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JUST received a fre•a hit ilraostierrica andNevr
Corrsaio.al No 71 LOCUM. Street.
0114 di. 1330. S. Y. Edif:3l. ESN
grintiono.
[From Once a Week
) History of a Love-Letter.
EEE3
"Four letters for you, ma'am, to-day,"
said my maid Bridget, breaking in upon my
solitude one morning as I sat busily to work
upon a muslin frock, being a gift destined
fur my little godchild on the aapproacliing,
au.pacmus occasion of her completing her
third year.
"Four letters!" I re echoed in surprise.
letting the delicate piece of embroidery fall
to the ground, while 1 took them frean Brid
get's hand. "Why l :lid not expect. one!"
The damsel doubtless thinking that they
would themselves be bitter able to account
f r their unexoec - ed appearance than sbe,
wtscly forbore to attempt it, and, as she quit
ted the man, I proceeded. :after a hasty
glaoee at the handwriting :and po.tinarks
borne by the covets, ti gratify any curiosity
ny °petting my de:patches.
"What can Martha be writing about again
80:•0?" was nay soliloquy ere I commetieed
reading No. I. Martha was nay wily sister.
married some ten years before, and the
another of as many childten. "Baby" had
"cut his first fthota!" lle had been longer
about the business than :ley of his nine pre
decessor bubaes, laud 13111111Lna hod heel: fear
fel his da hog. gem- were destined t.. prove
h. physiological e ooler by remaining tooth
less forever. Ilex ansicoy etas non happily
rem.% ed. and •he tatose "in haste" to hid
me I ice av:th her. Although she spoke
lIILMC, her letter consiste I 1.1 eight closely
wr tem p .ges. She gave in an a•eending
scale the latest biographies ++l ill tier olive
branches. Fanny. (the destined pPs •r
of the frock.) avert af
fectionate eltild." Sae was, - always talkie.
of Aunt M try. Di 1 Anal Mary remein :er
next Thur.:hay would be her birth-da3l"
Ba• I •11114 t cut sister M art I L +et.
Letter No. 2 was :LH atiota from my
Aunt Betsey, a ULU/L:11 la l
a y. that -he pro
posed sla•rtly to speed -a week" with inc.
-if ca.2voniont." N IW, 11411 , 111411 Au of B.:'-
say never evineed the slightestsatisfaction it:
nay society. though she foun•l fault with eL
erythitig in nay house and domestic nt.u.a gut
meat, yet her "w etc" was never less that:
a month, and kept recurring a good deal •d
-toner than I likel; yet for the life of me I
dare! not say her visit was not canveoieet
Na, Aunt Betsey knew perfectly well the,:
her prILVILL.) avail a safe ono.
Latter No. 3 was soon dispatched, beinz
an appeal in behalf of missions to some dis
tant Borioboola Ghia.
And Nu. 4! Now, as a 'tally is always sop
, p ...led, as .1 matter of course, to reserve Inn
most important intelligence -the creme de /a
creme—r,r her P. S. so Ni. 4, though las%
will be preconceived not lea'st. And, in truth
N 0.4 contained an offer of marriage. Scarcely
told I believe my eyes. Ilereby, suppase
not, dear reader, that I had never receivel
an offer before. Nor, although I acknowl
edge tnyself not so young as C had been, sup
' pose nut either that I thought it so impossi
ble I should ever receive another. No, there
I were no gray hairs in my head; there were
no wrinkles on my brow; I might withou
vanity deem it possible I should have a lover
yet to come. It was not the offer that as
tonished me. but that Mr. James Warring
! ton should be the lean to make it. A clap
Of thunder is often made the simile of some-
UM
thing sudden and unesiteeted, yet the-thun
der-clap is commonly preceded by some
darkening of the heavens—seine indication
of the aprirottelting storm. Mr. Warring
ton's suffer, on the contrary. hal been pre
ceded by no sign whatsoever. I h t.l gi% et,
hint my hand to shake, and had been titsi
ble of nn tender pressure. I hod met hiiii
out wal.ing, and he ha•l passed me with a
bow. I II:0 spent Many an etc 1:14 111 111.
COInp:VIS, :and he !hid never offere I to see
me home. Yet the letter I nut teeette , l
was a-sureilly signed x•ith the name of do •nes
Warrington. Wh r was James Warrington?
Befo•e transcribing his letter I must, to the
best of my a inky. answer this question for
tie reader's enlightenment.
Of r. Warrington's birth and parentage
I knew nothinA: of his worldly vire 1111 l
nothing; beyond what he now tub/
me. 11e had never been a resident in the
prase where .11 write myself a eititcue.c. bait
about sir inontas previous be had paid a
a of soine length at the Initise iil same .te
vpiaintatiees of 'nine in this city. Their re
spezt.ilolitv receivel its a voucher for
his. Mr. Warrin.:ton was hands mine. gentle
ma ut in:talker and ap s icaraitee. lively an I
true 1. and he spec lily lieea,tie a la
y .rite iu C—r• lle wale invited everywhere.
Sucre lex I.W.st•ss i•s•lee I tli.eti wore wie •
whispered. -Mao is her Wnere doss in•
c are from?" l 3 It the questions remained
with at a t ita*iver, and it 111:4'it. 11 Iva We •
he hivl ilroppe I iron the el ns 1., as I alter
he hal iii:ialtite I this I i.ver sphere of our.
tor a pert.' I of r•••• 11 9 sis or e glut weeks. It t•I
been e ought up ug tun by the sa tic element*.
I k nr .1 n r particalar bright eye. that
Attained their wistful gaze sifter his flog':.
knew one lea ler he in that in sUrne•l
ice i-un dep.trtel. Mr. Warrington hail lie•iti
•iversally liked by the ladies, and hind ap
peared to iiee their Slatisty, but as f.ii as in,
knowledge went, he h t I quittat.lC--- heart
whole. And now their .ante this letter for
.no by the pan. it AVM dated frau some
street or square in Lyndon. Its style
thought ein,:ular. It had no formal man
meneetnent; thus it began:—
"NO ENTERTAINMENTIS SO CHEAP AS READING, NOR ANY PLEASURE SO LASTING."
COLUMBIA, PENNSYLVANIA, SATURDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 2, 1861.
"I love you, Mary, with all my heart and
soul, distractedly, devotedly, unchangeably.
Forgive this abrupt and incoherent declara
tion. flow long has all utterance been de
nied me! How often, in the time gone by,
when I saw you day by day, and every day
loved you more and more, did the words of
passion rise to my lips, and 1 repressed them
until my heart well nigh burst. Did you
never read my feelings, Mary? Ah y. s, I
think you must have dotie sir, in spite of all
my boasted self e tntrol. Once, in particular
I mauler if yon recall time. (no indeed, I
n I felt alinast sure you hail discovered
my secret, and there was a look in those dem
blue eyes (my eyes are brown, lie can never
hats e looked at them well.) those dear blue
eyes which seat a thrill through me, and in
spired me with a hope which hits shone be
(lire me like a beacon through all this dark
night of absence (more like an iguie fetus
than a beacon, I'm sure—the vain man—
seen in my eyes. indeed.) Yes, Mary, (he
is very free with any name.) I could remain
no longer near you without speaking; I could
not speak while my worldly prospects were
so gloomy and uncertain. I hail no fortune:
you, too, I know hail none (well. £2OO a
year is not much, to be sure, but still I think
it need not be eal'ed nothing by a peonile•s
nil etiotm er.) Po. erty would have seemed
; a light ill to Ism with you by my side. but
I could not bear the idea of your having to
i contend with all its trials nod diffi, m hi e s.—
So I •• re OWIly in Sno - 0 . 0 1 . 1 . 0.111
plat , tvlite!l loot• presence not .le like a hea
t me. 01 the .6,11,,vt ;lig. six months I
a ill out •10... k. save to say that never for
ooe 111.10eot has your image heart absent
from my th kis my Mary in
:all tint: time, I %yowler, ever thought of wig
' I Very -Alma. if the ti toli most be )
length. after ilisappoimments
deferred until one 110.tri was. sick.
I yesterday received two letters. One was
from all inflitetatial friend, and contained the
iiiformmion that he hail succeeded in obtain
ing; for 01P0,111.111i1rable appointment, where
by a competent iavoau was Seellred me. Af
ter 0 01.011C110a pause of self-congratulation.
I opened the second letter, and found myself
most unexpectedly the inheritor of a consid
erable les,acy by the will of an old friend of
my father, jo-t deceased. Thus w.ts my
tongue loosed fruit its fetters. Mary. I love
you with all the fond, deep, Itaid trite affec
tion of which a man's heart is capable. Sty
not, dearest, that the feeling finds no re
sponse iu your own; sufrer inn at least to
oome and plead my coupe by word of mouth.
You have no parents front whom I must
seek to obtain permission; I do not consider
that your aunt has any rlght to withhold it.
I wait, therefore, but your own word to has
ten Oil wings of love and joy to your side.—
Mary, my men, deny me not. It, shall ever
he the one de.ire.a aim of my life to make
you happy. Alien.
'•Most devotedly yours,
“JAIIE9 %WARRINGTON ”
I have already said once I could scarcely
believe my eye.), and I must say it again.—
Yet the lines were bold and free, awl fair to
read. I had had a note from Mr, Warrington
once before. when he was staying st C—.
(a few brief lines of thanks accompanying a
book I had lent hiinland I remembered the
handwriting well—.o well that I rejected the
idea, which came across me for a moment.
that this ardent epistle must be a fargery.—
Besides. who would play 1110 .1.1011 en ungeti
dein:tidy hoax? I had always lived at peace
mid charity with all it ankindil knew nobody
who bore me any and the matter
t umid not he view' las it simple joke. Ni, it
inip.d be trite: Mr. W irritigton' twist be really
in love, or really fancy himself in love with
Inc. Strange., very stratige—w hat could
i have in.-Masa Min with such a passion? Was
it tray la, Ii i.ts biul . . e3e-? There was a
iiier-gla-s as cr the 1 got up
to tact. n suivey of my 0 , 04',1 lin ige trICI
What 'lid I behold? 1 round face, shaded
by dark-hr own hair; two brown eyes as store
s nil; it monde-vript loon of misc. neither
Roman. Grecian, nor aquiline. nor very oh.
trusics, nor yet exactly a snub; a rAther
mouth; a see Of regular white teeth; a coin
plexiou- pale, neither t,rown nor fair.
rather a neat little figure. It was not alto
gether an ugly picture, yet very fir from
ore I should here expected Mr. Warrington
to ad ii.re. tie always struck me es a man
who woui I inevitably select a beaatiful wo
ol.in for his wire. Slice to beauty, however,
I eoul.l make no pretensions, it must be
.oaie other charm which had pr 'cured for
me this conquest. and I was utterly at a loss
to decide what this 'eight be. ‘Vacomplish
ments I roa to b 'est, my music WIV4 sou
below the average of.' b 1 in i ) ,...
ol to aigii the salts of my 11r,L ring-room
were profit:l.l.y dee wate.l with the works of
ay Tomei!, Mr.Warrington had never seen
these me•der-pieces, so I could not owe my
triumpher.' lippse Italian skies. purple moun
tain+, silvery streams, and green trees with
the. nyitiplie rep 'sing lietween tho.n. I
rather prided myself upon my pourers of
conversation. but tlieso had never seemed to
nt;r4ut ;II the eyes. or ears
I should rather so., of Mr. Warristatim„ Ile
talked more to old nry. lleerrieught, who
could 'only be talked to through a trumpet,
.tad to Miss Thickskull, uttpuu u o hody itoul4
talk to through anything but tbs purest
goal nature, then he had eier done to rue.
Ever: No, once. and but mice, I recollect
my conversati.m .ti.l appear to interest him.
It KM when I war speaking of ferns. The
book I lent him was on that subject. If I
parried ..I.lr. W. I should eertaialy chomp a
bridal-wreath of ferns. Some species of the!
delicate Adiantum or Maidenhair seemed by
its name peculiarly appropriate for such a
destiny. HI married him. did I say? Ye , .
that was the question. Here was I foolish
ly wasting time in idle guesses as to what
could have induced him to ask me, and no
sleeting the great point whether I should
say yes or no. I htd no one to consult
hereupon but myself. The course of lore in
my case •*hung" not 'upon the choice of
friends," No, it might run on a smooth
and rapid river without danger of meeting
toy obstacle to its current. Parents I had
none. My Aunt Betsey, Mr. Warrington
haul justly considered, had small right to be
consulted—so small that I wondered it had
occurred to mention her. I recollected,
however, that she was spending one of her
longest weeks with me while he was at
C—, so that he might very probably think
she resided yermanently with me, or I with
her. No, I had no need to ask Aunt Betsey
anything about tho matter. But did I love
Mr. Warrington? I could nut say that I
did, but I loved nobody else, and might it
not be that I only did not love him because
I hail never regarded him in the light of a
lover? Was not Mr. Warrington young,
handsome, and everything that a girl's fancy
could desire? Were not his circumstances,
according to 6ia own flill.Willg unolajetationa
lale? Wu, I nut often very lonely in my
solitary dwelling? Waal I not frequently
..ighing for some sueet ..orpani.m.llip" I
11,1 10. a my annaln.r is ill ill 'WV, I W:16: 11.1
ownincipaled Innli .4:111.1 canon ny only
Inarrie , l. at fear naamal , Leer death
curl !tardy deprived me of any dear father,
actaa wa+ all in all a., me. i ha 1
tiro hr .1110 ano, ',tar
tia.atz, l l ....lavapa treated with the or ma-t kind
ne-za bath in, her and her hu-hund, I could
not help feeling myself somehow a arranger
and interaneddler ir. their domestic happi
ness. At the end of a year I determined to
have a home of any ara-aa, however lonely :rant
joyous it might be I e 1,114 to C--
Friends I 11:1.1 found and kind "net, and the
years of my life here hod not been unhappy:
still I War c.111 , EA.1114 of s tta•uhing
of sympathies unclaimed, of—of—might it
not he in Mr. ‘Varrington's power to make
my lot happier? I had liqett romantic, I had
had my dreams of ?deal bliss, I was con
scious that in all this self-questioning., this .
hesitation, there tc.ls w ViltVrillly little ro
mance. It was not t'leadoce I dreamt of
Rot time and youth wore fleeting. and stlt•lt
dreams becoming, more nod more unlikely
ever to he realized. Still I hesitated what
answer to return Mr. Warrington. I was
not prepared to write, "C true, I await you
with open arms." but was it necessary either
to do this or to hid hint avauta? Mi_tht I
not choose a middle cJurse.—the h.ippy
ti?
:lly mind w.t4 mAle tip. It wantel
good many hours to Ri+t-tine, but that w as
nu reason why I All.lllll not Wri(e. Illy letter
at once. I took oat lay writing ease and a
sheet of nate paper from it. Na, five :vire+
for a shilling might do very well for making
out washing ;tills upon, or even (or the ordi
nary purposes of letter writing; but it was
not worthy :if tioaritig the trait:teript of :in
answer to an offer of marriage. I placed
before no in its ate td a sheet of superliae
cream lard, and brought my pen to bear
upon its stnaith surf ice.
"My dear Sir: . —S; a, such a cllllllnen,te
ment was in ma in irtie 1 c intrast to )Ir.
%V irringtan's p l-141 mate a l Ices. T 11.140
three war Is would of themselves sittnge to
give the death-blow to his h .pas—l r e %validl
dash my letter jam the tire, having rea 1 n
farther. I took a seeond skeet, and wrote
"Aly dear James.' • N in tidenly reserve
would wit permit inc to use such familiarity
to whom until that very triameat I
had regarded quite as a stranger. With my
wird sheet I siac - ee le:I better.
—.lly DE %II Mit WARIILINTGTON:—Your let•
ter this inarobig reeeived. has surprised me
very touch indeed. I am, however, deeply
sensible of the honor you have done me,
oil although I cannot at present say that I
return the sentiments you have been pleased
to express for Me, I d I not leel that it is
iiiip issible I should ever be able to do so.
I know you so tittle, and you, too, know so
little of Inc, that I cannot feel certain that
nn firther nettimiutance you might not dis
cover I was not at all what you thought me.
that your senthnesits for me and wishes
might it it ch loge. Cannot we meet as
friends. without further engagement on
either side for the pre-eat? Oa these terms,
should be. very happy to see you again at
C—. Meanwhile believe we,
My dear Mr. IVarrungton.
•'Your+ very sincerely,
'•MtnY Liespsemox."
Having read ricer thin epistle, and found
nothisig, •u alert therein. I folded it in as
envelope, se.tle•l an t directed it. N
farther remained but to carry it to the post.
which I purl:pried myself co d s, while taking
iny u.ual moraing walk before dimmer. Tae
'text h •ui. however, pat an end to this
The sky had all the an traing been
threatening, it b , gan to rain. an I soon set
tled into a detsrat ised wet slay. Well, no
matter. I cool I -stay in and ti sill] little
Fanny's frock, and U:i•l„et c sell take the
letter by end by. Talk or think of a cer
tain person, and —my j•turney to the
post Wits searaely settle•! in say mind, when
there 11.1111 e a. t .p Ot the show of the room in
which I wee limn* imme ',rely followed
by the appearanee of her round., sod beano
ad face within it..
"Please; ma'am. I came to ask if you'd be
so good as to (et me go h , nne this afternoon.
Cousin Iticliard'e just come to say mother
wools to see mastery much."
And Cousin Richard doubtless wants to
walk home with you very much, too, I
thought to myself. I hat far some time
had a suspicion that Brid;et had an admir
er, arid the deepening flush in the dam.rel's
at all times rasy cheek.i, as she named the
name of Cousin Richard, convinced me he
was the man. I was never a hard mistress,
and probably the having a love affair cf tug
own on the way, made me look with a kind
lier eye than usual on that of my domestic,
so I said,—
"Very well, Bridget, I have no of joction
to your going to coo your mother. I nm
afraid though you'll have a very wet walk."
Bridg,et's home was something more than
two miles off.
I did not hear the damsel's answer, very
distinctly, but I am almost sure Cousin
Richard's name was uttered again, together
with something about a "big umbrella."
"Very well, Bridget," I resumed, "I have
only to say farther that I shall expect you
back by nine o'clock in the evening, and as
you pass the post-offica in going, don't for
get to post this letter."
Bridget acquiesced with a pleased smile
and a courtesy, took die letter from my hand
and departed. I then settled myself
Indus
triously to work, now and then letting my
thoughts follow the rustic lovers under their
big umbrella, but more frequently centering
them upon Mr. 'James Warrington and his
extraordinary pas.don for may elf. At two
o'clock I dined. I had but just finished this
;acid when there came a rap at the
door, and con's entered (there was no one
eke to play the part of waiting maid now.
Bri•lget was g, ate,) bearing a note in her
band.
“Pleage ma'am, a servant brought this from
Miss Morton, and is to wait for an anywer.”
"Miss Morton," I mentally ejaculated, "1
trust she's not going to give one of her stupid
tea-parties." Tho note W. 13 as usual in her
niece's hand-writing. hat I soon discovered
its purport was quite different to what I had
so hastily deprecated. It ran thus:—
"DrAn Miss lir.xnr.rtsov,—The enclosed
came by post this morning, in an envelope
addressed to me, evidently by mistake. I
hasten to forward it to you, and beg you, in
Case you should in like manner, as seems
probable, hare received a note intended fur
mo, to best) kind as to send it by the bearer.
"Ever, dear Miss Henderson,
"Yours n ffeetionately,
"MAttv 'MortroN."
With a presentment of what wai• to fol.
low, I Isivqily glanced at tho enclosure.
"Mr. Warrington pre.ents his compli
ments to Miss Ilunderson, and would feel
greatly ohlig,e.l if she *void,' kindly inform
him of the noire and publisher of the work
on British Ferns she did him the favor to
I , md him on n former occasion. Mr. W mr
rington's uncertain recollection, and his
wish to procure the book for a friend, intiNt
be his apology fur troubling Miss llender-
Eli
Here was a pleasant mistake! What a
simpleton I had mode of myself! If it might
have been bat in my own eyes, it would
have been tolerable, though humiliating
enough. But. atlas! my letter to Mr. War
rington was already in the post. B rth he
and Mary Morton would laugh over my
vain credulity. Where was his letter which
had so deceived me? It was quickly found.
I could have torn it to atoms in my impa
rent wrath. hut the reealleetion that it be
longed of right to Mary Morton, that she
had sent to claim it, restrained me. Endo , -
ing it in an envelope in which I scribbled a
line to Mary, telling her should call to see
her the neat morning, I gave the letter to
the servant who waited for it, and was then
at liberty to indulge my own reflectims,
which it will be imagined were anything
but agreeable. I was not of any envious
disposition, and could have given up the
imaginary lover of some two or three hours
without a grudge or a sigh. It was the idea
of being laughed at I could not bear. Why
had I not guessed the truth? Mary Morton
was a very sweet, and moreover a very
pretty. girl, just the sort of a girl I might
have imagined Mr. Warrington would fall
in love with. She had been a school-fellow
of my own, but wss so much younger, that
we had never been companions. and while
she was Mary to me. I was always Miss
Henderson to her. She was like myself, an
orphan, and a maiden aunt had taken her
t t live with her "out of charity." 'Lose
were the words at least, which the elder
Miss Morton always used to everybody.
although everybody bad their own private
opinion that never WU, soul less illumined
by the divine light of charity than Mii's
Morton's, and, that the home, food, and
clothing Mary received, were but pour pay
ment for the labors which were daily and
hourly imposed upon her, for the hard words
tmul cruel taunts which were borne with such
uncomplaining meekness. I had often
thought how glad I should be iC that pretty
bird might be freed &oar , its present cage.
as now it would very probably be, but if
these were the first steps towards such a de
literance, they were not at all such as I
should have chosen:
Again I arlted myself why I had not
gue•Aed the truth. But Mr. Warrington had
no far as my ob4ervation went, bestowed
scarcely any more attention upon Mary Mw
ton than he had upon Mary llendemm. and
I could not blame myself fur my want of
penetration. Nu, Mr. Warrington was alone
to blame. In a matter of such importance,
why did he fail to assure himself he Lad put
the letters into the right covers? Or why
$1,50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE; $2.00 IF NOT IN ADVANCE
need ho have written that n 'to to me at all . ;
lle seemed pretty confident about the issue,
surely, that matter of the Sans might hate
waited a verbal settlement on his arrival at
C—.
Ile had spoken of tra‘aling hither
on "wings,' which agents of locomotion it
might be presumed would at any rate be not
less expeditious than the railroad. A short
time ago I had been debating with myself
whether I could love Mr. Varrington, and
now the question was whethor I could help
hating him.
After a while this idea came into my bead
—might I not pos-ibly arrest the progress
of my letter? A friend of mine once told mo
-he had elected such a purpose, bet then
that we's in a small country village, where
she was well known, and but few letters
comparatively passed through the post-oilice.
however, I could but try. It wanted yet
nearly two hours to the thno of clusinr.—
Regardless of the rain which continue] to
Gall heavily, I donned hat and cloak, and
soon reached the post•offiJo, but it was a
fruitless errand.
"A letter, madame," I was politely in
formed, "once posted, becomes the property
of the post-office, which is answerable for it.
Lein g duly delivered as addressed."
"Well, then," I thought to myself, "there
is no help for it. I must resign myself t•
ralieule, and try to put the hest Nee on the
matter when I go to see Mary Morton to
morrow " All the way h o me, all tea-time,
and till the time ofter tea, I was revolving in
ny mind what I should say to her, unaided
to arrange my thoughts in any satisfactory
Ai the clock struck nine, Briget entered
the room to announce her punctual return.
"Weil, Midget," I arid, ••I hope you have
had a pleasant day, and found all well at
!wine."
"Yes, thank you, ma'am," answered the
damsel, smiling all over her roand pleasant
face.
V. put the letter I gave you into I.IIL,
pobt.ollice?" Bridget's memory wits reldom
or never in fault, and I put the question
without any doubt of her reply. But, te
hold, the smile had fled limn Bridget's coun
tenance, and in its place was a look of con
fu.don and dismay.
"Dear, innown, I am so sorry. but I quite
forgot all about the letter."
"Bridget I could have embraced thee on
the spot. Cousin Ric Lard, Cousin Richard.
I owe this to thee. Thou hart been a good '
friend to me this day, and iu every gratitude
of soul, I will liencef.rth. do all 1 to tty to
favor thy suit. Bridget shall he half
hour on her errand. to the grocer's shop.
which is but just over the way, and shall '
meet no reprimand front me on her return
And should I et er again chime,. to Boil the
"pen, and imagine I thy
stalnarth form hellind it I will hold my
peace to the douse! on the sal jeet of
draughts as eonduethe to that neuralgia to
which lam so often a martyr. And in due
time (for I have heard thou bearest n good
character. art in receipt of good wages from
thy master.) I promise a wedding breakfast
in this house, and that I will not let the
bride depart without s o me suitable marriage
gift." This jubilant apostrophe, I must re
mark was in the way of self-communing,
and was not uttered aloud in the ears of
Bridget, whom after she had returned me
the letter from her pocket, I suffered her to
depart with nothing beyond a ennsolitary
assonance that the letter was of no conse
quence, and that she need nut distress her-
self about it. When sho Wai gone I Lame
' diatelv threw it into the burning grate, and
viewed its speedy reduction to ashes with
no little exultation.
Nest morning directly niter breakfast, I
made my call en Mary Morton, having
motive for going early. I found hPr alone,
and had never seen her look so beautiful.—
I ler features, her form, and her com plexion
had always been faultless, butt there wits
generally an air of depression and melan
choly on her countenance (caused doubtless
by the tyranny of her aunt,) which was pain
ful to look at. This had now given place to
an expression of happiness which was per
fectly radient, and the beauty of her face
was by no means lessened by the conscious
blush which stole over it at my approach.—
I went up and kissed her.
"Mary, my dear." I raid, "I hope you are
not angry with me for having found out
your secret. It was not my fault, you
know."
"Oh, no: deer Miss Henderson," she re
turned in a voice which was music's self.
"be: you wont tell any body else, will you?"
I vowed to be silent as the grave. And
then I added. "I nee! net ask, Mary what
the end of it will be, I see by your face that
you have not told Mr. Warrington he must
clip those 'wings' on which he promised
himself such a delightful journey to C—.
Don't he ungry at my nonsense." I went or.,
as I s ,cr the blush deepening un her cheek,
"I am so glad, I hope you will be ray ha rpy.
But have you sent your later to Mr. War
rington yet?"
"N..." she replied, "it RAS too late when
I r oc his;" to hear her intonation of the pro.
noun was worth something. "Aunt wanted
me to do something for her, and I had not
time to write before the post went out."
"Then. Mary. I have a favor to ask of you
Dan't tell him of the mistake he made. Be
might not like my
.having seen his letter to
to yen , . and I should very much prefer he
should m i t know I had done so."
Mary readily promised. I saw to my
great satisfaction, it bad never entered into
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her bend to imagine I nlinuld Lase h.lier;
el the letter really meant for myself. '
"Didn't you guebn," she toked. "us soon
a 3 you 'cad it, that it was meant for me? '
I believe it was my turn to blush now,
but Lad my checks, by uaturo pale, been
like unto peonies, Mary would hare nn noir&
eions what in truth I had — g.o (Earl" Perhare
she didn't remember that my own name
was Mary. lldubtless alma the would have
d. eased it an impo.sible thing to bupposo that
Mr. Warrington should be in love %jib me.
After a moment's hesitation I answered,—
'Why no, my dear, I can't say I did. I
had never seen anything suspicious either
in Mr. Warrington's behavior or in wogs
And you see there was no clue in the name,
as I know a dozen Marys in the town. et
least half of whom have Lino e3es, an:: Mr.
Warrington's acquaintance might a ery pus
aihir have a wider rane than mine.S t it
was the wisest thing to keep the letter maul
the proper person sent to claim it."
I shall not report our conversation farther.
On my return home that morning, I wrote
a brief note to Mr. Warrington, giving him
the desired information about the fears.
Two days later Ito appeared Net
only Mary, but Mary's :Mat t.-7111:1ed upon the
loser, which we pea haps as well, though
in Mr. Warrington's or.iniian it did eat siA
nify. That tantiao settle made all the d.:-
ferenee in Mary's trousseau, which was is
consequence a very handqinne o h o. The
wedding tiauk plaice within three months; I
was one of the bridesmaid-a, and I believe-I
tniay truly end my story in the old fa,bioned
matter, by saying that the marling.% pair
li%ed happily ever afterwards. My own his
tory has likbwise since then Leen a hmppy
one, but that has nothing to do withihis
"History of a Love-Letter."
The Courtesies of War
On one occasion an aftwbe to the arms,
tin the Spanish peninsula) of no defined
rank, was taken, and when questioned by
the enemy as to his position in the arniz,
with reference to a more general exchange
than usual, put so high a yahoo on- 'thyself
that Lord Wellington would not confirm it,
and he suffered continued impri.uninent in
comequenee.
Several private gentlemen came cut to
the army. during Air: peri Als of excitement.
as pleasure escureiunit•ts, such Mr. Ed
tena was a sh.irt time aga N% it li:u • i•
0 ,e of them was made pz i•oner ip
NA/111e afEtir„ and tieing questiimed as to hi. 4
p sition, as he b 're in; uniform, ilee.larei
himself to be an amatetnl The French Gen•
eral tinned up his eyes, and gaid that he
had beard of amateur. in plititing, amateurs
in intode, &c., lout lie never beard before of
I=
The British had greatly Om advantage of
the French in the position of prisoners; s'J
man, or them found means of e-eat pe by con
nivance of the natives. The feeling of the
Spanish nation was so absolute and .univer
sal against the Frolic:a, and su chivalrously
honorable. that there was not nn instance
during the whole war, of a British soldier,
officer tar man, hating been betrayed by them
tar not obtaining every possible na.siaannce
from them; that is, when in - a state of abso
lute dependence on their aid; fur when the
English army marched into a town, in all
their force and glory, none could show a
higher tone and beating of independence, or
! a greater determination to resist oppres , ion
or insult, than the Spaniards.•
In their routes through the Couniry, if the
prisoner could by any contrivance get from
under the eye of his escort, and amon the
inhabitants, be was invariably concealed and
harbored until an opportunity offored of
forwarding him to the army, during which
time all his wants were rtrupuluusly et
tended to.
When Cul. Waters. a fine old sol,Fer, and
noted for understanding how to make the
he+t of any eiren stn flees, wan enirght dnring
a reconnoitering excursion, the Duke of Wcr.
lington was asked whether they should rei,d
his things m for him by a flag of truce; - hnt
he said, ”Dy no means: Wntern will • emits
Ged his way sant:" and in he ems., *Are
enuugh, in a very few days. lie was a great
man for field some, and being allowed by
the French to ride his own horse, which',
though not showy, was a capital jumrer, in
-
passing through a somewhat close enentry;
he puts spurs le him, cleared, in fox bone:
ing style, a stiff stone-wall fence, and gal=
piped across the country, bidding ndieu (6 ,
his escort, and a flying pistol shot or twe:.
At the siege of Burgos the engineers were
in very •mall ntraiber: so much no that the
same few indivulunls were so much in the
trenches ns the necessity fur refreshments
would possibly admit. One, in: particular,
who had a 'more general superintendence
than the others, commenced early to try-and
take a few liberties, by crossinz, Atm.-open
from one part of the trenches to nuother o 2 of
curse rery charily at first, till by degiees
the enemy became accustomed to him, and
would allow him to de what they amid slot
permit the others. Of counts he rettareed
the compliment with reapect,ual. did MK
tempt to take impertinent or obtrusive-ado,
vantage of his privilege. - Among hisi,etitia
mice the peculiarity was in joke: thcmg,tit
to arise from a very peculiar kind of coat'
down to his ankleochie4 • be. wore,leeinit,
new and outrageous fe.shluajuistarrivedtiirot&
England:
At the first stornatng of :San
which was unsurcestdul„ ab onset.
.sesy
young man, was eery forward on•the:breseh,
wounded, and taken primmer. Alutmg the
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