~ ~. cLr,gs,, rrhided frem first Purl 'hank Thee that Thou inlet given them thus early to see the value of innocent e and the poNt or of t.ction.•' When he finkhetl, Jlathats - ay, rose and said. " I almost forgot h stormed, Lather:' :dud :-h:• id proceed will n . step some. whatligitter, and a. •artonii-what vrith her preparanints fur otter or „a: , our rountrydolk 14111 call it. Rippi r. er r titruekoften aintattv ietAy to fire k. • 1 wked • I ttt on the road the Colonel to come—remarked that the:4(qm grew heaviera-'nfisl wt tut sret n-Ititt and tutli were on her %vit,- to'tatty: :41.'kfili-bell \tar, ht and : 1111 it m.t, not \I the-•. kit rft•i•Aii•or, reltimitt2 irmit frierttiftq. rolled, Willi a ttiessa•re from the, kind, Conottel.—. '• The maul s,l'ae not ,tent them ‘t ord •• it might not eottie till distk. but he would unit till it did ronn•." "Me Col: wine and- oil 1(o. - sai,l It ha.. been to film/ the i.t this trimbh:. we have a di:4appaslitituteltt. IlterP's a t•ottiloti comes hantl-ift-haml ith . The,days, a= we have -:eel. weir at their shor test. Mrs. Ha:haw - 41c . moved slowly. the afternoon . was very dicary. awl the shadows id the shanty evening were thickettimr. when the father and Jim ther sat doe to, their Thanks:nvifig meal. Mr. Hathaway's zrace was much lomzePthan usual but their was no alksinn to their :unction. Fir could not uow trust his voice for this, his body and mind were beginning to feel the pressure. - II was only half-past three! he wondered it was so dark'. and again and again he vc iped his eyes. 11. suffered t• mother, to cut ti t ) ter hint his favorer. bt, ot turkey. 'He took. :went-ding to mu rural cu.-itotn. link of all - the'' various v.•.;.-taldes and caudt ment, and though he remarked. •• there was net rr a tenderer ttirk P) there. ~ ,P . P lripzi ne vet to 11.16- been a tougher one in the chewiwr. As to the poor mother she •caohl not eat—she loathed the sight of the food: and wino her hushaud. who had tried not to observe her a, she moved on the table, lir:tout of their places and then into them, grid :turned her food over awl oier flit tier plate, witlanit tasting •• Poor mother • there's no use in , trying!`• she mei ed hack her chair and took ref uge in her I the adjoining. bed room. •There she. sat by the window, lookinir tip the rc 4 d as tong as she could discern 'timee or tree as landmark. The nightsattly doWn on the earth as , it had an her virit. The stir 40 longer fell, but the wind rose and gusts cirie f,weepin, do wn the hill-side, and masiug in the ehinitte), mid pen etrating. eyery crevice of the .li' lit letottnent. • She shook, as it agnli were on her, as :hi- retented to her husliMid, and : irr i ew her chair glow to him. cm You had *best light a can 10, mother, - said Ire : Col. Miles will want a litzht to guide him through this driving. storm ; light tw-o nod set' them in the window." Site lighted and pineed them, and, ,at down again the table w i ts left sta:aling. A wo man aceustruned to perform the domestic office:- through all the routine ot en Sleadd) An, ' COM(' what will, joy or si:kx):x, with the periodical epa ratarihi xttstttim a n tl ,olare al tmal life must be"paralyzed before she negleets thrm. - And so-was poor 'Mrs, HathaWay. •The thought of her good, lamest, true, ever-cheeful boy, in the eon viet's unifonn, among the molly gang, of culprits and committed vagrants on Blackwell's Island.: such as she had heard it deseribed, with the neg lect, misrule, and wretchedness that pre . vails there ---the'thought of her little Ruth—where tvas aft this cruel, stormy night No wonder the poor woman had left the table standing as it was when her husband rose from it —no wonder she sat.now leaning ott the arm of her hieiband's chair, listening for the Colonel's belaand hearing only the howling storm, and not heeding it, she, heard her husband's little consola tions dropped in now and then, "if the Colonel conies at all, he 'll come soon ,'* and with a sigh, (most unwonted sound) from that bosom of sunny cheerfulness: •• it does not much signify whether lte come to-night, for its certain no mail can mune thrqug,h to-day. The ColoneU' . folks will be e:peo ling him, I shotild not wonder if he'drove through bad as it is !" A long—long. pause. •• Merry on us! that is a sleb , lo-tell !'' A breathless pause.— " They'rr cone by Ido wish the Colonel ails - well hotne—his people will feel dreadrully, an it's all on our accountv .1t wits a pity he staid. we 'Alight have known there would have been no news from' them to-night !" Another pause, and a howii.ag Waist of wind; and the poor mother asked, " what ' will bec4ine o6ltuth if Elie is ott the road this wea ther?" •• Mother, look.to Him who tempers tho wind to the shorn lanib. If she gets Charlie's pardon: be ll be paid for it all. - . " Pardmil - exclaimed Mrs. Hathaway, in the only prowl tone that ever came (rorn her, •• I'd pot kisk pardon for.the innocent " Good, mother, good ! keep. to that brave -feel ing, and well weather the storni.'' But it seemed That all the mother's courage had spent itself in. that one outbreak; she again sank into deqterate; 'mo tionless silence. ft is a bad night," ri t iurrtiMed Hathaway, " and worse indoors than out !'' and sad ir'ivas to see the miwries that belong only to iA.do inl;, ',gathering over this little family, where patience .and pious conteui had so 'long reitoted. Suddenly Mrs. Hathaway raised her head, her heart again !lttered. Sheitiared not sprats, but as the wind for a moment lulle,l , she thought she heard approaching -bells. Her husband's sltri-or senses heard them too. , She started to her feet. "They hare stopped hers! it is the colonel" - she exclaim ed: in another instant the outer door of the little .porch was throvrn open. arid the inner door. and lteth rushed, in and threw herself in I.cr mother's' arms. exclaiming, •• cleared ! cleared!. cleared'" Softly- and slowly after her canie l'itarlt•s, thought: tut awl eonsidetate even at this mninent, and•loold- Mg back lest he should overly/1/.lln his mother with , oldilen ivy. What followed tan scarcely be (-rived_ There were loud sielaniations, a .s 1 hyste rical bursts of emotion, And then a deep silence— first broken by the colonel, who .smotl amt. tears of si-mpatlty running down his cheeks Last enough itt !Hilt away the ke that stiitened his whiskers.— liathawal !'• he leNelairnell, t: y„, 41 , withered arm is rotinit.tharlie's neck it 4y:its. that arm that hail scarcely had a per -.bruit tor yews:, l t s4 received a iny--- dto current ut feeling that stir -7.1. o . ) e wt nosy turned an gathered WWI 'gilt fell, but NI est- Pelitible mot. terion.. ertorLft - tram tc,f "twit 'Et, . mother and t 4 .I.racetl liini. the witlwreu 1-e p.\ tat a.llianks!riVirlO! '(•;t0. t , •11.•% eNI ia'111;i211 " UM Colonel Miles. ill go home theitappiest mart in Berkshire—except you, Hathaway." " Oh, no : stay with us and eat supper," replied Hathaway. " Well have the best Thaelitlitiug kit Massattesetts." • ' "The table is sot already," he added. With his, _habitual chtaMing : laugh : and I " Do stay—do stay, dear ca.n.ol;" came from mo.bc4, Chat les arid Ruth. lint theca - 4(mM could cia no account stay. " His own s ife and child,ea w ere waiting, at home," he said : and now be began to think considerable of them : and what decent fa her ever staid from his own child-en Thanksgiving day.' And with the showeriog !hanks and I lessio 4 p of the 11,01, ti w a l lt., he depancil. ••I - here are notments whea the outer errs . of the undemonstrative Ingle-Anteicau breaks ;I%t ;1%. :Ilia 4141 W.: the ‘ , 4Otiillg lire' , to•twolli :t. Now it e as, that all 31i --: -Ettomt t :ardner;s bouzz lit itl }trot isions Call.t!iuto play. The rt.-heated tins key, rosters, miece-pie and pmnpk in-pie, tarts and sances. melted att:lV Its- ore the keen appetites it emir happy (wilily . It tat's cal. t. ttlone n asset a-ide. -: Mr. Ilea-haw. - she -aid in a low voice to her mother. " talked of cominz up the next day. - - llathawa) averted : , as he: asked for another and another lit, that he had not' eaten u foil sheaf -Mee., Rielt.went away : his good wile said every tric,tail fill had tasted bitter : and Ruth did not believe any-' i !thug could to tste good in New Val:, Flut thesel were only parentheiiehl remarks. sit bile every par ticular of their bee experience wit: related. Our brief suittinar ) most he in strot7 contrast lu flictiii fusenf;,s of our friends. It seemed, that on ttw day preceding that on ' which Charles was to have his trial, a treachinous friend of a noted young woman, one 31.uilda Jhn .. .-- so ii! came to 1-1 trishaw. and tt Id hi in, that. it ire • would go to the the: that evening. he would sce Ois Jack-nn in the pit--that I trtaild join Matil da Johnson as she canto down teen the a.dleA whin' /11 , ^ play tea- over—and that ti n . 3 latd,b, 1,, wool,' wear a certain i-hawl. which hail been niii.4.4! lonn Brown &.Wils