OSE D3LUR PER ANNUM, INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE.
TOWANDA:
Qamrdflo fllornino, Xoocmbcr $, 1855,
THE DEATH OF THE FLOWEHS.
BY WILLIAM CIU.KS BUY AST.
The mrbndioly days are come,
Tlr> saddt-st of the year.
Of w.i''inj: winds aud naked woxb,
And meadows brown and st-ar.
Heap d in the hollow of the grove,
The withered leaves lie dead,
Thev rttsile to the eddying gust.
And to the robin's tread.
The robin and the wren are flown.
And from the shrubs the jay.
And f.oni'ihe wood-top caws the crow,
Through all the gloouiy d3y.
Where are the dowers, the fair young flow rs
That lately -praisrwnd stood,
In bn.-liter light and s*>fier air.
A beau.eon- .-i.-terh.ad ?
A'u-' thev are all iu their graves,
The gentle race of tl wers
An lying in 'he lowly beds,
With the lair arid good of 011 rs.
The r.nn is falhug where they l ; e,
Hot the cold Noretwber raiu
Call- not fiom the gloomy ear.h
The lovely ones again.
The wild-dower and the violet.
They peri-h'd long ago.
And the liriar ro-e and tl>e orehis died
An.id the summer glow ;
Hut "ii the h'll the golden rod.
Ar.d the A-ter in the wi>od.
And the vellow sun-flower by the brook
i:i muiiun Iwanty st< od.
'Till .< • the frost faun the clear eidd heaven
A- 'all- .in' plague OH nun.
V 1 -.he br :bte-t of .heir -mile was pme.
Kr>nt upland, glade end glen.
A- . ... wheu eemes the calm, nt'ld day,
A> st-.11 such days will eome,
T .ii; the s]uiirel and .he iee
Fran .-li their winter home ;
V. . the und id dropping nuts is heard.
Though al! the trees su still.
A- i: > s'e ,:t '.he -nt ky l'ght
The w a*e.s of the rill.
Tl ith w in l -sanhes for the flowers.
Wbusr .raanmee iate lie bo.v.
And - -h- to find them in the wood
And to lite .-beaut no tuo.e.
And hen 1 think of ore, who in
Her youthful beauty died.
The fa tteek hloec. tu that grew up.
v i faded by her side.
In ihe cold rnoi-i earth we laid her,
VVoeti the fore-t ca-i tfie leaf.
And we we"t ths.t "ce so love 1 v.
- - I have life so brie f:
Vet n< ; antue-et it was that line.
1 : ke that yonug frtew.l of outs.
S- gentle and - heae. .
§e 11 cll & <F ;i Ir.
[From TVtersem's Magsr oe ]
.MY COUSIN lIARRY.
BY C.VRBY STANLEY.
cha cri R i.
" Atbl thi-t. I -ujtfK'Sc, is to be ray b-irac for
•> ftirur\" rhtvight 1 as 1 K-auctl forward to
view In the' HriKguf, the okl-faiSToaed bouse.
Mm ■ h Acuniindrew np; nd n sitc
: :: • '■ 'e-yatit spirits of fif.ccu, 1 shrank from
ti.i' iHture.
T it f Tcver wi:h two aid ruaieK aud th:ir
s'r v . ic-.io.s .en.l wot-t<-el work !it w ; v
' h !e contemplate, and I mentally re
- vveei to es-.uw fn>in such siarrie blessedness
-■■ XT. as {tossibJe.
Be; *.k door vtpcue l. and I was already ia
s ' gtited hal.l warriM*i the fart!>er ex
- ~ -v ' v x bucc stove, which seemed to be
- - eg bat fiery eyes, as eite red coals shone
: ■" A". ti.-' i-iturlass that lined the elaborate
.oi-y work of which the ninver was
-c: Ik"fore the tervaai hail time toeluhe
• i behind rr.e. another had oj>ened. shd
ikadv.ykvia the parlor said, "this way,
:ar <>y -yic to the fire and tret warm it's a
. bight, ar.d we'll have tea. This is
Margaret," leading me up to a ffuti,
• -T ii iv '• r the fireside, "and I'tt. your Aur.t
; though we're uot much of relatives
r. I Vcve."^
Aad lu. you n>usin Harnr, dear." said a
■ v bit vo ce from ibe tvruer, into ba.ii I
a*>*. Had rime to peer,
Aa- 'W i.ttle la;gh from Aunt Patty.th.it
--ad to say that the speaker *as a pnvilec
."."s a. tad a " Harry, doa't TOU friiriitea
' P l ** s:, -l " from Aunt Marearet, was *ll
- •of •gri-in Harry fit um drae. for
4 a- ijtmp ia the room, and he sat in
w a t raer far even the daecioje. mer
. - • v-f : e LA-korv lire o ninnnnau "'
1 7 Avi corafovtahk everythiuc look
\i ~- : -■-• i-*ier fi tters, aiid wax flowers.
<•; i an! . HJ |{a ,Yf the lanre. tawdry
" 'f the The
' - J -'- '- - 1 legs of the old-fashioned fur
- datK'ioe qaiet little a.-
- ' - ki-rssl on them : a Son's jtaw
' a&i :i.eo thrust forwarti in a kisid of
• *y traspiec x tuurveloos lookine bali.
.~" -• ■r. table or escrutsHre The cu
***■ - -* caiwaet in tlte vvW".ier.
* scaiteely dtigwag to saJle a
. " N - rht played hide ami seek over
•••- d'X-s and drawers, tuskim;
i .: ;e-i xv-ret q'riajfs, kck?
. 1 iV - thiwi-rs and at! the other m-
B
-tl hverics: arvrauu toe tabie
? the w.Uibk>Kj daio
- *Y-',..viKd giUieriug >2w, Ic4
*• . -*-• •- i . are. tt.U its jjruii i at s .
- - 5 vo!y at ooe. rs utey |
-* > ver ricrrs which served a- .
gj,. A :i " iay c hina ctqe. at- j
- -.beiT delicate bcaatj. j
THE BRADFORD REPORTER.
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■T -M ' - ■_ • > fl'/i.'f .iK •ir> •• i f - ! - _ *'
Orphan ami stranger aa I was, all this do
mestic comfort, after three years in a pinched,
genteel boarding-school, opened my heart to
my unknown relatives.
In the meantime, my bonnet and wraps had
been removed by Annt Patty's own plnmp
hands, the bell rung, and lights and tea were
brought in.
Annt Margaret drew her spectacles down
to her eyes and scrutinized me for some mo
ments.
" A ou are very much like your mother, Isa
bel." she said at last.
" Jezebel ! what a name for a woman," ptot
in master Harry, who now came forward, his
saucy face lighted up with irrepressible mis
i chief.
Aunt Margaret wound her yarn npsystema-
I tieally to the last inch, stnek the long needles
through the ball, and laid it upon the little
work-stand beside her. Aunt Patty bnsied
herself with the brightly polished copper ket
tle, which was brought in over a spirit lamp,
bubbling away in its merry, domestic manner ;
herself, it seem d to me, a kind of human ket
tle. with her cheery fireside hunt and bubble of
content : then the servant placed the muffins,
as b own as an oak leaf in autumn, and the
strangely twisted silver toast-rack ou the table,
and we took our seats.
" This is poor tare, isn't it. after the sump
tuous table you have l>een accustomed to at
boarding-school V asked Harry, as he hand
ed me a second muffin. " You don't seem to
I'ke it."
It was too bad : for now I knew that mv
mischievous e-jitsin eonld have enumerated eve
ry monthful I had eaten, and I was nearlv
starved yet ; but T answered as eomposedlv as
possible. I like it so well that I'm sorrv to
see you feeding your dog so soon, for I'm not
nearly done yet," aul I jtassed my tinv cup
to Aunt Putty for more of hor fragrant tea.
Auut Margaret drew her iips over her teeth
which I afterwards discovered was about as
near as her dignity would permit her to come
to a smile, while Aunt Patty laughed grace
fully. saying, " 60. ho. master Impuiience. von
have -rot your match I h e." and the voong
gentleman dismissed the uog. which was sitting
on his haunches, watching with wagging tail
and anxious eyes, every mouthful which Harry
took.
When my seh'l-trirl appeti.e wasspjiensed.
I had time to look around : and the oulv mo
dern thing in the room was a portrait which
hung over the mantel.
I glanced alternately at it. ami at Harry
AustriaLer. There was the same fair, open
brow beneath a profusion of curls, which even
at the age of twciity-oue. retained the golden
hue so rare in childhood ; the same laughing,
ii.iZ' i aye. the same well-fo r med mouth, shaded
by the down of the first moustache.
Harry at caught the direction of mv
gutut e.
Yes it s I." said be nodding irravebv. "bui
it doe- U"t by any means do toe jnstiee."
1 :der i 1 more than half agreed with him.
coxcomb, as I thought him.
"Mow. Miss Jezebel."' continued he. "I
must give you warning not to fail in love with
me. It will be hard work for you, I know, to
help it : but I cannot have any more wives on
my ha mis. I'm emrured to six eireadv "
Tiiere is not much danger." i retorted, "as
1 IU nc.ther a Morimtn nor a Turk "
"\\ hew ! how peppery you are. Have a
care or 1 will lake you to season the latch,"
was the reply. " ix-t me sec : tliere's Nelly
llule. -he's a beauty. 1 tell you : as ptliit as a
Fcitella. a perfectly bewitching little blonde,
that dances iu your heart without leave or li
cense. I admire blondes." and he looked
steadily at me. nv brunette complexion grow
ing swarthier, 1 have uo doubt, from mv tcxa
tiou.
" Then there's i lara Hoffman, she's two,"
counting them ou his fingers, " there was never
a Roman empress more -lately than she. aDd
her figure is rounded like a statue's. An
other glance at me who was all angles and cor
ners.
" Aud there's Alice Brant. Well, Alice is
tie" very personification of grace : <he never
Hiov - a hand uor turns her head except ust
wheu she should : everv muscle is in its proper
place." * I
i had such a sujieraooodaace of lim'us that
I never knew what to do with tlieai.
" T: en there - ADM Gray. Ah J make
a wife .' csucl; sW'-et. blue eyes. thatcniy lives
<>a your own. and ,-och a evntle little heart,
that oidy beats for—well uo matter who. And
t *aieih Taylor, let me see. sbe ma ken five
Wti .I! aWtb is rather stroi g-mioded. She
ka-ws inure aliout the * oh jries and " offiionies'
than any pro:"-s-or a college. But I think you
wcuivi appnvi.tte Jenny Wim-n the most.—
Such ; -■> and pod-hogs as she make- She'd
reach auy man s heart through his s.ooiacb. I
ttaattre you ami master Harry aired the even
ing 1 taper before the fire, and settled himself
do* n to its contents.
The evening passed quickly tome, rearrang
ing my paa of studies a: uoiue. wuh my aunts,
ami titvii as I was. the good ladk -' early bed
hour arrived long before I expected it. Aunt
Patty arranged the blocks of her silk paeh
wurk in her ba-Kvt, and the# left the parlor,
llarry following her. Presently I heard her
voice iu the next room.
*' Harry, waat a troubles*-®-* fellow yen are.
You mix up the silver so that I shall never get
it counted."
' Wed I won t, aunty." replied Harry, "but
what aa eiiSh iookiusr trtri that is."
Auut Margaret was protecting her etraammc
frocu the eoid air o( the window, so I bad the
fud Uaciit of the remarks,
• Sot 's oct very banc, some now. joor child ;
ui >he is i>ry much !Lbe her mother was at
he* xgc. and sue grew to be oue of the roost
•cauufut women i ever saw," replied Annt
Pally, wui aa mach m>w as her voice conid
. xprMs. otair.g throogn a throat made mellow
by most rct erou- fiving.
" i. ut ver be anything but a fright. Ste
_i. 3. a■ t imp. A not Patty."
' ti. rry. toe can you * One, two. three—
vU 1 ||x tue Mr.* and snaii forks, Harry—
five, six.'*
PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY AT TOWANDA, BRADFORD COUNTY, PA., BY E. O'MEARA GOODRICH.
" REBARDLE9S OF DENUNCIATION FROM ANT QUARTER."
44 Why she's got arms like the sails of a
wind-mill, and hands like a bird's claws."
" Eleven, twelve large ones—sbe will fill np
aud be a fine figure yet."
" Yes, she will fill up mighty soon, if she
puts down muffins and tea with the locomotive
speed she did to night."
The clinking of the silver was nil that I
heard for a moment, then master Harry com
menced again.
" And such a month ! Whew 1 it would take
a week to kiss it from one side to the other."
"What nonsense, Harry—James, silver don't
look very bright—yon men seem to care for
nothing but kissing ; it is really underbred to
talk so much about it as you do," and I fancied
the little lady drawing herself up to her utmost
height.
" Xow, Annt Patty, yon know you like to
he kissed. Don't be jealous because I some
times bestow my favors on others."
" Well, sir. all that I have to say is, that
Isabel Hadley has a spirit of her own, aud you
had better not try it on her."
" My moustache against yonr "false front"
that I do it to-night," was Harry's rejoinder.
" I don't wear a " false front," Harry, and
yon know it," and good Annt Patty's voice
; quivered with excitement. " and if you try to
| kiss her, I hope she'll box your ears for von."
" Don't be revengeful now. because I made
a mistake about your hair. I'm going to try
I it, at any rate."
" Harry, you will make the child cry with
yonr nonsense. Don't do it now."
" Cry ! she is not one of the crving kind. I
can tell you. Here goes. I hope she will not
cot me with all those augles of hers, though,"
and the door opened, ami Harry walked into
the room, looking perfectly inuoceut of the in
i tended assault.
I von stooping 011 the sofa, searching for my
gloves, when he came and stood by me.
" Good-night," said he, exteuding his hand.
I put out miue. As quick as a flash of light
ning his arm was around my waist. His month
was close to mine, when suddenly be sprancr
back several feet, looking like anything but a
conquering hero. I tiad dexterously coucealni
a pin in my mouth, aud before bis lips could
touch mine I thrust it forward, giving him a
prick which electrified him. I stooped down
and picked up the glove which he had knocked
ont of my hand again, and then said very
quietly.
" It is hardly worth your while to begin
kissiug uie at so late an hour, if it's going to
take a whole week to do it. Good night,
though," and I nodded maliciously at him, as
he stood lost in amazement
Dear little Auut Patty laughed till the tears
started.
" You bluffed me off this time, Miss Isabel,
but beware of the next." said Harry, recover
ing himself ; and passing his hand over his
mouth and then examining it to see if there
were any traces of blood.
" Ye> I'll beware. But you've lost your
moustache, you know, to Aunt P.itly." and
throwing this bumb, 1 followed the two ladies
up stairs.
" You must not mind Harry, Isabel." said
Aunt Margaret, "be is a spoiled child, and as
full of mischief a> a kitten. He is always ai
his pranks with us."
" Oh ! I can take care of myself very well,"
I replied, secretly delighted at ray success.
CH.U . i S 11.
Such was the begining of my acquaintance
with Harry Anstnither, and so it continued
dnrir.g the rest of his vacation.
The next year passed happily to me. but the
wialer vacaiiou did not briug Harry as former
ly. He was an orphan and the uncontrolled
possessor of a large fonune. and had made np
his mind, as he wrote to his aunts to see some
thing of the world.
By-aiid-by vazue rumors of mad coi'ege
pranks began to circulate in our little coterie,
aud the elderly ladies who assembled at Auut
Patiy'- tea-table, nodded their beads aud look
ed mysterious wheu master Harry's name was
mentioned.
A- [ entered the parlor one day. I heard a
visiior say ;
" You should really write to him. Miss Aa
struther. and expostulate with bim about his
conduct. George assures me that heb at the
head of all mischief at the college, and he
would have been expelled long ago if be had
not beeu so adroit in escapiag positive pro>f.
But perhaps George, dear boy, is too severe
for his standard is so hi.rh.~ and Mrs. Welsh
arranged her sables with much satisfact ioo as
she sike.
" His standard is not too high for detrac
tion," said I, with no little temper as the lady
smiled herself out of the room.
Aunt Margaret made no answer, bnt righed
as her knitting ueedles eli-kedand flashed ith
unusual rapidity. But the tears tame to good
auut Patty's eyes as -hfesaid,
" 1 wouldn't iiave believed it of Harry. He
was always full of fun, aud may be he did
dress himself op like a robl-er. and stop the
farmers oa their way to market, and make
them gtv* 1 q> their mooey and things. bßt I
iWI believe he gambles >O," aui ibe IH-JSI
troubled tears 1 had ever seen in Auut Patty's
eyes stood there now.
'■There most I* some troth in it. sister."re
plied Bat: Ma'.im sternly. "Judjre Hale has
forbidden him his house." and site turned her
back a little more to lia light as she sj-oke.
'■ Poor boy. aad maybe he vain love with
Nelly Hale," said Annt Patty, whose warm
heart exteuding iu eharitks to all sons of
troubles, fell into a reTerie.
All further disoossioa of the subject was
stopped by the waiter bricg ug ia an arm fall
of wood for the fire. As he was re Wring annt
Margaret sa-d,
"James, I wish, while we are out driving.
YOU would take down master Harry's ]>-rtra:l
fiora OTer the mantel piece, and place it iu our
chamber. 3
Jame* was too much aato&iahed to make j
his asnal elaborate obesrance. and stood star
ing vacaotiv at his niLdress tiil she remiaderi
him of by adding, c ' You may order
the carriage now."
Annt Patty had looked up with a frightened
air at her sister, but the Misses Austruther
were really heroines to their servants, so it was
not till alter James had certainly closed the
door that she said,
"Oh! Margaret how can yon do so; it
seems so cruel for ns to desert poor Harry be
cause everybody else does."
" I canuot have his portrait hanginsr there,
made an excuse for people like* Mrs. Welsh to
discuss him as they please," was The reply.
When we returned from our drive, I could
have cried too, with Aunt Patty, to miss the
gay, pleasant face, which had looked down so
saucily upon ns so long, in the cheerful morn
ing Right, or in the grey gloaming, or flicker
ing firelight, as on the first evening of our ac
quaintance.
I was now nearly seventeen, and rev mirror
told me plainly enough that I no longer look
ied like the elf or imp of Harry's early ac
quaintance. I was an heiress. I bad " filled
up " certainly ; whether as my eoosiu insinua
ted by tea and muffius, I cannot say ; but if
George Welsh, who was one of my most de
voted admirers, was to be believed. Alice
Brant herself would bear no comparison tome
in grace.
With poor Harry, in the meanwhile, mat
ters went from bad to worse. The gentleman
who had been his guardian, confessed to his
aunts that he had spent every cent of his prop
erty that was available, and this was by far
the greater part of it. Then auain, through
Mrs. Welsh, whom I now looked upon as a
bird of ill omen, we heard of grave professors
being caricatured to their faces, and reckless
midnight onrics. and all the other evils of col
lege life. Bat our cup of trouble on his ac
count was filled, when we heard that he had
fought a duel. We knew nothing positive
altout it, only that bis opponent had beeu
severely wounded, and that a woman had been
the cause.
The morning after we heart! of this. I was
called into the sister's chamber. Aunt Mar
garet hail a little wash-table, on which she was
standing, np to the mantel, and was endeavor
ing to detach Harry's portrait from the hook
ou which it hung. She said.
" Isabel, my dear, won't you please to help
me down with this ? Sister has refused, and I
eaunot expose ourselves to the remarks of the
servants, by having them do it."
" Poor boy, I cannot," said Aunt Patty, as
she rummaged in her drawer to hide the tears
that were falling.
Auu* Margaret looked around sternly as she
answered.
"Sister, is it not dne to onr-elves to forget
him T"
I as-isted her silently, and helped to car
ry my cousin Harry's portrait to the lumber
room.
I
CAAPTER m.
It was nearlv throe years after my first in
troduction to my cousin. The snow had been
falling softly and silently all day. and as night
came on. we drew the curtain- in the little par
lor. and pr- [tared to pa-< a cozy evening to
gether. Toe tea-table was alreadv arratced.
and Aunt Patty bad the silver cady" ia her
hand, measuring out, wiUiV-rupulottsexactQess,
the silver shell full of tea, which constituted
her 'drawing." when the ball be" rang violently.
" What a dreadful stormy night for any one
to be out," said Annt Patty, as she peered in
to the lea uru, where had just thrown the
Bohea. A stamping in the hall, as if some
person was knocking the snow from heavy
1 xvots, aroused all our attention : and. before
we had time to peak. the [arlor dxr opened
and Harry Anstnither entered. There was
the same oj>en. boyish smile as of old on his
face. Aunt Patty dropped the lid of the tea
urn. and sprang feward to meet him with a
cry of elad surprise. Annt Margaret, also,
ou the impulse of the motuent. had risen with
unusual activity ; —but before her sister's greet
ing was over, site had resumed her chair, aud
awaited her nephew's salutation with frigid
d-gnity.
His aunt's very percept b!y affected
Harry. Uts greet.ug was cea-tramed, and I.
who had b-en standing aside, now noticed
that his face had a care-worn, sorrowful look,
not natural to it.
Presently b eye* rested on me I enjoyed
the look of asto iishiueut withwi x-h he regard
ed me, and 1 said, with a low curtsey, ami in
a tone which rniu:" ked the one 1M; had greeted
rrc with three years before.
** I'm T.>nr cwtsiT dex' "
"Goodness gweioQ* ! is it pfKrihle ? Why '
yon ire not suth a dreadful , ;J{cr all." |
ami his old manner re.nrued as he qajk -.
" Xo. I'm " up." tea and mnffins, you .
know.'" I replied, nodrilng my head.
We to.-k our seats at th" table, aa 1 Harry's '
li. k giauce sou ilcleeted the vacant stw<*e |
over the mantel. A grave K>ok n*oie over lii!
faev, then he vtid with an attempt at gaiety, j
" \ > long>-r worthy, eh. Aunt Putty !" Bat
he g- -ri tv- be [wanted to where the portrait
■tad hang.
A'.iit Patty ** very macb embxmiised as
she replied,
"Webaaiit carried up to our chamber, j
Harry—"
" And from there f> the lumber newwrs." inter
joseil Margare*. sternly.
The look, ttiuch vvrcsha'iowed the hard- j
some fa<* of my coasia, made my heart ache .
for him ;—and I retired U> my ow a i\x>m as
sxn as tea was over. th.At I might be no re
straint upoa htra aod h's aorta
Tie uexr day A out Patty t dd toe there was j
something ah- >ut Harry site could uo; Cud out ; {
only that he had acknowledged that he had
lost nearly a!! his money : that he was going
to Europe for awhile ; hut that she believed
be was still engaged to XeHy Hale.
My eotwn Wi*s sot. to sail till the Spr.ag.—
Ia the meantiaie we were coo:antly togeU*er. j
and I began to wonder ab>mt Nelly Ilaie.—
Ba! he never mentioned her natne.
Aunt Margaret's manner towards her aepb- '
ew softened in spite of herself, and had it not
been for shame. I verily believe that the por- j
trait wonhi have pees restored to its origrtra! j
The fast week of his stay with us had ar
rived. Oar aunts were entertaijiiug a circle of
friends in the drawing-room, and we were
alone together in the little parlor. I was
crotcbeting a pnrse for my cousin, talking busi
ly the while of his anticipated tour.
" How I enw you Harry ; I wish I was go
ing too." I said enthusiastically.
" Will you go, dear Bell ?" he said sudden
ly. "Could you love such a worthless, good
for-nothing scamp as I am ?"
Nelly Hale, and the gambliug, and the doe),
all crowded upon my mind. I rose indignant
ly.
" What do yon mean, sir, by offering me the
remnant of a heart, and reputation, and for
tune ? Me V And I confronted him as I
spoke.
Alas ! had I been more indifferent, probably
I should not have been so angrv.
I think he was paler, though his laugh was
light as he asked in his old, mocking wav.
" Mercy, Bell ! What would you have said
if I had been in earnest ?"
I was so astonished, that for a moment my
heart seemed to cease beating ; but I quickly
answered :
" Thm I should have informed your aunts
who would have speedily rid me of the annoy
ance." and I picked up the purse and went on
with ray crotcheting.
I know not what demon prompted that un
generous reply. My cousin looked at me so
reproachfully, that I could scarcely restrain
my tears. He arose, walked np and down the
room once or twice, as if conquering some
emotion, and said, . ...
" Forgive me, Isabel. Yoo were justly
angry at my supposed trifling ; but do not rob
me of my aunt's love. It is all I have left
now." , .
My tears were gn-hing fast. F dared not
trust my voice to answer. I woukl not look
up lest I should betray myself. In a snort
time Harry left the room.
That evening, at the tea-table, he told us
that he should leave early next morning, as ire
had some business to settle in New York Le
fore he sailed. His aunts expressed their as
toiii>hment, wanned his face narrow ly, and no
doubt wondered what new scrape Harry had
got in ; but I swallowed my tea with a areat
gulp that nearly choked me. I sat np half the
night to finish the j>urso. I had foolishly
wrought blue forget-me-nots on the crimson
jrouutL \\ hen I handed it tohiui next morn
ing, I tried hard to steady my voice and lip,
as I said with averted eye,
"Do not think too aukindiy of me, cousbi
Harry."
Auut Margarets spectacles were binrr-d
by the tears which she couid uo' heip fall, when
she bid Harry good-bye. but joor Aunt Patty
cried as if it w - re the one great sorrow of her
life-time. As for myself, ray eyes burned, bur
there was no tears, even of sympathy in theui
now ; but my trembling limbs almost refused
to suj -ort me, and the hand which he took at
parting, most have seat an icy caiU through
his vt-iUs I saw the carriage drive from the
door, then I went to my room, and theuesoia
t.on I felt, and the ttars aud luoaos that escar>-
ed me, told me plainly how indifferent I was
to Harry Am>iruther.
CEAITfca IV.
A year after my coudn's departure. I was
iarited to a bridal party at Mr. Welsh's.—
George ami myself were on good term-, ai
tbongh he had erased visiting me lone before.
In truth, he was a fortune or position hunt r.
both of which he had found in the graceful
Alice Brant, whom Harry had euiogi-ed ou
the first evening of oar meetiug.
I had been in the room but a short time,
when a beautiful young girl, with a face as
fresh as a rose-bud, and as bright as a sun
beam. left the circle surrounding the bride, ntci
coming up to me with the confidence of oue
who wa> never repulsed, said,
" Are you not Miss Hadley, Harry Aastru
ther's cousin F
I bowed. ami as I glanced at the beautiful
creature before me. a dekeniog re-ahzati a A
who she was s'eie over roe.
"I am Nelly Hale," she went 00. 'but I
suppose I am not so we 2 known to you a- you
are to roe. ,
Alas ! too well known. But I did not say
so. I only b; '.l my face In my boquet as I
rej-'led that I Lad often heard my cousi- ij-.-k
of Lt-r.
"If he were my brother I could not love
hint more," -be s-'.i.
I supposed not. W asked somewhat iro>
i a"y if -Le knew what a I richer"- '-..tt w as." |
'• No, 1 never had a brother; and whtu
Harrv Sr-t came •- C . years ego, we
basl *fk javeiiib' fi:rt-;.->tiS We vow--i reg
ularly tw ice a week to die f-or each other, aul
e were very much d*-AJi-k-ted tk~t :li.re t
was no occasion for it I Kdieve "
?h-.- rau-t h.ve thought su dumb at £ .
Tl.e meet log was so unexpected, that it was
sor.;- time before. I could re- "- tr my fa- ; •.
s;>eak f him to hrr. And I feit nt l itteriy.
f>r whatever ! er feelings might '..are I
lx-Fered ".hat lie had ! red her dooerely.
She was chatting ou in her light gay W3j, •
when a gent? mar; came to claim her Laud fur
a waltz. Her face brightened sllil as
she exclaimed, .
'• Oh ! Willie, thfce is Ml sg He Hey, Harm's
cousin you know. Mr. Graham, Mht H_ i. y" t
At mention of •'Harry." the yeati-.-ataa,
whose V-. k was toward- ue r as he was
aioct ?•> i-ad Ml-s Hale away, turned -uT;t->•
ly. with his See face.-parkl ug with emo'.ioi,as
be t<ok my hand say lug,
' You do not know bow glad I ara r o meet j
you ; to see any. relative of Harry's."
The waitj seemed bow to be forgotten, acl
Harry, aad Harry s present doing?, were folly
discussed.
•" I wish he would come home." said Nelly,
gaily, "in his last letter he proasiaed me a set
of pink coral from Naples""
I felt some comfort m thinking that I *a
a k'd woman to whom be couid not proro-
L-* a set of pnk coral.
"D> y-xi kKw. M'"S) Hsfilcy." raid M
-1 Graham, saddeafy. " that I am htdebfci to
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your cousin for all tlie happiness of .my Jifc
I looked inquiringly at Nelly, Iu whose blue
eyes the tears were standing.
" Not only her," said he with a hapoy
p laugh. *
I took Mr. Graham's aria almost uucou
sciooflv, fyr i kit that much of what we. had
never known of Harry, was now fo he revtjai
cd ; and we left the crowded room for the
hall.
" Anstruthor is such a generous, noble heart
ed fellow, t,hat J don't, believe lie las; ever
done himself justice to his friends at home,"
sakl my companion. " fl's gay, raischief-hv
iug disposition was always getting him into
trouble.' He was at the head of all the hnrm
les.- pranks that drove the pruf&sors neariv
wild, lint, unfortunately his love of e.v ite
mont took a qnieter but more dangerous turn.
He became very fond of card-playing. lie
lost his money like a prince, hut that uid not
seriously impair his large fortune."
Hii -re was a moment's pans* in the narrative,
and Nelly, who leaned on the other arm, look
ed up encouragingly in Mr. Graham's face.
" Ihe fellows at-The colTcge, alwavs said
that ifurry and I hunted in couple-*," c< n
tiumd he. "Iu truth, I did make hia>-mv
model, but I soon surpassed lain in my fouvi
ness for gambling, and the extent of my lus-
Oae night, oh, God 1 that night hi my mad
ness I lost all, more than all I had, and Iku w
if my widowed mother survival the knowledge
of my shame, I had made her a besrrrar.—
Nelly, too, to whom I hail been engaged for
more than a year, I felt would never" he al
lowed to marry a jiennile-s gambler! In mv
frenzy I was ready to commit suicide; Lut
Harry Anstruther, who had witnessed all,
saved inc."
Nelly's tears were flowing fa-:, and the
speaker's voice qu'vercd with emotion.
"He declared that it was his example which
had first tempted me—but heaven knows te-t
wa- not true —and V- never left rue on that hor
rible night, til! from his own fortune he hml
made arrangement- to tiay my debts. I some
times think now, Ihi -t have I.en Insane to
have allowed it—but :..y oM moth-.rand Nellv 1
As for Harry, he sru'd that it was a cause * /
thai.ksg'ring" It seemed a.-if ■ir eves were
opened for the fir-t time to the I writle prec
ipice on which we hcng, and I believe no
ea bly power could tempt llarr- Aastruti. r
now to ton ha card. And with God's help
neither w..i I, and he bowed hi-head solem:;-
ly as he spoke.
"And to think that pupa was so nnjnsl to
Harry a- to re .'use to let hi;.; • to < rrLou.
TiM Willie heard of lb and to'd him the whole
truth. I was dr.-adfc!!y frightened, for 'fewr
papa won Id mnke me Lr .k" my engagement
with Wiiße : bi:t he said that "after c 'idh a
1 -on. and with su ha friend as Harrv, tfct-ra
wa- no dancxr," and a- N !7y spoke, the smile
had a'readr dried awav hr "war
- Tint the dm I T* I asked.
-Ah ! ? : d yon hear of "mi too T scid Mr.
Graham. "\S e Thought ii was kept pretty
F : "t. f fi " Fuller hardly -ot a sera:ch, tLoogh
ii- <h - -v d seaicthmg m. re. 11. ur.parw-u
-ablyiiLSu'ted a pretty little minimr girl, and
boasted o: it. :u h - ecu- ; and when Harry
ratfMutiritod with i;*ja about it, high words
ensm i; b cafled. your cou.-in a coward, and
it aW end ! ip a du 1.
A little n re 'a s of college life, and we
entered the ~. Harry"- e: 'ire vindication
<kd not give the nqa!k>je4 rfeasaae it should
hare done : it was ai: mingled with regrets for
my own hasty prid bitter regr- ts for the love
I had thrown away. I I tarried home front the
party, and rushed into my aunt-" chamber.—
It was *ome time before I could make theta
comprehend the welcome news.
T.e next day H .fry's p. .-trait again hurg
oTer the csr'd ir! the I t*'-- parlor.
My acfpiauiViu: e with N .!y Hale ripent I
into friendship during her visit at A - —,
and I had promised to act as bride-maid f;r
her the next winter. Graham had receiv I
an unexpected f r.uce scene time be'ore from
a c*>d-father, and had already refunded the
money which try cousin had so genet' y
given him.
firt wn> r
W :b.\] for a I
nrs kttf rs f'*r some intimation of Lis rcttrra
home, when o: • dnv w- r e ad :
I 'had probably l-ewlth vou fa two Tnocths.
(j*>' * A te ~ ."r d to rz~ ' " ■
frier i Nelfr Ha'e. WH • -Ii prcl*g"' —s feat.
thmk* cannot be STR?!*HED WITHOUT TUT as-
lar Annt Pat'v. how of.on I have
ftfVi'if *T 3 t l -*- Ve)!- I
IfCve I was passi"na*e*T in tor- with h;r f r
one rear. -v- :-v of trv r'Htv"
tboieri '.da-' the vlo'ect' •-- I
but f rail that. I bat sh? fs the
darbr. }:•- w ,->• '■' ?
"I sm oroity-'r sober • w"'v--'x f dcar-'-t
annt. be? yvr .<* ! ri - a'- -* the v -*t
ti-oa of my pr<>peTtv >-/- m'nd Fsnv- '
the * r -r- te rrc f had k ~h
to Tv 9wa e o"" rally w' -,-it It, sui I
M r*r *kw a rf J s>. i -i '_•'•> ♦<> * v at
Mv example wa -• eear cau- : r a strode and
iwn ifok* . heart* et lejst It wrt? ail l.v
fault. I? wens #s if the seffrrirgs of a era
trrrv were V'wd--! *0 t'oat Ti er®
af two :jp ;r. that ee~- !? re. o w
t'aat Wile ha- o ts*v ti.kcn tpg
blame on li'as'f. Annt Marrrarct an-i yonr
felf love me a- of a:_I '•* I ever offer my
band :o a ' "O'cafj, it wi*!' 1 xot I<e with cuiv the
rem* ant- cf a heart, aci reputation, sai for
tune.'"
I was !s?t '^ivet?.
I! came. a>? wv met not as of eld. with
jbe and jes*. fbrt ; r- wa? mo~e 11 ~er_rk t on
the -co-bc"~t b- ~t>. an - ! tr.d-'roity iz *...-?
'i""*r.et.ror ' rr. ~'e ji" .*" ' .2
had gee* o rip-"de ;fa w ~ :.r,
and was no keg'tlat of. * posh sCitool
girf, *0 a pet ted h* : r>..
Wril we two N*rife G*t v ia
y-"r wk t' -yr vre tnrried. T :re
wr asaiay ss Mr y-dt: a* at '.-2 w '- r
csak'.-tr av" v -. *" af **:-t ">1 in tv Vf - •
g*y repartee*, wdj-'ch, under orvSrr.ry r'.-a
•faa-.-es, W*>JW fave puLsed me T.t—7