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The Song of a Felon's Wife
By BARRY COILSWALL.
The brand is oil thy brow,
A dark and guilty , pet;
neer to be erast.d:
'Tis veer to be forgot!
The brand is on thy brow,
Vet I must shade the spot;
For who will love thee now,
If I love thee not?
Thy soul is dark,—ht sun ued—
From out the bright world thrown;
By Cod and man di.ditineth
But not by nie,—My own:
O, were the tiger Eluin,
Huth one who neer .loth flee,
"Who soothes his cl> leg pein'.—
That one lon I to thee!
gttrttinitz,
My Only Adventure
I=
It is of no use to ask me for a ghost story;
for though I have stayed in nearly every
town in England of any size, I have met
'with none. Railways have put haunted
chambers out of fashion. Fancy a ghost
being bold enough to venture into one of
, our vast hotels! There is not a single white
/robed customer that would have the impu
%deuce to do it. Ghosts lived in old coaching
days, and dwelt in the quaint wayside inns;
and I was never lucky enough to have my
bed-curtains disturbed by invisible hands;
'but I am ashamed to own that I once got a
terrible fright.
In my early days, I—like most of my
,profession—traveled from place to place,
just remaining in each long enough to pocket
,all the spare cash the inhabitants were min
ting to expend:on dental ornaments. Some
times I made large towns the centre of my
.operations, and remained in them for
months, visiting the leer-er ones in the
'neighborhood on stated days. It was in
.one of our large manufacturing towns in
the west of England that I met with the
:adventure I any going to gist you.
.1 had been uncommonly successful, and
!had made a long stay in the place on that
:account—indeed, I had spent some months
there when it happened. I had excellent
lodgings, and occupied three apartments—
al sitting room, and a sort of reception room
:for patients on the ground floor, and a tir,t
Sneer bed-room, all facing the street. I al
tways worked in the last named apartment,
-and laid the necessary tools and materials
.on a little bench near the window. Here I
generally took my station, and spent the
time from six or seven in the evening until
anidnight, as I was less liable to interrup
tion.
My apartments were all furnished with
gas-burners, and before winter set in, I
added a gas store to my bed-room, that my
working there might cause no needles ,
trouble or expense to my landlady. One
evening, being very busy, I sat later than
usual, and when at length my task was
done, I drew my chair close to the stove,
and sat half an hour reading before extin
guishing my light.
You aro aware that we make use of gold
plates and wire in fastening artificial teeth
end, in consequence of my numerous orders,
I had been particularly well supplied with
he precious metal in this form, ever since
A. came to this town. Moreover, I was by
,no means deficient in those pieces which
,bear a likeness to our gracious sovereign.
Being particularly weary, and intending to
recommence my labors again early in the
morning, I did not trouble myself to put
away my materials. But I was ;careful to
examine the fastenings of my door ; and
this duty done, I extinguished the fire and
light, and got into bed.
I fell asleep almost instantly, and had n
somewhat ludicrous dream. 1 fancied my
self keeper in the Zoological Gardens, which
I had visited a few days before, and that
while handing some food to my especial
charges, (the bears,) I overbalanced, and
.was tumbled into the pit among the grizzly
brutes, when the shock awoke me.
Again I dozed off, but only to get among
the bears once more. I thought a tremen
dour specimen, a perfect Ursa Major, had
just been purchased, and that to me was en
trusted the task of taming the monster.
No pleasant thing, even in a dream, par
ticularly at that moment, and in the incom
prehensible manner only Mho accomplished
in sleep, the scene shifted to my Led-room,
and I found myself standing, en chemise,
without any moans of lief:use against the
precious creature advancing open mouthed.
I thought I leaped on my bench, seized the
blind roller, and as he advanced, dealt a
tremendous blow at him.
But, alas he eluded it with the dexterity
of an accomplished fencer, and I, losing my
balance, toppled head first to the ground.
The brute 'sprang upon roc. Ho tugged,
and so did I, with might and main. I was
getting the worst of it, when suddenly
recollecting that any sort of attack is
lawful, and that one may be permitted to
waive ceremony with a bear, I seized the
creature's ear between my teeth, and bit
the piece completely out. He dropped me
like a but potato. The ltu:icrous, pitiful
howl, and the way he applied the paw just
taken from my waist to the wounded car,
were too much.
EEO
Mil
I burst into a perfect roar of laughter,
and so much noise did I make that it awoke
I was still laughing at this whimsical
vision; and wondering if it had any refer
ence to an apprentice who was to come un
der my care on the morrow, and who was,
truly, as uncouth a looking cub as any gen
tleman need have to lick into shape, when I
heard, not a ghost—they make no noise—
but a sort of uneasy grunt, then a yawn,
such as a person emits when disturbed from
a sound sleep. I listened attentively, ly
ing perfectly still, and, in a moment, dis_
tinetly beard something move below my
bed. I knew no one could have entered
after I laid down, as I am a light sleeper,
and the door was too well secured to be
opened without a noise, I therefore felt
sure that they had been under the bed be
fore I commenced working, and, having fall
en asleep, been awakened by the boisterous
laughter which had dispelled my own dream.
What was Ito do? I feared the moment
I set foot on the fluor I should be seized,
and what could I—a little fellow, almost
naked, unarmed—do against one, or perhaps
more, doubtless prepared fur a struggle ?
Oddly, enough, the remembrance of my
dream gave me courage. I had loaded pis
tols in the room, and once out of bed, should
be able to seize tliem in a moment. I re
solved to leap out and secure the weapons
before lighting the gas, since I, being, as 1
presumed, better acquainted with the ar
rangement of the furniture, might manage
in the dark to elude my antagonist. These
thoughts occupied but a !few seconds. In
as many more the pistols were in my hand
and the gas lighted. The intruder did not
venture to appeal-, and the delay gave me
courage. I boldly commanded that indi
vidual to advance and take the chance of a
bullet. Something immediately began to
move, and I soon saw the: cause of my ,
alarm. What was it, think you? You
cannot guess. I will tell you: it was a wo
man ! I see you arc all beginning to laugh;
and suppose you think there is some lung
story in the case ; and that a damsel, beau
tiful as a Houri, or a heroine—which is all
the same—whom I had wooed only to be
tray, had concealed herself there to reproach
me with broken vows, etc.
All wrong. The deuce a bit of romance
is there in the whole allair. Had you seen
the coarse, E ullen, ill-favored woman who
stood before me, wrapped in a dingy plaid
shawl. yen would not suspect such a thing,
especially as you have seen a specimen of
my taste in the_shape of a holy who bears
my name.
After all, the scene was droll enough.:
There stood I, shivering in my night3hatoli
mentq, pistol in hand, ready to interrogate
my visitor. She looked carting-knives in
return: but not securing in the least shocked
at my scanty garments, though evidently
desirous of turning her back both on them
and on the wearer. On looking, I thought
her features seemed familiar, and recollected
she had lived as servant in the house, but
my landlady suspecting her of dishonesty,
discharged her shortly after my arrival.
I was about to question her, hut thinking
it advisable to have a witness, I commanded
her to remain where she was, and insured
her:obedience by lo4ing the door. I roused
the family, and as I was returning to my
pri,oner, I heard my bad-room window'
hastily closed. "Ah 1" thought I, " you
are all right there fur staying where you
are, fur the window is strongly barred." On
being interrogated, she said my landlady
had forbidden her coming into the house,
but being friendly with the other servant,
she ventured to visit her.
Whilst talking in the kitchen, she heard
the mistress approaching, and fearing dis•
covery, stole up stairs, crept into my room,
arta hid her: elf below the bed, intending to
leave the house when all was quiet. My
early entrance cut off her escape, and she
.upposed she had fallen asleep, as she re
membered nothing more till aroused by a'
loud fit of laughter. This seemed plausible
enough, and but fur the sequel, would have
passed off very well. As we were about to
dismiss her with a caution not to repeat her
the door-hell rang, and we found a
policeman waiting for admittance. lie
stated that passing a short time before, he
observed one of the front windows hastily
periekl. Something was thrown out, and
then it was as quickly shut. After a search,
he found a very large and sharp Spanish
knife, which, he presumed, was the article
thrown from the window. lie also observed
two fellows, of suspicious appearance,
loitering about tho place, and discovered
them to be father and son—men of bad
Antracter, who got a living nobody knew
how. lle had warned them away, and then
"NO ENTERTAINMENT IS SO CHEAP AS READING, NOR ANY PLEASURE SO LASTING."
COLUMBIA, PENNSYLVANIA, SATURDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 30, 18.58.
returned to see if anything were amiss in
the house.
On being informed of my visitor and her
talc, he expressed a wish to see her, and at
(MCC recognized her as the daughter of the
elder, and sister of the younger man he
had dismissed.
Instead of liberating the woman, as we
thought of doing, we deemed it prudent to
give her into custody. No ono present at
her examination entertained a doubt that,
during the short time she was in Mrs. Win
gate's house, after I became an inmate of
it, she had remarked the materials I had
used, and that a regular plan had been or
ganized to rob, and perhaps murder me.
The other servant also deposed, on oath,
that her hiding in my room was needless,
as she had abundant time to leave the house
unperceived, had she chosen; and that the
visit to her was paid against her will, she
having no desire to continue any acquain
tance with a person more than suspected of
dishonesty. Still, we could charge her with
nothing but the concealment, and after be
ing cautioned against placing herself again
in such a situation, she was discharged.
The story was much talked about, and I
got well quizzed by many ladies of my ac
quaintance; but, after all, the thing might
have proved no joke to me. I remained
some moths longer in the place, and before
I left it heard many accounts of threats
which the WUMMI . 6 male relatives had ut
tered against me for casting suspicion on
innocent (?) people. I had probably in
jured their business; for, I fancy, after that
had occurred, few parties would be willing
to employ any nocturnal visitor in their
houses.
Three years had elapsed since the date of
my adventure, and I had almost forgotten it,
when business again called me to the same
town. At first I only thought of remain
ing a few days; but finding I should bo de
tained longer, I sought out my former land•
lady, as—that one night excepted—l had
been particularly comfortable under her
roof. Finding my old apartments vacant, I
gladly took possession of them a second
time.
During my former stay I made many
agreeelde acquaintances, and now—it being
near Christmas—l received many invita
tions to supper parties, &c., which I fancy
were not the less numerous because I was
still a bachelor.
On Christmas-eve I accepted one, to spend
it with at friend at his house, where there
was a very large and charming family of
sons and daughters. The father was a fine
jovial, old fellow, and the mother just the
cheerful but even-tempered gentle soul who
alone could bring up such girls as her's.—
We had a glorious evening.
All sorts of joyous Christmas-fun was
carried on, and I kis!,ed pretty girls under
the mistletoe until, either with that pleasant
exercise or with quenching the thirst it ex
cited, I became slightly elevated. I was to
dine there next day, and my friends would
fain have persuaded me stay all night: but
I was determined to return to my lodging.,
as I knew Mrs. Wingate would sit up for
me. It was past midnight when I bid my
kind entertainers good night, aud with a
hasty but not too steady step, set out on my
homeward journey.
I was soon at home and in bed. Mrs.
Wingate had more than once laughed about
the odd figure I cut on the occasion of my
old adventure. She also informed me that
the two men who had played the street part
had been since detected whikt attempting
to commit a burglary. and imprisoned for
twelve months, but were now at liberty.—
The good lady manifested no small amount
of uneasiness on my account, end cautioned
me to be very careful not to give them any
opportnnity of executing their threats of
vengeance against me.
Her evident timidity and anxiety only
excited my mirth, but I was neverthelc , s
careful to examine the fastening of my door
and always both lock and bolt it.
When I reached my lodgings on Christ
mas•cve, I was, as I said, a little elevated,
and contrary to my usual custom, on get
ting into bed I could not sleep.
I began to think over the amusements of
the evening criticizing the fair faces I had
been en close to, \visiting, I had such a
cheerful home; speculating as to my chance
of success in the event of my asking one 01
the said fair damsels to part with her name
in favor of mine, and thanking my stars
that, at any rate, I should be a guest at
the same place on the morrow. The clock
struck two, and found my thoughts still
busy; but a sudden check was given to the
current of my ideas. I heard a sort of
grating sound, and then felt certain some
one was moving stealthily up the kitchen
stairs, At first I was a little alarmed,
thinking thieves were in the house, and then
—pshaw! thought I, Mrs. Wingate has been
sitting up later than usual to finish her
christmas pudding. It is rather singular
that my former adventure did not then enter
my mind; though it had occurred in that
very spot. I listened again. The footsteps
certainly were audible, close to my roan
door—a hand was on the lock—it turned—
they were stealing along the floor to my
apartment—l became sensible of the pres
ence of two persons—and now I felt all the
horrors of my situation. Every iota of
what had formerly happened there, the me
naces of the two fellows who had then,
doubtless, been disappointed of their preY,
and the thought of my own powerlessness
nearly drove see mad.
Fool, idiot that I was —I had in my tipsy
fully rushed upon My fate.
I had refused the cordial invitation which
would have secured me from all danger, and
had even neglected the precaution of secur
ing my room, almost the first time within
my reculleection. I became aware of a dim
and partially opening my eyes, I per
ceived two rascal, tumbling about a lantern.
I am not ashamed to own I was perfectly
paralyzed with tetror: and utterly incapa
ble of doing anything—indeed, what could
I do? I saw theta remove the candle from
the lantern, and convert my inkstand into a
candlestick. One proposed lighting the gas,
but the other objected that if disturbed he
might be flurried and turned into the Wrong
way. They th en with singalar quickness end
dexterity, ransacked my desk and case, which
they opened by means of skeleton keys.—
This done, :old the plunder tied in a hand
kerchief, the, younger of the two suggested,
with an oath, that they should finish him.
He approached my bed, drew aside the
curtains, and, though I durst not look, I
felt he was gazing in my faee. Again lie
turned aside, and fumbled in his pocket as
if in search of something.
I had hoped all along that by feigning
sleep,l might escape, since they were pow
erful men and I quite unarmed. While
he was feeling in his pocket, I could not
help stealing my hand up to my throat,
thinking at the same time how little chance
there was that it would be used as a vehicle
for Christmas oheer. G uess my horror, if
you can,. when the elder scoundrel, in an
impatient tune, bade his sun "make haste if
he meant to "do it, and not lteep him wait
ing there all night.''.
The young man tumbled over the articles
that had'heen displaced in their search fur
plunder, and not finding what he sought,
inquired witli an oath, what his father had
done with the -knife. At first the latte r
seemed puzzled, and then informed his son,
with an equally elegant expletive, that. he
had left it on the pantry shelf down below.
The younger bitterly cursing him for a
greedy fool, Who must begin to cat befoKe
the work was done, bade him fetch it.
"Well, Bill," replied his parent, "that
ham was stunning, and you knOw you
couldn't stand those 'ere cheesecakes; but
won't this do for him?"--harlding up one of
my pistols.
"Yi!s,'a.' pretty thing; fire, kick: up a row,
and be scragged fur it—that would pay
nicely. retch the knice, and have no more
jaw-, or we lilt:all wake the chap, instead of
sending hint up quietly to spend his Christ
tnas in Ileaveti, without an imitation." die
chuckled, and the old fellow seemed equally
delight l eearhis son's wit; then, taking up
the candle, went off to fetch the knife.
'All theii• motions had been so noiselessly
performed, and the cunt ersation had been
carried on in a tone so clear, though low,
that I was a-touislied at the perfection they
had attained'in their horrid craft. During
the father's absence, the son was not idle.
lie actually loosed the collar of my shirt,
and then steed quietly awaiting the other's
return.
You could, never imagine, unless placed
in similar Ch:cura , tances, what a multitude
of thoughts passed through my mind in a
few minutes. I verily belie've that ON cry .
Christmas with its accompaniments of fun
and feasting at which I had assisted since I
was the height of the table, was reviewed in
turn. Then I thought of the morrow, and
the fair girls I had left, and how, an hour
before, I was full of lope that' ere another
Christmas came round I should call one my
own, Still, I found time for earnest trayer,
and to think of all sorts of expedients to
escape my impending fate. Once I fancied,
now there was only one to contend with, I
might do something; but just then the 'touch
of the muscular hand on my throat reminded
me that a movement would cause lily in
stant destruction. Indeed. I have often won
dered that the fellow did not strangle me in
hi_ impatience. how bitterly did I reproach
myself for not raring all alarm when the
footsteps first became audible.
At length the fellow fairly gnashed his
teeth with rage, : and uttered a smothered ex
clamation of "Pang the tippling beast; he's
at that wine agin: - he also left the apart
ment, to recall his truant parent, and fetch
the implement of murder.
Now was time, and you may believe I lost
none. The instant be left the room, I was
on my feet; noi-elc-sly I approached the
door, dashed it to, turned the boy, shut the
bolt, lighted the goo, and once more I stood,
my heart ready to jump into my throat with
joy and thankfulness, with my trusty pistols
in my hand.
There was no chance of their re-entering,
for their skeleton keys lay on the bench,
and every article of plunder was there also;
for, intending to return, they had not con
veyed it from the room.
I made noise enough from the window:
my ,hustess and her dana•el, now roused,
joined the chorus, and soon, at the bead of a
host of alarm, searched the ltduf:e from top
to bottom. One of the men I loiew liaa left
the premise as I heard hint 11.1 , 11 over the
area. railings and down the street; but the
elder ruffian ii is discovered, stupidly drunk.
in the cellar. the danger of his position not
having staTiced to pre% rnt his indulging his
favorite propensity, when the temptation
was s 9 strung.
We found they had gained admittance 1 3 .
cutting away the zinc front the pantry win
dow, their skeleton keys having mado the
rest easy.
l Bill, the younger ruffian, was too well
known to escape detection. Ile wa, cap
tured in a few hours, and both he and his
father eventually obtained a free passage to
a distant land in a vest,el provided fur that
purpose by her most gracious majesty.
The affair made a prodigious sensation,
and I became the lion of all Christmas par
ties that year; and the extraordinary sym
pathy manifested by a certain fair individ
ual at the recital of my story, brought about
a most satisfactory explanation. 3ly next
Christmas dilater was eaten in my own
home, with her• a.; its mistress.
I have often blessed my stars that good
Mrs. 'Wingate was nut a member of the total
abstinence society, for had it nut been fn•
the liberal replenishing her cellar under
went a few days before Christtnaq, in read
iness fur sons and daughters who were to
gatherround her, and celebrate in her house
that true home festival, my throat would
have been in no condition to perform its
functions when the time arrived.
Thus have I told the only adveziture of :ivy
consequence in which I ever played a part,
and let me add, that whereas rich and poor
alike welcome Christmas as a season of joy
and thankfulness, 1 doubt whether any feel
more keen emotions of the kind than I do,
since it recalls to my mind an additional
mercy vouchsafed at that period.
The First and Third Marriage
"Thu 4, you nee, my OWIL Hi)riCaSC, that I
must leave you. I shall pros ide an ine,one
of a hundred louis fur your earemze;.
forward enn,tantly to my ettirn; and when
fortune again smiles upon me I tdmil.emne
Lack, lie\ er 'again t,) be ,eparated until
death."
. The m-0,01411 , 4 wife could not bk? comforted.
It was hard that, so soon after her marriage,
when" the world s..comed so bright and gay,
abd when wealth and fortune smiled so se
renely upon her, all should be swept away
and she left, like a lone widow, to protect
herself. The husband was almost distracted
with the thought of leaving her. His h=art
had been bound up in his beautiful llortense.
She had been lais idol from boyhood, the
bright dream of his existence; and \Then he
had attained the di.stinetion or one of the
merchant princes of Montreal, he married
her, and placed her in the very heart of
luxury,
Misfortunes came on swift wings to the
happy pair. One by one his paSqc , ; , :ions
left him; and wore than that, others were
invoh oil in his itlidirr; who were Leta ahle to
lose than himself. Ile could not look upon
the ruin of those around nitn; for he had a
kind heart, and woold not wrong anyone for
the world. • They that lost by his ill-fortune
admitted that M, Valentin was a strictly
honest man; and that is great praise from
those who are injured by a man's illduck.
People are but too apt to call it dhhonesty.
There was but a single bright spot before
M. Valentin. Australia gleamed np warm
and gulden; and with a desperation born of
love to his wife, and justice to his creditors,
he secretly embarked for the land of pro
mise. There was a nine days' wonder as to
where he was gone, and to what purpose:
and then lie died out of the thoughts of the
as thoroughly as if he had been
dead and buried.
The weeping llortense removed to another
locality, the fashionalde, who had str.uued
every nerve to get to the 'house of
the rich merchant, never paused to at k after
his wife; awl lonely and miserable, without
filends or relative-. Itorten-e drooped and
pined, until the beauty which her hasi , an
so praised was changed into tral,-10-s. She
never heard from M. Valentin. Ni sin 4! o
word bad ever cheered her solitude since he
left her. As month after month dragged its
slow weight along, and no tidings reached
her, her heart utterly t-ank within her, and
he believed him dead. l'Vhat, indeed, could
she think: It was better to think so than
to think him unmindful of her; and
after day she watered his memory with tear
of genuine sorrow, as ono sorrows fur the
beloved dead.
She put on the deepest mourning. kept
her roam fur when she finally
went out again, and that only to chore].,
her sorrow ern, written plainly in her face,
Whkh, if it had lost ;mite of its beauty, Iva ,
yet mu t deeply intere.ting. So at least
thought the young liqgene Stnnbury, an
ISugli•'.nuau of unblemi-led character and
pmosperuus limine-h lie-:ac her at church,
ile‘l , o l ,ome lIS expedieht to he in
troduced, and begged the primilege of wait
ing upon her. The lady pleaded her iu,a
bilit•; to entertain company, the irmpropt-icty
of her rec eiving pentlemen, and thomand
rem- , us tchc lte ,I.oula nut visit her.
He CV% prralel them all, bo-on;:bt her
waive all ceremony Avit;l hits, to em•ider
him as a deeply att.whol fr;end, a Lr.,ther
—anything% in s'oort, it he might be poi :nit
tod to , eo her Fuinetinw,; and Horten , e,
weary of her moth,tumms aad dreary lire, al
la , t cemented.
Once hying renewed the delieions Crin
4ciuuene.s of a pr,,teeting Ineseree,
found it hard to give it op for the men
panotilidtis fear of what the world would
say of her. linked, she had long sino, ,
..,liolten hands with the world and parted
from it. She owed it no favor; had no
right to eritieike her cow:net. Thus she
rea•oued while listehh.g liii.zone•, 1311,1s
,i.eied entreaties that si.e 13y a-ide
her sorrow thedead and I,e,,ime him wife.
Still she be-anted. She truly Lelieled in
her bmband's death; for would be nut have
$1,50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE; 02,00 ll' NOT IN A:
written ha-t he boon ll\ lug? Of the many
letters she had wlitten him, the many in
quiries, she had instilatod, un an , w - cr co i n
be obtained. Nu one knew anything LT
Valentin.
In an hour of more than a=nal lnelin•-rs
and trouble, she whisperol to hersclf that
should Eugene pre , , I:1 , suit anow, sbo
would consent to marry. She liked him.—
She was weary of her ow-a life, cage I mad
cribbed a , she wa , :: she d for floo 3 nt
from the restraint that p,verty an I w ,w
-hco I were constantly imposing, 'upon he::
and all these combined operated w,laler
fully in Eugene's fay.:r. The marriage wa •
strictly private; and half Stanbn,.'s
friends had no su , picion that she had inin
married at all until she became hi,
lla t.ok . lier to a ple;n , ant 11 , 1:11", 11 , C
fortablc! if not rluitc a , Itr.tni 'v.
6c L;rl Alarel mith ?1. Val , nlin: 1 al
that she couhl a-k fur ',11,X •C. I r.i .I.
\Vith rc uro tp, profit -iun. Tiehr h "'-
;ng, tw,) ur three l i'.ei fr,lft the h-art
Moutreal, wa-; s.errutindel w:th tree;
finweri ng shrubs of every dosotiptd.n.
there was e% cry comfort that a
heart could sme•ge-t. The heart of II .r:on-e
awoke to life, to love, t t hapnine4•: aml to
see her thus, rej , :loed that of her lot-dim:l.
Two years of almost unmingl:l hlis , went
by; but the third year eiortncu;•Cl ii hit
some alarm for the healt% of Eugene. Twice
had Hortense seen him draw a handker
chief from his lips, which was :looped in
blood: and often his nights were passed in
c3ughing% until nature was exit:la-tel. and
the morning sleep found him drenobo I in
the terrible sweats which s.) surely p rtond
consumption. Hortense struggled With
sorrow. It Nva; the fast
time that she had watched over one :tear to
her: it wag the tir , t thi: she had seen the
cfreets of this insidious di:ease: and hope
and fear alternated in her breast, until at
length she hoped against all links, and the
blow came down upon her all the larder
that she had not schooled herself to feel it:
approach.
IL was hard to see him parting whit the
mute evidences of his brief h a ppi n e:,.—
EVCry tt inflow where he had sat with her.
every arbor where they hail re-te I, every
tree under whose shades they had walked,
or whose trunk he had carved with her
name all received a farewell look.
"How ma I part with you, deare-t?" he
a , ked, after his painful journey r,,und the
rooms and garden.
"Eugene! do not name it," She said; "you
gill break my heurt."
"But you must hear it, ITorton , e. T can
tday with you long.. - ,Thank Heaven
that I leave you above want. Premi-e
dear, that you will never leave this
'fruit we, T will be with you in spirit,when
the form is laid in the earth—wat.diing,
guarding, if po—ible speakinl, to you."
It was his last night on earth. IVhe.n the
morn broke, hie eyes were closed in the
Slumber of death.
Horten-e wandered for mouths abort her
beantiful benne like a perturbed
There was nothing that had peen touched
by Eir..;e,ne that ha 1 nut a solemn an.l
value in her rye , . The tree, he lend plante 1
the bowers he had farmed, all 11.1 , 1 a mean
ing to her that 710 one CT , (` ‘71 , 111 ll*l :Cr..; .11.1:
and yet upon each tale "1 the—, and opan
her whole heart and lie veered v,tiacn.
"the , A lery hay departioll"
It 1, time ti rlol: to th: - ..;
Valentin, whet th , f , nd
husband, the coura;;-on-; a lrcn:nrer. At
Belt he Iva,: di , trarte.l :it , a_tht
of - parting with I lorten 'et lint ono ,
Uni , eor, rei“e , l, he bet-am, m uo , e.l l lll. .1
frtc year. 4 he tri,,n g ht then: t,-
g ethor, clever to part: :Ina poi hap: they
wonl , l be all the happier for the , 01 at . , :I
Fall of hope, he went to the I.i:it
Att4tralia. Diy ‘ l . ly lie wr
ancluring hard.hipq
bearing them with the tt,,ur:)2o ate: f rite
of a hero. 1 or her him `.•I the •tt... 1 , 1
Lfortett , e: It riorech hi
mine., when he ti..zawk hi•; irnn it the
Dieing-..,11; it soot lie , l Limglen h• lay
!miming with fever, in a vithe , nts i n the
mountain.: his thouzlit by thy :Ina hi
dream was still hi; n t , i; 11
Not a woad,linn ever, errs re.u•;iel him
from her; awl often he tlooldore l at tho
foarful j robabilities that arose to his min I.
inh;lit be sick, stifleriu;:: any t'it
Irian him deari nr unfaithful: c, 1;1.1
rftw: lug—she would have faith
in the sun. Come what would, she troll
not be shaken in her trust. Hut
in the miserable she.] which he! I lib, :jolt
bed, he would hate icon tv i:l I fit ono
_l-at ce fruit her eve., one pro—tiro ,f her
hand to show that he was n f
tnd as II tcatehcl :110 star. (.rorh -hin
iii through :hr crevice: (4f i„
thought that if II .1 , 011 , e lk ].
wouhl appear to him then in hi. nee,l.
The rude miner), wet) , t ;11 IWollt ~ I 1 .• 1 . 11
t.) 1C1111•11110,i , k kJ , !of' ncr:y v., to
the lone: ilay..ted •:1 o
untetle.l. C.IIIIC at 1.).t in -11.11 e
cf a c:iiiti—a ye:l)l,z b ty, I:.d.4'r V. a ,
at \volt: in the and wiloqot tnothur
•ut po.rted heri•elt and l•y .1,11)1)),..
!font: litt:o Bon 'it 1),.:,1 • Li m ,
e‘ers 111,/leilllsllt, a n d Irvin„ to
j ce Lao cane; er briazin t z wo'or Stunt the
the spring,, ho would l athe r-re
heal With 11 1 / 4 little hand. A. tenter
indeed vcaq little 11•:•;), and on his rec , •verN
Voicefia ntad,.the lauudrers y
rovidipg for the boy.
EWITOLE NUMBER, 1,471.
' M. V.
:a , -,: t hint in falttzl, , ,u , prt,fn,i,.:l; and
: , (,tr Iv , = Ol tlt - , t..;ht.orretutitinl.-, Lome.
lute illitesq, he
Avith (11 ,, may at I , ,ting, again
t that his (li,onler
all- s. rod:. I , e 11% 01 tiiriz,gh this, wag
fa,ly , cc
tit that ( , : eti not
it. P. , ' 1 ::. 1 (ON r. ni ,, ther
cult
.;::t Ln,c I. I 1::`1, i , leiTiv -, earred and
:•'1;Ito o I :1.1 , 1 1: ith his first
eturnin._r cut for home.—
now tlw;
;.I‘,l 111 , n•piration-i. One only
m)the homeward route.
11'rm1,1 11 rtell...e I , .Ne and di,
c:f.nre 1 that 1,. , ,ked at him from the
1A. , : in c.:',in? IVotill she endure
-,- ,11,1, by which 1:e wa s
•
o.J :111011 t..
110 1...1 n ,i,.• in au .lineriean
Ne 1111 , 1 for w Volk. llc arrive .1
:in I th , •.i.Nv him on hie
ly Ito eour,c to the
tent 2 1/1 . 011115(1
4 ,, 11' Ilft,2l' t: ,
erywherc for S.sdad...ine Valentin. No one
licr. 11%1 n,t recognized,
ON ell ht . I:dunte.l the eLI Lu-
AT.o:1:0:- name, of eonr.e, was upon
the. fmnili.:l- 1 ,or: and hither he turned hi.
,tep., to see if ow friend of
former 41ay. unit-ht not have heard of her.—
il‘en the name was unremembered, or pre
tended t lie: and et the person he asked
o: one whom he remembered av plotting
ealon-ly to Le in% ited to his dinner partie..
"They will remember me when they find
I,,tid Valentin to himself,
1 am 11, it a 4ain,"
Li;torlV.
lie turned into a I , y -street, and saw a beg
4.tr ,dttin:4 in the sun...bine. It was the
o , t eordial and happy face that had met
:411. 1100 he came hitch. The man did
not mdc l r anythlng, either, nor show him
the withered arm that hung loosely under
ilit c.at; and hopelesi as the question
, conned, he thought he WO uld a , k it.
A , ho dropped money into the ragged hat
that lay on 1110 :;round beside the begger,
ho still earolo ,, dy, " Can you tell me whero
Madzune Valentin live , now, my man?"
44 I ", 0 ,1 L , h r y,,, v h er r•hen she lived i n
c2notnt street. "Wa: that the one?"
"It wits the s treet hero M. Valentin's
anti home
" She is ~ m e from that house, but she
al not lie.got old J. and many's the
t . envy she has given me shier. Glad enough
was I when I heard she lens married again."
:klarrk,l!" exchiirnel M. Valentin
you, 9il*, tuarri,4,lt, Mr. Stan-
I,ury ; but, puur man, he ,11e.1 a year :Igo."
'• vou know 1{ lwre she lives now?"
" Somowhere out pt . town. I don't go so
Lir now, I ant so old. 1 think it is in 'Blooms
hury We-t Terrnee."
Tu paiiit M. Valentin's would be
o hopele, ta, ,, k. 11 aten , o married, but still
free ! A painful revul , ion took place in Lis
mind, and Ire e 1, as all seemed to for
ttet him. that Ire v‘ eulrl not yet tli , eover
Th.rt trie:in lie tir-itr,l the neigh-
Ir.r,rhorrrl of I lot to or-. re,trl Stanhury" on
ti r e door. airrl tartrra:2, rl to seoura the next
Irroirrre, whieh Imp:reire I to be quite empty,
it- t.t.11 , 1 , 11 a lirrirriii.4 her:. The
next ri.ry he ort.i.lie I it richly, brought a
1..i01 , cr .I ,, rvaat., 11; i0 carr i ag e
.1.;o1 no,lcr the n.imo ho
e•tl,2 t N‘ai,ll at the
i,,scmcot: or hI. .1.10 clmosc all
nip ..n that !i4le of the houso
th.tt t,;•••11,,
prit ,r 0
'lto 1b..., time that he .aw Ler tray in tho
4 , rlen. She 1 .till hatahmme, but
"id pett-l%e. wonlered if it was
r, r Li< Ito.; or !o , r ! Ile coon
•antr that -lie Hied a very retired
and Tialet that he hal little company,
to! 1:T TT, t 111 Y 11..111 4 . It sea- early spring:,
lett he ha l l h u ffy of flowers ant fruit in
tho 4reemlT To-c, aml lr , -cot same for her
•Ttopt thee, itit lliehie's compliment..
tin and a .t . ain he repeatcl the gifts, 11111
tell titito With a ,cleetioa that marked tt
Idortett-e W.l; elm rated with
her new Tr, it h at :die had not Seen.
ill i• 1 l'i
111111
Leen sent several time.,
t them a request that ho
Cal tae 1.1.1 y. She returned a
toraLlo an , ;ver. :1111, under enter of the
4 1t h ur, lie utti hits-elf in the room
liortou-e. lice svu , ,,l voice
10-oribable emotion, be
.•a le.e it I e`e1111 , 1:.1 that Or her lint husband:
hat •he ~ ,,r-uabc I that it mu.t he
LIIICV. 1,1. II her p,i,,hbor agreeable
and 11. 1..1 not ur.,;lect any op-
I , 1 in t vita I.cr. ';Ley rode
t , _:1 C 110:•, .I 1
ME
ME
in L In. 11
hor much that vas
and opet4y mourned
- ale :pun he s.til e—p , lust to him
.1;.1 , y do.rh—Lut liortetv=e
ay. l• iv 0.1:11•A'tt. Ji ze and more tender
w the:: f , ,r the lade seemed
5...kr-. until she was
, •11. 1 .1i: , 1, a1,.1 c.: -....1;1.1,y not offend
i:•4 an otfer f ilk hand.
::; tIo3 w. tki; she had no
me c m , 11:;, !k. , had any right to
r r trit-t;og t one of whom she
1, :,t
SI
r own ri-k, and
I•i le m•o, 1 , ;.• I him fr.:ll:,iy telling him how
1 Wel ,14c 1.m.1 Ivti c 1 11:m v,ho had gone from
i , W i I
tin itivi i t. I.!y
:I:ww ,, red in
dcop sears?
a Batt of the
11:.1 dt.vi liiy N oice
t: 11.,rtenso
I I. LCcome far-uff
lenling interested