0S : 03LLAR PER ANNUM INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE.
TOWANDA:
Tbarsday Morning, December 5, 1861.
Skltdtl Portrn.
THE COUNTERSIGN.
Ala* I wear/ hours P 4SS
Tlif mifht is very dark and still.
And io the marshes tar belw
1 hear the bearded whij-por-will;
Iscaree cn see a yard ahead.
jlv ears are strained to catch each sound—
I hear iLe leaves ab-.nt a;e shed,
And the springs bubbliug tbre-ugh the ground.
Almg the beaten path I pace.
Where ahite rag--* mark my centry s track ,
In formless -hrubs 1 seeui t-> trace
The fneiuanV form, with bending back ;
I think I see him crouching tow
I stop and list— 1 *:-*>p aud peer,
Until the neighboring hillock* grow
To groups of sukiers far and near.
With reaJy piece I wait and watch,
Until my eyes familiar grow.
Detect each harm-ess esrthea n-Uh,
And turn guerillas into stone .
And then am.d the lonely gloom.
Beneath the tail oUi chestnut trees,
My silent marches i resume.
And think of other times than these.
•• /fs.'t.' Who goes there?" My challenge cry,
It ring* si ng the watchful line ;
•• He-iel!" I hear the voice reply—
I Advance, aud give the countersign."
With Is; net at the charge I wait —
Tuc . -rp -ral gue the mystic word ;
Wiiu arms apart 1 charge my mate.
Then onward pass, and ail is well.
r . fhe tent that night, awake,
i a.-k. if iu the tiay 1 tall.
I Can I the mystic answer make
I When the angelic sentries ca"
I
■ W . :r'er 1 go. ivtiut fate l>e mine,
I
I { -till may bate th< Coautersigrj.
• >Vbite rags are frequently scattered along the senti
nel's ;>o-t.oi a dark night to mark the
5111tle> Calt.
Incident of Western Life.
3Y i w. mr;s.
O i a (i -taut pra nc ut nightfall, ft way
i worn ami wcarv traveler wis overtaken by a
- a -form When Hie fir.-l few fl k--s oaiue
■ ■ ! > ilroppiuyrdown, be looked arouiid
. tile hope of dtßOcn.in/ a piirce of-heitcr, toll
. "n w id he see* —oi-iv '-e r-- k s *:i*tp
W - *fi. r tie w i- ,' a r v-lT ti.af he ft .r-
I-] ho it, vi-r -h >n'd reach thtra W- : i tlie-ie-
I , irture of 1-irh* the -iuA I-t-jr-in t-dl.usr, the
• ltd blew keener, the rua 1 over the prairie
souu hul-leii from view, the traveler felt that
he was lo*t ou a tra kie-* wa*te, without a
star to gu.Je hiiu aero-* t;.e dangerous couri
try
TUis is terrible !" *.ti i lie alou l. " I fear
m-i.-n I -hail never e-;iie to ray destination
| If 1 had but a runi-s-s ami a l-j-l-r 1 sh. uid
i.. l e.tr, for I cnuid re>it the eff-ctsof the
iv. 1 l.Uj en.ui-rii to reaeh the hi I*, there 1
15 .1 hu'iiati habitations, or ut lets' the
• • f•ro k N ->vr. 1 i:J>V go iu w liltir
! Ifr Z\ a:.l he t.O earer h.-'p. What a
la- 1 vto ie ve t'i- r.ver -,-ie ami er<--l!te
p't r - f-r the sake of a few tniies more or
. ey. No tiialit-r ; 1 uust even bat
he H , >: now, Heareu helping.
A J b.ttie tt cut he did, most mnfu'ly
11 ■ a io.* ctp lio-vrt over i.i- "ar- and nroar,
: ire ar up w-i his monflt ami thrust
- -in .- deeper ill his pOc.els, pressed Ou
■'u:i tlie yi. Lliiitf slow The ghnvui in
vi-r i, the *tud came sharper and thro iiih
■ heavy cloths the traveler began to ft-0 the
I *et- ..f tin? Co.! 11* feet ifrew namh. his
* Oil .rd. ami after au hour's raj d walking
- • t let v j^iu-01.
A' d-i t itia-w whether lam jsoioir V
ex- ii-imd. " Perhaps 1 have already turn
• *-Je iro:u the str _'hi line, ami uui au
*; J - the verge of destruction O. that 1
-Lake off th.s drowsy feeling that is
over uie ! I ko# what it ts--the
f" ■ r ,-t a resl in this cold wrunjiug sheet
* Great Heaven, I am freezing to
rata!' shriek.d he, iMiundifir forward with
rni euergy Action—action—act.ou is
• ' a u afe iuo sweet to 10-e yet !
i" -d aiot.sf with a springing motion,
■"t si -eg iicorowsJy at ererv step, and
S - aruis to keep 'he blood iu cuvu
'-i ,jj f,, s effort*, he kuew that
■ * aa* fc.d tut L-s * -.tte g*
t -u • iy around him.
- j —i. •!~ he rned, " not while the
I a wnry uI ay loTed wife aud dear children is
' t-e. i w:m -trugirle oa lor your s.ke?,
' 'Le -i iu Seiei to the l*st cxtremi y
' JM fle4veu i tor the sake of the innocent
o- It -tay is my right arm, help ae
I r>: " feip me to triumph !"
A '■ i rt, -Bett he plunged into a hol ow,
- ?;r,sie over k-r. and he beard me vo.ee
* 1 - H-ring of Ife a*d aetioi beneath
At the sunn- liuie the stcell of
■ •-'v.-c .. -a uied iMaaostnU
I •t w -to rnig iesl ahove,* he'jacolat-
I Tu.-e toaA Thc-u has heard tuy
" lle.p is near jje "
Gr r j heavily onward tkronglk tbe bGnd
• ' * s ..I -a*, jaw hrtore htui a tow shed.
- rewmggie and he feU against it, iu
o-t he diviued iu character. Wtfh a u-ueate
u-ueate . fori be fouud tbe dtw, threw
. aid ra-hmg iu. fiui.g b-ra-ed at foil
- k ape iihe fi ajv, knowing oulv that he
* 4 ' *. ai!Uv>.phrr reeking with fumes of
"" 15 *-' d warn; with tbe snke wh;?b rowe
*■ * pat of suj;he:ai coa.s Ui the cvtL'f pf
i-w-e. It was a sr.tier's rude smokebouie,
' w for itself during the log woiler's
tr.v/?-r"* gratefa' hewrtsea* ftp
THE BRADFORD REPORTER.
a tribute to lle&ven for this place of refuge in
the desert of snow.
In the large log cabin in the valley of the
I streamlet Milly Dean sat alone. Her husband
trad gone to a distant town, and the young
wife was left with her baby. Accustomed to
; the solitude, she felt safe, and sat in content
ment before the blazing fire ; the flames leap
ed righ joyfully up the chimney, and the green
logs sizzled end cracked iu the heat like things
or life. Out doors, the wind was how ling drear
ily, and the snow falling heavily ; but Milly
cared not, for it oulv made the file more cheer-
I ful
There came a rapping at the door.
" How strange 1 Whocau that be at our
door in this wild night ?" she said to herself, as
she rose and went iuto the little entry.
" Who is there ?" .-he a-ked
I " For heaven's sake, let me in ;I am freez
j ing to death !" was the reply.
I " Who are y->u ? und how came you in this
: lonelv place ou such an evening as this ?"
" I am a traveler from below ; 1 lost my
way, and I aui dying wth cold. For pity's
sake let me in, or I shall peri.-h !"
Miliy hesitated. She was alone, aud it was
three tuiles to the nearest neighbor's. What
should she do ? S'ue paused in perplexity.
"O, save me—save me ! I am dying !"
were the words that met her hearing. There
was a heavy fall against the sill, and then low
moans. Her woman's nature could stand no
more ; true to the instinct of her being, she
unhartvd the door and threw it open. A close
ly mi-ffl d figure reeled by her into the room,
and shutting the door .-he followed. Ou reach
iug fire place, the stranger threw off his dis
gui*e, and stood erect aud strong, without a
! igti of inconvenience froiu the t-ff et of the
weather. Milly retreated from him in amaze
ment ; but recovering herself, and nutting the
t*si face on the matter, she tremulously ad-
Jic-- <1 the man : k
"I am sorry, sir, you are cold. It is a bit
ter night to he abroad. Will you not sit by
j the fire ?** and she j u-hed a chair forward
The man made i o r> sj onse, hut storming
! over, ran his fingers through the b!az\ Then
he turned and sta ed at her with a look which
made her blood run cold. She would pretend
' there were others iu the house, for she already
felt afraid of the uian, and bitterly regretted
having admitted him.
" Wo lid you like to see some of the men
folks, sir ?" she inquired. "If s-o, I will call
theiu from their I*MSS "
Tiie man laughed hoarsely and replied :
" Mtily Dean, for 'hat 1 believe is your
name, you caunot deceive nie You are alone
in this hon*e I took particular care to as
certain that before 1 came. So you may make
yoor-eif easy ou that score and do as I bid
you "
"Do a* you bid me !" exclaimed Milly, iu
'error ; " what do vou want of me ?"
" I want the twt lve hundred dollars in gold
your husnaud received for hi- produce two
d.ij's ago. You probably know where it is'
M ly -prang into the ent r y ml would have
fled, b it the >trai ger caught her by the wr.-t
and dragged lie roughly back
" You cannot tsi-ajt-.- me, yon-.g woman,"
Ihe said. '* You wdi 2nd it most convenient to
teak*, a el. ir breast o; ,t at ouce It will be
: lietier for you "
M.liy -trove to release her arm The rough
treatment -he received aroused berleaipev ( aad
in ligwatkm overcome all other fe-htig*.
" L-1 me go. you scou-ulrel, let cue go, or I
; will call for help." -he cried.
" Call, you fool." said the r-.iffi. in. "and
much goo i may it li yon K-'pji y arselfstni
and 'eli me wrare the money i- "
'• 1 will uot !"' she exclaimed, her eye? (Fish
ing fire
" You will not," he tnen replied, " we shall
Isee"
He released her wr -t *o violently that -he
r-i -d half aero** the room Trten he e'Zcd
her -ieepitig infant from its craille. ai d held it
at a'ni'* length a!mo*t in*o the blazing fire.
*0 that th-* terr 5- 1 math-T expected to see its
light garments catch the diro-\
" Now then wnerc's the money ? Speak
out quick or hear your Irahy shriek with pain
I w, I burn it to death before your eye? if you
do not tell me wiiere tbe money is."
' Monster give me my child," shrieked
M Hy, endeavoring to reach the bttie one
" Let me have my be by."
Bit evrry effort was frustrated, for egain
ami agaiu tbe strong hand of the robber
thrust her hack
" See, it* clothe? wi Ibe on fire in a min
ute," said the man, putting the helpless in
nocent closer to the flame?. Tne mother look
rd into hi? eye-. She saw there the look of
hearrie-s tie'ermina'ioo r*he become aware
that the cotton garments of tbe child wete
smoking with the best
•• How shall it be ask.d the ruffim
" Hurry, or the child d.es. I baTe DO time
to waste here "
" Anything, anything, only give me my
child I" -he cr.vd. The text instant tt waa
banded to her, wr.d she sank the floor
aud folded it to her l>osoixi.
•* Come," exclaimed the man, touching her
rudely with bts foot, Toa have not told me
where tbe money ia.
'■ Iu the t*ox on the upper shelf, she replied,
pointing to the closet.
Tbe man found tf e box. placed it oo I e U
tie. and opened it saving :
"So far so well. It is uearly all gold. I
will pocket it With your leave or without your
leave, juat a-J.m pLakse. He fined hu pock
< ls wito the golden cotn.wrd threw me empty
box in the sre. Then he came and be
side her.
** Put tour baby in the cradle," he said,
"if you wish to save its life. 1 have other
bo-mess for von.
* What do yoa mean V cried M lie. eje
ing lite man with snspic oo
" Let me have him," he said, trying to take
it.
" Xo, no, I will put the Fwby in the crmd.*
myself. You shall not toaciu the poor Rule
! th'ng " Now. sir." she oeaupued. aiao?t cbok-
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ing with excitement, " What is i: ?" After
baring laid the pretty infant on it? downy
place of test, she stood erect and waited the
reply.
" i am going to kill yon 1" said the man.
" Kill tne 1" she exclaimed, her face grow
ing pale with terror. " Kill me ! What hare
1 ever done to you that vou should kill me?
" Nothing, nothing, rov dear, ouly you know
yon have seen me, and vou will kuow me agaiu."
And he advanced upon her.
, "0, sir, let me lire. II ive you not done
enough to lake my husband's money, without
depriving hitn of his wife too ? 1 will never
. say a word against you if you will spare me,
! OL.IV spare me !"
As she spoke she clasped her hands and
looked imploringly at him.
" I'ui -ony that 1 cannot safely grant your
I request,' he re-ponded. "There is no help
for it, so come along out doors."
He reached out his hand to grasp Milly.—
But the iustiuct of self-preservation was strong
upou her. She avsded him, flew to the chim
ney piece snatched her husband's loaded rifle
from the hooks on which it hung, cocked and
presented it at tue breast of'he robber, ller
motions were so rappid that bt fore he could
prevtnt it, her Anger had pressed the trig
ger and there was an explosion. But with equal
readme-? the man had -tep;jed aside, the ball
had passed over his head, and the next iustaat
his gripe was on her throat
" 1 wiil teach you how to handle arms," he
said " Vou would have killed me, would
yon ? 1 will show you a trick worth two of
i that."
'• Mercy, mercy," cried the terrified - wo
man "
There'? no mercy for you," lie ejiculated.
lie dra ged her into the entry, a d flung op- u
1 the d or. " Out with you into the snow."
" Hold, what is tb.s ?" exclaimed! deep
toned voice. "Uuhaudthat woman, vouscoui
: drel."
A powerful man siool in the doorway, lie
dealt the robber a blow between the eves which
--truck hi u back into the entry. His gra-p
of Milly Was relinquished, and she fell to the
: floor.
"O. sir," she cried to the comer, " save
me. This man bus robhid us. and would mur
der m* that 1 would not teli of it."
" Fear not, ma-Jam, Le shall not barm yon,"
. resounded the stranger. " Fellow, surrender
yourself "
" Get out of my w iv," cried the robber, ma
kit';: a rush for the door, and striking at the
stranger with a buwie knife Giving back a
few steps, the stranger seized the robber by
the collar, wiiiried him around, and threw him
on his face in the snow. robber struggled,
but the stranger knelt heavily oa the small of
j his l ack, and grasped his hair.
" Lie still," sai l the stranger, " or I will
send a hu let through your brain "
T : robber felt t'.e CO -1 burr--! of a pi*iv>!
at ins ear. and obeved Milly qu.ckly brought
rojies. at her rescuer's r-qutst, a d the robber
was bound hand and foil
" It wra- a strange pro\ .uence, the new corn
er said, that overtook me with a snow storm
on the prairie, and fore d me au hour ago to
take refug- iu your smoke Louse nearly dead
with cold "
M. y ackno*'edged the truth of t 5 e remark,
and she knelt and thanked ncr FaiLier iu
Ilea van fur her deliverance.
Toe neit day Milly - husband came home
and when he had bc-eu told ail. he runark
.ed :
" Ttiis fellow wa in the tavern at the viUge,
the day Iso d ;wy produce It will Itrn ;.,f
a iessjii—never to let stranger* kuow w.'teu
money i- pl.-i.ty with me, lest tUey s'.ould in?
tempted to c> . iue and htiug ruiu on me and
tliine. '
That day ?<-.ne six'y or severity ntf-n gsth
eftd at He bouse of Mr. Dmc. I'he robber
w..s rcognized as a notorious horse thief who
had lung ude-lt-d the neighborhood. Tuere
was a summary trial, and then in dogged si
lence. the wretch who would have burned a
bariait ss iulatit and mßrdered a faithful and
gentle woumn. submitted to h > inevitable
fate. A ru-i-ly coostroelcd galiow-, aud a
stout rope ended his existence. i*o on the
thinly settled frontiers of the west do they
meet out justice to offenders against property
and life.
About seventeen hundred dollars in fci !>
were found on lite person of the robber,
the god he had taken from Mrs. *Pcan
As there were no claimants tor tbe b ;•!*, at
the suggestion of tbe stranger, whose life bad
been saved frotn the anger of tbe winter storm
by the shelter he had four d in the smoke
house, a thousand do iar* of the sevent-eu
hundred were presented to Milly in considera
tion of what she had passed toroogh, and the
remainder wra* divided around.
On that very spot 'here is now a thriving
- towu. and one of the finest residences iu the
place is that where dwells Miliy Deaa aud
her husbai-d.
A BEAUTIFUL IDEA. —In tbe mountains of
Tyrol tt is the custom of tbe women and chil
dren to come out wb nit is bedtime and si; g
their national songs, until they hear their hus
band*. fathers and brothers answer them ft oa
the bids ou their retura home. On the shores
of the Adriatic saeh a custom prevails Tiiere
.the wives of the fish-rmea co ne down about
sunset and -;rtg a me.-xly. After -ingirg the
firM stanzas ibey listen awhile lor aa an
swering no kxiy from off the water ; ar-1 coo
tinue to sing and listen li-1 the wvil k.,own
voice cones borae on the waters, te ling that
:te loved ons is almost home. How sweet to
the wrarv fisherman, as t.e a. '.a Jo*- gat .er
I around him. most be the sor.g ot the loved
on.* at home, that sitg to cheer him ; and
how thrT must strengthen and tighten the
link* that bitad together these humble dweliers
hy the sea ! Truly it is among tbe lowly iu
this i.e that we "find some of the moat beau
tiful easterns in practice Tvisi't JtmrmaL
py Jo all men the best fnecd is virtue—
she best companions are high endeavors aud
honorable sentiments.
" REGARDLESS OF DENUNCIATION FROM ANT QUARTER."
The pretty eqnare farm house, standing at
the co r ner near Kitics lane (for the first phrase,
although giving by far the closest picture ot
the place, does, it must be confessed, look
rather Irish) and where the aforesaid brook
winds away by another lane, until it spreads
into river like dignity, as it inlanders through
the sunny plain of llartly common, and fi rail)
disappears amidst the green r cesses ot Perge
wood—that pretty square farm house, half
bidden by the tall elms in the fl >wer court be
fore it, which with the spacious garden and
orchard behind, and the extensive barn, yards
and outbuildings, so completely occupies one
of the angles formed by tbe crossing of the
luue aud the stream —that pretty farm hoo-e
contains one of the mo-t happiest fmd most
p osjn i'oa* faniili**? iu Afierleigh—the large
j aud thriving family i Firmer IN a's.
Whether from -k-il or from good fortune—
or, as is most probable. Lom a very lucky mix
ture of both—every tiling goes right on his
i great farm. His croj>s are the be-t in the
parish ; his hay is never spoiled ; bis cattle
never die ; his servants never thieve ; hi* child
ren are never id. He buys c*Lea:> and sells
dear ; money gathers upon him like a snow
bail—and yet, iu -pite cf al l this provok ng
and intolerable prosperity, every body loves
Farmer Evans lit.- is so ho-pi table, so good
uatured, so generous and so homely
There, after all, lies the charm. Riches have
not only not spoilt the man, but they have not
altered him. He is ju-t the same iu look, and
: word and way, that he was thirty years ago,
when he and his wife, with their two sorry
j horses, a cow aud three pigs, began the world
- at Dean Gate, a little bargain of twenty miles
off. Ay, and bis wife i* the same woman—the
- iiae frugal, tidy, indu-irious, good iratured
Mr-. Evaus—so noted for her activity ot tongas
and iitah, tier good look- and plain dressing ;
as frugal, a* good uatured, as active, a- plairi
dre-sing is Mrs. Evans at forty five a* -he wa*
j at nineteen, and iu a ti.ff-rent way, almost as
good looking.
The children six "boys," as Farmer Evan*
promiscuously calls them.wbose ages vary trom
eight to twenty, and three girls, two grown up,
j atid one the \ounge-t of tte f-mily—are ju-t
what we might exjiect front parent? who are
so simple aud so good. Tue young men, in
telligent and Weil conducted ; the boys, docile
and promising ; and the little girl, as pretty a
.ittie curly inaded, rosy cheeked poppet as ever
' was the pet and plaything of a large family.—
It is, however, w.lh the clie-t daughters we
i have to do.
Jane and Tatty Evans were a- much alike
as hath evi.r befallen any two -i->r- not born
at one time ; for, iu the matter of twin child
ren that has been a serie- of puzzles ever since
the day* of the D'omois. Nearly of an age, I
b.lieve at this iu imeut both are turm-d nine
teen, and neither nas reached twenty.) exact
ly of a -tatore, -o high that Frederick the
Grrat wr,.aid have coveted them for bis tail
regiment, w"h hze| eye*, large mou' ! , full
.io-, while teeth, hrowu hair, clear, healthy
: complexion, HIK! that sort ot nose which is
neither Greek r-or Roman, nor aqoaline, n >r
ctpttit rt! rousie, that so ne p rsous prefer to
j them all, but a nn-e which, ra wieraTclj pro
minent. aud sufficiently well -Lujed, i- yet *-
t?r a* 1 know, anonymous, although it be |er
hap? as coiuuiou and as well looking a feu'are
as i- to be seen oa an English ta- e Altogeth
er, they wete a {-air of tall and comely maid
ens. and being constantly attired in garments
>f the sstne color and fa-hion, lo>>k'd at ail
tiuits so mu-h alike, that no stranger ever
dreamed of knowing them apart, and eveu
their acquaintances were rather accustom* d to
-jeak and think of them generally a- the
Eva: - ?." t! an a* t!.- -• par.tr v d;i:i -
Jane and Patty. Even tho-e wi.o did pretend
to distinguish the one frotn the o'her. were not
exempt frcm Un-idk--, w'..c'i the -i-i,rs—Pat
ty e-j.ecuiFv.who delighted iu the fun so o.l>-n
produced by the unu-ual resemblance—were
ajit to favor by changing plac>-s iu a walk, or
-.ippmg froift on.- i-t th- 'n-r.-t' a country
tea [cirty, or playing a hundred r • oc-nt trick*
to occa-ion at ouce a grave ' 'under and a
at. rry laugh.
Old Lbnab Goo,lwin, for ins'atice—who,
being ra her pur! , nd. wa* j*!oa? of tteiiig sn
{*cttd of seeing K** clear.y 'ban her neigh
i or?, aud bad difi-.I tv c n the Evan-es to pnz
z'f h* r discernment —w* kuig in vain ou P '?y*-
baud the cat fi: gt r w -h she L.: drum ;oa
Janes a-.Tibed incretlib.e cure to her own in
comparable salve ; and C '-j! 1 iir : v be und'-
Ceived, even by the pu Fig off of Jane - g ove
and the exhibition cf the lacerated digi'a!
sewed rooi.d by her own bandjge. Young
George Ke!iy. too, the greute-t btan in the
parish, having bet at aCI rl-i .1 j .rty, that
Le would dance with ev-rv pretty girl in the
loom, 10-t iti.- wager, which Tatty bad over
beard, by that aocy damsel's slipjwrg jto her
si-ter - place, and persuading her to joru her
own unconscious partner : so that George
danced twice wuh Patty and not at ail with
Jane. A bantering piece of malice which
proved, a* the young gentleman, (a rustic ex
quisite of the first water) was pleaded to as
scrt, thai Miss Patty was not d>plet-ed with
her partner. How little doe? a Tain man know
of woman kind. If she bad 1 ked biro, she
would not have play-d the trick for the mine
of Gl<*ot>da lis short, from 'heir school days,
when Jane was chidden for Patty's bad wo. k.
and Patty slapped for Jane'- spinning, down
to tbi- their {Time of w.mar.bood. there had
been oo end to tbe coufusion produc 1 by tt -
remarkable instance of tamiiv likeness
And yet na?Qre--whoset? sora- m-ok f in
diriduaitiy upou even ro-ane*, pr dut on*.
making some unno'ed d ff-ren..-e Iwween tfi*-
iambs drop{.>ed from ooe ewe, the robins br-d
in one nest, the flowers growing on one stock,
and the leaves banging ou one tree—bath not
. left the maiden* without one great and per
manent distinction—a La'nral and striking dia
-imiiarity, of temper Equally inda-trloo*.
, affectiooate, happy and kind ; each was kind,
hajwiy, affrcuouate, and indu-tnoas, in a aif
ferent way Jane was grave ; Patty vu gay
llf you heard a laugh oca sons, be sore it was
Don't Propose in the Dark.
Patty ; she who jumped the stile, when l.er
sister opened the gate, was Pattv ; she who
chased the pigs from tbe gaiden, as merrily us
if she was running a race, so tlrat tlie pig* did
not mind b>-r, win* Patty. On the other Imud
she that so carefully was ranking, with its
own revelled threads, uu invisible (lam in in r
mother's handkerchief, and ww? beam g In r
sister read the while; she tbut so patiently was
feeding, one by one, two brotds of young
turkeys ; she. too, tlrat -o pensive!j was wi ier
iug bed of delicate and son.ewhat rare flow
ers—the pale hues of the Alpine pink, or the
alabaster blossoms of tße white, evening prim
ro-e, who-e modest flowers, dying, dying <ff
into a blu-b, resembled her own character —
was Jane. Some of the go.—ij>* of Aberleigh
u-ed to as.-ert that Jam's sighing over the
fl -WITS, as well as the early steadiness of her
character, arose from an engagement to my
Lid's head gardener, an intelligent, sedatt and
sober young Js- oichsiaii Of this I know uotb
ing. Certaiu it is thut the prcUnst and new
e-t plants were always to be found in J*i,e
little flower gardeu ; aud if Mr. Archibald
Maclane did sometimes come to !■ <<k aft r
them. I did not see thut iu was anybody's bu-i
ne-8.
In the meantime, a visitor of another des
criptiiri arrived at the farm. A fuusn o*
Mrs. Evans had been as su.c-ss'ul in trade as
her hu-ttand bad been in agriculture, aud now
he sent bis only sou to hecouiacquainted with
her relatious, and to spend .-otue weik- in liietr
family Charles Foster wa a fine young man.
whose father was neither more ' or ie-s than ><
ltuen draper, in a great town ; bu : wiioe man
ners, education, mind and clmracter might h.v
done honor to far higiier siattou. He wa-, n
a word, one of nature's gentlemen, a d o
nothing (lid he more thorongh.y show hi- ow:
tu.-te and good breeding, then hy entering en
tirely into the homely ways aud old la-hum. •
habits of his country cou-ius, he wa-*dehgl.te
with tbe simplicity, frugality and indus'ry
wlueh blended well with the -terling go<M|u
u:id g nuiue prudence of the gr>-t E-.gli-l
farm house 'be women esjeecialiy ph-a-eo
him mii -h. They formed a stro-ig ronttasl wi'l
any he had met with before. No firurv—n<
cocquetry —no French—no pluno ! It i* im
po>-:hlc to describe the sett-ation of relief and
c<>ifi r ort with which Chart. * Foster, ?i k (•'
mu*ical mi**e?, ascertained that the whole
dwelling did not con'uin a single instrnuient
excejit the bassoon, oti which George Evan
was wont, every Sabbath, at ciiur-h, to excru
ciate tiie ears of the whole congregation. IB
liked both sister*. Jane'* sotmes? and con
siderateues* engaged his full e*tecm ; Patty'-
inßocettl playfulness suited best with hi* oat.
h_h -p,r.t- and animated (Onvt-r-atioD IB*
had known them apart from the first, and ir-
d-ed d'-uie<i tliat the liXene-s wq? ut all pnzzl
! ing. or more that- is u-uai
si-cretly thought P.tty H? much prettier than
her -i-ier a- siie wa* avowedly m-rrier lo
thoors a: d out, he was rou-tant'y at lor *ide ;
mid before he had been a month in 'tie hou-e
ail the inuiHte? had given Charles F-x'er a* a
lov<-r of los yuug con-in ; and she.wlten rwlb
eil on the subject, cried tie ! and p:*h ! aid
-hnvv ! and wondered how j*-<vle could la'k
-uch nousen*e —and liked to have Such non
-en*e talked to hec better than auyth ug in tiie
worid
Afftirs were in this s'ate, when one night
J i e api.eared even g aver and more thought
tul tlran usual, ai d iar.far -a id. r ?>! - - giie i
deeply ; and Patty tor th- two (arraq i
ed the same room—inquired, " What ail d
her ?"
She burst into tear*, whi st Patty bn-g
over her and soothed her At lei.g'h, st.e
rou- d hets*!f by a -tr -ug >ff >*r. aud tu uing
nw .y from her affectionate comft rter, -aid :u
a low tone—
"l have had a great vexation In nigl t.
Pattv ; CharieS Foster bws a-ked me lo tuirrv
htm "
" Charles F iter ? did ton -ay C arie? F >s
t r ? a-ked poor Pa'ty, trembling, unw.ing
erm to turn her own • rs 3 agaiß-t the t-Vi
deue> of her beat ;*' Charles F *ter ?"'
" Yes ; ourconsin, Charles Fo-tr !"
" Ami y >u have a cvpted hiui ?" ir-qu red
Pa'ty iu a hour-e vuce
" Oh, no—ro—no! Di 1 TOO thi k I bad
forgotten poor Archibald? Be*ides, lan rot
tbe jier-on whom be ought o hav -k-d to
marry bra, fa -e and heartß as Ira i- ; I
"Oul.i tot be hi- wife, cruel, uufeeling unman'v
a- i>:- 4- -at' h4- ! N" ! not if he Wowid
make me q .ren < f Eiigland !'
" You rciG-ed . then ?"
" No ; my father inrt u- sodd'Hy. jn?' n I
wa- r--. .v. r r.g fr cu a
Hon t:at at Sr>t struck me dumb. But 1 -La!,
refuse him un>*t certainly—tLe faise, ceceit
fal. Bngratefn' villain P
•" Por fa*.ber, he w.ii be di-appointed S*>
will mother."
"Tfcej will be disappointed, andfotb angry;
bat uot at GUT refusal. Ob, bow they wsii Ces
pi*e In LI. added Jane
Poor Pafy. melted bv her sister's
and touched by an indignation ru >t c i-ual
in that mild and gentle girl, couio no
tomtnand her fetiing*, bu thre* hefi- f on the
bed io that agony of pa-*ion and gne' which
the fir-t great sorrow -c'dom fa i? t > *Xc.'e in
the yojug heart A ''era wn.le s e agi.a r. -
-umed the Cjover-a'-Rtu.
"We IDS.-; uoi biauie B ra too aevefwly
Perhaps my vanity made me th k I - a't* n
to s meant more than they re* y r d, en i
you had ail taken u{ the notiju. BJ' y.>a
uiu-t Lot spt-ake of hi aso at.k :,dly. He r.a*
doue nothing but wriat is iratnrai. Yoa a e
so m ;ch l-etier an-i wi*er than I rn, my ti
d*-ar Jane. He laughed and talked wll me
—Lot be Bit your goudne s ; and he w
right. I was orirf worthy of hioi. at d yoa
are ; and, if it were not for Art-'ni aid,! -h. -id
rejoice from the bottom of or heart,' continu
ed Patty.aubbiLg, " if yoa woakl accrp*
and unaUe lo -peak her generous wb, she
bor-t into a fre-ti flow of rears; and the strr
matsally and atronglv aff .-ted. wept la toch
clhe-*- arm-, and were eomf'Wted.
Teat * Ign: Patty cried her-If tOninp. but
*2ch SLEEP is BO: Ct duratidu Qtfon
VOL. XXII. — NO. £7.
■ dawn she whs up. and paring with resiles* ir
i ri'nt'ili'v th* irrisH whllc of the garden
i ui flu ftn rii Ift !•** 'lihli half no l.our,a light,
I < lasu- step—' he kn-w the wui ri W- !!—ruu
I rapidly In hind h-r ; a hand—oh, liuw often
i In.d .-he thrilled hi Ihe touch of that hard—*
■ trifd 10 lra w hers under his own • whilst a
aril fci < n voice a dressed br in the oltest
i aid 'eodercM mc t>t* :
" Patty, my own sweet Patty, have JOB
th HI Ut of what I said t > von last u nhtf"
'• bald to m< ?' replied Patty, with bitter
■ nets.
•' Ay, to I* sure —to vnur own dar self,do
f you not rente in tier t e question 1 asked you,
when your good father—for the fiit time uu
i welcoiut—jo'ned us so woddrnly 'hat you had
not time to say ' ye#,' and will you ray ' jca '
now ?'
" Mr. Foster " said Patty, with some spirit,
"you are under n nds'rke. It was to Jane
vou Qiade the proposal, la-t evenii it, at U yoU
are taking roe lor lor ti.is very moment "
" M Leake you for your wster ! Propos#
to Jane ' Incredible 1 impossible ! \ou ar#
je- f.nir !''
" Then bo mistook Jane for me last night,
and be is no deceiver," tbouirnt P-.tty to her
-elt, ms with sanies beaming; t-rightly through
hr iears. slit turned around Ht hi* r iterated
prayers, and yielded the Land Le sought to hi*
pressure.
"He mi-took her for me. lie that d-fitd
IIS to pnzz'e LIIII.
And so i wa.; an umnnscioos and uuoliserv
ed change of p ace, us either si*ler re>umd
icr sa'ioii b-iile !I * tie- lietty, who had Muin
• a-red awv alt. r a glow tuMi. added to the
<1 truer tig iwi ghl and tiie lov r's etnbutra-*-
ne>>', llH'l produced 'he I'UiifuSl'W Which JfuVß
,mxh Pit y H ntgul of misery, to be tolloWed
• V m huh* time d liupplls Jane Was aiiiiust
i glad to 1 ss a lover. n her -is'fr was to re
gain one. Charles fi.is gone l.oiue to In* (nth
i'S, in miig p'ej araiio'is lor his bride
\ri-n>bi!d b.s tak ii e great tuirsery gulden,
inil if eie is -uine la kin A'erielgh, tiiat the
naiiiMge of the t* • Sist i i- to tie celtd-iuted
ou the same day— 3ll> • 3/i ford.
A SiNcrur. Pki phkct We clip from th#
New Urleaiis T< ut iMlta. of Hie 2U ii Ilit , the
su jo ied pre'act? fad iei-ot jicttiou. Pefh af-B
iLe d eeming rei.cier will dem 'he f<.ct that
this " fcinguiar prophecy * is so couiplaom iy
held up lo view ou the shores of the gulf a*
little 'c " # ingu ar" lioin the " prophecy"' it
self.
A Jmncclar Pa racer—We tin i the fol
lowing account of a most singular |4opJucy ia
a id : e u-Ue of the M-dji.e T'lluue:
Michael Nostradamus was piy-kian of
Prorer.ee, France, known a- an astrologer, in
the lime of (Jatl arine de M-hcw lie cotn
jo-ed " Sci u Colour.eg of l*i apbecies," ia
* iiigin.it.cal rhymes, some of which are admit
ted to have te-ru most exactly fu'fi led. Among
lii-rs. h.s priiph-cv (one hundred years bef<>r
its urrsiH—) ~f itje ex-culion of Charles I,
o L grind ; an l si;il more surprising, of t
-\ . .f tie . f he Fiench R-pulJtc. to ITSI2.
Iledi-d A I> li,G6 (Cyt iep. of l ograpl j >
The following is tri s.alert frcui the Levi
*r dri E' U L vit of the 2y Ii ult :
•" Ait hough many of tne pred.ctiotß rnide
by N'.isrraO iinus (esj.aa-'Hlly thor- iioeroing
'••e death- Ot Henry 1\ and L 'Vis XVI. of
p . I ,11- ll I'll completely V- f tied, tfiey
are g ien lv iii-crditeri in our t me-. Put iu
the I'll jtk'.'vt rl Vul ciwh Bi of ll'at gr-at
ii. it,, i 2 n to', ot i a-- £rt the fol
low g, W lih Ii Would se mt i ile-erve a'ti nMOli ;
" A •• it in t 'Hie (Isiil) a geea? quarrel
Hurt co iii-t wiiJ' sc u t i in a ci u try beyond
t|,e.. u- An r i] Many poord-vl- dl
be hnug, aid m n p- O wr.V'e- k I e<f f.y
pun.-i.Uieiit ot hi r I iian a oje- U|s nmy lai'h
you may '• ■v- ne. The w a r *i i f,o c asa
fir lour rears, a ; wnieb h ne -tm il l fa* astou*
i-ht d or s i prie |, f <r there w li He i o w#nl • f
lut 'Crt <•! oiist.i.jey 111 it At the nel of
That t.tiie. prm'rate all 1 nl'M>-t ru'Ued. tii
p •■.■!** w. i c u race eac-i Other lu great joy
, ami loVc. r
Th~ Pii: aging or Bkaitoht —A le'tsrf-om
h-mil' l!, rt--cr.i i g Ifie p..age t biaVes ill rc,
- .Vs every r cie <d prop-riy wn-t- a* va.u-
Bide and |-irta<i> w.i# can ted < 5. th** >d-a.jd
lbatresKrS hiVO g ! eeli i Ut Up lb older to pro
r: i- wrap, g tnatet lal tor the numerous pack
ages, ami the fea i.ers thrown Iroin the win
dows I*.ami firrtes stoud out on the -id"-
h k-, gn * -s n i o-).r o s-rn ne' -s !,y in d:f
fcre'.l - : g - v it. piiiiti<Ni upon the pare
tn-n's. biii the Hwitryhrff s-etnetl the vry
ph Jure of r: a ar.rt de-uj The houses
0 .'-. J.- wrre ale- .iiiifu a* ever, at d fl >w
er garde-s aefe uu j ired, hut the iu'eiorß
| were n a'i *fnl s'a'e, little tetter than w
ch. s t-f Moke i lu-n t'i-r, t-Ara b-jijks and ea
graving-, ol i letter*. Ac
A mn-'er of an evening vu
e'- ie.ivortiig *• -b' the al ihtbet iii f oth heud
of one i- Ii s ho ! a-. ho* p.- fo-i d lh- ta-k
almoß* < oje-'.-* The mister n.rt£-rt at tne
tan's stnp di-T. *'-i iing hirn tne I- tier A, aik
ed loot alielher le- k-e-w 'he IrtttT.
j "Y , Xr," #* the reply.
~ W'.Ht is I*. he?, r*
•" 1 d-n't know. rif r it-rend ?h* f'OT.
•' II • i t*iv. - *rh ; y a said you knew
it j -t i! *s •• • u'c T '
" Ar, z r. -o I ik* ; ! i oze on ''frv well
1y> i, out dr-ii tne it 1 can re. <x iect Lj
IiBIB' "
mi
T'.a f i'V.W u • It >"iv f sir ' ported
An tk fel 1- • a\V >rb l'al US.CV, Bp
N 'k W ffi- War ;
• L -t— r. t k- 11? bad a whit# ot
Ol lofft is f.TfJ ii - WB-a she kit I at I
£ire three rtobrs lo evrnbodl Wat will b vg
him Lata."
r
t&r Whyaiihtseihe m -•. wretched of
amnia!>Bee jnse h' rej v r- * ia " wo."
It •- a tor - ore to eamies lo ret or#
tiseir irjariew w;it k-t.dt.eae.