The Speculator's Bequest

-StubV ïau neon ftway iiuiu nis iiiitivu llu ;i ood many years. Ho returned with itreaka of silvor in his hair, deep furrows apon his brow, and a stoop in his shouldirs. Upon the first favorable opportunity we callod to see hipa, for he had Leen sur schoolmate and playmato in othor timos. Wü found him sitting by his hililc, in a thoughtful juood, with his right hand resting upon a largo wcllknown poeket-book. Cordial greetings transpired, and anon ho lapscd again iuto a reflective mood. " Does n't it seem good to get back to the old place once more ? " wo at length ventured. " Yes," said he. We hoped he had done wcll during his absonco. Ho lookcd up and faintly smili'd. "All that I have gainod," said he, "I shall leave to my favorito nephew and bil ; and it will bo valuablo to him if hc rightly usos it." And ho laid his hand again upon tho old pocket-book. ' It is in thezof " we raggested. " It is all in this pocket-book," he ded ; " but," lio odded, " tho koy to the realth I shall put upon the ontside. I had just plannud to writo it as you canie." " A dircction for its uso ? " was our supposition. " A liint from whioh lic might gain direction," said Stubbs. " I shall fold this old book in an envolopc ; and upon the onvolope I shaU write this legond : " ' The resuit of thirtem years' tirdens usandering and speoulaiUm.' " " And the book contains- " " Nothiug ! " A lady, in a philoKophiciil mood, askcd ii male friend how it happened that boys got all their bad traits trom fathors. "I don't know," was the reply ; "but pcrhaps il would help us to answor if we could ftnd out whei'O the girls get their blumishes from." " Oh," replied the air raotaphysioian, " they all come from their grandfathers."