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READ & FR.ALZI*, I throi out of consideration . the bodies of the .dancers. and only 'ohserved..their heads. A strong %•olitiott of a few minutes' duration enabled me entirtily to lose the ternetnbranee Of, *Wks, i ad to free myself from the sense; thins coming front the sound of the musk.; and So; from.' the silent , } motions of thedan eel* and the aeConipay Mg expressions of the fiteeS, - in rit4irdrille dances'espcs:ially,-, there arose before- tite - a - "spectaele' et sueli intense absurdity that !I Was tbreed to• break off my occupation 1 to avoid .an ,obtrusive laugh. - I was', beholding Only faces, it wilt be reinem bered, as sidely as if I had 'been lOoking . at 6a4:14 cut eft: . .' , .l,The. expiessinits upon nearly all etheir) jWere of intense solemnity..., Nearl •Uponla level, :they bobbed up. and ,down in couples and fours; awam about, Teuckin . theitiselves oddly to one side or to the et ,: r iii.the alternations of rest, and gib. bered slightly; anon; launched liirth again f , upon! the . 'Anie ' Vagaries of ' their solemn' rennin - wry:, I i nearly laughed .aloud, but ceased gazing ;"land, Ilitrihwith,.7grew angry.: -Apiji plunitasm's or. Silly sport, the.winking, wiggling heads were a fair representation of the ea mestitess . wit h , Wit ich ,the ' first Circles ' bury .thentaelves in the Mindless. frivolities of pulite society; ', I was angry that the obserr anc*i of faShien should be so much-regarded, even by the brainless tuilfeclies. who gabbl e d and. fluttero before, to ; and with a most expansive and , ardent spiration after - :the Apotheosis of; Labor, left the dancers. to i ii. their itimle.ts evolutions Then 1 - mate a., .situil .- - , the; - heterogeneouS_ volt ! r. - CI I PTER4 L ' I ' i . \ arose from-thtii Social ht • I wits -at a party ';1 Avhere,ls none of your Net fistenirigth any sin, ' - k business, and imitiaterial, to tin, following, re- ..onlYthe clavkhigielatte latioM On Second thoughts, however, ass. jet turbulently up from so 1 calization increases toe interest of a narrative, with the nionetutious dit I willisay, at New York , : in a Fifth Avenue German fiddlers, the-hat ~, „„ , palace. , , - 1-. .-- , : fatedonie as orchestra. . ' Perhaps it Would he well to say sohne. It was as if : 00 Englisl thing i . introductery 1 about myself. I Wai tore into ragged angst and !v ()ciferatec t twenty-fiv(---between ',ou and me,:fit'r re:loer, mends,l;, : ara not So very I much •ohleri..4-'all, speed, and entirely ut 1 well-l'ortned, strong and active, both mentally company. - Nlw arid ti and Physically, and an extensive tininiyorious one Or two ecii fleeted w reader and student. j The, only trait of 'toy tei - k j\iiiiped In from t character 4 Inch hasl any: special Significance, the contused 1 ',noise. 'I relative to the matter in,hand is, that I have darted and - sti4ittne(l up considerable .of that magnetie p e wer used tuinuit, like so many v' in thri;witig , • sensitives; •as .they are techni, 'harp and piano were callyi teritied,... 'Mu; 'the inesinerie . state,. al- . %Mute or two of such ' though I very seldom exerted it, and •my and .1 returner' to my possession of it wit;i, kiiewn; I' :believe;, only watching iity . :: neighbors:, to myself. - 'Did , itl never happen , to you, re-A .fiaxelOktired and flaxen-moustached Spetted reader, w.. looking intently into dandy, whc4se .unuatturally slender. limbs, a person's eyes during (..otiversatiOn, that yoti cased, sect/401;k ariemj 'in skin-tight 'pants, sate the. thoaght,and even the Very Words, wohld-alitioit Lqualify him for theworkbouse which passed through his or her Mind, m under the vagrant I ws,las 'having no visible comment or` reply I . 4111 e whole group. of met:inset suilnort '.i ood 'diddling' (i..e.; ittii, e l. • Phentiteitaor which that•is (ine---einbriteing tating the inpVcine ts t.) . a. wretch in an ague, soma ClasseS of dreams, much mental aetion lit,) atter thd approved fashion, and expending animal neignetisin, biology,•tt:e Whole circl e , i ashy conviiri,;ati, at and wit:shier smiles ,upon in filet, of 'physico-P, sy c IR) ii pgi cal iseieneeis, a telltale coNitei.part. j Two, or three '• city at . this piesent wilting, the tnik'it profound; ditlins44s, volyitntieli alike, ail. having the flit comprelatisiVelv', Multitudinously and vari- comPlexions Slender forms and large lying ously related; tite.most proinising,..importatit e 0 eyes, so eonimon 'acsig . m-nropditaut. i ni and; intensely interesting, and the least'ari- beauties,—here - giggling and• chattering, hi derstocid, of all the. departments. of Malian the enjuynicad of fluent, ladies' talk so • in ksiewledge. I .wisli I could' stop to indicatel ckanprebensible and .unattainable to us stupid a feti-Ter the complex and astoiti l s hingly inti and slew-totigned inn..: Two - or three, wiz mate-rainificationShy which .thia philosorihf zled eatiques z , of the .same sex munibled, —the philosophy of the combined and recip- sourly together, upon , a 'sofa. Several 'fat total iiiter-action of mind and",'=axis,' the mothers corm ei-sed in atrial ,00n.clave,:en. the, Wondrous march 11 .. bordert when. , other whe , . o:her side of ;the room; and ,"sin the Middle,: On...,mind and matter. bear &inflicting- and the varying dances wove their interminable collieling sway—underlies and' entwines it tangle • , - :!,' . self .with human interest.; mud human actions . . ' 'With her back towards me, so near - that Bid that, i 5.1144 my- present design; and for I &Ails' . altrioSt. hear the words, stood it the narrator, espedaily, mast hoc age be in- 'tall . young Woman .dressed in black, with scribed upon his pen. Mind thi;: not that. magnificent shoulders and arms, with. raven tier the-other. ,- i ' I . black hair cif great' fineness - , length and vol- The relevailey:of these ',remarks consists lin mine,•and a 'dark "2.but Peculiarly transparent. this, , namely : that the 'few (ircumstitheesi Complexion.. ! She wasiSurrouniled by sever , Which I propose to! narrate are 'in actual ex- at gentlenter4. whunt she seemed at\ no loss einplificaticin of the' working of this laws to' to entertain, at least so fir as to bear her full Whose existence and Influefice I have alluded. share in theiconYersation, and in the coins l haVe peneissi o n from the lady most inter- t inerceof witty whatever they- might be; for ested to record and publish them ; for, butt there seemedito be in the circle much laugh-;, ever insignificaet.in themSelvei, they will, at ter, though nOt of the Pleasantest sort. As least,:forin :some pertion.c&thearchives from I watched the grcitip, I saw Ow, and tinetber Which a futnre generation is certainly to drew of - the - gentlemen's fins redden, when the fiat s (x,-operative ill constructing a fabric Of 1 (titters. laughed; one or twOlgrew preltemat; univerSal philusoPhY, . More marvellous in urallysober,:and . quietly left) that part of the • attlaitclattreaud entre immeasuriblymagnifi- room. - The lady's noble head, haughtily set cent in dirneusiens, .than any of the wildest upon her neck, Moved -runt and-then with an. dreams I.ii hate fiured - by the loftiest human almost, impreeeptible gesture of di dais or intellea. This splendor, - . however, is of anger, ..I (iniely drew a little nearer; not dirse. . Systemiscif actual . OM/4-the work tu. listen to the conversation, but to observe of All-puwerftil—.is their awful .vastnels. the heads. The . faces of the men were all,: tmyeils itself _before 'human eyes,--muSt as foeli,h and conceited; and they were, as it much transcend: the beauty and: the size of happened, all lair-haired . Although .1' could the otie-sided .little elaborationa of human nut See tile lady's . ..thee; yet, the dark masses maids, us the uniinag,inablespleridors ofeven- 'Of her hair and dress, and the height and Vot ing clouds exc*.J the blue and yellow daubs 'of ume ()Cher head, her self-pessessect attitude, that landscape geat of a ,' paintaster; Skuni-. the minute gestttre of which I spoke, and the ble; as the great palaces. of the 'heavenii stir- short and k4u replies:which sht shot about, pass the ecelesiological glories,,c)f . the Wealth rendered theeontrastofehanteters,asshestood - GOthic.. . i .:' _ /- ,. : amono el the yOut* men, extreme and striking.' : . ! ~I had selected, itecording to : .:My custom, , a She stood. talking with her retinue fur a comer, front which I was making my ordina- consideretile4ime; anal afterwards with. oth-. ry use of the coinpauy,- viz: studying: their- ers who approaehed, I observed her steadi :liye.s from their r filet.-•s- - and working the de IY and intently, watching 114 head, her tem tad of expressions and .p.uturea into.connee- perament„ her form, and herdetneitner. ~ All. . , tion with the pre-existent ;mass of mental were fisultlesS ; at leak, even with a stifficient philosophy, whose acquisition and arrange- .Iy, - critical disposition,, and much experience meat. had been- my study for years. ' _. in estimating . pbremilogicid, -physiological,. All the usual varieties. of piing, men . and Ind psyCholiktical characteristics, I . cOuld:not' women passed in review before theuninte- 'see anythini to chatige. I did net, however,:; 'restieg person in .the ''corner.' -.I was not ltal . 'said, see the trout sifter head. I gaz , di dre'Ssed in fine,riiiment, wore rie gloves , andgazed,- Until. l became absorbed in my a ... not known as a'' liras,' ' known, indeed at all, .lixintemplatiOns, and at considering their con- , loaonly two or• three 7 besides my "cousin, the ,Sequent and ':,. collateral relleetimia, my inedi, datighter of the helise, and only very slightly initionS eventuated in.a profound reverie, of ktiOwn eveu to theinand-to her. So,'nehody . it' dim . and undefinable diarader. :All . my.: ,sitOpped to talk *With \ rne ;... and , as I arranged itiniughts,'atl:firs' t, seethed. Centered upon the . with cousin Ellen toi let me alone, save when lindividual - Wy at whom 1 had been lookiug,, I Shouldask . to beintrt`idneed,. I had. a fair tut I lost track of - them; and it seemed, at=` . opportunity fur nty-sweetnspials. •It was ii . . iterward,as if, [had entered into a -state re,, Curious and entertaining :spectacle, mu hen '.fre.nablitg.that' .which Asiatic ascetics:believe! rightly viewed., 'First: Igeneriliied my eye- jthey tan attain"; by .unending reiteratiuns of ei ght' — if the . expression be atlowable--and 'it.' hen' sttere&ttanies. ', 1 : i gazed upon. the: moving •mu " - toe, ;1 1 - Was aroused froth fentire k)rgetftilness Of **boat referenee to auy 'par ids :time andplace, by some sudden. and uncent,-. 5. Si.l _This, especially duri ng A far; -fortable sviisatiOn, Which made me .for. an Milted a droll . speetael e . , Su ( may ;instant suspect =that - 1 had been struck, al be observed . by gazing iti tt ,'. tend ;though I ; amid:- nut 'ay Where., .UpOn thins manner.- at a church, all tv like,it noelis of groit butterflie s over a bedfanoNf , i,. unceremonioutrlrecall of ..my fugitive i witS, , , Whatever its nature might be, I !nuked again .. .gay cabbages, on a . hot Sunday in. summer: at the fifirobjeet of! my speculations; and: and another,: • more decided Hin be obseving' the sintaltanentis , nutatien s ',4' . chattir, with sueita ; feeling tai if I. had not. seen 'bor . h - wid , s, fingers and arms , in . = Drell 1 _ \ for a l i ongiti .a tne. - ..FOr.'the sudden (change :from aystract.., These effects are different from - ''' !It.--reverie of, intense: cuntent-: from - that , a band' \platiou to mere ordinati intuition, wacquite or marching - men • fur the entire \body of . i g ;vat t'uouiiii:,to canoe ".-...e.req uisita bro4l.c -. ii these last move eirward . bY rhythride: pro- Ith ..... ettirt. ' - i •titot m v coutteiousews--,limi - st,nint . gressiontywhile in the ett:v just ittstanco, the /.i iitei, : ty, r or l 6o Inle reason or-ot t ee.vivas Wu:. .; • company, txmsidered together,' its Stationary; 1 4"ng eepl).'- . -'' at least itis ttn"' probable drat 10 and the rhythmie , movement' of individ*,l jhrilhat . it a eularwouldinciirnadine her necki - bulbs and instruments ihrolks only an - at- andnot.her .checks and brow.. , Deeply .shei, untisPhere,ai it were, of 'Ordered motion over\ blushed .fori' l : , lime unknown reason, -and- all 'the whole. ' - - :„.,..,.,..- .1 ..... - :i ns:m a - l on ' jef h a ' • 'tat t y' she moved.awaz o ..Woo4; , . .. . \ . •,• ; t ' Ora I tqwq -r--- 1 . fo • rMc Republican, .. : 1 . LINES BY ICATII _ •.• I }itheri mac sink of the " beautiful west," ( the unbounded Sea, r ... j r ising glory," by till confessed, , i .. , of the song for me. "I l'at this land is tnost-beautifhl-f-. ~.. . Stunmer uplifts her - waitd, . willed coquette, she Wishes and Sidles, ~ 1 silken winged ze''phyrus fanned. Above and below,'‘ how etptmded her vision, • Whilejthe hetivens and earth are soft Wending 1 • And Helertut gleams abovelthadows Elptian, As din night like a queen is deseending. Tet tbesd wide spreading shades, and ocean-like plains, All so glorious, breathe not of health, i . • . t e l we.st in the life-giVing goddess' domains, ! 'Twe a boon far more , precious than wealth.: . i_ .... .. . , Aye.giv me_ to breath 'mong the clogd4isaing hifis On ,n own "Susquehanna's side,` ' Arid ever to drink of her bright gnshing'rills, ' 'ere the " witch" of the'west can't abide. ' Then a !long to my home, my well beloved home, The !lime of M y future dreams, The goa' where " , my thoughts w,ill . - e'er love to roam,' Thou4h far in the distance, it gleams. 1 ' Joliet, Feb: 1855 I ' • .' Though So Ilk Of its " It is TI !know t NS hen An un Bv `ft select e. From INstiaasn's ifonthlk. REE CONVERSATIONS WITH MISS CHESTER. EMT ur experiment opon: 1. line of sounds that bbub of the rooms. : gle.vtiiee, I regarded ring rattle that flowed maily . ivoiees„ mingled . lee-music of.the two vist and pianist, who The din wm Out - suing. i language had beezr lar sips and (rag at utmos t possible Wont, by the whole en.a shrill laugh, or •,or4- loudly articular be rough average of he harsh fiddle-noteS and down among the )cal squibs; and the 4rttely audible. ' A . r stering satiigied me, invidious business of Ti,t()S,'E.H, ,iT . AY' 1310 N . J Om : higher head, saying something' which I could not :hear, to a distant part of ithe rootr, I recurr ed to my cogitations upOn the thy ( ' ting'figures before use, but still i 4 thought.* recurred' to the dark ladye? I felt certain that;: she Must,/ be well Worth accpiaintance It could hardly she possible that one evidenti. IY Of so . remarkable .natural jerd-wment , l, -should not present a rare study or the phi lesopher4especially for the, Philosopher iii living, minds. • I desired to complete my net} :discOvery; : My-snug corner became du11..: I lelt.:•it ; : and edged and twisted about the lec ty rooms; pretending great need tb arrive at sonic point in advance,- which, likel the beetle With bUttered horns, I carried forward as l , I 'went.. •Up and down I wormed anbut; soire e 1 times looking earnestly at the other side !cif they room in general; • sonietimes peering With emphasis at a feigned something among the,:elosely crowded male and . female 'shoal ders around me; until; after making a 'go o d deal of trouble, and many \skilful F .t.orutiono, 1 tinsu4etedly .established myself tp my sotkactitip, en echelon and to the front of my unknown; Thus. -1 WIN in better luck thab 6e.thiT, ill • my philosophical pursuit.- -Fdr . :while I Was as. well 'hidden from her as Ito: forti,-by t;he deesAy aggregated and 'moving mass of the crowd, a skilful adjustment of my OperationS would preserve rue froi annoying 1 het while I could study her face acid gestura language‘to much better advannige. ( Of her y ,tiice the , lower half was perfect hut.. not ipeCullar, unless for the firin closure Of the full lips. The eyes were li'rge, blach„ and deepi : seti The eyebrows fell vittran on usual slope iit the outer end of tht, eye. The fOrehead rose high above, full and -steep. - lihe tin-intellectual man's forehead : and in theie. portions l which would be its flair angle's; were in a: parallelogram laid athwiirt the fac'e, fuller than any I had l'ever observed.: Add in looking,: again I glided into deep and ( *il l . Cetir,_.ated ,musings; and again, from a state cf : ' profound reverie,.! was aroused by such aunther shock as I had felt before.- Again . 1 . gatheredl together my scattered • thoughti; and-as.'sOon' as I had retraced tlie'r lost clue .tip.to thd , passing Moment, again looked ti:). Ward the, dark beauty who had s much 4- irneted'Me: She, had changed h r position ; and was: looking another way; but again, whether from seine casualty of conversation; orifrom having noticed my.'pers stetit gale, she:was blushing. ' . •; -;Beginning, now to be aCtuatedjiy- a desire to. obtain by conversation the ciornrililneilt ofl my scanty knowledge with which mere exterior •oliServation -bad suppl ed me, and this' to secure sonic satisfactory a naiihanee 'Marc one, Who, I did not dial!, , po s s es i 3 O. ininsual kyls, I forthwith resorte i to Cousin Ellen. • From her I requested i n introchic- tiOn. to' : My :ftir unknown; at ibet same tiiie inipiiring in general as: to her nallie and craf t Onion.' IShe - wits, Ellen said, a_ :Miss Irene Cliester the daughter of a firmer in tale 4: the small sea port towns of Fairfield County, Cemnectient ; an assistant teaehei j in. one; 'of the :city schools • an old schoohn: to of hers, 'Cou s in 41en's'' ; 'here in society fo almoSt the 'first timk but already makingq ite• a serii-a -44M-;'iii•knanied 'The Twts.edg d Sword,' ;from 44 keenness of her report es,; always 4 Ktraiio girl ; invited on the gr anid of the 4 „ °41-fel lowship, having. I think, een Ellen's pan - a -mate • 'perhaps not known all 'in city- • society, -, beyond Ellen's immed ate cirele..; - - eifgreat Corriersational \ talen`. Si , student,' a (reader, and otherwise aceomplish d. These: last, namely, thestudy, evading find :ateom plishinents, a trine . unsett l ed hie; =for bilk with • those recce, mendati ins usuallV gabble •;and ,dabble, hut little I--e.,. l'a 1 took cornfort„ from the.oMen oil . ower in 4he . ; ► . • n lek-inkine, ; and .persisted, . . '.lliss }Chester heard my name n d the : e chat-of-My couins.hip to the .pr sty posters, with , considerable frigidit y ; me clear ; ly, in tit eye as I .accosteoo4 'd me d her, red waited, Opulently under the influence&oroe dislike or disinclination to speak , for m to-begin.i .-- "These mild receptions are very much Madre c. Idifited to vivify one's anger 'th n One's :, fl.. 'tellect..., I burned in inward wrath and oat. Ward speechlessness, fur a minut suddenly adopting .a resolution, I the',rage; assumed as pretty a could muster, and ventured to n an 'air Of great interest and (I -fla . • *Well executed 'diddle.' It is Very flue weather, Miss I Yes,. sir:„ ' *.titnieuallY, crowded rooms t flow tiresome it be squeeze so insuiy disagreeable vulgar peo `Do , yet! think , so,V said she ofglimmer in her eye. Ifitis so' What:made you conic'?' • `Self4einal,' answered' I, the soul. And aside_ from thi '*astin:—here I rather exa. , :ger. per and: my -diddle, to the' youni dent disgust—' I must have hat tnent f pleasure reserved fOr-n Auisiti(4l of so valuable an aeq Miss Chester:- I amompaniedth With a Fulminating grin, and 'as as 1 could contrive. ' " 'Are you acquainted with me: With a curious observing expre and lip, as; much as to say. '6 Thew said strange variety of baboon.' • .sniggered after the most approved sqle,' ; ', And am.vrered after the most. fashionable Phuistie dialeet, which'l could easily; e.c;- , that 24i53 Chester's disdain and anger were ilamitig almost imendurably. He he, hu! Ah flattah meselfthat . compeTent to elucidate and ana yze ehataet. tabs at, short notice. But you nnst be wets ry. with :standing so long.. Pa mit ta. wait uPun you to the tele-a-tete posits Ottiti it iwill •me,,ah shall exceednigtSt delighted to fahnish you a Bp inters ofloy I . ,boWtillk in that line.' • IBY t 'all means, sir,' said Mi st I thank you.' . -Bo We sat down. Oust make one preface,'sai'd I. ' I jire. fatale that a young lady ,of Miss Chester's:tel , .. fents aid information' (another ,risdain-pritvo-1. 'king .w from me), is aware that such ',oh- Servatlon as I shave eerrable to Make,- 4:ati not' reVeal what 'modifications 'eircurristaheds •1 „ and decupation may have en *rafted mpop. vour iiriginal character. Perin t tne,:. there tore, .to ask that you will just ll me 4hit. 'and .where your life has been.'-:. . ''Nnt one single syllable,' rn ' etued With . eviden.t pleasure in a sho refulad:--4- :''You (pretended to - an tuluaint withfi4, and offered to prove it. And now when .0- eonmitothe trial, you already 'begin I ii-hoof,,tor such pews and, hwte ea You, :may :-. .., hope to Coax out of me, afte l r the i . O: lon of fortune-tellers. j I thought it So.l.: . l'dOn't believe you know yoto .o pretend to know nee, whilm you before, and probably never till agin iilsialdyoti l• And : why should yOtS : il,knOW this, at least,' said 1, - gall i • dropping my babi'onery, ' that you tinny, and that youbave aiquired r.t jiodiiturneasurable contempt forin tint so r- . .: '; i .:-.. # Yes?, said she PrOmptlY, and ,Sitleratebut full sincerity ; 1 for sh 4 answer. to all my conversation ar4 . tip: to the last quistion. Then . shb . sai kind' looking at me in hastyalarm;:and-tf lug what her Answer had been, added, , 'l, . 11 1 . ; u re , : , s r l v ie .. comprehended fin- the fill . st . t.iitie indications Afforded by the', newftis' •• 1 i i,. '"llot' i and cold,' 1' replied. t'l Moth antowers are right,: 4 ,N0 malt liipparent inconsistency. - Peet - Jeri tban . either. , of us have decided that )ifien -tithes best be presented 14 •, tion of iticompatible extrenies.' 1 J ~-',',l think you arc correct; said IIis: 1 -lei , ' ' bat I don't :know lAA , : yoa 'eau ~3 ; ', 4. tit:h-ever . as' to that notion, about pre :truth, it t;elmoVes to be careful.lest flit Cri!aturo perish between - 11.. s two incot ble bundles of hay. Well;; sir; ilbw,li : Will 'please commence the proof leositi , ;leg uititilance V ' —'. 1 • . 1 -.•:' i' Y.e . .' I scanned her'fiice ato meal a dded, -"YOu do tot like to atten .hutch I' 1 dpi , too , ' she replied, hastily, ' Xu, -1 . ~ .., ..), ; :Wrong there.' i .- -j You are glad, to think .s. o,' I . id. - "BO ,Aitilt It , . , moment. I do niit mean tilt you .dilflike4•el'aious Services.. btit'di4...s tie very r , 't• -,, much of the . eltur; choir . music di please 1 l' . •:,.., i41.-ei„, i ! ' 1 1 ' . - I,' And the prayers—wee you Inev.l ' ielexe&with A troublesome feeling that fla?vy thil were tart your prayersili ' i 7.- ;Anil the sermon—l au . sure y ; ,ou hi `te t tio.i.-Ito4ed your friends by staying ail -and reading one, I l tylien they were sut, :ought to have been at eltar,et.' : ! r e ' Pshavr !'• said Miss .eliester, - iyoll 'that out from cousin Ellen;' L . , - 1 V. I' Not at all: .11 stated Us!. partieil. ituerely (in one phase of a characteristi t•I iratoilieS into litany nianifeCtatietfs. ,• 'I, ';.;ghat ill sometime ; called ':remirial, ' 0 • , i l 7 ,' low ot beliel, - and independent MI re: '!!Yett examine doe' trine and ereeeet tor v The rapid statements ot a sernioni-of• 'discussion of a subject, do' not stitistyl, sal want to examine, to comearto 1 "I'llat accounts for you preferring t ' o rite. i I;ttions rather than to-hear them. 111 a 'en Ilyiru diSlike lectures and p'ublie a; dre e:t. 1 r , i,tiliateVer subjects; -and ut general, y n. ; : fer to on them rather i than .lo fie: r. ito the.prayeN, you are wrong to ~ 1 . 1 10 ye ;self in .the feeling, thOugh I am ;righ in st tug it -toyott., .The eli.,:satisf ! reiiot, i owl s ,i . tai your defect of sy,'lnp. thy, eitliiir iv - 11 - en ii, !gregation'or preauher. • It, you ;woo ' abai -idUit -yourself to a genercius particle ion i petititins which are only such asidniv •sai pc !titions' must of necessity, lie, yoUivoi d reap :good from the prayer.- The ‘mtisle,' not, to speak of its usual wretched exeentio is un- . pleasant -to you, us is dishonest! Ipret t enee of praise, offered usually by the irreligidus lips of persons who.chant . hymnsto - - ,(sod,-not be cause. hymns. overflow front h i plirtst full of live, but because in their indidtial. eases, the laryngeal mentbranes . and tiS i ues l eossess• Unusual motive and vibratory eewe:4 .You see that my observations are merelyl'ndivid- . nut corollaries from the premise - of lUnesty,• good Observing mar .reflecting hictilOes, and , Ittusiettl- tent perment.' - '', 1 11 .- 1 i ' ltappears, then;' said Miss (hester, 'that, youraCquaintance is one ofnut very lOngstand- Mg,' and hypothetical - and• eatenleor . eou to -an extreme.' .-- .. ; t ~ ,- ; -., ' BLit have I not spoken truly ft{ :1 ' • i .‘Yth, 1 believe .so, said - she, ' : Althcugh the thing* you say ,are such, as for, tome reason' eir other had-not-been articulately presented, tin inci,iti exactly that - way. I lurdlY knew'' , them„lif at all. And what is na'. re,' ishe ad ded -with a troubled look; '1 ddr,i - notil like to ;he so Ca.sily. read. I had thought myself safe :in unintedigibility.' 1 111 - • i . 4! 1; ' While,' I rejoined, 'you fan led-that no b:My -else had got beyond-' ba.ker ' amid'sha dy :I - -.•-, • ~ . . .1. `Eicuse the long .word: I .will dead the :privilege of my pedagogy-for thine, theugh.— .But as to your discoveries . ; I see -that things I:Whieli I never told to anybod4 are linown knitside of toy own mind., Theifror: .I think I,4tUt,-;the less I like it.' '. - - . .', I . 1 'BOt you Should- not' dislike ti t uth,ll sriid.- -- 'The truth is not to, be' spoken at- 1 tinies.', Nor hi it always best or necessary ti' haVe it: -kbovt4l even.' • .. - .. . ' l'i."•rhaps.not,' I answered.; ,i But 1 will irocVed with my analysis.' • - . l 'NO,' • said Miss Chester, have said enough already.' - ' ' Cktie siugle remark let . nn , it; waver; I answered, and I now 'loot Lea . ' ily into 4(..',2 that did.nut endure :az ', . 'Just Otte thing. Yuu do not deset, f ite , - ty ling •er.. ;And you are half afraid Of ine, and the rest, d fear, is dislike.' - - - ' . -•-: ' ' liWon't tell you anything about it,' : she • replied`, with an alarmed sharpness. 1 ,_i . .: • y i ery Well ; quite as i well ; t 1 reloitted.—;- A -good - observer is like's .goed . :Titbit - let! O : en:: . He proves his work as ti gols alUngl he dues nut need, to look for,', t e aPsiver in the boOk.' • Butiet - meissk v ' 'if you play . .. izhese V - -i 1 .'-. - • i ' '• ' Vdo.' Not much; but Ili ve fond of it.'. ,-: - . • '. 'Will you give me leave toiom 'andintly - :a gatne with'yuu. I' -I asked., d • ij ' ' : , - i Lhad permission ; and thus Our ponversa 'tioaeuded for the evening. • It'is no' part of the '' de.-igi4 of' this plain .;:,statement of facts, to produce ny Ildram atie ; isurprises. ..f3e, I will plainly - 4 ' tl4t by thii ;time I was •exe*edingly : delig, tad t Witlf, .try iniw'acquaintatiee and, indeedoo ad iti . tents 'Anil' purposes, i thoroughly and! sudllenly•! in duve. at first sight.' • ' il '.i '- Bat as to the nature of her platens; in. re !gard ..to sue,. except tor . the rief itsynopsis :which I had mentioned to he ' li If , .whichand „ albt4,l . wits confident' (r, iu res t.t•ci my esti -mate of their kind but nut of t.heirgtlegree; I could form nciluess.• But reispectput much. .1 • K 1 , or so; then drove away imper, ai I Inark, %Y 111 ter ritYse)f) : t‘; , hester::' . : is ev'ping. I up at . aptig. ler with a sort , i:•agreeahle,. l ealtbfol;for i eicelleriti 1 , 'ted m F un; . lady iivi-i: a p rescii)tirl ire, in the ht-i -1 aintalwe i a ..' last woidg' billy it Lew ' she ash'ed '., , 00n of eye •hold- here A' Chester`: murritii SEGOND Miss lCutsrss, ,in truth, volts it most my ideid, in peint!olyeitionat aurktion i s; name ly, the embodiment of an d etrongqi. - 'I w : • . - . , , under the ovely , feminine limitationslimposed by - did la -anth_graceful: lines of otpanly beauty ; ' n I felt_ a certainty whit long ~obs ervation n study in psychology id fplays iologpini littlest ify,'that 'her mind NV tV,O !thy even a , older casket, if such an- ne'; were imaginaW. i The fine ,hair,..so in; ertitably dark;i th deepiliquid eyes, whose unfathom able itise - s - tlemed, as 1 gazed into thein.ovier flo%ing a .redandaait'f aunians into thti clear whitekl .Mills; the dark and clear itrit\hspar eney f s ini demonstrated (a ratlecnjune tion) qui kness and endurance, not odily on-. ly; bnt i telleettial. The great, vol inc iof the head, the I I noble; lofty forehead,:the height of the upper, cirebral - region,- proved i uS surely - tier. intellectual excellence ; . which, lin itich a character as! hers, must have -!teen i sit:it-alined and 4..vcloiled by the severe disciOind of her work as' a tiaeher. For, although thelfact is seldom rreogniits.l, - and indeed litt e known. ' no ocenpatimi on earth furnishes s a ~ctimpre.. .. ' hensifre, inVigorating, and sy millet 'eat an-ex ereise fu the, Maturing, or mature • ".mind, !as ' ' the quiei, and 'neglected busines's of :!: teaching sehodl.' I And' although disairreca le toneltv, sions might Seem suggested" . by Ithei sharp _ words Which j I Was eertain•she, had distributed '• plenOully to the mailable youths, itriylprede cessdrs in conversation, of which s e had giv. ' en nie a c ispeein i i ien or two, and Of vhieh, the Pu maul sh ; lid acquired !might he reckoned a boding o enl yet the • pleased) l ( n el For the , 3, 1 , . or the Wrtleh dandies - riehly dese i k•e4.l them: And!how aturat . W . as it,l for a strong and. demi m'inidike hers, full luf noblethotglits and the, werto live thent mit, tol.be kindled a l, into Spa rliuff'and hlazinglaterer 4 The wit-' lesS drlel 'orthebutterflies . ;he v*4lo !-:- Mot i.ays• r; ;.I remembered with keen delight, how itl le w lilt hitt] coil te ni ilt- Whiehl';my simn . fated 'fb ly had Iprovoked, tided out ferthivith, lis Hon as I spoke true anfl. clear .4houghts to her;, how her Maiden pride, six ard:Ouably f_. andbeautiftallY• lofty and: outs! akan4 when she Tel . that 'her intcrlocutorif welt. in a sphdre ar belOw her—when she aslitil light nings of si*.irndown upou their, • amyl heads , firm 41tereal air of her own, naceessible and.nninvaded ; realm of thought . hid fled, tiba4hed ; how. . with truthful an maidenly honesty ndinitely more lovely than luir beau- , tiftd an rer'il and which was the bisis, ;to me, reflectit g neon it, of deep, delich tads ni t asia l g s ! she 'had reho,, , tized in me an intelirgence hon-i est itnd ike•*, own, in kind at least,leven ifl (which iii.; , Ver doubted) her won aith4ot.l had c.otited bet! with the greatwomai ly preroga tive o deeper iutuitions and rnor i e.unlathom-I able en hiOattans. ! And that, she iwasi a true! woman std), and not a mannishriselfed:tru-; nut !from 1 lierkight life-limits, I ••nevi, ; first,! . becaas I had i Seen so plainly--a ;d I (.7evelledi in the_ ,entembrance, not from se fish !pride of': po‘or,'lmit,. blleause the act vindi gated to nay-, selfi a clainaj ahem', relationship to i r;ueli a noble .1 :1 1, soul ---,because I had seen so plan ly how she!: mot 0 •ii' ! to respect my masculine prerogal Civil of - .Iffetiitidetit'and,aggresAVe intellec.; t;.l tied; alidi lset.atid ',. because it wils only with such inStinetiVefrainknessoind wi 'la suOt Sweet!, t l and.clOse-o,llpwing recoil into 're netaitet',,that shut retltagiiized my hold aPpeals;to her owit inttirior consciousness—my sudden invasion of her lawii realms of silent thoUghti-where .sheihad b t lore sat, scale empress, ti" I.' , ' I b maiden meditation, fancylfree.i _:-, • Su.cil thiakiglitS burdened tits in daily dreams; • and the current cf any studiousti heel, -before floWing s4ililv on in reading :bar thought; - • . • • now spreading itself outin a utt, quiet c..t : 1 .pansespfreverie;:reflecting infarties pf sweet thongt4s, but flowing onward nu i tom I was • deeper thUni eve; plummet sounded,' in (I flattered .ItaySelf,) a reasonable, 'noble, and , 1 • beatiticul hive. i s., ' After tWoUr three fruitless em Is, tirade, to my gr !atidisi,anst, . when Miss Ch4terlhappen ed 'to be' cant Of town, or otherwiSe eritplo2;"eti ,aiwity front hOme; I succeeded ini , finding her at leisirelforlthe chess game which Elie had ptlnni.e4ll inn. _ ' • i j : ' i • I Was•shoW,n, that evening, in..° a well fur. . nisnedlpallor4 and-. in a feW Oinutes , Miss Chester entered; dressed as usu 11, in black Sh m gileeeed the as if I had beetan old ae quaiiittinc : , . .Hi . - IYe , faidl . , ' that is right. ,Wei are no. quailyd,liire we nut t 10fact, Id fiiends 1' • .',ln tone sense', she replied, it certainly does s nitiasOt I had known yo - alonglime ; or er 63 if you had. knowi me a long time, or II don't feel as well a mented with yon a ycii i i dki with me. ' Yon Lead - hoeght with a.ease which.frightens rn ' ' .1 - e re NV the fountain is so cl ar,' Isaid, ' it It . is no v 'under that its depth's ar . searched.- 7 Tdrbi and muddy thoughts !`would hive shamed yOur,inind into a cloi l idy Secretive . fear. Bui that Would have ret . ale 4 its own .sterv, totij' .: . - • 5 ,.1 believe,' Said Miss Che.stel'ohall : •won't I, . • talk - any More mental philosophy with -you. But here,LS Mir battlefield. I sulPpose I might asfwell surrender without - a saiinnkins,' • it it: we're noelttlie shame. . So I "iihatllZuge you . toithe M with sharpened •sliars,las Iviiii hi* di his wic ked'enemy, Briatia;