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A WOMAN'S QUESTION
From "Legends and Lyrics," a new volume
just published in London, by Adelaide Anne Proc
tor, (daughter of Barry Cornwall.)
Before I trust my fate to thee,
Or place my hand in thine,
Before I let thy future give,
Color and form to mine,
Before I peril all for thee, question thy soul
To-night for me.
s. I break all slighter bonds, nor feel
A shadow of regret;
Is there one link within the past
That holds that spirit yet?
Or is thy faith as clear and free as that
which I can pledge to thee ?
Does there within thy dimmest dreams
A possible future shine,
Wherein thy life could henceforth breathe,
Untouched, unshared by mine?
If so, at any pain or cost, uh, tell me before
all is lost.
Look deeper still. Ift hou ant feel.
Within thy inmost soul,
That thou has kept a portion back,
While I have staked the whole:
Let no false pity spare the blow, but in true
mercy tell me so.
Is there within thy hear'. a need
That mine cannot fulfil?
One chord that any utl er band
Could better wake of still
Speak now—lest at some future day my whole
life wither and decay.
Lives there within thy nature hid
The demon spirit change,
Shedding a passing gl iry still
On all things II CNC/ and strange?
It may not be thy fault alone—but shiebrmy
heart against thy t wn.
Could'at thou withdraw thy hand one day
And answer to my claim,
That fate, and that to-day's mistake,
Not thou—had been to blame;
Some soothe their conscience thus, but then
0, surely, thou wilt warn me nuw.
Nay, answer not—l dare not hear,
The words would come too late:
Yet I would spare thee all remorse,
So, comfort thee, my fate;
Whatever on my heart may fall, remember, I
would risk it all.
WILL SHE MARRY?
When Milford Brightly died, he left his
young and pretty widow in a predicament.
To be sure, the Widow Alice remained in
charge of the Pelican Hotel, which he
had. rendered popular, and which was
ConOdered a valuable piece of property,
still bidding fair to do a thriving business,
but no spotter' had her husband departed;
than Mrs. Brightly found herself the chief
topic of the town—the object of vigilant
and curious speculation-3 among the board
ers and frequenters of the Pelican, and
the neighbors generally, as to the pros
pact of her marrying again, when, and to
whom.
A question arose as to whether she had
really loved her husband, who, though
good and affectionate, had been much
Older than she. This question was deci
ded by the gossips in the affirmative.—
Then a question followed as to whether
.she.;now loved any body else ; and on this
there was much doubt and much positive
ness, and a wide difference in opinion.—
The theme was so interesting and prolific
that it sprouted under much care, and the
branches grew from it.
One branch was, whether in a moral, re
ligious, and sentimental point of view, she
ought to marry. Very luarrelsome chat
terers and twitters perched upon that
branch, and agitated themselves in the
breeze. A branch from this branch was
whether, if the widow was justified in
marrying, within about what time it would
be perfectly decent for her to do the same;
and a twig on this branch was, what her
own judgment might be on that particular
point. Then there was another grand
branch, viz: whe, her Mrs. Brightly want
ed to marry again : and this was perhaps
the most important branch of all; be
cause, if she should hal pen not to want
to marry, no power on , arth could force
her to do so, and she would remain a wid
ow—and there would be au end of all
discussion.
But there were yet °ther branches, which
claimed careful attention. One of these,
quite melancholy and romantic,was wheth
er Mrs. Brightly could marry again, and
.not violate her husband's dying wish ; for
there was a report, of uncertain authenti
city, however, that Milford Brightly had
been so fond of his wife, that he charged
per, BS she valued his memory, to remain
a widow forever, and come to him in hea
ven without incumbrancc s.
Some said, if this was true, it might not
deter the widow ; but then here a power
ful branch grew out, in the shape of an
other report, which insisted that the la
mented husband had left the principal
part of his property to her, conditionally
upon her never marrying again. This
seemed a kind of ugly branch, but it also
seemed as strong as it was ugly, and com
manded respect, because its leaves on one
side mere golden.
• But the eyes of many refused to contem
plate this branch. They stood entirely on
the other side of this tree of discussion,
anti delighteti, to dwell . upon yet another
and more agreable branch, which took the
shape of an interrogation, as to whom Mrs.
Brightly would be most likely to marry, if
she chose, and could marry at all. This
was the most popular 1171 , 1 fruitful branch
of all; it waved over a variety of eligible
heads, and bore many apples of accord !
and discord; but all the town agreed upon (
one point, which was the soil which gave !
growth to this tree. They agreed that
Mrs. Alice Brightly, the widowed hostess
of the Pelican, would be a good match for
almost any man in the village ; and they
also agreed that they would watch her ac
tions, so as not to be taken by surprise by
anything which was coming.
On her part, the youthful widow was
fully conscious of being thus closely watch
ed : and she kept her eyes and ears open,
and her mouth closed, in conformity with
her own ideas of discretion. She super
attended the house-affairs with her custo
mary dignity and grace; her natural ani
mation tempered by her loss, though none
the less hospitable to all ; and her forti
tude and resignation were well supported
by the youth and strength of her constitu
tion. She wore her weeds calmly and
without ostentation of grief, and resolved
to be circumspect and taciturn regarding
hor intentions and affairs.
But though she might keep people from
knowing, she could not prevent them from
thinking and talking. Possibly she did
not wish it. Certain it is, that she learned
that among her suspected suitors were no
less than eight men, whohad been acquain
tances of her husband. There was the
Rev. Mr. Sable, a young clergyman of
thirty, at whose church she now attended
more regularly than before ; Mr. Green
more, a rich gentleman-farmer of sixty,
still hale and hearty ; young Mr. Torrence
the handsome barkeeper of the Pelician ;
Dr. Valerian, a physician in the meridian
of life : Mr. Vicegage. areal estate broker
in the city ; Mr. Bullock, an extensive
dealer in cattle: Mr. Carver, the thriving
furniture dealer; and Mr. Flood, the whole
sale dealer in wines and liquors.
These all were among the frequent vis
itors at the hotel—from some plausible
cause or other apart from any matrimoni
al purpose: and these all, equally with
each other, but more than all others, ap
peared to enjoy a suspectable share of the
widow's confidence. They were known
to have many little separate chats with
her in private; but who was to tell what
was the purport of these interviews ?
tipenly she seemed to regard - them with
charmingly impartial partiality—charm.
ing for its adroitness, but perplexing from
its uniformity. Mr. Torrence might be
thought to have the advantage of the
other seven, as he was the barkeeper, and
was almost always in the house ; but then.
it was optional with die others to have
the favor of her society while he was en
gageddown-stairs.
For several months, notwithstanding
her strict caution, and close observation,
Mrs. Brightly remained in doubt as to the
intentions of these several male acquaint
ances. She had, it is true, her occasional
and growing suspicions, but her uncer
tainty arose from their studied evasive
ness. And she soliloquized thus:
" All of these men visit me with a kind
of timidity I cannot fully understand.—
They look almost as if they approached
me by stealth, and were ashamed of it
It may be that they all mean marriage,
but are in doubt as to the existence of
rivals. Perhaps they think it too soon
for them to begin to make overtures. But
though they have made none yet, I can
perceive a disposition in them to sound
my sentiments as to a second marriage,
and to inquire about each other, as if they
hoped thus to learn more of each others'
relations towards me, and my opinions of
them. I may be wrong, but whether they
persist or not in keeping me in doubt, I
shall certainly keep them in that condi
tion, till such time as I think it politic to
throw off all disguise."
A discretion like this might well have
been approved by the lamented himself ,
and perhaps so even if he knew the mo
tive for it. But her uneasiness kept these
eight men ignorant of this resolution; and
this resolution was the cause of much
perplexity to these eight men.
And well might they be perplexed.—
Here they were—they came and went—
irregularly but frequently—all, to be sure,
withplausible claims for some wVhy wo
man's hand, and all, to be sure, equally
solicitous for hers ; but circumstances bad
conspired to place them in a great state of
doubt.
In the first place, they were in doubt as
to the decency of thus running after a
widow before her weeds were rusty. This
of itself caused them to feel rather sheep
ish, and look so on approaching her.—
They felt that their object was suspected,
and might be held in reproach by others
besides her: they might be thought un
feeling, or mercenary, or both. Then,
what if the widow should still adhere to
an exclusive love for the departed land
lord of the Pelican ! What—and that was
quite as bad for them—what if Mrs. Alice
Brightly had already set her affections
upon another, and had promised him both
her hands, with her heart and soul in one,
and all the perplexity in the other! This
would be a grevious piece of information
to find out, just at the moment of refusal
too.
It was best to be careful in this matter.
Time might show. But time was long in
waiting. It was a precarious state of mor
tifying suspense. What if they should
wait too long, and the widow should get
tired, and some more impulsive being
should step in, and set their doubts at
rest forever in the black ditch of despair,
fringed by the golden fruition of his nup
tial hopes.?
Here was not exactly a "widow-bewitch
ed," but a widow so besieged, that if her
predicament had not been peculiar, and
her temperament extraordinary, there is
no doubt she would have held out a sign
of truce, and surrendered at discretion to
somebody. But though so much was said
and thought about her, much remained to
be told,' and she did not choOse tell it.
Was there some._ fearful, mystery, mon- .
ne.nyad triritY her reparicable, retigentie •-`
WaSilietelikhrOheil and hail a strange
power of concealing it 7 Was she pleased
THAT COUNTRY 18 TEI MOST PROSPIROUB maim LABOR COMMANDS TES ORNATE= =WARD: "- .-BUCHANAN
LANCASTER CITY, PA., TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH 22, 1864.
in thus being an object of constant
remark and curiosity? Could it have in
flated her vanity, or amused her sense of
the ludicrous, to know, as she did, that
the ordinary frequenters of the house,
and the neighbors round about were ever
more busying themselves with conjectures
as to the precise meaning of her out-go
ings and were-goings, and in comings and
what-doings; of her casual remarks and
chance glances; her purchases of whom
and what; the state of her health, what
she wore, with whom she corresponded,
and for what particular person she did
have a positive preference, and if any,"
how much, and within what bounds re
stricted
It might or it might not ; but she con
ducted herself as if ignorant of these cir
cumstances ; and she moved among them
all, a seemingly careless paragon of won
der, still bearing enough of the insignia
of widowhood to show she had not forgot
ten it ; and yet diversifying the black,
from time to time, with such gayer colors
as made perplexity do extra penance for
the wearisome inquisitiveness of its fertile
researches
Matters regarding Mrs. Brightly and
her eight evasive and undecided suitors
remained in much the same state for
about ten months after the Pelican had
lost its landlord, when the said suitors
concluded to make a change in the pro
gramme of Pelican affairs, as far as they
were concerned.
They all thought it was high time
something should be done. The slowest
people, when fairly aroused, are sometimes
the very quickest; and whereas, before,
they had striven to keep out of each
others' sight and knowledge, they now
met frequently about the hotel, and did
what they could to give each other to
understand that there was a certain at
traction at, the house which each considered
it his privilege to try to possess against all
comers: and that it would be indelicate,
not to say dangerous, for all other comers
any longer to interfere. Shrugs, coughs,
looks, and tones of antipathy between
them served to convey this intimation but
failed to produce the desired result. Each
man found seven stubborn stumbling
blocks in his way ; and this induced
another change of tactics.
They came by degrees more courteous,
interchanged mutual self-introductions,
and beginning with the weather, ended
with the widow. It was of 'no use, they
now frankly acknowledged, to disguise
their object any longer. They were all
atter the widow, and they had not yet
ascertainea her mind, though it must be
that she understood theirs, by implication,
after such long evidence of anxiety on
their part. Now, therefore, it was resolv
ed. that, as they had not singly been able
to remove her evasiveness, one of
their number should go to her, and in the
name of all, entreat her to declare her
preference between them.
Lots were drawn, and the chosen dele
gate to the lady was Mr. Bullock the cat
tle dealer. And it may be regarded as a
proof that that gentleman had a high rep 7
utation for his transactions in cattle, that
all seemed perfectly satisfied that the lot
had fallen upon him, when he was thus
intrusted with a mission pregnant with
such vital importance to their happiness
and his at the same time. Mr. Bullock
pledged his honor that he would take ❑o
advantage of his opportunity as a delegate
to edge in a word, or tip even a wink for
himself, and repaired at once to the wid
ow, leaving them in intense anxiety, in a
sitting-room below, for the space of fifteen
minutes.
At the end of that time, he came down,
with a blank visage, and they asked the
"She simply says she has no preference
between us. She appears very frank
about it."
"Between us" they cogitated. "Then
we are on even grounds. But she may have
a preference for somebody else—though
who he can be, 1% ho knows ? Go up now,
Bullock, and ask her, point-blank, as she
is so communicative to-day; and to set our
minds at rest, if she intends to marry any
one else."
"I'll do that, but of course she does."
Up went Bullock, and do,vn he came
"And now what?"
"She says, No. She don't intend to
marry anybody else."
Again they discussed the reply, and
Bullock was once more sent up, to solve a
long mooted doubt, whether her hus
band's wish and will left her free to marry
again, if she should choose.
Down came Bullock, and brought this
" She was left free to marry, without
any restriction : and says that she will not
marry anybody else. Now, for God's sake,
gentlemen, don't send me up again. All
our hopes are blasted, and I should think
that would satisfy you."
But the others refused to consider
themselves blasted. As the widow was
free, and had no choice between them,
each secretly determined to do what he
could to change her intention in his favor.
They separated in that hope ; and it was
increased, a few days afterward, wh"en
each received an invitation to a farriily
party to be given by her, when, as 43he
stated in the note, " she intended to as
tonish him."
Perhaps to accept me," each thought
and all attended, looking their prettiest.
The widow, they thought, never looked
magnificent before, but 'she did now, and
they had a gay time. But when supper
was served, a demure and unobtrusive
gentleman of middle age, was noticed
seated next to her, at the head of the ta
ble. He had been introduced to them,
in the course of the evening, as Mr. Amos
Early.
" Ladies and gentlemen before I pour
out the tea," remarked the bewitching
hostess, with sparkling eyes, that outri
valled the glitter of the gilt sprig on her
china, "I am going to make a short
speech, and astonish you as I promised.
Eermit me to intrOduce to you aka& Mr.
Amos Early. He is my husband."
Here all the old bachelors and widow
ers knocked their knees against the table.
"I was married to him just one month
after Mr Brightly died. Married in pri
vate. I should not have been so hasty,
but he wished to be sure; nor so secret,
only that I wished to escape reproach till
idle curiosity had been diverted from me,
and the exact period of the marriage
should not be too closely inquired into.—
Neither should I now have had it known,
had I not at last become worn out with
attentions, scrutiny,and gossiping remarks
on every side. My husband's recent re
turn from abroad where he has been ab
sent during the interim, affords me a good
opportunity to make this agreeable dis
closure, and ought to be also a good proof
that I do not intend to marry again. I
would also state," she added, scarcely
able to suppress her laughter at the vari
ous looks of wonder which greeted her,
-that my husband, Mr. Early, will enter
upon the discharge of his duties as land
lord of the Pelican to-morrow ; and any
renewed pledge of your patronage which
you may be pleased to extend, will be
1
gratefully received by us both. And here,
Sally, pass round the tea."
Whatever feelings of hope deferred and
now annihilated might have agitated the
bosoms of the baffied ! eight, they were con
cealed, and in the course of the glee which
ensued, as they had not been outdone by
each other, they all wished No. 9 joy of
his being No. 1; and the Pelican Hotel is
going on swimmingly.
A STORY FOR THE LITTLE FOLKS
The Student in the Mill
LFROU THE GERMAN.]
There were two students who were
making a foot excursion through the
mountains. They were gay, lively boys,
and seldom troubled themselves about any
of the cares of this life. One day they
came to a great mill, which was kept in
motion by one of the rushing mountain
streams. They came around on one side
and looked at the big wheel, and then
they went.inside and saw the huge mill-
stones grinding corn an dwheat. They in
quired of the miller if that was the way to
the town, which they called by name.
"No, my children," answered the gray
haired old man "you are ten miles from
that place, and it is now nearly sunset.—
You have lost your way, and it would be
impossible for you to find it again so late
as it now is."
The students looked at each other. and
were astonished to think they had missed
the way. What could they now do?—
They were very hungry and tired, and
this was the only place where they could
stop through the night, unless they slept
out of doors. The old miller was very
kind-hearted, but was very particular
about the mill. He was afraid to have
anybody go through it and in tefere with
the machinery.
Seeing the difficulty in which the stu
dents were placed, he said to them, I
never like to have strangers in my mill.
My family live in one corner of it, where
I have three or four good comfortable
rooms. I have been miller here for thir
ty-four years, and no accident has ever
happened since I nave been in the mill.
The proprietor says that I shall have the
place until I die, unless I neglect my bu
siness. I will not ask you to stay all night
without you promise to do just as I tell
you. Sleep where I put you, obey every
word I say, and you will go'away to-mor
row morrow morning happier than when
you came. Do you think you can do as I
say ? I know that boys are often very
meddlesome and troublesome. They are
very apt to wish to attend to their own
business and somebody else's too. What
say you? Will you obey my rules for the
night? Depend upon it, you will not suf
fer if you do as I tell you."
" What kindness !" exclaimed the stu
dents. They were delighted to think
they had a kind friend when tired and
hungry and without a I>lace to sleep
Of course they were very willing to sub
mit to any rule he might lay down for
them. So they consented to obey him, if
he would only keep them in the mill
through the night.
The old miller's wife soon got them a
good supper—fresh milk, cheese, bread,
and some venison! How they enjoyed
it ! They were as happy as they could be.
They ate all they wanted, and thanked
the miller, for supplying them so liberally.
" Don't thank me, my children," he re
plied; " I am not the one to whom you
should be grateful. It is God who has
blessed you. I am only the instrument
of his mercy. Now when you retire to
bed you must thank him. Your bed is
ready. I will give you a little room near
by the place where the water falls. It
will be noisy all night, but you are tired,
and I think you will sleep very well."
The students thanked him for his kind
ness. When he gave them a little lamp
and opened their bed-room door, he said to
t them ; " You must not enter a closet which
you will find in your room. You have all
you want to eat; your bed is soft and com
fortable; you shall have your breakfast in
' the morning, if God pleases to spare our
lives. Another word I have to say to you;
and that is that you must not come out
of your room to-night. You are in per
fect safety here, and you must not venture
out. The reason why T never like to en
tertain people is that they will not obey
our rules. A mill is a bad place for com
pany. Good night!"
And the students said "Good-night" to
the old gray-haired miller. When he had
left them, they commenced conversation
about their host. He was a very plain
looking yet a very wise old man. They
seemed to be inspired with great respect
for him.
" How comfortable is this little room !"
said Herman to Heinrich.
"Oh, yes, comfortable enough," replied
Heinrich, " but 1 am in the habit of
sleeping in a much larger one at home.—
Then this isnething but a very plain pine
wood bedstead, while my own bedstead is
made of rosewood-. This is only a com-
mon husk mattrass,- and I am itithe habit
of, sleeping on a hair matrass. Look,
too, at this old stone pitcher and bowl
My bowl and pitcher are of the finest
china ware,and have beautiful pictures all
round them."
" Well, but this is much better than'--1
sleeping Out of doors? How very kind
the old man is to give us even a shelter
for the night. A barn would be better
than nothing, and certainly this is a much
better place to sleep in than a barn."—
Thus spoke Herman, who was a grateful
boy, while a great fault of his companion
was ingratitude.
Then there was silence for some time'
The boys got ready for bed. But Hein
rich began to think about the old man's
command not to look in the closet, and
not to go outside of the door all night.—
Still he did not tell what he was thinking
about to Herman. He knew if he spoke
of it to his friend, he would be answered
in some such way as this: "Let us do all
the old miller says. We promised to obey
him. He has his reasons for the orders
he gave us. We are dependent on him
for our lodging and breakfast, and it is
the least we can do to obey him and go to
sleep." So Heinrich did not tell his
thoughts to Herman.
Now I will tell you what Heinrich
thought about when he went to bed : "I
will now lie down here until Herman gets
to sleep; then I will get up, light the
lamp, and try to open that closet. It may
be that there is something very valuable
in it, and how badly I would feel to be
told when I leave here that there was a
great deal of money in the closet and I
failed to get it. Besides this, I want to go
through the mill and look at the machin
ery. I never saw a mill before. I have
often heard of them, but never knew how
to grind corn and wheat. But I have only
seen a little of this one, and I think it is
much better for me to go all through it,
and then I shall know all about mills
, hereafter. lam sure there is no danger.
With these thoughts he determined that
he would find out what was in the closet,
and then go all through the mill. Fer
man was soon fast asleep. He slept as calm
ly as he had ever done before. He had
no bad thoughts in his mind, and was de
termined to obey the miller. As soon as
his companion found him asleep, he arose
and lighted the lamp. He turned down
the wick very low, so that he would not
be in danger of awakening any one by
' the light. Then he silently put his clothes
on. He looked at the closet door and
found it was locked. Something seemed
to say to him, "Now, Heinrich, go to bed
again. You have no need of anything.
Why should you disturb the old miller's
closet? if you find anything very valua
ble you might be tempted to take it. Go
to bed again. it was his conscience speaking
to hint.
He held the light and wondered what
to do. He wanted to know what was in
the closet, and yet he knew it was most
honorable for him to go to bed. There he
stood deliberating. It was a bad moment
in his history. He had better have been
sleeping out of doors t.him hesitating
whether to enter that closet or not. Fi
nally he concluded that it might be very
much to his advantage to get in it. But
where could he find the key? He looked
in every corner of the room but could not
find it. Finally he tried his own bunch
of keys, but not one of them would fit the
lock. What should he do? So he said :
"I will see if Herman has not a key that
will fit it." That was a bad thing for him
to think, even, but he no sooner thought
it than he strove to carry out his resolu
tion. He quietlylifted up Herman's pan
taloons, put his hand in the pocket, and
took out his bunch of keys without mak
ing them jingle. . •
"As sure as I live," he inwardly said,
"that one fits the lock of the closet as well
as if it had been made for it !" The door
opens and creaks a little as it comes back.
Herman turns over in his bed, but does
not wake up. Suddenly Heinrich sees on
the highest shelf a silver box about as
large as a cigar box. It shone very bright
and when the light of the lamp came
against it the reflection was very strong.
The key was in the box, and Heinrich
opened it. It was almost full of gold !
His heart heat quick. "Now, what wealth
I have gained by my getting into the clos
et! Suppose I had gone to sleep as Her
man has done, I would never have been
so well off as I now am."
He then began to empty the box. He
put much of the gold in his knapsack ;
then a good share of it in his pockets ; but
finding these places not large enough, he
cut a hole in the lining of his coat and put
the balance in there. Not finding any
thing more of value in the closet, he lock
ed the lid of the closet door, then put the
key back in Herman's pocket.
He had succeeded well thus far. The
question was now to get a good look at
the mill. So he quietly opened the door,
and began to walk through the great
rooms where the grain was, and up the
high stairs. He went to the most danger
ous places, and it was only by the mercy
of - a kind Heavenly Father that he was
preserved from falling and losing his
life. He had gone through, nearly every
part of the mill, and as he was about re
turning to the room again, he put his
hand upon a little beam, and, behold !
the wheels began to roll around and the
mill-stones to revolve. There was a noise
and rumbling all through the mill. He
did not know that what he had touched
with his hand was the spring that sets the
mill going. He was now frightened very
much. He usually had much presence of
mind, but the other act that he had done
took away his calmness, and he ran off to
his room as fast as be could. Soon he
was in ; the light was put out, and he was
in bed. Herman roused up a little, but
did not know what was going on around
him. " What is the matter ?" said he to
Heinrick, who was beside him.
Oh, nothing, I think, unless the old
miller has taken the notion to grind corn
and wheat while other people are fast
asleep." So replied the boy whom Satan
had tempted to sin. Soon the old miller
was up. He did not know what was the
trouble. He was very' much agitate 4
and so he said to his wife : " I fear we have
taken bad boys with us to-night." He
went off to the place where he usually
stopped the mill when in motion, and
finding the crank turned the wrong way
he pulled it right.- Soon all the wheels
went slow, and by-and by they stood still
as the mountains around.
What are these things that I see ?"
said the old miller, as he stooped down
and picked up two pieces of gold money
which lay cn the floor near where he
stood. He recognized them as some of
his own property—a portion of his hard
earnings. That silver-box was a present
from his father, and the money in it was
all the profits that he had gathered
through life.
He was troubled, but he went to bed
again. He thought he would let the stu
dents sleep, as they had walked a great
distance that day. But Heinrich slept
little. His two mean acts took away sleep
from his eyelids.
Next morning at the breakfast-table the
old miller asked a blessing on the food,
and prayed the Lord ,to bless all who sin
ned, whether young o '. r•o_1(1. It touched
Heinrich's heart, and he could not sit still
with any composure to himself. Then
when the two students turned their plates
up, behold a piece of gold under each out
Herman looked astonished and smiled as
he saw it. But when Heinrich saw the
piece that was under his plate he blushed
all over his face. Even his ears were
almost as red as blood. Any body could
see in a moment that.he felt condemned.
The old miller saw his blushes, and so did
his wife, but they said nothing.
After breakfast the miller said to Hein
rich, " I need not tell you about the sin
you committed last night. You remem
ber it well enough yourself. Why should
you try to wrong an old man as you have
wronged me? Have I ever injured you?
Let me urge you to turn your back upon
your sins. I wish my money restored at
once, or you shall be placed in the com
mon prison. There must be no delay."
The money was all given up, save the
pieces he had lost when going through
the mill. Herman was astounded when
he saw how guilty his companion was.
He could hardly believe his own eyes.
As they went of together they conversed
about the matter. It was then that Hein
rich confessed that the faigianiag jai his sing
was in yelling up and standing benire tire closet
door and deliberating over the ;natter. His er
ror was in harboring the first. thought of
sinning. When Satan suggested that
wicked thing to him, he should have in];
mediately thought about something else.
Then be would soon have fallen asleep,
and the temptation would have passed oil.
The old miller forgave him; and God
afterwards forgave him too; but memory
of that sin was bitter all through life.
Now if there is one of my young friends
who wishes to live with a clear conscience,
and have the world's esteem when he gets
old, he must not encourage bad thoughts.
Think about something better, and ask
God to give you power to overcome it.
A rum suggestioncalling a man q
Because you can't get all you want,
don't neglect what you can get. Squeeze
out of the world all the juice there is in it
A myrtle among nettles is still a myr
tle.
When the shepherd is angry with the
sheep, he sends them a blind guide.
Be very lowly, humble in spirit ; for
man is a worm, and his ambition vanity.
There are four kinds of readers,—the
sponge, the funnel, the strainer, the sieve.
The sponge sucking up all ; the funnel
taking in at one end and letting out at
another; the strainer separating the wine
from the lees ; the sieve dividing the bran
from the fine flour.
We do not die wholly at one death ; we
have mouldered away long before. Fac
ulty after faculty, interest after interest, at.
tachment after attachment disappear ; we
are torn from ourselves while living ; year
after year sees us no longer the same, and
death only consigns the last fragments of
what we were to the crave.
SLEEP
" God bless the man who first invented sleep
So Sancho Panza said, and so say I ;
And bless him also that he didn't keep
llis great discovery to himself; or try
To make it —as the lucky fellow might—
A close monopoly by "patent right!"
Yes—bless the man who first invented sleep,
(I really can't avoid the iteration ;)
But blast the man, with curses loud and deep
,Whate'er the rascal's narfie, or age , or station
Who first invented, and went roun d advising,
The artificial cut-off—"early rising !"
" Rise with the lark and with the the lark to bed,'
Observes some solenin, sentimental owl,
Maxims like these are very cheaply said;
But ere you make yourself a fool or fowl,
Pray just inquire about their rise—and fall,
And whether larks have any beds at all ?
The " time for honest folks to be abed"
Is in the morning, if I reason right
And he who cannot keep his precious head
Upon his pillow till it's fairly light,
And so enjoy his forty mornine. winks,
Is up—to knavery; or else—h drinks !
Thomson, who sung about the " Seasons," said,
It was a glorious thing to rise in season ;
But then be said it—lying—in his bed
At ten o'clock A. H. thevery reason
He wrote so charmingly. The simple fact is,
His preaching wasn't sanctioned by his, practice
'Tie, doubtless, well, to be sometimes awake—
Awake to duty and awake to truth—
But when. alas ! a nice review we take
Of our best deeds and days. we find, in Booth
The hoUrs that leave the slightest cause to weep
Are those we passed in childhood, or—asleep !
'Tis beautiful to leave the World awhile,
For the soft visions of the gentle night;
And free, at last, from mortal care and guile
To live, as only in the angels' sight,
In sleep's sweet realms so cosily shut in,
Where, at the worst, we only dream of sin
So let ue sleep, and give the Maker praise.
I like the lad who, when his father thought
To clip his morning nap by hackneyed phrase
Of vagrant worm by early songster caught,
Cried" Served him right ! it's not at all surprising
The worm was punished, sir, for early rising."
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TTHREE HUNDRED INVALIDS,
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Institute on Orange street, between Duke and Lime streets,
Lancaster, Pa.
NOT ONE OERTIBIOATE
has been published since the Electrical Institute has been
established in Lancaster, but this system of practice has
been left to oink or swim upon
ITS OWN MERITS,
Borne of the most respectable and substantial citizens of
Lancaster county, have been treated and cured, as can be
seen by reference to themselves, or the books of the
Institute.
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