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TOAVANDA :
Grtnrdttn UUornmn, fllnrt 12. 1853.
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THE SABBATH.
l'ri-?h glides the brook, and blows the guie.
Yet yonder halts the quiet mill;
The whirling wheel, the rushing sail,
How motionless and still!
Six days of toil, poor child of Cain,
Thy seventh the slave of Want may be.
Thy seventh thy limbs escape the chaiu —
A God hath made thee free!
Ah. tender was the law that gave
This holy respite to thy breast;
To breathe the gale, to watch the wave.
And know—the wheel may rest!
But where the waves the gentlest glide,
What image charms to lilt thine eyes ?
The spire reflected on the tide,
Invites thee to the skies.
To teach the soul its nobler worth,
This rest from mortal toil is given ;
Go, snatch the brief reprieve from earth ;
And pass—a guest to Heaven.
They tell thee, in their dreaming school,
Of powi-r from old domiuion hurled,
When rich and poor, with justcr rule,
Shall share the altered world !
Alas! since time itself began.
That fable hath but fooled the hour ;
Each age that ripens power in man,
Bat man to power.
Yet on one day in seven, at least.
One bright re public shall be known ;
Man's world awhile hath surely ceased,
When God proclaims his owu:
Six days may rank divide the poor,
Oh, Dives, from the banquet hal!!
The seventh, the Father opes the door,
And hold- his feast for all!
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THE JJRIHE;
Or, Mr. Kilwining's Third Wedding Day.
" Rat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat!" went the kuocker
at No. 3, Gillyflower Place ; and half a dozen
faces from the opposite house peeped over and
nr. r and between the blind to catch a elimpse
of .Mr Kilwining, who was to be married to
morrow for the third time.
Quick !" said Ellen, (at No. 3's vis-a-vis,)
"there's Mr. Kilwining !"
" Where ?" se.id Kate, rushing over her little
brother to the window.
" There—at his own door, beginning already
to take off his coat."
" How very ridiculous !"' exclaimed Kate ;
"why does he do so ?"
" He is rather eccentric ; it's only away he
has," replied her sister. " Away to show off
his figure, his smart waistcoat, and his fiue
white liuen all at ouee, to admiring eyes like
ours !"
" A pretty figure to show off V laughed
Kate, "a little fussy fat man, with—Oh, how
provoking J" continued she, aa the door clos
ed on Mr. Kiiwiiiing ; " whither Las he van
ished ?"
" Into the air, doubtless."
" On no," said Kate ; " there he is in the
dining room, pulliug up the blind."
Oh, do come away from the window !"
implored Ellen, " lest he should see us; and
mamma would be so angry at our rudeness."
The young ladies retired from the window to
discuss the age, looks and circumstances of the
bridegroom whom they had just seen, together
with the aire, looks and circumstances of the
bride they Lad never seen ; and the conclusion
arrived at was that he was a remarkably neat,
rood-humored looking. little fat man, but Kate
thought uot at all desirable for a husband, and
that the fiancee must be old and ugly, with a
great deal of monev—not at all interesting in
a wife.
" Well," said Kate, who was the more se
vere of the two, " I don't envy Mrs. Kilwining :
I should like something a little more dashing
ami handsome for my husband !"
" Aud perhaps uot be half so happy," sensi- j
bly rtmarked Ellen. " I assure you uotwith- 1
Mr. Kilwining's anti-romantic
ar.ee. he eaa be very agreeable, aud I have no
doabt will make a good husband."
Make a .rood husband !" tauntingly echoed
kale, who, just returned from visiting an aunt
'2 a commercial towu, had conceived
fringe notions of tall young gentlemen with
- ashy dark whiskers—poor Sir. Kilwining had
r ' " vour ideas, Ellen, are always so com-
Eiupiace. It really would be charitable to
persuade aunt to send you au invitation for a
*-°rt tim-, tb it yoi might see a little of the
w>r!d—but then, who conld keep Charlie and
bjbin order, hear them their lessons, and mend j
'Heir clothes in vour absence ? Not I, I'm '
iare."
I have but little cariosity to see the world, ;
2.- jou call it t aill quite content to remain j
* ere I am," replied Ellen, "so long as I am j
V -Tceable to my little brothers, and not entire
* burden on p>oor mamma."
I suppose yon like this sort of hura
life, and aspire to the " useful" more than !
-• 'ornamental." Oh give me the exciting :
s*??ties of town life—balls, concerts and plays :
" a P'd 'Accession ! You have no idea, Ellen,
). advantages of a brilliantly lighted, crowd
• 'xmi, to a well dressed womau ; it shows
- : jff amazingly ; her face all smiles and amia
j - J the men thiuk her an augel ; and nine
out of ten requesting her hand for the
,quadr.Ue, in the prelude to soliciting it for
Kate," said Ellen, half amused, and
little alarmed at her sister's enthusiastic
7' : ' u r animated description would make
- - tlie?e you were quite familiar with such
do!" sighed Kate. "Aunt once
"1 r~ A c rTT r. *o z.
fancy bull, attired as a gipsy ; you you may
be sure "my poverty and not my will consent
ed" to so mean a custom. { saw then where
happiuess was to be found ; the rich monopo
lize it, and there is no catching even a glimpse
of it unless you possess that golden key which
is the open sesame to their exclusive re-un
ions."
The discussion was interrupted by the an
nouncement of " Mrs. and the Miss Jenkeuses."
Miss Jenetta, Miss Joanna, and Miss Jemima
Jenkins followed their mamma into the room
in single file, like geese on a common, and
with not a little of that bird's spiteful propen
sities.
" How do you do my loves?" asked Mrs.
Jenkins, in her usual dignified and patronising
manner. " Mrs. Clacket is out, I suppose ?
Indeed, I didu't expect to find any ol you at
home on so sweet a moruing ; you shouldn't
mope so this fine summer weather; I always
insist on these children (the youngest was j
twenty-seven) taking the air once a day ; it
gives them a flue healthy appearance, (they
were of lamp-post like symmetry,) and coun
teracts the effect of the'late hours of the nu
merous gay parties they are forced iuto. You
are to be at Mr. Kilwining's weddinar te-mor
row ?"
" We have uot received an invitation," said
Ellen, blushing from a consciousness of the
slight, which she could" not help feeling, and
iu which she knew the Jenkeuses would tri
umph.
" Bless me, how very extraordinary !" ex
claimed Mrs. Jeukens, secretly exulting that
the matured charms of her daughters would uot
have to compete with the sprightliuess of Kate,
though as for the backward, awkward and re
tiring Ellen, she scarcely vouchsafed her a
thought, " You quite amaze me ! Poor tinners !
I reaily feel for you. However, my daughters,
Jenetta, Joanna and Jemima, shall call and
tell you all about it ; so, my dears, you must j
just console yourselves with the wedding at
second hand. Jemima has a great talent for j
imitation, which enables her most amusingly to
take off all her acquaintances ; so she will give
you the airs and graces of the bride to the life; j
and tho' this is a decided slight—l should sav j
almost an insult—don't take it to heart, dears'; I
I promise you, you shall be at a wedding when
ray girls are married. (A safe promise.) Bv
the by, Miss Kate, have you heard the rank
of the bride ?" ;
" I have not heard," said Kate, who, from
Mrs. Jenkens' volubility, was allowed to say
very little.
" Dear me, you know nothing !" observed
Mrs. Jenkins, who prided herself on knowing
everything. "Well, then, I can tell you ;it is
a young foreien countess —a sudden liking, quite
a similar affair to the Emperor Napoleon's
choice of the Countess Theba. Of course you
know, Miss Ellen, for you have been more at
home than your sister, that Mr. Kilwining is
very eccentric ?"
" I kuow nothing more of Mr. Kilwining,"
said Ellen, "than to feci convinced that who
ever liis bride may be, she will justify his
choice."
i " Oh, of course, of coarse ; and that's very
. generous of you," impertinently observed Mrs.
Jenkens, " considering you are not invited.—
Tnen Mr. Kilwining, being so exceediuglv
rich, may do just as he pleases. It's quite an
affectation his living in that small house op
posite ; but he does so many out of the wav
things—for instance, his sending twenty pounds
to old lame Nelly, who had her cottage burned
down last week ; but you don't know that either,
I suppose ?"
" Oh, yes, I do too, know that," provoking
!y replied Ellen. " Mr. Kilwining happen
ed to ask me some questions about poor old
Nelly ou our way home from church last Sun
day."
" Oh indeed !" dryly remarked Mrs. Jenkens,
with something of the feelmg which an unex
pected check at chess gives the hitherto attack
ing party. " I was not aware that Mr. Kil
wining was in the habit of conversing with you
as you came out of church ! But good-by,
loves ; remember ns to dear Mrs. Clacket !
Jeaette, Joanua and Jemima, shali each save I
you a little bit of bride cake ; so keep up your
spirits."
"Now confess," said Kate, when they were
gone; "isn't it mortifying, Ellen, that Mr.
Kilwining should have omitted us in Lisiavita-'
tions, thereby depriving you of one scene of j
gaiety at least that seemed to be within your :
reach ?"
" N—no," replied Ellen, half reluctantly. !
" As for me,"continued Kate in an exulting
yet mortified tone, " I am thankful that we
shall be spared the infliction—the wedding
breakfast will be a tiresome thing, and of course, i
altogether, it will be a dreadful dull affair.— j
And for my own part, I'd much rather remain
at home, but for the inpertinence of that pom- |
pons, patronising Mrs. Jenkeus, with herpr.m, I
perpendicular daughters, looking for all the I
world like half animated thread papers with j
silk outside."
"Girls," said Mrs. Clacket, the mamma,
bursting into the room out of breath, card case *
in hand, just returned from a round of gossip-'
ing moruing calls—" girls, go and look out yonr
lavender silks and white lace polkas directly.
I trust they're not too shabby for the occasion," \
continued she, grasping and throwing herself :
into a chair ; I am most anxious you should
make a good appearance. I don't mind a few
shillings for ribbons. Yonr patent leather !
shoes of coarse will do, and yonr open work
thread stockings are the very thing Do you
hear me ? Have yon no regard for the feelings |
of a mother ? Will yon go and look up the '
lavender silks ?"
" Bnt what for, mamma?" asked both girls
at once
"It was a mistake. Mr. Kilwining says—l
met him just now—that we were the fit on
the list of invitations ; the eard has evidently
been kept back through envy or mistake—the
former no doubt, I am quite convinced of that,
and I am naturally anxious that my girls should
look better than any body else. Tae Miss
Potters, of course, will, as usual, be enveloped
in their everlasting white tarletoas, with their
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fog ; I am not afraid of them, it is the Jen
keuses I dread —those forward Jenkeuses. I
saw the three girls come out of Brown's shop,
followed by a boy with a parcel. I think the
parcel looked soft, as if filled with nothing but
tulle aud ribbons—at least I hope so—l trust
there are no new dresses in the wind. If
they wear their old blue watered silks we're
safe."
But who is to be the bride, mamma ?" in
quired Kate.
" I can't tell ; in fact nobody knows. Mr.
Kilwining means to surprise us, that is quite
evident. There are various surmises afloat;
some say it is a poor orphan from Ireland, his
native country ; others fear it may be au ac
tress, to whom he once anonymously sent a for
get-me-not ring ; and there are apprehensions
ot a low marriage with a pretty servant girl of
his mother's ; but as we have not heard of any
bans being published, or license procured, we're
; all anxiously waiting for to-morrow morning to
enlighten us."
" But, dear mamma," observed Kate, " vou
speak of Mr. Kilwiuiugasif he were a bachelor,
I aud yet he has been married twice. What were
his first wives like ?"
" Well, my dear, I did once condescend to
converse with his Irish servant, who seems as :
eccentric as himself; and he informed me that
the first Mrs. Kilwining was forty when his
master was a boy of eighteen ; nevertheless, as
she had a great deal of money, he married her,
but she lived many years to punish him for his
mercenary motives ; then he married a gover
ness who was consumptive, and popped off very
soou ; he came here immediately ou her de
cease—eighteeu months ago come next August
—and has certainly made himself excessivt.lv
agreeable at all our balls and parties, but with
out a rumor ol any inteutiou to uiarrv again, I
uutil the issue of iavitatious to his weddiug
breakfast took us all by surprise ; and, what
is more surprising still, and I think, proves that
his bride must be a mere nobody, the wedding
breakfast is to be at his owu house, and before
the ceremony has taken place—however, he is j
very eccentric, and does all differently from
other people "
The lavender silks were nowproduced ; Kate's
had undergone severe service ou the visit to her
aunt, while Ellen's was almost as good as new;
it was therefore suggested by Eileu, faintly op
posed by Kate, and ultimately and gladly sug
gested by the mamma, as Kate was the pet
and the elder, aud both the same style of fi
gure, that there should be au exchange of
dresses. "It didn't so much matter for Ellen," !
who gave up her bright looking silk quite
cheerfully, and really after hemming up the
frayed bottom of the skirt and rubbing out a
few stains with the last " new patent reviver."
Kate's old gown, like Dominie Sampson's sec
ond suit, seemed " renovated miraculously."—
The mamma—a smart widow of two years' •
standing, with much to do on very small means,
was to be attired in her becoming second incom
ing grey satin.
The house was in a perfect bustle of prepara
tion, Mrs. Clacket giving directions to every
body about everything ; at last coucludiug the
evening's lecture to her daughters iu taesc* j
words : " Aud now girls, let me impress upon I
you the necessity of looking your best. Of ail
parties for youug people a wedding party is
the most important; it is so exceedingly catch
ing ; never passing off without a proposal to
somebody. The elegant Mr. Henderson, who
is evidently thinking of getting married, will
be there; and Dr. Quuekem, of Crosborn Lodge,
Caryll Row, whose sickly wife, notwithstand
ing ail his skill and new mode of treatment,
can't hist much longer. What are vou giggling
at, Kate ? Ellen, you needn't frowu ; ainotii- |
er's anxiety justifies my looking forward to these
casualties. Tae times are dreadful. All the
men are going to Australia—aud what pros
pect has a mother for her marriageable daugh
ters ? Therefore, my dear girls, let me beseech
you to make the most of yourselves; and, Ellen, i
as your Lair—like Sampson's—is your strong i
point, put it in papers, braids being so univer- !
sally worn, the singularity of ringlets will be |
attractive."
Tne girls promised to obey their mamma, aud '
commenced all the mysteries of curliug aud ;
crimping, to give the ha.r that full, wavy ap- j
pearanee which was to make the tide flow in j
their favor, and extinguish the Potters aud Jou- ;
kenses forever.
Meanwhile Mr. Kilwining, the grand cause
of this excitement, was lounging on the sofa, :
sipping his wine and reading Punch in the cool |
of the evening, the last of his doable widow- J
erhood—when his servant Tim, entered the
room, and, with many bows and scrapes com- i
menced :
" I humbly axes pardon, sir ; but Biddy the
cook has seduced me—as she says its necessa- j
ry to the domestic arrangements of the estab- !
lu-hment—to make so bold as to inquire who- j
ther the mistress 'll slape at home to-morrow
night?"
" What's that to you or the cook either ?"
" Nothin' in life, sir : and I am glad for the
honor of the family, that you don't name it.— j
May I make so bold again, sir, as to inquire .
without offmse, if its your intention to take a
continintal trip over the provinces in the expriss
thrain ?"
"At fault again, Tim ; so I warn you to
make no mere impertinent inquiries."
" Long life to your honor—l've hit it at last!
You'll do the thing gintaiy, as all the Kilwin- i
ings did before yon, and go off in true metbrop-;
olis Dublin styler-in an iiigant yelly peshay- j
and-four."
" I shall not satisfy yonr curiosity, Tine—so ;
get oat."
" Is it get out ? sure I'm going sir. I've on- j
ly one confidential communication, sir—am I
to meet her at the thrain, sir ?"
" Meet whom. Tim ?"
" The misthress, sir."
"What mistress, Tim ?"
" That's what I would like to know, sir."
" You mean the future Mrs Kilwining, I
suppose V
" Diril another, dr !**
" I don't expect her by train. Tun.''
" Then, as taiz is an inland. how ,
" RESARDLESS OF DENUNCIATION FROM ANY QUAF.TER."
" Like Venus, rising from the sea ; and so
on, completing the journey in the first over
land balloou she meets with," said Mr. Kil
wining.
" What with the water and the wind, it'll be
a could journey, sir !"
" Depend upon it, Tim, Mrs. Kilwining will
send you about vour business if vou're so
bold."
" Sure, sir, I've always been tculd that my
bashfulness gets the better iv me. Didu't the
girls name me " Timorous Tim" through Dub
lin and other parts adiaciut ? But there's one
thing that troubles me, and I'd like to spake
it ?"
" Well, out with it, Tim."
" We've seen none of the courtiu' sir ; and
the divil a bit of a ladylike letter have yon
ever giviu me to dhrop into the Post ; and
puttiu' that and that together, Biddy, the
cook's cousarued for you, sir, seem' that she's
an Irish girl like myself, and has apprehensions
that you're struggling uuder a delusion."
" What do you mean by a delusion, Tim ?
" It is this sir ; I wanst knew a gintleman,
a persoual friend of ray own, who was rejuced
iu his circumstances to driviu' a car around the
Lakes of Killaruy ; he was laboring uuder the
same disease as yourself, sir—that a lady was
going to marry him ; and when the weddiug
night came, his bride was turned iuto a trout
and was fried lor his supper."
" Well," said his master laughing, " tell Bid
dy she'll have other fish to fry when Mrs. Kil
wining comes home. By the" by, Tim,"
" Yes, sir."
" Has my new coat come ?"
" It ha 3, sir."
" And wheu are the waiters to be herefrom
Dawson's Hotel to set out the breakfast ?"
"At seveu o'clock, sir ; the quality is invi
ted at nine, seein' that's an aisyhour, and won't !
put people about. Will you take a fevur to
morrow, sir ?"
" I hope uot Tim. unless you call taking a |
wife a fever."
" By no manes, sir, it's a fevur to put at the 1
breast. I've got ail the fevurs in a ixix ; and
while t.,e tay and coffey's poorin' out, I'll be
pium' them to the postillions and the horses |
heads. 1 ou'J get to the church, sir, for I
hope you won't be after tying the Ilymeuial :
knot in a hathenish fashion in the Louse—be-'
fore eleven : and yuu and Mrs. Kilwining, good <
luck to her wherever she may come from—will I
be off by tweive, to kape the honeymoon iu the i
yellow poshay."
" Now, Ti:n, I've had enough of vou, so get!
oat."
" Goin' sir."
" Take care that everything looks well; '•
make the most of the plate and China, do vou i
hear ?" * j
" No fears, sir, and my heart's glad that I
your takiu' an interest in* the looks of things.
I axes pardon again," said Tim, his face glow
ing with anxiety, " but I am unasy about your '
personal appearance, and kuow that the ladies !
is particular. Ever since the rheumatics you
tuk to wearin' tln-m red night-caps—wouldn't
a white one be more becoming, sir ?"
This was tco much, and Tan was fairly turn- ;
ed out of the room.
The sun shone brightly on the morning of
Mr. Kilwining's third wedding day. At half
past eight the guests began to arrive. Tun
had either bought or borrowed a bright pea
green swallow-taiied coat and yellow waistcoat,
which was his beau-ideal of a weddiug garment.
He was determined to do the thing iu style, so
far as he was concerned, and according to his
own notions of gentility, posted himself at the
drawing-room door, to announce " the quality."
" I'm getting unasy, where's the bride to
come from ? We'll be disgraced entirely !
There's master lookia' iu the drawing room,
and nobody coming to marry him ! Biddy, my
jewel ! couldn't you dres3 yourself iu a wrathe
of orange blossoms, to kape up the posteritv
and respectability of the Kilwiuings ?"
" Indeed thin, Tim," said Biddy, " I would
not be afther doin' so unlucky a thing as to
put on the wrathe before my own time comes;
let the master find a wrathe for the bride, and
a bride for the wrathe." The guests arriving
quickly, Tim resumed the dignity of office.
"The Honorable Miss Potters—of Rounda
bout Place," bawled Tim, announcing the lit
tle Potters, who looked as symmetrical as so
many dutch cheeses. " Mr. Jeremiah Hender
son—of the Branch Bank of Illigance—lug
land, I mean," coutiuned Tim. dubbing sotto
voice,every one with his voeatiou, or some title
of his own conferring. " The three Miss Jen
kenses—of Treacle Terrace, spinsters !"
The three Miss Jenkinses, who overheard the
description, simultaneously turned their frown
ing faces towarus T-m—" if looks could kiii,
he had not lived," but nothing daunted, he went
ou. " The Very Riveriat Archdeacon T.the
ever—from the Close-cam Catchall, D. D
The learned Doctor Quackem of Cross bones
Lodge, Care LI Row. M. D. Save and pre
serve us ! Mr. Flexible Flint—of Tindertoach
Ilail, and Mrs. aud Miss Ciackets from over
the way !"
These, with several others, made a comfort
able squeeze at the breakfast table, where every
thing was eleg&ntiy arranged, and at the head
of which sat Mr. K.iiwiciiig, really looking re
markably well, and almost interesting. The
break fast was so substantial as to cause some
of the gentlemen to forg<-t that they bad come
for any other purpose than to partake of it;
bat the ladies were vigilant watchers, with one
eye on the door, and the other oa Mr. Killwin
ing, who seemed more than ever agreeable and
polite to all ; yet an accurate observer might
notice a slight restlessness and increasing
anxiety, which, without impairing his extreme
urbanity, seemed at variance with his uenal
placid equanimity.
Mrs. Clacket, who couldn't be silent, and
who. seated on Mr. Kilwining's right, kept
up a ruuning fire of small talk, sand : "My
dear Mr. Kilwining, allow me to congratulate
yon on—the weather'' there certainly seemed
to be no wife forthcoming to congratulate him
upon —"consider this bright morning par
ticularly auspicious ; and you know the old
r-aying. " Haonv i? ih brida the sun shines
This was a sort of electric touch that turned
all eyes into a note of interrogation towards
Mr. Kilwining. He answered it with the most
ingenuous smile, saying : "My dear Mrs.
Clacket, she shall be as happy as a devoted
husbaud can make her ; and I trust she may
look as bright and beautiful as she does at this
moment !"
More notes of interrogation from " ladies"
eyesaround." This allusion of Mr. Kilwining's
j gave the bride " a local habitation," though no
i name. She must be in the room—but where ?
| Some fancied she might be shut up in the cup
; board ; others, that she was under the table.
| Mr. Flexible Flint, a soft gentieman, drawled
j out to Miss Jenkens : " Our friend, the biide
groorn, appears to be indulging in hallucination,
or is uudcr the influence of clairvoyance, unless,
my dear Miss Jenkens, you are the happy
woman."
" Oh, Heaven forbid !" replied Miss Jenkens,
with well affected indignation.
Mr. Kilwining, whose every word and move
ment were undergoing severe criticism, now
looked at his watch.
" He begins 10 suspect he's jilted," whisper
ed Flint to Jenkens.
" Mr. Kilwining rose, evidently for the pur
pose of making a speech.
" Poor devil !" compassionate!'.- exclaimed
Flint.
An awful panse eD=ued—all eyes right on
Mr. Kilwining. No one had time to observe
Biddy and Tim popping their heads half in the
door.
Mr. Kilwiuing commenced : " Ladies and
etmtlemen—but especially the ladies—l entreat
your compassionate and patient attention to
what I am about to say"—
"It's going to be his last dying speech and
confession," whispered Flint to Jenkens.
Miss Jenkens replied in the usual bad ioke
about " the halter," with a faint smile, intended
to conceal her anxiety.
" I find myself in a somewhat embarrassing
position—l've done a singularly bold thing ;
I've invited you to a weddinar, in the hope
that a certain lady would honor me with her
hand ; and I have yet to ascertain whether I'm
to be triumphant or suffer defeat. As you are
ail phased to call me eccentric, vou will, I
kuow, make eccentricity my excuse; but at
the same time, my dear ladies, iu the present
instance at least, allow sincerity to be coupled
with it. The fact is I have—in plain words
—for some time past been looking oat for a
wife* but among so many accomplished and
lovely women, I could scarcely presume to
hope." (Every face beamed with an encourag
ing and radiant smile towards Mr. Kilwining at
this comp!iment (/ " And if lamto be rejected
when I name the lauy—and she is in the room
at the present moment"—the greatest excite
ment now prevailed, with a faint cry from the
little Potters of "hear," (there ?, bat whether
the verb of or the adverb, it were iudellcate to
guess—" I coufesa tbat my presumption do- ,
serves rejection ; aud she shall have her
revenge on the spot by a public refusal."— j
(Here Mr. Kiiw.nicg most provokingiy began
to beat about the bush.) " I doubt if I should
ever have had the good fortune—the young
lady will pardon my presumption in venturing i
to say good fortune—until i know my fate—
were it not that there appeared to be a tacit'
agreement among her female friends, that she
was " borne to blosh unseen and the gentle,
quiet resignation with which she seemed to eater
iuto this very prejudicial arrangement was to 1
me, I confess, the most fascinating charm that j
ever lovely woman possessed. Of all others, j
she is the cue, and the only one, I would select I
for a wife ; and eccentric "though I be, I feci i
assured that even her delicacy will pardon the ;
mode in which I thus testify to her retiring, ,
obtrusive worth, even though it be fatal to my j
present pretensions, and I fear, ruinous to my '
future happiness. I conclude by proposing— \
no ; by respectfally offering my hand aud
fortune to yonr youngest daughter, Mrs.
Clacket!"
A very audible "Oh !" bnrst from all the |
lathes at once. Ellen was on the point of
fainting, but was supported by her astonished i
sister ; Mrs. Clackot, in estate between laugh- •
ing and crying, was giving Mr. Kilwining's i
hand sundry convulsive squeezes. Mr. Kilwin-1
iug's speech had made all the ladies in love with !
him, though no one conld tell how the proposal
was received, for Ellen, her faie burled in l
her handkerchief, was led from the room. Mr. j
Kilwining, now really looking the picture of j
unhappiness, followed ; and then of coarse all;
tongues were loosened, and Mr. Kiiwiniog's
singular declaration loud y accused.
" A most indelicate pr xteeding !" exclaimed |
young Flint. "The girl's feelings are outraged, j
Of course, she'll refuse h m.
" Yes ; but what a triumph !" said the envi
ous Miss Ji nkens. " W>.o could have possibly
conceive that he meant E.len Clacket r'
Just at this mora* nt, the door of the inner j
.apart opened, discovered Mr. Kilwining rsinc
in rapture from his knees, pressing the hand of
Elieu to his lips. He led forward his blushing
bride —atuired, tco, like a bride, a magnificent
marriage-veil being thrown over her ; Mr j
Kilwioicg having taken the precaution of scud-;
ing to London for a bridal trousseau, ou the j
chance of its being required, together with a
special license ; while the Rev. Mr. Tithe-ever
had been prepared to act upon it by performing i"
the oc-rercor.y, which was on the point of
commencing, w hen Tim's voice was heard.iondly
vociferating : " Stop the weddin !" mingled
with the still more suspicious crv of " Stoo
thief!" " * !
" All facce looked amazment, " Pon honor,"
whispered Fdut to Jenkens, " I suppose Kil
wining will tare oat a swindler."
At this instant, Tim rashed into the room
exclaiming : Stop ! what the divil are vou
about ? Would yea be drivia' all the lack from
the weddtn' without the wrathe of oranges thai.
I'm to be banged for stealing ? Didn't I when j
I saw mastiier waz going to have a rale wife, j
start off for Mrs. Padds, the milliner's, and ex
tract this isaioual from the window, and she
sending a spalpeen of a police afther me shoot
in' " stop titafe V but I sent the transmogrified
. lobster down stairs quicker than he ceura cp " ;
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VOL. XV. —NO. 48.
liim a ten }>ound bank note, " there's something
to pav for your depredation : and Mrs. Kilwiu
ing will not forget your bold, yet eccentric
devotion, Timorous Tim."
Kate now encircled the attractive ringlets of
her sister with Tim's wreath of orange blossoms,
which caused Tim to dance about, throwing
; up his slipper iu the air something after the
Eastern fashion, exclaiming : " Long life to
her ! She looks like the Phanix Park when
the May's out."
The ceremony now proceeded ; and at the
: conclusion all was good humored cousrratuia
: tion. " What a romantic marriage !" exclaiin
i ed the little Potters.
j " Allow me to congratulate you Mr 3. Kilwin
ing," said Flexible Flint, " 'Pou honor, Kilwin
ing, it's too bad t-o bake her by storm in this
, Way, and leave us poor bachelors in the lurch."
I How willingly now would the Jenkenses have
exchanged situations with Ellen, wheo by the
kind forethought of Mr. Kilwining, she appear
ed equipped for the journey in her elegant and
appropriate apparel ! But this was not all ;
a new carriage with four beautiful greys, drew
up to the door. Poor Mrs. Ciacket was in
eestacies, scarcely believing in the reality of
her having a daughter about to step into her
own carriage, which the ill-natured Jenkenses
—who kept a spring-car—affirmed she did most
awkwardly, and unlike any one accustomed to
an equipage.
PHOSPHORUS.— It is now just two hundred
years since phosphorus was first obtained by
Brand, of Hamburg. So wonderful was the
discovered, that Kraft, an eminent philoso phcr
of the day, gave Brand three hundred dollars
fur the secret of its preparation. Kraft then
travelled, and visited nearly all the courts of
Europe, exhibiting phosphors to kings and
nobles. In appearance phosphorus resembles
bees-wax; bat it 13 more transparent, ap
proaching to the color of amber. Its name,
which is derived from the Greek, signifies "light
bearer,'' and is indicative of its most distin
guishing quality, being self-lumiuous. Phos
phorus, when exposed to the air, shines like a
star, giving out a beautiful lambent greenish
light. Phosphorus dissolves in warm sweet
oil. If this piosphorised oil be rubbed over
the face in the dark, the features assume a
ghastly appearance, and the experimentalist
looks like a veritable living Will-o'-the-wisp.
The origin of phosphorus is the most remarka
ble concerning it. Every oth.-r substance with
which we are acquainted can be traced either
to the errtn or eir ; hut phosphorus teems to
of an:mal origin. Of all the animals mau con
tains the- most ; and of the various parts of the
body, the braia yields by at a lysis more phos
phorus than any other. This fact is of no lit
tie moment. Every thought has perhaps a
phosphoric source. It is certain that the most
intellectual beings contain the most phosthcrus.
It generally happens that when a singular dis
covery is made, many years elapse before any
application of it is made to the welfare and
happiness of man. This remark applies to
phosphorus. It is only the other day that it
was sold at five shillings an ounce ; now it is
so cheap that the penniless portion of cur pop
ulation i.awk it about in the form of matches.
But what a noble, iife, light and fire-giving of
fice does it fill ! For commercial purposes—
match making—phosphorus is extracted from
burnt bones. Tne demand for it is now 90
great that many tons are annually prepared.
When Kraft travelled. Le had not more than
half an ounce " to set before the king !"
DOMESTIC DISFTTES.—" What great effccta
fro:n little causes spring !" No saying npoa
earth is frequently quoted than this, and scarce
ly any has so mcny exemplifications. An oak
will spring from an acorn—a difference of opi
nion between a dozen men will set nations by
the ears—a passing vapor will obscure the sun
itself, and a puff of wind restore him to cur
sight ! But when we come to examine thing 3
of less magnitude, such as domestic quarrels,
4c., it is really surprising to find the trivial
nature of the occurrence from whence they
originated, and the height to which the dispute
will often run : and though laughable to the
unconcerned observer, it frequently becomes so
serious as to occasion hatred and even separa
tion, in the same manner that a brawling and
insignificant mountain-torrent may prove the
source of a broad and rapid river.
SOCF. Mms, CP.EAM A.VD BREAD— It is not
generally known that the sourness of milk and
cream may be immediately corrected by the
addition of a small quantity of carbonate of
magnesia in powder. Half a tcaspoonfa!
(abont equal to four grains may be-added to
mint of m:ik or cream, if only slightly soar ; a
larger quantity in proportion to the soumcae
Frc>m two to three grains may be added to
every pound of flour to prevent sourness in
bread, so injurious to some constitutions.—
Carbonate of soda ; s sometimes employed for
the same purpose, but it communicates a Terv
unpleasant flavor to the bread 1 and in the case
of milk or cream is worse than the cLaease.
ASHES ro?. SORREL.— Leached or unleashed
fishes will clear the ground of this worthless
trarb. About twenty years since my father
.put leached ashes, at the rate of ten loads per
acre cn a piece of land so poor that nothing
but sorrel wou'd grow upon it, and sowed it
with wheat. The crop was good, and from that
time to the present, whether in clover, whoa:,
com or grass, there has been a marked
superiority over the adjoining land, where no
ashes were applied, BO much so as to be easily
di3cernabie by the most casual observer Too
experiment was triad on another field, with
equally satisfactory results.— Country Gtntlt
nun.
SHEEP —Lawrence Smith, of Middlefieli,
Mans., has been tasting the respective merits of
the Merino and Oxfordshire sheep, and finds
that the latter are at £hframe time more pro
ductive aDd the leaat expensive ; they are also
very prolific, usually giving birth to twins ; an i
Mr. Smith has discovered that wh iie the ie*:e : pts
| oc tec Mermoee to $32, the profit?
cn ths Oxfcrich::? -•