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AUTUMN MUSINGS.
The Autumn Uwe ! the Autumn time !
Hoar softly steals its footsteps on !
s o i gently fades the Summer's prime,
And dims her glories one by one.
The dies are bright, and calm, and clear,
It stems yet summer time to me ;
But sh ! a change is round me here,
ln faded sower and crimsoned tree.
The Autumn leaves ! the Autumn leaves!
gos gorgeous in their golden sheen !
And yet it is but death tbat gives
Their glowing hues for simple green.
Oh! irk of the frozen North I.
Ohl mocker of our Summer dreams !
Why com'st thou thus to blight our earth,
And hush the music o( our streams ?
The Autumn winds I the Autumn winds!
1. come once more with plaintive songs ;
1%. breathe II dirge to saddened minds,
as softly I w ye sweep along.
s'e're Fightng for the faded bloom
1111ying Summer's beauty fled,
L i k e mo urner: wailing o'er the tomb
01 young and loved ones early dead.
The Autumn rain ! the Autumn ram!
Its sound falls sadly on our ears ;
And cmarsing, doom the wir low pane,
1 he pearly tircps stem gushing tears.
Each pale sad flower bath caught a gem,
Which trembles to its h vintr eye;
Then fallen from the rah%•red stem,
I: lays its cheek down low to die
And vet f /ow. thee, Autumn t me !
I love the h:e,, , lng thou dorm bring ;
Though thou hum not the merry chime
That thrtlls the soul in joyous Spring,
,weetly sad ! sadly sweet !
To f,3Ze upon the solemn scene,
her would I,tf could, retreat,
Whete naught but verdal bloom is seen
sthrt 'Ealt,,
;From Cham . Jer's Jourpal.l
Little Cripplegait the Miser.
ar I.llh , `CP late at returning home to-night,
fart pPrplezed w•ttat to du: it is near the
Is 3 bring m the barracks, and yet I can't
nretoo—a.one in this poor cottage by the
very if; its security," replied Alice—
halt bob: and bars."
seam. be some trutlr in Mat," remarked
-hat iiiste are tough people on the
The A rike of pilule!' us an ugly
/7.4 ihe satlois are swarming lake bees
coosly wind ke'pping their ships In
ui lear art!, there'e IlDrear.on foyalarrn,'
" Our cottage, though
%•,rlrr been attacked, and we have liveil
I,t tell yearn. , Father h : often later titan
Le always, return!. In Safety. I feel Ii0111iX•
venni. Who would hurt a pimr lame
then 7'
Less confident than you as to his safety
ht has the reputation of being a miser is
object of disrespect and dislike, and
'mark for 'Many. 1i made my blood
as we were marching up the town,
dour officers say as you passed with
the colonel's lady ; "There goes little
the miser'■ daughter V' I could have
F.Jward! I shall become more alarmed
:ra:l tither, if you suffer !hese ridiculous
true }ri -0."
are Hot tellies, Alice. We all share in
e watch that detested nickname attaches
Ten a miserable beget boy ;shouted it
it the street the other day !O •
." 0 0," said Alice ; ",but I fear there
brit now. We have but few friends
'is name, which was given him at s4ool
al hif lameness,and has stuck ever since,
neiiea his own. When the colonel's lady
rtlMlni rig ihat r was your sister, asked
' re A!ice Wheatley, the name sounded
' '0 fly ear "
Qar
vomething, about mother while she
"d 6Tald " which ,kent off ,
1 141 has amce been heapea so cruelly
P"r 4 trannes—but tie has changed great
et tinth. Voti Were too young when she
ce, to remember how gentle and beautiful
Fattier woollippfd her, and no wonder.
to live is a comfortable house then ;
,tent
death, father's los e of mother seemed to
erred to lore of money ; he g ave "1
that
educed to beggary, by the failure of differ_
' lalH) " — iflough no one behaved him—
to his al iperable cottage, es aging land SC
'4ll4oymerit in any pustule shape that
a awe In keep alive that fiend avarice
PJ bl iddellty to have 'taken posse:mon
oao only remember father u ho•ia,"
Nqa be rr y 's lo me , Edward, that
leo home and enlisted for a soldier, now
V); you are changed too; mixing with
made you proud, and you despise
nd
4 Jailin g cimer !" said the young soldier,
` ki ndly to his bead, " to am proud, it
d you only ! For myself, I trOppoort
` 4 C. la the tank of corporal; but it a war
`t oAt hoir I would fight for promotion
on hula which, bailor you, ilator r aod
I .thu le. n
I 'hoc* t heard someton lin' the Idled,'"
' i tng courageously into. 44 Pillia*
way Iwo memo of to Cousw6-
rione hem!"
A ibi
4 1 30
I .
:10 one here certainty, but rut cerrtain
ly the latch has been lifted," remarked the bra.
they, as he found the door's, little ajar. "It could
nod be the wind, for there's- not a breath . stirring."
And he looked out on the clear white frilly road,
which was lying silent and pntruddeu in the moon.
light.
"The whole mystery is,'" said Alice laughing,
"that the door could not have been closed proper
ly after you entered ; and so the latch slipped when
I heard ii" But Edward Wheatly waa net so ea
sily satiefied as his sister; he searched the other
room, and went through the garden at the back of
the house, where, finding nobody, he was com•
pelted to believe that her explanation oh the mat•
ler was the right one. It was impossible now for
him to remain another minute; he had leftliimself
but scant time to reach the barracks; so, obtaining a
promise from his sister that she would bolt the door
as soon as he was gone, he reluctantly bade her
good-nigh t.
Alice, in spire of all her boasted courage, could
not help glancing suspiciously round, when, die;
fastening the door, she went towards ihe window
commanding a view of ihe road. to draw its home-
ly blue-checked curtain. The little casement op
posite, -which looked into the voider', as it to show
its confidence in that part of the domain deigned
only to screen itself with a short blind which reach'
ed but hall way op. " Mercy on me!" exclaimed
Alice. as she approached it, I thmitcht I saw.'tai
man's face looking in over the currant! How very
ridiculous! Edward has made me qui e nervous."
And Alice, as 11 spurning such weakties.t, began to
work, and horn on•tf, tl i t.tiitir in beguile the time an
. re , tlrll; NV ever and atili4 tiler eyes
eiro.rtrtt d wirwirivi, where, 1 4
tdc•-• vv:if , -.;, •t•-••-{ 1.! rs, 1111161 hie belong;
IMME
the man in
the (tr wn. wlr r wa. ein..ing very brigh t
.and tarudiat glance- u t ,ar Alice at the on.rneir.—
Thus re•assuird, she •a as resolved to prove to her
sslf," by going nod link roe- nut ct the window, that
the had conquered her apprehensions—when,most
unmistakably. a lace raised itsell above the
edge of the curtain. Poor Alice clutched the chair
ano scarcely breathed. A strong arm seemed to
shake the casement, which was almost imme
diately lilted up, and a man jumpped slim the apart•
ment.
'Alice, still grasring ihe chair, stool the very im
personation atoms, goddess—Pallas, it might be,
though armed bet with the weapons of a woman's
heart, innocence and offended pride at an outraged
privacy Tne imruder did noi seem one of the com
mon stamp. It was doubtless the consciousness of
this which gave Alice the extraordinary courage
and sell pth-sesrion which seemed to awe the man,
and bow him like a coward before the truthful dig
nit) of her raised head and compressed hp. Hi , bat
hail been knocked •611. probably in, his fbrctble en
trance, and the undisguised face certainly was not
that of a ruffian
" I-I—am concerned, madame—that is—upon
my honor,'- giant merei the Intruder; hive done
!a confoundedly - 'oldish a th trig, thai I scarcely know
how to apologise for it The fact is, I have jumped
in at that window. and having done so, it occurs to
me that probably the best anniernme I can make,
is to jump out again."
'• May I inquire the reasr lot so extraorlinary
an intrusion?" asked Alice.
" A wager at mess yesterday. Yourbeauty was
discussed rather freely, and your prudence loudly
extolled; upon which I bad the impertinence—tor.
give me—tattooist that I could effect an interview
with you. I had twice or thrice watched you home,
and had seen a young fellow belonging to our tegi.
men' leave your cottage late in the evenhtg. This
circumstance, (confess, gave an unaccountable Im
petus to my determination. It was my intention to•
have entered rationally by the door.hut hearing the
voice of the young spark, who quitted you a short
time ago, I thought rt Wiser to wait until my favored
rival had departed, when you most inhospitably
barred the door, positively compelling me to enter
by the window:
. "I am surprised, sir, that a -gentleman of pun
appearance and calling, should be guilty of en
mean and unwarrantable an outrage For your own
sake, advise you to be gone before my father re
turns."
"My dear Miss Cripplegaii,"—said the young
officer, stumbling. unfortunately upon the opprubri
oils appellation, and po4atbly fie knew no other.—
Alice's color and indignation increanetl = she felt
positive hatred for the roan aho could so delioer
aiely insult her.
"My dear Miss CripplegAit"--trepeating, the odi
ous name by way of being impressive—" I entreat
you to forgive me ; do not frown no Unmercifully ; I
will atone in any way - yeu - ritiy ifidtate 'IT you ile
Sire it, I will be gone at once, without annitiAr 4 ivniti
of explanatiou; but I shill ever feel indebted to
your forbearance and ratlifeners., if will listen
to me for .five minutes. Grant my -trine:b.-1 will
not offend again ;and recollect, " Wert -is !Minim.
to forgive s divine." ' Five Minutes,' not a second
longer ;" and, he looked at his watch, then anxious
ly at Alice, ae if animating her to allow him to
Mark the time.
"Proceed, air," said Alice, with something df
queerilike condescension, but will standing and MI
movable.
" Allow me to give yon a chair," said the young
officer, with the most provoking politeness. ,
Alice, in spite of her indignation, war compelled
to be-seatedi and was`very fraternally betrayed trio
the common-place civility of motioning to her ei
intordinery goes! to be the arm'
The handlOme Young uateet looked Parlici4 o ,
happy. 0 To prove that I can be disinterested, my
dear madam, I mast caution your without reserve
or loss of time—foi Sail Twill limited me to five
minutes.aima "oar misplaced confidence in tide svi?o,
Isursorry to siy,lialtiether elty:ovitlr 11 0 aft*"„
lion with which yen apitaietitlyi.iiirelitim.!!
1 4 really st's loss la Anderiltind . pa,- aut.!'
"T Mainly am taking* gmar hb,dirit; deaf
•Miss etipplegait." Alice's color Mite' agaie 'I Beiti
though I run the risk of offending you, I , now fee l
it my duty, even under so severe a penal ty, rest=
der you 'this service, ti'nif atone in some measure
for the impertinence of which I have- been guillY•
Of course Alice was interested, and rook"' eto,
which seemed perfectly •satisfactory, and thexonly
answer expected.
" I am really grieved that a young man, of wh om
I thought so highly, should be capable of such du
plicity, especially towards one so deserving, so ex
cellent, must say it—so beautiful as yOurielf-,
but however uesielcome the inforMatlen, I am now
bound in honor to tell you that the affectionate 'en
dearments of which t was a witness, and of which
I would have given worlds to have been the recipi
ent, are unworthily bestowed, You, of course, can
not be aware that the young man in question is en•
gaged to a very amiable 'girl, who has not the least
suspicion of his affections being placed else
where ".
" I think I begin to comprehend you, sir," said
Alice very composedly. A, You have \given your.
sell unnecessary trouble on my arcotinr, and
must entreat of you, without further delay, to leave
the house "
"My dear madam, permit meto-itay, I feel too
great art interest in you; my hip is tocideep
ly involved to allow me to drop link t
ter so coolly.
It the occurrences of this evening = 11 transpire,
and be talked of at mess in.imirroAtrise me ynur
sanction to refute the gotkitipof tbilifoung puppy's
being so dear to you—allcivinie tolley, I have Miss
Cripplegait's authority tor contradicting the asser
tion ?"
"I must beg entirely to decline the interest you
take in me, sir," said Alice, rising, asilimitaiient
for toe departure, " and to correct a mistake which
will probably be a sufficient explanation of the
whole affair, by informing you•that Wheatly is my
name "
W heal ly !" echoed the young ofricer. .I*m!
is Ned Wheatly your brothert"..4rirrilishihtau
dacity to be your cousin?" -;.• •,.
" I am thankful, sir, that he is my brother."
" What an officious fool I must appear to you,
Miss W heady I I would have givervhe world to
haie aroused one spark of interest. nt• that frigid
heart of yours; and now, of course, your only lard
ing will be cistetript ! %Vitt' a thousand apologies,
allow me to run the risk of breaking my neck by
going out as loame."
" Certainly not," said Alice. " The mode of
egress, though harmless to you, might not prove so
to me. There are many who would readily turn
such an incident against us; your thoughtless coo.
duct incoming herein all,and the mere circumstance
of your being seen quitting the house in my lather's
absence, may be sufficient occasion lorAto gossip
of our enemies." •
" Then allow me to stay tilt your father returns"
he asked very coolly.
" Ott the contrary, I must insist-11W your
insianll . ‘ , to avoid the possibility of meetinghint."
" I have thine," said the young officer gravely;
"and regret exceedingly, Miss Wheatly, that my
absurd behavior should have given pea moment's
uneasiness. I trust I shall soon have an opportuni
ty of appearing to more advantage before you ;"
when, bowing himself out after the fashion of a
presentation at court, his loot stumbling, he was
precipitated, very unceremoniously andiatber ludi•
ciously across the threshold_ On rising from his
ignoble position, and limping ofl to make way fur
another visitor to the cottage, he was accosted by
the new comer with "Be you little Ciipplegait
the miser, sir 1" The dashing defender of Weinman ,
try would, it he could, have annihilated the whole
race of Cripplegaits at that moment.
" Have you a message for my father?" asked
Alice of the new vtattor, with the composate al
simple innocence
" Yes, miss i he's to be at the Gentge Inn at six
To-morrow morning, to go a than journey wob a
gentleman on particular business, and back again in
the evening."
Very well, said Alice ; " I will lake care to tell
bon as soon as lie comes home."
The men then retraced his steps to the town,
picking tip by the way two ni three acquaintances,
woh whom he lona care 10 qIICEISSI the cucum•
stance of a gentleman coming tumbling not of Crip.
ptegait'a cottage, tipky, lie said, in the absence of
the OW man.
" Al," remarked one, "I've seen two or three
of them soger caps atter that good-looking hoedown
of a night about the cottage."
" And no wonuer," said another, " if she packs
up her tatters and follows the drum to get oil from
her old miserly father."
There'd one of the barrack blades that wants to
gel her away !" said a third, at; Capt. Dineley pass.
ed them
Overhearing partly what was Paid, the conscious
ness of the pos.ihle results to the poor girl whose
artless beauty had made a strong impression opori
him, struck to die very heart of tho thoughtless bul
generous young man. "What have I 'loner said
he with passionate seltupbraiding, " and how can
I alone!
scandalous - tales, like mushrooms, spring up in
a night, and have as many'getherersnexi morning
This poor Alice was about io experience. flisw•
ever, in the meantime, her chief anxiety wal about
her father's delayed !alum. iesofvef not, id
mprition the visit of the young, officer either io let
brother or father—the termer, sbe was sum, would
resent it by some imprudent word or act_kand the
latter, from hi* naturally . suspiCious Atria - Mon, it
Would be difficult to convince of her entire intro:
_once in the
,matter. :Alice had neeer before left
Aso desolate and unhappy , (sap' were . 14.344640,19 i
her cheeks-oand-Alice.sessnot apt-to give way t 0
dentitneinal earstnisss; bat - the' idest' of any one'
‘dieuining hiftiself pyivileged PciVotts'oteFirt,
plateute4ltaiue to oittrio7ip.nh vf , ),:iichlO.Aatettridt
have viattured Gee ht. alligher pealhoncheta.th
61c, l iodr ig trii*it for ittartfiturtime
daughter's heart , ;fated - to' Orate the 'Mbar, 'who
couht.tipktiai a:fiet daYailt:v.eSts cfild exposed
to ibe,posai bi nob an outrage"
thkitew anti-tepniachfal feelhighrtrards'a
pawitnicikteiiwowdziterlholktawnslieitiblnwitete
it bad bean Wild sorrOW; end, as it tried
and coniricied - on the spot, beheld her father stand
ing goring of her. small shre;wd eyes-seemed
to read her inmost thoughtsi and ip spite of all her
filial affection;. Alice shrank fromjhe
atone4duit-epplaiwaucw_of4uw,father4ia clod*,
campleatononati*r#led itir,hiendingetrangw;
ly into • leaTtiiihust4o- that he might haire - been
mistaken for Oneot: thtfitarvedfiguresi escaped from
its nichesi ipthe old abb+ - : - -
"You Inas! have Tech tcroceitPuroorthoughts,
when yorillO'notes;sitkielir rafispprotili t :11
and a frown came osettbe , : rewlly fine intellactual
brow otihwatkettifseitlain.*l th e littler naafi.
" No, father , " said Alicaconface*Vll was anx.
ions for your retum, an44.1.n:
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" How long has year brotherheeritenoluipies•
tinned the miser lay tone. which seemed to say :.
had better speak truth, for I am aware of
everjrthiog."
" He stayed with me too late, I fear ; lot you
know, father, he is compelled to be in barracks by
nine o'clock."
" His superiors are more privileged, I fancy ?"
said her 10er with a sarcastic angry compression
of theArkwhich was full 01 meaning to poor Al
ice, wfrp tremulously remained silent. " I don't
mind the scorn of the world for myself, Alice, but
I would ; rather see you dead—nay, be the cause of
your death mysell, than that it should be pointed
at you. What did the vile wretches mean when
they recognised me on the road just now, by hiss
ing alter me ; " Sell your daughter for gold t leave
your home that one may be an officer's lady ?"
Y:iu , know, father,' answered
" weVve many enemies, who would say any
thing!!!:iannoy you."
" I know we have," said the miser, sadly : 'but
this is a new torture! 0 Alice, if I though you
could encourage any one in my absence, you should
soon look for my return in vain ! The scanty sa
vings I have pinched myself to accumulate, shall
he unbestowed, unclaimed; who knows where to
findiheml If you fall from the Angelic purity of
your childhood, Alice, I will make my grave in
some ravine of the mountain or ditch by the way
side !" And the poor little miser sank in a chair
covered his face with his hands, and for the first
time in her life, Alice saw him shed tears. Her
first impulse was to throw her arms around his
neck, but she wished to check, not encourage the
paintul .thoughts that agitaited him;' and for this
purpose she said, in the hope of diverting his at
tention : cop -.
ere.has been a message for you, fa
liter; you aritci - be at the George Inn by 6 o'clock
to-morrow morning, to accompany a gentleman on
a short journey."
I know," said Cripplegalt—" to look into some
counts." (The miss arclever as an account
ant, and made a good deal of money by arranging
the entangle] affairs of bankrupts or careless book
keepers.) " But i do not think "I shall go; you
need my protection. I ought to have thought of my
poor motherlesX girl—left helpless and friendless
in this hovel ! No, I shall not go " Alice, who im
agined her father would sink into despondency
and die, ii he gave up his usual avocations, now
began from duty, to urge his ping—gradually
awakening the ruling passion, avarice, by represen
ting the profit, and their lack of money even for
her slender house keeping. This overcime his
real anxiety for his daughter, and his affections
were quickly transmitted into a hunger for gold.
On the following day Alice, as usual; was tell to
herself, by the absence of her father; and having
completed the work Intrusted to her by the cola.
ners lady, hastened to take it home. On her way,
the colonel, who ha I always graciously given her
a word or a nod, now passed without eithEr, and
Set Mice felt convinced he'saw her. The work
was received and paid for; and in answer to Al.
ice's inquiry, as to when she should call for fonher
instroccions, she was told " it woul3 be unnecessa-
ry, as she woulti not be required again." Poor Al
ice ! scandal had done its worst. The codeine', it
seems, was whiling Joint the road just as Captain
Dint.ley came out of the cottage the night before,
arid the colonel's an happened to be in the kitch
en of the George inn when the ietnmeti messenger
was amusing the domestics at the expence of poor
Alice by an account of his visit to Cripplegait's cot
tage. and encounter there a drunken officer. This
was a very pretty tale for the colonel's man to tate
to the, lady's maid v. who, of course, communicated
it to her mistress—which r , combined with the co
lonel's own personal observation, was powerful et
idence against the unfortunate Aid.
Alice, who had often puttered slights and ►aunts
on account 01 her father, was not birdy i ng at once,
to attribute these, symptoms of disrespect to their
true cause. She could not conceive such wicked•
nease in the minds of the people, as to condemn so
hastily one so utterly blameless as herself; but the
conviction was forced,upon her when her brother,
flushed and angry ► entered the cottage is the even.
ing. " Alice," he said in great excitement, swear
to me, by the purity of our mother's memory, and
your hope of meeting her in heaven, that Captain
Dinsley was not here. by your connivance last
Wight !" •
•
" Who is tanning ee Want sor asked Alice,
in alarm at her brother'* fremaied state.
1 4 . Every body 1" , bitterly exclaimed Edward,. " I
was mussed to•day an parade with the chance of
promotion through - my sister's; pretty lace I" ,
" You should not heed their evil tongues ; it will
bring m iscliief Oft 011-1110-
''• "it will:bring disgrace on ut all. - But r will
tome Captain . Dinsley to give the lie to their infa
moue amerticmaliettorethe .te hole regiment. Whet
is his life, or mine either; compared,with your.tair
fame?" said iturtmerpmeg - soldier • and he rose,
la if infirli;eihttami
eurtut 4 liest dirtity.' ll : • 4'
" . 1 °
" You sladl nolleavi Mb, Fafvfiltd,i,
,
clinging to him, " until you promisel to abandon
these rub intentions; 'di' madness! Let thcavilillik
it matters little, consciooet'as I am of n, own,..
tens.". 4
" And yet the colonel days he was passing eking
the road when Captain Dineley came' out of 'this
cottage last night."
"I am not aware that 1 . ever even Paw * a
person," said Alice, availing hemelf 01 her ' l r.
ince of the name of her 'visitor evade Ed iri
anger. , ' - • x tr.
'
.' ' 'k j .
"Then swear solemrtlYiffilb' m .lielli, 4 10 'one of
ter I quitted you tar( ht.1, 01 ;' , --'' ,i - Ti.
"Edward, thiiiit r iiiteliteed . * aleilllo 4 ,e,
fli tot
for my father sOmVtirli , ,r you'lefiiii, aiiii t;
%This evutiorill.not kir e. Ibistins,,Ati - 1Ce,,',1,
01i 'believing*na guilty Athavraroftrin bleated i.
for rn 'lather .;;; will never Matt for tify sister
Tow shall take-this oath !" and `with a strong ern)
he'wes forcing tier on her 'knees, witecre knOck
at the docir,:tderlded withi l thit'iiiiiiti - Ot ; children
Balling " Mise'lllice i lea Alit,'' 'Made him
pause: , ;'"
.:''.;J`'=.
" Oh;" said the chilthep .. , eat Oh, Miss_
Alice, sour father is hurt."l'.. 1:: .1 :!,.:=,;:"
-4 ' Ohl where, where ii liii"':-lilitlllell asked;
Alice rushing towards. the 'dcier.i . ,, , -:
I' . - • ';
" A man's bringing him dOwd ,- -tiiiNnea:" said'
the elder bop: . " We were latecuilikitiii.shore,
gathering Coloicoal and atiiika aliiiiikii spring.
„fide, with granny; and coming home g ny said;
" 'Mare's Miss Alice's lather, iontething4 hapen
ed to him. Miss Alice is ilawys kind in us, ran
and breatE'fihe• news to her that her father's hurt;"
and so we ilia: Miss—and that's all." And away
scampered the children just as a person turned the
corner of the lanticlose by the cottage door, bear.
ing the body of thtivold Man in his arms. The
stranger waived Edward/7 ~ ;4whe hatiVastined
out on the first intinithen of the elln !" 11 : 8 ; rand suf •
fered no one to - touch b 6 harden ° ° ! l fileposited
it carefully and gently on theitnall white.curtained
bed of Alice. What, then, was the surprise of the
brother and stater to find that the rescuer of their
father was Captain Misty !
The old man bad been returning from histjour
ney, and was hastening home, when at a lone )?
part of the road, he was attacked by two rorratii,
who doubtless supposed the miser to have glean
wealth on his person'. Madly eager to retain pos
session of the earnings of that day, and possibly of
many !more, the old man made a desperate
tesistence, but was ultimately overpowered, stab
bed, and felled to the ground : when Captain Dine.
ley, who was accidentally within hearing a rushedto
his assistance, and encountering the Ruffians, alter
a severe conflict, in which dangerous wounds were
given Ind received, succeeded in disabling both,
inTlearrirtg therin expiring oh the groundOtted the
oul man, and bond that it was the father of Alice
whom be had rescued ; but, alas !'too tale.
The- tiled attention'ot ell was now given to
the oldinini who seemed to be dying ; but the
younglificer, hoping that help might not come too
late, hasten to the barracks for the surgeon. In s
few minutes they returned, Dtniley thoUghttully
taking the precaution of bringing wine with him, a
Wile of which administered to the patient, seemed
to give consciousness and strength. " Alice, my
daughter!" were the first words he uttered on re.
cognising her pale lace watching over him. "Do
not weep for me, my child V be said, as he felt
tier tears dropping last upon him. " Pray for me
Alice; I have sinned ; I have dragged you through
scorn and poverty. But it was all for you at last!"
he added with sudden energy, raising himself in
the bed; when, seeing Edwanl,the feebly grasped
his hand : "My son, guard your sister; take ber
froal hence, from these crumbling walls, where
thieires may break through and steal Take her to
the pity; I've gold, plenty of gold I Yea," said he,
trimiaphantly, " my child shall go to the city, to
the' great city, where the walls is ofjasper.and the
city of pure gold!" And with this mysterious as.
sociation of eeriness ; eflectiort, and religion, the
miser fell back and expired.
Capt. Dinsley, whodaring the miser's dying ex
clamations, bad been leaning on the corner of the
bed wtth his eyes fixed on Alice, now, to increase
the (heiress of the scene, suddenly ttirn&l i deldly
pale, and with a heavy groan sank motionlessly to
the ground—a mound received in the conflict,
which he had contrived to staunch with a hsindker
chief, and which the strong excitement of the scene
had enabled him hitherto to disregard, having No
ken out sheet). Alice,: who with the stone-like
composure of despair had been silently bending
over her lather's corpse, at this fres: , calamity
seemed to find a species of relief, or at least a mit
igation of wo, by having her attention directed to a
new claimant upon her sympathy —. or, did she at
the moment discover and betray a secret lurking
unconsciously in her heart 1 At al events, she
rushed to the spot with a scream, and lifted the head
of the sufferer, while the surgeon attempted to bind
op the still gushing wound. The motion brought
back a temporary, life and consciousness; he, open
ed his eyes, and meeting those of Allice, a faint
smile illuminated his wan features, as he feebly
articulated : r• Alice, have) atoned 1" and relaps
ed into iiitanability.
Five - years shit the circumstances above [mis
led, a lady 11th two very lovely children bßtened
joyfully across the town at (roma a noble mansion.
in the north of England,. to meet two gentlemen
Who were alighting 'from a carriage at the lodges.
gate.
aO, papa papa!" shouted ibe boy, delightfully
running forward. t -
" And," asked toe who was clinging
to her mama's gown—a ii the the other gentle:Min
uncle Edward f'
Yea, darling," said the lady ; and in in ihstaat
she Was an the arm* of her brother. •
11 . Welk Alieep "it ber bilabani;t; "ola rm .
tieratil„weittlf.gi4i4 03 11 :Y;- itt l4. 4# ll 4Wi t i d
*mei drove up: 4itn4'seer allow irjelt mom
—not Lieutenant Wneetlyibut , Capuair Wbeadye
.
.
" Yes," said Edward. as the Gazette has it,' Vico
Henry DitisteY; retired."
Oh, I were you," said Dinsley, a ; find pits
Whohgh to de, MI succeedings to my ftWier's estate.
in Caking care c i my rename and thosilltile spirits!'
andle ring'', up dee girl, to to his
ispeCial favori e: -'
" But," said .he boy, not at eifje o of his •is sui.
cuing to be a sola•Wii "iipa's gust,
anliiiiintipspa left plenty of 'money to buy me tt
:enrernirion "
Ana in duet time the coinmission was bought;
and when the boy, aftiiAtting:lnively for his
Country, attained high liniefrinti rank in Ilia pro
jeasion, there were lew lelilci-Oefifrilier 'that this
greial•Man was the grantiMuag,gkite Cripplegait
libir Miser.
. .
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THE Scatcr..:—" J ritniced," Paid Franklin, " a
mechanic among at:amber-of others, at work on a
bouseirtrecling bara hide :way from-my axe,
who had, kind word and a cheettol smile for er
ety,orie he met Lei the diti f ebeever so cold,
Ik ttrriY''or sehlesa, a happy smile danced like a
L 'lMnlarn On ; litireVeerfel _countenance. Meeting
..- •
Me+ Morning, I asked him to tell me the se-
WitiCid his constant *happy flow of spirits. "No
•
secret, Doctor," he replied ; I have got one of the
best IN wives, and when A. go to work she always
has a kind word of enconiagernent for : me; 'and
when I go home she meets me with a smile and a
kiss, and then tea is sore to be ready, spd.ehe has
done so many little things through the day to, lealie
me, that I cannot find it in my heart to VIA sa
unkind word to anybody." What an-lafilisence,
then, limb woman over the heart of - Mini; to soften
tt, and Entire itothe fountain of.fietirbil, +and pure
emotions! , Spirt* geritly, then; greettai, alter the
of the day "are over, cosi, nothing; and su lag
toward malting home happy and" peiitidatl l -
" Oen Taowstas."---Yeani ago, we 'audio( the
inau wbo teamed to say " our Nankeen housere."
He was just rnarried,,krul , " Lk& first Sabbath,
engiiheil Sothis wife if 14).:girlittitAtigi. Nankeen
trbUitita j e to meeting.
is ; Our Nankeen trouser",
.442 wwlied the
gentle better hall.
rr: My Nankeen uousew," rejol=llPlMe•
rr Say our Nankeen trozwers," p the Ira
man. 4ind then and there they tell:intcrledispute
about the ownership of the ifor*iild Sat+, the
wile arguing that as they were married, everfting
was owned equally. The wife tailing in the argu
ment, Snatched the broom and beat her husband
until he escaped under the bad. As meeting time
came, he thrust his doleful countenenee from under
the bed, and in pitiona accents asked :
" Wife, may we wear our Nankeen trousers to
meeting to-day ?" The man was conquered and
the Ninikeeni went to church.
A'STRANGIt Atef COMM —Mr.led blossom drank
rather more than his usual quantity OF hot rum and
sugar, one cold night last week; the consequence
of which was be gave his wife a rather confused
account of his conduct on his return home. Bear
his adventure—" blr. Smith's grocery store invited
me to go and drink cousin Sam—and you see, the
weather was dry and I was sloppy—so I said that
JAidn't mind punching • one drink;—akd 'squeer
how my head went into the punch though. The
way home was so dizzy that I slipped upon a little
dog—the corner of the Street bit , me—and an old
gentleman with cropped ears gnd a brass collar on
his neck, said he belonged to the dog—and I was
—you understand'ic that is, t don't know nothing
more about it !"
Mr*. When I gaze into the stars, they look down
upon me with pity from their serene and silent
Space, like eyes glistening with tears, over the - lit.
de lot of man. Thousands of generations, all as
noisy as out own, have been ewaltowed up by
Time ; there remains no record of them any more.
Yet Arcturus aqd Orten, Sirivaand Pleiades are still
shining in theirtvourses--clest and young as when
the shepherds first noted them in the plain of Slit.'
nat.—Cady/rt.
Mt.' A man who had recently joined the Sat. of
Temperance, went nn business to Mobile, where
he was taken sick. The physician finding him
in a dangerous situation prescribed brandy, which
the stet( man refused to take. The doctor told
oim he must, or he would have spasms. "Well,'
said the lemp.rance man, "I will try a couple of
spasms first." He kept hie pledge and had no
spasnis.
(0-Some of the tappets have waked up the spir
it of Gen. Jackson. Just heat him answer the
questions:
When will Cuba be annexed
" In six years,"
" When will Mexico be annexed V'
"In three yeaJe. Santa Anna will make war on
he V. S." '
" Are these three, things line, General !"'
" Yea sir, by the eternal ! !"
Cam' If all the money circulating in the United
Statist were 4310* equally aTinni, the inhabitants,
'rag one would nqnion.(lot *ea three minutes)
in the possessian of twelve.dothire.
W•H The „Boston Post thinks that steeling a min
ister's coat whiles preaching, and the sexton's hit,
while Weiting'iNsod a stranger into church, is run
uir►g rascality into the ground.
Oyr- It is an extraordinary fact,' that those :who
get too hi . .h *tads gentire* - ite low language.
Agt- Trost bini liult cibb praises ill; him hiss
siAti cdpstiris tilt; aid Mien least *Wilt puiiffereot
to all_ •
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