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from Graham Mag mine,
1'OOIt (JKXKV1KVK.
A STOUY I'Oll OT.I H.niKMHS.
One dark, stormy liiuht, n bachelor stopped
On the steps of his door, to unlock it,
When, horrors ! ho found that the pass key lire!
passed
Through a wretched big hole in his pocket !
Dire visions of having to wander nil night,
Like n pale ami dump ghost, filled hi head;
Says he, "Now what steps shall I take ? For I
fear
I shall have to take slips for a bed V
First he cave a mild rins, the servants to call,
The while his forbearance he vaunted !
The wandorine cat shrieked out a fierce note,
3ut it was not that lit; that he wanted.
11c waited an hour for waiters to come,
And still it poured faster and faster :
No tonuuc, but the tongue of that bell can relate.
How he played on one tiring like n master !
While thus wringing wet, our friend rung once
mare.
Like one drowning in sinht of the land ;
No master so handled his subject before,
For the handle came off in his hand f
His performance of Handel being done, a n treat
A r 'Krpagnot, bethought would he best ;
And was told by the watch mm king time on his
beat,
At the'i'remont he'd find a Bar nc?T.
Next day, when he thought his misfortunes to
tell,
His hostess, with hue rather heightened,
Said, "Sir, I dn wish you would not ring the bell,
For the servants were very mueh frightentd .'''
This tale has a moral, as each one should see,
Whom the married state has not enlightened
Airer ring the bell, though you liaee lost-yvtir
hey
Or the servants may Imp will he frightened !
From an Heehange Pajicr,
Travelling a few days ago,! saw on the rond
pi.:,; a very pretty board, to which 1 rode up in
hopes thut I might ascertain the distance to the
next town, but 1 was disappointed for there was
nothing on the hoard but 'WHISKEY FOR
SA1.E FOR CASH. In piquing my journey,
1 reflected what a pity it was that men would
spend their citli for an article itsell which docs
no good, but is the fruitful excuse of every kind
ol injury. Druukcness leads to gambling, and
if any man will nnly do these two things he is
sure to he ruined, unless he denies soon. I
have seen industrious men work ull their lives
nud keep themselves and families poor, be
cause they (instead of appropriating their curu
in rr to a prolitiihlc Use) spent their cash for
whiskey. I have seen men of a most robust
constitution, brought to a premature grave be
cause, they spent their ca.-h tor whiskey. 1
would therefore warn all men, and more espe
cially young men just beginning life, to shun
the destroyer. Young men your country's hopes
rest upon you, j our fathers will soon pass to the
tomb, and then you will have to fill their places,
tiud how canyon do this unless you are sober
and intelligent. Don't spend your earnings in
drinking and gambling, when you might he sto
ring your minds with knowledge which might
be useful to you in lifter life. Don't suppose
that I accuse- you boys of these things ! The
Sign Board at the forks of the roud docs nut
presume that the travelling is lost, but it does
presume that there is danger of his becoming
so. FRIENDSHIP.
Lkoai. Patiio. Not long since a lawyer
closed a pathetic harangue in the following
strain: 'And now the shades of night hud
shrouded the earth in darkness; all nature lay
wrapt in solemn thought, when the three defen
dant ruffians came rushing like a mighty tor
rent from the hills down upon the abodes of
peucc; broke open the plaintiff, door; sepa
rated the weeping mother from her screeching
infant, and took away my client's rille, gentle
men of the Jury, fur which wo churgc Jijiecn
dollar:
An Ft wore of lk iinm. Being in church one
Sunday, and having some difficulty in procuring
a scat, a young lady, who perceived him, kind
ly inude way for him in her pew. The text
was upon the terror of the gospel, as denounced
gainst sinners, to prove which the preacher
referred to several passages of scripture, to all
or which the lady termed very attentive, but
somewhat agitated ; Burns, on perceiving this,
wrote witli a pencil on a leaf of her bible the
following lines :
'Fair maid you need not take the hint,
Nor idle text pursue :
'Twas only sinners that he meant,
Not angels such as you."
The virtues flourish best in the ionu ot a com
mon wealth, where each is required to till its
proper place, ami it expected to do no more.
II V JAMt'S) K. I'All.OINO, AI'TIIOU OP "THE DITCH
MAN'S) FIBIIINO,'' F.1V.
Shortly nflcr the conclusion ol the late war,
a gentleman, distinguished ns a scholar, a wit,
and a politician, who stood high in the walks ot
literature, and had risen to the most dignified of
fices by his talents nud worth, was proceeding
np the Mississippi in one of (he first steamboats
that ever plied on tho bosom of that mighty
stream. Uc was a self-made and self sustai
ned man, somewhat past the period ot blooming
youth ; but his parson was striking, his coun
tenance highly intellectual, his manners polish
ed hy intimate intercourse willi society, his
voice exceeding melodious, and his eye capa
ble ol discoursing most eloquent music. During
the course of the voyage , which was not iu
the most favorable season of the year, he be
came gradually indisposed, and finally so ill
that, at his own request, he was put on shore at
one ol'llie little old French villages, between
the mouth of the Ohio and St. Louis, whose
size beitrs no proportion tot heir uge, and whose
growth is so slow Unit, lika the current of a
stagnant stream, it is next to impossible to tell
whether they are advancing backward or lor
ward. The agitation of rcinovul, and the hent
of a summer day, so aggravated his disease,
which was a billions fever, that he became par
tially delirious, and, being without a servant
might have fared but indifferently, a stranger
in a strange place, had not an elderly ludy, who
happened to be looking out ot a neighboring
window, been charitable enough to have him
conducted, or rather carrid to her house. Here
he was placed in n bed, and immediately atten
ded by a physician, who administered to him so
successfully that his delirium hud subsided into
one oft hot c low desperate fevers so harrassing
to the constitution, so difficult to cure
His returning conscience disclosed to him
the form of one of those ministering angels cal
led woman, sitting it his bedside, as if awaiting
an opportunity to present his medicine, or per
form some kind office. The sick traveller at
first took it for a vagary of his brain, but after
rubbing his ryes and gazing awhile, recog-
nied a female with a cap such as French
attendants, generally wear, a plain gown, and a
black silk apron, with a sweet, gentle, and ex
pressivc face, apparently bearing the impression
of deep solicitude. Perceiving him to be awake,
sha inquired, in a voice of exquisite melody, if
he wanted any thing. Instead ofnnswering the
question, the sick man, whom I shall call Hart
land, though that was not his rra! name, asked
two or three others, in a low feeble tone
'Where nm I and who are you V
'You are in St. , and I urn oor Gene
vievc, your servant can I do uny thing for
you, sir '
O, a nurse they have provided for me, I sup-
M.se, thought Hartland, I shall therefore stand
on no ceremony "villi her, 'My good girl, I
will thank you for a glass of something to
uucneli mv thirst I uiu buriiinir m. I be
liove."
Cencvieve look his hand, nud, after bidding
it a little while, laid it softly dowu on the bed,
saying, ns if to herself, 'It does indeed burn
like fire. The touch of her hand was so sort,
that Hartland could tell that she pitied him with
all her heart. At this moment the physician
came, ana our traveller recognized iu him an
old acquaintance, a senator whom he had known
at W usliniL'ton. anil a very eminent man in his
profession. He felt extremely gratelul nt ha
ving so gentle a nurse, and so able a physician.
Yet his recovery was so slow thut itdid nogteut
credit to either nurse or doctor, for it was near
ly six weeks befurc his lever was fairly broken
During thut lime he relapsed more than once,
and there were periods when all, and himself
among the rest, despaired of his recovery. Day
nud wight Genevieve was his attendant, we
micht almost say his "urdian angel. It' he o
pened Ii in languid glassy eyes in the day, tho
was sitting by his bedside ; uud il he asked for
any thing at night, he was administered to by
her gentle hand, and soothed by her gent'e
voice. At such lime ho was occasionally puz
zled by a vague perception that he had some
where seen her before ; but it passed away,
like a dream, w hen, with all his efforts, he could
neither recall the time nor the occasion. More
than once ho thought be saw her wiping tears
from her eyes, as he awakened from his miser
able intervals of partial oblivion ; but he ended
in being convinced, that it was n mistake, since
what was she to him or he to her. Genevieve
hud said she was his nurse. 'Poor Genevieve,
she was therefore hired for her services, and her
attentions were to bo repaid in money. Still
his soul could not resist the sacred iuipulso of
gratitude, and he promised before his maker
that, whether he lived or died, he would make
her ample amends.
At length he became- convalescent, and, in
proportion us he recovered, Genevieve gradu
ally relaxed in hrr attendance, which wus now
simnlicd by a male servant. Hartland was
the soft voice, and gentle, compassionate Uok
of Genevieve 'I suptose her month is tip,'
thought he in a pc, 'and she is waiting to be
engaged (or another.' Still Genevieve came
sometimes, though not so often as before ; and
Hartland, being now recovering troma state of
almost infant helplessness, began to study
her a little more attentively. There was
something about her that puzzled him. Though
dressed like a waiting maid, her appearance
and demeanor did not seem to belong to that
class, and, in the conversations he had with her,
she discovered a well cultivated mind, stored
with that polite information becoming in a well-
bred woman. Every thing she said or did ex
hibited a quiet lady liko simplicity and deco
rum. There was also something in her deport
ment toward him so different from that which
usually exists betw een the nurse and the pa
tient, that Hartland, half the lime, did not know
how to behave himself. He sometimes insisted
on her being sealed, hut she always declined
with a look of humility that sank into his heart.
At first ho was puzzled, next interested, and fi
nally there stole into his heart one of the sol lest
of all possible feelings, for Genevieve, com
pounded of full-grown gratitude and new-born
love.
One day while the doctor was with him, it
suddenly occurred to Hartland to imp-ire where
ho was, how he came there, and, most especial-
y, to whose kindness he was indebted for such
benevolent attentions, hinting at the same time
that ho presumed it was ll.e doctor w ho had in
terposed in his behalf.
You arc mistaken, 'replied his friend; 'I knew
nothing of your situation till I found you here.' t
Indeed ! and how came I here V . i
1 will tell you, for you ought to know, in or
'What do yon mean by that doctor !'
'Nothing,' aiir wcrcd he, as ho departed with
nuulher significant smile.
Hartland fell into a reverie. The words,
'she is paid for hrr attendance,' grated harshly
on Insert is. He wi.-licd it had been voluntary,
for then he could have ascribed it lo some mo
tive that would have llallered his scll-love, or to
do him justice, appealed to his grutiludo and
ull'ections, and merited a ilitlerenl acknowl
edgement thnu mere sordid money. He tried
hard lo persuade himself that lie owed poor Ge
nevieve nothing but her w ayes, while his heart
told Ii ii ii that such attentions ns she had paid
him could never be bought w ith gold.' lui
w hut could the doctor menu by his mischievous
smiles, and the equivocal phrases of 'she will
accept ol nothing from yon, but what you will
not perhaps be w illing to bestow on her !' Hart-
lund could mako nothing of this, nud became
buried in a perplexity of thought, from which
ho was roused by the steps ol 'Genevieve, who
entered the nxiin w ilh slow timipity, nud ask
ed, in trembling accents, niter his health.
'I am quite well, dear Genevieve, thanks to
your blessed kindness, which I can never repay.'
'My wages arc already paid,' answered she,
w ith apparent simplicity ; 'and' now thut you
arc quite recovered, I am going away, I came
to bid you farewell, lo express: my wishes for
your liappiiicsi, anil loask of you something to
remember poor Genvieve.'
There was something exquisitely touching
in her voice, her look, and the dewy lust le of
hereyes, as she pronounced these words, which
entered the very soul of Hartland.
Genevieve,' said he, 'sit down by me, and
hear what I am going to say. Nay, I insist up
on your being seated, for you hae much lo hear,
rniE9 or aiwiihtisikg.
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dcr to return thanks in the proper place. You i and it does not become one w ho owes his life to
ire in the house ol Aiailcmoisselie tie r , a
young lady of French extraction, a great heir
ess, of lands, mines, and what not, extending
no one knows where ; and withal, a most beau
tiful, amiable, accomplished woman. She is a
ward of mine, or rather was, for she is now of
age, and might have married long ago, but for
a singular scruple which she encouraged at the
risk of passing the remainder of her life in single
blessedness.'
Ah !' rejoined Hartland, who found himself
not a little interested about the heiress ; 'ah,
and what may this scruple be V
She imagines, or lather fears, it is her great
possessions Ihnt attract so ninny admirers w here-
ever the goes; nud faith, notwi'.hstanding her
beauty and accomplishments, she is probably in
the right. She is waiting lo lie loved for her
self ttlutic, and from being almost always sur
rounded by frivolous or interested admirers, bus
contracted a sort of contempt, it not aversion, to
men, which in spite of the feminine gentleness,
not lo say tenderness, of tier disposition, displays
itself in an uniform indiflereuce, if not haughti
ness, toward almost all those who aspire lo hrr
good graces. She once told me she never saw
but one mat) tow aid whom she fell almost ir
resistibly nttacheil, and he treated her as if she
w us in body. '
'I should like to sec her,' answered Hartland, j
lor, independent of the obligations I owe her,
she must be something of a curiosity. Such
humility is not often coupled w ilh wealth, beau
ty, and nccompli-diniciiti-. Hut you hnve not yd
lold me how I came to be here.'
'You were seen by a gnd old aunt who re
sides with a young ludy, and w ho happened to
be looking out of the w indow as you were lan
ded, in a slule of partial delirium. She appri
sed Mademoiselle de F ol I ho cir'.-uiiistance,
who immediately gave directions lobave you
brought here.'
Upon my word, I ow e her obligations -vhich
I can never repay.'
'That is more tliau you knu'.v, slid the doctor,
smiling.
'1 should, however, at least, like to thank her.
Where does she hide herself! How happens
il 1 have never by any eliuuce seen or heaid
her voice 1 and w hen will she permit me to ex-
nrr niv irr:l 1 1 1 lull. !'
'It would not be etiquette, you know, replied
the doctor again smiling with a sw eetness 1 ne
ver saw iu any other mini. ll would not be e
Hquetto lorn young Inly lo visit a young single
gentleman, like yon, in his bed chamber, lhit
iu a few days, I shall let you out ot llio cage,
and then vou will see her. Take care of your
self Hie citadel is inviting, but will cost a 1 mg
siege, und perhaps not surrender at last.'
The doctor then rose to depart, when llait
laud, withadegieo of hesitation which suipii-
sed himself, and the color rising in his pale
cheek, asked
But, doctor, now 1 think of it, who is tho
gentle, kind attentive nurse, to whom, I verily
believe meaning no reflection on your skill
1 am indebted for my recovery. I owe her
much, and you must put me in some wiy ot ex
pressing my obligations.'
'She is paid for her attendance,' replied the
doctor, caiclcssl. 'and will accept of nothing
from you, except what you will uot perhaps be
, I ,
litilo hurt at this, and indeed .criuujly mibocd I willing lo bestow uii her
you lo be seated while you are standing. '
'It does not become one like me to be sented
iu the presence of one like yon,' replied Gene
vieve, in a low ami dinning voice oi ueep nu
mility, as Hartland with respectful violence
compelled her. to place hcrsell by his side on the
sofa.
'Genevieve,' said he, 'you have saved my
I tie ; is their a wishof your heart ungrntified,
anything within the power ot man to do that
will contribute to your happiness, or that of any
one dear to you ! If there is, I here pledge
the soul w Inch was bestowed on me by my
Maker, and the life which you hnve preserved,
to do what man can do lo repay, ns far as pos
sible, obligations that can never be cancelled.
Tell me, Genevieve dear Genevieve! for
you are very dear to me tell me iu what way
j I can prove to you 1 nm not ungrateful. Do
j uot leave me wilh a load of obligation on my
j heart that w ill weigh mc down lo the earth
with a sense of absolute degradation. My li!e
w ill be comparatively worthless, unless you per
mit me to consecrate it to yjur happiness.'
To my bappinesa!' reiterated I he trembling
girl. 'MY happiness docs not depend oil wealth
or benefits. I can ne epl nothing from you ex
Cfpt except your kind remembrance. I urn
already paid my wages, and my object was
simply w hat I said. I came to Iml liirevvcll and
wish you health and happiness.'
She was rising lo go, hut llaitland detained
her.
'Genevieve, you do not, or will not compre
hend me. I I jvc vou, sincerely, tenderly, faith,
lully.
'And you prove it hy thus insulting me.'
'Insulting you, Genevieve ! I hi you like me
for such a wretch! Is such a declination iii
suliii'g !
'From one like you to one like im il is more
thuu insulting it is degrading lo me, dishon
orable in the other. Hut it ir. tune I should go,
il 1 W ish to preserve, as a source of future gra
tification, the remembrance ol having humbly
administered lo the wants ol one who has re
paid hy wishing to degrade mu.'
Aguin she n.ndo hit l I'm I lo leave him, but
llarlland detained her.
-In the name of Heaven, what do you n.tan,
Genevieve ! what do )u suspect, thai you
thus rcproacti me with insulting ainl degrading
you ! Do you think me such a brute and vil
lain as to do one or l!ie other ! I i the prolh-r
of a si.icere and nitleul love from an honest
man lo s virtuous woman, iuuil and degra
dation? Is the devotion of a Irue heart, that 1
would tear Iroin my Iiomjiii if I ihouglil it capa
ble of deeeiv mg or Ih'I y mg one who h tilled
it lo overllow mg w ith lev s slid giat:ludc, insult
and degradation !'
Those alone who have seen Hartland in the
halls ot legislation mow ing dow n hearts with
his irreMrtahle eloquence, can judge of the ef
fect of lus words on Genevieve.
Tell me lell me, Genevieve,' added he,
what you think and what you liar.'
Are you not the great orator, statesman, au
thor ! Is not your name on every tongue, your
w ords in every mouih I Do you not stand high
among the highest of) our country, and may you
not aspire to be st II higher! aud am not la
motil w ithout W ttilth, name, i family tj it u-
der mc worthy of sharing your honors ! No,
sir I understand you but too well. Vou w ould
yon would ' she buret into tears, and could
proceed no farther.
'I would make you my wife,' cried llarlland
with a tone and expression that could not be
mistaken. 'My dear, dear wife, to live with
me and lie my love forever.'
W hat, poor Genevieve !' almost shrieked
she. '.Me your nurse your servant your '
'Preserver !' interrupted Hartland, 'Yes, I
would ensure the hnppinees of my future life,
by sharing it with one who, in her humble garb
nnd humblu occupation, has proved to me that
neither grace nor dignity, virtue nor refine
ment, is confined to any situation of life, or de
pendent on wealth nnd splendor. ill you
consent to trust your happiness with me ! Will
you be mine forever V
'Arc you really in enrnest !' faltered she,
with tears nnd trembling. 'What, poor Genevi
eve !'
'Poor Genevieve ! arc you not rich in vir
tue, graced nnd beauty ; and is not such a heart
nud mind as yours worth all the wide lands and
rich mines of your mistress, whom I am yet to
see and thank for her kindness V Yes, 'Poor
Genevieve,' I rm iu enrnest serious and so
lemn as a man can be at the moment when the
happiness of his lite hangs on the decision of a
moment.'
Genevieve wept as she reclined on his shoul
der for a few moments, then started away be
fore he was aware of her intention, and, turn
ing toward him as she retreated through the
door a fice full of inexpressible tenderness, ex
claimed 'You shull see mc again and receive my answer.'
Hartland did not know exactly what to make
of all this. Hut he had fell the heart of Gene
vievc throb against his side, and seen her part
ing look. Neither could be mistaken, nnd he
remained in the happy anticipation that all
would end as he wished. From this, in the
lapse of some hour or two, he w as roused by the
entrance ol Genevieve in her bonnet and cloak,
who delivered a message from Mademoiselle de
F , purporting that she desired to see
arms, and impi inting on her lips the first, sweet
est kiss of love.
How can I ever repay you tor your gentlo
enres and noble generosity lo a stranger V at
length he said.
'I5y always remembering and loving poor Ge
nevieve. Jut you are not eo much a stranger
as you think. No one in this w idc land is igno
rant of your name ; but I 1 am an old ac
quaintance.' 'You, Genevieve !'
Yes. I see I must humble my vanity, by in
troducing iriysell to your notice. Do you re
member travelling North about nine years ago,
aud accidentally falling in company with tloi
family of Mr. M. , a Creole gentleman.
consisting of his w ile nud his neice, a little girl
scarcely eleven, and very small for that ngo ?
Yes well, I was that little girl ; but you know
it is the fashion among us to consider tiny w o
men like me not as angels, hit nobodies. I
wos not named to you, nor uo 1 know that you
ever heard me called by any name but Jenny.
At all events, you took no othcruotice of me than
sometimes to pat my head in passing, and onco
I shall never forget it you stooped down and
gave me a kiss, in sport. I had often heard you
poken of in terms that called forth my admira
tion, aud that kiss was never forgotten. You
don't know how early tho flower begins to bud
in our spting. We parted, you to forget, I lo
remember you forever. 11 knew you the mo
ment you were brought hither ; and now you
have my history. This humble person and all
that I inhcret is yours, and, be assured, 1 will
forgive your infidelity should you forsake your
humble nurse, poor Genevieve, for her mistress
'Forsake poor Gonevievc !' cried Hartland.
When I do, may my tongue become mute, nnd
my mind a desert. No ! dearest girl, I must
be without memory and without gratitude,
when I forget her who hovered, and watched,
aud sometimes wept was it not so, sweet Ge
nevieve t over the dark days and nights of
my pain and weakness, and whom I more than
once imagined I must have known iu some pre
vious state of existence, for 1 could not divest
myself at times of the impression that I bud
somewhere seen you before. No my beloved
one, should you ever, in our journey through,
I ;fe, perceive, or fancy you perceive, any di
minution ofinylovt, you have only to dress
and look as you did at my bedside, and become
poor Genevieve ngnin, lo retrieve my heart,
once more a;id forever.'
'Ah mc !' exclaimed she, 'I Bee I must make,
up my mind to always having a formidable ri
val. Bull will try to reconcile mysell to the ca
lamity, and be c. intent lo bhare your heart with
poor (Jeuevieve.'
Just nt this moment the doctor enme in, nnd
seeing how mntlers stood, at the first glance,
began gond-huniorodty to banter his friend.
'Well, Hartland the mystery is disclosed, I
perceive, ion hrM. tell in love with the nurse,
and hnve deserted her for the mistrcsi. Tho
exchange is very sensible, judicious and pru
dent 'It is no exchange, divtor. She piiall alwuyj
be poor Genevieve lo me the object ot iny
unchanging love and eternnl gratitude.'
Genevieve looked at the doctor wilh a smilrs
of proud consciousness, which he returned with
one of approving affection. The good doctor
passed trom Ibis world but a little while Bt
nud when he died, tho siitlerin victims of po
verty, disease nnd sorrow, lost their moat be
nevolent friend his country, one of her mo.-t
noble citizens. He united the courage ot n he
ro with the eotlne;- of a Woman, Hiid joined tin)
moat dowlcd uttKchmcnt to his unlive laud,
with n generous, enlarged philunthrophy that
Comprehend d nil mankind. He was tlio
friend ot the human race, but his countrymen
were his bi others.
Genevieve nnd Hartland still survive1. Tho
former has never hnd any cause to regret b r
experiment on the disinterestedness ol'mahkim!;
and the latter, w Into steadily pursuing a lotty
career of honorable aiubilioii, blesses the h"iir
when he yielded to the dictate of love nnd
gratitude. If at any tiuie he seemed to forego
the delight of mutual ciitidi nee, and the en
j.ytiients of domestic hnppines.-, in tlio high
him, if he fell himself strong enough to leavo
his room.
Hartland sought to detain her a moment, for
Ihe answer she had promised. But she only re
plied with a look und accent he could not com
prebend. -You will receive it soon from my
mistress,'
'Pahaw ! exclaimed he in a pet, 'what care
I for your mistress !'
'Hut yon mut care for her, nnd love her too,
for she is far more worthy ofyour heart than
Poor Genevieve.'
'If I do may my '
'I lush! do not swear, lest you should for
swear yourself the next minute. Kemcmbi
w luil I iv. Iu less than a quarter of an hour
you vv ill liirsake poor Geneviev e. You will hot '
ai'know ledge your love tor her iq the presence
of my mislnvs.'
fouir ! cried Hartland, seizing her hand,
lead me nt once to your mistress, aud put me
lo ihe test.'
Genevieve did not renlv, hul led him into a
capiicious apartment whuse w iiidows, reaching
lo the lloor, opened on a terrace overlooking a
liitle nver that skirled green lawn, as it
coursed its way lo eternal oblivion iu the bosom
ol tin; great father of waters. No one was
lucre to leeeive him, and Genevieve immedi
ately left the room, merely saying, 'I w ill lell
my mistress you are here.' He remained a few
minutes looking out on the scene belbie him,
but unconscious of its loveliness, when ho was
roused by ihe opening of a dour, and turning
round p recived a female advancing- with hesi
tating step and head inclining toward the
eiith. Her face wis entirely hid by a thick,
black veil, which descended below her waist,
and prevented the contour of her figure from be
ing seen.
II inland advar.ced to pay his compliments
uud express his acknovv Ii.ilgmeuts, which he
ill. I w ith Ins usual grace and fluency. Hut the
Imlv urine no it i!v, mid lor a few moments
sci nied greatly nyitati'd. At luigth she slow ly i
i I I I . - I . -1 1 .1 C !
"Sl" r veil, anuai once uisci.cu me i.,ce , 1U1M1I, uttl. l,(lul.j ,;, 1!(vvim I.-..1 only
ol Genevieve, gb.wing w ith blnM.es of .nod' st j ,
aiuufheiiMve delicacy, her eves cast down and i , ,, , ,, ' r i i .
" - Iran, slid black silk annai, nnd become ivmr
Genevieve again, to awaken nil hi early love,
and win him back lo the billowed shimo
of home. Yet, stinuge losay, Iho rich heiress)
is not jealous of poor Geuvieve. They live !v
le-r bo-oiu swe'ling wilh emotion. In an in
slant he comprehended oil.
'Genevieve !' heexclaimed 'Is it possible!
Yes,' answered the well-remembered, per
suasive, gentle voice which so often soothed
his pains, and quieted his impatience iu the
hours of sickness. 'Yes, once poor Genevieve,
your nurse now rich and happy Genevieve
fir now she bos tound in the man she would
have selected fiom all the woild, one who loves
her f r herself alone. Hartland, dear Hartland
will vou forgive me ! It is the last lime 1 w ill
ever deceive you.'
Harllcnd was no obdurate, and iho forgive
ness was accorded by folding Genevieve in bis
gethcr m the mo-i i feci harmony, and it is
imiossiblc to say w loch loves Ike other Ihe be.-t.
Tine Ami-Maum:ho I'uoi'inrv or this
O.mon. The magnetic pow er of the roiipiiss
needle will he entirely destroyed or changed
hy being touched with the juice of an oi im.
Tl u fact may si em trifling, Uul w e reurd it
oneol'tlirt rirst imkr(at'cc ; uud, invest. ga
ted, it may lead lo consequent e-i as nslonisiiiii
m those o! the magnet. Mnfatint oj Si ii i.et.