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immeasurable extent of her gratitude, but all in vain. At length, finding all her shifts bootless. she was forced to make a candid | confession of her name, rank and connexions,

 What was his surprise to find that she was 1 a daughter of one of the most respectable and wealthy citizens of the city! He pas sed, and walked a few paces in silence by the side of the unlucky girl, whose feelings could not have been enviable. At last, having made up his mind, he turned abruptly on his victim and said, !" Madam, you have robbed me-[an imploring look j yes, madam, you have robbed me, and you know it you have now about you the articles abstracted from my rc-(another look, and wringing of the delicate hands.) Now listen to me-" he continued firmly, "I offer you but one ai ternative-you must accompany me to magistrate or a minister :"

 What could she do! Exposure and dis grace-disgrace to which death itself would be preferable to herself and her friends stared in her face. She looked in her accu- ser's face, but there she read nothing but in- l flexible sternness a second glance too, told her that that countenance was neither old or ugly, in short, that "as men go," it was very passable. And then the terrible alternative the public police court-the awful frown of the magistrate the rude gaze of the mul-

 

 icate hand upon his arm, while the other ap- piled the white cambric handkerchief to her fearful eyes, "Do with me what you will ]" she murmured out.

 The result was that the triumphant store keeper, instead of losing his property to the value of few dollars, gained a lovely, ac- complished, and virtuous wife, Chis little foi- ble excepted,) and with her upwards of sixty thousand dollars.

 Extract o letter from Stonington, Ct. April 1887

 "Our borough has again been visited by the devastating element About 4 o'clock this morning, a fire broke out in the large building owned by Chas. P. Williams, and occupied as a cooperage, &c. The building was in flames before the citizens were brought together, and the fire spread with much ra- pidity. Nineteen buildings were totally des- troyed, and two others partially damaged (the dwelling house of s. Crew and P. Han- cox.) All the buildings destroyed were stores, except the dwelling houses ofC. P. Williams, G. R. Hallam and J. Denison, and two stables appurtenant to the dwellings. The stores were occupied by P. HancoX, E. Paxton, Jr. than Smith, R. P. Barker, (shoe shop) Joshua Pendleton, Moses Pendleton, and G. R. Hal lam, B. F. HancoX's shoe shop. Three ofthe stores were unoccupied. The dwelling house of F.. Amy and store of B. & F. Pendleton, are alone standing between the scene of the present and former fire. A part of the pro- prietors of buildings and merchandise are insured. P. Hancox believe is fully insur- ed, except on his building, which was not ve- ry valuable.