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Saint -bap Montilig, .Inl2 Ja, 1350.
For the Bradtbrd Reporter.)
THE GRAVE OF EPLIRIED'COVE.
in the deep recem of a dim old forest,
Par soar from all the din of life,
Th e re 15 a spot—a lonely little spot,
s m oacinded, and in part'o'ershadowed by
rse ores that rise inlzfoomy grandeur, *bleb
I ofien runt.
Oft at rosy morn,
When nathre wakes from her soft dewy sleep,
With smiles of joy upon her beaming face;
then sweet ere is drawing o'er the earth
iier shady mantle; setting all the sky
With watchers pale, and hanging every' shrub
An d closing dower with drops of diamond dew, .
And, too, when midnight's deep and solemn spell
the oa world; when breathing silence reigns
acloiely hill, in dell and forest deep;
\\ - tia tit the pathless hekvens the pale round moon
r i ; ag high with all her starry train [boughs'
hc*e 'gentle beams soft glistening through the
Ty b ;, , dfrhang all; chequering the grass.
po i h r e in this lone spot, so rich with flowers
0 aKnung beauty, and with melody
(1; caroling bird and purling stream, I sit
forhours as silent as the dim,
trees around me.
Then from childhood's hours
rite inn:lnoue' that long have slept in silenie,
linen and come o'er me: mem'ries sweet,
I.:gathenng a mournful tinge from years
Twatigh which they pass, like far off strains of glad
And joyous melody heard in the house '
sorrow. While the wailing wind harps 'along
Toe branches playing to my soul make
Melancholy music.
But it is not only
For the beauty and the quietude
Of this lone spot, the dowers that sweetly blooin
The !phi - trees that rise—the wind, harps sighing,
Or the thrds that warble—the acft light here,
or pleas= glooni around, that I so often
-%el• it. \o! there's something more that makes
' lubly dean
Here is the &rave of one
rm: my heartionaly cherished; one i loved
W.:h all the ten derne,f of childhood ; one
W. wham my gayest, brightest hours were passed,
r sole companion of my walls and rambles
nee. wtth whom all of my hopes and toys
ICre blended. She was lovely and beloved
BT ill who knew her. Gentle as the twilight
7,-7lt'vr. cheerful as the rosy beam
Of mom*, and as blushing sweet its flowers
Cuni;Cgrace in ber modest form; joy
At? smutty in all her looks,
A:r.! music ever willing from her heart's
Dm fountain.
- Bot her joyous step was stilled
The music of her heart grew silent
Aid me died! cited in the very dash of yopth
Wien the bright halo of its gayest' hopes
Apd sweetest dreams were round her:
In this lone
Iltcraenered dell I saw them lay her dowla
T , her long dreamless slumber. When the earth
Closed o'er ner mantled form. oh ! then my cup •
Was fall. It was the first of grief that I
Had drank, and oh ! it was a bitter draught.
I leAllke-one alone upon the dark
And stormy seas, my hopes and joy ill gone,
Mr gmding star departed.
I have met
The world since then, and joined its busy . Abrong,
That onward mores to pleasure and to paint
Bo often I retire in pensive joy,
To this secluded spot. For oh it is
A pace for Jeep and solemn thought; and while
Beside this lone tomb standing. lisratug to naught,
Brt the still mournful music of my heart.
I lose myself, forgetting 1 am one
elf eamh. All of the vesing cares and troubles
Of the world—all of its glittering pomp;
Of pride and pleasure. and glory gee ,
Away and seem but fleeting shadows, ,hIIe
From this low mound, a still voice whispers
To my spirit peace. And then it breaks bevnnd'
The narrow bounds of space and time, an.l.wiuga
'fist mht into the endlesi regions of a
Etram
•
• And hope. with antref "nice,
?peaks, that when this sad life is Antsbed, '
/ ear meet nab tier upon that blessed %bore
Where darkness, pain and sorrow is no more.
Sot hen and joy forever.
Herrick, Pa.
IFOr the Bradlhrd Iteppeter.l
- rAniu.alt km-risks—lto. U.
Although a rather homeifirdieet; tam .gTf
to tell y ou _ son i e thik ut awl' Out; Coci.s2l 4 ?cut- '
/him" within whose rustic walls acquired my
mat insight tato the mysteries of s-b, eb, and b-d.
where I felt the ride of a oUrtquerer whin 1.
could master h-o-i-e : v. and baby,-end White
achieved the literary triumph of be&te, able An
read in u rierrangt." . _ How vivid are the neolitteo-.
Lions of this period' of lift *ben kaput sere
knos T ,iiiifi When thought
tes t ily - Mt solemner morning from flowericrlkiwer,
jut listing of the sweets of one, and dierriaWay,
*vendl the bloomitr; Meade*. ' Iforevit deeplj
our manhood may be engaged in the active , con
tents of i hiliiiiinw-however mood we may -be
tined Withsecieess, or emit down toy misfortune,
still our mindieontinite to dwell von the pleas
tres which Mist the early spring. time of oar, ex
istence. We may gate dpon the boasting, trophies
.—we may ftst a wandering glance upoolthe tow
ering Cathedra* with lohy domed—we May be
come familiar witlithe stately edifices where sol
e= sits in aU the pride of plate, and only deigns
to motile "pen the greet and wealthy, alloying those
alone who possess that powerful tali:slim Gold, to
enter her 'Arcane ; b>a cio all these drive from the
memory the seeolleelimm of the bumble aehool
house where we conned oar infant lesions aver ,. .-
esti' all these cause 'eel°
. foltget the lowly cottag e
where we nmeiied the first caresses ofivniothet,—,
and. beard. the flat sweet warbling. of a sister's
voiced Ne i Not The and ever broods tiler the
happy , seethes where it'first awoke tolls,' strange
and hema*reatties of exiiisnee-;.,4hin' Thought
lust pilumed.*a win" and took its .fight through
the wide fields oUnaisrai when alt alas new, and
' tut and weaderfal. ' • -
'Liven'' facie arleigeta
had./14‘,XiaeircafEllitgett44 4115• 1 5: 11 * • asmilit
et das woods wiiitimmtapads eniughadeamat 'ape!!
air Tdocerit 'Theta inirail *ea am'leg
tits Tont-iiikeerAtiratWoraogearrot*.qi
thing Owe what was absoluteti required; Tel;
after . thegiiihrhaiilciatieti
the under-growth had been-pleated away, arrrl
ter two or three years mellowing the accuse pre
sented was certainly &Antony:le, especially
when the jagged-outlines of the building were
view d ihroUgh the lightgreen tJoliags of spring.--
The hill which toweled up behind,lhe house, iivith
its fine growth of 'maple, chekunt anti pine, added
not a little to tbe tt lyeauty i pt view;
, IVith viliaLtai •
wearied perseverance 411 -we ;mammal. thesteep
acclivity till we -emild sOiat' ourselves -upon *erne .
high, jatting'iock, and give fiiiith the shout Fir
tory to thoseligiow, who had been less daring awl
industrious. The boldness of this view riiiintrasted
finely with' theisheltered beauty which the scene
in front presented. A winding and "grams path
way led down' to.the banks (it a noisy Jitile brook
which leapt onward with its songs of glee, bete
forruing little whirls and pools, and there a mimic
. ,
water fall, till it lost itself in the depth of The for
est. To the banks of this brook are repaired with
our little baskets . upon our arms when the long
summer " noon-spell" came ; 'and in the welcome
shade of the overhanging trees, partook of the Am
ple dbaner which-mw mothers bad prepared for ur.
When that was over—away, away to our sports-!
The girls, with their charnljensitic love of flowers,
would search ithe wdods for wild blossoms with
which to deck their little- heildi, or they would
each tear their gay load e 'echool-haut‘e, to
di
ornarnent with them, its s e. warier, and form
nosegays for the table pf the "Dermot filistresa."-..-
The Character of the lrye'sports Were different of
course. They would climb the trees and swing in
heir branches, or -" Wei " on a pole placed over
somi high log; and sometimes they would getup
on the track of some unluckyrignirrel, and theuthe
poor fellow would have a sad chase of it, without
being able to etude the sight of the argns-eyed ur
chins, who made 10 'much capital of its- misfor
tones. But 1 cannot linger to enumerate the thou-
sand wild sports which occupied our' play-spells."
Let us now take a peep within and see how
things look there. Benches made if pine slabs are I
placed around the :Qom, and desks rudely eon
suncted are fastened to the logs. But both befichb
es and the desk on the Soya aide are well carped
with desi Ins the most tinlque.. Theeapacious fire
place is now filled up with green bushe,. and fes-
Loons of wild flowers are bangintr from the beans,
The " school in istress"—a young laity who pots on
4' the limb demur&.' for „the protection of her an
thotity, now with her rap, rap, rap, upon the win
dow brings her little chargefrom their play-places
in the woods, to the school-house. /laming with
exercise they take their seats, and is a few mo
ments all seem attentively engaged with their torn
and dog-eared books, except the smaller ones who
stretch -themselves upon the benches for a "nap?'
The course of study in that honored old institution
Was oot very extensive, consisting almost entirely
of the "English Reader," sad I" , Webster's Spelling
Book ;." lot in those days Havick---whs2 is now
Herrick, I mean--could not boast of such a variety
of school books_as-ww ociw-have. In fact, you can
now scarcely find two txlys witbschoomxa s rits strike I
in the *bole glace . I leave it witb-fou to judge
which is the worm state of affairs. Pretty soon
uneasiness begins to manifest itself among the
children. The familiar . sounds of " please to let
me go oat?' greet the ear. Here are two boys
player at " fox and geese," on the bench bet4reen
them which they have marked our for deli purpose;
and there area couple of 'girls making "cat's cra
dles" with a piece of twiner, while 'they keep a
watchful eye oat-toweadotheichool mistress, who
r, probably mirage& frriritittfor `retkotMt pinch- .
lug me, 'ialtites our ears from one .carnerof the
room, and " Llmtl's mak nag up mouth, I. me,"
from the other: All these little miscloiov meet
such punishment as ii i *SECITS in , the :way of a
pulled ear—havinra spilt upon the nose or
foolscap on the head; The ne.sebeis in those days
never thought-of,''lred lesson—that
was nil We% the&edife l 'erf l e r rou nd
of as, arFOPR — i e od -refea — .reedlnaPe4r,e - Sefored
each day, sad :Arch dayl asasAsopy of .thcpreced
jng. .There Ay* no intellecutal nalsing4rno draw
nig forth of the thoirglits, , , The ‘ 7 .schoolerreclune ) :
turned roopsi and round, moottt to. ; the gratafttation
of usyoutigsters, (if course, .betieadlyothasurg or
time ss I barn sinee l eeperierice4. ,
Oncidcident which kappened, Ofp / was All
turning one , afternoon from tbeold log school berme
1 . 414 ! DeltalAggel--; ftWx. gpOortirvemotie
H of , itotfx, ireopool.4eo yomaoaLlse, Althea:lre
left Ike school Aronsie,theat wsva..indieslions -etai
shallots :hot, Ira '0 1 ,0 1 V4444
a9, 1 1 3 0-befor.e gat van. • sWerltad ?Namely preeeed
ud, however, ekes tbs familiar footpath Ail it en
lartld tbs thick forest, ere the:Ulmer grew dark—
black ! The wilds roared through the fuses, and
the thunclitchellonted-ing
fear we knew not-what of dos—viwrbetio proceed
or strod still. And now the rstbt pottred down in
torrents; Ibe wiods'redoubled their ituy—dasling
headlotig to the ground the inatuuchs of the forest.
The scathing lightnkig glared npas its almost coo
slangy skid the - thunder scarcely ceased for a mo
ment its tetrad peals. It really Seemed to is,
&or ; hernblini, creatures,
wife Inset d Mater, tied the croak effMrorlde
Taal Us
The hees . tett Oder !cod fast atottad as with terd
ble tie,tmew not whet to do, and may
Claimed each *het clorterobe mote ifetteily t h e
storm-god tagodtiw his wild Tolle We° beard .
maidog irairtd4Vodtrd crrey;,*7l#4s r „veal . a
* 6 w hie,0,1404t3 Aeik , sPiAti.had
to then dons blastisoiLeaattledielliagdi
mody , omm Am' liaPpyywitteiiritar l *at'
twin 11liere it pliratritted itaritt IMO lieetr,:`* It
la y:r i :A ibree63 o 4 "iiike:47- I *F aa n' as
we were, by some unaceoootible pto =tea
and needed beneath its hugs-tatok,imi by that
1110111,-Mi1er0111131411011,46 araditit—
After the'rstgingor the •eseleblida 4 .9 l c vie
Wrael g e ? .*6lll " ilbr 'W OW i ta kf r O d' A t iAl - $4 .
Mends in anxious ouzel orus r irb#
petted to fmd us uninjured m we etere, The sun
,f I UBLISTIED EVERY SATVIDATAT VOWAAA,
Ofr=ffl
~7
rk t aitiqUipwas or DvqrNa
"Iv •••
xras shining was,"alm4l: dear by th
time we reached home; and the smilinekssrept o
nature told notate 'of the fietee strife wliiclr rre
had witnested, 1 never walked that' too , -patli, af
terward•, without an iavoluntaryehudder, as the
scene-came up before my mind.
And now, where. ate all the light yoting hearts
that I used to Inert la the old kg school hodae!
s' AEI aciotered-I.llter4ened mountam and wave
And some in theimot alba rave.*
Thus it ever is Of.fliis world.
The associations which, we form,fass aaray—the
ties of friendship are severed by
. sbisence or death i
school-txiy lovas,ase..quendf4d by the hand
of ticae, - nneli , swe fcirm% new ties--gaze on new
scenes, and , almost forget the - joy/Vibe hopes that
blest our by-gone daYo. Yet timesth4comewiren '
recollections of our childhood zincing upon ea, and
we feel with Ossian that "The memories of the
past are pleasant-yet stioarefoi-ter the—soul." But
wheki' theizaLthose 114,13010ga1, happf crea
tures that played by therinsest,brook, and on the
inother days! Two labor -worn young
men stand leaning on their spades, on the banks of '
the far-off Sacramento, gazing on a glittering heap
of dust ) which
, they have gathered up .. Weary
though they seem yet they dig—dig—dig, solaced
by a bright, illusive vision which is ever before
them. It is a vision of extensive lands, beautiful
houses, and" all the accompaniments that wealth
can purchase. When the darkness of night dims
the glittering grains beneath their feet, they stretch
their wearied limbs upon a coarse 'blanket, and
in a troubled sleep await the coming of the morn
ing when they may gather more and more. But
it cannot be that he with sun-burnt brow and care
worn aspect is the sprightly -A—, who with his
little red cap, : and soldier coat, used to climb the
small trees about the school house like a squirrel;
and yonder weary man is not the laughing C—,
whose mirthful voice was the loudest among the
boyiSi shout that echoed along the hill-side. Yes,
yes, it is them ! Their high atnbition hasied them
far, far from the play-place r.f their early da)s.—
And where is s—, that flaxen-haired little sprite.
-whose every tone was music, and who was the
pride of us all. She used to dwell upon what she , '
imagined iwould be the beauty of a prairie scene, l
in the West. The plains, stretching out like the
ocean, and mingling its green with the golden hue
of the sunset sky, was to her a picture rortraying
all she imagined, of the soblinie in nature. tier
blue eyes glowed with endrusiasra, as she describ
ed the impressions 'which she thbught that she
should 'experience at the first sight She teas priv :
'Beged to take'only one glance over the,scene which
hei dreaming and waking thong,hts hid &Welt tipon
with so mach fondness,—and then she closed her
eyes, to sleep her long dreamless sleep .upon the
prairie,' whose wild bicrssiims bend in graceful
Orate/fulness over her grave. She: and D—,
werb.both nippetrbythe frirrity hand `of death, just
as they were blossoming into %Cements : rod. And
he rests far away in the sonny south One
bright afternoon in the spring -time, I turned My
Vert - towards the gra.w-Covereil mound that marks
Ws grave. and for a time stood almost unconscious
ly meditating and recalling to mind the scenes el
c• Ord Lang Syne." I - thoughtthat it was rail for
him 'o go down to tie tomb, so young: so far from
hiihorrie and friends in a strange land ; but though
his cottlpar.ionspkialiiinotirlsit his grave, bright birds
warble a:1)=0-1hp cypress and the yew rustle
i sir leaves mournfully over bim,apd fragnuit night
breels" inwl.4l4bil.regtliunt, I foundone solita
ry violet kegpiog its angel watch above his head
with its eye of blue. I picked it from the stem
rheas it nettled itsbeld among :the clover,—bot
felktiad that. Lima-pulled the otilprlonst flower—
, ratchet . ..ft - gin, above his resting place.. I wished
lo tteatibs it ass had memorial r of the Iliad ace
who slept beneath, and I consoled ;mead' with the
kipti.„tbat, others wonkier* from the same arm,
toperfgrm As sweet, though bumblemission. But
I will occupy your time. no.longec with this mum-
upti. „ Let u.,stitrre to say- that there are only two
orAhrein it4uaip in the neighborhood of
as 44 Oki Log School House," Willett has ugear ho
er down, - and cis. fast. mingling; . rider its mother
dust. ,
Comektipiry to Berrie. sometime,: dear Editor.
and I.l'6lLN:company you in. a -walk, where this
voserabio building once stood, and, if re are a
loser okliztcret you • will acknowledge der the
Beebe is still beautikl, sod entirely worthy of Art
hasty.sketch. r , 0 1 4 " 23.
iieniCk s iinift* kB5O. x. -"R"•
-s r rn to y „ so
Tuil:stre- ! rrVVirapzu- I Thet pm, gm/ow:Il
i-are Ettsioess„ r ard its tende*' .,. to ittemb teed/
thouffit and fee* . to the eaclusioTnof all fist O
nobles a mania soul or Ash, bia . mond nature, re
tinire cOntrteraTni inffire?nce; whictt are to be
found in social uttreclise, gi*l.fxioks k a taste izt .
the Eine am", and the et:m..4640n pt men of liberal
and et ‘ tlid ‘ tnios, the cithislition..4 wild Oise
tionsariltheesercistsetheperotenciboihin hsh4
End akion. ender these aeaithfid and evil i vesa t ig
in-
Eoeaces the generoue impulses of the seal--honor,
truth, charity and esteem for the good opinion of
men—all dial inakea ei4 l ac' ter respectable
'in society, lionfd be itr6erred. "'Virithout these.
'the in daffier' of t hu g thiamin
file and inpiLiii;iif 04;6(4' avafiCioits'
min
a blank' lei ihichlis bean eitntiein;ted
. 0 4 r 430 0 ifietnlttidAtion of the thi; r e
draßhsfilAibte innegatelictleoi . l e t 7
ihtireitiktaistiViihk
dy liviemiciaiip6-iniiited oath tfitVot.
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I &lit' litidlieW44 ictifii r deatr irfek"' t ile l ttei
iith%
*Sir rlliti4fiettei iris - ihrAhlig: 47 ' ti
. iteentieVillefia
%Via tht &relied - hi 'the riEvitg. *sr al;
ofbis divi646-....
lir°ay
NW* vzsda bow:,
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eMpia gla,llVActiblito PO tttbe mews -on
pntolOmratiotat A** to thititunapand-thasi
Connie to grant ion a atittk moreprottoron."
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T 191% r4O,Pd. ANT VAATERY
FORD COUNTY, PA., BY E. 0
',2OIREiI REGION OF itigXICO.
, T , he following, description of a roan who fell
-among the [helves, is a personal adventure of Bay
ard Taylor, related in his fonlicoming volume on
" Eldorado.'
It was ten in tho forenoon when I lefiitkmantlan.
The, road entered on a lonely range of ,hills, the
pedestal of an abrupt stpur standing out from the
side of the voltmuo. The soil was covered with
stunted shrubs and a growth of long yellow grass.
I could see the way for half a .league before and
behind i there was no one in sight—not even a
boy arriero, with his two or three donkeys. I rode
leisurely.along, looking down into a deep ravine
on my light, and thinking to my-self, " that is an
excellent place for robbers to he in wait; I think I
had better.load my pistols," which I bad fired ofl
lust before reaching Tequila. Scarcely had this
thought passed through my mind, when a little
bush beside the road seemed to rise up. I turned
suddenly, and, in a breath, the two barrels of a
musket were before me, so near and surely aimed,
that I could almost see the bullets at the bottom.—
The weapon was held by a terocious looking na
tive, dressed in a pink calico - shirt and white pan.
taloons ; ore the other side of me stood a second,
covering me with another double barrelled musket,
and elicits in:the rear, appeared a third. I hod
Walked like an unsuspecting mouse, into the very
teeth of the trap laid for me.
" Down with your pistols !" cried the first in a
harried whisper So silently and suddenly had all
this taken place, that I sat still a moment, hardly
realizing my situation. '• Dowel with your pistols
and dismount I" was repeated, and this time the
barrels came a little nearer my breast. Thus who
lied. I tI raw down my single pistol—the more
reality because ti was harmless--and got oft my
horse. Having secured the pistol, the robbers went
-to the rear, never for a moment losing their aim.—
They then ordered me to lead my horse oft the
road, by a direction which they points.] oct. We
went down the side of the ravine for about a quarter
of a mile to a patch of bushes and tall grass, out of
view from the road. The others, deliberately ler.
elling their pieces,at me, commanded nos to lie
own on my face—" La hoca a teak!' I cannot
• , ay that I lett alarmed : tt hail always been part of
my belief that the shadow of Death fills on him,
that the man doomed to die by vicilei_ce feels the
chill before the blow has been struck. As I never
felt more positively alive than at that moment, I
fudged my time had not come. I pulle4l off my
coat and vest, at their command, and threw them
on the grass, say ing:
'• Take what you ward, but don't detain me
long."
The fellow in a pink calico Fhirt, who appeared,
to have some authority over the other two, picked
up my coat, and one alter the other, tamed alt the
• kets inside out. I felt a secret patisfactitin athis
blank look when he opened my purse and poured
the few dollars it con:aMed into a pouch he carried
w }sir belt.
klow is it," be said, ' you bats oo more
(money t
1 don't own mucb;' I answered, but there is
guile enough for you."
l had, in fact, barely sufficient in coin for a ride
to Mexico, the most of my fends having been in
vested in a draft on that city. f , believe 1 dal not
lose more than twenty-five dollars by this attack.
"At least,", I said to the cgbbers, "you will not
take the papers,—among which was my draft.
"1o," he replied, Dome valeu nada. B '—(They
are worth nothing to me
Having searched my coat, he took a hating-knife
which„(_ carried, [belonging, however to Limn
Beale.l examined the blade and point, placed his
piece against a bush behind him, and came up to
me, saying.-awhe - held the knife above my head—
", Now put your handi behind you, and. (hell
inoie, or I shall strike 2
4 .
The other then laid down his musket and ad
vncea me. They were evidently adepts
jittelirt ;4their movements were eo ,carefully
That my "resistance would have been against
• 4
dingerous odds. I did not consider my loss,
just au dangerous rise, and did as they
the end of tity, horse's Lulea,
tiek_boan..it my wrists firmly together , and leafing
me ihns7seeure, sat lawn to finish their inspection
more feisurely,.. My feelings, dtitjog this proceed
..ingwern oddly haterore., 4eoilibat: one moment
rage and Amine at hiving peglecied
tYie Pieper 'leans of di4ncii„ an the nett ready to
aiioaVint - n"birsbilisf my
4 iifimlet having been spread on the' grins"
esellthing was impied into it. This robbers bad
o the ctfricihi and incomprebensibre, as well
iis'thiefid. Thy spared all my letters, hooks and
Istifienri but wilt my thertnoinexer. co?npass and
&facile, together with a number of drawing pen-
eiti, Waite exati (a thing the Mexicans never nse,)
stnit - whif lift Tittle alleles' ht toilene I carried With
in& A bag hewing a f - fey saddle bow, contain
it went di Once, as Will as a num
ber ortiVaigee and clears in my *km, the rob
bets leaving merlins" of the latter as a ecesolition
Between Mazatlan and Tepic, I had cafried a
• Moon in the Milleir of each' toot, 'covered by
'llreSteckirts. - ft- was Well thtiy had been spent
ro:1 o, or tittij• snriild else' have eirtainly been
discovered. The villains irobbekteil Ty !ferns,
jerked off my bcioti and ei,itAined the bottoms of
my pantaloons, vi - #iniii;iftter saddle and shook out
theleaftielsoctiethed the heavy good of the bit
otheeetrhetherit war slier; and thee liPpireinfy
satisfied that they had male the most of me, tied
everriueg together ki itoitsPr Of tiirbeN blanket
Am.,*
ate the rigae l ri ' 1; 4 4 a* ; s a d ,*
C t i elf? r ‘ e •? ke Ig Ur l i r e 17
!iqFtestieSmeito el ,4:ostrae ignoeitery; bat 1
treoaght I aviSildirrthelciuifteilleiveet.
ed in a slerfatelklid tooer '
"No; you shall not 1 mast have him ; 1 am
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MARA GOODRICH.
going to Guadalajara, and I cannot get there %%g
-out him. Besides, he woula not answer kir your
business."
He merle no reply, but took up his piece, which
I noticed was a splendid article and in perfect or.
der, walked a short distance towards the mad, and
made a signal to the third Robber. Soddenly he
came back saying :
" Perhaps you may get hungry before night—
here is Something, to eat;", and with 'hat he placed
one of My oranges and half a dozen tortillas on the
grass beside me.
" MTh graeias," said T, "bat how am I to eat
without hands?" '
The other then cording up, he,said, ns they al!
three turned to leave tne
' - Now we are, going; we have More to carry
than we had before we met you. /Wins!" '
This was insulting—but there are ehrumstanees
under which an Insult must be swallowed.
1 waited till no more of them couttibe seen, and
then turned to my horse, Who stood quietly at ;he
other end of the Wrist.
"Now, Prieto," I asked " hocs. ire we loge! oat
of this scrape !"
He said nothing, but I fancied I could deteci an
inclination to labgh in the twitching of his neither
hp. However, I went to work at extricating my
self—a difficult matter, as the rope was tied in
severel knots. Ater tugging a long time ; I made
a twist which the India rubber man might have
envied, and to the great danger of my spine suc
ceeded in forcing my body through my arrhs.—
Then, loosening the knots with my teeth, in half
an hour I was free again. As I.rode off, I saw the
three robbers in the distance on the other Side of
the ravine. •
It is astonishing how light one feels after being
robbed. 'A sensation of complete independence
came over me ; my hdrse, evert, seeined to more
more briskly after being relieved of my blanke - s
I tried to cofhfort Myself with the thought that this
was a genuine adventure, worth one's experience—
that, perhaps. a .was better to lose a few dollars
than have even a robber's' blood on my head; but
it would not do. The sense of the outrage and in.
dignity was strongest, and my single desire was
the unchristian one of revenge. It is easy to phi
losophize on imaginary premises, but actual expe.
rience is the best test of human nature. o.ice, it
had been difficult for, me to imagine the feeling
that would prompt a man to take the life of knoth- .
er : now, it was clear enough. la spite of the
threats of the rubbers, I looked in their faces suffi
ciently-to know them again in whatever part of the
world I might meet them. I recognized the leader
—a thick-set athletic man, witlf a short, blac,k
beard—as one of the persons I had seen lounging
about the tienda, in Amathlan, which explained the
artifice that led me to display thole money than
was prudent. It was evidemly a preconceived
plan to plunder me at all hazards, since, homing
from the Pacific, I might be supposed to carry a
booty worth fighting for.
rode on rapidly, over broad, barren hills, Mast
ered with pitches of chipparal, and gashed with
deep arroyos. These are the usdal hiding places
of the robbers, and 1 1 kept a sharp look-out, inspect
ing, every rock and clurip otcactus with a peculiar
interest. About three Miles from the place of my
encountet; I passed a ?pot where there had been a
desperate assault eightien months previous. The
robbers tame upon 3 camp of Soldiers and traders,
in the night, and a fight ensued, in which eleven
of the tatter were tilled. They lie bitried by u 1
road-vide, with a tew black crosses to mart the
spot, while directly above them stands a rough gib
bet, on Which ling of the robbefi. who were after
wards takekffiririg in "chaitts. I confess to 'a de
ckled feelitig of saltisfaetion, when I saw that three.
at !east. •hVtlhobtained their deserts. Their long
black hale hang oier their faces, their Clothes were
droppirigin taupe; and their skeleton bones pro.
trnded'throrkit the . dry and ibrnnken 'flesh. The
thin, pure air of the tableilaint had prevented de
composition; and the vitturev and buzzards had•
been kept lilt of the nearness of the bodies to the
road. It is said, hoWeier, diat neither Wolvei nor
vultures wiU torich edited - bleak:an, lila flesh being
always trio hifibly - ileasoned by the red peeper be
has eaten. A isirg,e sign was likened atioils this
ghastly ipectacle, with the words, in large „fetters,
*aid castiga la ley el lam y el asesine" (thus
the law punishes the tubber and the assassin.)
Evitittict or Fotis,--TO attempt to borrow
motley on the plea of extreme paietty.
To believe thistriar owe relatis' tie the best
:friends yea *ill ever - Meet With:
• To adr tho pubhsher ors new panto' dice s tow
many eopies he - sells per week:
To mate yotneell venerally divagmeable, at I
arcades that no one will visit you unless they gam
some palpable advantage by it
To get drank and Complain nest moraingol the
headache:
To judge propireipiety by their amenclairee ai
chimer: -
To keep yaw clerics on miserable salaried, and
wonder at their lobbing you.
n t i o
Not go to bed when you are • and Weepy
beams it is not bed time.
Ter wake your *mots few Gil- you, arid af
terwards be am because they tenpin for•theut.
selves.
Ito tell yoor own secrets and believes Mit ether
people will keep tbem. • - -
To giro asobool - borpeeket mooeti and WI him
motto vim! it
To boy* Child a chum and mists him for beat
Mg it • • "
a 'To =peel i 0 got rich without amusing:
amt then becamo oocited to a wegr tailaro
e2o,4lo lopeloodyilaidAatte bad Wien in love
SO he4 , 11: 0 ? , 921411 , digt#Iina.in lOW said
an old liar -Wm; tilt is more lib! fo
Be ceilient to"lteeto Withid tofu sraffen : ird adorn
it by the virtues which its duties require_
. r
1 ,
The Flower that Wolof- Vpsoard.
A group of young and light heaxted girls sat In
gather in the twilight, busily arranging the fiogrel
they had been gathering in the pleasant woods and
fields.
What beautifil thing. flowera'are!" said one;
"and What a plesint amusement it would be, now
that we are all sitting here so quietly, if each were
to chase which flower, we would rather be like."
".hilt aS, if there conhl be ant choice," exclaim-
ed Laura rennet, a halo proudly—and holding up
moss roselas she spoke. "Arperng all the.tiowers
that grow, there is none to v in Keenly with the
rose. Let me be the queen of flowers or none!"
" For my part," observed her Sister Metes, "
should like to resemble the luxeri4it rhododendron,
ea beutifully described in our book of flowers.—
When any one is passing, it shakes honey dew
from its roseate cups, and immediately begins to
fill its chalibes anew with transparent ambtolia ;
teaching us to shower sweetness even upon the
hands that disturb us, and to fill again with pure
honey drops the chalices of our inward thoughts.—
Oh ! who would not wish to be meek and forgive
like the rhododendron, if they could 1. But it is very
difficult," added poor Helen with tars in her eyes:
"It is indeed," said Lucy Nelville, gently, "if we
trust - only to our own strength. And who is there ;
to help us! It is only when my father looks at me,
in his grave, kind manner, that I have the slightest
control over myself. What a pity it is," said Loci;
simply, "that we.cannot always reinembe.' r that the
eye of our Heaienly Father is upo'n us?' .
I w ish I could," replied -Helen.
"1 have beard my mother say." observed I..ney
"that praying is better that wishing."
" Now Clara," interrupted Laura Bennet, turning
impatiently towards a lair, gentle looking girl by
her side, "we are waiting for yon."
Clara smiled, and imreedratey chceet the pelf
con volvus or bindweed, winding so carefully in
and out among the bushes, and flinging over them
a graceful covering, an emblem of meek beauty
and loving tenderness. "The only pity is," said
she, that it should so soon close up and We
" But what says our dear Lucy," exclaimed
He:en.
" I think that I can mess." said Clara... Seymour,
•'either a violet or hearts-ease—am I right!"
"Not quite." replied Lucy, with a deep blush,
"although both the flowers that you have mention
edare great favorites of mine. But I should like
to fesernble the d{.:_•y most„ because it is always
looking upwards."
" Do tell me," said fielen, as they walked home
tr.ether, carrying the flowers which they had
EL.tlered to adorn their several dwellings, "why
you wish, last now, to be always lookifig up like
the daisy!"
"Oh, Helen can you 'ask! What mar do you
require for happiness than to be able, let.the cloud
be ev,.r so dark, to look upward with the eye of
faith, and say. " It is the Lord's will ; and therefore
it is best ! '
e Do you always think thus ?" asked Helm.
" Alas, no!" replied poor Lucy, while the tears
eel fast: :lota lam trymg, and praying to God to
each me."-
FAMILY Qwa=uL!-R►i Olt lloesc.—lVe once
heard the famous Lorenzo Dow, id a manner which
we shall never forget, relate a story in ilhistration'of
the lolly of family• thsagrftents, and the fact that
violent quarrels are frequently the effect of ptssio
nate and unyielding tempers, creed by the most
trivial incidents.
I knew, said he, an exceedingly happy and af
fectionate young couple, who had but recently
comthenced housekeepi'ng in all the luxury of new:
ly wedded love, and elegant plenty. • .
•
is ibey'sat together in their parlor, e x changing
the little tender nothings ofrecipnval love r .a sleet
Buis mouse ran across the apaiunent.•
My love," cried the lady, " you we that
moose?''
4q saw my gleir," replied the husband, "but
it was a rat."
"Oh ne love,"aaid the wife, , git certainly was a
aumase.,
Madam, I tell ?on it leas a rat'," thundered - the
husband.
'•lt was a monse," asserted the lady, "I saw it
very riistirktly."
" I saw it also, madam, and my eyes are as good
c; Tour eyes may be,algolxi sir, tint
- i6 they are,
your judgment is not," retorted the lads. And sr;
said Dow, the quarrel p ogresiell, until the couple
so.incensed etch °the!, that they 4eparated
* The mutual friends i,occeeded in affecting a re
con*ciLation, and the harmony of affection seemed
restored, boa one evening as they sat chatting, toy
i•tg, and saying how much they loved; the wife re
marked.
"Hoar tivikb it w -is fovea fc; have such a quar
rel about that silly iiidese." .
, t Mauve!" cried the btAand,'tty it was a
rat!"
So the quarrel was renewed, and the loving pair
separated the 11-VOtiti trite.
Now, reader, if You are quarrelsome, here is art
example for yoti. Yon. see that al hough fhe crea.
turei being rat or mouse_ was not of the least con
sequence to the parties., or any body else, here or
hereirter, it was yet sufficient to excite two stub
born unyielding spirits so much as to distort young
love, and sever the holy bonds of conjugal *flew
661.
Collins the intidel, mice net *plain malitrymmt
and inquired isliere he"wal gain. iremhip
God:" f-Pray. tell me, isicur God :glide or Me
God 1" - , Pfu ie. f.e , 24:14 sir, that die heavens can.
notiMatait; Um, and So lirde that laicals dwell M
my bean:' Colbert afterwards declared
.that this
simple, yet-sublitae-answer, bad mote affect cabal
utiad than ail darietarade be bad ever read.
- Plas!oes of iitAktbY irefekbY
rvbbcrimi of the dcsricing.
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