Stockton Herald, South Durham and Cleveland Advertiser. — 1890-12-20 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

FAY.  "That, means —t-hat you am wo6—for a man always knows when be's me of the Elect." " Woll sfr lys Allan sailed dm:: Li the wind,  an' kept a clean log-boo'. an' never chanted anybody, au' done my ditty, an'—" "Ab, my dear, dcar sir, all that is of no use. You are on y or way f o the }turning 'Lake where their worn dieth not and their fire is not quenched," tto., &a. "By the way," continued the minipter, when he had let loose Ins eloquence a little and made the captain think hirneed a very bad character indeed, "by the way, your brother promised that he would give as a little icatter of twctity pouuds Whell he toicoeeded to—pardou ine for alluding to it—to your property. Might I ask you to do what he wonld have done, as a thank-ofiering for your pr,Pervation?"  the captain, always generons with his money, was about to promise the donation when Kr M-Guttie, who, when Once he begsn to ialk, did not know when to Mop, oontinue,l— -"We wan+ the money for ore mission to the Ttlatambsto poople, who live in Weetern Africa. They are in • leplorably unenlightened Mate, and greatly in want of the Gospel.' " Hem," said the cagc.ain, "rm afraid taut:, alters the case. If it had been the poor st. now—or--"  "Bat the heathen. rag dear sit, going straieht to perdition. Just think of ii.' _  " Thinion' on it or't do no good," paid the cap, tain, sturdily, his atrong oommon-sanse instantly reasserting ANIL D'ye see that ?" and be pointsd to a newspaper contents bill on the wall which bore in large letters—" Glasgow Divorce Case: Disgusting Dcteils," "'Horrible Murder in Main, burgh," "Sail Suicide of a Young Woman at Ayr," "Daring Robbery at Kilmarnock," "other and Three Children Starved to Death at Ardrossan." "Dye see all that? Now, don't ye think ye'd better leave the reefeetable folks at Matum-whatye call-it alone, and look after the he‘then within reach? Darn it, air," cried the captain, his indignation ria:ng and his respect for the cloth vanishing for the moment, at lesek, "its folks like you th.tt'a respells:lA frr all this, tollhe us we must go and look arter the poor critters on t other aide o' the globe, when all the time we're as bad as we can be ourselves."  The Rev. Mr Iliftauffie held up his hand in horror and moved away. Evidently the captain was one of those vrit.ked, dangerous pecsons who are guided by calm rea,en instead of religious mysticism, and are thereforein a very perilous state, wholly unregenerate, and long past praying for. How happy we ought to be when weremember that the burning fiery lake is always waiting for 5u,...11 people ! On his way back to Aurora Cottage the captain became aware of a lounger strolling slowly towards him from the oppoaite direction. There was nothing remarkable in this, and Harrison would have paseed this individual with as little notice as he had beetowel on several doLens of poople that afternoon already. As this man approached him, however, the captain's eye chanced to light on his watch chain, which, conspicuously displayed on a yellow vest, glittered in the sunlight. 'Blow me, if that ain't the watoheahain I threw overboard along o' the will," he said to himself, standing still in his astonishment. "I'd know the anchor and the seal among a thousand. Yes, it's mine, by all that's wonderful. " I—l say, sir," he said. approaching the man. who was no other than Joe Bradley, "might I look at your watch for a minute ?"  " Hey ?" said Joe, sharply. "My watch, guy'nor Why, what d'ye want to see at it?' "I think it's mine."  "On, do ye? Now that's good." "Yes, and if you don't let me see it at once I'll call a policeman." " 'Arrison !" muttered Joe to himself. "Now, ain't ilia tut:achy (To be continued.)