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THE SEASONS.
Hay and corn, hnd tfuds and flowers,
> Snow and ico, and Trait, and wine—
Suns and seasons, sleets and-
Bring, in turn, divine. ,
Spring blows, summer glows,;
Autumn reaps, winter keeps.
Spring prepares, summer provides, V
Autumn hoards, winter hides.
Come, then, friends, their praises sound;
Summer,autumn, winter, spring,
-As they run their yearly round,
' Each m turn with gladness sing!
Time drops blessings as he flies—
Time makes ripe, and time makes wise.
ELECTIVE -AFFINITIES.
TRANSLATED PROM TUB GERMAN OP OOETHB.
PART I.
CHAPTER I.
Edward—so we shall call a wealthy no
bleman in the prime of life—had been
spending several hours of a fine April
morning in his nursery garden budding
the stems of some young trees with cut
tings which had been recently sent to
him. He bad finished what he was
about, and having laid his tools together
in their box, was complacently surveying
his work, when the gardener came np and
complimented bis master on his industry.
“Have you seen my wife anywhere?”
inquired Edward, as he moved to go
away.
"My lady is alone yonder in the new
grounds,” said the man ; “the summer
house which she has been making on the
roek over against the cistle is finished to
day, and really is, beautiful. It cannot
fail to please your grace. The view from
it is perfect -.—the village at your feet; a
little to your right the church with .its
tower, which you can just see over; and
directly opposite you, the castle and the
garden.
“Quite true,” replied Edward; “I can
see th? people at work a few steps from
where I am standing.”
“And then, to the right of the church
again,” continued the gardener, “is the
opening of the valley; and you look
along over a range of wood and meadow
far into the distance. The steps up the
rock, too, are excellently arranged. My
gracious iady understands these things; it
is a pleasure to work under her.”
‘‘Go to her,” said E l ward, “and desire
her to be so good as to wail for me there.
Tell her I wish to see this new creation
of hers, and enjoy it with her.”
The gardener went rapidly off, and Ed
ward soon followed. Descending the
terrace, and stopping as he passed to look
into the hot-houses and the forcing-pits,
he came presently to the stream, and
thence, over a narrow bridge, to a place
where the walk leading to the summer
house branched off in two directions.
One path led across the churchyard, ini
mediately up the face of the rook. The
other, into which he struck, wound away
to the left, with a more gradual'ascent,
through a pretty shrubbery. Where the
two paths joined again, a seat bad been
made, where he stopped a few moments
to rest; and then, following the now sin
gle road, he found himself, after scramb
ling among steps and slopes of ail sorts
and kinds, conducted at last through a
narrow more or less steep outlet to the
summer house.
Charlotte was standing at the door to
receive her She made him sit
down where, without moving, he could
command.a vjew of the different land
scapes through the door and window—
these serving as frames, in which they
were set like pictures. Spring was com
ing on ; a rich, beautiful life would soon
everywhere be bursting; and Edward
spoke of it with delight.
“There is only one thing which I
should observe,” he added, “the summer
house itself is rather small.”
“It is large enough tor you and me, at
any rate,” answered Charlotte.
“Certainly,” said Edward; “there is
fur a third, too, easily.”
“Of course; and for a fourth also,” re
plied Charlotte. “For larger parties we
can contrive other places."
“Now that we are here by ourselves,
with no one to disturb us, and in such a
pleasant mood,” said El ward, “it is a
good opportunity for me to tell you that
I have for some time had something on
my mind; about which I have wished to
speak to you, but have never been able
to muster ud my bourage.” }
“I hav£ observed that there has been
something o£ the sort,” said Charlotte.
“And even now,” EKvard went on, “if j
it were not for a letter which the post j
brought me this morning, and which 1
obliges mo to come some resdution to- I
day, 1 should very likely have still kept
it to myself.”
"What is it, then ?” asked Charlotte,
turning .affectionately towards him.
“It concerns our friend the Captain,”
answered Elward ; “you know the unfor
tunate position in which he, like many
others, is placed. Ills through no fault
of his own ; but y«>u may imagine how
painful it must be for a person with his
knowledge and talents and accomplish
ments, to find himself without employ-
Client. I—l will not hesitate any longer
with what I a n wishing for him. I
should like to have him bete with us for
a time.’”
“We must think about that," replied
Charlotte; ‘‘it should be considered on
more sides thin one."
"lam quite ready to tell yon what I
have in view," returned Elward.
“Through his la*»l letters there is a pre
vailing tone ol ilerpondency ; not that he
is re -lly in ar.v 'Aunt, He knows thor
oughly well Low l i limit his expenses;
A Novel.
and I have taken care for everj thing nec
easary. It is no distress to him to accept
obligations from the; all ouj: lives we
have -been in the habit of borrowing
from and lending to each other ; and we
could not tell if we Would, Mw opr debt
or and <Wedi tort account stands. It is be
ing without occupation which Is really
fretting him: The many accomplish
ments which he has cultivated in him
self; lx Is his onlypleasure—indeed.it is
his passion—to be daily and hourly exer
cising for the benefit bf bthefs. Afid‘
now, to sit still, with bis arms folded ; or
to go on studying, acquiring and acquir
ing, when be can make no use of what be
already
is p painful situation; and alone as he is
he feels it doubly >t trebly.”
“But I thought,” said
he had had offers from many different
quarters. I myself wrote ,to numbers of
my own friends, male and female, for
him; and, as 1 have reason to believe,
not without effect."
‘Tt is true," replied Edward; "but these
very offers—these various proposals—
have only caused him fresh embarrass
ment. I{ot one is at all suited to-such a
person as be is; He would have nothing
to do; he would have to sacrifice him
self, his lime, his purposes, his whole
method of life; and to that be cannot
bring himself. The more I think of it all,
the more I feel about it, aod the more
anxious I am to see him here with os."
“It is very beautiful and amiable in
you,” answered Charlotte, “to enter with
so much sympathy into your friend’s po
sition; only you must allow to me ask
you to think of yourself and of me. as
well."
“I have done that,” replied Edward.
“For ourselves, we can hive mottling to
expect from his presence with us, except
pleasure and advantage., I will say noth
ing of the expense. In any case, if be,
came to us, it would be but am til; and
you know he will be of no .iuconvenfence
to us at all. He can'have his own rooms
in the right wing of the castle, and eve
rytbiog else can be arranged as simply as
possible. What shall we not be thus do
ing for him I and how agreeable and bow
profitable may not bis society prove to us.
I have long been wishing for a plan of the
property and the grounds. He will see
to it, and get it made. You intend your
self to take the management of the estate,
as soon as our preseut steward’s term is
expired; and that, you know is a serious
thing. His various information will be
of immense benefit to us; I feel only 100
acutely bow much I require a person of
this kind. The country people have
knowledge enough, but their way of im
parting it is. confused, and not always
honest. The students fron the towns and
universities are sufficiently clever and or
derly, but they are deficient in personal
experience. From my friend, I can prom
ise myself both knowledge and method,
and hundreds of other circumstances I
can ean easily perceive arising, affecting
you as well as me, and from which I fore
see innumerable advantages. Thank you
for so patiently listening to. me. Now, do
you say what you think* and say it out
freely and fully i I will not interrupt
you.”
‘‘Very well,” replied Charlotte, “I will
begin at once with a general observation.
Men think most of the immediate—the
present: and rightly, their calling being
to do and to work. Women, on the oth
er hand, more of bow things bang togeth
er in life; and that rightly, too, because
their destiny—the destiny of their fami
lies—is bound up in this independence,
and it is exactly this this which it is their
mission to promote. So now let us cast
a glance at our present and our past life ;
and you will acknowledge that the invi
tation of the Captain does not fall in so
entirely with our purposes, our plans and
our arrangements. I will go back to those
happy days of our earliest intercourse.
We loved each other, young as we were,
with all our hearts. We were parted—
you from me—your father, from on insa
tiable desire of wealth, choosing to mar
ry you to an elderly and rich and l.dy; I j
from you, having to give my hand, with j
out any especial motive, to an excellent
man, whom I respected, if I did not love.
We became again free—you first, your
poor mother at the same time leaving you
in possession of your large fortune ; I la
ter, just at the lime when you returned
from aboad. S > we met once more. We
spoke of the past ; we could enjoy and
love the recollection ofit; we might have !
been contented in each other’s society, to j
leave things as they were. You were ur- i
gent for uur marriage. I at first hesita
ted. We were about the same age; but
I as a woman bad grown older than you
as a man. At last I could not refuse you
what you seemed to think the one thing
: you cared for. All ihe discomfort which
} you had ever experienced, at court, in the
army, or in traveling, you were to cover
from at my side ; you would settle down
and enjoy lift; but only with me fur your
j companion. I settled my daughter at a
i school, where she could be more com
pletely educated than would be possible
in the retirement of the countrv ; and 1
placed ray niece Ollilie there with her as
well, who.pjerhaps. would have grown
up better at home with me, under my
own care. This was dune with your con
sent, merely that we might have Jour own
lives—merely that we might enjoy undis
turbed our so long-wished for, so long-de
layed happiness. We came here and set
tled ourselves. I undertook the do
mestic part of the manage, you the out
of-Jours, and the general control. My own
1 principle has bem to meet your wishes
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lii everything, to live only for you. At
least, let tu give ourselves ft fair trial bow
fur in jtois way we can be enough for one
another.” .
. “Since Ithe interdependence of
as you call it, is your especial
replied Edward, “one should either never
listen to any of your trains of reasoning,
or make up one’s mind to allow you lobe
in the right; and, indeed, you have been
in the rightup to the present-day. The
foundation which we have hitherto been
beeii laying for ourselves, ie of the true,
sound sort; only, are we to build nothing
upon it? is nothing,^developed out
of it? v All the work JWc to;
the garden, you inthe patkr-iait all Qply
for apair o f hermits ?” ~
. “Well, Well," replied Charlotte, “very
well. What we have to look to is, that
We' introduce no alien element, nothing
Which shall cross or obstruct ns. Remem
ber, our plans, even those which* only
concern our amusements, depend mainly
on our being together. You" were tor read
to me, in consecutive order, the journal
which you made when you were abroad v
You were to take the opportunity of ar
ranging it, patting all the loose matter
connected with it in its place; and with
me to work with you and help you, put of
these invaluable but chaotic leaves hud
and sheets to pat together a complete
thing, which should give pleasure to our
selves and to others- I promised to assist'
you in transcribing; and we thought It
would be so pleasant, so delightful. So
charming, to travel over in recollection
the world which we we doable to see to*"
gether. The beginning is already made.
Then in the evenings, yon have taken dp
your date again, accompanying me ott r
the piano, while of visits backwards and
and forwards among the neighborhood,
there is abundance. For my part, I have
been promising myself out of all this the
first really happy sutnmer I have ever
thought to spend in my life.”
“Only I cannot see,” replied Edward,
rubbing his forehead, “boW, through eye*
ry bit of this which you have been so
sweetly and so sensibly laying before
me. the Captain's presence chn be any in*
lerruplion; I should rather have thought
it would give it all fresh zest and life. He
was my companion during a part of my
travels. He made many observations
from a different point from mind. "We
can put it all together, and* so match a
ch>uraingly»complete work* of it.'*
“Well, then, I will acknowledge open*
!y,” answered Charlotte, with some impa
tience, “my feeling is against this plan.
l4uve an instinct which tells me no good
will come of it,”
“You women are invincible 0 in this
way,” replied. “You are so sensible, that
that there is no answering yon, so
affectionate, that one is glad to give way
you!£full of feelings, which one* cannot
wound, and full of forebodings, which
terrify one.”
“l am not superstitious,’* said Charlotte;
“and 1 care nothing tor these dim sensa
tions, merely as such; butin general they
are the result of unconscious recollec
tions of happy or unhappy consequences,
which we have experienced as followin g
on our own or others’ actions. Nothing
is of greater moment, in any state of
things, than the intervention of a third
person. I bare seen friends, brothers and
sisters, lovers, husbands and wives, whose
relation to each other, through the acci
dental or intentional introduction of a
third person, has been altogether changed
—whose whole moral condition has been
inverted by it,”
“That may very well be,” replied Ed
ward, “with people who live on without
looking where they are going * but not,
surely, with persons whom experince has
taught to understand themselves.”
“That understanding ourselves, my
dearest husband,” insisted Charlotte, "is
no such certain weapon. It is very often
a most dangerous one for the person who
bears it. And out of all this, at least so
much seems to arise, that we should not
be in too great a burry. Let me have a>
few days to think; don’t decide.”
“As the matter stands,” returned Ed
war3,” “wait as many days as we will, we
shall still be in too great a harry. The
arguments for and against are all before
us; all we want is the conclusion, and as
things are, I think the best thing we can
do is to draw lots.”
“I know,” said Charlotte, “that in
doubtful cases it is your way to leave
them to chance. To me, in such a se
ious m liter, this Siam* aim nt a crima. ’ ’
“Then what am I la write to the Cap
lain?” cried Edward ; “for write I must
at once.”
“White him a kind, sensible, sympa
thizing letter,” answered Cnarlotte.
“That Is as good as none at all,” replied
Edward.
“And there are many cases,” answered
she, “in which we are obliged, and in
which it is the real kindness, rather to
write nothing than not to write.”
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