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nusnwese. imazoirpav,
DOCT. J. L. STEWART,
(irric. with Doct. A. DUMP, Seventh near Sassafras ptrect. Rca•
!Once, on Sassafras, onc.door north ofSeventh et
C. SIEG - EL, II
117,10141 , am and Retail dealer ht Groceries,. ProvisiOns, Wines,
Liquors, Friut, &c., iker- Corner of French and Fifth Street",
p r itamte tic Fanners' Hotel, Erie.
JOHN McCANN.
IvuousALr and Retail Grocer, No. 2, Flernlng7ll. l k, Erie, Pa.
J. W. WETMORE,
ATTCi.q .1Y EIATL Ir ,
ot t iu , 0 „ 4 e ;•onth EitreCt, Erie, Pa
---,--- HENRY CADV.'r_..2 •
imrovrcit, Jobber, and Retail Dealer in Dr; ,000ds. Groceries,
Cruckery, Glassware, Carpeting, Hardware, lii.M.: 4 , (eel. .N ails,
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tipikta, arc. Empire stores State Street, ibur OM u", A V
IlrOti Ira Hotel, Erie. Pa.
A tco—Anvits. Vices, Wpm* Axle Arms, Springs. and a general
assotOnent of Saddle nod Quango Tr insollogro• 1
S. MERNII,I SNIITII,
Arnoniqrs , AI LAfl and Jurtiee of the Peaer—fgliee one door
tregiof Wriritieri store, Eric, Pa.
W. H. KNOWLTON & SON.i
ltsvt.mits in Watches. Clocks. Looking filarettfi. Piano Fortes.
lamps, Britannia Wnre...leweiry, and a variety orotber Fancy
Artielee, Keystone Buildings. four donut below Brown's Hotel,
rvatc. etrvel. Erie. Pa.
J. GOA LDING. 1
kt e xcuoreihstuot, and Habit Maker.—Store, N 0.3 Boors Block,
ioppoehe the Donnell Meek) State Street, Erie.
B. It. DEWEY. • L
%v...."r.e A'ln RETAIL Denier In Dry Goode,:sceond dnor below
Itrown's Ilotcl. State fitted. Erie. l'a..
GEAR E. H. CUTLER. , •
ArrOlnEtT AT Law. Gliarxl. Fait County. Pa. Col actions and
other business attended to with prompts/Hs and di* rateh.
WILSON LAIRD.
A rro „ vp A T I, Aw_.office over J. tl. Wititauts' use tnge °Mee,
emt diver to Judge Thoutpson's office. .
I 'ulke wig and other prolbasional business attended to kb prompt
nta and dispatch. . I
BROIVN'S HOTEL,
Esutratx me F. tat.e, corner of State street and the P bite square
Pa.tern Western and Southern stage office.
13. A. CRAIN.
mtni is me: and Retail dealer. in Groceries, Progisions, Wines,
Ctgers, Nails. Detroit Ate, Buiscuit, Crachrts, &c. &c.
e, Pa.
11. B. II AV ERSTI CIE - • '
itp.q.ll.ause. Dealer in Dry Goode. Hardwar , Crockery,
Crocerieli. &c.
T. W. AIOORE,
Ilencr a in Groceries, Provisions, Wines, I.lquors,Ca7;dies; Fruit,
ke.. No 6, l'oor People's Row, Stale street,
W. H. CUTLER.
Attorney & Counsellor at Law, (Mice in Spaulding' i Esehange,
iluti.oo, N. Y.
Colirctiogaml commercial bookies* wilt receive prompt altenion.
RENCO.—A. P. DURI.Iii. GRANT,
JOSIAII KELLOGG.
Yotwardin.: k CotrartlesiOn Mlrehant, op gm riOdis. Doak, easioN!
tiiate meet.
Coil, Salt, Plaster and ratite Fish, eonetankte fc4
. J. 11. WELL AMS,
Ranker and f:lehance Broker. Healer in Itills.of Exchange,
malts. tertilicates of Iteposite. Gold and silver coin, &c., &c.
I,ll iee,l dare below Brown's Mark Eric, Pa.
11EN1/01IN F. DENNISON,
ATTort , (Er AT LAW, Cleveland, Ohlo—Office on Superior .near.
. rn Atwater'a Block. Refer to Chief Jun ice Parket!, Cambridge
Law neluxdt lion. Richard Fletcher, lOtitalest..Boston; lion.
S.ll/111Ci IL Perkins. I Walnut et., Philadelphia: Ric hard 11.
Ce.q.,53 Wall uttect, New York. For Weirton ials, re
ter to this office. •
MARSHALL & VINCENT
A rros 'ins AT itsw—OtTwe up stairs in Taounany i , i but Wing,
north of the Prothonotary's oflle, Erie.
MURRAY WHALLON,
A TTAA.III AAP COSMO:MOIL AT Law—aines aver C. B. Wrighes
Store, erwrownsouwdoos west of State swee t ow the DiDIXICAttI.
Eris-
I. ROP.EDIZWEIG & Co.
Wnorsmstit •ND RersmiDsALang in foreign nod Domestic Dry
Goods. featly mane Clotldng, Boots nod Blrocs, dr.c., No. 1, Elem.
Ws flock, Mate street, Erie.
C. M. TIIIDALS.
tir ti tit in Dry Goods. Dry Groceries,, ri rockery, lfdware, isc.,
No. II I. (Ilia pick, Erie. I ,
JOHN ZIMMER. LY,
DEOPI MC rosariesanhProvlaloasaallkinds, Stole street, three
doors ootth oldie Diamond, Erie.
SWIM" JACKSON,
DIMS% in Dry Goods, Groceries,lisralmre, Queens kCir, mar,Lime,
Iran, Nails, 4e., 1211, Chenteelde. Eric, Pa. .
WILLIAM RIBLET.
emu,. ;rum Upholster, and Undertaker. com a er ' state and
• reread' streets. Erie.
- KELSO & Loomis.
Ems. Forwarding, Produce and Conansison Merchants: dealers
In coarse end fine salt, Coal. Piaster. Shingles, &e. Public duck.
west side of the bridge. Erie.
Enwts J. K sum. W. W. Looms.
WALKER & COOK,
GirlitllAL Forwarding, Commission and Produce Me hants;See
ond Warwhouse east of the Public Bridge, Erie.
G. LOOMIS & Co.
Dares in Watehee, jewelry. Silver. German. Mire Plated and
Britannia Ware Cutlery, Military and Fancy 6.•• State street,
nearly opposite the Eagle Hotel, Erie.
E honsts, a .M. Aerials
CARTER & BROTHER,
and Retail dealers in Brum Med Wines, Paints, Oils.
&e.. No. 0, Reed House, Erie.
JOEL JOHNSON. •
DEALER in Theological, Miscellaneous, Sunday •nd Classical
t•lchnol Basks, Stationary, Re. Park Row, Erie.
JAMES LYTLE, ,
Fssatosswks Merchant Tailor, on the public . squ , a few doors
ilea of State street, Eric,
D. S. CLARK, •
WIMLIDALIL AIM altirAll. Dealer in Groceries, Pro Wong, Ship
Chandlery, Stone•ware, &e. he., No. 3, Bonnet' 13 ock, Eric.
• 0. D. SPAFFORD.
Dealer in Law j Medical, sehuol Miscellaneous 800 s stationary,
Ink, ic. , State st., four doors below the Public eq . re.
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DR. 0. L. ELLIOTT,
licsi.kak Hengist Mee and.dwelling in the Beebe lock, on the
Sim side of the Public Square, Erie. Teeth Buse ted on Gold
hate, front one in an entire sett. Carious teeth tit ed with pure
Cold. and restored to health and usefulness. Teeth cleaned
with instruments and Dentliice so as to leave flacuf of a pellucid
clearness. All work warranted.
B. DICKERSON,
mnßimas Aim scßotox:—Office at his residence on Seven* stay
oppoKile the Methodist Church, Erie.
C: B. WRIGHT,
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Weei.reAce •we R Mt IL dealer In Dry Goods,G reeerieS. !lard Write
Crockery, Glass-ware. Iron Nails Leather. 0115, &C , . earner of
Bette street and the public square, opposite the Facie hotel ;Erie.
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JOHN H. BURTON.
11:3 a)LEVIXT4 Itirrett.deater in Drugs, lifeillein s,Die Stuffs,
Groceries. Ike.. No. 6; Reed !rote*. Erie.
ROBERT B. HUNTER, ''
oa , Las n Nam Caps and null or all doseriptioaa. No. 10, Park
Pow, Eric. Pa.
PLAIN and Ftgured De Lain all- wool, and otber cheap
Laips at the 'dere of S. JACKSON
BLACK french Cloth from tJ to -84 per yard, for sale at
. B. JACKSON.
BLACK. Drowns Green And Cada. tulzad• Droad'Cloths at al
prices for sale at S. JACKSON.
GREEN, Black. Merain; Brown, and Mee French Ma-
Jean. for tale cheap at the Stereo(' S. JACKSON.
RLACK, Clue, Plaid, Striped and other Panty Cawrimeres for
y sale by
S. JACKSON.
BLACK, Clue. and mixed Satinets, ° Tweeds, Kentucky Jeans
&e. for sale cheap by. S. JACKSON. •
AUIEtI Gomm. The Ladies will find a good as..
gonment. Fre ne4Direrinnes, caskmere.„ Pe Lain., Cbamilion
innte. Mohair Lustre, Alapachas of all colors, Gingham.. Cali.
!no , . rte. Just opened Si GEO. BELDON k SON.
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A VOon arvortinent or Winter Vestiop, $Ol4O very nice, Yoe
11 cheap of the store of
O. JACKSON.
A i.4PACA.anl iune quatitity Illae,k Figured • and•ptain t i rigedu
Li B.lk warp, e tuns mobalt Imre *v.. fr . T i lt
fine, c l2l .
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Geese Weathers • entail., - •
15n Pounds of live Geese 'Feathers wanted, for wbleh svp
'l„ t ;, ': WY half cosh in ray store on the eorne l lo i rcintalEV . 7
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AS INTOCATION.
ST SWIM= ULM%
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Lola: grant to powder-labored man
More leisure, end ler pray% -•
More Omen. less priest.-and borne! for lunst
More libraries, and fewer Moo;
More music and Ica care!
And when the tardy Sabbath dawns
Bid townsmen leave behind
The goldfinch, smotber'd on his perch,
Gin-shop and chapel, Jail and church,
And drink the mountain wind.
Or teach the artisan to seek
Some village !louse of Pray'r,
And kneel (an apparition pale.
Amid the rustles red and hale),
And humbly worship there.
Or bid him (in the temple. built
By skill Divine tbr all).
Expound to pallid listeners near.
iVhdo rose•ebeek'd pilgrims stop to hear,
The words of Christ or Paul.
Oh, for the lightning's path, the wing
Of steam or fire to hear
Tied men to Edens yet on earth,
Where mind may have its second birth,
And hope baptize despair!
There, in lone shelter'd dales, amid
Their patriarchal trees,
Beneath the skylark's quivering Wing.
Let parents, sons; and daughters sing
Gteat Mallet's harmonies.
Then to the dome of boundless blue,
O'er-rooting sea and land,
Triumphant hope and iaith will rise;
And with the anthuns of the skies
Mingle their anthem grand. .
And sinners ssved shall weepagaln
For sins repented long. - -
Ana broken heart'd, though forgie'n,
Repeat Li music helloed heav'n, •
Earth's spita.warbled song.
TWO CHARACTERS.
A TALE OF PASSION.
From the Knickerbocker Magazine.
"'Wm. you lend me your light, Kate. for a cnomentl"
said a young man whom we shall call Harry Eaton, gro
ping in the dusk around a door, from which there streptu
ad through the key-hole a faint tantalizing beam.
The wind was sweeping with a hollow dreary sound
through the corridors of thereat drerted building, rattling
every window-pain and moaning through every chink.
• "1 ant sorry to disturb you." continued the young - man
timidly.
As ho spoils the door was thrown Whin open. and Kate
stepped forth into the passage-way, shading her eyes
with one hand, and holding her light aloft r
thoughtyou woad be charitable." he said, confront
ing her with a look of involuntary admiration. "Do
you know that you should stand for a picture iu precise
ly the attitude which you have taken. The light from
that candle sparkles on your forehead like the glory round
the head of a Madonna. and your eyes shine like coats of
fire in the shadow o your hand. You seem just now to
be something between a lady-saint and Lucifer✓',
Indeed, the girl's beauty was so fresh and brilliant that
it startled one, as it ;burst suddenly firm the darkness;
and filled the empty space with a glorious presence of
youth and vigor and maidenhood.
`•The frosh air out of doors," she answered coldly,
"has given yen very high spirits, and made you imperti
nent Here is the light, Sir; I will leave 11 oft'tim chair
foe you." Sho turned contemptuously away. without,
however, closing the dote.
The young man keenly watched her elastic tread.and
the flexible sway in, her slight form as she moved toward
the little table in the room toVesume her work.
kW leaned feebly against the door-post, an 4 seemed to
be struggling for energy to tear himself from tfio! spot. Isua .
break the toils of a deadly fascination which was winding
itself, thread by thread, about him. The girl, who had
seated herself, remained for a few moments idle, her
bare arms stretched gracefully upon the 'shining oaken
board, her head thrown scornfully back, and a vacant look
in her large black eyes. as though utterly unconcions of
the intense gaze which the young man fixed upon her.—
There was a strange contrast between the two. He was
pale and Hatless, and stood humbly at the door; all his
energies Orsonl and body seemed absorbed to feed - that
burning look. She was in the very flash and freshness
of maidenhood. and, reposed before him. like one basking
luandonsty in hes mint.. glad existence. - Eirery pulse
thrilled with vigor: her whole form • was glowing with
strength and buoying life. Her aims were bathed In the
ruddy fire-lite. which heir revealed their exquisite 'swell.
and. marked with faint shadows the sinews knitting
strongly at the wrist. • Her black hair glanced with it put.
pie sheen to the flickering blaze, and the color in her
cheek shone vividly, or turned to a dusky, glow at every
change of the uncertain flame.
&Come in. Harry, and shut the door." she said, abrupt
ly rousing herself. You can fill that great German pipe
of yours over my hearth; f inn very lonely-to-night. and'
want something to 'Make sport of."
Harry crept into, the with. a nobiebas step, nuddrawing
a chair toward the- wood fire, now crumbling fast away
to a bed of glowing embers, began slowly to replenish
the bowl of a huge meerschaum grotesquely caned,
which he supported between his knees. The exhilara
tion produced by the frosty air had paned away, and' left
him &aro-worn and almost dejected.
"Are you angry with me, Kate?" he• naked ab length
in a low voice. •
"Yes, I am," retorted the girl, "I cannot bear to be
flattered; and you talk to me sometime of my own face
and figure as 111 had no more•feeliog or sense than the
little images in your painting-room. was not , made to
be a plaything for gentlemen."
do not pretend to be a gentleman—in • year sense of
the word," said harry. • "I' work dapand' night wearily
enough to earn a living. I say day and night; for when
I have been engraving or designing all day I lie awake
half the night, imaginintsome now combination. and'
building castles, in the air. which must be substantial
enough to be turned to account. It to a business' Which.
withers away body and soul. Even my icia g i tm u ot , b e ;
gins to.havne slickly hue; but there is a battle before me.
in which I must win or die. ' The world gives no guar.'
ter to a man once down, who is' fighting with it: for
life."
"Still you are a gentler:UV'', persitled the•girl. rising
and advancing-toward the fire. ' , Your hind 'is seller
than my own. It is-only fit to carry a pencil or a brush.
1 ant'a girl; yet there is more strength • to my arms than
yours."
She took his hand ugh& spoke and placed it where be
might feel that slender arm would icieareely dimple to
t h e tee dh. but seemed, in its rouble firmness. like, the
>leah•of the statue ire the old story. when. it; was jbellort•
eiking into, life at the uniptor'a Royer. There wu •ri
contemptuous &minority abeint,this action; she did not
snail to look. upon biases math* - :
" ' rower* segniehr•she coohmedtimpationily. tie / ging
his band aside; s'you walk ohout so if 100.111110) afrskidAt
crssbiag st ivory step. -]tea POThroPotth *boo.
your breath. Ifog sown always to hootklouto thing Which
SATURDAY MORNING, APRIL 20, 1850,
you keep to yourself. The •is no life - sbOut you. I do
not undenitand it. and it provokes me."
Harry made no answer. for he had long despaired cobs..
prehended. The twilight deepened in the room. and
shadowy phantom. exulting ever the.dying tire. stole np
The wall and darted in strialthy frolic across the "ceiling.
The clock ticked loudly from its corner, as though it par
ted reluctantly , with the midnigot moments and meant to
lay anempbasis en every one.
“Thryou ever dream in the daytime. Kate!" said
Harry; "I mean when you are wide awake?"
-"Not often: I sin too busy tiring. Sometimes on a
long summer day, when the air Comes through the win
dow on my cheek. I sit and forget my saving for a long
while. thinking cif nettling. but just -feelink happy; "All
manner of pleasant trustee pass through my oaitid thee,
like the sparkling things in -the sunbeam." • h
•But you are forced to gain a subslstance. and toil for
it, like:myself." said Harry. 'lion! Miro yon never made
a picture of yourself in some different situation; les a lady
for instance, who was rich and had servants to wait upon
her,,lived in a fine house and so onP
“Nevort” she answered emphatically; "I would not
be a lady if,l had the choice. They are poor weak, sickly
things. A draught of cold air kills them, liko a geranium.
They are helpless creatures, and must have some one
to, lean upon
. always;,some ono to look afterl their char
acters. Now ,I have neither father nor mother, nor,
friends in the world; yet [would not quit this little room
and give up the fooling that I need thank no ono for help_
or protection—no, not for a fortune"
"I am an orphan and friendless, li ke you, Kate," said
the young, man,,speaking more to himself than to hor
"and lam glad of it. There is a grim pleasure in plod
ding on doggedly, with starvation at your back and fame
a great war'before you in the distance: lam getting a
name, you must know, as an artist. They come to mo
now to design the illustrations for the novols of the day
It is absolute drudgery, however, to extract the charac
ters from some of those hooks,'and harder still to fit a face
and body to them." ;
Bel neighed, but there was an intense gleam of pride
deep in his eye:
"Could I help yon-in any way?" 'said the girl, names
ly and kindly.
"The best help you could givti." ho replied. startled,
by her change of manner, "would be merely to sit still
now and then, and let me draw from your figure. You
are the perfect model of girlhood that could be foubd,
and your complexion is the clear brunette, with which
a printer seldom meets."
Kate'soye flashed, and she seemed disposed to quite]
again with his language.
"I should painkas Esmeralda. the dancing girl, in :Vic.
for Hugo's novel." continued ho. musing. aloud, "and I
should be the atudeid, who loved so madly." 1
"You moan in' Our f.r . •ty onsworea Kate.
quickly; "I have read that It kept me up all night
and came to a 'miserable end at last. But I am not like
Esmeralda. She was-only a pretty fool, and the a/tlant
was almost an idiot. Ile should have joined thei army
and put on uniform. to take her fancy, instead of talking
Greek to her, and making love with a dictionary. hope
that I em not like Esmeralda."
Harry was astonished; for ho had no idea that she ever,
read any thing; and he was always under the impression
that even his ordinary-language was, often unintelligible
to her. Her engrossing bounty. her animal vigor. had ,
been to him all soul in her form; he aid not care to look
for a deeper intelligence. It washer physical excellence
which domineered over his feeble nature ivlth a wild
fascination.
"Yon are the student in the novel," said Kate. thought-
fully.
"But not exactly, for yore move around quietly and
snore lu corners. !eking miserable, like the cat there;
but all the while you have set your mind upon'sometmo in
just as she has, and will pass through fire for it when on
t hink it time to make the spring. I see into ,yon a little
way. But that student had nothing in him, love made
him crazy, to be sure, but he was always weaker than s
child, He seems to me like a man delerious with fever,
who needs to be held down in Mit bed but could not walk
one step alone.,,
"1 will sit to you. Harry, if it will be any assistance..
Ton must not of course make a. portrait,"
"I will try to avoid it." said the bewildered young man.
"It will be difficult. since even now in your absence. all
my designs of the female face turn to your likeness."
"Nonsense. Harry:" exelaimailKate. haughtily; in.
shindy resuming her ineffable air of disgust and indiffer
ence. Then. she began to torment him with a girlish
wantonness of cruelty which is the very instinct of the
sex. She revelled before him in her beauiiful being,
with a mocking,luantions triumph which maddened hint.
"This would.inake a picture. Haitiy." she , said loos
ing the fastening of her hair which poured down at once
in black shining waves over her neck and shoulder' even
to.herfeet., Then assumingisaa instant the frank, half
sisterly manner which was hardest of all to • bear, she
compelled the miserable slave with, throbbing pulse, to
assist her la, restoring-the thick Irene" to their place,
Again she was all smypathy; and thus .she racked his
scut, binding it down to the „torture by her wonderful
beauty. while every word and gesture made more bitter
the despair, already cattkering in his heart. He could
boar it no longer. lio rose from rho chair like one up
lifting a groat weight. and strode hastily towards the door.
lie was arrested by the girls. hand lei& gently on his
shoulder. -
"Will.yomoot bid me good night. ?tarry. arid confess
Oat I em no. like Esmoraidal"
lie bowed la silence. eud shuddering. uudetbee 'Ouch,
passed out.
CUA PTRR U
In the solitude of his owe room. Harry throW himself
upon the bed• with a delicious feeling of corning rest. He
had now about him a world of has own, whose scenery
and inhabitants were all at his command. The feverish
misery. the continual humiliation of his strange passion
faded from his remembrance .as. disposing tho covering
around him so as to defy the froisty night, ho sat still
dressed, htilf upright on his conch, gazing at the lithe
pool of moonlighlonthe floor. '
;Careering about the • huge' building. the fitful ante=
wind roared like a distant lion in ti - deriere or trailed with
ghostly, rmshingeoned. along the passage - -way, and went
forth moaning and wandering far away into rho empty
night. Still. as Harry sat listening rind' dreaming., one
form wieulctreture again 'and again/ waiving dimly
the smoke of the - meerachanin. It would be dispersed
for a little - while by the force of his strong will, and break
away Into the feattires'of ideal Women / - only ttreonse on
him unawares, with a rnproachhil look, and a'presente
more exacting - than before.:
. "She is &glorious Specimen of physical beauty. an
imlaWimectotthe set in alt - iti „attribution" he thought
naltimself, regarding Kate, tu bis reverfe, with compar
ative coolness. "She is a finer nnimaldhan a drier or
IleoMtrd, lkouhrthat„l Might. for an:lnstant 'feel ,
Wood' hOunaf through rorveitni as It 'Must bound through
horst, that I might know' the icsticy of mere existence. In
which alto seems So to delight; A401.4110* look through
hevnyes at the slrx• outcast's; and that' my AQUI might
live, and sleep;,:and Aroma, wrapped up'i iikbeauttfal a
;Ifs pcniketrai long &pon this o
,conceit:.
!if oupposo. o .! be though* on more dro mitt',
4 1thst• Ono
is the lospoitsight by t he allegory of . Cupid cud
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Mir° W D
Psyche. where the winged soul is ample:in an embrics
from the laughing bedy. , ,who ii the veritable child of
euth. .1 have learned to-night that Kate has unusual
intelligence; but the dis covery gives me no pleasure. It
seems to mar the idea of her upon which I dwell most
.fendly. My soul seems yearning like Psyche,l - not for
communion with *Mother soul. ethereal aa hear, but for
intimacy Witlin material thing. in whose Bash and health
ful atmosphere it' ay revive and rest. That is the met•
aphysics of this affair."
!And now. despite of his philosophy. feeling an ap
proaching fit of wretchedness.'and exerting his peculiar
dogged strength of - OA for his timidity' was only phY
steal. he drove away the Object and turned to his art.
But andefined. dilating images began - to fill the moon
lit ehembrik the'wlnd whispered mysteriously and cols.
od altogether; he lapsed into a dream; roused up and
sank attain; then determined to remain awake. and in the
peaceful consciousness of a good resolution. fell first
asleep, ,
It was the sudden, deep oblivion which conies npon
youth when melancholy and overtasked. A wreath of
smoke was curling upward from the great Meerschaum
at the moment. As the stein iropped from ; his mtirtg
lips, and the grasp of hie, hand relaxed, the capacious
bowl turned over in the bed and the sillier-lid flew open,
sliding over its heated brim came a shower ofgrey ashes,
follciwed by a sodden,"glowing coal Which began to sink
into the sleeper's couch,' gnawing through orie covering
after another, and sending up a thill vapor as it burned its
•
way.
Hari stirred uneasily from time to time, and the cov
erings, Which had been wrapped around him; slipped - by
degrees away, and lay presently, a smouldering heap up.
on the floor. There was no outlet for the increasing
smoko,•and the air soon began to grow thick and stifling
until the moonbeams streamed through a ghastly haze,
which became each' moment more palpable. Still he
slept on; bet his sleep was like that of a man stntggling
with some hideous nightmare. As time passed. life
breathing began to labor painfully, add his features were
aharpenei with a look of helplessness and great misery.
It was curious to watch the slow progress of tho fire,
which without breaking into flame. was beginning to ex
tend its,glinicaoring rings, as if it were searching for a
wider footheld.' The deadly vapor rising from it. gently
approached the steopar, - hovering over him' with stupify.
lug wings like a vampyro, and draining imperceptibly
the empties of life, sothat al last in his weakness and the
confusion Of awaking. ono suffocating pang might per.
hops disable him altogether. It is strange that a man
should permit himself to bo strangled'by inches in his
sleep; but it is certain that men sonattimesgo permit it.
There was a stir in the silent - house. and a hurrying
footfall. In the twinkling 'of an eye the dear "f worn
Was &whew, araa' wrtnout; the 'night wind rushed
in, eddying amid the gloom; and Kate stood at the three.
hold. with dishevelled hair and a look of unspeakable
horror in her face. It was hut an instant ere she sprang
fearlessly into the dusky chamber calling Harry by name
in atone so clear and piercing. that the whole building
rang and re-echned. Ile murmured something inarticu
lately. but the sound served to guide her in the haze. and
she . was by his midi at a single bound. ,He was lying
completely 'dressed as he, had fallen asleep. She first
touchaddlis hand; it was cold and . clammy. She drew
hack'shuddering. then calling to her help the great • vigor
concealed in her alight form and rounded limbs. She
threw law sines about him and draggoi 11400. woo witlts.•
unceremoniously from the bed. Ile had the ill grace to
groan, as if uneasy at the fall;but the resolute girl gave
him no time to remonstrate. Exerting all her strength.
she drew him, now feebly struggling, forth into- the pas.
saga-way, and without pausing, in her activity, threw
open the window, and dashed water in his face., which
was distorted Ity'that_ poisonous, sleep. With pain and
bewilderment his senses mutually collected. but his
throat wee parched by an intoleiable thirst. and he was
benuinbed cud giddy. Kate strained him era her bosom
in one impetuous enthrace; and hurried to extinguish the
Ore. She returned. flushed and anxious. She crouch
ed down beside Harry..whe hadgained wetting posture.
but was still very weak, and drew hie head upon her
shoulder, with her war a yoan arms around hie neck,
"What has happened, Kato?" Ise whispered huskily;
"I feel as if I•had passed through a long Illness."
"Do not speak to me, Harry. just. yet!"'
Ho felt her bosom heave, with a passionate sob. and a
teat-drop foil upon his forehead, The blood shot ting
ling through his frame.
"Oh, Harry:" she answered, "in a little while you
Would have been strangled in the smoke. if I had not
been awake. the room itself wanid soon have taken fire,
and. by that time you would have lost all strength. to.help
yourself. It is all the fault of that wretched German
pipe_of yearn: Whet _a pain in the heart you have caused
me;" and she sobbed like a child.
At these words a wild panorama swept beforo Harry , .
mind:
"Was I in actual danger of death?" he asked, with a.
strange tone and manner.
"I think pumas! soon have perished in that smoke;
the room is reeking with it," she answered, drawing him
more closely to her. All the bright color had left her
cheek; she was.pale and haggard feoW- • •
"Their why did yon wake me ?•", said the Young man,
bitterly. It would have been such an easy way, out of a
miserable world." • • '
"Do yon mean that you really wish to diet" she re
plied. in a low: honor-stricken voice; "to leave the fresh
air, the blue ski, the sunshine; to be stretched out stilt
and cold; to be closed up in the earth. and moulder
away among the darkness •forever? What a horrible
thought:. is there nothing which you care fur in the
World?" •
“Nothiogp said the yoang man. gently lofting him
self from her embrace., • -
~ N ot even fur mei"
"For you—yout" he exclaimed. "It is to escape from
you and be et Fist anywhere; it is to rid myself of your
presence, end, blot out your very recollection, that I would
go even into the grave, though a feverish dreant.of you
would. I believe, haunt me there, and gluon , that narrow
bed with ashes!!'
Tho girl bowed hor hoed upon bar hands. but seemed
not to listen, to this froink outburst aromatic* sod bitter
ness, ,
"You. hove Caused me emelt a pain at, the heart." she
ropoated; "it has hot pasaed away since it fell upontne„
like ice, when I looked lute that room. and thought you
might he suffocating there. Even now I am faint with
it. If any ill bad befallen you. what would have become
. .
of me?,"
She fell iota deep thought; ho wondered silently.. The
increasing oppresaion'of the stiller" falling more swiftly%
than snowflake:a., weighing- hottrily, upon them both.
ehuitioroutthe world; and closing them in alone with
each other. The moon was . shining , placidly on their
motionless forms , pouring a silver •tlood, over .the girl's
longehair. and giving an unearthly look of apaibY to Har
ry% pale.'sterw face. '
"Do not heed the reckless words of a desperate man,"
he whisPered;Teelini,hisSenses' slowly reviving to the
charm of ICaiOn near neighborhood. "That speech of
mine was'ailly enough it iid was 1114itued when
you, had jpst been doing mice great isenile... - 1101tyets.
have hunted me fairly down. Thu:brought me for .ea
Instant to bay. like • stag; yet I feel myself the same
coward stliesat as nilee• H • '
Ktite's -dim& lieges to that. netiV the crimson'. glow
altekihe t i nged lies' boti9Wk
. . ,
"Do not draw away.from me, Harry." she tlusweird
softly. burying her face more deeply in her hands; "come
closer to my side; closer than before. I believe that you
love me better than life, but no boner than I love you."
The wordsiwore distinct; the breath which uttered them
Was warm upon his cheek. "But for to;uight I should
never have knoWn this," she went on, in broken son-
Mimes, gasping fa i r breath'. "How shamefully have
treated you . It is right that I should humble myself to
tell you Ibis. , Yon may cast me off in scorn now, but not
in anger. How could I know that, when the thought of
you would come into my mind all day; tormenting and
vexing me from Morning until night; and when 1 was
trying to understand your quiet ways, and always angry
because I could not do so; when all Ibis was going on,
how could I kOowtbat it was love?"
Her cheeks burned, and her yes swam in a liquid light,
as she looked up into his face imploringly, half offering
hor limas if to tiny with them a pardon.
=III@
Harry's life seemed in that hour to begin afresh. Thu
pale moon which waned from the sky during their vigil,
before the golden dawn of Indian summer, was a type of
the sickly light:that wee at the!same time leaving the ar
tist's soul forever. The influence of Kate, with her buoy-.
ant spiritaund practical energies,* came over his jaded
mind as vigorous and healthful as the breath of morning
after a feverish dream. His genius began to tread green
er paths in search of the idea), hand in hand with a crea
ture so thoroughly beautiful and thoroughly real. He
faced the world now doggedly as over, but with a happier
audacity, while Kate grew gentler and more shrinking
every day. and 80=0 to have changed characters—
putting on in some respects his former self. Tho impet
uous maiden was true to her sex, and only avowed her
passionate attachment by laboring, frankly enough, but
after a womanly fashion for his good.
Ono day they wore together in the painting-room;
Kate was loaning on Harry's shoulder. ber bright, clear
eyes fixed earnestly upon a picture at which he had
beau a long while occupied. It represented aunn-like
figure, whose folded hands and upturned look seemed
to indicate that she was engaged in religions contompla.
tion, or in some act of penitence orprayor. Kate turned
her eyes away, and began to Play with Harry's hair;
sending thrill after thrill along his nerves at every touch
of her light hand, in its (usual familiarity. At last she
said, hesitating, and glancing at the picture, "Why
have you made her so pale. Harry?"
"Because," ho answered, "I do not mean 4, repre
sent her, exactly, as belonging to the earth. She is a
kind of allegory of the Spirit of Devotion."
"Dut," said Kato, smiting. *Wm ISUISInB 16 be in a de
n-line. Thom is no merit in piety when earthly things
are about to be taken by force away from us. her
cheeks do not look warm and full, liko real flesh and
blood."
•*Why you mart know." replied Harry, "1 did not in
tend to clothe he or tether to clothe the idea, in real
flesh and blood; that would make the subject too matorial.
I wished to etherialize her face and form, and to approch,
as tares possible, to what we call the ideal."
"Well but after all. call it what you like, it is, a wo
man; and quite a pretty woman, too."
"She Is not altogether a woman, Kato. rotoinod the
artist. much perplexed; "I tell you she' is an• embodi
ment of the Spirit of Piety."
A. persisted. "musr you not put it in a reslbody? The
picture, dearest, seems to me like yourself; airiest too
dreamy, too unearthly." She placed her arm about his
neck, as if to soothe him and couflue his attention.—
.. Fur my Part." she continued, '•1 would rather look up
on 's
more, downright woman. honestly preying with all
her heart. than puzzle myself over any Allegory of Devo
tion that can be contrived. I think that these allegories
are only painted riddles. When you have put tho'clasped
hands, the eyes turned upward, the nun's dram, and all.
together in your mind. yon guess That it means Devotion.
and once guessed. there is an end of the picture; for it is
not a women. and it. certainly is not a spirit. You ought
to paint more than you see, dear Harry,. and less than
you think. Is this very foolish talk of mine?" '
Kate's position would of Itself have quelled Harry's
pride of art; bat he had studied moreover in a rough
school. and his artistic feelings were not easily hurt. Ho
had' good sense. too. and was assured that, right or
wrong, she was absolutely in his• interest. So he pon
dered calmly on her words.
"Yon see. Harry," oho resumed, timidly. "people do
not care to look at ideal woman, es you call them, who
are only half flesh and blood. and tha rest spirit. I know
that such pictures do not generally please. because they
do not give sae pleasure, and Lam. one of the people. IW-
I Hove that we all prefer to.meet. In such a painting. with
the face of a reel woman. aed•to be sure from the ex
pression that she in very innocent and very much in earn
est in her prayer. We can enter into the picture and
feel solemn before it, because she belongs to the same
world, and has the same wants and troubles as ourselves."
"You mean. I suppose. that the art of painting cannot
roach, or has nothing to do with, a general abstract idea,"
said Harry, thoughfirily.
"I do not quite understand those words,"she answered,
"but 1 will show you what I mean. - I am going to rep
relent the Spirit of Love; endyou are not worth loving
ifyou do not think mo prettier than an allegory."
Laughing merrily at the thought, she proceeded to
place a cushion near the centre of the room; thou, turn
ing toward him. she knelt down. and letting her hands
fall into her lap,-gazed steadfastly into his face. Tho
noonday sun poured through the window over head in a
shower of golden motes around her, It gleamed warmly
down her shoulders, and flashed froln her black hair like
n.ditunond, crown. Her form was indistinct amid the
shining haze. 1 cannot describe her look, half mirthful
and half earnest; for the refining influence of love bad
given her features an expression_ of nobility, and had
wonderfully softened her dazzling beauty. - As she, sat,
blushing in her conscious loveliness. Harry leaned tow
ard her, ep if drawn by en irresistible influence; she wa
ved him back with something, of her old imperious
'manner:•
"Go on with your painting," she said. "You cannot
afford to be lido. Pot mg face instead of the ilea's."
Harry began toirnake a sketch of her. There were
many intorruptiona, and tho subject was in intervals of
leisure often resumed, until at last the form camo out
visibly on canvass. ~It was a very human face; for ho
•could not fail to catch some traits of tho bold and vivid
beauty before his eyes: and the second uuu stood foe,.
'glowing !malt the faacioation Which haunts . the old pie
;tures of the Magdalon. It was a creature so dory in
spirit. and overflowing with !maidenhood; yetso saintly.
But when, at Kate's suggestion, ho finally removed the
unnatural tiappings of the convent and left her, moroly
a young girl. thoughtful and loving. looking up toward
fliti sky, that ambiguous cltarntof tae Magdalen 'disap
peared. Then it was ari absolute woman, the holy pies
'once of whose purity made tho beholder, by sympathy
'more pito:
' I suspect that Kate was partly right in her Contempt
for the allegorical; but, at, all events day after day she 1
alma tinmslikher lover more ate live on:tho earth as
ist s . Bud' lasi apt . to wands, taut dreant—landi herself
meanwhile: like a. true woman: :reflecting his refine'
'mut. Thus itte.ettme to, his help : is , ,giosious- ally In
the battle of wee always a woman to Woo:Tows and a
frietid.in bin trlutunhs.: - /out When in after daps be.
5150 A 7rXIA/1, in *air/ince.
t
gained the vantage-ground of the world, sad she be
come his wife. I can imagine that her companionshipi
might illuminate even the valley of the shnlow of met
ritriony. at whose portals the novelist pauses and turns
away with a sigh.
THE MYSTERIOUS STRANGER:
; -
~ S till seems it stronge, that thou should live foreviti
_ln the year 1783. a stranger made hie appearance in
Philadelphia. whose singular manners and soinewhat•
mingled style of dress, attracted general attention. lie"kept no companyomociated with no one. none know :
his lodging place—he was caper seen in eat or drink;
strange mystery surrounded hias, which none could pen
etrate or olve. lie was evident/yin:possession of groat
wealth; t i is was ascertained Ina manner equally asMys- -
Impious as were his actions end Manner, the nature Or
which we will not detail here.
A sale of old paiutings inSecoud street. In one of theta
old fashioned houses, whose age is iudentilled with that"
of our city, attracted an tinuttual crowd, and among the
number was seen the mysterious stranger. No common ,
motive or idle curiosity. seemed ta have drawn bins,
there for as the various pictures were pot up, 'he eyed'
thorn with I most critical care, and it was observed at that
time, equally, attentive. Among the paintings was one
Of the original portraits of Oliver Cromwell, et the eight
of whidh the stranger laughed outright; bet it was so
wild, unnatural, and sepulchral that a shudder as at the
presence of tunneling awful thrilled the crowd.
Picture after picture was sold, without exciting any pe
culiar notice, beyond the expressions ;of approbation
which some beautiful specimens of art elicited, until one
was announced as being rho likeness of Pontius Pilate!
The stranger's eyes glared, his countenance changed
!nun a pale cadaverous huo to the complexion of. as ex
pressed by a gendornau present, "a painted &rill" So
intent was his gaze upon the picture, that he scarcely
noticed the curiosity his own conduct excited, and the
words, "It is fee! it is he!" escaped hint rather as a men
tal thought than as an exclamation. He uttered no
other words, his lips moved as from convulsive emotion.
and when the auctioneer demanded "who was the pur
chaser?" the sudden announcement "I am?" from the
stranger startled rho whole company, and when he seized,
the paiutiog and rushed from the room. it seemed es if
the atmosphere has been reileved from some noxious va
por, for all who were present felt as if something oppres
sive had been taken front their breasts. and they breath
ed more freely and as the auctioneer observed,. ' 4 'hirl
ty so." '
I heard this vivid and fearful legend in my youth and
it left nn impression on tny mind, time could not obliter
ate, and even after circumstances had not added to the
interests and wonderment of the subject.
In 182!"?. I was traveling in the south of France. It was
evening when 1 arrived at a wretched hovel near the vil
lage ofL-..
_A storm was approaching; dark and
portentous clouds were careering through the sky, and
the deep thunder was rolling and rumbling in tbo distance.
Vivid flashes of lightning shot accosts the intensity of the
darkness. like a forked massenger of the lower regions.
Noticing a sort of is shed, I immediately rode up to
knocked ot the 'door, which being almost Immediately
opened, I enttredwhat appeared to bee somewhat corn
reliable room. But what attracted my attention the moat
was use appeacet..-v v. _
fearful, and strange his looks. His dress and.
style Were different from anything I bad ever seen before,
Ito spoke not. but pointed to a stool. I seated myself
without as yet exchanging a word; Indeed I could not
bring my tongue in connection with the words I wished
to speak. It seemed palised but not with fear; a sort of
indescribable fullness about my throat that left no roost
for the faculties to operate. 1 was literally lockjawed.—
This (ceiling passed away. andia few words from the
stranger lessened the pain of oppression I had auffeied.
Cutting my eyes around the room. they rested upon a
painting of a peculiar and very antigled appearance. I
examinedit somewhat minutely. too much so, perhaps,
for the rules of ettiquette,,but I could not resist the temp- '
taboo. Oa the corner I noticed in pencil mark: Lot No. j .
,22, J. J. P.. Philadelphia. "Pontius Pilate."
..This painting." I obsetvcdp "appears to have been
in Philadelphia."
....It was; and what is there remarkable in that?" was
hie reply.
"Nothing. sir."
"I purchased it thero mysOlf. at public auction."
"You purchased it,"
. Heavens! what a thought iliOthed across my brain.—
This, perhaps, was the same individual, the same drlW;O.
:age, and agpearance..as described by those who saw the
"Mysterious Stranger in 1783." While these- thought s
were vividly calling np the various tales connected with
the strangor's-hietory. his eyes were fixed on me. • uch:
eyes never glared on a human creature!
"Stranger things than these, young man. have occur
red." hybserved. "without exciting especial wonder.—
'Plus more existence of a painting, and in my possession.
has nothing mysterious about it, as Your looksliouldim
'PlY." •
"1 must confess, sir," 1 remarked, "there does seem
•something curious in this picture. apart from the subject
of it, as it was sold at auction in the city of Philadelphia
sortie years ago, and connected with which—"
"There was a wild and romantic story. Ent there ; is
a mystery attached' to it, which if explained.wouldL strtr
tle you far mom than could all ther imaginary hotrittones.
horrified into seeming reality .by the' pen of a•
The painter of that picture was a Flemish artist, and this
work was produciabY him when only twenty years of
`ego; his name t will not mention—he died in a mad
house! ' Ile painted it in the aisle of the cathedral at
R--s in the year 1300: from an original painting'
which 1 brought from the Holy Land!"
'started at the individual as he stood before me. in
awe. but not in reverence. for there was mockery on his
lips. and a hellish expression in his countenance.: that
awakened fears for my persons! safety, any attempt with
power I was master of. and I faithfully capable of
doing to. even against-aids. With title retiolve; '1 -ob
served:ll
"You mast have erred, air, Whom you said this picture
was painted in 1306; frouran original you, brentht
the Holy Land!" •
"Young man, you aro critical. Yet I have not erred.
Time . ond apace are not linked.to me; nor to my fete, nor .
L to-them. I licefOr one coming event! Until that, Oc
curs. the common events of life. aro to me 'as passing
clouds. Mutter and motion are thci secondary 'meets
which In me. produce effects. hook at roe, young man.
nay, start not." I shuddered as I gazed. "And I will
tell you more, are more than mortal oars ever heard be
fore: Listonin . at4 ho ['faced hisanouth. close to my 'tare
and whispered.
"Gracious heavens." I exclaimed.
"Silence—listen again." Again ho whispered—l girt"
ed back—there stood before me the Man of /gest
"Ave." he wont on, "I have seen whole cities cons
sumea; MON woman. end cbildron butchered 7 -41—‘-ellt
but mysolfewept away from the earth. •Plations, am,
pires. kingdoms, rose and fell; towers, palaces, and sculp—
tured marble. have all crumbled to amt.; and left me a
living monument oftheir histories+, Ya k they are miliaria
horc—hero in characters of blood!"
"And you are—"
MIEN
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NUMBER 49.
BY JAMES REES
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