They spent a couple of hours in talking over the past, and at his departure, Mr. Bright made him a handsome present in such a delicate manner that he could not help accepting it.

Squire Lee is still as hale and hearty as ever, and is never so happy as when Annie and her husband come to Riverdale to spend the Sabbath.  He is fully of the opinion that Mr. Bright is the greatest man on the western continent, and he would not be in the least surprised if he should be elected president of the United States one of these days.

The little merchant is a great merchant now.  But more than this, he is a good man.  He has formed his character, and he will probably die as he has lived.

Reader, if yon have any good work to do, do it now, for with you it may be “NOW OR NEVER.”