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Finding a Relic A relic strange from my bachelor ho &Ms, You show me with erim•lotting face t A little thimble o C silver fine Anthem not wondering, bride of mite, %Whose linger it used to grace? Hash it a history? Yes, oh! yes, • For she who that relic wore. livery pulse of my soul could stir With a look °tit/Audi, while I, to her Masa cousin—a boy—no more. 1 4 1 - ii wedded. And I. a frequent guest Ming on a couch with my hooka,— • Wlth jealous pangs I could scarcely hide, Have watched hie gestures or love and pride, And the an.wermgjoy other looks. Andbetter I liked to see her sit A lone in her easy-eliair, • tier mien more pen.lve, hei cheek more pale, 7 Misled with work that was telling a tale' Of new+kuo Yr pleasures and care. Or work forgotten—her dark eyes closed— Her fancy with sweet dreams rife, O fa tiny form by her arm caressed, A baby face to her bosom pressed— ., The mother, us well as the wife. 'Tsvas than I saw them—mother and baba— But shrouded with flowhats fair; Unconcloas both , as they calmly slept. Of the Vuer tear s that be arid I wept— Of the lour long vigils, we sadly kept— Kept in our. love ad despair. From thework her fingers would touch no more I took that relic alone: But your cheek is wet, and your lip is pale— I should not have told this sorrowful tale— Go, hide the relic, my own. greisttiono. One Night in a Gaming.Nonse. DT AN EX-POLICE OFFICER. Alittle more than a year after the period when imlverki circumstances—chiefly the re sult of my redden follies—compelled me to enter the ranks of the Metropolitan Police, aethe.eole Means left me of 'procuring food and raiment, the attention of one of the prin cipal chiefs of the force, was attracted toward ma .by the ingenuity and boldness, - which I was supposed to have Manifested in hitting ppon and unraveling a clue, which ultimate- Wed' tithe detection and punishment of Aber perpetrators of an artistically contrived fraud noop an eminent tradesman of the 10ired end of London. The chief sent for me—and after a somewhat lengthened eon nehme,(Mg, not only expressed adiniration of my conduct in the particular matter under peed my Berries kt affair repair jiti/Pleleisnati and rnsolntion. :think I hare met ;on before," he re tnatritell, witb *veining smile, on dismissing nvi; 2 •Whin you' nctimpiOd a diserent position from yogrprettent•one: Mt:tits/arm your oaf—l bass no wish to pry unnecessarily into other men's secrets. Waters is a name common enough in all ranks of society, ;gal glow:row blowitialege tbeteollialtpr ened into' as ironical egvression, "tie mis taken. AtialArivialt4lbir:teiitiMony of the gentleman who obtained yotiradmisaion to the force—l have halted-int; the matter since I' litiettof- goat' behavior in the late 161:PliliS1111 2 -11111 sufficient guarantee that moth big more perioita than itaptudiiiicaisid fully ;.• can be laid to your charge.. I have neither right nor inclination to inquire further. To-' morrow, in all probability, I shall send fur you." I came to the conclusion, as I walked homeward, that the chief's intimation of having previously met me in another sphere of life was a random and unfOrtunate one, as I had seldom visited London in my pros perous days, and still more rarely mingled in its society. My wife, however, to whom I, of course, related the substance of the conversation, reminded me kbat be had once been at Doncaster during the races—and suggested that be might possibly have seen me there. This was a sufficiently probable explanation of the hint—but whether the correct one or not, I can not decide, as he never afterward alluded to the subject, and I had not the slightest wish to renew it. Three days elapsed before I received the expected summons. On waiting on him, I was agreeably startled to find that I was to be at once employed on.a mission which the most sanguine and experienced detective of ficers would have felt honored to undertake. "Here is a written description of the per sons of this gang of blacklegs, swindlers and forgers," Aoneluded the Commissioner, sum ming up his instruction. "It will be your object to discover their private haunts, and secure legal evidence of their notorious practices. We have been hitherto baffled, principally, I think, through the too hasty zeal of the officers employed—you must es pecially ° avoid that error. They are prac ticed scoundrels; and it requires considera ble practice, as well as-acumen to unkonnel and bring them to justice. One of their More recent victims is a young Mr. Merton, son by a former marriage, of the Dowager Lady Everton. Her ladyship has applied to us to extricate him from the toils in which ho is meshed. Yuu will call on her at five o'clock this afternoon—in plain clothes of course—and obtain whatever information on the subject she may be able to afford. Re member to communicate directly with me— and any assistance you may require shall be promptly rendered." With these, and a few other minor direc tions, needless to recapitulate, I was dis missed to a task which, difficult' and pos siblY-perilauis is it might pro . * I 'llailisfia a delightful relief from the weary monotony and dull routine of ordinary duty. „I- hastened home, and after dressing with great cure—the best part of my wardrobe had been fortunately saved by Emily from the wreck of my fortune—l proceeded-to L idy Everton's mansion. I was immedi ately marshaled to the drawing-room, where I found her ladyship and her daughter—a beautiful fair looking girl—awaiting my ar rival. Lady Everton appeared surprised at my appearance, differing, as I dare say it altogether did, from her abstract idea of a policeman, however attired or disgu ised— and it was not until she had perused the note of which I was the bearer, that her haughty and incredulous stare became miti gated to a glance of lofty oondescendent civility. "Be seated, Mr. Waters," said her lady ship, waving me a chair. "This note in forms me that you - have been selected for the duty of extricating my son from the peril ous entanglements in which he has unhap pily involved himself." • - - - I was about to ~ r eply—for I was silly enough to be somewhat nettled at the noble lady's haughtiuess .or manner—that I was engaged in the public: service of extirpating a gang of swindlers with whom her son had involved himself, and was there to procure from her ladyship any information she might be• possessed of likely to forward so desirable a, result, but,-fortunately, the re membrance of my actual position, spite of my gentlethan's attire, flashed vividly upon my mind; and instead of permitting my glib tongue to wag irreverently in the pres ence of a right honorable, I bciwed with def erential acquiescence. Her ladyship proceeded; and I, in sub stance, received the following information: Mr. Charles Merton, during the few months which had elapsed, had very liter ally fallen "among thieves." A passion for gambling seemed to have possession of his being; and almost every day, as well as night of his haggard, feverish lire, was spent at play.- A. run of ill-luck, according to his own belief—but in very truth of flown right robbery—had set in against him, and he had, not only dissipated all the ready money which he had' inherited and the large sums which the foolish indulgence Of his Mother had supplied him with; but bad in volved himself in bonds, bill and other obli gations, to a frightful amount: The princi pal agent in - effecting this ruin was one San ford—a man of dashing exterior, and the' presiding spirit of the desperadoes whom I was commissioned to hunt out. Strange to say Mr. Merton had the blindest reliance upon this man of honor; and even now— triekedolespoiled as he had - been by him and his gang—relied on his counsel and as sistance for, his escape from the desperate position in which be was involved. The Everton estate ; bt4 passed,. is alefanl t of male issue, to. a distant relative of the late lord; so that raia,absolute and. irredeems. 1 : 4 4 stared ;foth ; the watched -dupcalsd.bilk7 relatiies in the face. Lady Evertmen join „ fire was not a yiryilargkona, nudism son had been,permittid4o.4qoander sums,whicly sbOnld have.,been,devnted to the, discharge Of some IrbicAryirialloaow-Dnumd harshly againathes„ ••• I I 344 ° 1 0, .10 11 .! A! 4119981•Iintegemt; to —Once a Week EU "NO ENTERTATNBIE'N"T SO CEAP AS READING, NOR ANY PLEASURE SO LASTING." COLUMBIA, PENNSYLVANIA, SATURDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 15, 1862: Lady Everton's narrative. Repeatedly dur ing the course of it, as she incidentally al luded to the manner and appearance of Sanford, who had been introduced by Mr. Merton to his mother and sister, a suspicion, which the police papers had first awakened, that the gentleman in question was an old acquaintance of mine, and one, moreover, whose favors I was extremely desirous to re turn in kind, flashed with increasing con viction across my mind. This surmise I, of course, kept to myself—and after emphati cally cautioning the ladies to keep our pro • ceedings a profound secret from Mr. Merton, I took my lertie, amply provided with the resources requisite for carrying into effect the scheme I had resolved upon. I also ar ranged that instead of waiting personally on her ladyship, which might excite observa tion and suspicion. I should report my pro gress by letter through the post. "If it should be be!" thought I, as I emerged into the street. The bare supposi tion bad sent the blood whirling through my veins with furious violence. "If this San ford be, as I suspect, that villain Cardon, it will indeed be a triumph—victory! Lady Everton need not, in that case, seek to ani mate my zeal by any promise of money re compense. A blighted existence, a young and gentle wife by his means cast down from opulence to sordid beggary, would stimulate the dullest craven that ever crawl ed the earth, to energy and action. Pray heaven my suspicions prove correct—and then, oh my enemy, look well to yourself, for the avenger is at your heels!" Sanford, I had been instructed, was usu ally present at the Italian opera during the ballet; the box ho generally occupied was designated in the memoranda of the police; and I saw 'by the bills that a very success ful piece"was to be performed that evening, and determined on being present. I entered the house at 10 o'clock, just af ter the commencement of the ballet, and I looked around. The momentary disappoint ment wee soon repaid. Five minutes bad not elapsed, when Cardon, looking more in solently triumphant than ever, entered arm in arm with a pale aristocratic looking young man, whom I had no difficulty from his striking resemblance to a portrait in L.tdy Everton's drawing-rooms, in deoiding to be Merton. My course of action was at once deter mined upon. Pausing only to master the emotion which the sight of the glittering reptile in whose poisonous folds I had been involved and crushed, inspired, I passed to the opposite side of tho house, and boldly enterel the box. Cardon's back was toward me, and I tapped him on the shoulder. He turned quickly round—and if a basilisk had confronted him, be could scarcely have ex hibited greater surprise. My aspect, nev ertheless, studiously bland and conciliatory, and my outstretched hand seemed to invite a renewal of our:friondship. "Waters!" he at last stammered, feebly acepting my proffered grasp—"who would have thought of meeting you here?" "Not you, certainly, since you stare at an old friend as if he were some frightful gob lin, about to swallow you, really." "Hush! let us speak together in the lobby. An old friend," he added, in answer to Mr. Merton's surprised stare, "we will return in an instant:" "Veil, what is all this, Waters?" said Cardon, recovering his wonted sang froid the instant we wore alone. ••I understood you had retired from among us; were in fact—what shall I say?" "Ruined—done up! Nobody should know that better than you.". "My good follow you do not imagine—" "I imagine nothing, my dear Cardon. I was very thoroughly done—done brown, as is written in the vulgar tongue. But fortu nately my kind old uncle"— "Pasegrove is dead!" interrupted my old acquaintance, eagerly jumping to a conclu sion, "and you are his heir. I congratulate you, my dear fellow. This indeed is a charming reverse of circumstances." "Yes; but mind, I have given up the old game. No more dice-deviltry for me. I have promised Emily never to touch a card again." The cold eye of the incarnate fiend—he was little else—gleamed mockingly as these "good intentions" of a practical gamester fell upon his ear—but he replied, "very good, quite right, my dear boy. But come, let me introduce you to Mr. Merton, highly connected personage, I assure you. By the way, Waters," he added, in a caressing and very confidential tone, "ray name, for family and other reasons, which f will hereafter explain to you, is for the present Sanford." "Sanford!" • "Yes; do not forget. But allone, or the ballet will be over." I was Introduced as an old and esteemed friend hom he (Sanford) had not seen for many Months. At the conclusion of the ballet, Sanford proposed that we should ad journ to - the' European Coffee Rause; nearly opposite, and but we sallied. At the top of the staircase we jostled agaisst the Cam. missioner who, like us, was leaving the house- Ils.bowedslightly to, Mr. Merton's apology.. and his- eye .waadcred -coldly and briefly over . our persons; not the slightest sign or recognition escaped him. I thought it possible he did not know me in :my *aged apparel—bet looking back, after descending a-few steps, I was quickly nude- Nivea. . - .4L sharp quick glance, expressive both• of t nesursgement and suriwise; , 'shot out from nyder: his-- pent-house brows, and as swiftly vanished. Ile did not know how little / needed spurring to gain the goal he had in view. We discussed two or three bottles of wine with gayety and relish, Sanford, especially was in exuberant spirits—brimming over with brilliant anecdotes and sparkling badi nage. lie saw in me a fresh rich prey, and his eager spirit reveled, by anticipation, in the victory which be doubted not to obtain over my "excellent intentions and wife pledged virtue." About half-past 12 he pro posed to adjourn, eagerly assented to by Mr. Merton, who had for sc me time exhibi ted unmistakable symptoms of impatience and unrest. "You will accompany us Waters?" said Sanford, as we rose to depart. "There is, I suppose, no vow registered in the matri monial archives against looking on a game played by others?" "Oh no! but do not ask me to play!" "Certainly not;" and a devilish sneer curled his lip. "Your virtue shall suffer no temptation, be assured." We soon arrived before the door of a quiet, respectable looking house, in ono of the streets leading to the Strand; a low peculiar knock, given by Sanford, was promptly answered; then a password, which I did not catch, was whispered by him through the keyhole, as we passed in. We proceeded up stairs to the first floor, the shutters of which were carefully closed, so no intimation of what was going on could possibly reach the street. The apartment was brilliantly lighted, a roulette table and cards were in full activity; wines and li quors of all varieties were paraded. There were about half a dozen persons present, I soon discovered, beside the gang, .and that comprised eleven or twelve well-dressed desperadoes, whose sinister aspects induced .a momentary qualm lest one or more of the pleasant party might suspect or recognize my vocation. This, however, I reflected, was scarcely possible. My boat, during the short period I had been in the force, was far distant from the usual haunts of such gentry, and I was otherwise unknown in London. Still, questioning glances were eagerly directed toward my introducer and one big burly fellow, a foreigner—the ras cals were the scum of various countries— was unpleasantly kinquisitorial, "J'en re sponder' I heard Sanford say, in answer to his reiterated queries: and ho added something in a whisper which brought a sardonic smile to the fellow's lips, inducing a total change in his demeanor towards my self. This was reassuring; fur though pro vided with pistols, I should, 1 felt, have lit tle chance with such utterly :eohless ruffi ans as those by whom I was surround. Play was proposed; and though at first stoutly I refused, I feigned to be overcome by irre sistable temptation and sat down to blind hazard with my foreign friend fur moderate stakes. I was graciously allowed to win, and in the end found myself richer in money by about ten pounds. Mr. Merton was soon absorbed in the chance of dice, and lost large sums, for which, when the money lie brought with him was exhausted, he gave written acknowledgements. The cheating practiced upon him was really audacious, and anyone but a tyro musthave repeatedly detected it. He, however, appeared not to entertain the slightest suspicion of the "fair play" of his opponents, guiding himself en tirely by the advice of his friend and coun sellor, who did not himself play. The ami- We assemblage broke up about six in the morning, each person retiring singly, by the hack way, receiving as be ,departed, a new password for the next evening. A few hours afterward I waited on the Commissioner to report the state of affairs. Ile was delighted with the fortunate debut I had made, but still strictly enjoined pa tience and caution. It would have been easy, as I was in possession of the password, to have surprised the confederacy in gaming that very evening; but this would only have accomplished a part of the object aimed at. Several of the fraternity—Sanford among the number—was suspected of uttering forged foreign notes, and it was essential to watch narrowly for legal evidence to restore, if possible, the property and securities of which Mr. Merton had been pillaged. Nothing of especial importance occurred for seven or eight days. Gaming went on as usual every evening, and Mr. Merton be came, of course more and more involved; even his sister's jewels—which he surrepti tiously obtained, to such a degradation will this vice plunge men otherwise honorable— had been staked and lost; and . le — was, -- by the advice of Sauford,'abour ; tc . COneliide a heavy mortgage on his - estits;ltr order not only to be clear of his enormous "debt of honor," but acquire fresh means of "win: - fling back"--that ignis fatuns otall:gansb lere--his tremendous losses! A new pre liminary "dodge," I observed, was now brought into action. Mr. Merton esteemed himself a knowing band at ecarte. It. was produced, and he was permitted to win every game, much to the apparent annoyanie and discomfiture :of" the losers. All' this - rifts precisely the snare into which I bad myself fallen, I of course the MOTO readily detected• it, and felt certain that the grand coop Was meditated! 'ln the meantime I had not been idle. Sanford' was oonfidentially - in= formed that I was only waiting' in" London to receive between four and five thonsind pounds—part of Unele-Ptemgror's legfiey— and:then intended to immedittell finiteli to back to canny Yorkshire. To have seen the I t O. d villain's eyes as I accidentally, as it were announced my errand and intention! They fairly flashed with glee! ..Ah, Sanfordi San ford! you were, with all you cunning, but a sad blind idot to believe the man you bad wronged and ruined could so easily forget the debt he owed you! The crisis came swiftly on. Mr. Mor ton's mortgage money was to be paid on the morrow; and on that day, too, I announced the fabulous thousands received by me were to be handed over. Mr. Merton, elated with his repeated triumphs at ecarle, and prompted by his friend Sanford, resolved instead of cancelling the bonds and obliga tions held by the conspiritors, to redeem his lasses by staking on that his ready money against those liabilities. This was at first demurred to with much apparent earnest ness by the winners, but Mr. Merton, warm ly.seconded by Sanford, insisting upon the concession, as he deemed it, it was finally agreed that scarfs should be the game by which he might hope to regain the foriuns and the peace of mind ho had so , rashly squandered; the ldst time should hi be suc cessful—and was he not sure of suecessl— he assured Sanford, that, he would never never handle' cards or dice. lle should have heard the nioeking merratent with which the gang heard Sanford repeat this resolution to amend his ways whena r ho had recovered briCk his wealth! The day so' eagerly longed for by Merton and his confederates—by the spoilers and their prey—arrived, and I waited with fev erish gaiety, the coming night. Only the chief conspirators eight in number, were to be present,'iir4 no stranger but myself—a privilege I owed to the moonshine legacy I had just received—was to be admitted to the crowning triumph of successive fraud. One only hint I had ventured to give Mr- Mecton and that under a promise, "on his honor as a gentleman" of inviolable Secrecy. This was it. "lie sure before commencing play to-mor row night, that the bonds and obligations you have signed, the jewels you have lost, with a sum in notes or gold to make up an equal amount to that which you make the risk, is actually deposited on the table." lle promised to insist on this condition. It involved much more than he dreamed of then. My arrangements were at length throne:i -11, complete, and a few minutes past twelve o'clock the whispered password admitted me into the house. Au angry altercation was going on. Mr. Merton was insisting, as I bud advised, upon the exhibition of a sum equal to that which he bad brought with him, for, confident of winning, lie was de termined to recover his losses to the last farthing; and although his bonds, bills, ob ligations, his sister's jewels, and a large amount in gold and genuine notes, were produced there was still a heavy sum • de ficient. "Ah, by the by," exclaimed San ford, as I entered, "Waters can lend you the sum for an hour or two—for a consider ations" he added in a whisper. "It will soon be returned:" "No, thank you," I answered very coldly, "I never part with my money till I have lost it." An indignant scowl passed over the scound rel's features, but he made no reply. Ulti mately it was decided that one of the fra ternity should be despatched in search of the required sum. He was gone about half an hour and returned with a bundle of notes. They were, as I hoped and, expected. forge. miss on foreign banks. ➢lr. Merton looked at and counted them over, and then the play commenced. As it went on, so vividly did the scene re call the evening that bad sealed my own ruin, that I grew dizzy with excitement, and drained tumbler after tumbler of water to allay the fevered throbbing of my veins.— The gamblers were certainly too much ab sorbed to heed my agitation. Merton lost continuously—without pause orintermission. The stakes were doubled, trebled quadrup led! His brain was on fire; and he played, or rather lost, with the recklessness of a mad-man. "Hark! what's that?" suddenly exclaimed Saniord,.from whose Satanic featuies the mask be bad oolong worn before Merton bad been gradually slipping. "Did you hear a noise. below?" My ear had caught the sound, and I could better interpret than he. It ceased. - "Touch tho signal bell, „Adolphe," added Sanford. Not only the play, but the very breathing of the villiane was suspended as they listen ed for the reply. It came. The answering tinkle sounded once—twice—thrice. "All right!" shouted Sanford. 'Proceed! , The farce is nearly played ont." I bad instructed the officers that two . . of them in plain clothes should preseni them selves at the front door, obtain admission by means o[ the password I had given them, and immeadiately seize and gag. the .door keeper.,, I bad also acquainted them, with the, proper answer to the signal bell—three pulls at.the heUdle communicating with the. first flair. Their cemrades were then to.be. admitted, and they were all ,silently to as contrtgei stairs and Waitins otkihe landing till imninicinid by me fnentet :ana'afeie the ga' Mastitis.' The back entrance was ,al3o . sepurely but unobtrusively watched.. One bin& feardeeturbed • mei It' Vliss lest the seciandiels mould taketate alarm in' ientirtiti to exiliktish the fightaeitictY all the toigiaihiatii and Ito - al,' ei;c7l4, um) PER YEAR IN ADVANCE; $2,00 IF NOT I'Jf-ADDS. some private pissage which might, unknown to me, exist. Rousing myself, ae soon altlie play was rem:tined, from the trance of memory by which I bad been in some sort absorbed, and first ii 4 seertining that my pistols were within catiireach—for .1' knew I was playing a des-. perate game—l'rose, stepped carelessly to the door, partially opened it, and bent 'for war), as if listening for a repetition of the sodnd which had so alarmed the company. To;my great delight the landing and stairs were filled with police officers—silent and 'stern as death. I drew back and walked toward the table at which Mr. Merton was seated. The last stake—an enormous one— was being played fOr.-Merto - n, lost. , Ile sprang upon his feet, deathly pale, despair ing, overwhelmed, and a hoarse execration surged from his clenched teeth. Sanford and his associates cooly raked , the plunder together, their features lighted up with fiendish glee. ,"Villian—traitor—miscrantr---shrieked Mr. Merton, as if smitten with a sudden frenzy, and dashing at Sanford's throat; "you devil, that you are, have undone,.des-_ troyed me:" , "No doubt of it," calmly shaking off his vietim'e . grasp; "and." think it bas been very iirtiatipalli and effectively dope, too.- 7 Sniveling my fine follow, will scarcely help you much." Mr. kr.ortoa 6tared upon the taunting in speechless agony and rage. "Not quite so fast, Cordon if you please!" I exelaitned,:at the asme time taking up a bundle of forged notes. "It does not appear to me that Merton has played against equal stakes, fur unquestionably this paper is not genuine!" "Dog!" roared Sanford, "do pia value your life so cheap?" and he rushed toward me as if to seize the forged notes. I was as quick as he, and the levelled tuba of a pistol sharply arrested his eager onslaught. The entire gang gathered near us flaming with excitement. Mr. - Merton looked bewilderedly from one to another, apparently scarcely conscious of. what was passing around him. "Wrench the paper from , him!" screamed Sanford, recovering his energy'. "Seize him—stab him, strangle him!" "Look to, yourself scoundrel!" I, shouted with equal vehemence. "Your hour is-comel Officers enter and do your duty!" • In an instant the room was filled with po lice; and surprised, panic stricken, paraly zed by the suddenness of the catastrophe,. thegang were all secured without the slight ett resistance, though most of them were armed, and marched off in custody. Three—Sanford, or Cordon (but he bad half a dozen aliases) one of them---were transported for life; the rest were sentenced to various terms of imprisonment. My task was effectually accomplished. My superiors were pleased to express very-warm commendation of the manner in which' I had acquitted myself, and the first step rin'the promotion which ultimately led•to my pres ent position in another., branch of imblict service, was soon afterward conferred upon me. Mr. Met tan had hie bonds, , obligations, jewels, and -money restored to , him; and, taught wisdom by terrible experience, never again entered a gaming house. • Neither he nor his lady mother were un grateful for this service I bad been fortun ate enough to reader them. Engrsh Women. BY SATELASIEL LIAWTIIOIISE I have heard a good deal of the tenacity with which English ladies retain their per sonal beauty to alate period of life; but (not to suggest that an Amerioan eye needs use and cultivation before it can quite appreci ate the charm of English beauty at any age) it strikes me • that an English lady of fifty is apt to become a creature less refined and delicate, so far as her physique goes, than anything that we Western people class un der the name of woman. She has an awful ponderosity of frame, not pulpy, like the looser development of our few fat women, but massive with solid beef and streaky tal low; so that (though struggling manfully against the idea) you inevitably think of her as made up of steaks and sirloins. When she walks, her advance is elephantine: Wien. else sits down, it is on a great round apace tif her Maker's footstool, where she looks as if nothing could ever move hiss. Sbe imposes awe and respect by the Mtichness of her personality, to each a dbitrierthet Yds: probably credit her with far"groa ter and intellectual force than she can fairly claim. JIM; visage is' - aitsaiTy . lsini . :and stern, not alwayer . tiositively forbidding, - hit calmly terrible, not merely by its breitdtli and weight of feature, but bepasur r lt seems to espress so ristsoh aeri:#akdeiticlf-rgli ancti, each acquaratactue,Witis:' toilb„toiildea; aiid`daigers, sifid . 2 u halnrdL cipacity for traUipling,down . i. 3'oslt ; .. Out'itnything - positfielisulient ra , of aitjvlis i y. offensive, ev.inNpd; ti - Wtinightx3ru, ette"4intillie l efre * cf:4 *tier94n 7 ty•fout gun siniVin'tniiiikfpitiir;:toq u 'izitliy% yon assure ini2'reurtfut t - there isi . v „ risa.:l danger, you' cannot` help meiadoas ,eou'ld tie Ijpt oliiet. i e,11•4 13 " 11 :4 1: ti 'gawk: and binvlisititlie:efkitfto . lli: BicS soy catudertnftrit''ph . 4 tenfOld—nii,'i 'hundred: fo,ll4 l l4ettit' s 4ll to tali' c;are antei4eir taxi; . friatiaiddhaiiiu;Nrruata' not found ssay moil! to sai:Tomei Efty t Glitaatikreater - T•,` ;,:sr.etyrrw Sqvire - EWBOLE -N1T,M8.t11,40.42::7,1-i, courage, fortitude and strength- ofahn meter thationr Women - 'of eimilarmgvamearFillt tOugber:'physiCar- imdfiriitfc;s: Morally ;'she is strong; otispect, oh tn'ao= tiffaiti, and , would — be,au - n_rit - ')yc timidin . eiei3pljopa E l . sttait ,. t4nt might call for energy Outside of th',Orc‘34ortiOntai-. , , t 4 ties amid which ithehaS'grtis :;. - You m eet'tb figure la tbsi street, and li've, and even sMile atthe But oonceive :of her in . a ball: . roons.,:ith, p the bare, brawny arms thot, she insafiaily r. , d aisplays there , , and all the other*rospon , d r ,,„ ing development, .such as is „beautiful . itt... 15. the maiden blossom, but,a spectacle to bowf: at in such an orer-blowu cabbage-pie this. Yet, somewhere. in this enormous bulk there must he , hidden.the„modest, &alder, s.is violet-nature of a girl, whom an,aliert tattsit,s': of earthliness has unkindly ovetrgrow.n. ;; ri, an English maiden in,..hor teens, ,though . w _ very seldom sopretty.tus. oar own;4o,msnif,- 3 ,,,, / possesses, to say the truthea oertainqhmrtsaw t of half-blossom, and delicately4olded A05V,01,44: , and tender womanhood shielded krainidpel ly reserves, with•which, somehow c r . , o t h e r,,,,„ our American girls oftert,fail to mAsrn•&h?frin, selves during onLappseciable, mornertA.,(4k is a pity that the English violet should grow... • into such an outrageously developed peony as I hare attempted to describe. I wande* whether a middle-aged husband oughttatbeAv considered as legally married talalLtirnacra:ll cretions that have overgrown , : thensinider- 1,1 nese of his bride, Aim* he:, led her ZS: therslSl tar,- and whichzmake, liot 80'....lnuottioare* than he ever bargained-:fort. .14 sounder view of tho ease, that.the mattinzi);.:. Mal bond cannot be. hold to- inoluddithar , rt. ,three-fourths of the wife that had no ea i . t. fence when the' ceremony frerroTidedr And - as a Matter 'of conscience` and go'b~ ought nit an Englitly`Ma:itieh patt* 4 to insist upon the' celebration "ortiVrilie j• Wedding at thi end of twahlinigrieiri, Ifi order td legalize and 'mutually that corporeal groirth - whith 4 betli - Pariae"' have ndi rid callfeoms into' poeircisfien J eirice they wcre pronounced one - KO METIIiiSELEII O\LY 4P. A people, hove been seoutitemed "(22 ~ s I . 3Fsrd I )&o:ids.deb . a s _rather an aid n the, gao 1 book says g t 3:iii;a icil34 atnehundred and sixty-nine ;ears • old whari,lie,(lied l i 7:‘ ,l Bit as compared:with the' - pecralti.'of`vhlost acooants are given in 'the: sacred' writinxi of India he was - onlyagreen-striplini.: Bookie, referrinito the sietethent/ iii e' Sanorit booki on the •tubject , says: J , "Thb imagination of Iliad aleistaneed:all •oonspe-- - titian. Among an immense .nninbertilf. , similar facts; we' find 'it• recoided "•thlte ancient times the duration ethic oreektinibie 4 men was 80,000 years, and that: &irk Intitillt lived to be upwards of 100,000.":'SSine•die&E I : a little sooner, others a little' laterilktrili•:;=+. the most flourishing period% ottintiqiiityritmg we take all classes tcigether,.loo;ooo' is.the to average. Of the King, -whose' name - wtteur Ynoistibir, it is casually mentioned *, thaX hp reigned 27,000 years; whileancither t Xfalltt, t reigned 66,000. They' were cut off prime, sirice'there , 'werti eevernl instances of the poets living to be "hal?a, million .' But the most remarkable case is !bet of f t, Tqrys ni shining character . in• , bistory, united the functions This emiaelit man lived in a piiia and . Ms lie er tuoitsage; and hit days were Indeed lea s . g . the late; sioas Made Kiez:wheclia to was 2:66o,9oo'yeiarq4lilkel reiine4, G,30). 7 000 years; !raving ; done whic h . he res4ned% his empire , and, liered,'Ma 1 - 4.1:00:0011 . , years more, whin he died.' Iho terj sap," after thii; that' illeftlitiselel& 'wits ~, more than an e xceedinglyjuvenile ual? The Sancrit, writings, it will ea- re membered, are regarded as , tfacredlOkftle East Indians as the Bible' is - by , otieliisoplef.'l e. 3 vte-,1 litimaisa-Biltbs?—A writei chi~ : the - ettlit a jest eaysi—"Ttle i 'mask peigiiiiCyiniblia.- 1 1.7 1 ' Many a-time 13 ava I thonghtin'seeutia itlfitia ll male: which Thad, perbensi - biio 4 fcilYgirre ' from - tree to tree, 'and atleit 'seen 'citdithr'' perched on a leafless twig;!-cheit *lf 11:iiiidlr" intention has beEti anticipated lik Oil's' leiP ad. in fact, but; to lilt appearananii , l4Calq l so in will. Another hi:miming-bird rallies" in, knocks the one I Court off hie perelfrand'' the two 7 go - fighting'end screaming ii:ittTyrift"" a pace hardlY*Mhe folloired by ttio:'isy'ii.-t2 l Another time this flying:6klit I: fa`lotialafilitt 2 in mid-air; the -6elliktiriatei :"Montlitipi6 biglfer and higher; till ifiir otiii"Wdrslett in battle dike 'amity . 4eTekiiigibelter; fal &wed by the victor, who never relicaniebeFiTail i m21;04.'611 the vatiquisgesi;VP&olitifficald hiding, succeeds in makine:lifieeli-aliii:Zg• These fine faids ire'riat" waged - alone - ?Ye tween members of the earne r epeeists. • 'OP exquislioilitOlecVigirievtiei iia iii al 'is -Pr ~ , . ...bat':: 9. .7. , . rayrtle-aiek#rs ri r gr i ga,ttLa i ne t tp , 4Ast , ! ; ink r , , 4l . l ll4'po w gnAtey ,.. orl:file spay trk„ is vt . lt i z !, remarkable' II Ts' ve'ri l setloin, tliat t*o dales timeNatitila laraeitial% " V. c;OliteitCOn;mence;nwlt shat P , nc: Islize* after . 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