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" I Avant him out of jail , first , said the afflicted woman , " and then Ave'll meet them in the courts the best Avay Ave can . " " What's his bail bond ? " the doctor asked . " The sheriff told me it Avould be six hundred dollars . "

" Can you meet me here in my office at nine o ' clock to-morroAv morning ? " asked the doctor . " I will , " she answered . Then thanking the doctor for his generous sympathy , and Stella for her

kindness , Mrs . Robinson left the office , leading her little girl , AVIIO that night Avoulcl be her only company in her sad and AvidoAved home . " Pa , " said Stella , Avhen they Avere left

alone , " if that yo \ mg man is innocent of the crime charged against him , as his mother says he is , it would be a burning shame to let him remain in prison . " "We'll see in the morning , daughter , Avhat the case is , " responded the doctor ,

" and if I am satisfied of his innocence , we'll see that he eats a free dinner tomorroAv at his mother ' s . '' The folloAving day , prompt to the hour , Mrs . Robinson Avas at the Doctor ' s oflice , Avhere , in a half-hour ' s talk she convinced

him that her son Avas the victim of one of the partners of the house , AVIIO had purloined the funds for his OAVII use , ancl defaced the books to hide his tracks , ancl then accused the young book-keeper of the theft .

The Doctor did not hesitate , but Avent at once on the young man ' s bond , and released him to the great joy of his mother . Public opinion , of course Avas suspended until the trial came off , Avhich Avas not until tAvo months , Avhich time had been prudently economized by the Avicked

partner , for he bad , under false pretence , closed up his interest in the house , and Avhen the trial of young Robinson came on the ex-partner Avas non est . . Through Stella Gregg ' s influence and her father ' s generous management , the

AvidoAv's son was fully vindicated on the trial , and the jury gave a unanimous verdict of not guilty . Public indignation ran high against the absconding partner , and the fair fame of young George Robinson shone bri ghter than ever before . With choking emotions

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he thanked Dr . Gregg for his generous interference in his behalf , and assured him that until the clay of his death he Avould ever remember him as one of the best friends of his life . The house generously restored him to his desk againAvith assurances of an

, interest in the house , Avhich he has since obtained , where his integrity , probity and modest intelligence have given him a character even above suspicion . Miss Stella Gregg , has become one of his most intimate friendsa rumour has it that the

, Doctor himself may yet become his fatherin-laAv . " Thus fate builds hopes for honest men , And gives them back their rights again . "

A Legend.

A LEGEND .

From the " Noah ' s Sunday Times . " I HAVE heard of a mystic legend , That comes from the days of yore , Of Those , who in Salem ' s Temple Square , Level and Plumb-line bore .

The fame of their Strength and Beauty Ancl Wisdom all hands had heard , And they spake ' neath the echoing arches The Grand Omnific Word . But the column of one was broken When he fell at the Temple gate

, Where his jubliant foes in ambush For their noble victim wait . There Avas sorroAv in all the chambers , For the trestle board gave no sign Of the baud that had wrought its patterns With a skdl that had seemed divine .

They sought him o ' er hill ancl valley , From East to the distant West , And they found him beneath the acacia , Silently laid to rest . Is there no help for the lost one 1 His brethren iu SOITOAV

cry—There is help in One that is Mi ghty For those who in darkness lie . And oft as the sprig of the acacia Blooms green on our darksome Avay , It tells us that Faith shall rise us From night to the realms of day .