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GALEN B. KEENE. •
rsshionside T i lor, betweeli the Reed House and'llrown'e . Hotel,
up stair+. CUTTING done on short notice. - Utl
OLIVER SPAFFORD.
Bookerner and IStationer, and Manitfacturer of Blank Booka and
Writing Ink. corner of the Diamond and Sifli/ street.
J. IN7bOUGL L ASS. • •
.471'0101ti AND C0011E1,146 A 7 LAW—Ur/CO= State Street, Once
40oti northof Drown's Hotel. Erie. Pa.
COMPTON & MAVERSTICK,
Warn in Dry Goode, Hardware. Crockery, Groceries. and For
rig" and Domestic Liquorr..Dbnilters, and Mantafueuners of
Paleratur. No. P. Reed HOuse, and coruer of French and Fenn
infects. Erie, Pa. I
W. H. CUTLER.
Attorney &Cotznseller at Law. (Office No. 2; Erie eo i er
of & Lloyd streets, ButTato, N. Y. -
_Collating and commercial business will receive prop l attetn.
Rossi NC EB.—A. P. Masts, Esq., tbstusetus GILA NT. Esq.
' J. IL NICKLIN. •
Fl•ccul. And gencrallAgeney and Canuulssion business, Frank
lin. l'A.
ILUFUS REED.
Diana in English, German and American llardwareand Cutlery.
Also, Nails, Anvil., Vices, iron and Steel No. 3 Revd douse;
Erie. Pa.
W. J. F. LIDDLE & Co.
&oa r lynx, Carriage and Wagon Builders, State Street. be
- trees sevc.oth & Eighth, Eric.
L. fitlitNG. M. D.
wr. one I• r wen of C t AC:. ,up
DOCT.'J. L. 'STEWART.
Orrice nhh Poet. A. BEEIII4 Eleventh penr . Bassafras Street. Eat
swore, on Srmsafrns, one door north ore-event,' at.
C. SltbEL.
WWI! coins. and Retail dealer In Grooerlet.., Prorirlons,
biquors,, Fact. &e., &c Corner of French and Fifth Streets,
opposite the Farmers' Ilotel, Una.
JOHN BIcCANN.
WiroreAte and Retail Dealer in Faintly Groceries. - Crockery:
Glamierare. Iran. Nail,. &c., KO. V, Ficining 'Bloch. brie, Pa,
far The highest price paid for Country Produce..CE
• .1. GOALigING.
Mcarnarr TAILOR. and Nablt lltak6r.—Store:No. 6 Reed's Block,
(opposiite ills Donnell Bleck) State Street. Erie.
J. W. WETMORE,
ATTORNEY AT LA UP, •
In Walker's Offlee, on Seventh Sir.. Erie. Tri
HENRY CADWELL,
Inroerrest,Jobber, and Retail Dealer in Dry (loath , . Grocerie.4,,
Crockery, Glassware, Carpeting, Hardware, Iron, Steel, Nang,
Ppikm, &c. Empire Stores Slate Street, four doom, below
Brown's Hotel, Erie, Pa.
Attu—Anv %leaf, Bellow r, Ante Arms, Springer, and a general
wtsortnient of Saddle and Carriage Trimmings,
S. MERVIN small. 4
Mammy AT Lew and Justice of the Peace. and Agent for
the Key Stone Mutual Life Insurpoce Company—Office 3 doors
I%Cfl of Wrights store, Erie, Pa.
%V. H. KNOWLTON & SON.
DlAterts in Watches. Clocks, Looking Glasses, Piano Fortes
Lamps, Britannia Ware,Jcweiry, and a variety °fouler Fancy
Articles, KeYstone Buildings, four doors below BTOWIeIt Hotel,
!gals Street, Eric. Pa.
WEORG
Arttramty AT LAw,Pirord,
other twiner. Attended to
ATTOW , LY AT LAIT--Offie,C 0%
.rap eptioeite the
Cot teet urF andotberproftlFsion
new and itimpateh.
BROWN'S HOTEL, •
rAINERLY TIIK EAGLE, corner of Elude street and the Public square
'Erie, E. - totem Weidern and Southern stage oxen
. A. CRAI .
itirnmeso.s and Reindealer in Groceries, Pinvieicme, Wines,
I.lquore.Cigar,, Nai Detroit. Ale, Buibtuit, Croakers, ace. &es
Cerapeltie, Erie. Pa. •
T. W. MOORE,
ataß iu Groceries. Provisions, Wines. Liquors. Candles, Fruit,
Ste., No 0, Poor People's Row, State street, Erie.
JOSIAH KELLOGG.
Forwarding & Conu ntalicrn Mereltanhe l'uld in Dock, east of
Hum street. • •
Coal, Salt, Plaster and White Fish, constantly for sale.
J. 11. WILLIAMS.
Banker and Etchnnge Broker. Deafer in Bills of Exchange,
Drafts, ocril floales or Deposite. Gold and siiver coin, acc., age.
thrice, 4 doors beiow Brawn's Hotel. Erie. Pa.
• BENJAMIN F. I)ENNISON, ,
ATToasty tor LAW. Cleveland, Ohio—Office on 'Superior street,
in Atwater's Shtick. Refer to Chief Justice Parker, Cambridge.
Law School; lion. Richanl Pletcher,
10St ate at...Roston; lion.
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Samuel 11. orkins.llll Walnut at.,l'hlladelphiat Richard 11.
Kimball, 4 ~33 iVaitsUeet, New York. For testimonials. re
fer tothiso ce.
MARSHALL tic VINCENT.
Armatures see trw—Offiee up stairs in Tammany Hall building,
north of tne Prothonoutry's office, Erie.
MURRAY WILALLON,
ATTOIt•CT A , CtICOOKSELLOR k? I.sar....Onlee over C. 11. liVright's
Stare, entrsuee one dooen'est of State street. on the Diatnori.
Erie. I,
Art_
I. ROSEN2WEIG & Co.
WIIOLCAIALE. Ora RETAIL DEALERS lu Foreign and Domestic Dry
coods, rea y mace Ciothing,Duoth and Shoes ! atc., No. I, rim
ing Block. plate street, Eric.
C. M. TIBBALS,
ry Goods,Dty Groceries, A:Fakery, Hard Mire, Sze..
eapolde. Erle.
Contil a in I
No. 111. el,
JOHN ZIbIME LY.
INA tax inGpx l erica and Provisions of all kinds, State street. three
doors north of the Diamond, Erie.
' SMITH JACKSON,
DIAL 111. in Itity Gcods. Grosetien,fiardwain. Queens Mae, Lime,
Iron, Nniii,&e., 121, Chcapside, Erie, Pa.
WILLIAM RIBLET.
Chimer Ma ten Upholster, and Undertaker, cornet of State and
Seventh et •eeta Ede, • -
I 10ELSO & LOOMIS, .
G AAAAA t, Forwarding,Produce and Conirnison Merchants: dealers
in coarse and fine salt, Coalalsater, I:Mingles, 4c. Public dock,
West side or the bridge, Erie. ,
EDwiNJ. Km*. ' W. W. 1.90n5.
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j WALKER & COOK;
illsnscrt, Forwarding, Commission and Produce liferchants;See
Wsto•bouise east of the Public Bridge, Erie.
G. I.OOIVIS & Co. •
neve/14U i iPretettee. Jewelry, Siticr.Gennan Silver, Plated nod
Skitannit)gare (Nasty. !Gilum and Earley Goods, Slate street,
emetely op teethe Eagle nowt. Erie.
0. Looms. Avows,
CARTER & BROTHER,
OVuottastu and Retail dealers In Myr, Red Leine*. P4111%0014
.DYe•stutrs, Glass. tr.e.. No. CI, Reed House. E r ie. '
.. JOEL JOHNt3ON.
1) In Theologica!, idirtellancoua, Sunday and Masten).
School Books, Stationary, Act. Lilt Rt"vr Erie ,
JAMES LYTLE, • • .
FAIRIONAILII Merchant Tallor, L oi the public squnre. a lbfr doors
'overt of Elate atieet, Erie,
D. S. CLARK.
WnoLew., Alm iiirAn. Dealer In Gtoterle!i, Provisions, Ship
Chandlery. Stone-ware, Ar.e. 3. Donnell Mock, Erie.
• 0. D. SPAFFOR
Dealer In Law, Medical. school Miseellanecros Books stationary.
Ink, &e. Bum at., four doors below (he Public square.
DR. O. L ELLIOTT.
Resident Dentist' °Mee and dwelling in the Reebelllock. on the
East side of the Public Square. Erie. Teeth inserted on Gold
Piste, from ono to an coils° sett. Carious teeth tilled with pure
Cold, and restored to health 'and usefulness. Teeth cleaned
with Instruments and Dentllke sO as to kave them of pellucid
elesmors. AU work warranted. -
8. DICKERSON. ,
funucuit AND Stitaco*—CHTlce at ble residence on SevPPth rtreey
optoille theAledsoir Mira. Me.' • - • - • '
- • C.. 8. WRIGHT. - •
WYDOLta►LtAWD R mut dealer In Dry Goods.anxeries, Hardware
Crockerh Dhiss-intkei Iron Neill Leather. Oils, le., center of
State st and the public squere, opposite the Engle Hotel 'Elle.
JOHN H. BURTON. • '•
Wrtomata ADD Renzi. dealer in' IDedieloes, Dye Stun,
Groce ll o l , Re. No. 6, Reed House, Erte, ' ‘"
RO .ERT 11, HUNTER, • 1 ,
Diatta I Itais, Caps and Furiat an deseriptioni. No. 10, Pint
&ma ie. fa • . „" '
TIUTTFt WANTED:—OOO hiking; jgood Dairy' nUitei
JJ in e huge for Cash or Goods. • 3. U. VULLSELTONi.
LARuO lot of Booneur,kild received per Ewers
lune J. 11 FULLERTON.
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E=29
PART I
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"When heaven's Unerring pencil , ' wrllei , on every plegrities
breast. • • ' '
A. support tailrace chargeful ellorce,..bol title le got your nen!'
Why build 'ye tOtvert, ye fleeting ones? Why botienrof fragrance ,
lettf.• ' • , . , .
As if the self deluded soul might find Its white here'!" .
One cannot always write merily—ene cannot always
sod only the sunlightsitraaming down from heaVen—One.
remembers occasionally that tho cold Mist of the grave
floats over ns; that pain and death are in die world, and
sin. which leads to ran and death: -
And when we think of Mr thi -"‘"
.of (sae . ngtrwe• go on our
journoy for awile with • a Reddened ,heart, a chastened
joy. We look up more frequently to our Father fn
Heaven, and ask less of him for ourselies, and more for
others. •
And yet it isrnot often that these seasons come. We
shun them constantly, and -only yield• to their intim:moo
when the pressure of soma sorrow upon our own hearts
awaken our Pympathies for others; thou'we grow quiet
for awhile. listening to the- cold beatings of tho world's
pulse, till we sicken and turn instinctively towards- the ,
living fountains. Aud 'finding there, and, only, theM.
peace of heart and test of mind, how is it that so soon.
we stray spin Into Forbidden Paths?• •
Once - lwhon •we were little r sett •iike good Sheidterda,
our parintskaep - uS in the right path by incessant watchi•
fulness. wo would pause close to the boundaries:and look
out longingly-upon the - bdautiful World around us; and
clasp our hands, MI 'listen toirin - lly` to ilie - titinitis of
sweet music, end the wftisperings of Iteppiuess. which
the soft breeze bore to us; sighing heavily. while wild
and passionate longings were beru\witbin Mu' Slants, for
the time wren we ShOuld,throw eagle restraint, and jain
the• gay and dazzling throngs before. us. • Alt: then if,
some kind angel had but lifted the rosy garlands front the
careless brows, and disclosed the - pleraing thorns be
neath, wo had.Terhapti blessed God that we weie not
' suffered to partake and die: - • -
I remember one fair girl, who was ever whim us, and
just as eager to break through the' 'protecting hedge=-
who, with hersmall hands, would throw back -her silken
tresses with feverish impatience, whenever”some sum
mer child of earth stood beekeuing, from without, and
charmed her senses with tales of delights. of which we'
could not partake. ,
"Ah, wait! ah, AO" elm wont?) cry, with eager,
tearful eyes, "I shall taste sometime—l know I shall!"
There was something strange about Ellen. Even we,
as children, fob it. Something which made her a pet
—an idol among us. No ono had so .meny friends as
she; and yet she' was not pethictilarlii:iimiable. ' Tier
sweet eyes would sparkle with the light of passion of.‘
tener than the day; and' Ellen's curling lip *u s bi
word among her mates. Beauty - M*4i excites a 6a
nig of love among sclitiol-girls. Ellen was not ktirtiett
arty beautiful. Half a dozen boasted falter complexibu„
rosier cheeks, more waiving hair. Ellen was little, and
pale, and shy among strangers--shy always, - unleas her
mind was working powerfully: as it did even then, the'
we know nut what made her eiet.' Singularly 'at
'times, with oyes that dilated widely' with intimse
bright
ness, find crimson lip 4 parted With' nervous tension from
her smell, white teeth; veins which grew blue and prom
inent in her snowy tompels. and a tongue which was
liko an angel's to us, so rapidly and strangely it moved in
its inspiration! '
Often would site fling herself at her mother's fiat,' and
give vent to the strong current of her Thoughts;- while
that Mother, with a calm brow. but a sorely troubled
heart, grime to repress, or to tarn iuto another channel,
those wild, vain Aspirings!
"Hush? do not spoak so passionstaly, dear child! Be
lieve me, you cannot bo happy ea-far from the path
where all the good of this world have walked. You will
find your"boautifnl way" grow dark and ,thorny."
"Mother. Haien! There! 1 havo put both hands up
on my heart-1 cannot hold its. beatings! Don't you
hear them? Ah! how can 'shut it ha" '
"Do you believe in God?"
sarz.
"You know I do. mother?" .
"Then look; is ho in tho bright flowery way?"
"Mother!"
"Do you see his presence? Does the light seem to
coma from Him?" - '
•
"Mother?"
•;Where. is it? AbOve, or on the ground? le the
sky bright? Look!"
cannot see the sky! I can only see the ground."
Then the niother would siglt mournfully ever the frail
one et her foot; end she so restless already, destined to
see God only through tears'anirdelm repaistance, would
cover her face with her emakelenderfingens;and crouch,
closer to that earth, whither her thonghte MI tended:
Why did that anxious.• faithful Mother diet "But the
seed she had sown perishod • i with hors , •
1 - .. PART 11. . • - • -
. “LiCo Is had; . -,
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And,then we sigh. a d so', can Ml' Ix all?" _
- may.
) entail Volt must come with .vi reader. Into a eail notial
circle. 'gatherpl in the *dor of a chi residence. • A
cheerfulp room, with Waling fire ) its the old fashioned
grate, throwing a melte . flickering; light over the room.
Did you over notice what is; fantastic mood.,n rem,
fire lighted: induces? At first you em tempted In spring
up, and dance around liko a spirit gpoo the, 'soft carpet,
gleesome as a child; pleased with ,the indistinctness
which produces a sort of independence of feeling. a
recklessness of , opinion. , Then perhaps some one sits
down to the thane, and plays otte,of;'Hsethovon's
toned waltzes; or some merry girl leans against the man
tel, and hums- a 'fragment of a plaintive song.' `You
grow silent. "subdued; two or three converse - is low=
voiced murmurs;' the residispoie themsehres id:bring*
log attitudes, and give up to pleasant; it may be, sad
revery. Then a light istroughV int you wake up', be
cause sortie careless spirit is. ditienthralled from the. in.-
finance which only oppressed instead of delighted.—
You join _ with an - efrort in the livelier - conversation
which ens ues-the cheerfirl 'music, ,V mischief-
Th,us hod Ellin done—Our witilaim friend:' Now`she'
b :;;:til under a brilliant fight, and conversed- with Mii;-
mo ti on , ;he gray shadows on here Yes
away, as site b o nnie more e ngrossed With :vrhiat shri fives
saying.
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She was a child no !engem time had comieyed her,
safely out . of girlhood; out of
- her teens most probably;
little trace remained to prove.; her idiatical• with the
being described In the first ;part of: oar history.-- Her
dress, siniple 'Whoa "itftetturew fitted, tightly to her,
round, slender form; ,At broad ribsud ofbleak 'velvet ett s - . ,
circled her white, peculiarly. :beautiftil ,threjii:,h,cr: hair,
rich ,sad abundant. WM gatkloil 'plat* theProsiail-,
lug mode; her cider, was hrilliant, 'her,
,eyes s vidisuit Ia
fact., she looked More heettilfid`ffinn: Interesting. just
pow; her physicist nystem had :viiontid to ktpliklienCO
with her mind, , - -
A gentleman; lighter and more trifling in deportment
than berself,y finyttilopyet %rith an
.eye at once thci't=
ful and penetrating when repiee; siqueekbed with the
farnthiiirty of rut old friend..
' isElte'n. *hat ri4vild--1 'give ` for reouvitiedittlitlble
st a dia ,
tv'thelastiito to need them: 14:
'Mei; lam meillah4:- - didimitte4 kridailbittit 1
' Yea—toss again' ;
" Whi ' bait 'Oh*" stifled: into hi 4ies;
but -her g wh met tv!tli:otict o;llltigtiing rejoinder.
Which baffled, tet
,eqarchjajr ecretinyi and htelneptt re.*
Mork was made in hiiusual light tiploc•
• They lowered' pp ,end'dewn'thci,reom:wcor r three
times; at 'Tait • Teuiplitem ?(thit *ea the-gentleman's
Mane) loitered at the table-in the unoccupied parlor. cov
ered with cusrotiiitipt ontl hijonterie.,•:? f r
~ W hat mail()
,
• WheiCellei
-•!You - lin ,whe mead',
sitot►tiy
"tel.:--don'A tell mel you eannot deceive:MeV'—
.
_Sons girls would have resented the tumid Assumption,
ivikielach • this uttoridi.And , watt prett y
peaklhness. „Ellen, did note etrengely fierhaps. without
at ell loving Templeton,. slip' rather liked it; it Was p
dqttery *hick .she could "ziOrecinte; 'all the'shore
keenly, tieCatisi so few' ' • •• -
. ,
. She' said tory. elorrlyi the' eoloi rising slowly in her
face. ,
"Well, then. skid° I cannot deceive,yon.iou must
know without my telling., what niade • me•,thoughtftul.".
olyell,—." ho eaid as tholigit hi 'knew she -was not
done talking. •- ' • - • ,
nWell, I first hapßeMed ibilienither: not so strange a
thing as you m 9; eopposeltliiit Jihad rei IMman heart
beating in my breast; ii • iiiiishicit ifiiidi'qUiti:so fast as it
need to. but still, IscimititiMi: it troddifeit tortho old re
membered chords bigirlhood, whein:l knelt' tit my moth
er's knee and.droamed of the' fatnte'!
'
"Well; you sob I cannot go' back• to those times ill
would. for• the heart.. or mind:: or whatever it is. gets
older very• fast. when it once starts, - and sometimes I feet
rather lied to think of .thiapeat, stud its visions. :which
land niti:away 'from:the:lowly way to ternptanci.try my
"Well, after ail gone afar ou my voyage of
discover;. and five precious years have, passed. Itsem-.
ed a groat thing to rte. to win alittle fame. and feel thtit
fiery.joy which, fame brim to the heart: but after all ,it
is nut muclkis„it?" she saiiihalf wearily. half
Ito shook hie hoed Mournfully.. • • ,
.•SOmetimei I wish :I'llo tried lovo first. bo
believe I haie never thought much , "iibciut, it. imcept ip
the way of, romance? I drew all 'my kCowledge from
books. But newt feet ati if I could think of the reality
of affeetioti. eel though I had:rather bo greed;
but." With Mfinito 'eadaess, ,"stili I cannot help
looking forivird to the future. and wondering if I 15!;o00
Nig; that emotion will brMg, contemn eni. - aild the
petice I have always' been Booking. Oh! whit it 'is eti'
-• ,
balm an unquiet heart:" : •
••Strange girl!" Toinplehio'4l.4lyeitvorii filling with
oars; Bho !oohed up: • •
•'Yon pity. me."• she said. but it is of spy own seeking.
Mother warned 111104 oh. long agol'i
"Orf 6 tholui." she said more eagerly. "you see the
dim future as I do. Do you senaomething beavyaionittl
thing dark in my horizont.s. and her breath,COMO faith
'advise Taught at his arm in her oarnestnefla '
-"Hush!" he said.
'•Do you? , DJ you? • &h, you • cannot deceive me! I
know you, even as you me. • Is it not strange we should
feel such keen sympathy? and is it not stranger, that the
very thing which should seem to dram us together. eho'd
only ropel! I could' not trust implicitly such a man es
you! I mean toloverone. holy as mints' can be; 'strong
in faith in God, whose Moral nature will sway and con
trol my intellectual." ' '
•'So would I seek a woman of that description. end
yet's/a shall neither find our creations. Don't you knOw
tho hopelessness of our wishos, drows'us together? That
we will have to end by, loving each other?" .
"Impossible!" she cried paseionately. "It never has
been so. in all time! gifted, men seek out their reverse
for companions: and women feel the ingnite superiority
of moral suasion."
,yet, for all this, we shall end by loving' each
other.",
"No. no: impossible:" and her tones grew wilder as
she shook MT his grasp from her arm. "It cannot. must
not bar
'"lt will be." ho said coldly; yet firmly;' and 'tie beflire
the Very
. assurnplion,'Whiolf Wonid have aroused stron
gest resists* in soino runtime. only formed the first link
in her 'destiny of love. She coased to boat off hia Wind;
lOoked up into hie Cabo mournfully. and with a low sob
of extinction. took his arm and suffered him to lead her
back to their friends.
Templeton tvas a strange' man. He had attached
himself to Ellen on her first oPpolitanee in'tho literary
weild; and taught her to turn to' him" in all difficult
ees; till mingled with her gretitride had' grown up 'a feel-,
ion ofdepindeisce. whiCh yet could 'eaireely' be 'called
trust. - Each read intuitively the bontidlese unborn am
bitiint, of the . , other. Ellen no girlish dreams of
'merging her sciaiings in anottierie; to bo'famotts herdeif
was the 'first hose impulse-of her`"yeniielife:---;
The future only would proife hork siiineas :and satiety
Iwcieldchinge her nature. In the iiMantime, feuiPtetion
was her friend; she &careen° other. The book of
ilteheart was Scaled yet,and Templeton's 'was Seared.
!Bert. when yeire had tolled on, 'tied the of both
had met With their unsetisfY hit; elMost
at the same time. they diseovereit - the one: that she hid
far deeper capacities' for hisPpincies. the other. that
'"Thedeepe4 tec that 'ever (tore.
• idisi name ityte; stream hetowit
'• Very.'dilrerent *we the emotions .aroused . in the
.friends. however. , With .Ellen. the same thirsting for
influence' was indutedi- which, had'fortnerly guided her
pen. That she ands beautiful: she regarded as a fortunate
'`accessory -to her plans. ' "I am young." she said. **l will 1
firittry my wings - in love. wain anthorshiwahew what 1.
Can do. and then gracefully - :reirigit .rny_iieWer." , ' This
she told to Templeton.," with;, thweharatterbtio , sante
'which distinguished here, - , 1 .: .; .. ::„ • . •,-. .:; ,' • :
"`PonWill . einaust Your ea keittes;iirefild'Templetoia:
t"lt is *lth the heart.'ss'•with i
he 'Potorriietthe mind or
.body; ' abuse there. anti yeeitifteeititetiely. i sit the eon
,serinenne orbisikin4 the' Creato'r's Idiot hut' on none of
,ont'ispheitlei Wen - tailed 'such Severe itifforing . na results
froin ari guise of the' sifentioni." ' • '- • - ' •' ' '•
"
•;Niinneiti.'Stild Ellen :# , Thei am sato locked Op
otiiOf ilin wnyt c , iiiitil'aot, thin); of using thiitn)*4iel! .
k f o ni - lr:Onlitiit;iiiitslii,ig 4 an oth OrlitraeS of My'
vanity is no inie 'of 'concealing MY' iheughts frOin
you, you know." she added 0140111 y: .. , 2
Templeton felt maiirdseilyldiktileiithiri for his own
hopeless :.proapects for; happiness, ;110.could not force
himself, to %elitism interesCht life •foritis own sake. but
Ellin: T -4e 'was the. child °this hunt to him she bad
first.turainlin,her,adventmoui path, end the no% ploid
lag glance ofberchildseye4 had stink AlOwn deeper than
he knw-,l,ikrict,. long b g rae 1(0 etilipposot t Lt, alik.nr•
eaglight.Paiu , sbe could 'll!qs-041 1 4. hi1t1..1,15114 `hir e
been her ; marriege with:tinother, ;; W,holl hit 40, ester,'
lain this, he wu startled! the 'Wits,,,FiOt his- ideal—Ellen.
the child of ambition:=liiiimiiiiiiiiitl ' ,-
. .
- Then fOUOsiiid sigma penis hilliti werklageollils abut—
ill` lofialiti allsbeto;; 4 *hid iiiitialiii&liti Ailed Whaler:.
pesitiott:Ailleit *arilititiiiisOil lie his likiphieiii; 'Ellin
i cs
itittet:htihniVunt'Vy iiii'elidliiitis. 6 coOrie'of 16 - Analog
thiiiiikiiiiii wolild'hiitiVbiialtid wide 6'044' titilliii*
,and stieitied hiiii. tiiid lie iiptiltinifolikietti4: t tie liisatthi
ilOniiettlind; he ititti;ilie" . "7'olo, imitate i the heel-
17P0NWAF R 1
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SATURDAY MORNING) gpT.EMPER 7, 1850.
EEO
ant . diriieridetite she Still telt mqre i tleeFit to tighten grade.
e 1 the lines arormd, till escape ahould be in?poisible. 7 —
Elbe was without a tinge of fatiliaM,lnseptimble, per
(l_4l4 born her cbaraCter. et:egg's wildly at
Mat, kin a time or lethargy would COCON to which a tem-
Penmen& like born Is. peculiarly susceptible; and she
trodld yield. llo`did not calculate theta firming' awaknan
let Might She come *
1 •
I We have jest seen .how his tint effort succeeded. lot
, , look ,
' es in i!pop the last. '
~ ,
• . 0 41e11,Ivls . sittieg moodily lie;forelhe fire which burned
low Itt the grate; there wens no candles the though it was
quite dark, and the curtain, reipsined ,unclosed, Tern*
platen came In quietly. with the air of an habitue,
"Why did you come to ntght,• Frederick? I' cennot
talk to you—l cahoot sing 7 l 'am perfectly miserable!"
• ,"yliat is 'the metier?" ho 'Odd carelessly. atirirg the
(7
tire, elesingi i curtain/. and lighting a lamp. '
"You, grow, elder.' efery,•day. Frederick!"' she said.
with visilito irril
1$ ilea, Aster and walking rapidly up and
down the room.. "What is the matter? formerly you
would have told me? now I must explain myself. and of.
ter all, you care much!" she said bitterly. Templeton
was busily employed in tearing an old leiter into strips,
probebly to' bensed as,larnHighters.
"Buthowcan I listen; When yon have not toldme?" he
tiahl more food:Web diseentinuieg his employment+ and
turning his fine, penetrating ekes slowly upon her.
Mow can Intik to you. when you are so indifferent!
yott , htiveceand to care for me. • All the world has for
gotten'me. I believe! 1 am new no longer; another du
theiess has atiiitild itp:.:—ltitother. • ' '
"Beauty." ho said. fitting up the pause.
"Ycal," slioSaid. coloring slightly.
, •Well, you are not dispossessed yet; you have only
got a rival, you ehould'at be selfish. Olen!" •
1,1 am thought let me be above. or below all!" •
"Oh, Ellen! what a sentiment'?"
"1 can't help it! 1 wish I had died long ago! I wish
could the HMO Oh,
•.
• .44 leave all dkappointment care and sollow."
"And be at pence pre 'eel oh dull hem,
, Ile of good cheat when thou , eltult cease to beat,
• '
.ThCn shall thou cease to complain!"
said Tetilphiton; taking - up the closing train, abstractedly
eau% eity - ell that," said Ellen, subdued and sadly.
"Why not?"
P.I had et - mother not many years ago, and I cannot for
get her early lessons; and though I wish I could bailee°
Ito comforting a creed. It Is Impossible."
. "Don't then , if it will sorio to keep you from wishing
"fovdeatht : rind to alio yoti another piece if advice, if you
are weary of striving iu the 'Battle of Lite., balt on -
gracefully, but don't stay and bicker at the now faces you
meet! It hrOulr the soul which is immortal you know,
Ellen."' ' '
"Ellen'," ho said i! . gain, laying lils hani'on her shout.,
•Elleu. - poor, child,' my heart bleeds for you: you
am ;loot lath: Omni?. which has strayed away from the
ehepliord,
,and you are tired, and faint, and hungry;
I ,conte to me, and i/will take care' of you, for you cannot
aro for youreilf yeti"
And, a if It were an old thibg, she suffered his am
liwal.and rested her head upon his shoulder ; cir
~she
was utieirey ikausteti then, and a straw would liado been
clasped as an.engor support.
"YOu stet mine. Ellen?"
4 .yee.„.
"With your hegira"
“Yes—'o
filwill.tske care of you forever! nay er more shall the
breeze blow harshly upon you—l will stand between your
life and sorrow. with my own."'
"and 'yes' she muttered again vacantly, while oven in
that moment of triumph. a cloud darkened Temple tou's
brow, is ho marked the apathy into Which 'she bad fallen
and which be dared not interrupt.
Not that night, nor the next day, nor for many days,
did the promise Which Ellen had mple, clearly present
itself to her mind. Templeton came and went, and there
was nothing'so dif f erent from his Usual manner, as tore-
mind her of her chain. till her sleeping soul waked, as
genius over will awake, fitful and uncertain as it. is.—
Then sho remembered, not only her engagement, but her
sort:Ml—liar unsatisfied life;—hor,longings after happi
ness, dimely seen in idealshadowings,-
One morning oho went to church—and prayed. She
was in the habit of attending public worship. but as for
engaging in it, ehe had forgotten how. It had become
Co much a habit to pass iu dreamy abstraction the time
devoted to the services, that when.. in her deep sorrow.
she shrank from turning inward as usual to self, thewords
ofseripture fell on her dulled ear, as something heard
long since—as a lesson long forgotten; and pang of self
reproach shot through her heart. to feel, it so. ,
• ', "I am the , tday, and the troth, and the life."
The Life! that was what she had peon always aeeking—
Lifi: S d he had been always threading some road which
should lead to it. Sits had published, that she .might
feel Life! she had cheriahed bar beauty, and given her
self to be the Idol of the Public., that she might feel Life!
and all had been vanity and weariness of spirit.
"1 am the way, and the Vint', anti the life."
, She knew there were two ways of believing in God:—
she &red him. as the Greater—shrive all—infinite—beau
tiful; suffering all things; looking leniently on gratifica
tion of bonne passions; aiing their indulgence , since.
as our author. Ile. not tn 3,was accountable. and this
belief, and the practice of it. had not made Wolin her.-
And theiother beliefs. How. when sho was yOung. she
Inorshrunh inlay from It! There had been no poetry in
its teitchiuga—no beatific!. dreamy indistinctness; all was
so plaid, so practical. se real! there was not even a green
hedge wherein to hide some darling fault. but the great
Bun illuminated the narrow, crooked way. and revealed
With - noonday' brightness; tack Forbidden Path. And
site hid never tried this i belief, and she could not bey
whether life was to,be robed in it. or-not. The man In
the pulpit. with thecalm. solemn brow. was preaching
this tnligiont--did he seem happy ! She looked Though
tfully for 8611104 'upon hie 'face.' She 'could not see
there Was much dazzling , light' there. ; but he, seemed
so calm, and '
oh, fern guier heart! Tlton she rein ember
ed that the happiest hours she had ever known were, not
when gibe had been gay end glad to the eyesight. but when
she had felt ineffably still and quiet is her adult When the
stm,perhaps was not to be seen' in Itekreof when she had
some serious impulse to - leave the glare and wear of her
eXeiting live fOr puler aims , The feeling*, i t
Wes lino. had die* haen induced by theStedilitig of some
h01y... exalted sentiments, or - try some • •mysterions
movisilent, Of thei.rnied, and her resolves had fled. with
; the first breath' which•the world wetted to her; but oh ! if
by 'semi process she could, obtain a permanent hold of
. • .. . , ,
For some days after this Ellen _was fighting a mighty
battle..; She sew no, sae.. noteven.Templetont It Wes the
'crisis of her fate--4rito phrase this, but true. we must - IX
pith It.' With emir' it cersites lithe inernitig.'_iid with
idnie it the twine: ALA eveitpit; * rind
seme'pasilt in the "tenihle night. l -hrtt Ate
earlier it is the biller it is; or thb worse 'for the soul-for
-The'dtird de s erting Ellen'emnedownle sob Templeton.'
011 &! .1°1760 ,- ..ei 'n• Templeton iveo
he 4 .l . 4idied: MPrigthfaily.
"Yon hare treated Me shabbily; Ellen!" .; •
117 ° 1 1 61 'l InC , "
. 06 - aald.'rneek s tpt and kissed his hind
Ox' 4". then;
ihr.itiedoarPreheaded ifs magnetism of his loes s the.
hie pewit. had departed. though she had ,Igesed his hand
and spoken softly; both actione bad said to him plainly.—
going to give you pain, I am sorry.
'•l moat leave you—l am going to try to leave myself.
I dare realer no longer the eolemu , inward voice which
calltion - me.
• " 8.1.V0T thou . thal steepest."
I swiping to glicinp writing for atime-laiely,-lostt
—every thing which; Gearing the semblance of *pi:*
fleas, is , yet but a mockery. I have, rested toe long oa l i
my own strength; noW I am going to try my Maker's.
Both of us have passed the early spriug.timer s and though
the summer sun is still high
,In the heavens. don't you
sometimes see. the 'gray evening shadows of the dark I
valley hovering in the dim pathway. farther. on? .And '
do we not shrink from them? Do they not envelop our
hopes in gloom?, " Whichever tway we
,turn. there for.
ever looms Up thatgriw phantom Death. to ehl:1 antici
pation 'and deaden energy. But why does it make cs
tremble? When the evening of life encompassed my
mother, she was calm and peaceful; looking forward she
said she could see rays of sunlight piercing tiro night.—
Cab you? .I cannot. Aird I want to be utetub-i•to do
good. What beim! accomplished In these many years,
to be written in the I.lforßoirk? Every thing which I
have done or fait. or written. has ill tended to the do.
velopr n eut of the sense, rather than irtthe mind. 1 have
grown wenker—l have helped 'Others to grow we .
aken--;
Time world hal been my itlol—tliis:"perisliable World
Ilowenit the soul assimilate with sense? The immor
tal with the mortal? Don't you fool in your secret heart
that there must be a deeper well-spring of happiness
than we have tasted?" I.
"Ellen'," said Templeton. sternly; "is it possible that
you are going to give up the position you hold fur a mere
chimera? 'Ridiculous! If you era' tired of authorship.
which, by the way. is not a woman's modA proper provi
nee. Tor they always old their career in some freak. have
I not offered yoq a home, whore all that love can furnish
of pleasure shall be yours? Have you not promised to
accept this home? Wake up front this most feverish of
all fevered dreams!
"I know I have been dreaming." she said. the color
rising painfully in her cheek, and her detk eyes filling
with tears. "But now. at least. I see and feel that-to
save myself from the deeper misery—a sleep from which
can be no awakening—l must discard the idols of my
soul for a lime. fur they have turned in. and prey upon
their own nursing place."
"And what do you propose to do?' said Templeton.
with cold scorn. "Take itr,sOwing—turn Sister of Char
ity—teach spelling and reading?"
"You have hit the very thing!" she said. smiling. "I
certainly cannot be idle; I must work! work! work! I
will teach; not here, though. I mast gp away.. I have
an aunt lb I ant' going to stay with her; there
will I commence my new exparirnent of living."
"0„ pshow! Of all visionary projects this is
the most absurd! Let me foal your head. I tun sure
your brain' is affected! I shall call in a physician." ;
"No, you will not. Frederick. - Oh, if you only knew
what a calm conviction I have of better things. Mind!
I tan not working of nlyeelf, I scarcoty tako a atop with
out looking 'to God." -
'Thep Templeton grew warm, and talked More at
length; said many thing, which. were bitter and bard to
bear, mingled witluphaidings, which wrung Ellen's
heart.
'Ds you indeed love me so much?' And Ido not de -
servo.it! If heaven smiles on me, I shall,••in Ithe -fu
ture, be more worthy of your lovo. I know I co uld not
make you happy now, and you would soon find how in
secure the foundation upon which your peace rias bas
ed." .
And for 'answer her olYered bend' was repulsed. and
the door flung to, passionately, and her early, her long
tried, her firm, kiud„ supporting friend, had loft her in
anger! She might never see him more.
, Ellen was mortal. Sho burst into tears. She called
slier him passionately to came back—not to part thus;
the walls alone echoed her tones, and then she felt
for the first time, how alight a thing estranged earthly
friOuds, and that for support and strength we must, in
deo, turn to our Eternal, Heavenly one.
Fter every one who is uhappy; there lies conceidsd a
capricitylor happiness; yea, an inexhaustible felicity of
soul, if ,he knows how to call it forth; and if her cannot
do so. ho deserves to sulfur.,-Gerinsu of Leopold Scha
fer. .
Ellen sought out her aunt whom she hod not seen
(or years; and that aunt. a tall, large. strong-souled wo
man—with a kind heart, however, when she found time
to unlock it—chide the 'maiden severely, • while she
stooped down And kissed her,repeatedly, for the mad
freak. as *he termed it, of leaving her home - . Where a
father's roof sheltered her, for the quiet. dull life of a
country town. and the low ambition 'of a simple se r bool
teacher.—Then she listened patiently to Ellett's rather
pang, and not exactly lucid description of her' reasons
for doing so. and comprehended tolerably well for one
not accustomed to'dealing much with fine or fanciful
feelings. and concluded by assuring her niece of her
willingneasi and intention to assist her in the way" she
sought.
And employment came. or rather• Ellen 'went to it,
and cornmeueed her now, hard life. Hard. for it chain
ed her ntindher free mind,' wont to revel where it
pleased; unused to concentrate its energies except when
the spell of inspiration seized het:. Hard, fur she isris
red the stimulus of society. the play of thought and feel
ing; the homage which her name brought; the triumphs
which her beauty had won; the incense of praise. Yet
still, when the wearing hours of school-life were over—
when the day closed in, and sho listened to her consci
ence, she became aware that a new train of thought bad
taken place , of the old..—She reMembered the_ feverish
day" and wakeful nights which she bad spent; the barn-
ing tears which the walls of her chamber had often wit
nessed—tears caused by liulked ambition. unsuccessful
, •
sehemeii. taleivetalonder.Which some kind friend had
repeated, envious tones ringing hi her ear; and even
when in„the,flush of triumph. she had sought her pillow.
it.had,beets With a brain throbbing to painfulness. with
pride. and still With" something of bitterness—alight; in
tangible. but which hid driven away refreshing sleep.
end turned her rest into a teasing rehersal of 'what had
alr• • • • •
eady passed; '
Prow elleialept reseal:nits ! : Whatever .betided through
the day. - scarcely did her head touch the pillow, than
dreamy shadows flitted before her eyes. and with a mid
refired.' child-tike ejaculation of prayer, she slept. , She
eldest 'thought She was beconiing a sluggard. When
the i morning Caine. aho,wttild corer her face, as though
to abut out a little lOnger the distasteful duties of the day;
but rousing; herself with an effort. sad • a chiding word,
sheyould prepare herself (Or work. Gradually she be
gan to take an interest in that work; it no longer teemed
to' het Contemptible--slavieh—benenth the energies of
geoids. 'Eike learned to 'sidle 'et, her: Ole, pride. and
wrote a bright;'stinatiiny letter, to Ternpletort. Ss' had
.nerer Written ) tO. her o but ibis,wanted him to , know tha t
she was happy. even if she hartforsaken the proud emi
nence her talents had gained for her; began to
think . also abovild dad her youth
fully renewed
0 : nadir insiChlngif of
. s mightier spirit
. 1610,11 . 4 . 0 ! berienigi,inight titan ft - eternise: At alt
ermati.:eiho was WiUing , to , alpaca cmempty name lot
airs sake of e , baalthy aost.';: •
‘ll arm -ths'iremptebra ' seer' her. a year after be had
habit wabraptly;and He presented himself
*1 50 A7' AU, in Advsnes
NUMBER 17.
suddenly before her. one day, while she lingered in acting
room after school holm
She Was weary with work, and bad thrown herself
into an arns-chair. and a tolums of poetry laying on her
kr.63—a favorite author. whom she had not discarded.
because she felt always stronger and better after reading
his works. Thus she often renerved her mental strength.
"Well!' he said, and that ono word was strongly ex.
pressive. It smacked of contempt. triumph. interest,
anxiety; ho had often seen her thus—careless in atti
tude. dreaming over a book. and he expressed his
thoughts briefly. don't see much alteration:"
"Frederick!!! she said, joyfully surprised, and down
went the book on the floor; and she gate both her hands
to his energetic clasp.
, And he looked down Info her dear. untroubled eyes.
and eaw a new language written there. oven without the
aid of words. which came almost instant*
•
"1 am so happy!"
..y es . you are! I believe that—Ellin. darling!"
He spoke oulY in broken sentences, for he was strong.
agitated.
She smiled with tears in her eye's, for what she could
not tell; but she talked in low. soothing toues to him, till
he grow calm. and sat down beside her.
t• We will not stay here;" shei said, *.it is close, and
the air without is cool. cleat and pure. One reason why
I em so well, is becanss it Is so easy to !envo i the town.
and get out among the hills. Did you ever experience
how much good it does to get into the open air?"
"It must do any one good to be with you. Tell me all
about it--I must know. Yon are the same Ellen: Yon
have the some slight, graceful form; the are dark vel
vet hair, and large, bright eye; the same clear cat fea
tures, same lips, same hands—but they are notshe same.
formerly those features looked worn and harrissed; for
merly those eyes flashed strangely, and burned, iastead
of shining as they do now. Every thing aeernso clear.
so untroubled." •
"Ilushl" she said, earnestly, while her lips trembled
fur a moment. "Come with me, and I will tell you all
—what life is, and happiness and peace."
- A feW minutes' walk brought them_toAhe verge of the
town. The air was sharp and frosty. for the month was
November; but Ellen trod the rough, unbroken ground.
with a light, elssile step, which spurned the help which
Templeton continually ofFered.
"You do well to reject my aid," ho said at last, bitter
ly. "You have got beyond all need for it now:"
"Fred eria?" she said, reproachfilly, "now are you not
sorry immediately to have , said anything so naughty as
that?"
"You are_ but a child. after all." he replied, looking
down upon.hernplarned face, and gaining possession of
her hand. r
"I know it," shoßetid simply; "I feel younger than I
did six years ago, an 4 that was whoa I know yon first."
"But why," he at " if giving up your favorite pur
suits hes , wrought a this, why could you not do as I
wanted—leave them for me, instead of coming here. and
losing me so much sunshine For this long?"
"You forgot that I 4d no sunshine in my face. or dis
position, when I let yomf,and you won't see. for all you
are so wise, that it was' the discipline to which I gave
myself which has made me as I am. I lived a lee of
dreams. I spent my time in giving them to the world.
Even, if as your wife. I had
. relinquished the last.
should have continued the former habits. Nothing but
a strong effort could loose; ma from the tyrannous power
of that! There must be something to supply the place
of the lost excitement; something to fill the mind with
business. which would shut out dreams.
"Besides, my heart told me that my life. apart from
my position as) an authoress, WAS vain and trifling, and
sinful! chained down to petty vanities, paltry triumphs!
nothing to enlarge it—nothing to make it strong—noth
ing to 'make it humble. Then 1 was so hateasoticsalfula
—so utterly self absorbed! 1 have been trying to forget
myself. and trying to remember others."
''And now, that you have chosen a new path. I sup
pose you 1 / 6 VO put farther than over from your thoughts
the man who for many years has been to you—"
, c
Father, mother, brother!" she said. bursting tjnto
t re.
Oh,' Ellen!" be cried, passionately, "What cold terms
for mot .1s this all? and the strong man covered his
face and leant against a tree for support. • Sinewy and
heart-strained were the fingers pressed convulsively to
his forehead, and Elled gazed at him wistfully, as though
longing to speak. but the tumultuous blood rushed into
her face, whenever his lips parted, and she would tpra
away again. - a
Piesently he strode towards her, speaking in a low.
iron toned voice, **Horne? wo have remained long
enough! let as return."
"Nut yet," she said with an effort. "1 want to lay
:mottling which 1 am not SUM is right, and that is why
1 have been still so long.'?_
"Ellen, you noed not speak a syllable, unless it be of
hope: lam in that mood now, when 1 could almost
take your life. fora word; you, young and beautiful, and
happy? how dare you be so,. and not for me?"
"It is for you, if you will.. 1 only feared that now. we.
could not be happy any more than before. I =mg*
hand in hand with all your hopes. and plans, and ambi•
tiou; and a wife should sympathise with her httsband.—.
Yeti do not )now how truly I love you. &sides. 1 pray
daily, "Lead me not into temptation," and yet I should
bo going with my eyes open into danger."
Theu he said those words, which have tempted so
many—bending to her and taking her hand, "Yon eats
maim me what you will, Ellen:"
Silo shook her heed sorrowfully. "But yet." she
said• "If you will bo content with me as I am. am will-
ing to be your wife. You will find, though, that many
pleasures and pursuits which I formerly deemed lune•
cent, and which you still cling to. I feel to be wrong Dow
simply because I cannot partake of them, and preserve
my mind clear, my heart light, and my poise healthy.--
Into theseyau must go alone, £1 you total to me they
are Forbidden Paths. If you were a stranger. and this
were a new love, these would be sufficient reasons to bid
you to go from me. but now—." her voice broke. and
she looked up expressively. believe gratitude is
stronger tie than love; but when both are joined," she
whispered again. as he drew her down to the trunk of
fallen tree. MO pressed her lips repeatedly.
All elrouud them were the leafless forest trees; _sight
of house or man there was not—no sound save the sigh
ing wind breathing in fitful cadence to their murmured
words.
Long time they eat there, unheeding the chill autumn
air, for Ellen had withdrawn her hand. and praying her
lover to forget everything for the time, save that they
were two erring mortals who had strayed far from the
narrow way, and had suffered much already for their
faithlessness; plead earnestly with him to retrace his
steps, oven as she had commenced to do. ere the. Mot
the world should sap forever the principle of Dod-life
which is horns
speaking with the winning tongue which her Maker
had fent to her for holy uses, and which she had long
employed without a thought of responsibility, how did
she paint tho Past, the Present, the - Future: the morning.
the noon. the night: the dark valley ;beyond. the two
paths which read to it! The ono which opens with rose
clouds, which turns soon to thickening gloom, so that
long before the Victim nears the end. beckoning shadows
stretch upwaids "and forwards, encompassing him in
deadly folde. and drawing him with shuddering and &s
-pilt.. down to doom. The other, which is watered with
tears; which leaves smiles behind them, bitter herbs
whereof the lingering taste is sweet, and weakness which
is made strength.
It-was not an evanescent impression which she made:
there was too much of the breath of heaven in_her words
for that. and when they both rose and walked slowly
hornewetd, In Templeton soul was registered a solemn.
holy vow. which. whilst it elevated him far on the path
to peace. caused singularly new and strange sensations
in his hitherto worldly heart. He turned to Ellen with a
bewildered .mile aid strove to express them.
'Ellen. when I was a little boy, and need to say my
Bible lesson to my mother. one verse, which 1 will re
member. ran thus:—"And the light shinith in darkness.
an d th e d ar kness comprehended' tt not." Do you know
if 1 were to spend hours in trying to whin the work
ings of my mind—my soul; nothing 1 could say. weal
give so clear en Idea of them. as that Bible versel7 ,
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