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serted balorclisniiipen and Deaths, siU
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Admbbtts 2t ItzeoutorS Notices 00
Mottoes
Businesses, aTe Hee% (Per Teer)..3 2
0 60 0
Merchants and others, advertising their
fbastheas, willbe charged $25. They will
'be entitled to column, confined =Gingiva.
y to their htuitiesacwithpriiilego of 'quarter
ly &atom. -
filii#Adveztieing in all easel exeltumre of
subscription to the paper. .
JOB MMHG of evert kind, in Plain
an d ruff calm, done ulth neatuchi and
dispatch. Handbills, Ipindis, Cards, Pima
phlets, ho., of even, waist/ and stile, prin•
ted at the shortest notion The EXPOITIM
Orrica bas Putt been re-fitted nith Paws;
Presses, and eter*ildng t lite Printing
line can be executed in the most artietie
meaner and at ihe.loveat • rates. TERMS
INVARIABLY CASH.
Carte.
Li_HORAP, D. MONTANYE, AT
.A TORNBY L4W—Office comer of
Main and Pine streets, opposite Porter's Drag
Store.
DOCTOR EDWARD S. PERKINS,
Offers his professional services to the citi
zens of Frenchtown end vidnity. Calls prompt
ly attended to
fT. - DAVILES; Attdritey at Law,
• Tovaada;Pa. Office with Wm. Wat
kins, Esq. Particular attention paid to Or
phans' Court business and settlement of deco ,
dents estates.
MEROUR & MORROW, Attorneys
.11.1 at Lazo, Tommeh, Peon's;
The usdarslgned having associated themselves
together in the pmetlee of Lair, offer their pro.
fessio*al seniors to the public.
ULYSSES $1:11C1111 P. D. MORROW.
ilsreh 8,1865..
PATRICK AI, PECK, Arromsys AT
Law. Ml= :—ln Patton 81ock,Towanda,
Patrick's block, Athena, Pa. They may be
united at either place.
a. W. PATRICK. aPin
"LT B. IticKFAN, ATTORNEY ft
COUNSELLOR AT LA IV, Towan
da, Ps. Particular attention paid to business
In the Orptutus' Court. ' July 20. 1866,.
TJENRY PEET, Attorney at Law,
11Towsnla, Pa. . Jan 37, 66.
EDWARD 'OVERTON Jr., Attor
ney at Law, Towanda, Pa. Office in the
Courtffiouse. July 13,1§¢5.
JOHN N. CALIFF, 'ATTORNEY
AT LAW , Towanda, Pa.ootiso, Otivern
meat Agent for the collection orPcnsiOns, Back
ray and Bounty.
Xi - No charge unless successful, Office over
he Past Office and News Boom. Dec. 1, 1864.
IT .P. KIMBALL, Pcensed Auc
tioneer, Pottersville,nradtord.Co.. Pa.
tenders Ids services to the public. Satisfaction
suarartterd,or no 'pay required. All orders by
mail, addressed as above, will receive prompt
attentions, Oct. 2,1867.-6 m
TAR. C. P. GODFREY, Parsicum
•xD destozox, has permanently located
at Wyalnsiag, where •he will be bend at all
times. ap1.16418.6m."
DR. T. B. JOHNSON, TOWANDA,
1./ Pi. Having permanently located, offers
his professional services to the public. Calls
promptly attended to in or out of town. Office
with J. DeWitt on Main stzeet. Residence at
Mrs. Humphrey's on Second 'Street.
apritl6, 1668. •
JOHN W. ISJIX, ATTOBNEY AT
LA IF', Towanda, Bradford Co. Pa.
General insurance, and Beal Estate Agent.—
Bounties and, Pensinni collected. N.
"Easiness in he. Orphan' , Court, attended to
promptly and with care. Office drat block
-oath of Ward Bowe, upstairs. Oet.74,
PRSONS & CARNOCHAN, AT
TORNLtiI. AT LAW, Troy, Bradford Co.
Practice Mill the Courts of the county. Col
ections made and promptly remitted.
a. u. ?ARSONS. dl2 w. u. caufoca as.
DR. PRATT has removed to State
street, Mat above B. B. Russell &To's
Bask). Persons from a distance desirous of con
:lilting him, will be most likely to find him on
3iturdoy of each week. &pedal attention.will
be given to surgical cases, and the extraction of
teeth. Gas or Ether administered when desired.
July 18,1856. D. B. PRATT. If. D.
c s%. -nOCTO ' CHAS. F. PAINE.—Q f
7- -a , Ace ln - Gonz's Drng Store, Towanda, Pa.
lis promptly attended to at all hoary.
Towanda, November 28, 1866.
FIR. H. WESTON, DENTIST.—
Office in Patton's Block, over Gore's Drug
and Chemical Store ijanGB
D RS. MASON , & ELY Physicians
4' Surgeons.lBfLice on ,Pine street, To-
wanda, at the residence of Dr. Mason.
Particular attentibn given to diseases of Wo-
C
• men, and diseases d Eye, Ear and Throat.
E. 11. MASON, IC D. nawsr OLIVES ELY, It. D.
April It 1%8.
EMEEKS--AUCTIONEER,
1:4 All letters addressed to him at Sager Ran,
Bradford Co. Pa., will receive prompt attention.
f4 I RANCIS E.: POST, Painter, Toro-
ands, Pa, with 10 years experience. Is eon•
luent he can give the best aallataction In Paint
, ng. Graining, Staining, Glazing, Papering, te , -
arParticalar attention paid to Jobbing ID the
~o ntry. April 9, 1866.
•
JB. VAUGHAN—Architect and
• Builder.—Ail kinds of Architectural de
sign furnished. Ornamental work in Stone,
I ron and Wood. Office on Main street, over
ltumall A, Co.'s Bank. Attention given to Bn•
Ca] Architecture, such as laying out of grounds,
April 1, 1867.-Iy.
J . J. NEWELL,
COUNTY. SURVEYOR,
irwell, Bradford Co., Pa„ will promptly attend
t all business in his line. Particular attention
riven to running and establishing old or dispu
t lines. Also to surveying of all anpattented
a uds as soon as warrants are obtained. myl7
B. FORD—Licensed . Auctioneer ,
TOWABDA, PA;,
Will attend promptly to all business entrusted
to him. Charges moderato. Feb. 13, 1368..
JOHN MORAY,
ARTIST AND PHOTOGRAPHER.
Will promptly Wend to all businesi in Ida line.
Special attention given to Landscaph and-Stere
oscopic Photography. Views or Family Beal
dences, Stores, Public Buildings, Animals, Ma
chines etc., taken in the best twiner.
Particular attention given to the novel and
beautiful steresooplc representation of objects.
Orders red at Wood a Harding's, Photo
graphic Art Helm,Towanda.
Towanda, April Z3,1887:--yl.
W B. KELLY, Dentist. - Office
T • over Wickham & Black's, Towands,Pa.
All the varions styles of work scientifically
done anl warranted. Particular attention is
called to , the Alluminum Base for Artificial
Teeth, which is equally u good es Gold-and
far superior to either Rubber or Silver. Please
call and examine specimens.
Chloroform or Ether administered under dl
rection of a Physician when desired.
Aug. 6, 1867.—U.
vvr HERSEY WATKINS, N
Th =
T V • Pub& is prepared to ;take
Lions, Acknowledge the Execution of Deed',
Mortgages, Powers of Attorney, and all other
Lustrumenta. =davits and other papers may
Ue 'worn to before rae;
Office with G. D. liontanye, corner Main and
Pine Streets. Towanda, Pa., Jan, 14,1867.
REAL ESTATE AGENCY.`"
6. B. McKEAN, REAL ESTATE AGENT, -
Offers the following Farms, Coal and Timber
` Lands for sale :
Fine Timber lot, 3 mils from 'Towanda, c n
talning b 3 }tree. Price 31,333.
Farm in Aqium, 0011t1403g 13.5 acres. Good
buildings. - Under a fiLli Mate of cultivation.
Mostly improved, Pride $6;800.
F ine i n
Wt
Burlington—on the Creek.—
New house and-barn. Under a fine 'mate of cul
titration. 95 acres. IPrice 35,4.50.
Farms in Franklin. All under good cultiva
tion. Good lonildings. For sale cheap.
- Several very desirable Houses and Lots in
Towanda.
A large tract of Coal Lands in Tioga county.
Tewanda, July 18,1867.
E. O. GVIDOEVELICEI.,
VOLUME 'XXVIII.
T 0. OF 0.P.-BRADFORD LODGE
.1.. No. 167,1. 0. of 0. F., meets at Odd Fel
lows Hall, *very Monday evening from the firs
Monday in April to the first Monday in Qctobo
at 71 p.m., from October to April at Gi p. m.
J. S. CAREY, 6fec'y.
April 23, 1867.
WARD HOUSE, TOWANDA, PA.
On Kalil Street, near tho Court Rouse. ,
Oct. 8, 1866.
MERICAN HOTEL,
Having purchased this well knoirn Hotel on
Bridge Street, I have refurnished and refitted
it with . every convenience for the accommoda
tion of all who may patronize me. No paint will
be spared to make all pleasant and agreeable.
May 3, '66.—tt. J. S. PATTERSON, Prop.
MILWELV- HOUSE, TOWA2pA,
Having leased this House, is new remit to ac
eoinnudate the Travelling public. No pains
not e,npen se will be spared to give satief action
to tbosaitim may give him a call.
Northibide of the public square, east of
Mesons!' new block [now building].
NEW ARRANGEMENT
AT TM!
NEWS ROOM AND BOOK STORE.
The undersigned haying Purchased the BOOK
STORE AND NEWS ROOK of J. J. Griffiths,
respectfully Mille the old, patrons of the estab
lishment and the public generally, to call and ex
amine our stock, .
May 28,1887.-1 y
I=
FASHIONABLE TAILORING 1
Respectfully informs the citizens of Towanda
336zonb, that he has opened a
W. A. PVC&
In Phinney's Building opposite the Means !louse
and solicits a share of public patronage.
He is prepared to cut end make garments - in
the most fashionable style, and the most dura
ble manner. Perfect satisfaction will be guar
anteed.
Cutting and Repairing done to order on sbor
notice. Sept. 10. 151 if .
THE UNDERSIGNED HAVE
opened a Banking HOUR° in Towanda, un
der thename ci Ikl&SON CO.
They are prepared to draw • Bills Ex
change, and make collections in NM York,
Philadelphia, and all portions of the Enitrd
States, as also England, Germany, and France .
To Loan money, receive deposit 4 , and to do a
general Banking business.
0: P. Mason was one of the late firm of
Laporte, son & Co., of Towanda, Pa. and
his knowlt ge of the business men of Bradford
and adjoining Connties,aud having been in the
banking business for about fifteen years. make
this house a desirable one, through which to
make collections.
Towsnda, Oct. 1, ISG6
JEWELRY STORE AT DUSEIORE
Informs the citizens of Sullivan county that ho
bus opened a Jewelry Store, in the building op
posite Welles a. Ackley's store, Dushore, when
he will keep on hand an aasprtment of
JEWELRY, ,WATClitg , , AND crocKs, ,-
Which will be sold as low as at any other 1.1 •re
in the - country. Particular attention paid to
Watch and Clock Repairing.
W Give me a call, Mtny years' caper
ence will viable me to gire 3ttl4fa:o,3a.
Dusbore, Oct. 9. 18G7
HARDING ScSMALLEY,
Having entered into a copartnership for the
transaction of the PHOTOGRAPHIC business„.
at the rooms formerly occupied by Wood and
Harding, would respectfully call the attention
of the public to several styles of Pictures which
we make specialties, as : Solar Photographs,
Plain, Penciled and Colored, Opaltypes, Porce
lain Pictures, &d., which we'claim for clernncss
and brilliancy of tone and Artistic finish, can
nof be excelled. We invite all to examine them
as well as the more common kinds of Portraits
`which we make, knowing full well that they
will bear the closest inspection. This Gallery
claim's the highest reputation for good w6rk of
any in this section of country, and we. are de
termined by a strict attention to business and
the superior quality of our work, to not only
retain but increase its very enviable repdlation.
We keep constantly on hand the best variety
of Frames and at lower prices than at any other
establishment in town. Also Passrpartonts
Card frames, Card Easels, Holmes' Stereo
scopes, Stereoscopic Vies, and verything else
of importance pertaining to the business. Give
us an early Tall,
N. 8.--Solar Printing for the trade on the
most reasonable terms. D. HARDING, .
Ang. 29, '67. F. SMALLEY.
A CARD.—Dr. VekBUSIEIRK has ob:'
All tallied a License, as required, of the
Goodyear Valcinate Company, to Vulcanize
-Rubber as a base for Artificial Teeth, and has
now a good selection of those beautiful carved
Block Teeth, and a superior article of Black
English Rubber, which will enable him to sup
ply all those, in want of sets of teeth, with
those unsurpassed for beauty. and natural ap
pearance. Filling,Cleaning, Correcting Irreg
ularities, Extracting, and all operations be
longing to the Surgical Department skillfully
performed. Choloform administered for the
extraction of teeth when desired, an article
being used for the purpose in which he has
perfect confidence, having administered it with
the most pleasing results during a practice of
fourteen years.
Being very grateful to the public for their
liberal patronage heretofore received, he wonld
say that by strict attention to the wants of his
patients, he would continue to merit their con
fidence and approbation. Officein Beidleman's
Block, opposite the Means House, Towanda,
Pa. Dec. 20, 1867 ,
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS EX-FERI
ENCE IN DENTISTRY.
J. S. Bairn, M. D., would respectfully inform
the inhabitants of Bradford County that he is
permanently located in Towanda, Pa., He
would say that from his lon and suec , _?ssful
practice of TWENTY-FIVE' YEARS duration
he is familiar with all the different styles of
work done in any and all Dental Establishments
In city.or country, and is better prepared than
any other Dental operator in the vicinity to do
work the best adapted to the many and different
cases that present themselves oftentimes to the
Dentist, as he understandsthe art of making his
own artificial teeth, and has facilities for doing
the same. To those requiring ander sets of
teeth he would call attention to his new kind of
work which consists of porcelain for both plate
and teeth, and forming a continuous' tam. It is
more durable, more natural in appearance, and
much better adapted to the gum than any other
kind of work. Those in need of the same are
invited to call 'and examine specimens. Teeth
filled to last foryears and oftentimes tor life...-
Chloroform, Ether, and " Nitrous Oxide " ad.
ministered with perfect safety, as over foun
dred patients within the last four years can tea
My.
Office In Patton's Block
BR ADFORD__GOUNTY
EL B. McKEA.N, REAL BsTATE AGENT
FEEMEIMiaI
Parties having property'for sale will find it
In their advantage by .estring a description of
the same, with terms of sale at this agency, as
parties are constantly enquiring for farms An.
IL B. McBEAN,
Beal Estate Agent.
Office Montanye's Block, Towanda, Pa.
Jan. 29, 1867.
NEW STEAM FLOURING MILL
The subscribers having erected a new Steam
Flouring Mill, at a heavy outlay, on the site of
the old Distillery in Standing Stone Township
would inform the people of Bradford County
and - vicinity, that they are prepared to execute
work in all its branches 111 the most approve d
•
manner.
- -
Their mill has P 11 the modern-improvements,
and built by skillful workmen : and one of the
firm being a practical miller, they can guaran
tee their work.
They respectfully 'solicit the patronage of the
p u blic, pledgmg themselves to render perfect
sati-faction to customers. Give us a call.
sa- We will keep on hand at all times, Flour
and Feed, wholesale. and retail, a lowest cash
prices.
el The highest cash price paid for Grain.
ADRIA & VAgGHA.II.•
Standing Stone, Dec. 16,11367.-3 m,
earl's.
C. T. SMITH, Pi,gprictor.
TOW,ANDA, VA.,
JOHN C. WILSON
ALVORD BARDEII
V. E. 'DARNER.
•LEWIS REA bEIN
TAILOR SHOP,
G. F. MASON,
A. 0. MASON.
A. YOUNG,
Jan. 23, 1868
REAL ESTATE ;AGENCY,
IN STANDING STONE!
lister.
t 1 td
' I mothurro Is smile. I_ , -
t , ..,, r * • .:
I ' 0. D. pumas. „
Howisweet th landscape! Horning :
'es
H 4 tresses gonad the browi of „
And bright mists o'er the foreit -•• „.
Like happy 6pirits float away I ; 4 .-k • •
To rilveron the mountain erownil ; I •": - -
wo l ,
Whence the lad stream- eunOtr shonthrg
1 doirn . ; • -_ - ' I
Through and rooks, that hang on
1 blab 'i i ' ' •
Lilre:lebrads t ons t tbs deop•biue .••
The roven.schmds oil* end stream . .
Are falling aradeep ,•.- i 4 .' • '
Upon the sp' t, like a
,dream •••• (1
Oi music hl the hair of 14 ,
sleep. .. 'l,_
Andlfromthehrildwoode dewy bowers,
Soft nt n, like the breath of &Inns,
Ale aingehruel, Pm P 144 iir i alr!ie.
Andlblending with the notes of love: .
I
i n
Theetreams veins of Meer Sow,,; •
The sun gale, o'er Soma ; and ties
So lightty breathes, it coarse Would bkow,
A Isiry bark. upon the see ; 1.. ~
It crimes so fresh, so calm, sO sweet',
It draws the ireart, from its retreat; '
To mingle 144 h the glories born
-In the first hotly light - stunt*
A clad is on the alry i aboce,
d calmlY o'er the young year's blue
'Tie coming, hke a thing of Love,
'To gladden in the rising dew 1
It'a arhito willies with the_ sunlight biend,
Ara i gentle spirits seem to bead ; I,
'Front the tM4olling folds to hear ' l , .;'
The glad son !Is of our joyoui sphere.
Viet lake, nn ed by the breeze, 1
"Siniles swe tly in unbroken rest,
As it t'wero (hennaing of the tees : -1
'And blossdnas pictured on its breast,
I • aeptlis are glowing bright and fair,
.4 the blue skies seem hallowed there,
Stift tretublitig,es they felt the thrill
Of music eclicied from the hill.
!i . i
ThO living sdul of Beauty fills 1
IT ha air with gloiious visions—bright
TO?' linger round the sunny hills I -
'And wanddr to the clear, bine light ;
011 - Ito the bi l athing heayens they go,
*lag the caith they live and glow; I
Shed o'er the lake their happy smiles
•44 beckon 0 its glittering isles.
Oh That this 'Lour when air or earth;
!Ake gushin i f g love, and joy and right,
Ana songs'o gladness hail the birth'
Of all that l s beautiful and bright]
Each imilse !heats high--each theitght is
I I
To flame—the Spirit drinks the tune
Of Eden wothels, and mats away
In visions of; eternal day. i
~,Ottected Ut.
LOST ALFOE.,
Why dill I marry her ? 1 1 often
asbed myself' the question, lin the
dais that Succeeded our honeymoon.
By right . I should '- have married no
ouS.. Yet:l loved her, as I love her
Will-. • ~
She wad, perhaps, the sti l angest
character 'lel her age. In b6r girl
hood, I cduld not comprehend her ;,
and I often think, when I raise'my
eyis to het grave, quiet face; as she
sitis'opposite me at dinner, that Ido
n'ot comprehend her yet. There are
hny thoughts working in her, brain
oiwhich If kne w nothing, and {flashes
tri
o feeling look out at her eyes now
and then, And go back again; as cap.
tires might steal a glimpse ! of the
onter world through their prison bars,
ancl turn 0 their brick-walled soli
thde once More. She is my Wife. I
12;he her and hold her as no other
can. She!. bears my name, and sits
at, 'the heafl 'i of my -- table ; she rides
' beside me in my carriage, or takes
MY arm ad we walk ; and yeti know
ad feel, all the time, that the darling
orimy pas has fled.from me forever,
a 11 that i ,is only the. , , ghost of the
gay Ali
~ whom I won in all the
blefoin of her bright youth, that nag
e:lt near Elie now: I •
She wail. not a child ' when I mar
, tied her, though she was very,young.
lin:lean, that life had taught her less
ons which!, arergiven only to the grey
haired, and had laid purde n s upcin
her whiettlbelclng of right to the old:
She had been an unloved child,-and
atlthe agd of sixteen she wail left to
herself, a4d - entlrelydependent on her
etirn exertions. Friend and . ; family
Eihp had none, so she was accustomed
laughing* to say ; but I have since
fond that her sisters were. living,
and in . hat)py homes, even at the time
when she I accepted that awftil trust
4f herself,ltind went out into the great
World to enlfil it. or this part of her
iliee she never speaks : ; ; but One *ho
It - iiew her Ithen bas told me ranch. \ It
' wits a time of struggle ! and pain, as
45 , 6'11 it might have been. Fresh rom
the life of a large boardingi; school,
tte was 11 , tle fitted for the blistle of
great , selfish city ' • and the tears
come to my eyes as T think] with a
kind of wonder, on the : ichild who
dished heir way through`..dilficultiee
he whichi strong men, quailed, and
r&de herdelf a name, and a position,
dd h hoi4e. She wan a writer at
fuitt, a drfidge, for the *eelclY press,
phOrly paid and unappreciated. By
add-by, brighter days dawned, and
ihn wolf went away from the ,doctr.—
he was admired, read, sought after,
ftfel—abo,6 . all—paid. Even then,
Ellie conldkkot, use the-wisdourshe ha
ptirchased at so dear a rate. She
held her heart in hand, and it was
wile.% and tortured every - day.
1," I may as well stop breathing as
step loVing," she wool(' say; with a
bsppy. amle. " Don't' talk to me
tout my folly. Let me go _ on with
I
my toys ; and, it they break in my
lizind, you cannot help it, and I shall
cut com4o you - for sympathy."
I 'She wa not. beautiful ; but some
thing—whether it was her :bright,
thappy lade, or tile restless gayety of
er mannr—bewikelied people, and
made their' like hr. !Men , did the
Bake
'things ima inable for her
;\
Bake ;an it not only oung, men in
whom folly was pa - Wow% le, but those
*ho should have been !sVise toile
dunght byl the sparkle °flier smile
Flithe gai ringing of her lair b. Elbe
' not treat them ; her early s had
aught 'het bettex ; but I - thin . she
liked the& for awhile, till some if.i•
erifaney - ciame, and 11Mn she dan @d
tist Omni, and was gone. •--
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hires fiC the condo that Imat.
.her first ; and then she WAS, mere her
self than in, the city. We were die
tanCri4atives, though we had never
seen each other, an d - the - Ams sent,
me to '' , : `spend my summeicvaosticni
wattmy nigther's aunt, In 4`tiouritry
villsge l whim she waS4ilready'do•
niesticated.: Had I ,knoWn tbk, I
should have kept , my distance - .; for
it wislOnly a fourteenth coidaship
that:lay between be, Ind,llisdsklnd
of horror of hei. haidly knew;why
I was s steady-going,, quiet; :sort of
lawyer, and hated White my *MA
holiday of rest and quiet' brEtkei in
upon by aline lady. ....I onid as.meoh
to my: aunt in, return for her an.'
umnicement of " Mk* H.eni, is here,"
with -Schick she greeted Me. She
looked over her spectacled :in quiet
wonder as I gun. her a slight Sketch
of the lady's City life, as I hed it'
from the lips of, " ,Groudy "
..Lehr.
self. _ • s
"Well—live and learn, they say C,
But whoever would think Wm's' our: -
Alia You are talking of; "tank !
However, ril say no moresbait her t
You'd have plenty - of-time to get's*.
painted With, in the, 'month
mean to pies here. led tie are glad
to see yon, and ,:„Inar 'bed:roma is
iondy—the one you need tOlike./L-
I took .up my, .hat s : and Strolled
away_ to have a.look at , the farm.—
Brand-by I got over theorchard wall
and crossed the brock and the high
road, and went oat - into the grove
hind the house, whose farthest trees
were growing on the side of the hill
which looked so blue and distant
from my chamber window. .. It watt
an old favorite place of mine. A
broad wagon track led through the
woods, out to a clearing on the other
side; where was a little sheet of wa
ter, called The Fairy's Looking-glass,
and a beautiful view. of a lovely
country, with the steep green hills
lying down in the distance, wrapped
in a soft, fleecy mantle of cloud and
haze. I could tnink of nothing, when
I stood there, on a fine sunshiny day,
but the long gaze of Bunyan s Pil
grim through the shepherd's glass, at
the beatitiful city °towards which ho
was journeying. And it seemed
sometimeefasifil could wander "over
the hills and far away; and lose my
self in ono of the fair valleys at the
foot of those hills, and , be conten t .
never to come out nd face ihelwee
ry world any more.'
I Walked slowly through the woods,
with the sunshine ftdling through the
green leaves of the young,beecheis in
chequered° radiance on my path s draw-.
ing in long breaths of the fresh air,
and feeling a tingling in my veins
and a glow 'at my heart. as if the
blood were flowing newly thereS until
I came to the little circular grove of
pines and hemlocks thatled out upon
the Fairy's Looking-glass. Some
thing stirred as I pierced my way
through the branches, and I heard a
losegrowl.
A girl was half-sitting, halfling,
in tho sunshine beside the little lake,
throwing pebbles into the water, and
watching the ripples that spread and
widened to the other shore. A great
black Newfoundland dog was stead;
'ing between me and her, showing a
formidable row of strong white teeth,
and looking me threateningly in' the
'face.
She started And looked sharply
round, and saw me standing in the
little grove with the dog between ie.
She buret out laughing.
I felt that I was !cutting . rather a
ridiculous figure, but I put a bold facie_
upon the matter, and asked; coolly ;
"Are you Alice Kent
" People call me= sot"
" Then I suppose I may call
n you
cousin, "for I am Frank Atherton.
" Cousin Prank 1 We have been
expecting you this Week. When did
you come
" Just now." '•
She made room for me beside het.
We talked long about our family, our
mutnalfriends,_and the old homestead
of the Athertons, - which she had seen,
though, I had net. She.told me about
the house, and our cousins who wore
then living there; and I sat listening,
looking now and then at her, as she
sat with the innshine falling round
her, and the great , dog lying at her
feet. I wondered, almost es my aunt
had done, if this was indeed the Al
ice Kent of whom I had heard so
much. She was dressed plainly, very
Plainly, in a kind or grey material,
that fell around her in light soft folds.
A knot of plain blue ribbon fastened
her linen collar, and a gipsy bat, ly
ing beside her, was trimmed with the
same color. Her watch chain, like a
thread' of gold, and a diamond ring,
were the only ornaments she wore.
Yet I bad never seen a dress I liked
so well. She was tall (too tall, I
should have said, had she been any
one else ; for, when we were stand-1
ing, her head was almost on a-level
with mine) ) and slender, and quick,
and agile in all her movements. Her
brown hair was soft and pretty, but
she wore it carelessly pushed away
from her forehead ; not arranged
with 'that nicety I :ehoitld have ex
pected in a city belle..-Her features
were irregular, full of life and spirit,
but decidedly plain ; her complexion
fair, her month rather large, frank
and smiling, her eyebrows arched, as
it they were asking questions • and
her eyes large, and of a sof t
grey, very pleasant to look into, very
puzzling, too, as I found afterwards
to my cost. Those eyes .wers,the on
ly beauty she possessed, and she un
consciously made the most if them.
Had she been - a Carmelite nun, she
would have talked' \with them she
could not have helped. When they
laugh, it seemed their normal state
=the bright beaming &lee they
gave ; but when they darkened kid,
'daily and -grew softer and deeper,
and looked up into facethe f an y .
unfortunate wight with an expree
/ion peculiar to themselves, heaven
help'them I
Though I had known her only
,five
minutes,,l felt this, when .I chanced
to Inok np and meet a curious glance
she had fixed on me. - She had-ceased
to talk, and was Bitting, with her lipi
halt apart, and 'a lovely *dormant ,
ling ,on her cheek, studying tny face
-intently, when our 'eyes met iThere
was 'an electric kindvf, shock'ln the"
gam .I saw the colordeepeu and go
up to her forehead, and a shrrer ran
over tie from head =to bet , ' It Ow
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&arrow for/IA to watch .: Ain't
bluish, but I did . ; and lo4ed
know ite COMBO, wondered what
thonght had brought it' •
" e „britig awaty hat;" she said
to her 4og, affecting to Timm.
is tune for ps to go , home to supper, '
suppose: 'Are ion ,htuigry, soma
Frank?"
" Yes—no," I answered, with my
thoughts stint running on'that bhish.
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_he ,laughed -good-naturedly. and
tOok thnhat •Irom, the,dom who had
hroughtit in his mouth. • ,
"Zow road, you are . Of, that great
dog," I said, as we arose from our
seatimueath.the-tree.....,
a "Fond of him ?" ,SheaPoPcid dews
over him iritli4Aniddius, impact:lna
*replant, took We head between her
two hands;and kbused the beauty-
Spot on his forehead. "Fond of him,
cousin Frank ? Why, the dig is my
idol .l 1:10, la the only thing on eart h
who is orihas been true to me, and
the only; thing 4:.." She stopped
short, and cot red. .
" That lyou hive , been true to,", j
said; finishing e sentence for her.
"So peo Ple say,* she answered,
wit/14044h ," But -look st
look at those utiful eyes, and tell
me if any oho old help Wring him.
My': poor 1 old Fred I A So honest in
this waist wold." . .
Stir ssig6ed and
,patted his head
again. 04. he waggle his 'tail
and looking. . into her )6oe, with
eyes that wer , as she had said, beau
tiful, and,l Wh was better feri.brim
ful.of love In:meaty.
"I tkisibt i you will imp' pace .
with us,"ehn id, after we had walk
ed a few steps ; " anti Fred is longt
ing for s rar-itrwaYi - him
one through the Woods. Would yori
mind?"
"0, dear, n • I"
• The nest moment she weasoff like
the wind, and the dog tearing, after
her, barking till the woods rang
again. 1 saw her that night no mode.
u
I was, as I I have already said, a
grave, steady-going lawyer, verging
towards a rei4peetable middle age §
with 0118 or, two grey hairs showing
among my black locks. I had bad
my dreams and fancies, and my hot,
eager, generous youth, big most oth ,
er men ; and they had passed away:
Bat one thing had not known, one
thing I had I missed (save in my
dreams), and that was woman's love.
If I ever We .-my visions a body
and a name tliey were totally unlike,
all the ?vilifiers I had ever seen. The
wife of my fireside reveries was a
slight, dentist; ittiitle creature, with
a pare, pale face; sweet lips, dip
bluest and Clearest of eyes, the soft
sat and finest of golden - hair and a
voice low and sweet, like t he mur
muring of an iMoliari harp.. And
she sat by myl Chair in silence k lov
ing me always, but loving me silent
ly, and her nem° was Mary I dare
say, if I had met the original of this
placid pietare!.in life, I should have
wooed and won her, and have been
Utterly miserable.
So, as a matter of course, I fell.in
to danger now. When Alice Kent
went singing and dancing through
thp house, * leaving every door and
windOw ogee as she went, I need of
ten to lay down my pen and look af
ter her, and lee! as if the sun shone
brighter for her being there. When
she raced through the grove or orch
ard with the great dog at her heels,
I smiled, and patted Fred .on the
head '; when she rode past the house
at a hand g.allop on her grey pony,
, Fra Diavolo, and leaped him over the,
garden ate, and shook' her .whiEri;
saucily in my face, I laid aside my
hook to ad mire her riding, and-never
thought her unwomanly or ungrace7
fal.
We grew to be great friends—like
brother and sister, I , used to sal to
myself. How that Ming slid
gradually into loving 1 could not ha
told.. I mist her one diy ,in the -vi -
lige street. I turned a corner,
came upon her suddenly.. She was
walking slowly along, with her dog
beside bet, and her eyes' fixed upon
the ground, looking graver , and more
thoughtful than r had ever seen her
before. s -
At eig ht of me her whole face
brightened suddenly ; yet she passed
me with a slight nod and smile, and
took hei way towards hoMe. Seeing
that flash, of light play over her grave
face, and • feeling the sudden bound
with which .my heart spraiig up to
meet it, I I knew what we" were to each
other. ' -
It was late when I reached home,
after a musing walk. The farmer
and his wife had gone to bed, the ,
children were 'at a merrymaking aV
the next hOuse' and a solitary light
burned from the parlor wibdow,which
wa. open. The full moon shone fair
ly in a sky without a cloud. 1 un
fastened the gate and went in ; and
there in the open door sat Alice, with
a light slAawl thrown over her shoul
ders,
her head 'resting on the shaggy
cost of theldwfoundland dog.. Hi"
beautiful broy4 eyes watched me as
I came up the. p,sth, .bathe did not
stir.
I sat down near her; but on the
lower step, so that I could look np in
her face.
" Alice on diti not look well."
. itri
" But .I . Quite well. I am go
lag away tO•MOITORr,
' Going away I Where ?"
" Home. To London. Well ?
What anion, cousin Friik-? Did
you never hear of any alai who went
to London before r
" Yes ; but why do you go r
" Why 7"1 , She opened her eyes_
and looked "!at me. -- "For many rea-.
eons. First, I - only. came - for six
weeks, and I- have stayed , nearly
three months;; secondly, because I
have - business which can be ,put AI
66 longer; , and thirdly, because aly
frieude.are wondering what, 011' earth
keeps nmiliti re so long (they will . say:
soon, it - Is you, 'Frauk) They vow
'they cannot dee - Without meany.iong
er, and it is , pleasant to be mQ
youtnoW. l ' I ' '` -' '
" oiSui so you. are going- bnch, to ,
the old; life, Ali :et: And by =MO'
I suppose yon,Will Dior* r
~ , .
I would not advise anymani be he
old or Young; in alai.' lut ,:dotiai not
thinleit wise ot prudeiat ko marry the
'woman be lovati„. to linger , with her
in the doOrali - of iallent Inttabbtule;.
andlialither hat 4, 'padlock out upon
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• : smxidight night This touch of
tb• lima slight. flagon •was playing
the minable! .withiny good resolutions
'Sad m_Y, arisdonk,(Wl had any): '• •••
`!.itUoe."-,1 said,.- softlyi 1.a14
most abated, as she=.didiat the sound
Of my.own wok* it wsaiee cheap&
welkive :been very happy
hers." • .
•!' Very!' •-
I took both her hands, and held
them close in mine. But she would
not look at me, though her face Was
turned that way. - •
" There is a great -difference be
tween us, dear Alice.' I am much
older than you, and much graver. I
ha* never loved any Woman but you
in my life, while' you have chaimeii a
thousand hearts, and bad=e thousand
faiteies. If you were whatthe World
thinks of you, and what You try to
make yourself out to kw, Is;iild say'
no more than this—l love But
I know you have a heart. F I know
you can love if you will ; and can be
true, if you will. And so. I beseech
you talk to me honestly, aid tell me
if you can , love me, or if you do.
' am not used to asking such questions
of ladies, Aliee,and I may seem rorigh
and: rude •, but believe me, when
say you have won my whole heart,
and I cannot be happy without you."
"Ps, I believe yen? she said. •
l' _bat do you trust me n and do you
love me 1"
She might trifle wi6 a trifler, but ,
she was earnest enough with me.
"I trust you, and love you," she
answered, frankly. " Are you wend
spwhy I stand • before you, and
lie calmly? Because I do not
ink I shall ever Marryyou. Yon
do not love me as I have always said
my husband should love me. I am
wayward and exacting, and I should
weary your life out by my constant
craving for tenderness. I wee made
to be ;
petted, Frank and you, though
a loving, are not an affectionate man.
You Would wish me at the bottom of
the Red• . Sea before we had been mar
ried a month ; and, because you could
not get me there, you would go to
work and break my heart, by way of
amusement. I know it us well°as if
I had seen it all—even now."
She looked at me, and all her wo
man% heart and natoKe were in her
eyes. They spokelove and passion.
and deep, deep tenderness—and all
for me. Something leaped - into life
in my heart at that Moment which I
bad never , felt befere.--4otoothing that
made my affection of the last few
hours seem cold and dead beside' its
fervid glow. I. had her in my aims
within the instant 7 -close to my heart.
" Alice 1 if ever man loved woman
with heart and soul—madly and, an
'reasonably if you, will; but still truly
and honestly—l love you, my darl
ing."
" But will it last ? 0, Prank, will'
it last r
I bent down, and our lips met is a
long fond kiss.
" You will be my wife, Alice ?"
She leaned her pretty head against
my arm, and her hind stole into mine
again. , -
"Do you mean that for your an
swer% Am Ito keep the hand, dear
Alice, and call it mine ?"
"If you. will, Prancis."
• It was the first time she had ever
given me that name: But she never
called me by any other again until
she ceased to love me; and jt sounds
sweetly in my memory now, and it
will sound sweetly to my dying day.
We were married not• long after,
and for• six months we dwelt in •
"Fool's Paradise." When I think,that
but for me, it might have lasted to
our dying day, can only sigh, and
take up the burden of my life with an
aching heart.
They had' celled Alice flolde—oh.
bow wrongly No trim= :being
could be truer to another than abe
was tome.
" Ludy wanted to find my muter,
Francis,* she used - to say when
laughed at her about it, "I was look
ing foe . him through all those long
yeari, sad I began to think he would
never cow. .Bob, the first mo
meat when I heard you speak, and
met yone: eyes, I. felt that, he was
near me.. And I am glad to wear my
master's Chains," she added, kissing
my hand.
And I am sure she was in earnest.
I pleased her beet when 'I treated her
most like a child. She was no angel
—a passionate, high spirited ;crea
ture. She rebelled's thousand times
a day, although she delighted in Wily
control. But it was pretty to see her,
'when she turned to leave the room,
with fire in her eyes, and a deep Saab
on her cheek—it was pretty to see
he? with her hand upon the lock
even, drop her proud head submis
sively, and wait when I said—"Eitop.
Shut the door and listen to me." Yet
it was dangerous. I, who had never
been loved before, what Could do
but become a tyrant, when a crea
ture so noble as this bent down be
fore' me
She loved me. Every chord of her
most - sensitive heart thrilled and
trembled to-my touch, and gave forth
sweetest music ; yet I was not esti*.
- fied. I tried the minor key. Through
her deep affection for me I wounded
her cruelly. I can see it now. Some
wise idea found its way into my head
and whispered that I was =Uwe
child of my wife by my indulgent ,
ways, and that bef.character would
never develop its strength in PO much
sunshine. I acted upon that thought,
forgetting be* she had already been
tried in the fiery furnace of affliction;
aid, quite anomalous, that : while
elle was getting baor-all the inert.'
cent gayety of her childish Years, the
deep lessope of . her Womanhood were
still, lying beneath the *sparkling Bur
faceof her playful ways.' •
If, for a time, she had charmed me
outof my graver *self; - } resolved to
be charmed no. more. • I devoted my
self again to my biudness, heart and
soul, and . sat poring for lours over
law papers without speaking •to-her.
Yet she did not complain. So long
as she was cartel I - laved her, she
was , 00ntent, and took up her pen.
again, and . - went on .with the work
our had interrupted. Her
was in my studs, by •
window just op to mine-;- and
'soinetimes I would tease to hear the
rapid movement of her pee, &Week
lag up,l would find her eyek.fixed app
t •
cn iny faceorkile a happy smile was
playing f atoUnd her 49 7 One, • day:
the glinne..found me in if most' twee,
sonable Mood. The sense'of her love
half Pahied me; sal sad,. curt Art
'fsrt had , taste,-Alice, to look at
any one In thatwaye" • •
, 'Me dropped her-pon, only.too glad
of an excuse to talk to me, and came,
and leaned over my chair. '
"And, why? *hen I love some one."
This was a bad beginning, of the
lesson. I wanted to teach her, and I
turned over my papers in silence.
"Do I annoy you, Franais ?"
" Not - much." ' •
Her light band was playing with
my hair, and her breath . was warm
on my cheek. I fe.it my wisdom van
ishing, and tried to, make up for its
loss by an increased coldness of Inan7
"One kiss;"' she said. "Just one,
and I'll go.sway."_
" What nonsense,Alice, What time
base I to think of kisses now ?"
She stood up and looked me in
Do I tease you, Francis ?"
" Very much."-. •
`"She gave . . ; a little sigh--sofaint
I could scarcely hear it—and left the,
room. -I had scared her gayety 'away
for that morning.
This was the flint cloud incur shy.
' It seem*, skange, now, when I look
back upon it after the lapse of years,
how perseveringly I labored to de
stroy the foundation of peace and
happiness on which I might . have
built my life. The remaining six
- months of that year were" months of
- Wady to me, and I doubt not to Al
ice for she grew thin and pale, and
lost her gayety. Iliad succeeded only
too well in my plan, and she, had
learned to doubt my ection for her.
I felt this by the_ look- in her eyes
now and then, and by the way in
which she seemed to cling to her dog,
as if fidelity and love were now her
only' hope. But I was
_too proud-to
own myself in the wrong, and the
breach widened day by day.
In the midst of all this estrange =
•ment the dog sickened. There. was
a week of misgiving on Alice'S part,
when she sat beside him with her
books, or Writing all the time—:there
was 'a day when both books and man
uscript were put away, and she was
bending over him, with tears falling
List, as she tried to hush his moans,
and looked into his fast glazing eyes
—and there was an hour of stillness;
when she lay on her low conch, with
her arm around his neck, neither
speaking nor stirring. And when the
poor creature's last breath wiki
drawn - , she bent over him with a pas:
sionate burst of grief,kissed the white
spot upon his forehead,and closed the
soft, dark eyes, that even in death
'were turned towards her with a lov
ing look.
She did not come to me for'sympa•
thy. She watched me alone,while the
gardener dug a grave Ind buried
him beneath the study window. She
never mentioned him to me,and never
paid her daily visit to his grave till I
was busy with my papers for- the
evening. So the•year, which had be
gun in love and happiness, came to
its close. -
I eat in the study alone, one morn•
ing in the February following, look
ing over some deeds that had been
long neglected; when 1 heard Alice
singing in the balcony outside the
window. It was the first time I had
heard her sing 'since Fred's death,and
I laid down my pen to listen. But
hearing her coming throukh the hall,.
I took it up again, and affected to be
very busy.
It was a warm, bright, beautiful
day, and she seemed to bring a Mast
of sunlight and happiness witlrher
as she opened the door Her own
face, too, was radiant,aini she looted
bite the Alice of the old farm•honee,
as she came on tiptoe and bent over
ay chair. -
. Well, what is it r asked,look•
ing up. •
She laid a pretty little bouquet of
violets, tied with blue ribbons, before
me.
f'4 have been to tho conservatory-,
and have brought you the first flow
ers of the season, Fraud& And swim
thing else, which, perhaps; you may
not like so well." --.
She bent over me as she spoke,and ,
leaning her hand lightly on my
shoulder, kissed'me twice. She had
been chary of her caresses, for some
; and, when she did' this of her
laccord I wheeled round in my chair,
and looked up at her.
" You seem very happy, may
Alice" •
"It is somebody's birthday," she
said,stationing herself upon my knee,
and looking into her eyes. q And I
wish somebody very many happy
returns ..."—her voice faltered a little
—" and if there has been any wrong
feeling, Francis, for the 'last six
months, we will bury it today, now
and forever."
Sheclung to me in silence, and hid
her face upon my breast. I - was mov
ed, in spite of myself, and kissed the
brown hair that was scattered over
my shoulder, and said I was quite
willing to forget everything (as if I
had anything to forget )1 At which
she looked up _with a bright• smile,
and I dare say thought me very mag
nanimous.
" And we will make a new begin
ning from this day, Francis,"
" If you will, my
She caressed me swain, after a
queer little fashion of her own, which
always made me smile, and which
consisted of a series of kisses bestow
ed systematically on different parts
of my face—four, I belive, being al
lotted to my forehead, two to each
cheek, two to• the chin, four •to my
lips; and four to my eyes.. She went
through this ceremony with a pains
taking caxe,and then looked me in
the face. All her love and tenderness
seemed to come up before me in that
moment, and efface the past and its
unhappiness. I held her closely to
my heart, and her ,arma were around ' ,
my neck- , ;
Will asw one believe it? wife
hadAcarcely left me five momenta be
fore, the fumy came to me that I had
showp too plainly the power she had
QM me. You utonths I-, had been
schooling myself into coldness and
indifference, and at • her very first
warm kiss or smile, I was completely
routed. She had vexed. and thwart!.
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ed, :and mimed me much 'during
thrisen;joanthii; " %mild — not,' do to
paition her so' .fully and Siitliety be
fore ehti hitd' asked rurforgiieuess. I
took a Maki/ resolution ; and,- When
ahe,cauK,back,inba,the roorpovaa bur
led'in ray _papers ,oUce 'more. Roor
child I She had ose halflionis i 's sun
ehlue; at
"One :monsent;", she said, taking
the : pen out of ro.y , hand, and holding
something. up ,over my head. : " I have
'a birth - day gif t -' for you. Do you
riot it?"
"U you give it to me, 'certainly."
"-Then ask me for, it."
notlung,hut tot* uptay pen
new. - Her
. .countenance fell a little.
Would you like it?" 'she '
timidly.- _ • • -
There was a saint, in old times,". I
said, quietly,, going oil. with my, pa•
pers, . " a name-s _ ake.of mine, by the
way—Faint Francis of Sales—who
was accualomed to ''saY, that one
should never ask or refuse anything."
"-Well i But I'm not talking' to
saint Francis ; am .talking to you.
Wilt you have my little gif,t t, Say
yes—just toplease me-i-justto make
my happy - day still happier."
"Don't be a child, Alice." - •
"It
iitti i ie m t. chi this idiab , k o.iice ,
I n t o is w e j but
ucha lit
tie thint'and it will make me very
happy"' ,.
" - kihall not refuse whate •er on
choose to give me.. Only do not de
lay me long, for I want to go on with
these papers" , j •
The next Moment she threw the toy
.(a prettY little bronze ink-stand made
like a Cupid, with . his quiver full of
pens) . at my- feet; and tamed away,
grieved and angry. I staved to pick
np the lignre--4t was broken in two.
"Oh, you-can condeseend ).6 lift it
from the ground,", -. lshe said, sarcasti-
Pon toy word, Alice, ;on — are the
moat c . al"tr.lY unreasonable of beings. How
ever, the little god of love can be ea
sily mended."
• " Yes."
She placed the fragments one upon
the other and looked at me.
"It can be mended, bnt tue acci
dent must leav• its trace, like all oth
ers. Ob, Fronds 1" she , added, throw
ing. herself down by my chair'; and
lifting my hand .to her lips. "Why
do you try me SO; Do you really
love me . T" .
"Alice," I said, impatiently, do
get up: Yon tire me." - -
She rose and turned very pale.
" I will go, then. But first answer
my question. Do you loie me, Fran
cis
?" -
I felt anger and obstinacy in my
heart—nothing else. Was she threat
ening me ?
" Did you love me when you mar
ried me, Francis ?"
" I did. Ilitt;—"
" Bat you do not love Mt now ?"
"Since you will have it,'* I said.
"Go on I" '
" I do' not • love you—not as you
mean."
There was a dew; silence in the
room as the lying words left my lips,
and she grew so white, and gave me
such a look of anguish that I repent
ed of my crnelty i and forgot my anger.
" I did not mean that, Alice," I
cried. " You look ill and pale. Be
lieve me, I was only jesting."
" I can bear it, Francis. There is
nothing on this earth that cannot be
borne—in one way or other." -
She turned and left the room, qui
etly' and sadly. The sunshine faded
just then,and only a white, pale light
came through the window. Iso con
nected it with her sorrosv,that to this
day I can never 'see the
.golden radi
once. come and . go across my path,
without the sharp knife like pang
that I felt then,as the' door closed be
hind-Imi. •
Alice became weaker and. gre
really ill. A tour on the Confine t
was strongly' - recommended by_ the
doctors as the likeliest means of' -res
toration. It was impossible for me
to go • ,but some friends of ours, one
Mr. and Mrs. Warrener, with& young
daughter were going to Italy for An
months, and it wad arranged that-Al
ice should accompany them.
They remained abroad nine months
instead of sit People wondered and
joked. about my wife's deserting me;
but 'I only laughed, and said I should
soon go. after her if she remained
sway much longer; and they thought
we-were still a model couple. But,
had they aeon me sitting in my office,
at night, over Alice's letter from
sbroad,they would have known what
a gulf had opened between us two. I
read- those letters over and over,
with aching throbs going through
and through my heart,at every word.
They were full of - incident and intir
est, and people called theta beauti
ful, who, had not seen the mixture of
womanly passion aud.childlike tday
fulness in her character that I had
seen, and which I. was to see no
•
At last - she returned. I came.lidm
tired enough one evening„.to find. a
letter lying on -my table, informing
me that she would return on'the mor
row. I went to meet her. Our es
trangement had worn deep into my
heart. She - had loved me - once ; she
should love me again
I was worn,haggard. I took a bath
and made a carefnl toilet after my
hurried journey. As I was taking my
last look in the glass, the hotel wait
er came to tell me they had arrived.
I followed him, more nervous than
I had ever been " befoie in my life.—
Warrener grasped my hands as I
Opened the door, and Mrs. Warrener
—bless her , kind heart—burst out
crying.
" Oh,tny dear Prank ! I am so glad - '
to' see you. And we have brought
you your . lice, so well P'
Ne 4. iment she entered ; a little
Kink Ch. .t • a' spaniel-frisking about
her feet. arms." l
onee,._but "it : was` not , until
-she kisied.•
me that knew how cold .and pale
she' was: • -
"Alice, are you asked hold
ing her away from me, and looking
Into her face:.
Hei eyes • met' mine, but their old"
lightwas quite skate. -
"Not in the leash - .JI; Frank," 3 she
said, quietly. "Zit you must remem=
ber I - hail,' =not I seen 'Yen for 'nine
months, and: you startled me a little."
My household fairy had fled, tad I
•
onlitineartrl'sbo never
upon her sweet,'ming face
.It mother Alfeel . this. • 1
own tad nothing
lesaffinate her; • • •
'as like-one in a dream all thzt#
the * 4y. p . sad when Wit Ii I
=id 44 , 4- If4e , f9. 41 &e. !gaff -
took SikAti hil ie s l 4 l 4l* her- •
I too her throiugh. tn,pa the`
day after . our returß des
thelthr*eidiets: . Ali'
vlttli faiwiturect 'she ed •
pictured - aid 'the' teteeriatbryr ogid:
seemed' 'delighted With the Mkt gets
of a. toudoirliblett. baityleased ev."
[.aelfl* designing eirriteeatyclfor hen
gsbelhinted me;- too: - Nti longer fluid .
' yeor,she would have danced through
the roemo j Attering athousand ;wet..
ty littia . exclamations of -woadermid
delight. ormi I should have • fiiien
illngtheia with kiasekslid gs a
dear old bear? or Ow such fit name
at the end_; all of which Would hove
beeii Verypilltbut altiO imy'delfght,
fut.-
think I btire it for ainontli but
one morning, as I sat'. at my eolitary
breakfastoi Alice Vick that meal
in hcr room now—the bitter sense of
wroilg and_unhappiness and desertion
came over me so strongly: that I-went
up to her room.
"Are yon busy r I asked si
doWn her peril and looked around.
"'Not too buoy to talk to you,* she
" Aliee,tithekirig are we to,live this
lifer She otianged color.
" What life, Frank ?"
"The . one we are living now. It is .
not the happy, loving life we used to'
live. You are. pot-.mine as entirely
!god lovingly. as you once were."' _
" I know it." - And she sighed and
looked drearily at me,
" Why cannot the old _d4ii come
again ? If I made a terrible mistake,
can yon neve' rciiget it! I thought
it was foolish &rut to krael each oth
er as we did—but I have found now
that love is earth's only truewisdom."
'She smiled wily., .
"Give ape hick Atilt love, - Alice,
which I Would lot Wl*. giv,e me
back'the lost toinshirie ' - .
I rose from mtsest sad Maxi be
ilife her,but she dreir back - and shook
he head.
Frank; don't ask me for that?'
" I shall know how to - valne it now,
Alice."
',That may be; I have it not:to
give you, my poor Frank. '
I clasped.her to my heart _The. pas
sion in that heart might almost have
brought back life to the-dead ,• but
she did not move. .Bhe -was like a _
,
statute in my arms, and only looked
at me and sighed. •
" Too late 1 Too late, Frank I"
" Will you never forgive me?"
" Forgive? Do you think I have
and unkind , thotight or feeling tow
ards you, Frank ? Ah, no I But I ath
chilled through and through. My love
is _dead and buried. Stand away from
its grave, and leans meet the world
as we best may." -
I leaned my head upim my hind.,
and my tears fell, and I WAS loot
ashamed of them. Bat they seemed
to rouse her into - a kind of fierily.
" You I" she exclaimed, eraddenly; •
"You, • who a year ago sowed the
seed which has , borne this fruit; can
you weep over year husbandry now?
Don't Frank 1 Take what. Lean give •
you—take
,my darneat friendship—
and God grant we may never part,
here or in heaven"
"Ah I in .beaven—if vie ever g . tft,
-there—You will love. me again." i•
She quoted those- sad words which
poor St. Pierre uttered on his dying
bed:
" Que fefaie one ante isdee dens le
ciet mem ?" (What woad, an- inlet
eft son; do, even in Heaven Itself?")
"-Heaven knows, dear Alice, that
as I loved you when. we first mat; I
loved you on that unhappy day, and
love you still 1",
" I am glad to hear it " she said,
hurriedly. ' Heaven only knows what
days and nights were mine at first.
For my life had been wrapped up in
yours, Frank, ancrit was _terrible to
separate them. I thought at first that
I could not life. I suppose every one
thinks so when a heavy, blow . falls.--e
.But.strength was given me, and by
arid by peace. We seem' like two -
great shadows, Frank, in a silent
world, and we. must only wait God's
time; and hope thatons the other side
of the-grave at least, this great mis
take may be set right.- Believe me, I
am happy is being with 'you, Fnuik
—happy in thinking Oat- the same _
roof, shelters us, and , that w 4 shall
not part till one of Tur twO, - diesi"
Ispened my arms, and, of her own
accord; she dame to - my heart once
more; her arms were around my neck,
and herhead upon my shoulder, and
her lips- meeting mho: - Not as they.
used to do, yet tenderly and kb:idly.
" We are older and wiser. than we -
:were, and sadder,
too, dear .Frank,"
she said, with a smile. "Yet who
'knows? It . may be that all the love
has not left tis, yet."
And chapter of our life- is
elided:
We have never touched upon the
subject since ; but . I have waited
calmly for years, and the same quiet
light shines always in the eyes of
Alice •, the same deep sad tones thrill
my heart when I hear her speaking
or singing An angel could scarcely
be gentler or kinder than she who
was once so impetuous and full of
fire. She was unreasonable and en:
acting and ardent and imperious in
those days, I , know, and my Slower
nature was always on the strain to
keep pace with here ; but, what a
bright joyous, happy creature she
It would have been different but
for me. 0 you, who 'read, this littler
tale, remember in. time that a kind
word and a loving look cost little, al
though they , do such- great, Work ;
and that there is no wrong seleep
as wrong-done to a loving heart.— -
The World at Home.
THE HAPPIZfraEBIOD.-At a festi.,
val party of old and young the ques,
tion was tidied: Which' season of life
is Most happy? After being freely
discussed by the guests; it wastrefer
ed.-for answer to the host, upon whom
was the burden of four score years.
He asked if they had not , noticed a
group of trees before the dwelling,
and said; • • '
"When the tpring conies,-and id
the soft air'thc buds are breaking on
the trees, and these are covered
,with
blossoms, I think how beautiful is
spring? And whin the summer comes
and covers the trees with its heavy
foliate;: - .singing . birds are all
atnotit,Wisranehesi .I.think how
beautiful ittaiiininerl When autumn
loads them, with golden -fruit,,
their leaved bear the gorgeous tint I
think how beautiful is autumn! And
when it is sera winter, and there is
neither foliose nor fru% theal look
up through 110 Wdosii litSiu4kes
1 se , t could Irover mittt - Sow,l sea the .
stars shine through."
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