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far as Cleveland. where they remained several
Iays One morning the other Two hoys came I"
l,; rn,m early. aud shaved him large amount
-, ;.v.lry eic.. which they said they had Wan
a, cards ,uriny the night. Knowing that he was
in reed ul fnnds To pay his bIard, They pressed
him Ia take s,mne uf IT, iur means Ia pay hts land
hard But before he nad dlSppsed nl any ut II.
they were all arrested lur hurgliry, and AS p"r-
INN ,t The rruppriv taken from The slnre whlch
had be.n robbed was found in his p'sSeSS't, he
tu, was tried. convicted aud sentenced. ne hao
no friends, no money. and dared n1l wTlle nome.
sn hope sank within him. lie resigned hl"iSei
~ fate. never expecting To get out ol prison, or To
Sep his parents again
lJnn inuulrinp ui the convcis who came win
him un the same charge, learned that what Ar
thur stated was irup aud thai his only crime was
keeuinu had company leaving his home and hn
knuwiuply receiving solen gnodS. questioned
separately. they all told The same story ana leit
no s,,uht in my mind ,I the boys liiilcehce--
Full of culnp ,Ssiun iur The little fellow, sal down
and wrote full description OF Arthur, his c'lu'
,;;.f aid history as obtained ltirum him -.panlng
the horrors Of the pace, the h"peess''eSs "' Mhs
relornpd there even guilty, anu lie Availability
of his never living out his sentence. and drscrb
lnu The process 10 he used To gain his pardon.-
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veri,,elnenl. But week aer week passed and
no answer ca,np The boy daily inquired II iIad
H., ard ir,n his inuther. until At last "h"pe hong
deferred sprmed 10 make his hearI sick" and
usin he DROPPED d aud pnsd. AT length ltller
cam---su,h /, letter, il Mas iTum he Rev. Dr.
BrI,ws of New York. f'e had breh absent 10
distant city bu The lninrn he rtah me ie''tr
the poud nnan responded. The father "i the hoy
had hmunie almost Insane on act'linl "' MS son
leng aud mySlerlnus aD>rnce; he had ieI' his i"r
uer place uf r-Sdence --anJ mnVtd if''h c''y w
Ic!ty ir,nIi iuwn la iuwn -and travelled up an"
d,,wn the rouairy seeking The s'Frd anu hS'' iie
h,J s,.nt ,bp an ,Si nt a ,i, IN sin4 t,rtlle his
vie. (the t.y y's mother was Oh the nrhk ui Inc
urive. plning f.r b-r ir>i born a'id w"id not Dc
cvntured l'ley iiirn lived III II western c''y'
wnnhrr Ihry had zone III tue hope o' h"uih! "'
or rgettng iheir hoy. at Hal chah9e ~ sce.'e
iului aSsuage their griet lie tla'tked me "i
nv i.,l-r winch he hod sent TO the father. ahd
PROMISED his assistance 10 secure Inc convict >
n,rdnn This news gave to Arthur te seemed
panied and pleased hope and fear, J"y ana gr'el
filled his heart alternately; but from thence his
eyes were nrlgnter and his steps were lighter,
and hope seemed to lnce in every nerve.
Days passed and at last a man came to the
prison rushing ranlically into the office, demand
inp To see the boy "AIy boy my boy On let
me see hi,n!" The clerk. who knew nothing oi
I,he matter, calmly asked hlrn Tor the name oi his
s,o "Arthur-." "No such name on our
bloks your son cannot be here" "fle is here !!
show him 10 me. Here, sir. is your own letter;
why do you mock me-" The clerk looked over
The lelrer saw at once that Arthur Lamn was
l,he convict wanted and rung the bell TOR The mes
senger There is the warden, sir; ii ws his
letter YOU showed" The old man embraced me
and wept like a child a thousand ti'neS ne thatk'
I'd me. aud in the name ot his wile, heaptn otss'
inus On my head. But the rattling ot the great
ir.n dunr and tile grating sound oi lis hih9es' III
dicaied the approach OF Arthur, anu l c"iuuc'e"
me excited parent intu the parlor. then led his
son /, his embrace. Such half shrek and a
go,iyino croan as the Old man gave when he he.
held he altered c,lntpuance oi ms hiyas nr sio.
clad in the degrading stripes, aud holding c"n
vicl's can in his hand, never heard before.
have seen simi!ar scenes since and became lnnred
10 them. but this one seemed as If IL would burst
my hraH
drew M and signed petition for The pardon
ur the yunng convict. and such deep and aVur-
able impression did The letter | wrote in anSw' !
10 the advertisement have upm The drec o's. lha,
they readily pinned IN the petition. G"v N""d
was easily prevailed upon in such case and the
pardln was granIed.
Need describe The old mans j'y How he
lau ,!led an wrp, walked and ran iIl impatient
IA SEP his sn set free Whrn the lad c.ne "nl
ia cy-t's dress. The agrd parent WAS tn l''iI #
u,er,nce H., hug Ged he released rhV'c' To MS
h,>,,n and kissed him -wept aud p:ay"d UfaSp,
mr n,y hand ne iplaared ne his IGr'n. his goa
watch anyihing that l. would rake. Pain-.i al The
ihluLht of pecnniary reward io'k the "ii 'h'"
arm ~ nGnp, and his boy by the hanl.lnd es'lft
lttnr III A. v.
npvrr s,w them IN re. But ihr young nan Is
,Ininr well. aud lang may hr live 10 reward the
fila affection Of his parents.
This case may he nut one ainnng n bundled
whrfe the iunncrnce ot the convict * clear-hnt
even where ruiit is clear there S;"nid br pug tor
Youth and : ,ine proper IneanS taken u restore
them la the paths OF rertiude and honor.
A RicH ScEvE-Y ,s,eriay C,nst,ble Miller
went VITA Il Setr,h wlrraat % lnIk Tor soma ST"
len guodS Alter s,nr examination they were
trund in the p,SSpssun of "A DNir:nr servant girl.
rhe property consisted principally ot articles ot
dress, amunl which was a lila rkei c'llar.-
THIS The u.ii ,er endeavlred n gel intn his hands.
but the gir put it in her IN nth and 'shnt DIVA
an ~ The constable dplernlnrd moi 10 be tIlled
in This way. run his lin .er in The girls mouth in
..rdsl ia pull ont hp c,lIar. when she opened. and
taking his lin Ier between her teeth. crushed 1t al
ms, To a ley TIE uili ger mi liking III trap
iprk.d nnt n!S Il iTer. AL tle grl swallowed the
collar This pGIri The search. rs Nj. Miiier
concluded The collar then beyond MS jnr!sd'c
lion liealthv mirl, that, aud loud OF deicacIes.
T.ye Htpte Erpress.
The fp'lnwing circumstances occurred IN q Wi
lare cnnrch in + FgLmi. on the viSitill"n oi 'ne
B, hop Of the docrSr Tor The purpose ut adnInS
lrfiay the ordinance pt c,niirnilIn. HE clerk.
whnuSualiy gave uui !r psal tnl hymns. WISH
inr to celebrate the h,i,'r oi his traces vs!'.
commenced as f.llws: Let us s'nr TO the
praise and siofy oi God, psalm # M otcn COM
Poshg
.'Thc mountains s<ipped Ike frightened rams,
ra.i I'll. liils .li l)l,
To " lie N: iitl Oar tN"l
Ills grlc.. III. Lord Bishop"
A Njidship nan asked Priest 10 tell the differ
ence between Priest and Jickass. ihe tresi
gave i; up.
.One wears cross on his back and the other
on his breast" said The .Ilidshpman.
"Nnw. said the Priest" ."teIl me the difference
between Midshipman and jackass."
The Midshipnan gave it up, aud asked what II
was.
The Priest said he did not know uf any.
F,crs IN NATURAL HisroRy.-An experIen
ced frontier friend, who has resided fJr spnt
years past the Pacific slupe, tells us that there
are neither wild turkeys nor bees IN CalIfnrn'a
that Buff loes have never penetrated west ot HE
Rocky Mnln;anis; AMI that horses in Cilithr.lll
are ca2able OF travelling much farther, without
faiiIue Ia given n5er of hours. than the saine
aniu,Is cnul travel when in the EiSiern Mis-
sSslppl valley and Atlantic s!ope) States
tisy fellow. whp Was seated III the bnx with
a stare driver, sMayed bIcNWIrl unlil he tu.n