N I,Sodni Scatter Ye Seeds S^.Lt yo 50;1d...,. and flowers will spring: Strew them at. bnoldvast o'er hill ;old 1, u; ow in y”tir garden and time will bring Bri . ;lit HO N\ 010, e i th 00(0:- to ,leatter atain K•att or 31. : wells.— them lo.t. Tit ,' they 11111 :Mild lI,V4'S and aro buried in earth. will awalo , them. hood], A a I 1,, beautitill tfo.weri give birth ye i v hut 1.61: thr u.d7,of life, 'tl,. the 1:11,m . .if Man th • 111,1•1. in the il••irt, and mi „ they And ,Inir 'Tall. littlerin (Mt mind - I.ni gills studs 0 1 grain Spri.l4 ait.l iwt•ot. aarl.tlids ) , • • H find !yid fruit" yourp3ln y.• coe.ls in the 14:trden of the hoart, ~f It'loct I m, or h.uni,m,i of h.vt.; hidden part, di . , :1 ~vor, will h,• 1,.) - an _to!. al.ore t.•:- t• s..t - the, eds of hope l ' .1:11 ill \ l••••,11 the tale, Ilf • lli.“•••Il•• 1.11.1.1in.r. in 1,,,tx ill n lu An.' in 11,, en ,11.1.11 i ip.nt IL, fi 11‘1,:att, SI A Wllll, 3'14 0 1'111 , . 1 . ruin— II :pe the „ i• Faith east out fe,r, Ili., with ISI(f (fl IL Fll , ll log BRIDAL PRESENTS 1= sereantel 'Mrs Leelse. We are Ily 1111(11,111t11. , 1 n 15'01 , 1 for the of voice tisoti hy that most fmicitiatirig but :)IM9 Locke vviis stationed .e cu!tain of the secon.l story front roma ‘Ha Inv, and her sister was dressing her hair 1!:e very thick of the house inquired Miss Paine, lialf turning t the wireur to listen presetir f the bride ; large w! ! it o hi x, 111)10 Ole should tiny ; but m:ike it out exactly ; Harry!' Paine, cateitiug at the skirt of her keesBing-gown, tied through the intervening ECM •1 think it is one of Bailey's men ; he's been there twice nitendy. I noticed thnt green «out with the white buttons. Depend upon it more silver.' .That's twenty-three parcels I've counted, eaid ?sire. Locke. '1 expect she will Lave very limrlsonle presents.' 4 -l i , Rome must have been her dresses and things ; but she ought to have—all her rein- t nns t re rich.' They are lighting the gns in the back par ,r already. I should not wonder if they were giing to have a rehersal to-night.' .1 dare say ; here comes the groom if it is me I shouldn't thank him to he so early , very evening. Su all that horseback rid , 0?, - turned uut just as you , ; always sail it ,uld.' Entirely unconcious of this neighborly oh. .n•rvntion. Harold W sh hurried along in the tin only, as he turned the , i'ller, that it • the last time. To morruw his prob ended. and when they returned to the ci y to should have a right la conic and go just as he pleased ; the right iir n hu - iihand and s, n, in the house that held aia prolhised bride. With all sweet dreams and fancies, far more' unselfish and ear:teat than young men of four and twenty are apt t , • entertain, he sprang up the mtuble- steps, and rang a quick summons to the servant who had received the 'twenty three parcels ;' and who remarked to the cook, as he turned lottn t4ingly towards the door: `That hell scented himg on wires, end, that person could wait till his hut ry was over.' ihe tlu•cat was .not however; for the, bride hers,lf, ,watching by the parlor Win Liw, had saved John the trouble fur this oc- MEM No wonder et this proof of her interest and eagerness for his coming. The happy Harold scarcely waited to place the doOr be • tween them and Mrs. Lucke still watching over the way, before he had given liar such a kiss and embrace as you can imagine under the circumstances. lie could not help a feel of .disappcintinent; though, when his lady.- love's first half-smothered ejaculation WaS it's you, is - it, Harold ?' while she re settled her discomposed collar and under sleeves. .Who else did you suppose it was?' in quired the slightly piqued, but 8 till.devoted UM . 'Oh, don't get cross—tberes n darling, But I thought it might be Cousin James ; gravely., you, know ho hasn't been b i er° for a week, and its so strange 1 Nut the first thing has ono (Tom bhp not so much as a note or Tnyllling. Oh ! Harold, l've so many Itrely things c,me to day; all sorts of basliets and box.,: nil (AmaniTuts, nULI ; all my un• it h it aunts have rent swileilling in tfilVer , to 1 cy(rt d.ing matches so boootiftilly. . Isn't t lu cr about usin .Inoicio SO rich, and my guardian, too, nml always so fond of me ! It must be something elegant whet it does conic. 'We've boon talking it over, and every time the bell rang, you know, wo thought it most be he, or his pr sent. I told the girls was sure it was this time ; I felt so somehow so I ran to the'door myself.' It was not particularly gratifying to know that his bride had been watching for a trinket instead of 10mself; but Harold was too happy to let that — damp the delight he feft in being near his •little wife'---'almost,' as he whisper ed in the hall, after a separation of so many hours. lie was sorry to hear voices in the back pallor, so he kept her talking away while he made a great parade of 'unbuttoning his overcoat, Itnd drawing off Ithr gicivos. must not mind how I look tonight,' she ran on, giving her apron n little stroke ; 'people never do look like anything or pretend to dress, the week before they are married, Albertina says, and she has been bridesmaid ever so many times. She was astonished when she found I had made no dillerence all the while, and advised me to keep on my morn ing,lress to night at any rate. Site thinks (Thusin :lames intends to send a whole tea ser vice. orn very elegant set of ornaments ; she says she shouldn't be surprised if lie gave diamonds: But I forgot you hadn't seen the things. They are all set out on the sofa ta bleinthe back parlor, except your mother's ; there . wasn't room for that, so it's on the pi ano, and by and by we arc going to arrange them in the drmsing-room up-stairs.' . 'l'm glad you told me what it all means,' sail Ilarvid, fie lie bowed to Miss Albertina Willis, first bridesmaid. and Ellen Ward the tl ird ; the intervening damsel had not yet arrived. 'I should say you wore gt-tting up a, l fancy fair, or something of that kind, if I (lid not know. Needle books and cologne but tics!. What a collection!' 'Mt, don't,' called out the bride, rescuing an embroidered white satin sachet from careless handling; 'there isn't . a needle book in the whole, you provoking-man. And that pair of colognes are real Bohemian, nud came from Glenn's; they havn't been in the' house ten minutes; they're )11.s. Jacob's present, and must have cost immensely, Albert inn says; and she has priced these these things so of ten.' 'So they ore to be ranged according to mar ket value. The regard of the giver has noth ing tiit with the transaction, only the length of puree they.imply. This is rather pretty.' It was a taper stand, one of those. trilling affairs one 'sees, ell every etagere. 'Mrs. Grimes'—he rend the card attached. •1"ou ought to put the price down in dollars id cents, under each, or mark it 'nn the but tit of the article, as they do in the china 4M, you're joking now. I know you think Ist as I do, that it's very mean in Mrs. rimes, when I made Agnes such n lovely resent last year. 1 don't think she would kc to see the price put down very 11.011; I (peeled something elegant from her. Isn't is l,ice•set beautiful ? That's from Aunt L . 'Rather.' —lt was plain to see he did not low one present from another, as he care ssly ruffled 'the Alen con chimisette the young dies had been in eetasies over.—!How many 1) $ Wars' •orth of affection, Jenny?' 'llit, it mist have been—but l've no idea— imense,' aid the future Mrs. Herold in all .od fait]. 'Here's the silver all by itself,' said Ellen aril. 'See, what a lovely pair of nets I' 'And what are these? Muffin rings? One, o, three, four ; why, there must be nine or u. Oh, napkin rings, are they ? Well, how any napkins are to use at CHICO ? flow tidy shall have to be to desplay them all! And lint is that towel there'.' pie knife,' I.xclaimed the third brides• aid, wondering if Mr. Welsh was really as IR.rant es ho pretended, but not knowing in well enough to ask. .Why, there's ,two of them,' said Harold. Men I eon always ask for two pieces of pie. !ow fortunate!' that's nothing,' interposed Albertina. Why, Alice Lawton had eight pairs of butter ves, I recollect, nil marked with her name full, so it was impossible to exchange them. ) be sure it would be nicer if one of, these as ii crumb-scraper.' 'flow long since silver crumb brushes came I ?' inquired Harold. 'Not brushes; n knife something like this, this morel' and she held up a massive fish 'life, elaborately engraved with dauphins, kilo the fork was in the form - of a trident. , 3co how heavy this is!„ Mrs. Frank Welsh is really been very kind.' 'Oh, that's my relation. Why is everybody pected to shell out on these-tMcasions.l' 'Shell out !. {{lint an expression, Harold tid the bride-elect, poutingly. She thought was not !micas much pleased as he should I,lve been. For her part, she had been in eh a slate of exeitement, all day over her Iv pmtsc , sions; that silo could scarcely 'wait evening to came, that lie,J!'onlil share her Tlit: \Try Nyrappitig•paper nitl I Inc, nrt i racking-boxes, had a charm for )1 pttitcs ..gf:110b a).-1-tisil.), Egbert Welsh sent that pair of pre serve spoons,''said the matter-of fact Ellen Ward, on whom the business of this display would principally fall, awl I,tho was losing no time in getting the catalogue for her ware 4 by heart—we believe it is a part of regular bridal etiquette for the third bridesmaid to undertake 'the funey-table'—'llrs: Juucs, tilt` Sllitll6l , llB liuci With gold, you see, :Ind gull titustarAspoon, \liss (Inuit, the ten-strainer. Mrs. Pytte, the ieeerenns-lniln. Hahn th Welt !ads, the ladle—nu, she sent, the upder-ladlo —this is 'narked :Nirs. Thomas Barlier, °* and belongs to the family sa here., A dozen tea spoons, desserts, and tablespoons in this'ease Mr. and Mrs John - Barlter. Two dozen forks, breakfast and ten, Mrs. Edward. Sular, Henry Cream, Mr. and Mrs Tompkins Barker.' " o leo, how heavy the . rare!' added the bride who, yowling tit the window, another ritig having announeetrthe arriyal of a dkappoint meta in the shape of the hiker's boy with fre , h loins f,,r tea, had returned in time to take pride in this tie:-play of liberality on flit part of her own family. 'Very,' said Harold gravely, balancing n fork which he had taken from the velvetlineil purple morreeco case. 'Your Uncle Edward loves you so ninny ounces, 'warranted genu ine.' Your Uncle and Aunt John so many mom Well, I have heard of 'weighing affec tion,' but I ulwa}•s 'considered it a figure of speech till new.' 'Oh, yen may saywhat you please, Harold ; it's rery /./n4/ in them ; and mamma says, eve': 1 . ) young couple to have their silver in reaTncsi: 'Particularly, after her stipulati oi that you always live with her; •1,0 has er cry thing in tl.is line all rincly.' 'lint bow slt.tll.l I manage if I'..tisin should send a v. hole tea service,' said. the bride, as not to offend Undo Henry and Uncle Tompkin3 . ! I wish they lunl cho o i anything el,, something entir,ly useful, silver eggle.il- IMEM3 'lle will, you may depend upon it,' sail Al bertina Willie. jbe winter I uAs in Silvan. nab, there was.Ceorgia Berrian's .unite, just like your Cousin James, only he was n planter instead of a merchant, awl a very oil gentle man; her uncle iw-tead 0 . , hi r Litherls cousin; but he \vas brr guardian, I mean. lie did not come to the wedding, but lII° week.- before. the most emit mow, packing box nrriviid frHni Charlei-ton by the steamer. Ifell, till rushed to see it opened ; nn f what do y u think it tutu out to be ? dressing-bureau Georgia was too mad to live, an 1 I didn't blame her nt nil, lin.iwing how rich Le Iloy Pickens MIS nitt^rps c.msidered. It was rosewood, to be sure, and elegantly carved ; but only think of a dressing bureau for a bridal present 'Look out f r n wash-stand from Cousin James,' said Harold, highly amused at the slo r,y, marked empliusis ; 'a wash,tand and towel-frame to mateli.' 'Nonsense returned the bride, to whom tLi story was tolerably familiar, this being thi. fourth repetition. .11car the rest of it. Be quiet, or 1 shall pinch your arm severely, Har• , But Harold continued his bantering. '1 imagine her emotions when her guests took up the tickets so: 'be Boy Pickens, ono dressing•hurerm, forty-five dollars I' , Am I to make out the tickets for these things ? You must have a catalogue, a catalogue, by all means, Miss Ward. That will save quantities of trouble. lam to pagc the third. 'Lot No. 19. two dozen tea spoons, Mrs. Tom Barker, valued at how much, Jenny ?" 'Uncle and Aunt John seat the spoons. Lis ton now. Go on, Alhertina.' said Albertina, 'after a while, we thought we might ns well have the bureanyset up, as plenty of drawers were wanted, you may be sure, with ten bridesmaids, seven of us staying in the house! I rememtrer, there wasn't a nail that would have held another thing! And what do you think? When we came to open the first drawer, there ,was a set of linen cambric handkerchiefs—it was a small side drawer—and half a dozen French collars; and a whole piece of Valenciennes lace ; and dear knows what all ! You should have seen us tearing out the things after that ; the most elegant dresses ; and a white watered mantil la-1 recollect, it was the year they first 'came Out—a craps shawl, and elegant fan, and even t sunshadej a whole wardrobe complete, that he had sent North for, it seems. lon never . saw ouch a looking room as it was when we got through. Every chair and table, and the floor piled up with things l' 'Dear Jemmy, 1 hope' Your• cousin James. won't 'copy that remarkable'faahlon.' 'And,why cot, pray ?' 'Because the house certainly would not hold any more drosses, and bonnets, and thh,,, a Oily recollect how many times I've escorted to Miss WinatOCS. And it must b.e three : months, at least, that I've walked over It a • ! unfortunt tt seamstress in the bent I t who. is always going r ma Just as I e nact 'Oh, one cati't hare too much.' said Allacr fina l emphatically. wee going to he mar. VI _C(I, I ehou'd make it a' point to have a.ditrer- Cat dress, and hee set, r every party, and a bonnet for every walking•dress. I Can't see tilt) least use in being married without having plenty of new things!' . 'I dare say,' linid the bridegroom. 'Where's ynur mother, Jenney ?' ha l, a g'inipse of her all ;lay ; she's so busy about the That ruitq ine iu min.l; she NV:illtC , l to ece y. , u, when . y,- , 11 cattle in, al, .rxt the wine. I gttei. , s 'you'll find her in the diriing.rootn ' 'Suppo,e you go pith we, to show me the .11'11), if Cousin James should corny, or sco(1 —for, you see, I nin sure, being my guardian, it kill be someihlng superb— I shouldn't like to be out of (lie way.' 'Yes,' sail Alhei t•un, 'after watching ever since One o'clock.' 'But.' suggested Ellen Ward, we could Kling it rigLt up. you know.' •Pray, don't trouble yourself,' suit liar 1.1 Ile wiu, only mortal man, and could not help being a little vexed, 'I can find your mother, I J rr sny: 'Oh, don't he dit , agreeable, Harold.' And n lver's quarrel would certainly have ensued, if the bride hail not thought better of it, and folowed him into the hall. 'You're not an gry with me?' —No, - darling;' anti stnenthed the half fceWn away reein his face, as she nestleil close in his arm going up the broad staircase. 'But the e pumps and vanities seem so unsuited to all I have been thinking and feeling; to-day. -uppose J Mi've got over my disappointment in nut finding you alone to-night•' But ou s ill have roe all to yourself after to morrow.' True, iny little bride ;' nu i his hurt gave t prvitt b‘oind at the timuglit 'And, you see, if we did not have at least, one rehearsal—most people have three or four —then, !night be some disagreeable mistake ,1 and that would spoil all.' 'The welding, I nienn.' But it was a very irksome evening notwith staiohng. The groolummen would not under Htmol the preeisk iirder of (litre,: —Harold per 'sbiteil in calling it ""leuriiing the figure"—and the:second litidesmaid had n cold, and Was o• bliged stay at home, and nurse herself for the next day. Llor place was supplied for the Cute being by Mrs. Barker, the mother of the bride, who, .being constitutionally netrolls, an I esTecially hurried when 150 many things still remained to be louked after, went wrung elloinually, and was called-off as soon ns she began to enter into the Spirit of the thing. Albertina, mistress t of eqetlionies, by virtue of her long eiPerienee, was 'in despair' every five winutos; and it W:l4 wuu leilul how she inaged to survive at all. The door hell rang continually, and the bride as often broke a way Iron .her partner,' and flew to the hall, to receive the heal waiter engaged for the next day, or some hand-box, or parcel, or message from the milliner or dressmaker; but no par cel from the delinquent guardian, who was so strongely forgetful, considering that he had heartily approved of the engagement at the first, and was the wealthiest of all Miss Jenny Barker's well to do relatives. wuuldu't mind su much, at any rate, only every one will talk no ; ' she said to Harold, who felt himself compelled to leave without having seen her alone ten minutes; yet when he came, it had seemed as if ho could nut say half that was in his heart for a month at least. It was so full of bright hopes, and the new du ties he was to take upon hituself,''and fears lest lie should - fail in making that dear girl as hap• py as sho should be, 'What should we care for any one, Jenny, when we have each other. Awl really, I don't see what more a heart could wish than such a shower of beautiful things. I was only teasing. I think your presents very handsome, dear, and it's very kind in our friends Jusf then, at th very latest possible hour, the messenger so watched for was heard tam 'Eng, the steps. '1 shan't turn my head this time,' said the bride, desp mdingly. '1 kuow it's too bite for Cousin James now.' Very likely it was, for ho was a middle aged gentleman of very regular habits, who bad dispatched his office boy with the parcel and note n delivered early in the evening,. Why they had just arrived was best known to the messenger himself, who did nut wait for ex pia/nations. It seemed as if that string would never come untied. Harold took pity on the impatient, fluttering little fingers, and out it with his knife finally. One, two, three wrappers! 'Audi it's so heavy. What can it bo ?' said the bride, eagerly. ^14;,, Then a strong pasteboard packing- box edged with blue. 11:11'41 began to emu; rehend the ntyiter3L; bit_nothing_ waa_fttrt her -front the young vivre excited iinagination than the .d plain outeanlial ly•bound 'Oxford Fatuity Nide,' pre3ent NI itself when the eovor was rak cl. Tenr.i of di:,aprointment nik,l mortification pang iu her oyes :13 3i11) looked up to llor old. lie wag' sorry for her, though, to him, it Sekmued it very wise and proper gift from tho judicious guardian, who had always had ,he r lost welflre at heart. lie wondered tlit One';not ; even his own good mother, in all their eirc'e'of relatives, had made the same choice. 'Read the note, Jenny,' he said, soothingly , as he would have dend to a grieved, disappoin ted child, putting it into her hand, She gave it buck to him open; but she conld not make, it out-throun her tears_ They veto alone now ; so, ho drew her head down on shoulder, and read in his grave, manly voice— send yot -\ 1 tinunusual gift, dear child, fo r you have always been as dear to me as my own could have been; yet-I can think of no otker, so suitable, coming from me, nt this time. A family Eible is not what it used to be in my young days: not held in such loving reverence, or consulted with the faith and trust of the old time. Still, knowing Ilarold as i do, and how readily you arci rr m to the right way when it is sct before y o u, I hope that in your house. basil it will never be neglected and unused, as it is in so Luau 'I do not approve of hiidal , presents in the light they have Fonirtti he considered. They tire too often only vehicles of ostentatious dis play, ofttillleS ill-afforded, and given grudging ly in secret; and the truest friends are woun• dud by seeing their modest offerings, pnced in glittering colitras(vvith what has cost fir less thought, and care, overlooked or slighted by the recipient for some useless bauble. Envy and host t hurtling ; every kind of ill feeling seems, to Ille, to grow out of this much-abused custoni. I had made up my mind to discos_ tines it in future, before 1 knew tlint:l wrts so soon to he enlled on to give pol rushy II 11,,1d could ni.t ask anything more precious fit my hands ; and tell him, from me, that if at ariy time my concise], credit, or more proof of the entire confidence I have in him will be of aiiy Sell ice, he must not hesitate t) call n moo, /is if I was his own father.' The reader's eyes grew misty now, whibi a Smile of sudden satisfaction, nil pleasure flush ed his ',tide's upraised face. It was so kind ly said, th,t, =Bite of her expe,tations, she could not be vexed at her guardian ; end the disappointment began to lose its keenest edge. 'tor yourself, 'my dear child, accept all I c.in offer of heartfelt good wizhes and earnest prayers fur your future happiness. I doubt t other friends have lavished more costly gifts N , ine hiive thought of you as l have this day in selecting mine, save, indeed. your moth er and your future husband. blessing he on you both.' 'What more could we ask, darling?' said Harold, kissing her forehead softly ; and nt that moment, free from all external worldly influences, she was ready to answer 'nothing.' He Woull Peed I).)verail 1111 IL Wirt!, IL SIC 11111:ded EMI She 1.)ol:e.1 arm :iv a s)rt of to.cp9 nary evil, treatin,t! him very much as tho iaJy ,141 her husband ,at the Ntallt Itiverste.truhuat, who venture ,t to oljoet to some of her arrungt molts for trnvel, when she shut him up sod. ,tenly by telling him, in the hearing of a aozea paste tigers —" hy, what is it to you:: If I had known 3 , m were going to act so, I would'ut have brought you along.'' Bat Joe and Mrs. Dovetail never traveled. They were allvays at home, though Joe was rarely seen there or elsewhere. Site had long trained him to the habit of retiring under the bed when company called, and so familiar hld he become with that retreat, it was a question whether, in defaul t of personal service, a wet ning ton milita' training would it 'ld him, unless left under thi t bed ; as being his "last usutil place of :.b Du 'ring the stay of :%Irs. Joe's friends, he occa sionally thrust out his heal like a turtle, hat one glance of the loving eye of his spoil e , woull sen I him, wanr with coil shiVeri ru - niuz. up his back. Oae day, al 511t3 was hu - nolabing over the tire with a friend mid a social glass, Joe thrust out his figure-held, and de • fled the 'shakes :ual frowns of his wife, till, e growing vitliplit and desperate, he sang out:— dear, you may shako your head just a 3 you please, but 1 toll you, as long as 1 have got the spirit of a in (11, I will peep 741:1 IDI 13 Itoll}Eltl.ES.—A rplen• . t ( la stork of• . tit; ello worktal Collars 1/n.ler• 4 14,,.- . t .,1 ,, u . 0 0 7 1. 1 . .. i li t c . .ho l t , t ,r n g e!f s ttt il ti n i;e: t l i . , 4 , o , !t i s t , ot i;r s 7 . l .s n ii t i tiro of • .., York. which will ho gold at Prices truly astonishing at `!he elu.ap store of CliA'S. Oti I I 11Y. May, 11th, 1815. 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