sinco, M AND GARDEN. An Appenl to the MemberssElcet of the Legisinture for o Law to Encours age the Keeping of Small Flocks of Sheep—Aunual Meoting of the 21f1e nois Idorticultural Soclety=Che Weather and Fall=Worls, From Our Aprieultural Correspondent, Criararay, 1L, Nov. 11, 1874, Now that the politicsl warisat a closo, and tho ranks of the Legialature fllod, we may begin to cast about to soo what work WE, THE PEOILE, : will ask them to do. We truat that thoy will not forget thnt they are tho sorvants, not tho masters, of tho peoplo of tho State; and that they will look to ho trito intarests of all classes alikte, and not bo the promoters of class-logisla- tion. Wo bave Leard a great deal of late in re~ gard to monopolies aud class-legislation, and of A desiro 1 tho membars of tho last Legislatura’ to disrogard tho interests of tho farmer, We ust remombor that that Assembly was one of now men, and unueed to the making of laws, and therofore could not booxpected to mako rapid progress in reform, and consequently wo may be thankfal for what thioy did not do, rather than for what thoy did do. At this writing I hava no iden who are eleated 28 our law-makers, but I. am satisfled that o large majority of them are honest, conseientious men, who intend to do toolr duty in the most faithful mannor. For one, I caro not whether o mombor of the Conor- al Asgembly is & farmer, o lawser, o doctor, o blacksmith, a merchant, & makor of agricultural implements, a dealer in grain, or belongs to any othor department of business; providing that ho im a pood busmess-man, not a eonti- mental droamer or a clergyman,—~for such men have not been trained to business-habits, and should not held such an offica ; but, fortu- untely. 80 fow of this clasa rro cvar elected that we need hnvo no fear ‘of their influence, Wo may, therafore, assumo that the great body of the Arsombly is composod of honest mon, who aro willing to do their duty when that duty is nointed aut to tham. T aporebend that the blame in part is on our own shoulders, for not preseuting our claims and ERFLAINING WRAT W1 NERD. How should tho Assombly koow what the farm- ors noed in regard to now laws, unless the farm- ore thomeelves come forward and oxplain thoso neads ? Failing to do this, wo have uo reason to complnin of negleet, If all other de- pattmenis of businees and olasses of our people have their wants sttended to, it ia bacause they have given the subject attentlon, and bronght it beforo the Inw-makers in proper farm. In ordor to do thia, it is not necesrary ta, inatitnta a Jobby at Springfleld, but to mako-uso of the colwnus of the city and country press, which is always opou to them, Lot us, thero-~ foro, have a fair undorstanding of this matter, that wo must indicato in a plain manner just what wo want done, and there will bo littlo fear of o falluro. Thero was a time when the lnwyers wara dlaposed to make Iaws in their own in- torost; and the courts yet show tho rosult of such logislation in the technieal- itics that control them.—making Inw tho plaything of attornoys, and 80 boefogged that no twomon ara abla to agrae on what {a 1ight or wrong, when geen throueh a pafr of logal lens. ‘The tima hnscoma whan the people demand phinly-written lawa, divestad of all trimmings and ambiguous monnings ; and that courts aball do juatico, instoad of deciding necordinge tosomo old, musty precedent. But, to accompliah theso things, tho peonle must meka the demand, and nesint the Tegislatura in making the reforms. 8o much proliminary to my toplo, which s UL PROTECTION OF SHEER, and tho oncouragoment of wool snd mitton. Tvery farmer iu the Stato kuows that ‘sheep cannot be kept an small farms in small lots, simply on sc- THE FA , whatovor. thoso visiting~ tho hosos _of those who koop ong ov more big Qogs. In shoct, I nover viglt n nolghbor who lmurn n surly-look= Ing cur; T alwaya think that suclia man does not dauita s noighbora to call on liw, ov_he would vot keep o big dog fo Irighton poople. ‘I'ho houeobrenkor or prowling thiof has no foar of doga,—iy l’m:t.,’ rathar profera thom, for tha own- ory relying on hig dows, rests in fanciod soourity, of, which tha tilof tukce advantaga. Thio objeat 1 taxing tho dugs {8 not to oxtor- minato them, but to supply » fund to TAY FOI TUE SREKY KILLED 1Y THEW, If n farmor hog had, eny, klx lioop killed dur- Ingz tha night, and can’ prova that, in alt proba-. bility, tm{ waro killed by dogs, and that thoy wore worth 4 head, ho should bo entitled to draw from this fuud §24, .If o {s assured that hawill got pay for all the shosp that Lo may losn 4u that way, thera will bo tto misgiving {n fogerd to tho nttempt to keop alaaps and, es nwbton {8 not anly ono of the beat but {ho clioapost mant for tho’ Jmor mat, tho poor man may in time bo educated to tho ides that throo pot sheap mny bo of as mucli value for the clitdron to piay with na throo mangy curs, and thon ho will nrw nava tho dog tax,while, at tho snme timo, tho childron aro raisod in tho sealo of humanity, An oliotent dog Inw is & vory simplo thing, Tn tho first place, 69 conts a head will no doubt 1o sulliclent to covar tho loss of sheop; and this may bo levied by tho Assessor at ilio timo of malking the annual ssscesment, Any person, tha head of a family, who owns or Iinrbiors a dog for board or othorwise, should be chargod with' the taxy and, to enforeo the collection, no proparty shonld Dbe eoxempt, mnot eoven tho cow or cook-stovo; for, when n perdon . knowa that thera s mo dodging tho - tax, and that it is o rensonablo ong, thero will bo no attompt to doso, -ahd it will oither be paid, or tlie dog will bo disponsed with. As I hava said, all the dog lawa nre on tho prohibitory plan; not lot us put thom simply on a rovenuo plan, 80 {hiat tho revenuo will pay for the damago that they do, In casotho revenub falls short, tho tax coula bo slightly incrensad ; and, if it pro- vided a surpius, lot it Do turned over to tho geliool fund, Tho damngs could bo nscertalned befora o Justico of the Poaco, fn tho ordmary oy tho costa first to bo pnid, and then the Ju Izmonts in their regular ordor, ] Wo now bnvo a dog 1aw, Dbut it 18 of no value It is as follows ¢ STATUTES oF 1870, ctar. 8, Bro, 81, CriaklNg BHERP: Ownen Liapne.—Tn owner of u dog or dogs shall bo Habla itt an acticn o {hio case for nll damago that mny accrue to_sny perso or persons $n this Stute by reason of such dog or do iling, wounding, or chasing licep or other doimcstle snimals belouging to such other person or perons: autl, whon tha wmonat of such dnmage docs tiok ox- ceed $100, the samie may bo rocoverod boforo s Justice of the leare, Bro, 25, If any person shall discover any dog or dogs in tha act ot é‘fiu..g. Foundlug, ox «um’ng u\gup. 1 any portlon of this Gtate, or ehull discover suy dog or dogs, under such circumnsiatices o8 Lo satisfaotorily #how that mitch dog or dogs Lave been recentlyen~ {tiped in illing or chisstug ‘sheop for the purpos of illing them, auch person {s authorized to immediately purauo and hlll suck dog or doga, § Bome very wise man must have drawn theso two scctions, as they shiow not only wonderful sonolarship, but & brozdknowledge uf how not to do n thing. Tv woald all be woll enougl i tho ownors of tho doga wore finaucially rosponsible ; ‘and, in tho nexv place, if enid dog or dogs would first oall on the owper of tho shacp anid advige him of their intenton, 5o as to givo him an opportunity to make the proper proof, end not snoak around soma dark night, whon yo Grongeris fast locked 1 tho arms of Morpheis or gomo other arms, kil tho shoop, and thon sneak off to their . kenmel, .and comg forth in tho morning with an bonest-look- ing face, 8 though miitton was the lezat of their thoughts. The nian who could enginecr such a statuto through tho General Assembly -was o poracn of no mean ordor, and ought to liave & loather modal awarded bim; and yet it fwin Loepiug with mauy other Juws that bava a deal of aou't-do-it in them. I donot lufipfl!fl that & succeesful Buit has ever beon brought undor this statute, or ever will bo: aud, 8o farag the shacp- ownar i interested, the statuto might ba re~ pealed a8 k0 much dead trash that Jumbera up our atatate-books, T B0, 20, That thoe several Connty Conris ana Boards of Supervisors of the soveral countles of the Htate may, in thor discrotion, respectively, levy such tax npon dogs In thelr peveral countles oa thoy may seo proper, not exeeeding this sum of $2, upon cach dog,— anch Jovy to be mado by order, rosolution, or ordi- sance, to be enterod tpon the minutes of such Court or Board ot the time tho aamo is mude, aud it shall thereupon Lo the duty of the Olerk of tho’ County Court i any county where such order, resolutlon; or ordinanca is made, to enter tho sae on tne minutes of such Court or Board, and o sliall theroupon give tothe County Assessor, or oll Town Ashcssork, 18 (ho case may Lie, Tiotice of the making of Auch ordbr, Teso— Intlon, or ordlnance, by dolivering, or eausing to bo delivered, tobLim o them written or printed notlce of such ordinance, ordur, or resolution, “ Sco, 87, It shall o the duty of auch County As- zeanor, or such Town Assesyors, 23 the case way be, in taking Lists of taxablo property, fo requiro of overy person or porsons lablo to taxatlon o asacesment, (o List withs bis, her, or thelr other property, uy dog or dogs of which ke, e, or they may Lo tha owner or owiers, or which ahall resort or frequent the promis occupiod by sucl: person or persons § and tho respo ive Assosaors nforeaubd, 1nny Tonuire’ answera in vefers onca to tho ownershipa of or. resortiug or frequenting such premiaes, 0 be given under oath, which oath ehall o sdminfstered by such Asscsor, BEc, 23. It ahall bo tio duty of tho respectivo Coun. ty Clorke, when. such Usting shall b mads, to oxtend, on tho reapectivo tax-book or books for such county or towns, the sum o lovied by such Court or Tonril upon such dog or numbor of doga ag appear 10 Hated, ! {o such persoi_ o persons aforcentd, With tho otbor: taxce nsdessed agatnst much persoi ‘or personn; mud the reapactivo amounts shall ba extended at’ the data of such lovy of sajil Conrt or Board nguiust mueh dog 50 listed, and the sum shafl bo collectad as other taxcs Dy the reapective Collectors. Bto, 29, 1f any such sum 5o oxtended ehall o ro- turned by such Colleclor unpaid, It slall thetcupon bo {10 dut of such Colicetor to call upon tho Derson or porsons ngalnst Whom such_sum stall Lo ostonded; and, unlcas such person or pordons shall mnko it Hat~ dsfactorily u})imnr to such Colloctor that tho dog or dogs upot which such Jisting was made Is or ara dead, or removed boyond tho liwits of tho county, perma- houtly to Tomatm, ft sball o the duty of said ' Oblioctor to canse tlic warrant of gomo Justico of the Teaca of eatd county to fsana for tho approlansion of said per- ko or_perions huving 6o listed wuch dog or doga luving 8o failed o pay tho fax upou the somo; - and guch delinquent or deline uonts ebull Lo forthwith brought beforo ‘somo uatico of tho Poace for butal ; and it shall Lo tho duty of suich Collector to ¢auso thio proper proofs to o made Tefora such Jusiice, and theroupon such dolinguent or delinquents shafl Lo adjudged guilly of o nitsde- nicauor, aud shall have entored sgainst him, har, or tliow,; a tine of not lesa thun $5, or mors than $10; aud o defondantor defendants sl slaud committed un- il el Qo uud tho cont of Lo proseading ehall by pald : 8¢, 30, Tho word dogn {hia net ahall bo held and constrnod, ut all “tines and i1 sl places, to tean an aufnia of tho cuniue specics. s Bec, 31 All taxes Loreby provided for shall o pala and accounted for by Collectors, when collected, to tho proper ofecr auttiorized by law to_reeoiva tio same, wud shall b aDyiiod 16 sehool, roud, or counly purpoace, as auch Cotizls or Boards sbinll deformine, Seo, 3§ dirccts that fines suall bo paid over ‘tho same as taxes, Iloro i8 un immense amonnt of vorbinge and count of tho groat numberof dogs that destroy thont, Thera is o custem, or rather Inw of cour- tosy, that nllows any peison, tho hond of & fami- 1y, rich or paor, to ba the ownor of one dog, o poor man two dogs, and & very poor man threo dogs, This may appear to lia & very strange thing to some paopla; but, if they take paink tn inform themselves, thoy will be siirprised to seo how uniform is the rule. Somo yeara since I had a tonant who perristed in keeplng throo grens worthigsa dors, and yeb this man conld not bo peraunded to keop & pig. i wifo said that thn children must Linve the dogs_to play with, and that thay had nothing to feed tha pig with, At the ond of tho year Ihind to part with tho man and hig dogs, and to make n apecial contract with his succesaor to keop two pia and to dis- ponee with tho doga; but I had to look up n man with a awaell family. We need not disputo in rogard to the tnste of thosa oople, nor s it to our interest to pun- K«h them; but, on tha ofher hand, wo shonld try to educate them up to o higher position. Tho numbor of . theso mon s Iarge: and, ss each one {8 armed with a vota to protect his dog, and inssmuch as thoy bold tho balanzo of power, politiclans daro not interfaro with thelr doga by enacting o stringent dog layw, Than, agaln, tha advocales of . A DOG LAY, are too radical; and thoy go ut itto clean out tho doga at all hazardas, and, ab tho sume time, they hava very singularly lost sight of the sheop, If tho vory poor man, with his fifteen children, finds it noceesary to havo {hren dogw for fhem to play with, it i ono of his innlicuable righta thatall othor poonlo aro hound to respoct, At tho samo time, this dog-taxing ought pot to Lo alloived o escapo tha publio burthen of taxntion, And, in doing this, no extra hardship ought to Lo Ynposed, such as &2 & Load for mnla aud ‘85 for fomnlo dogs, Buch. mato of taxntion is out of all hoymony with our tux law, and has boen the main canso of tho fallme of the dog law, I waould not abridge the rights of any porson, but rathor porsunde thom out of therr arror, ‘Thore was a timo whou I thought it uecos- sury to keop ono or Iwo rat-terviors; but sinco thon I havo lonrned o cheapor and much butter plan to get rid of thae rata, thougl, boforo this oceurred, I wonld bavo nroferred to have puld overal dollara anuually on osch ratter rathor than to have dispensod with (heir sor- vices, Hut rat-tarriera will not kill sheop, 1 hear sugyoated, Porhans thoy will not, and yot T ance puid w noighbor 815 far shoop worrind to death by my two rat-tarriors, that wera eanght in the vory rot, And to-day I do not own a dog of any kind, and do not think that I ovor ahall doeo. I find thom of no value to puard {ho premdien but » mourco of graat aunoyanos fo boals, that has not accomplished, and uever will accomplish, any result, No man, noless he had apont &ix months in & Jaw oflic, conld have con: caived or frauwied sucli an act o8 the nhove,' What wo need is A SDIDLE ACT, m.flnf each dog 50 conts, to be listed and colteot- ed with othor tuzes,—makiug it the duty of the Asscasor to distrain and goll any proporty for the tax ; and, a8 before stated, an lying the “recoipt to pay far shoop supposed to ba killed or Injured by dogs, ‘Pho surplus, it any, might'go ta tha ugo of sehools in the several * townships haviug auch & wurplud. During the last gosslon, an attompt was mado to paws o now dog law, that had sufticlont mwa- chitory fu it to run the bnsiness of an ordinary county. ‘Tho truth s, nll of these sumptuary lawd have boeu vastly overdons, snd fall to ploces by thelr own weight: Tlm} fre too much of o good thing, and, a8 & maitor of CONTRO, are nover enforasd. T this {nstance, no Collsctor wotild dare to onforco this act, for the simplo roason that these dolinquont awnera of dogs usu- ally hold tho balance of powoer fit the town elee- tlons, tind, thus armod with votes, thoy aro too much for the Colloctor, who lias no dosira to of- fend them, and ho is easily satisfiod that the dogs listed aro oithor * doad or boyond tuo_limits of the county.” 4 In Now York, tho dog' tax is n proteotion fo ownera of sheep, and has beon tho moans of groatly lorsenin tho number of worthless curd. Lot us malo a trial in n small way, by tevying 8 amntltax on ench dog, and applying tho same to poy for hoep killod by dogs ; and thon u’nlnrufl or modify it ns oxporioncomny dictate. We oani= not drive out the dogs, any mora than we can drivo out. wlisky 1 aud tho bost thing that can bo dono is to miko tho burdon oy Hght ns possis blo. Foronc, Iam satiaflod that the dogis of no valuo to the farmer, on tho wholo; bat 1 might pronch wuch s dochino in overy school-district iu tho Stato without obtatu~ ing much of a followiug, Thero aro some use- m?.]ugs. and more might Lo mado o by trai- Iug ; aud yet the value of theso aro nathing nn compared ta the damago and cost of the Inrger number. We have buon go long acenstomed to the presauco of dogs that faw would willingly hart with hom; and, wheu a luw aims to diive lunm out by unjust tnxnltollg. wn[ I‘mlnfl up an U to bao PO i ™ e “mombora cloct of the Goneral Assombly will giva thls wubject & candld considoration, with tho saur- ance that it is possivlo Lo so protect our shoo- utorest that smwll parke will goou bo goon all over tha Stato; nud that our markets and farm- tables ehall havo a bountiful supply of rich man who will pase such a Jew through our Leplu- lutuve will bo entitled to tio thanks, not only of tho farmers, but of the pevrer oihsaes who lovg dog, but who mny bo thught to love good snutton noro, 1LLINOIA HTATE MOMTIOULTURAL NOCIETY, Tho Tilinofs Bint Hartleultnral Boctoty will hold ita annual meotlig for 1676 in Rowse's all, Loria, Doo, 8 0,10, and 11, _Loutnres will bs glven, papers ready #iLd discunsions hietd npon nestly ull tapics connecte with setentific and practical Hortieulture, vizt Orebard Culture . Vinoynrd Culturs; Borry Oule mrc\ or Feumt Gardening; Florfenltute: Vegetable Qurdening § Ullilzing Fridlts; Ornamental and Thme ber Treews Ortiamnental and Tandscapo Gardening { Jlotany and v»;fcmwo Ibyrialogy; Entowology; O nulmnwi Grology nnd Kolla; anit Meteorology, Tho subjcct of the reorganization of tha Bocloty, unou {lis teeuie of Ulio now luw rolatiug to (his mattor, will o meted wpow. Bamplos of fendt nrd solicited esnectally of new atid proising varfotios, All borlk cnu‘un.\tn aro invited to l“)lend. Ty ordor of the Prosh ent, . 1, QL S . Noweax, deLean Co,, T, Novemporeigih o " - This {3 on6 of tho most weotul of our fiadte: trial pociotloa ; .and has been made so, to o grow oxtout, by pid from tho Btate, that hes enablat it to gond out an annual volume of ita raneac: tions, glving the progross of Ilorticultuio in thi Northwest. Tue next Logistatara wall s tall! upon {o taka this Boolety 1n its keeping; n8 thi old nppropristioh hing expired. Soma efinugu i1 tho lsw {tuclt any bo required, as, at prosent couatituted, it is to bo **dry-nursed b{:hre local Rocletios,—tha Nortliorn, Coatsal, Houthern llmois Agrlettltural Sociotios, Yot ui move over tho noew ground with eautlon, nnd make the futire of this Socloty more uketul than its past, Thord fa a vat fiold for ita uso Tulnogs thiat should not be curthiled. TAE WEATHER coutinficn most deliphiful, piviig us an old:fasln lotied ‘Indlan-summer auttinn, such ns wo hove not had for goma yoars: tnd we should not W um’]mscd to s0o it contintie far {tibo Decanbar, Aud yot wa muet logk for a aligglit hiteh about thy 10th’ to tho 20tk 6F this monthi, da a frecze st that tiine comes aa o genardl ‘elintotio. tule—x rain-gtorm at loast, and generally auow dud abrrg {rost, ahd oftan tollowey by four to kix wecks ot vcr{ fino weather, Bk 4 It would be well to take advanthgo of this find weathor Lo got out all the matiute, and do mitich work thal usually gopa over until apring. Somo peoplo put off until ta-morrow all tuat they can, whilo others do to-day all of to-morrow's’ work that can Lo reached; and tis’ class of farmors oro nover hurrisd, for thoy bavo thojr work: in hand, shile th other olae ate slways bobind, -n‘d‘utl‘\:nvu iu & hurry, * v o 2 erg are any slieds, small buildings,-or cele Int-wally, that have boou plawed for thapering'a worl, 1t 18 Detier to go at them whila th}s - fino weathor lasts, rather thau put it ‘over, for nb muoh will b out of the way, Autumn-work is very muclh sdvancod, and yet thero s mucl that may bo dono to make the farm moro tidy for winter, Tho want of rain and the worm weathet ara giviig “the chinch-buga an extend- ed losyo for' misobief on tlo wintér-wheats but the eamo weatlier is most oxcellont for porke making, aud the cows Lold ont thole milk in g like proportion ; go that the evil s not all evil, but liborally mixed with gaod, Thoro fo a hvely tima as regards water, #8 thany wolls bavo failed. Boring and digging for wator is n prominent featura in tha labor-utatlsties of the day. Corne husking is making rapid progress over tho acrag, batslow fn filing eribs, Llto man who Luskd 80 bushels por day s counidersd 1o bo an industrions band, * Tho smho band fo 1873 thought it no great affair to husk and put in the crib 40 to G0 bushels, Then ho could got 7 cents o bushol for the work: now ho ia pleaged with 4 cents,—nt loast, plad to get jobs at thal figure. If tho farm-hand wus as clownish aud ad groat a stickler for re‘?nlm— wazes as tho trades-union men, ho would be out of work, for tho fannor, by taling “all winter, wauld ‘mh his dorn fn tho criby without :h'lnfl. and tho farm-hand would remain idie, carpenters antl other meehanics wauld tuka tha same viow of thd situation, they would find plonty of worlr this fine weathor; buf, ns it 18, most of them nre fdle, Tho ollser é\y, a “farmer conclided to put a cellar under & latyo building, and epplied 10 o ‘professional eetlar- digger o do the work, wo ' dollare day,” was tho reply; *“but; enys the farmer, *tlie days aro short, and you eaunot work ovor nine hotrs," and yet' domaud the mummer wages,” “Oan’t help it,” fays tho man of tho apade; *am not going to work ' below wages.” " “Very well,” sags the farmer,, 1 can got plenty of good farm=hands to'do tho work at $128 perday.” Andeo the profédsionsl coliar- mau losts job, from tho simple fuct that ho could not comprobend the diifarence belween ten hours a day {n summer and pino in winter, and between 3 press of Iahor and when the des mand {8 light. Tlhe farmor knows that, it thesa abort days, he cannot plow as much in o day ay in spring, yat ho doce not stap on thas accouns 5 but the mechanic choosea to liava tho worls closed againat him rather thnn to submit to lews than summerswagos for nutumnv\vork‘n \CRAL, —_— LOVE AND LAEOR, ‘We dla not all : for our deeds remain To crown with LonoF of suar With vufn ; “Tisrough eadleca sequunice of Yo:rs L came * Our lives sball apeak, when our lips uro duab, What though we perial, tnkpown to fame, Our tomb forgotten, and lost our name, Bingo naugkt 18 wasled In Leaven or Parh, Aud nothitg dies.to whicl God gives bietd, Though Hfoe be Joyless, and deith he cold, And pleasuizes pal as tho world grovs old, Yot God Las grunid obr heaets olety For Love'and Lzbor eap conquor grict, Lovo sheds a light on the glaomy way, And Labor burrices tho weary doy 3 Though death be fearful and 1ifs Lo hard, ¥et Love nitd Labor shall win rowsrd, 1If Love can dry upa singlo tear, 1¢ lifelong Lavor avail to elear A eingle web from before thie trus, Thon Lovosnd Labor have wou their dua, What though wa mourn, wo can comfort pEas Whet If wo de, 60 tho truth o plein; A littlo spnrk from o high dosira Hhull Mudlo othors, tud grow a firo, We aro ot worlliy {6 work tho wholes Wo bave no streugth which may 8avo 3 & Euough for usif our lifs beglu Huccessful struggle wilh grief and e, Labor fs mortal, and fades away, But Lobo shall friumph Ju perfeet days Taabor inuy withor beiteatl tho sod, Tut Lovo lived ever, for Love js Gol, —Chanibsrs’ Joiria il Recent Assyrian Discoveries. From Fraser's Hegazine, Womny sce nuuerous blick stoves in the Dritish Musoum, which record tho gl and pur- ohaso of particular Iinds, and thoe most torrible ciirags aro invoked upou fio hends of thowo whis should lnjuraand destroy these evidonces of thu ownership of property, Ono of thow, latoly found by Mr. Smith, tolls us that tho ground montioned in it was bestowed. by the King upon o sort of poet-jaurcate, oa account of BOmD pans egyrics bie had written npou the Ringdem. BiN moro plentital thao thosa sre private contract tablots, often inan_ outer conting of clay, ou which an abstract of the contonts of tho luner tablet is nlmnpod.‘l\h\u{]at them “ard nlurced with holos, through which strings woro passed attached to Jesves of pepyri. Tho lats tor havo long siuco perished 3 tho papyrus waa used by tho Accpdians 08 8 Writiug igterial at o yemoto dato, although the moro durablo elay tablets woro preferred. ‘Ihe imercantilo class goomy to havo consistod chiefly of Bomites, rathor than of Accadiana} sud if wa want to flud tho fullost dovolopment of buuiness aud com- merco we must como down to tho cighth and govonth conturies 8. C., when Ninoveh was a bustling contreof trado. 'fd'ru had been dostroyed Dy tho Assyrian Kings, aud trade had transferred fisolf furthet to the Bast. Carchiemish, which was favorably pituated near tho Euplratos, wan the mosting-placo of the marchauts of all na- tions, uud tho ‘‘maunch of Carohomish' beeamo tho standard of weight, Houses aud other proporty, including slaves, Wore bought ‘und old; and tho careful- pose with which tho deeds of salo or lenso wero drawn up, the dotails into which thoy wont, and thie number of attending witnessos, wero quitn worthy of o modern lawyer, Mouay, 00, wad lont ut intorost, usually at tho ruto of 4 por gent, but somolimes, moro capaoially whon_goods ik iron wore borrowod, at 3 por cont. Beourity for tho loau wns ofson taken iu houses or othor proporty. T'ho witnessos and oontracting pur- tles genorally aflixed the seala; but whora they wera {00 DOOT L0 pouxoss ony, a uail-mark wag conedored suflioiont, All this appreciation and intorchaugiug of property led, as wo wight sap- poso, to tostamontary dovolution, and no loss a documont thau the privato will of Benuacherib 18 now {n the Britjsh Museun. Uhe Contro of Popiilations Gen, Walker's ausny on I|.|\n nnm.‘x;n of pgp\flw jugs into new prominence tho scendesd :\'-fgiq‘, ‘fl;lé}. tiug contro clings to tho thirtv-nintkt poraliol, along which oro situnted Ballnuore, Washington, and Cineiunati, At no time frou 1700 to 1870 has tho contro of population doparte od nortl to south of this line mora thnn 20 miles. It hns marchod wostward 809 milos in thal porlod, tha groatest loap holng from 1880 to 1801 (81 milen) when tho trunsforof a small popule tion to the Pacific coast gavo s suddon olongw tion to tho Weatort ryn of the lover, and neces pitatod the moving of tho fulernm quite s dia tauco. It s now 48 imilen enst of Oincinnaly, waf atton; nud that our loeul factorica way have Efimfim‘-m‘bn wadl in oxobnugo for cloth, Tho in 1880 will noarly coincide with chap citys