Of DJLUR PER AWM, INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE. i\AVAN JJA : nioniutn, Xoocmbcr li. IS3U. (Original \ life song. by syrii. rinie. • cut n;■ iv.ml. the i>Ath lie-; tiefure thee ; t , ittii'm what thy spirit would win ; • n .' portal* are wide to unfold thee, vi ." Grave, th u --hall enter within. r j. r ,. v .. r _o. why art th >u staying, •• .11, h .1 -"at there i* to he won ; T .., „ now. t'l -urrli the tempter he saying— , ■ | t'iv It in l-. f>T all labor i* done.'' i a ,;-t;! in life** early morning— .ire pre i nt* y mth has none to spare ; -ii .mis thy *ky is adorning ; ~ ill -it down in tpiiet despair? \ ! v i . -troiig like the oak which has breasted .. i haw bowed the tall pine in liU pride; ' v the i,ei i vi wave crested : , i tin ...'lit winch no darkness can hide. v, . ~k ,?ownw ard, ihong's ehntds loom above tliee; . ; : ; the * int lie proud in its might; M. sho dd it- ph uitonts allure ttiee, :h ■ -h :ie l.e darkened to night. *,! ; ilre.uu* meet full fruition ; •' . r ,ld .vorid in homage will tov ; -weet to k i ov life luitli a mission. . inrel-w re.it!> rents on thy brow. ?C I Cll fi) fir a 11. v e'ty •V'rA.'sik] \tl'.ose who attended the first of the t-s. during the London season of IS—, allied gentleman of large fortune, S'. iitlicld. AVhilc his carriage was g >'• i\\ V down St. James'street, he - icgltt such amusement and oeeitpa - ■■uhl find in looking on the brilliant , i liitn. The day was unusually flue, t spectators thronged the street and oiios of the houses on cither side of it, . '-gat the different cquippages with as . r a cariosity and interest, as if fine vehi : line people inside thoni we# the rarest - of contemplation in the whole mctropo -I'. i, ingat a slower and slower pace, **• a I tivlil's carriage had ju.-t arrived at 1 ii-.- of the street, when a longer stop n usual occurred. He looked carc ip at the nearest balcony ; and there, _ eight or ten ladies, all strangers saw one face that riveted his atteu • iiately. ' • • vcr bt-hcld anything so beautiful, ng which had struck him with such • -led. ami sudden sensations, as lie gazed and gazed on it, hardly u lo re he was, or what he was doing, lie of vehicles began to move on.— i afti r first ascertaining thennml rof the ' flnng himself back in the carriage, •! 'o examine his orn feelings, to rea intoseil-possession ; but it was ail lie was seized with that amiable - • bible monomania, called " love at cd tli -palace, greeted his friends-, ■ osl all the necessary court cereiuo g the whole time like a man in a il< -pike mechanically, and moved ; tin- lovely lace in the balcony i ... ;!; nights, to the exclusion of cve :>ifi his n-turii home, he had eu "c 1 < fop the afternoon and the evening—' . ' ami br- kc them all ; and walked ■V .boa > street us soon as he had -itvu i,.> dress. . y was empty, the sight-seers.w ho i nt a few hours before, had de bet obstacles of aR Sorts now tended inulate Mr. Streatfield ; he was de it' -ertain t lie parent age of the young - • Ut-uriuincd to iook on the lovely face c tin■naonicter- of his heart had risen y ' fi-v-r heat * Without loss of time • ; keei --r to whom the house belonged m loquacity by n purchase. All i !'• in answer to their inquiries, was. ■ iet lodgings to au elderly gentle - w fc. fro n the country, who had ■- ■ :*r ■ ads iu their balcony to see the ■ Nothing daunted, Mr. I• . unci] and questioned again.— 1 < t • • >!. i gentleman's name ?—Dinis - a' see Mr. Hinisdale's servant ? - -.'opkccper had no doubt that M Ibmsdale's servant should bo ; " m < lately. w - the servant, the all-impor chnin of love's evidence, made ; "i mollified by the handsome • was fpiietly s!:pj>ed into his 1 • ■! j-onuering ami doubting, "• ed at the conclusion that the >(r. ufi Id's iure informa nt he servant stated that he could ua* certain that he had made Miss - Lankier were the ■ , - in the house that mom- Mr Str atfiekl wished to r. l,e w as ready to carry any *_ h i e might be charged. a 'i. !1 had already hoard THE BRADFORD REPORTER. for his club, determined to discover some means of being introduced, in due form, to Miss Lang lev, before he slept that night, though he should travel round the whole circle of his ac quaintance, high and low, rich and poor, in making the attempt. Arrived at the club, he began to inquire resolutely, in all directions, for a friend who knew Mr. Langley, of Lang ley Hall. He disturbed gastronomic gentle men at their dinner ; lie interrupted agricultu ral men who were moaning over the prospects of the harvest ; he start led. literary gentlemen, who were deep in the critical mysteries of the last Review ; lie invaded billiard room, dress ing room, smoking room ; lie was more like a t ralitie ministerial whipper in, hnuting up stray members for a divisiou, than au ordinary man; and the oftener he was defeated in his object, the more determined he was to succeed. At last, just as lie was standing in the hall of the club house, thinking where he should go next, a friend entered, who at once relieved him of all his difficulties— a precious and inestimable man, who was on intimate terms with Mr. Langley, and had been lately staying at Lang ley ILall. To this friend all the lover's cares and anxieties were at once confided ; and a fitter depository for such secrets of the heart could hardly have been found. He made no jokes, for lie was not abaebeTor ; heabstaiued from shaking his head and recommending pru dence, for he was not a seasoned husband or an experienced widower ; what he really did. was to enter heart and soul into his friend's projects, for he was precisely in that position, the only position, in which t lie male sex gener ally take a proper interest in match-making ; he was a newly ntarried man. Two days after, Mr. St rent field was the happiest of mortals ; he was introduced to the lady of his love, to Miss Jane Langlev. He really enjoyed the priceless privilege of "looking once more on the face in the balcony, and looking on it almost as often as he wished. It was perfect Elysiuiu. Mr. and Mrs. l.ungley saw little or no company. Miss Jane was al ways accessible, never monopolized ; the light of her beauty shone day after dav for fter adorer alone : and his love blossomed in it, as last as flow era in a hot-house. I'assiug bv ail tumor details of the wooing to arrive the soon er at the grand fact of the winning. let its simp ly relate that Mr. Streatfild's object in seeking an introduction to Mr. Langlev, was soon ex plained. and was indeed visible enough long before the explanation. He was a handsome man, an accomplished man, and a rich man.— llis two first qualifications conquered the daughter, and his third the father. Tn si x weeks Mr. Streatfield was the accepted lover oi M.ss Jane Langlev. The wedding-day was fixed ; ;t was arranged that the marriage should take place at Langley Hall, whither the family proceeded, leaving the unwilling lover in London, a prey to all tlie inexorable bu.siucss formalities of the occasion, For ten days did tiie ruthless lawyers, those dead weights on the back of Hymen, keep their vic tim in the metropolis,'occupied over settlements that never seemed likely to be settled. Hat even the long march of the law has its ends, like other mortal things ; at the expiratiou of ten days all was completed, and Mr. Streat field found himself at liberty to start fur I.nng lcv Ha!!. A large party was assembled at the house to grace the approaching nuptials. Tiiere were to be tableaux, charades, boating trip-, riding excursions, amusements of all sorts, the whole to conclude (in the play-bill phrase, with the grand climax of the wedding. Mr Streatfield arrived late, dinner wa ready, he had bnrtly time to dress and then bustle in the drawing room just as the guests were leaving it, to of fer his arm to Miss Jane, all greetings with friends and introductions to strung* rs being postponed tiii the parte met round the dining table. At race had been said, the covers were taken off. the loud, cheerful hum of conversation was just begiuning, w hen Mr. Streatfield's eyes met the eyes of a young lady who was seated opposite at the table. The guests near him, oiscrving at the same moment that he contin ued standing after every one else h id been plac ed, glanced at him inquiringly. To their as tonishment and alarm, they observed that his face had suddenly become deadly pale—his rigid features looked struck by paralysis. Sev eral of his friends sjrnke to him, but for the first few moments he returned no answer.— Then, still fixing his eyes upon the young lady opjxisite, he abruptly exclaimed in a voice, the altered tones of which startled every one who heard him. " That is the fa -e 1 saw in the bal cony ; that woman is the ouly woman I can ever marry !" Tuc next instant, without a word more, either, gf explanation or apology, he hurried from the room. One or two of theguests meclranieallystart ed up, as if to follow hiin ; the rest remained at the table, looking on each other in ajweoh less surprise, Rut before any one could either act or speak, almost at the moment when the door closed on Mr. Streatfield, the attention of all was painfully directed to Jane Langley.— She had fainted. Her mother ami sisters re moved her from the room immediately, aided !by the servants. As they disappeared, fi dead silence again sank down over tlie company ; thev looked around, with one accord to tlie master of the Iwuise. . .Mr. Langlcy's face and manner sufficiently revealed the suffering and suspense that he was secretly enduring. Hut he was a man of the world, and neither by word or action did he betrav what was passing within him. He resume I his place at the table, and begged his sruests to do the same. 11c affected to make iiti.il of what bail happened, entreated every one to forget it, or if they remembered it at a!', to remember it only as a mere accident, which worth! uo doubt be satisfactorily ex plain er I. Perhaps it was only a jest on Mr. Streat tield's part rather 100 serious a one, he must own. At any rate, whatever was the cause of the iuli rrupt.oa to the dinner, which had just happened, it w..- not important enough to re 'j'i'.re ev ry'--!v to fu-t arottud the table of the i te:v-t. lie ak*-d it as \ favor to himself that | no furl! < r ; might '>e taken of what had .v-ried While M. I.angk v was speakiug PtTIiLISIIEn EVERY THURSDAY AT TO WAN DA, BRADFORD COUNTY, PA., BY E. O'MEARA GOODRICH. " RESAttnLgSS OF DENUNCIATION FRO* ANY QUARTER." thus, he hastily wrote a few lines on a piece of paper, and gave it to one of the servants.— Note was directed to Mr. Streatfield ; the lines contained only these words:—-"Two hours hence 1 shall expect to see you alone in the library." The dinner proceeded ; the places occupied by the female members of the Langley family, and by the young lady who had attracted Mr. Streatfield's notice in so extraordinary a man ner, being left vacant. Every one endeavored to follow Mr. Lnngley's advice, and go through the business of the dinner as though nothing had occurred ; but the attempt failed misera bly. Long blank pauses occurred in the con versation ; general topics were started, but never pursued. It was more like an assembly of. strangers than a meeting of friends ; peo ple neither ate nor drunk, as they were ac eumstoined to eat and drink ; they talked in altered voices, and sat with unusual stillness, even in the same positions. Relatives, friends, and acquaintances, all alike perceived that some great domestic catastrophe had happen ed ; all foreboded that some serious, if not fa tal explanation of Mr. Streatfield's conduct would ensue ; and it was vain and hopeless— a very mockery of self-possession, to attempt to shake off the sinister and chilling influences that recent events had left behind them, and resume at will the thoughtlessness and hilarity of ordinary life. Still, however. 31 r. Langley persisted in doing the honors of the tabic, iu proceeding doggedly through all the festive ceremonies of the hour, until the ladies rose and retired. Then, after looking at his watch, he bckoned to one of his sons to take his place, and quietly left the room. He oulv stopped once as he crossed the hall, to ask new s of his daughter from one of his servants. The reply was that she had had a hysterical fit, that the medical attendant of the family had been sent for, and that since his arrival she had become more coui|H>sed. When the man had spoken, Mr. Laugly made no remark, but proceeded at once to the library. He locked the door behind him as soon as he had entered the room. Mr Streatfield was already waiting there ; he was seated at the table, cn- Ueuvoriug to maintain au appearance of com posure, by mechanically turning over the leaves of the bocks before him. Mr. Langley drew a chair near him, and in low, but very linn tones, began the conversation thus : " I had given you two hours, sir, to collect yourself, to consider your position fully ; I presume, therefore, that you are now prepared to favor me with an explanation of your con duct at mv table to-dnv." " What explanation can I make ! what can 1 sav or ihiiik of this most terrible of fatali- ties I" exclaimed Mr. Streatfield, speaking faint ly and eonfusediy, aud -till not looking up.— " There has been an uncxampl d error com mitted, a fatal mistake, which 1 could never have anticipated, aud over which I had no con trol." " Enough, sir, of the language of romance," interrupted Mr. Langley, coldly ; " 1 am neith er of an age nor a disposition to appreciate it. I come here to a.sk plain questions honestly, ami I insist, as my right, on receiving aus v. as in the same spirit. You, Mix Stivatfield. soiiaiit an introduction to me, you professed your--If attached to my daughter Jane, yonr proposals were (I fear unhappily for 11*1 accepted, your wedding-day was fixed, and now after all this, when yon happen to observe my daughter's tw in sister sitting opposite to you " " Tier twin-sisti r !" exclaimed Mr. Streat fi dd : and hi- trembling hand crumpled 'bo leaves of the book, which he stiil held while he spoke. " Why is it, intimate as i have beou with your family, that 1 now know for the lkr-1 tiui" that Miss Jane Langley has a twin sister ?" '• Do you descend, sir, to subterfngc. when I a-k you fir an explanation ?" returned Mr Lauglcv, angrily : "youmust have heard over and over again, that my children, Jaue aud Clara, were twins." ' Oa mv word and honor T declare that—" "Spare me all appeals to yonr word an 1 honor, sir ; I am beginning to doubt them." " 1 wiil not in.ike tlie unhappy situation in which we arc ali placed. still worse, by an swering your last words as I might at other times fee! inclined to answer them," said Mr Streatheld. assuming a caltutr demeanor than he had hitherto displayed. " I tell you the truth, when 1 tell you that before to day 1 never kuew that any of your children were twins. Your daughter Jane, has frequently sjiokcn to mc of her absent sister, Clara, but never spoke of her as her twin-sister. LTitil to-day, 1 have had no opportunity of discover ing the truth, for uutil to-day 1 have never met met Miss Clara Langley siuee I saw her in the balcony of the house in St. James's -treet.— The only one of yonr children who w as never pre.-ent during my intercourse with your fami ly in Loudon, w.is your daughter Clara, the daughter whom I now know for tlx first time as the young lady who really arrested my at tention ou to t!ie leree, whose affec tion- it was really my object to win in seeking an introduction to you. To me, the resemblance between the twin-sisters has beta a fatal re semblance ; the long absence of one, a fatal absence." There was a momentary pause, :vs Mr. Streat field sadly and calmly pronounced tire last words. Mr. Lang ley appeared to in; nltsorlied in thought. At icuglii he proceeded, spcakiug to himself : —" It is strange —1 remember that Clara left Lomlon ou tlie day of tire levee to set out on a visit to her aunt, ami only return ed here two days since, to le present at her sister's marriage. Well, s.r," he cuutiuucd, addressing Mr. Streatfield, "granting what von say, granting that we all mentioned u:y absent daughter to yon. as we are acrnstomed to mention her among ourselves, simply as • Clara,' you have still not excused your cou , duct in my eyes. Remarkable as the n -cm blauce is between the sisters—more remark ft ; blc even. 1 am willing to admit, than the re semblance usually is between twins—there is vet a difference, and which, slight and indes cribable though it may be, is nevertheless uis ! cernablc to all their reiat:- t.s and to all their I f.'icuds. How ii n tu.ii :: represent yourself as so vividly impressed by your first sight of my daughter Clara, did not discover the error when you were introdnced to her sis ter Jane, as the lady who had so much attract ed vou ?" •' Vou forget, sir," jejoined Mr. Streatfield, " that 1 have never beheld the sisters together until to-day. Though both were in the balco ny when I first looked up At it, it was Miss Clara Langley alone who attracted my atten tion. Had I only received the smallest hint that the absent sister of Miss Jane Langley was her twin-sister, 1 would have seen her, at any sacrifice, before making my proposals.— For it is my duty to confess to you, Mr. Lang lev (with the < andor which is your undoubted due.) that when I was first introduced to your daughter Jane, I felt an unaccountable impres sion that she was the same as, and yet differ ent from, the lady whom T had seen in the balconv. Soon, however, the impression wore off. Under the circumstances, could I regard it as anything but a mere caprice, a lover's wayward fancy ? 1 dismissed it from my mind it ceased to affect mc, until to-day, when I first discovered that it was a warning which I had most unhappily disregarded ; that a terrible error had been committed, for which no one of a* was to blame, but which was fraught with misery, uudeserved misery, to us all." " These, Mr. Streatfield, are explanations which may satisfy you," said Mr. Langley, in a milder tone ; " but they cannot satisfy me, they will not satisfy the world. Vou have re pudiated in the most public and most abrupt maimer, an engagement, in the fulfillment of which the honor and the happiness of my fam ily are concerned. Vou have given me reasons fur your conduct, it is true, but will those rea sons restore my daughter the tranquility which she has lost, perhaps forever ? will they stop the whisperings of calumny ? will they carry conviction to those strangers to me, or enemies of mine, whose pleasure it maybe to disbelieve them ? Vou have placed both yourself and me, sir, in a position of embarrassment ; nay, a position of danger and disgrace, from which the strongest reasons and best excuses cannot extricate us." " 1 entreat you to believe," replied Mr. Streatlii-ld, "that I deplore from my heart the error.-the fault if yon will, of which I have beou unconsciously guilty. I implore your pardon, b" r h fur what I said and did at your table to-day : but I cannot do more —I cannot aud dare not pronounce the marriage vows to your daughter with my lips, when I kuow, that neither my conscience nor my heart can ratify them. The commonest justice, and the commonest respect towards a young lady who deserves both, and more than both, from every one who approaches lor strengthen me to per severe in tin- only course which it is consistent with honor and integrity for me to take." " You appear to forget," said Mr. Langley, " that it is not merely your own honor, but the honor of others, that is to be considered iu tii course of conduct which yoa are now to pursue." " I have by no means forgotten what is due to yon," continued Mr. Streatfield, "or what responsibilities ! have incurred from the tia tnri of niv intercourse with your family. Do 1 put too much tru.-t in your forbearance, if I now assure you, candidly and unreservedly, that 1 still place all my hopes of happiness in the prospect of becoming connected by mar riage with a daughter of yours, Miss Clara Langley >" Here the speaker paused. His position was becoming delicate and a danger ous one ; but he made no effort to withdraw froiu it. Almost bewildered by the pressing aud perilous emergency of the momeut, har assed by such a tumult of conflicting emotions within him as he hail never known before, he ri-ke.l the worst. with all the blindfold desper . atiuu ui' iuv". Tiie augry liush was ri.-iug on Mr. Langley's cheek ; it was evidently costing him a > vi re stniggle to retain his assumed self-possession ; but lie did not speak. After an iuterval, Mr. ij treat Held proceeded thus :—• " However unfortunately I may express my self. 1 am sure you will do me the justice to be lieve that I am now speaking from my heart on a subject , to me) of the most vital im;>or tance. l'iace yourself in my .-ituatiou ; con sider all that has happened ; consider that this may he, for audit 1 know to the contrary the last opportunity f may have of pleading my cause ; and then say whether it is JKSS hie for me to conceal from you that I can only look to your forbearance and sympathy for permission to retrieve my error, to—to—Mr. I.angley ! 1 cannot choose expressions at such a luomeut as this. I can only tell you that the feeling with which I regarded year daugh ter Clara, when I first saw her, still remains what it was. i cannot analyse it ; I cannot reconcile Us apparent inconsistencies ani con tradiction-; I cannot explain how, while I may seem to you and to every one to have varied and vacillated with insolent caprice, I have really r uaiucd, iu my own heart and to my own coiis-hem e, true to my fir-' sensations and my convictions. I can only implore yon not to con team me to a life of disanjoiot- and tnisiry, by judging inc with hasty ir ritation. Favor me, -o far at least, as to re late the conversation which has passed between us to vor.r two lan _diters. Ijet mc hear h >v it affects each of them towards me. nie know what they are. willing to think aud ready to do under ition equally ill timed and iusolent, seemed bursting to his iijis : hut ouce more he restrain-- .1 himself. lie rose from his >cat, and walked slowly backwards and forwards, deep in thought. Mr. rdreatfield was too much overcome by his own agitation to plead his cans" further bv another word. There was a -hence in the r> ou: now", which lasted tor sonic t inc. \V< have -.: M ♦'mr Mr. Tmiigfev was a man ■f the \\-rk. il. as -tro: -ft attached to his children ; but he had a little of the selfish ness and much of of the reverence for wealth of a man of the world. As he now endeavor ed to determine mentally 011 his proper course of action—to disentangle the whole case from all its mysterious iutrieaeies—to view it, ex traordinary as it was, iu its proper bearings, his thoughts began gradually to assume what is called "a practical turn.'' lie reflected that he had another daughter, besides the twin sisters, to provide for ; and that lie had two sons to settle in life, lie was uot rich enough to portion three daughters ; and he had not interest enough to start his sons favorably in a career of eminence. Mr. Streatfield, ou the contrary, was a man of great wealth, and of great. •' connexions'' among people in Was such a son-in-law to be rejected, evcu af ter all that had happened, without at least I consulting his wife daughters first? He , thought, not. Had not Mr. Streatfield, in I truth, been the victim of a remarkable fatali : ty, of an incredible accident, and were no al i lowanccs, under such circumstances, to be made ' for him? He began to thiuk they were. Re flecting thus, he determined at length to pro j ceed with moderation and caution at all haz ards ; and regained composure enough to cou ; tinue the conversation in a cold, but still jiolitc ' tone. " I will commit myself, sir, to no agreemeut I of promise whatever," he began, " nor will 1 i consider this interview in any respect as a con elusive one, either ou your side or mine ; but if 1 think, on consideration, that it is desirable that our conversation should be repeated to my wife and daughters, 1 will make them ac quainted with it, and will let you know the result. In the meantime, I think you will ! agree with me, that it is most fit that the next communications between us should take place by letter alone." Mr. Streatfield was not slow in taking the , hint conveyed by Mr. Langlcy's last words.— After what had occurred, and until something was definitively settled, he felt that the suffer ing aud suspense which he was already eudur ing would be increased tenfold if he remained I longer in the same house with the twin sisters i —the betrothed of one, the lover of the other. Murmuring a few inaudible words of acquies cence in the arrangement which had just been proposed to him, lie left the room. The same evening he quitted Tangier llall. The next morning the remainder of the guests departed, their curiosity to know all the particulars of what had luipjiened remaining ungrutified.—- Thev were simply informed that an extraordi nary aud unexpected obstacle had arisen to de lay the wedding ; that no blame attached to any one in the matter ; and that as soon as ' everything had been finally determined, every thing would be explained. Until then, it was not considered necessary to enter in any way into particulars. By the middle of the day every visitor had left the house ; and a strange and melancholy spectacle it presented when they were all gone. Rooms were now silent, j which the day before had been filled with ani ' mated groups, r.nd had echoed with merry laughter. In one apartment, the fittings for the series of " Tableaux" which had been pro posed, remained half completed ; the dresses that were to lmve been worn lay scattered on the floor ; the carpenter who had come to proceed with his work, gathered np his tools tn ominous silence, and departed as qnickly a he could. Here lay books, still open at the last page read ; there was an nlbnm, with the drawing of the day before unfinished, and the co!or-l)ox unclosed by its side. On the desert ed billiard table, the position of the " cues " and balls showed traces of an interrupted came. 1-" overs were scattered on the rustic tallies in the garden, half made into nosegays, and be gianing to wither already. The very dcigs wandered in a moody, unsettled way about the house, missing the friendly hands that had fon , filed and fed them f>r so many days past, and whining impatiently in the deserted drawing rooms. The social desolation of the scene was miserably complete in nil its aspect?. Immediately after the departure of his ' guests. Mr. Tangier had a long interview with his wife. lie repented to her the conversation which had taken place between Mr. Streatfield and himself, and received from her in retnrn such an account of the conduct of his daugh ter, under the trial that had befallen her, as 1 filled him with eqnal astonishment and arimi ; ration. It was a new revelation to him of the character of his own child. '• As soon as the violent symptoms had sub sided," said Mrs. Laugley, in answer to her husband's first iuquiries—" as soon as the hys terica! fit was subdued. -lane seemed suddenly to assume a uew character —to become anoth er jHTson. She begged that the doctor might ! be released from his attendance, and that she might be left alone with me and her sister C'la n. When every one else had quitted the room, she continued to sit in the easy-chair, where we bad at first placed her, covering her face with her hands. She entreated us not to sjieak to her for a short time, and except that she -huudercd occasionally, sat quite .-i.il ami -dent. When she at la-t looked up, wc were shocked to see the deadly paleness of her face, and the stra:.ge alteration that had come over her expression ; but she spoke to cs .-o cohe rently, so solemnly even, that we were amaz ,ed ; wc knew uot what to think or what to do : itwiardly seemed to be our .fane w ho was uuvv to us." " What did she say ?" asked Mr. Largley, ' cage rly, '• She said that the first feeling of her heart ; at that moment was gratitude on her owa ae cuant. She thanked (hod that the terrible dis i eovery had not beeu made too late, w hen her • married life might have been a life of estrange ment and misery. l"p to the moment when Mr. Streatl : I had uttered that one fatal .ex clamation. she had loved him, she told us, fond ly and fervently : now, no expla .ation, no rx peulanoe, (if either were tendered) no earthly persuasion or c>m:uand, (in case Mr. Streat i field should think himself bound, as a matter of a'oiiemei!'. to hohl r.i-d i\.ga_- ! eoaM ever ind -.ee. uer to 1 vae his wife." j M Mr. Stre,.lf."M will not ?e-t her rr-.;>lu tkm," said Mr Laaghv, bilterlv "He dc- VOL. XVI I. —NO. 22. libcrately rejieated bis repudiation of his en gagement in this room ; nay laore, he——" " I have something; important to say to yon from Jane on this point," interrupted Mrs. Langk-y. " After she had spoken the first few words which I hare already repeated to you, she told us that she hud been thinking— thinkiug more calmly, perhaps than one eoukl i imagine—on all that had happened ;on what, Mr. Streatfield had said ut the dinner-table : on the moineotary glance of recognition which she had seen f>ass between him and her sister Clara, whose accidental absence, during the whole period of Mr. Streatfield's intercourse with us in London, she now remembered and reminded me of. The cause of the fatal error, and the manner in which it had occurred, seem ed to be already known to her, as if by intui tion We entreated her to refrain from speak - ' ing on the subject for the present, Imt she an ; svered that it was her duty to speak on it— J her duty to propose something which would al leviate the suspense and distress we were ail ; enduring on her account. X'u words can de ! scribe to you her fortitude, her noble eudu ! ranee." j Mrs. Langley's voice faltered as she pro- I nounced the last wo. ds. It was some minutes j ere she became sufficiently composed to pro , coed thus : j "I am charged with a message to you from Jane—T should say charged with lur entrea j ties, tiiat yon will not suspend our intercourse with Mr. Streatfield, or view Ids conduct in any other than a merciful light—as conduct | for which accident and circumstances are alone to blame. After she had given me this rncs | sage to you, she turned to Clara, who sat weep- I ing by her side, completely overcome, and kiss , ing her, said that they were to blame, if any I one was to be blamed in the matter, for being so much alike as to make all who saw them apart doubt which was Clara and which was Jane. She said this with a faint smile, and an effort to spt ak playfully, which touch ed us to the heart. Then, iu a tone and man ner which I can never forget, she asked her sister—charging her ou their mutual affection and mutual confidence, to answer sincerely—if , she had noticed Mr. Streatfield. on the day of j tiie levee, arid ha l afterwards remembered him at the dinner table, as he had noticed and re | membered her. It was only after Jane hud repeated tins appeal still more earnestly aud ; affectionately, that Clara summoned courage i and composure enough to confess that she had noticed Mr. Streatfield 0:1 the day of the le vee, had thought of him afterwards during her absence from London, and had recognised him j at our table, os he had recognized her."' Is it possible ! I own I had not antici pated—not thought for one moment of that," said Mr. Lang ley. 1 " Perhaps," continued his wife, "it is best i that you should see Jane now. and judge for j yourself. For my parr, her noble resignation • under tins great trial has so astonished and itn ; pressed me, that I only feel competent to ad j vise as she advises, to act as she thinks fit. I ' begin to tnink that it is not we who arc to guide hr, !ut she a lio is to guide us."' Mr. Lang'ey lingered irresolute for a few ; minutes, then quitted the room, and proceeded a'o:." to Jane Langley's apartment. Vi hen he knocked at the door, it was open ed by Clara. There was an expression, partly of confusion, partly of sorrow, on her face ; and when her father stopped as if to speak t< j her, she merely j ointed into the room, and hurried away without uttering a word. Mr. Langley had been prepared by his wife lor the change that lad taken place in his daughter since the day before ; but he felt i startled, almost overwhelmed, as he now look ed on her. < >ne of the poor girl's most prom inent personal attractions, from Ler earliest years, had been the beauty of her complexion; aid now the freshness and the bloom had en tirely departed from her face ; it Seemed abso lutely colorless, ller expression, too, appear ed to Mr. Langley's eyes, to have undergone a melancholy alteration ; to have lust its youth fulness suddenly : to have assumed a strange j character of firmness aud thoughtfulness, which he had never observed in it before. She was sitting by on open window, commanding a lovely view of a wide, snnny landscape : a Bi ble, which her mother had given her, lay open on her knees—she was reading in it as her father entered. For the first time in his life, he paused, speechless, as he approached to speak to one of his own children. " I am afraid I look very ill," she said, hold ing out her hand to him :'"but I am better than 1 look : I shall be qnite well in a dav or two. Have you heard my message, father ?—- Hare you been told My love, we will not speak of it vet: we will wait a few days," said Mr. Langlev. " Von have always been so kind to in -," she continued, in less steady tones, "that I amsnrc you will -tme go on. I have very little to say. but that little must be said now, and tlicn we need never recur to it again. Will von consider all that has happened as something forgotten ? You have heard already what it is I entreat yon to do ; will yoa let him—Mr. Streatfield"—fshe stopped, h-r voice failed for a moment, but she recovered herself again al most Immediately. " Will you let Mr. Streat field remain here or recall him if he is gone, and give him an opportunity of explaining him self to my sister ? If poor Clara should re fuse to see him for my sake, pray do mot listen to her. lam sure tiiat is wnat ought to In done ; 1 have been thinking of it very calmly, and 1 f-'1 that it is right. And there is some thing more I have to beg of von, father, ft is, that while Mr. Streatfield is here TOO will allow me to go rc-d stay with my aunt. Yon know how fond she is of me. Her house is not a day's journey from home. It is lh.