THE IVY GREEN.
BT CBARMiS DI0KBN8.
Jjh( a dainty plaut li tha Ivy Green,
i x um, crceprui o ct ruins oia I
Of right clu-ioo food nre his meals, I wfren, .
I lnaiR cell bo lone and cold.
nhe wall must bo crumbled, the etone decayed,
To pit' a lire his dainty whim;
4nd the moulding dust' that years have made,
is a merry meal Tor htm.
Creeping whore no life Is soen,
A rare old plant is the Ivy Green.
Past hytftleth, though he wearno wings,
And a staunch old heart has he:
How closely he twined, bow closely he clings ,
To his friend the huge Oufc Tree.
And slyly be tralb'th along the ground,
And bis leaves he Ronllv waves,
As he joyously hugs and crawleth around
The mould of dead men's graves,
Whole acres have fled, and their works decayed,
And nations have scattered been;
Out the stout old Ivy nhall never laJe
From its hnle and hcartv green.
FhA l,.-o T-n r.A nl.nt ln if. Anir
' Rhnll fnHnn urtnn fhn nnut
iVst olnlnltficl Vm i M ,1 I . . ...... ..I..
Is the Ivy's food at last.
Creeping where no life is seen,
A rare, old plant Is the Ivy Green.
A FAMILY IN LOVE.
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ROMANCE OF REAL LIFE.
BT MISS DINAH MABIA HCLOOQ.
Author of "John Halifax, Uent.," and other stories.)
This is the age of complaining. Nobody suf.
ycrs in silence; nobody breaks Ms or her heart
n secrecy and solitude; they all take "the pub
lic" into their conttJonce the convenient pub
lic, which, like murder,
nath no tonpne, bat speaks
With most miraculous organ.
Of course it Is neither tho conflder's fault nor
yet the confidant's, if the winds sometimes
whisper that King Midas has asses' ears.
Mine is no such confession, I have no gossip
to retail of my neighbors; I am a very quiet
gentleman, who prefer confiding my Interests
and observations to my own household, my own
immediate family. Ay, there lies my Inevitable
grief, there lurks my secret wrong; I am the
unhappy elder brother of a family in love.
The fact dimly dawned upon me, widening by
degrees ever since I came home from India last
year, and I took upon myself the charge of my
tire sisters, aved from about ' . But Martha
might object to my particularizing. Good little
Patty 1 what a merry creature she was when she
went nuttli g and fi'hing with me? And what
uglv caps she has taken to wearing, poor dear !
Ana why can't she speak so gently', when scold
ing the servants, as I remember our sweet
voiced, pretty mother used always to do? And
why, 1n spite of their mutual position, will she
persist in calling Mr. Green, w ith a land of frigid
solemnity, "Mr. Green?" But he does not seem
to mind it; probably he never was called any
thing c lse.
' T-To la a Vfiltr nrnrtVifl vtfiivnn navnt4riAloaB
71 have a great respect for him. When my si-ter
JuartDa Miss iieathcote, as sue has been called
from her cradle by letter announced to me at
Madras that she intended to relinquish that title
for the far less euphonious one of Mrs. Green, I
was, to say the least of it, surprised. I had
thought, for various reasons (of no moment now),
that my eldest Hster was not likely to marry I
rather hoped she would not. We might have
been so comfortable, poor Patty and I. How
ever, I bad no business to interfere with either
her happiness or her destiny; so when, the first
Sunday alter my arrival home, a cozy cnrrlage
drove up tho avenue, aud a bald, rather stout
little man got out, to be solemnly introduced as
"Mr. Green," I submitted to the force of circum
stances, and to the duties of a brother-in-law.
lie has dined with us every Baud ay since. Ho
and I are ennitnl friends; rnrnliLrlv. whnn tha
ladies retire, he inlorms me what the funds have
Deen at, day by day during the past week, and
which is the snfest railway to buy shares in lor
the week following. A iuo&t worthy person, I
repeat; will make a kind husband, and! suppose
Martha likes him, but . However, poor girl,
she is old enough to judge for herself, and it is
no business of mine. Some time, before long, I
shall give her away at the old parish church
quietly, without any bow: I shall see her walk
down the church ainle with old Mr. Green he
in his best white waistcoat, and she in her Bober
grey poplin, which she insists on being married
in not the clear soft munlin and lonn lace veil
I quite well remember seeing Patty workiug at
and blushing over, we won't say how many
years ago. Well, women are better married,
they cay ; but I think 1 would rather have had
Martha uu old maid.
My second sister, Angcline, was fifteen whn I
left England; and the very loveliest creature I
ever beheld. Everybody knew it, everybody
acknow ledged it. She could not walk down the
6treet without people turning- to look alter her;
she could not enter a room without creating a
general whimper: "Who is she?" The sacne
thing continued as she grew up to womanhood.
All tLe world was at her feet; every one said she
would make a splendid marriage become a
countess, at least; aud I do believe Angeline her
self had the fullest confidence in that probability.
She relused lovers by the dozen; every letter I
got told me of home new slaughter of Miss An
geline's. I would have pitied the poor lcllows,
only she wa such a dazzling beauty, and no man
falls out of love bo safely as a man who fulls in
love with a beauty. I never heard that anybody
died either by consumption, cord, or pistol,
through the cruelty of my sister Angeline.
But, like most cruel damsels, she paid the
penalty of her hurd-hearterines; when I cme
borne I found Aneeline Iieathcote, Anseline
Iieathcote still. Beautilul yet, beautiful exceed
ingly; a walking picture, a visible poem, it was
a real pleasure to mo to have Buch a handsome
creature about the house. Though people did
say, with a mysterious shake of the head, that,
handsome as she was, if I had only seen my Ange
line two or three years ago ! And Angeline her
self became tenacious on the subject of new
gowns, and did not like it to be generally known
whether she or Charlotte was the elder. Good,
plain, merry Charlotte, who never thought about
either her looks cr her aire !
Yet Charlotte was the first who brought me
Into trouble the trouble which I am now called
upon to bemoan. I had not been at home three
months, when there came a young gentleman
a very lively and pleasant young gentleman, too
who sang duets with the younger girls and
made himself quite at home in mv fatnilv circle.
I myself did not much meddle with him, thought
him a good-natured lad, and no more until one
fine morning he astonished me by requesting
five minutes conversation with me in my study.
(Alas I such misfortunes come not singly my
tudy nas never oeen sale ironi similar applica
tions and conversations since.)
I was very kind to the young man; when he
bluehed, I looked another way : when he trem
bled. I invited him to take a chair. I listened
to his stammering explanations with the utmost
patience and sympathy: I even tried to help
him out with them till he came to the last
clause.
Now, I do say that a maa who asks you for
your purse, your horse, your friendship, after
onlj lour weeks' acquaintance, has considerable
pomace! but a man. who. after that brief period
Binee his Introduction, comes and asks you for
your tister why, one's first Uupuiae is to kwM
him down Btuirs.
llippilv, I controlled mvself. I called to
mind that Mr. Cuthbert was an honest young
fellow, and that if he did choose to risk his
whole future unon the result of a month's
laughing, and sineing, and dancing at balls
certainty it was nis atlair, not mine, wy duhi-
neas solely related to Charlotte. I was lust des
natehlng it in the quickest and friendliest man
ner, by advising the youne fellow to go back to
ollee and not make fool of himself in vaiu,
when be informed me that my cousent only
was required, since he and Charlotte had been
THE DAILY EVENING TELEGRAPH. PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY,
a plighted couple for the space of throo whole
davit
I have always hold certain crotchets on the
paramount rights of lovers, aiirt the wrong of
interfering with any apparently sincere vows; so
I sent lor Lottv talked wi n her; fo;ind (he was
just as foolmh as bo. That because he was tho
bi st waltzer, the sweetest tenor singer, and had
the handsomest moustache she knew our lively
Charlotte waa quite contented to dnnco through
life with Mr. Cuthbert, ana decidedly proud of
having his diamond ring on her third finger, and
being considered i "engaged" as, indeed, tbey
were likely to remain, if their minds changed
not, for the next ten years.
So, what would I do? Nothing but deal with
the young simpletons, if such they were, accord
ing to their lolly. If true, their love would
have time to prove Itself such; if false, they
would best find out that fact by its not being
thwarted. I kissed away Lotty's tears, silly
child) and next Sunday I had the honor of
carving lor brother-in-law elect N . J.
It never rains but it p6urs. Whether Ange
line was roiifod at onoe to indignation and con
descension by Charlotte's engagement which
she was the loudest in inveighing aaain't, or
whether, as was afterwards leported to me, she
was Influenced by a certain statistical newspaper
parngraph, maliciously read aloud by Mr. Cuth
tiert for general edification, that women's
chances of matrimony were proved by the late
census to diminish greatly between the ages of
thirty and thirty-five; but most assuredly Ange
line's demeanor changed. She stooped to be
agreeable as well as beautiful. To more than
one suitor whom she had of old swept haughtily
by, did she now graciously incline; and the
result was partly owing to the gayetles of this
autumnal election that Miss Angeline Iieath
cote, the beauty of the county, held a general
election on her own private account.
Alas for me I In one week I had no less than
four hopeful candidates requesting "the honor
oi an interview" in my study.
Angeline's decision was rather dilatory, they
were all such excellent matches; and, poor girl,!
with all her beauty lor her chief gitt, and with
all the tinsel adoration It brought her, she had
never been used to think of marriage as any
thing more than the mere wordly arrangement.
She was ready to choose a husband as she would
a wedding-gown dispassionally, carefully, as
the best out of a large selection ot articles, each
rich and good In its way, and warranted to wear.
Bhe had plenty ot common sense,
and an acute
Judgment; as for her heart
"You see, Nigel," bhe said to me, when weigh
ing the respective claims and merits ot Mr.
Archer and Sir Rowland Griffith Jones, "you
see, I never wa sentimentally tncliued. I want
to be married. I think I should be better mar
ried than single. Of course, my husband mast
be a food man; also, he should be a wealthy
roan; because well I because I rather like
show and snlendor; they suit me."
And Bhe glanced into the mirror nt something
which, certainly, if any woman has any exctue
lor the vanities of life, might have pleaded An
geline's. "But," I argued half sorrowfully, as when
you see an ignorant child throwing gold away,
and choosing tham lewels lor their pitiful glis
tering "you surelv would think it necessary to
love your husband V
"O yes; and I like Sir Rowland extremely
perhaps even better than Mr. Archer though he
has been fond of me so long, poor fellow I But
he will get. over it all men do."
So, though the balance hung for a whole week
doubtful Hi-aven torsive the girl ! but true love
was not in her nature, and now can people see
further than their lights go ? I was soon pretty
certain that fate would decide the marriage ques
tion in favor of the baronet. As Lotty said,
Angeline would look as magnificent in the family
diamonds as Lady Griilith Jones.
The Webb cause triumphed; Mr. Archer
quitted the field. He had been an old acquaint
ance; but what. was that to Sir Rowland and
10,000 a year?
After Angeline's affair was settled, there came
a lull in the family epidemic possibly because
the head of the family grew savage as a bear;
and for a full monh his spirit hugged itself
into tierce misanthropy, or rather misogony,
contemning tho whole female sex, especially
ucu as contemplated entering into tne unuoiy
state of matrimony.
No wonder I could not find peace in mv own
house; I had not my own sister's society: not a
Fuitlc ramily fireside evening could 1 get irom
week's end to week's end; not a room could I
enter without breaking in on some tete-a-tete:
not a corner could I creep into without stum
bling upon a pair of lovers. For a little while
thtse fond couples kept on their good behavior
towards, preserved a degree of reserve towards,
each other out of respect to the head of the
house, the elder brother: but gradually it de
terioratedceased. Nay, I, who belong to the
old generation which was foolish enough to
deem caresses hallowed things, that the mero
pressure of a beloved womau's hand, not to
speak ot her sacred mouth, was a thing not to be
made a public show of never to be thought of
without a tender reverence, a delicious tear I,
iigel Iieathcote, have actually seen two young
men, strangers a little year ago, kif.s my two
sisters openly before their whole family before
their bro there very face:
Mv situation became intolerable. I fled the
fireside: 1 took refuge in my study. Wo betide
the next lover who should assail me there 1
Surely that fatality would not again arrive for
some time. When the Plder ones were onco
married and away, surely I, and Constantia, and
little Lizzie, might live a few years in fraternal
peace, unmolested by the haunting suaaow oi
impending matrimony.
It occurred to me that in the interval ot the
weddings I would send for an old friend, a
bachelor like myself au honest, manly fellow,
who worked bard from circuit to circuit, and
got barelv one brief a year. Yes, Will Launces-
ton would Keep me company; ana we wouta
spend our days in the woods, and our evenings
in my study, safe out of the way of lovers, wed-
i ; " a iiJ
uinnn, unu wuiuuna iuu.
1 had lUBt written to him, wnen ray sister
Martha came In with a very serious face, and
told me "she wished for a little conversation
with me."
Ominous beginning ! But she was not a young
man, and could not well attack mu concerning
any more ot my Bisters. At least so l congratu
lated myself alas, too soon I
My sister settled herself by tho hre with, a se
rious countenance.
"My (tour Nigel."
"My dear Martha."
"I wish to consult vou on a matter which has
recently come to my knowledge, and has given
me much pain, and some anxiety."
. "Indeed !" and 1 am atraid my tone was less
sympathizing than eag'T, since from her troubled
nervous manner, I thought I hoped, tho matter
in question Indicated the secession of Mr.
Green. "Go on. Is it about" I stopped and
corrected iryself hypocritically " about the
girls?"
Sbe assented.
"Whew !" a disappointed whistle, faint and
low. "Still, go on. I'll listen to anything
except another propofial."
, Martha shoon her head. "Alas. I fear it will
never come to thatl Brother, have you noticed?
dui men never do sun, l mvself have oDservea
a great cnange in uonstantia lately."
I Now. Constantia always was dltferent from
the other girls liked solitude and books. taUed
little, and had a trick of reverie. In short, was
wnat young people caiica "interstiDg," and old
people "romantic" the sort of creature who.
d'd she grow up a remarkable woman, would
have her youthful peculiarities carefully ai
respectfully noted, with "I alwavs said the
was a great deal in that girl;" but who. did she
turn out nothing particular, would be laughed
at, and probably would laugh at herself,
lor having been "veiy sentimental when she was
joung." Kevertneless, having at one time of
my lite shared that imputation, I was tender
over the little follies ot Constantia.
"I tbink tho girl reads too much, and sits with
her eves too wide open, Martha; is rather unso
ciul, hkewine. She wanted to get out ot the war
ot the weddings, and positively refused to be
Angeline's bridesmaid
rAh I" piehed Martha, "that's it. Poor, fool-
tsh child, to thins ot tailing in love"
1 almobt jumped off my chair. "I'll not hear
a word of it I declare I will not! I'll keep the
young fellow off mv premises with man-traps
and pining guns. I'll go back to India it you tell
me of another 'engagement.'
"No chance ot ttiat;" and Martha shook her
bead more drearily than ever. "Poor child, I
fear It is en unfortunate attachment I"
1 brightened up no much ao, that mv sister
looked, nay, gently hinted, her conviction that I
was a ''brute." She expected I would have been
as sorry as she was I
"No, Martha; I ara rather glad. Glad, after
my experience of these 'fortunate' love-atfairs, to
find that one of my Bisters ha the womanly
courage, unfelfishncss, and simplicity to con
ceive an 'unfortunate' attachment."
Perhaps this speech hurt Martha, and yet it
need not. She and I both knew and resp'eotod
one another's youth; and if we differed in opi
nion concerning our middle age, why 1 was a
like to be wrong as she.
' She did not at first ,reply; and then, without
comment, she explained to me her uneasiness
about Cc-nstantia. The girl bad long plaved
confidante to Mr. Archer in the matter of Ange
line, and, as often happens, the confidante had
unwittingly taken too great interest in one of
her principals, until she found herself envying
the lot ot the other. When Mr. Archer's dis
missal finally broke off all his intercourse with
our family, there was ono of my sisters who
missed him wearily, cruelly; and that was not
Angeline.
I was touched. Now, no donbt Constantia
bad been very foolish; no doubt sbe bad nour
ished and endouraged this fancy, as romantic
girls do. in moonlight walks and solitary
dreams, bugging her pain, and deluding herself
that it was bliss. Little doubt, likewise, that
the feeling would wear itself out, or fade slowly
away in life's stern truths; but at present it
was a most sincere passion, tad and sore.
Foolish and romant'C as it might be, in Itself
and in its girlish demonstrations, I could not
smile at It. It was a real thing, and as such to
be respected.
SI r tha and I held counsel together, and acted
on the result. We took ConBtantla under our
especial charge; we gave her books to read,
risks to pay, work to do, keeping her as much as
possible with one or other ot us, and out ot the
wav of the childish flirtation of Cuthbert and
Charlotte, or of the formal philandering of Sir
Rowland and the future Lady Griilith Jones.
If sometimes, as Lizzie told me my little Lizzie,
who laughed at love and lovers with the light
ness of sixteen Constantia grew impatient with
Lotty's careless trifling, and curled her Up scorn
fully when Angeline paraded the splendors of
her trousseau, we.trled to lead the girl's mi ad
out ol herself, and out of dreamland altogether,
as mucn as possioie. i - ,
"But suppose," Lizzie sageiy argued "suppose.
when Angeline is married, Mr. Archer should
come back? He always liked Constantia ex
tremely. Who knows but"
I shook mv head, and desired the little castle-
builder to hold her tongue.
tine was our sole sharer ot the secret: and I
must ray, though she laughed at her now and
then, Lizie was extremely loving and patieut
with Constantia. Alter a time, we left tne two
girls wholly to one another, more especially as
my time was now taken up with my mend
iaunceston.
Oh. the comfort, the relief of the society of a
man! a real honest man who had some ster
ling aim and oMect in life some stead v work to
do somp earnest interest in the advance of the
world, the duties and pursuits of his brother
men; who was neither handsome, witty, nor
accomplished; who rarely shone in; ladies'
society ; in fact, ratber eschewed it than other
wise, t or. he sain, nature had unfitted him to
act the part of a mere admirer, and adveise for
tune forbade him to appear in the character of a
lover; so Be Kept atoot, Keeping nis own com
pany and that of one or two old friends like
myself.
I was fond of Launccston : I wished my family
to like him too; but they were all too busy
about their own affairs. Evening alter evening
I could not get any of my sisters to make tea
for us, or give us a little music afterwards,
except the pale, dull-looking Constantia, or my
bonny rose of June, little Lizzie. At last, we
four settled into a small daily company, and
went out together, read together, talked
together continually. I kept these two younger
ones as much as possible in our unro mantle
radical society, that not only my mind, but
aunceston's in its thorough cheerfulness aud
healthiness of tone, might unconsciously have a
good influence upon Constantia.
The girl's spirit slowly began to heal. Sbe
set aside her dreaming, and took with all the
energy of her uature to active work women's
work charity Fchool-teachiug, village-visiting,
and the lite, she put a uttiotoo mucn "ro
mance" into all she did still; but there was life
in it, truth, sincerity.
'Miss Constantsa will make nn admirable lady-
of-all-work," said Launccston in his quaint way,
watching her with his kindly and observant
eves. "The world wr.nts buch. . She will find
enough to do." .
And so she did: enough to steal her, too, from
mv Bide, almost as much as the three fiancees.
The circle in my study dwindled gradually down
to Lizzie, Liauuceston, and me.
We were excellent company still, wo three. I
had rarely had so mucn oi my pet sister s society
I had never found it bo pleasant. True, she was
shyer than usual, probably from bing with us
two, older and witer people men likewise but
st.e listened to our wisdom so sweetly she bore
with our drv. long-worded learnine so patiently
that my study never seemed Itself unless I had
the little girl seated at my teet, or sewing quietly
in tne window corner. Ana inen sue was com
pletely a "little girl:" had no forward ways no
love notions, or, ten times worse, marriage
notions, crossing her innocent brain. I felt
sure 1 could take her into my closest nearr,
form her mind and her principles at my will.
and one day make a noble woman of her, after
the pattern ol But. I never mentioned that
sucred name
I loved Lizzie loved her to the core of my
heart. Sometimes with fatherlv more than even
brotherly pride, I used to talk to Launceston ot
the fchild's sweetnesses, but ho always gave me
short answeis. It was bis way. His laconism
In most things was really astonishing for a man
under thtrtv.
One day, wnen Angenne s grana weaaing was
safe v over, and tne nouso naa sunt into
Bathetic quietness that reminded one ot tho
evening alter a funeral at least so I thought
Launceton and 1 tell into a discussion, wmcn
stirred him Into more demonstrativeuess than
usual. The subject was men, women, and
marriages.
"1 am convinced," ne Bam, "tnat i snail never
mnrrv."
it was not my nrst nearing oi tnis lauouoie de
termination; 60 I let it pas, merely asking his
reasons.
"Because my concience, principles, and teel-
ines co totally aeamst tne system oi matrimony.
as practised in the world, especially the world of
womankind. All tne conning ana proposing, tne
presents and the love-letters, the dinners to rela
tives and congratulations of tiiends, the mar
riage guests aud marriage-settlements, the white
lace, white satin, and white favors, carriage,
postilions, and all. Heigh-ho, Iieathcote, what
fools men are 1"
, I was just about to suggest the possibility of
naming one, say two, wise inuiviuuiwi umuug
our sex, when in stole a white fairy my . pretty
Lizzie, tn her bridesmaid's dress. Her presence
changed the current ot conversation; until, rrom
some remarks sue made aDout a message Ange
line had left as to the proper way of inserting
her marriage in the Timca newspaper to-morrow.
our talk imperceptibly Jell bock into the old
channel.
"1. like vou. Launceston. hate the whole sys.
tem of love aud marrying. It is one great s ham.
Beginniug when miss, at school, learns that it is
tho apex of feminine honor to be a bnde the
lowest depths of feminine humiliation to dio an
old maid. Continuing when she, a young lady
at home, counts her numerous 'offers;' taking
pride in what out hi to De to ner a source euner
r,c roirrot or humiliation. Ending when, time
slipping by, she drops into the usual belief that
nobody ever marries her first love; bo lakes tne
oest runic U Bne can uuu, uu iuct mmiiago,
which t merelv the visiblo crown aiid coinple
tion ot love, tho pitliul, dishonored substitute
tor it. I declare solemnly, I have seen many a
wife whom I held to be scarcely better than no
wife at uh."
I bad forgotten mv little sister's presence: but
she did not seem to bear me nor Launcouon
either, for that matter. His rarnestness had
softened down; he sat, very thouvhtfnl, over
BRainst the window where Lizzie had taken her
sewing. What a pretty picture sbe made 1
Come here, my little girl,'1 1 said: I should
not like thee to go the way of the world: and
yet I should be satisfied to give thee away some
day. Quietly, in a wnite rousun gown and straw
bonnet, to some honest man who loved thee
and was loved so well, that Lizzie would never
dream of marrying any ether, but would have
neen quiie uuuveui, u uoim ue, w live an oia
maid for bis sake to the end of her days. That's
w hat I call love eh, n.y girl ?"
Lizzie drooped ner ncad, blusmng doepiy. Ut
course; girls always do.
Liaunceston said, in a tone so low tnat i quite
started. "Then you do believe In true love, alter
all ?",
"It would be ill for me, or for any human be
ing, if I did not. And I believe in it the more
earnestly because of ita numberless counterielts.
May" and now, wnen, attcr tun gay marriage
morning, the evening w as sinking grey and dull'
my mind inclined pensively, even tenderly, to
the sister who had gone, the other iwo sisters
who were shortly going away, from my hearth
tor ever "nay, as Bluce in tne laisesl creeas
there lurks, I hope, a modicum of absolute
truth, I would fain trust that in the poorest
travesty or masquerade of love, one might find
a fragment ot tne sterling commodity. ttu, my
Lizzie, dear, when all our brides are gone, let us
congratulate ourselves that for a long lime we
shall have no more engagements."
Vou obicct to enmtgemcntsT" said Lizzie.
Breaking timidly and downfaced as I rather
l.ko to see a young girl speak on tnis sutect.
"Wtjv, now snouid you like it yoursen, my lit
tle maid? To be loved, wooed, and wedded, In
public, for tho benefit of an amused circle ot
mends, neighbors, ana connections, to nave
ones actions noticed, one's attain canvassed,
one's feelings weighed and measured; to bo con
gratulated, condoled, and jested with. Horrible I
literally horrible. Aiv wonder is tnat any true
lovers can ever stand it."
"Pel haps vou are right" said Launceston, ve
hemently. "No roan ought to place the girl he
loves in such a position. Whatever it costs him.
he oukht to leave her free altogether free and
oiler her nothing until be ran offer her his hand
at once and with no delay."
"Bless my soul, Launeebton, what are you In
such excitement about? Has anybody been
offering himself to your Bister? Because, you
mL-took me. abk her, or lazzie, or any gooa
woman, if tbey would teel flattered by a gentle
man's acting in the way you suggest? As ir
bis hand with the ring in it were anything
to them, and himself and bis true love nothing
at all!" ,
Launceston laughed uneasily. "Well, but
what did vou mean ? A a friend of mine would
like to know your opinion on this matter."
"iuy opinion is simpiy an opinion, avery
man is the best .ludge ot bis own attain, espe
cially love affairs. As the Eastern proverb
says: 'Let not the lions decide for the tigers.'
Btit I think did I love a woman and it pleases
me to know I was but kpcaking out her mind,
who years ago lived and died, in her tond sim
plicity wiser than any of thefe did I love a
woman, I would like to tell her so, Just to her
9eli, no more. I would like to give her my love
to rest on: to receive the help and consolation
of hers. I would like her to feel that through
all chances and changes she and I were one;
one. neither for foolish child's nlav nor headlong
fmssion, but for mutual strength and support,
lolding ourselves responsible' both to Heaven
and each other lor our me ana our love, une,
indissolubly, whether we were ever married or
not, one in this world, and, we pray, one in the
world everlasting."
Was I dreaming? Did I actually see my
friend Launceston take, untorbidden, ray
youngest Bister's hand, and hold It firmly, ten
derly, last! Did 1 hear, with my own natural
ears, Lizzie's solt little sob, not ot grlet cer
tainly, as she slipped out ol the room, as swift
and silent as a moonbeam ?
Eh! what? Good heavens I Was there ever
any creature to blind as a middle-aged elder
brother.
Well, as I told Launceston. it was hall mv
own fault, and I must bear it stoically. Perhaps.
on the whole, things might have been worse, for
ne is a noote teiiow, and no wondar the child
loves him. They cannot be married lust yet
uii'tuiwuiir, ijiz.ie ana i Kept tne matter be
tween ourselves. They are very happy God
bless them ! and bo am I.
P. 8. Mr. Archer reappeared yesterday, look
ing quite well and comfortable. 1 see clearly
that, one day not distant, 1 shall be felt lament
ingthe solitary residuum of a Family in Love.
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JANUARY 27, 18G6.
medical:
ELECTRICAL DISCOVERIES
AND
glokiouh itiasuirs.
DR. V.i GALLOWAY, Flectrlcal Physician, for
merly the partner of PKOf K880B C. 11 BOL ,E. after
an absence ot a rear and a ba't rrom the ettr, during
which time ha has been enffa;,fd with PROFEiSOB
BOLLES, his father-in-law. In tnyestlaa.lag more
tully tba anbllma subject of Electricity as ttM
GREAT CUBAHYB A GEM. has resumed hit
successful practice at No, 142 South EIGHTH
Street, where ha la e urtnn, with unparalleled
meters the went forms ot acute and cbronlo diseases
In Our many sclentlflo experiments with tha electrto,
Calvanlo, Electro-Maimetle, and pur Maanetlo Cur
rents, and their numerous modifications on tl 8 bottles
of varotu animals for the purpose of as
cettalnlng with minute accu-aoj the dlreo
and ludlrect Influence of each on the organization
we bare demonstrated that Electricity is the ri al ele
mentthat It can be directed toanr organ or part of tne
body, and even after the vital function seem paralyzed ,
possess tha power of arousing the dormant energDg
equalizing the circulation, and r storing the system to a
self-sustaining healthy condition.
77k mvtt tatxtfactory mulit t ttm our trfaimttl. In
some Instances the disease of years' standing yields
readily at the first touch of the electric element, while
In othets It itqulros a more protracted treatraont
Ontxery important ftaiare oi our treatment Is that no
time Is lost In txperimmitug with disease. By means
ot an electrical test, an accurate diagnosis Is given at
once, determining the locality and character ot the
disease, and Indicating the treatment to be pursued.
CB. P. BHED1), OF ItEW YOKK. CIIY, a aolentlflo
gentleman of ability, Is associated with Dr. Galloway In
the practice. Dr. Hbeddwaa a student of Professor O.
B. Bolles, with ssany other eminent medical men In tha
city of Rochester. N. Y., about ten years auo. and after
that a partner In the eliy of Buffalo, and
since that time has given hi: whole attention
to the enrtng of disease or Electricity In Its
various forms and modlflcatioiis. In accordance with
the great and $ublaiu doctrines of Professor Bolles,
who has brought his discovery Into publlo favor In all
the principal cities of America, among medical men and
Electricians. 1 he skill and experience, therefor, of Dr.
St. J. Galloway and P. Shedd, id. D., commend them
to the confidence of the publlo nuJ afflicted.
Mrs. C. H. BOLLES, Ue oldest and moat successful
female Electrician In the couulry, has charge of tha
Female Deportment
Our treatment Is eminently successful In all FEMALE
DISEASES.
K. B. Professor BOLLES, bit lather-In law, has no
successor in this city, although we Dnd lengthy adrer
ttsemeota in the public pressor this city dating the past
year from an Individual who ha bad the audacity to
stylo himself "auccassoa to Pbu fsisor Bollbs.'
The same Individual publishes a long list of patients as
reference, giving the publlo to ondotsi and that they were
cured b) him, when in lact even oneot them was treated
by Professor Bolles and myself with many thousand
others. Many of the parties he refers to as having been
treated by him. he la fact, has xeyebIseen. All such
misrepresentations are calculate 1 to dcic tne publlo,
especially the afflicted portion, note given up at in
curable are invited to tall.
STUDENTS can enter at anv lime for a full course of
Instruction In our scientific practice. Wo are receiving
letters almost dally from different pars of the country,
soliciting students who have been instructed by us,
thereiore We can guarantee good positions to all our
graduates. We Invite the o d students ot PROF.
BOLLES or myself whe are prac Using our old system In
this city to become Instructed in our nea diteoteriet.ta
that they may loam how to euro more dlsooset, and In
much less time than by our old vyatom.
COMSTJLTATIO;: FREE.
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both East and West, and liavln i ilmluliy Dpn'ormed nil
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parations. 1 be a ureka restore t rev Hair to its original
color) prevents the hair from iu. lug ou , by causiug a
hea'thy condition of the scalp unnurtlnir to the haira
sol ness. and gloss, and ycutliiu appearance th&t no
other Hair Preparation can pro, moo. '1 he Eureka Is tree
from all Impurities or poisonout drags, ana can be used
without SuIiiuk scalp or bands.
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Elect rivlljr in all it Vtartvu f-'ornaj
AdutlDlsiir(l for I lie t;ur of
Citron lo Jilneaaa.
VTithln the past Are vears, Uunitandt of pationta
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overt- lorm and condition of disease common to
humanity and in nearly a I cases a benefit or perioot
cure has been eilcctod. 1'a sv, doalnese, o'lndncw.
rheumatism, dyHieuaia, cancer, and all the oid knotty
diteaxoe that are a physician's cureo, aa It prove
bit inability to eradicate, are by onr method com
paratively easy of cuie. Specimens of tuvnon ot
large growth ex. ratted b means ot Elootrioity
alono, without pain, without the use of the knife,
lltaturo, or any other moan, mav bo seen at onr
otlice by thoee interested. We are wilting to under
take any ol the followina diset.,. with every hope
and proepeot of sucooa. with .ry many o;hers nut
litre enumerated :
1. lHteatet of the Brain and tfrrvout 8) item.
F.tnlopBy, Chorea or 8t. Vitus' Daneo. Haralyia
liiemiplepia), Keura'aia, Hysteria. Nervousness
i'nlpitation of the Heart. Lockjaw, etc.
2. Organ and 'lUtitrt connected with the Dig
tire by litem .Sore 1 broat, Uyspojisia, Diarrhoxa,
Jjyseniery, Obstinate Constipation, Hoemoirhoidos
or files, Bilious Flatulent, and l'aintor's Colio, and
all aflections ol the Layer and Spleen.
8. Ketpiratory Oryans. Catarrh, Cough, Influ.
enza, Abthma (when not caused by orfanio disoosa
ol ti e heart :, Bioiicliilis, Pleurisy. Pleurodynia or
Khoumatism of the Chest, Consumption In the early
stages.
4. librou and Muscular Syttem - Rheumatism.
Gout, iumbogo. Stiti' Jeokj Spinal Curvature, Uip
Diseases, Cancer, I union.
6. Urinary and Genital Organt. Gravel, Dtabo tea,
and Kidney Complaints, impotence and Seminal
Weakness. The latter comptuiuta never fall tt yield
rapidly to this treatment
6. ihteatet Peculiar to Females. IT tot us Com
plalnm, involving a mat-position, aa Prolapsus. An
troverslon, Kotrovers.on, Inflammation, Ulceration,
aud various other afleouons of the Womb and Ovay
nea, l'ainful, iSupprettsed, beauty, or Profuse Men
ruation, Leucoiruoea.
TO LAUKS we can recommend this treatment aa
one of UNVARIED SUCCESS. A roost innume
rable cases have come undor treatment at our otlloa
who cau testily to ibis lact Mrs. 13 ECK WITU baa
entire charge of the Ladies' Department
KtFEKENCto. the diseased and all intorosted
are reterred to the following named gentlemen, who
have been treated and witnessed oar treatment on
others at No. 1220 VVALNU T Street!
A. J- Flensonton, Iirlgadier-Ueneral, No. 913
Spruce street; a. Pleasouion, BrigadiertenoraI. tu
Louis, Missouri; Jao b Vandegritt, Odosss, Dela
ware; U A. tsempie, thread manufacturer.
Mount Holly, New Jersey; VV. B. Smith, Iron
founder, No. 1022 Hanover street, Pniladelphia;
George Dougla-s Local Express company, Phila
delphia; J W. Bradlcv, publisher. No. 66 N. Fourth
street ; Robert Work No. fclN Third street; Colonel
1'. N. Sweeney, assessor, Second Distnot of Phila
delphia, Walnut and Eighth streets; Goorge O.
Evans, No 418 Arch street, below Fifth; William
Pelouse, type founder, third and Chosimt street;
Ed. Itclne, manufacturer oi cotton roods, with
very many otheia.
Physicians or students desiring to have Instmctfom
in the coireet application ot Electricity tor the our
of disease can apply at the Office.
Consultation free. Descriptive circulars of cure
effected, with numerous relerencos, can be bad by
application at the Oflioo.
A.U letters addressed to
DR. S. W. 13EOKWITH,
1 20smw No. 1220 WALNUT Streot, rtula.
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