VOL. 47. AM ID IUG Ai\ VOLU i\ TEER. published etErt TnonsDAT HoninMo ir loaw b. , . Subsciption.— One Dollar,and Fifty Ceuta, paid la advance; Two if'paid within the.year; ‘and Two Dollars-and-Fifty Cents, if not paid within the year. These terms will bo frigidly adhered 'torn eVery instance. No subscription discontinued *ll arrearages are paid unless at the option of the Editor. , ApVßfmsßMENTfl—Accompanied by Ibe'c.ASit, and . hdt exceeding one square, will be inserted three times for Ouo Dollar, mid twenty-five cents for each additional insertion. Those of a grotitofr length in proportion. Job-Printing —Such ns Hand-bills, Poating-billfr, Pamphlets, Blanks, Labels. Ac. Ac., executed with accuracy and at tho shortest notice. TOE TWO VILLAtJES BY ROSE TERREY. 'Over the river, on fhe hill, Lieth a village whit.* and atlll ; All around it the forest trees . Shiver and whisper iu the breeze; . Oyer it-saUirig shadows go . • -- Of soaring hawk and screaming. crow And mountain grasses, low and sweet, <3row in the middle pf every street. ’o‘vot tiro i rTvo't i , tindet the hilt, . ' Another ■villagedieth still; There I seo in the cloudy night Twiuklfcifc•osf household light,. Fitcd that gleam from the smithy's door. Mists that 'on the "river shore; And in the roads no grasses grow, the wheels they baton to and frov tn that village on the hftV, Never is souud.of smithy of mill) The houses are thatched with grass and 'fioWtffs, Never a cluck to toll the hours; The marble floors -ate always shut* You cannot cn'tefr, in hall o* but) All the village** Ho aslccfp) Never.a grain to sow or reap. Never in dreama to mbhn or-sigh) ■Silent arid idle and low they Ito. In that village under the hill, When the nights is starry and stil!> Many a weary soul, in i ra T or. Looks to the other village Micro,.. And weeping and sighing longs to gh Up,to that homeTroia this hd'oW)’ Longs to sleep in the forest WihSy Whither haVe Vanished,Wife and child, And hoatoth, praying, this answer fall '; "'Patiowoo!! that village shall Jiold yo all ! 1 BVBV’S VISIT. tn this worid of ours> t’rom the high, heaV’nly hoWers) Strayed baby dear;.. The angels sent down showers • Of blessings and of flowers. To cheer him boro. Sol shed on hahy-hrlght* ~ ; * lIIs cloflT, rcful>s«’pt ,;, To bless bis way; The stars peeped down at Wight* And whispered tho*r delight, And Watched till day. The mother, filled with bliss* tts velvet cheek, did kiss—* The father smiled; Over its cradle bed*, A prayer, was often said, . “ God bless the child.' 1 Birds sang to him ali day; “ Sweet baby's lost.his Way From realms of love; O come bock to the skies Where beauty never dies— Thy homo's above." . One night he spread'his wings— u Farewell to earthly things;*' , The .cherub said ; The clouds then backward rolled Their burnished folds of gold, And baby fled. MWlanmi& NO. 10 BUNK "STREET A GENTLEMAN etui bo accommodated ***" Wlt “ ape asant suit of*rooms at No. 10 Blank ttrect. The house contains all (be modern improve* | ta»nts. References required* 1 The advertisement seemed to me to promise hell. I was tired of my present home. For nv * y oars I ha <l occupied the . same rooms, end sat at the same seat at the table The oenny postman was.not bettor known on his beat than lon my way to dinner. I did not object to boarding houses. I was willing to eat baked beans ot a Sunday moruing, but I wished to partake of them in n new locality, Ulank street leads out of Beacon, therefore it must be genteel. Probably a suit of rooms there would be expensive, but I could afford to indulge myself a little. I was thirty-five alone in the world, very well off, and doing a lUslneas which promised a speedy fortune -was time I should begin to take life a little lore on the sunny aide. I went down to No. 10 Blank s'treet on my down town. The landlady, Mrs. Leo a widow- handsome, stylish; apparently .* T™ th o? th,rt y- 1 heard, afterward “ever see forty again ; but as in under a tL7i a b ° ard <** whom she had “ smallbill'f aseconV‘tiro S "fwa a 7 di r, g acmalioious slander. She ’was a very a " ive-looking person, and I was' at Imma . her at once. I had no sooner tbld h^r febl wolf ° d , | U9 . ineB l than 8h ® seemed feel weU acquainted with me. She bowed n l *T l ! I, t> l be ™"*>PPyto accommodate u P f ea -,°, U ’ thl ? 'y ft y. if you please.” = Her black silk rustled before me up two ghte of stair. Her full, light curls shook o?.? q “ ett,Bh B fftoe aa she turned her l.7 ‘ r k® • t ,®f n ?? were a little exorbitant—-at iLi nhh' d hnV ® r V iugllt sa liadlbeen ,T h “. man °f business: but surely Mg y-W triflo e *tra to sit tue same table with Mrs. Lee. Her fami ii)Unn 9SUrO<l w “ 8 of th ,° most select de iption ; some thrpeor four single gentle: th ft, '.'sbetanding, and as many gentlemen fr b ® ?r- Bho ha 'l been ,od to fill her attics with cheap boarders b o «t d th " ot aff0 ' d t 0 keep ' “"y bat wor P very, quiet, Sod, she ‘CU, no annoyance to any one. 1 S‘ ‘l '!? g and - ba ggago, the next 1 moved my pictures : I loved art miKleat, half-diffident fashion, and I had lhun£ r f£ 8 and afowohoico oils. When 'gontlLon 0 ’ 8 at dinne| -- Some gontlemon wore business acquaintances , mlinablo ln rf i. B°6med 8 ° 6med pleasdnt and “lonaute, and aU went merry as a mar- i America)) ®^Eolimtcer. TEII MS-, ridge bell-. * Mrs. Lee did the honors of her establishment so gracefully that I was more charmed with her than ever. I pitied the dead Thnddens—l'had'Seen his name in the family Bible—because he hod been obliged to resign so mnohyc/Uth “add beauty, for she Was but-‘a .yoUng thing, she told me, When she was left to defend upon herself. The Very Winds, she said, had neVer been alloWed to totuoh her roughly. Mr. Lee had worshipped her as the Hindoo does hia idol—l thought it ah idolatry at once pardonable and pleasant —but then, she said, smiling With the tears still, in her eye, eVerv one had been had been ,so kind to her—she had foUnd friends every j Where. Who could help being ready to be friend one so lovely and Winning ? I thought i US I listened to her. b Do not imagine all this 'confidence WAs be stowed on meat pur first meeting. It came ont gradually, when 1 had got in the habit of lounging for half an hour after dinner,, or an hour in the evening, in the family parlor, of which she and I were often the sole occu pants. I certainly had no .matrimonial in tentions towards Mrs. Lee-. I liked my land lady, and congratulated mySdlf daily on hay ing found a home where my buckwheats were, always hot, and my cUp of happiness And of ten alike sweet and full. ‘•What a happy man your husband must have_ been I” I said to Mrs. Lee, as I watched admiringly, her nimble fingers—she had in sisted on mending my gloves; I was but ex pressing a frequent thought of mine. I saw no call for : niy landlady to blush, though it ■Was _not unbecoming. I had surely meant Uotbing sentimental, but she received my rc riiark with a flutter of pretty; playful embar rassment. “I hope he was,” she.*sighed; ‘I trust I made him so, ami yet I did not love him ns be loved me. He was a great deal older than I, ami 1 think I was too young then to know what love .Was, I believe our affection is tru-' or and fonder When we have seen more of life, and learned Wlrat a precious thing it really is to hate some cue to care fisc and protect us. But what am I saying? t am confiding in you strangely. Your gloves are done.*’ She hurried out of the room. It was my turn to beembattassedv ’ Had i said anything to move Mrs. Lee’s sensibilities in so remark able a milliner? I thought hot, Perhaps the memory of the dead f haddeUs, and his love, had been too much for her, t felt Uncomfor table, and I betook myself to my room. 1 al ways left my door open > it was one of my old bachelor ways—it seemed more social. As I went up stairs I saw a girl standing before it, looking, apparently, with absorbed attention, 4t my Clytic. Her form was slight.and girl ish. : I could not see her face, but her dress was of a cheap material and simply fash ioned. ‘ ‘ One of the'attic boarders, I thought; or, perhaps a seamstress bringing homo some work.’ When I approached .her, she turned and glanced at mo with a confused and distressed air, 1 " PorgiVW me, sir,” she faltered ; “X vrns hiking a liberty, T'kuow ;‘but, that'face is so beautiful.” - “ So are yob,” I longed to retort, but 1 did not. jihad done enough of complimenting for one day. Her face was singularly lovely. She had ti low* broad forehead, (ho Very fore head of the immortal Clytie. Her eyes were large and blue, but Aill of the saddest, most wistful expression I ever met. Her face was very youthful—she could hot have been more than sixteen—and her full; red lips had some thing of ii look of a grieved child, I had seen and felt all this.the ihstant my eyes met hers. I bowed courteously.- • “ Not at alba liberty 1 , I am rewarded for leaving my door open if it has afforded you any pleasure. I wish you would step in a moment, and look at my pictures. If you fancy the Clytie, I am sure you would like some of them." There was a singular absence of all prude ry, and she bestowed on me at once a trust that was the most delicate of flattery. She came in, unhesitatingly, and lingered for a few moments, while I told her, about the pic tures. I could see the fibre of her mind by the expression of her Countenance and the tone 6t her remarks as she looked at' them. She had largo ideality, strong love for beauty,' Which had probably been starved all her life. It was such a pleasure to see the light grow and deepen in her great eyes, as she stood With that wistful face, those parted lips, that I wished the resources of the Louvre had been tit my command. When she had seen them all, she thanked me in that simple, ohilddike way of hers. You have given the a great pleasure, sir. I must go now; but I shall liaVe something to think of which; will make ninny a day's work easier.” , 4 J “ Do yoU live here. Miss—?” “Hastings," she replied. “My name is Nora Hastings. Yes, sir, I live hore-mp stairs. I breakfast and ditto earlier than you do, and I sit at the corner table; so it is not strange you have not seen mo,' though of course I iiad seen Mr. Prescott, the new boar der. Good evening, sir.”' She moved from me up stairs ns she spoke. It was not quite sunset, in the long summer day, and, as she went up, the rays struck through her brown, wavy hair; and somehow my boyish fancies of Jacob’s ladder, and the angels going up and down it, came into my mind, and I went into my room, saying to myself, “ Heaven bless the child !” I flutter myself that I made use of a degree of diplomacy which would have done credit to toe Chevalier AVykoff in questioning the cham ber-maid, next morning. I had left her in to, dust my books, under ray personal supervis ion,.and I drew her into conversation about several of the boarders. At length I naked! : V s there any one in the house I could got f ' e T in £ f pr .ne,.did she think? ° faM,W llas t j ngs, who was Perhaps so; but Miss Hastings did not do su;dr work ns Reotloihon wanted’’—with a hearty Irish aUgh. •> She finished off dresses and trimmed them, and made mantillas— Most likely this was not what I wished to have done 1 Mo.t likely it wasn’t. But perhaps the young lady was not always busy. If she were out of work, sho might like to do what I did want, in her spare time,” Ellen thought sho did not have any spare time. She made everything look so beautiful that the ladies kept her always busy, ' ' “ And she's the rale lady herself,’’’broke out the warm-hearted Hibernian, in a gush of ir repressible panegyric, “She’s so afraid of making any trouble, though sure I'd work mv Ungers l to the bone to spare those white hands ot Hers. When I was sick, and like to die with the fever, who but she took me into her ni’T. an i hurBe ? mo, and sat up’with me „/n’ nft ® r T w °rkinghard all dayand when r was asleep I heard her praying •for me 1 Jler prayers. wasn't out o’ the pray or book, but Iknow thosaints heard ’em. . Bhe quipped and wiped .hor oyes on her cal ico apron, Man though I was 1 could have wept with her easily. It wont to my very faefirfc to think of the poor young tiling doing patiently and eecretedlysuch-worksofttfercv! But I Was not surprised. I had read the true, earnest nature, the power of self-sacrifice, in her eyes'. God bless and God keep her l 1 said it to myself every time T thought of her, aUd those trmos w'ere not few* That day I purchased 0. Oly tie, the fao simile of ray own. At night itook it home with the, and wrote to go with it, these words': “Will Miss Hastings permit her follow*. l r J® P® 31 * h er Q- gift, the acceptance of which Will confer much pleasure? Her ad niiratmh of the Cly tie was so hearty and gen-! Ume that, ho thinks, to possess .it maV con tribute slightly to hUr happiness. i A.*- t an ? for EUen, and begged her .to take 1 the bust and the littM bote up stairs. Pi*os- 1 ently she came hack, bringing with her a few I lines written in pencil': I “ I accept your gift, as I am . sure it was i meant. You have designed to give pleasure to ono who possesses few resources for nmuse raent, and b'e sure that you have succeeded. I thank yoU more then 1 can say.” ■ She had. ree'eived it, as t was sure she a simple dignity nnd gratitude which had repelled me far more effectually than any sarcastic refusal. I respected all women. It Was a part of hiy early tnlinin", at the hands of the best of mothers :, but al ready I reverenced- that young sewing girl more than any Woman t had ever seen, ‘ Mrs. Lee puzzled me not a little when we met, ns we usually did, in the parlor after tea. One or two of the other -hoarders wore there at first, but presently they went out and we were alone. It seemed to ttu*. that her manner toward me wn« far more like that of a young girl to whom I had been making lovo. than like a landlady's simple courtesy toward i her inmate. “ I am not sure that I had better- stov here 1 with yon.’* she began. *• You do beguile me. ; ns you did last night, into saying snob nhwar- I rnntable things, revealing all my heart to yon.” , ~ . ; 1 was' utterly confounded. Wbat had I I hoeri doing? I bethought myself of Mrs. I Burdell's suit ngnmst the respected President | of the Pickwick Oltib. and. trembled in my ;patent leathers. Mr, Weller'sadvice to.Snm ival came to my mind, and I answered a .little sfcifllv: ~ | “S’ had Pot mertnt to force your confidence, j near Madame, and t did not know that vmi had ever said anything to me which tbo Whole world might not proherly Kear,^ • • Perhaps she thought she had*heen progress ing too fast. She eroded, shook her Thug, fair curls, and rustled the folds of herb|imk silk. She said,l was a naughty man. a VftrV YinUgbtv man, to take im things so. ft* course she had not said anvdiing to me of conse quence! only it was hist possible some neople nvght think it a little nneer thn* she had con fessed not- to bare loved Mr. Lee miife as adoringly bo had loved bor., ttht wbv need she trouble herself when she knew U would go no farther? “ Of.course it, l answered.*— Anything that she did nidtho honor to confide to me was snared;” I'hen there was 'a pittW. am] I felt very awkward. It would he difficult to sav any thing more. T thmifrht; but Mrs. Loo did not find it jpo. Verily tbrt tact of women is won derful! In five minuses we bad gotie back two days, and were miking tor^her 1 bn otir old terms of plea»n nt. ehsy fa mi 1 tartttf. I * : , somewhat more absent-minded than formwlv. I perhaps, for mhnv of mv thoughts tfßrO -iVith the little.girl in the nttie. ft was three days after t had s*nf her fbe Olytie before I. saw her aga ? n. Then T met, heron the sth*rs. It was eight o'clock, or past, in the evening. ,T wns go«h? opt after my customary chat with Mrs. T>« in the par lor, and I ,met her coming in. Iter face very pale, and she stepped wearily. She smiled a little when she saw mo, and, stop ping, held out her hand, “You were very kind. Mr. Prescott, and I am more grateful *hnn I ean say.” ” I only wish.” I responded, eagerly, “ that you would let me ■ contribute to* vonr pict ures .pow and then. You look tjrod. and- I can't hear to. sen a young girl like you wear ing herself out.” “It can’t be helped, s»r. I’m onlv too thankful that I Jiaife something to do. I need nothing; nll mv- wants arn stinnhed. P is pleasant, to feel that T havo o friend : and I look on vou as one; though I have no claim ,on von.”.* . " J “Would to TTeaven von eln'm on me, X thought, as I watched her to*lin<r so wear*lv 1 Pp the stairs, .Would that she wore mv s*s tfir. my niece, anything that wouM g*vc me a right to take her work out of her ' hands, and prescribe for her change of air and rest, and a little picture! Time T foil to thinking, as T strolled across- the common, what a sad, strange tvrhnt custom *s. R mietv would let me dni.what I plen'sed mv second cousins—would smdo on if! sent cMftins to ?be Sandwich Islanders or arithmetics to the. TJottentots— but would bv no timnns let me lift the burdens off of this poor gii;!, wh^ Was my neighbor, with one of mv.fi ogors'l I Ct‘iod on* neainst th n ahsurdltv. of .siieh-n d ct-00. AViiv nipst I p'le np nqolpqq wealth und she suffer ? Tint for-hoi- sake I must sub mit to laws I could not, obnn-?o; for her own sakn T must not snok to botn ho--.'? As t onmo bonlo, thousjb. T . 11 ■ 1 in<l n 1 -n rnv pelf so far as to buy a ln full bloom and a. pot of hotiofrono- Thotr wtood In mv t-notn oyernipbt. and tbo nfitt T °pnt Ellon to bor With tbom. for mo* I had *nkon it on trust that she lovod and 1 was not disappointed wbon Ellon rnmo hook and told tna Miss Non was so overjoyed to got them that she almost cried-. I happened to meet her that day as I went Up from dinher. “ I have to thank you ap-ain.” she said ear nestly, “l am grateful. The flowers will be such company for me.” 1 asked her then if she would find time, the next afternoon, to go and see some pictures with mo. It was when the English collection I was at the Athonreum. and there whs one painting of 'llinda' which I longed to have her see. It was the faec of one who waited and watched, end somehow I had associated it with hors. She could not refuse, she. said ; it would ho such a ro r o pleasure she must make time somehow. While we werCtalkine Mrs; -Lee came through the hall. She nodded to mo hut she cast on nlf companion a look of singular distrust and. dfsl’fco, I noticed it then, and remembered it afterward. She spoke to mo that evening about Nora IlastJnjra, She had obse-vod me talkinr- with her. she said, and would I tell her, if I was goinffth marry her? I mi-pht think it a very straneje f(Hostmn. one which she had no rieht to ask, but if I ohnse to answer it, she would convince mo that she had good reasons. I had no cause fir hesitation.. The thnn-ht of iparryinsr Nora Uastinscs had nqvor occurred to nie. and I told her so frankly. I related to hor the beginning of onr acqiiantanco nnd its slight progress, innliiding my invitation for the next day. Then I waited for her reply. •'OUR COUSTBY-JIAY It ALWAYS BE RlmlT-tUX.RIeHt OR WROEO. OUR OOUNTRY.- CAKLISLE, PA., TUCBSIUV, fEBEUARf 7, 1881. “ 1 hardly know Whaitpaay, Mr. Prescott/'! she began,;in her soft/iriSihaatiHg voice; sha king gently, her head, with ,its long fair carls. " I am Sure it would ha kinder to say frothing, and-it’s not nirncoessary.Jatnoo you do fret think of rogking her MrSl'CTeScott.— i v . “But what if I Had bean-intending tomar ry he*, mndume ?”I snnkealittle sternly, per haps, for I had satisfied her curiosity afro I was deter'rtiinod she ahould nmke the explana tions atwiiifrh she had'hinted. I think she was unwilling to refuse foie, still she spoke with hesitation; „ ■ “It is nothing: at leasfdf any other gentle man in my family had been going to marry her, I should have said it. was nothing and kept silence: hul l have looked oh you as my porsonal friend,-and I ahoGld have fold you that I considered her an’artful, design’n ' girl, who had tried to entrap several of my host borders into marrying her, and had failed hitherto.” I half wonder that this did not shake my confidence in/Nora. but it did not for an in stant. Her face, her pure noble face, was her best - It rose before ifre then, and 1 replied unflinchingly.' “ I niii sure Mrs. Leo, that you must he mis taken! As little as I knpwMisa Hastings I, woubl be rOndy to answer for every act of/i'er life: tboilgh sn'e.haa a fnlriibloas and ViMpltoi ty of manner-thiVt Ui ; glit possibly, friialead some. lam certain thntycpl ilolierinjlistiee.” “tet ttd hope that .1 diaw she said with a smile; “It haaceased to hhof interest tO ine, now that I know she is not likely to affect the happiness of one whom 1 1 consider my friend.” She diverted the conversation into another channel : hut I believe I had been a little vexed by her pertinacity in reminding nie that I had assured her, I Was; not going- to friary Nora Hastings. I had told her the simple truth when I saiil that tlid idea of such a marriage had never occurred foirte. But hiw that she had p'Ot itinto riVythoad, it did occur ti ino again, and again.*, I ! took such an inte rest in N mi ns I had never, taken in any one before. Perhaps I paused; Afiri stfilng'e, sweet thoughts drifted through my mind, of what it would bo to ho loved and Watched and waited for by such youth and beauty; to have her al together my own. How she would love her husband, I mused—she with no other near tie in the. ivorld I Mv dreams that night wore rosier than any of the hopes of my by-gone youth. i-- We Imd a couple of pleasant hours the next afternoon, looking' togethew.at the matures. Now that I had begun to think of Nora as one who might some day mnke’my world.- I saw now charms in her every hour.' It was a plea sure to show her works of She ha I soon so few-, and she enjoyed thei i so intensely, and appreciated them with suqh a fine, inborn taste; : r) .. it. WAS hot the last afternoon wo spent to gether. Oftentjat -wft went! to sen some new bUat nv picture ; but ouch oriwice I persuaded -.her to mt me drive her ouL-'into the country, and now lift Seemed tp.boiitad in her VoUthftd brightness Slid hupp her pale -fiuie, >aa tpe. tides r-,!4t'irons . tilys— Soma upon her heftd, and xfti wind kissed her cheek,- and lifted the hair from her brow. I Imd begun to think-oflior As niitte, and to dream fond dreams of how I would cherish her; - I wi!nt home one evening, when ! had known her tvyti Ul.iiUlis: I .had-intended to send for her, as I did soritetiiiias, Anil Ask her to join me in a little walk: I went into nip rooii). And presentl.y Ellon tapped on the duuri I. opened it, ami she placed a little nbteiirniy. hand— She had been crying; and she sfthi, as she gaVdiiia ilifc piiper; , * That , ll tiall ymi iUt t aiipposij. Sir Miss NoriUs ay" angel and nothing else, nm. I’ve given the mistress notice. I’m going next week: I won’t stay where they’ve trea ter! her so. poor diirlin !” I ore open the note dnd hade Ellen wait for a moment while I roa/J it, The, hand-writing was hurried dnd irregular; the words went to my heart: “ Mrs. tee tells mo she has let my room to a person who will pay more. Inm obliged to go to day. She intimates that I have lower ed myself in your estimation by my forward ness, and that I have lost the respect of the boarders. This may be.so, alas I I fear it is. I could bear all else, but to have lost t/our re spect is terrible. You were, very kind to mo, ml it was so sweet to have a fr'en I. Do not link any worse of me than you can help. II . have keen forward and presuming, it was bemuse I knew so little of life, I shall re member your goodness and bo grateful to you forever. .■ Nora Hastings.” My poor, wronged, innocent-darling! If I had never loved her before I should have lov ed her then, and longed W shelter her from the o Id world in my heart. , ‘•Where has she gone?” I asked. turnino' to Ellen. ‘‘She does not toll me.” • ” She has gone to Mrs. M.le’s, on Dome SlCpet. 'lho lady ha I given her a great deal of work, and been very kind to her. and when M'ss Nora found she. couldn’t stay hero; she went to her with her trouble, anil so Sirs. M lee said she should stay there till she could look about for a notv pbu-e,” So there were still some.kind hearts in the World, I thought gratefully, who could show pity to the orphan and the friendless. - God blesi them all! But she. my poor little love, should never need to seek another boarding house if she Could - only love me, anil let me care for *er. “ I K 'i"K to see her,” I said to Ellon, ns she seemed to wait for my comments. “Blossymi, sirl 'fho very sightof you will d > her goid. : She took with , her the white Old you g Ti hor, an 1 the two flower p its.— Iwieh.yi.ii could see how she’s tended them flowers. They never had it dry loaf; ami to day eho cried over ’em.” 1 fmtnd Mrs. AtUo’s without difSoulty. I asked for at the door, and pre sontly shecanjoto tno ih.tjio little reception room whore I h\\d been shown.- She looked as if she had aliapst rtcipt herself Mind, poor child* * . 1 do not despise* me. Sfv Prescott, or jon would not have come to see ainf’ itor voice t emhlod. “ Despise you! Nirn..l love yn(i itith all tlift peWol* of lovin'* which Gml has g"von me. I have come to ask you to be m v wife You hold rriy fate in yon; handi. Will yop make me happy or wretched ?” - No matter rthoht her answer! She told mn nil my heart craved to hear. Looking into her t.rtttnftfljgyo8 l I knew that she wag mine, “ty.ypung, innocent love! After a vtfjilo I sent for Mrs. Afljos foofome to ns. I in her a lady whom 1 had sometimes mot in’ society, and for whorri I entertained a sineftre admiration. I told her. in brief the history of my acquaintance with M*ss Hastings, and that I desfred to innke her wife with ns little delay a? possible. DVJ "ho think the needful arrangements could be effeefod ip a week?. They should ho, shp said. Nora should ho married from her house, and a week would bo time enough In which to provide oil that was immediately heccaanry. So It was set tled. < next day I gave Mrs. Lee notice that I should vacate my rooms at the end of the month; . I-never, exchanged one word with her on the shhject.of Nora’s sudden ejection from' her house; She had an undoubted right to let her rooms as'shepleaeed. I sent her m.V w'aedding cards—it was my only revenge. Three years hare passed, since, and Norn, ns bride and wife, has been to ihe all that I hoped, and more. A Sucker's Visit to the Theatre— “Well, I’ve been thar," Jim, said a sucker to his cro ny- “Whar, down to Sent Louis?” inquired Jim. „ “Well, no whar else,” was the answer, and ‘■‘l’ve seed some of the darndedest things you’ve ever heord on in the hull animal crea tion.” “What wur they like?” inquired Jim. “Oh, all sorts ot Joins mixed up sorter eve ry way, hut the thing that just tuck me straight, was seem a 'jh/iu woman.’ Arter the flat boat wur hitched, I sot to lookin round and pooty soon I seed on big boss bills, stuck agin houses; that a feller named Dun Sees ";ar going to out up some of the tallest kind of shindys; I war natltrally bound to find out what it war like, so I axed a feller rcadin ’ it—and he laughed—ho said it war only the i thc-d-fer. Says I, that Af A allow, aint it? He , said. it ar, but it dilit rid circus Show, nuther, hut all sorts of a handsome show, held in a ! place as big as odr cdlinty Seat court-house, ijest made. tip hiy mind I’d go ten cents straight-. : I foiled out whhr they kept it, and - dp I goes; but tliilr they told me the lowest notch wlir a cool quarter—that stngg'Ordd trio, but 1 gin it; Unit or die when you’re in fur it, Ses I. s i tip I goes the alfirodest lot of slaws—l thought arter a spell I’d come dut somewhar near the moon, hilt liV travelling a spell I got up whar a lot of folks wur; It looked to mo like a nieotin lldds, with three gallerya, iuid lit Up like all out of doors in day-light. ‘‘A lot of fellers fiddled kwhy a spell liv thurselvos; but cuss nle if 1 could see .whar Unit fellet Dan Soos war,, .ind .jest as I ivur going to ask a chap whar the show war,' up rolled the hull side of the hodse, fight afore mo, and out slid a gal on her tip toes, whirl in ab-.ut like as of she could’nt keep down to the yearth. The way she handled her pins .just sot mo a renrin—it beat Mary Sellers all hollow, and she aint slow. I asked a fel ler nest me who she war, and I’ll swar if he i dld’nt say it wur Dan SoosJ which, * insteal, i of being a man’s name, wur French fir a dan- i ciu woman. I did’nt notice at first, but arter i a spell 1 seed the reason she could’nt keep i from jumpin—it made my har kind o’rise— ■ she weir not only a angel lookin creatur, but, i . Jiin, you kin believe me or not, boss fly, I’ll declare she had wings 1” “Here,” said Jim, “you kin lest take my hat.” “I knowetj. nobody would Relieve mo,” - -saultbc gnokpr, “I jqst kpowed-it, but’l swar I seed, her take hold on the tip of her wing, spread it out and jest fly like a bird eleaii acrosd; the hull side of the house. A feller wur chasin bur, bdt he could’nt shine. She shuck her tote at him; and slid right out o) sight!” ‘•That-,*’ »ays itim, “that will do—l know ad you could do pooty well a lyin, but that last effort can tliko the cakes I” U I aint gain to tell it ady more, but will sWar I seed it.”- ... I’dO Much of X Good Thing. — A French man whoso wilb was about to present him with the fond appellation of “ father,” r'etlirriUd to await the nappy moment; and with Some friends to drink long life and a noble, to the first borni The puneh-bo.wl scattered its in viting fiimCs nlost prodigally dfoiind tile com pany, and anxiety was manifested by all, when in ran Betty Lightfoot, exclaiming:. “Joy, joy, sir 1 I give you joy." “ Vat is he, Betty, vat is he?” “ A fine boy. sir!” “ Health to the young Marquis!” exclaimed one, and bumpers went round. “ Dotty, you must drink von life to the iung Marquis.” Betty raised the glass to her lips, when in rushed the nurse— "Joy, joy, sir, I give you joy!” “ Vat—vat—is do matter?” ■“ A fine girl, sir!”' v “ Betty,’’said the Frenchman, iookingstern, “ vat for you say no true?” “Oh,” said the nurse, “a bny first, and a girl afterwards.” “ Vat, two—voa boy—von Jillef" “ Two, sir,” added the dame, and helping herself to a glass, was swinging it off, when in popped another— “ Sacrel" exclaimed the Frenchman, “vat. more joy?" “ Another fine hoy, sir!” “Vat the diable —von girl—von biy—von y rcon. tree times! MonDieu!" bawled the poof Frenchman. “By (?ur. it will never do; I muni go and put a slop to this!" Lola Montez. —The exploits of Lola on the railroad cars in this country have boon wide ly circulated by the press,, One time, she persuaded the engineer to allow her to ride with him on the engine. While ho was look ing elsewhere, Lola suddenly turned on a full head of steam, and away dashed the engine at a fearful speed; to the groat dismay of the en gineer. . Another' time, tola whs in a car, when she pulled nut one of her favorite little cigars; and coolly lighted it. The conductor soon made his appearance. “ Madame.” said he, blandly, “you cannot smoke here.” Madame worit on smoking, without paying le least attention. “ Madiimo," repeated the conductor, a little savagely, “you can’t smoke here.” t'da looked up at him, gave a sweet smile, and a«ked: ■ . “ What do you say, sir?” “I say you can’t smoke here." “ But you see I can, though.” replied tola, sending out an extra p'nffi and smiling at the absurdity of the conductor’s theories. C7“A colored firm in Newark, N. J., hav ing suffered some pecuniary embarrassment, recently closed business,- 4nd the senior mem ber gave to the public' the* following “ notis:” “ 0e dishofutiO’rt of con'arsnip's .heretofore re-j slating twii't oto and M.tse Jones itf de barber | profession, rtm horesdfo resolved. Pussons who oso must pay in the' scrihor..,' Dorn what da form oso mus call on Jones, as de fnrm’ ts insolred,” (C7*A farmer’s wife in sneaking of the' smartness, aptness., and intelligence of her son. a lad of six years, to a lady friend said— •< Ho can road fluently in any part of the Bi ble. repeat the whole catechism, and weed onions as well ns his father.” “ Yes. mother.” added the viung hopeful, “ and yesterday I licked Ned Rawson. throwod the cat into the well, and stole old Ilinkley’s gimlet.’' ay.yj.Vi .vr^jy, in the month of October, 1833, Mr. C——, a gentleman, several members of whose fam ily have since become well and favorably known in the literary world, was residing in a }? 0 i* se ‘ n Hamilton county, Ohio. He had just completed a new residence, abobt ’seventy to eighty yards from that in which be was then living, intending to remove into it in a few days. The new house was in plain sight of the old one, no tree or shrlib in tervonihg, but they were separated; about half-way, by a small, somewhat abrupt ravine. A garden stretchd from the house to the edge of this ravine, and the further extremity of this garden was about forty yards from the newly erected building. Both buildings front ed west, toward a public road, the sooth aide of the old dwelling being directly opposite to the north side.of the new. Attahed to the rear of the new dwelling was a spacious kitch en. of which a door opened to tho north. The family at the time consisted of father, mother, uncle, and nine elnldren. Oneoftho elder daughters, thpn between 15 and 10 years old, wis nanted Rhoda; and another, the voUngest but one,-Lucy, was between 3 and 4 years of age. One afternoon in the month, of October: af ter d heavy ra : n, the weather hadcleilred Up, and between 4 and 5 o’clock the sun .shone out; About 5 o’clock Mrs, C Uepped out into a yard on the south side of tho dwelling they wore occupying, whence, in the evening sun, the new house, including the kitohep al ready referred to, was distinctly visible. . Sud denly she called h daughter, A——-, saying to her:. “Wlmt citn . llho la pissibly ho doing there, With .the ch : M in Iter artos; Slin ought to know’better this damp weather.” A looking in the direction in which hpr toother pointed, saw, plainly and untoistdkably, seat ed, in it rocking chair jUst within the kitchen donrofihe now residence, Rhodii, with Lucy in her Arms. .“What a strange thing!” she exeiaitoed ; “ it is but a few toiriittes since I loft them up stairs.” And., with that, going in search of them, she found b «‘th in one of.t.ho nnpor roopis, and brought them down; Mr; p;——.and other members of the family, soon ioined Ihoto. Their amazement, that of Rho da especially, may be itoaginijd; Tho figures seated at the hall doer, and Hie two children now actually in their midst. Were absolutely identical in appearance, eVon to Chcll minilto partlcUlUr of dross; . Five toinotes more elapsed in breathless ox pec’ation, and there still set the figures; that of Rhoda appearing to rock with the motion of the nhair on which it seemed seated; All the family congregated, ami every member of It. twelve persons in all—saw tKeflgUres, no ticed the rocking motion, and became cto vinced, past all possible doubt, that it was the appearance,of Rhoda and Lucy. Then the father, Mr. C- , resolved to oroas eve'- and endeavor to obtain s imo solu tion of their mystery, but. having lost sight of the figures in descending the ravine, when he ascended' the opposite bank they were gl”"- " ■ I j ■ Meanwhile the daughter A—had waked down to the lower end of the garden so ns to get a close view ; and the Vest remained gaz ing from the Spot whence they had first wit-' rtdssod th’S Unaccountable phenomenon. Soon after Mr. C. had left the IlnUse, they all saw the ilppearanUe of fthoda rise from the chair, in its arms, then lie down ilcroks thU threshold, of the kitchen door; and after, it I had remained in that rccurfibent position for a minute or two, still embracing tho child, the figtires wore seen gradually to sink down odt of sight: When Mr.' (5. reached tho entrance, there was hot a trace nor appearance of a jidtoiln being. ThU rock'rig-chnif. which had been I conveyed across the kitchen sonld time before, i still stood fherU, jh«t inside the door, hut it 1 was still (Shinty:, lie seilrChod tho hodse front garret to cellar, but hothing whatever was to be seen. lie inspected the clay, soft from tho rain, at tho rear exit of the kitchen, and all around tho house, but not afmtstep could ho discover. There w-.s nit a tree or bush any-whero near behind which any one could secrete himself; the dwelling being erected on a hare hill-side. The father returned from his fruitless search, to learn, with shudder, what the fam ily. meanwhile had witnessed, The circum stance. as may be supposed, made upon them a profound impro-s'on, stamping itself, in in delible c'larao'oVs, on the minds of all. But any mention of it was usually avoided, as something too serious to fjnu the topic of or dinary conversation. I reco'ved it directly from two of the wit nesses, in New York, February 22d, ■ 1800 M'ss A and her s’ster Miss P—: —. They both stated to mo that their recollections of it were ns vivid ns if it had occurred only a few weeks since. N i clue, or explanation of any kind was ev er pbtamed • n doss wo are to accept as sues the fart that Rhoda, a very beautiful and cul tivated girl, at the time in blooming health, hied very unexpectedly on the 11th of N wem her of the year following; and that Lucv, then also perfectly well; followed Hbr sister on the 10th of December; the same year; both deaths odjtirf ng; it will be observed, within a little piorothnn a year of that day on which the family saw the apparition of the sisters; Abost Ashes. —Ash Buyer: Any ashes to day? J Farmer: No, sir.- Ash Buyer : Give you eight cents; in odoh; a bushel. Farmer: dap got twenty-five cents a bush el. Ash Buyer: Guess you’re mistaken. Farmer: G«sss I ain’t. Ash Buyer; Wh i’ll give it? Farmer: Smith, at the Rod jfilf. Ash Buyer: Smith don’t buy ashes, nor never d d. Farmer: Yes, but i put the ashes on my corn and wheat, and the ashes make grain, and t en Smith buys them at what I said!—l Rural New Yorker. I good story is told concerning the * writing of n certain railr- a i manager. He • had written to a man on the route, notifying j him that he mdst remove a barn, which in /sane manner iiicomim ded the road under I penalty of prosecution.- The threatened in- I dividual was nimble to read any part of his I letter but the signature, hut took it to bo a i I free pass and used it for a couple of years as | siioli, none of the conductois being able to dispute its interpretation. r « dooming young widow, says the St. Lmis Bulletin, living in one of the Southern oiatea, •which is strongly for secession, sends word; through it Iftdy friend, to fi sp'ry wid ower in this oily, but who .is not in very good health at present, that “ she is for the Onion.” to which ho replied. “ And so am 1, but duo regard must bo bad to the Constitution,” Aristotle was asked what wore tho advantages of learning, hq replied: “It is an ornament to man in prosperity, and a ref uge in adversity.” TOG TWO SISfEBI (Difts an& (Bnbl DCTTo tell oiir owo seoreta is folly, to di vulge the secret* of otters is treachery. ITT"Anger.—To Be in doner is impiety j but who is the ih'du thdt is 'dot angry? o*Young lovers are called turtle s, And so they generally turtles'. . CJT'Robt. T. Lincoln, the son of the Presi dent elect, was in West Chester last week on a visit to a classmate. o“There has been about ten millions of dollars in specie received in this country front Europe since the panic set in. DU”A new kind of g'uhpowdur said to Be much superior, to the old has been patented and is how manufactured. It is white in color. O'" Hearings on Irth,” cried a nice old !ady the other (lay, “ If the world does come :d an end next year, what shall I do for snuff. [Cf The house in which Thoma? Jefferson was horn, at Shadwell Depot; in the county of Albemarle, Va.-, was burned on Thursday night week. ' - TT-Tho proprietor of a bone mill advertises that those sending their own bones to bo groune, will be attended to With punctuality iliul disphtch; . !E7"The President has discontinued wbrk On all public buildings in process of construc tion at Charleston, New Orleans, and other parts of the sboodibg- States; _O’ A man lately put his dog in bed and ticked himself down stairs.- Ho did not dis cover his mistake, until the next, morning, when he chased a cow and couldn’t bark: O*-Mayor Fernando Wood's bride is said to be just Vis old Vis Her liege 10. d.—- : lie has jvlst Httikiildd Ills fifty-first year, and His wife is sweet sbveritoed; (C7*Kennedy, of Storyland, says his State is ready for civil war if the Republicans de feat Critt'endcri’s dnibrtdiiiont. O’Sathiicl Rogers said—“ Those who go tO hedVen will bo very much surprised-at the people they find there and very much sur prised at those they do not find there." CT’Major Anderson is considered one of . the best artillerists in the army. Hb is the: author of the standard hook on that arm of the service, used at West Point and in the iirmy; „ d7*The typhoid fever is raging in parte of Bucks cotinty. In the fanlily of Gen; Gainer, iii Wdrjdhgtbn tmtiisliip, seven peradUs ser£ afflicted with it at one time, two of whom have died. ' • O' A. man without blinds has been arrested i i W neeling, Va.. charge'll With stealing horses iu Pennsylvania and briiigihg and selling them in that aity. ■ o’’What a world of gossip wouldhepre vonted if it was only remembered that a par son who tells you of the faults of others in tends to tell others of your fault, ' I ICT'Curinsity is a thing that makes us look over other people’s affairs, and overlook our own. Xonooratcs, repronending curiosity; Said it is as rude to intrude itito dridthiif itian’s house with yoUr eyes da tHtb jrohr feet: C7*Oon;j3boll says thill Hi tlib iHaiigiiratioh in March, he will ride in cdhipany with Com til idofi) Stewilft; of Philadelßhia. iiim to the carriage which will conl’by Messrs. Buchanan and Lincoln; " MoFi'nnglhi with H WhßWbnpi row ran a race with a locomotive; as the lat ter went out of sight, Mao observed, “ Affwie' ye. ye rearin blaggard. or I’ll bo afther run nin into yees 1” 0”A cattle train passed through Reading from Chicago t> Now York on Sunday i week: There were thirty-seven eight wheeled cars; 19 of them filled with beeves and 18 with swine. The freight on the whole amounted to 55,860. !T7“The repeal of the Rhode Island Person irl Liberty B I 1 has been received everywhere with feelings of gratification. ..The citizens of Reading fired one hundred guns, and the Minute Mon of Baltimore thirty-three guns, 1 1 testify their approval of the act. , An impudent anonymous correspond ent, signing himself “Ne I Bucket,’’ express ei the wish that wo tfo.'o dedl. Very well— let him show himself in person, ilnd we pledge ourselves to “ kick tile bucket:-. IC/’A certain yolirig' than irt tliis town SHyl that ho expects to pay in (i, short time every thing ho owes in this world: Av; blit there's a tlebt tnat he has got to settle ?n the other world. There'll be the devil to pay: resolution has been introduced in the National II mse of Representatives, adverse to the pilrclidse of the Uefmilage, the home and grave of Jackson, for a national niilitary asylum. Southern troubles is the cause of this movement. [C7*“ In my time, Miss,” said a stern aiifat; “ the irton looked fit the women’s faces, in stead of their ankles 1” “Ah. but my dear aunt,” retorted the young lady, “you see the world has improved, and is more civilized than it used to be. It laoks more to the' un derstanding.-” [CKA 'Western editor complaining that hi* could not sleep one night, summed ujp tba o'aiises:—“ A wailing babe of sixteen months old, a dog howling under the window, a cat squalling in the alley, a colored serenade ,in a shanty over the way, a toothache, and a pig trying to get in u’t tilt) back door." [C7M little boy, the other day, who wa» I hopping, skipping, and twisting, and wig* I gling and jiggling himself io si very imagina ble shape without any evident, object, wag asked what in the world he'wad doing.’ ..•‘O,’* said he, “ I am so chuck full of titter 1” soldier who was once wotihded .in a.' battle, set up n terribin bellowing., An Irish', man woo laid near, with both legs shot off, immediately sung out—“ Bad luck to th* likes of ye—do yo think that nobody is kilt hut yourself?” • . : ; 0“Tho following soliloquy of a topir de serves to bo perpetuated: Leaves have their time to fall, . . And so likewise hare 1,, The reason, toe’s the sanio—■ It oomos of getting dry. But here’s the ditforenoo ’twixt Jeares ‘and me, I falls more harder and more frequently. C7"A small young man visiting a prison in Maine, inquired of some of,the pHsonisii the cause of their being in such a place. ’ Afc last ho asked a email.girl the pause, of her being in prison. Her answer was, “ thafcshe. stole a saw mill and went back after the pond and was arrested.” The young map: left iSf-’ mediately.- - £ ■ KO. 35.;..
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