Year: 1870




am gone you will be left the mistres
! of great wealth, and 1 need not te
you of the many trials and tempt;
tions you may be called upon to eli
dure, nor the manifold snares whic
designing people may set in you
path. l have tried to educate 20
well and truly, and 1 know you hav
been a diligent student in all til
thing appertaining to life. But yor
must allow me to speak one wor
more of parental counsel. In thre
years you will reach your majori
ty, and will then become sole guar
dian Of your property. 1 hope yol
may live long to enjoy it; but tina
enjoyment must depend much ol
the character of the partner to whom
you shall give your hand and heart
Oh, my child, be wise-be circum
spect. Marry no poor man smpl
because he is handsome and good
hearted; and choose no scion Q
wealth simply because of his wealth
Let your choice be governed b,
sterling merit; and to that end 'dt
you cultivate self respect withou
pride, and virtue of life and judg
ment without ostentation. God hell
you, sweet one, in that importan
ordeal. Remember-the last prayel
of my soul shall be to that end"


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No maiden could be more gener
ally courted by manageable youne
gentleman of her acquaintance thar
was the beautiful orphan heiress
Ada Altering. At the age of eigh
teen, by provision of her fathers will
she came in full possession of very
NEARLY million of dollars. A cir
with more beauty pride might have
kept all poor admirers at distance;
but so mild and so kind was She
so respectful to all whom she con
sidered worthy to be held as friends
so deferential to modest merit
and so utterly oblivious Of all quail
ties of rank and fashion, when link
ed with seifshness, and snobbish-
ness, that young men of humble sta
ton ere long learned that she could
be kind Sy respectful to them, and
that she could smile upon them as
lsweetly as upon those more favored
| of fortune.


At length, when Ada had reached
the age Of twenty, there were two
men who had come nearer to her
heart than had any others. One
was Philip Nettlelon, and the other
was Amos Robbins. Both were
book-keepers in heavy New York
houses, and both had prospects OF
soon being admitted into actual bus
mess partnership. Both were hon
erable, sober, kind-hearted men, and
both were called handsome. Phi
lip Nettleton was the more intellec-
tual of the two; the more studious,
meditative, and reserved. - Amos
Robbins was the more polished,
sparkling, witty, and freely social.


Both of these young men loved
Ada Atherling, and though she had
never, by word or sign, given either
of them to understand that she could
return that love, yet she had shown,
in many ways, that their positions
in life did not in the least, limit heI
respect and esteem; but on the con-
trary, she treated them with far
more consideration than she did
those who came floating about her
on the golden sea of fortune.


The sad and darksome weeks OF
the autumn Of 1857 were passing.
Financial ruin swept up and down
the business highways of the great
city. On Tuesday, October 18th
the day that saw twenty banks in
New York suspend-when tea thou
sand people had been thrown out
of employment in the New Jersey
city-the house in which Robbins
was connected failed; and on the
next day the house where Nettleton
had all his hopes of business anch-
ored, went by the board, They had
been among the best houses in New
York, and had held out to the last;
but the bosom had swept their ere,
dit away, and the ruin was absolute
So Philip Nettleton and Amos
Robbins were without employment
and without money; for, in antici-
patton Of ente into partial pro
! ii. orship in their respective e.
Establishments, they had allowed their
surplus salary to remain-in the hands
of their employers, and in neither
case had dollar been saved. The
man vino on the morning of the first
day of that eventful month of Octo-
Der, might have retired from bust
ness with fortune, now found him
self the owner of not one solitary
dollar.


Philip Nettleton was sorely dis
tressed. He was an orphan, and q
sick sister had been depending on
him for support for over year
That sister now lay PROSTATE, and
she must have succOr and comfort
He sought all up and down the bust
ness part of New York, where he was
acquainted, for employment as q
clerk or salesman; but there was no
opening. Then he sought in New
Jersey city where he had lived, but
without success. Weary and sick
at heart, he was on his way home
ward, when he met the butcher OF
whom he had that morning bought
some meat, and to whom he had
told the story of his great need.


"Well Philip, what luck to-day?
The young man shook his head
sadly.


Nothing turned up, eh?''


Nothing" And Philip would
have pass ed on, but the frank, well
meaninggold butcher detained him


Locke Philip, don't want to in
suit We, nor hurt your feelings; but
if you amt above putting on clean
white frock. and driviny goods in my