Christian herald and signs of our times . as, he found that it was the body ofa young man who was lying unconscious acrossthe rails. He had barely time to drag him asideDefore the Western Express shot around a;urve-and swept over the spot where, a minuteDefore, the youth had been lying. When re-stored to consciousness, the rescued youth said:hat he had been attacked by some roughs, andiad attempted to get clear of them by runningicross the track. They had thrown stones atrim, one of which had struck him on the headind stunned him. His assailants must havejone away, leaving him insensible on th
Christian herald and signs of our times . as, he found that it was the body ofa young man who was lying unconscious acrossthe rails. He had barely time to drag him asideDefore the Western Express shot around a;urve-and swept over the spot where, a minuteDefore, the youth had been lying. When re-stored to consciousness, the rescued youth said:hat he had been attacked by some roughs, andiad attempted to get clear of them by runningicross the track. They had thrown stones atrim, one of which had struck him on the headind stunned him. His assailants must havejone away, leaving him insensible on the for the manfinding him there as he did, henust have been killed. There are men alliround us whom temptation and sin have over-hrown and who are unable of themselves to;scape eternal disaster. Many might be saved,is this young man was, if Christians would ex-end to them a helping hand, and lead them tophrist. (Luke 14 : 23.) Vritten expressly for The Christian Herald. OLD CRUSTYS NIECE. A SERIAL REV. J. JACKSON So she stood perfectly The Late George Bancroft. (Seepage 33.) (Continuedfrom page 46.) WHILE Gerald Towneley was enjoying himself in convivial fashion with hisfriends in the village inn, in the latervening hour of that day ; while Abram Hard-le was seated in his solitary sitting-room, ex-acting the young squire to come and speak to him above board concerning Nora—thatsad and sorrowful maiden was holding a secretinterview with Jasper Rawdon, that accom-plished rogue and hypocrite, who had so suc-cessfully assumed to be her convict father. For some time the two had not met : Noraherself had begged and pleaded with her •« fa-ther not to ask it, as the risks of discoverywere so great. The consummate actor hadstrengthened his hold upon her sympathies ;had so successfully laid siege to her tendererfeelings, that her pity for him was very deepand very real. On this occasion, Nora made her way in fur-tive fashion through the shadows, along thero
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