,
CHARLES F. READ & H.
6eleot
The . liS of March are RUMMin.
BY prz.z.-oltsuz TIALLECIL
The winds of March are humming
,Their parting song, their parting song,
And summer skies are Coming, -
And days grow long, and days grow long.
I watch, but not in gladness,
Our garden tree, our garden, tree;
It buds, in sober Sadness,
Too soon for me, too Soon-kir me.
My second winter's over,
Alas! and I = -:alas! and I
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Have no accepted corer : •
•Don't ask rue - why, don't ask me why.
• Minot asidep or idle
• That love has.been, that love has been.;
~ . Fot:'rammy itappy.titidat---- - -
The year has seen, the year has seen;
I've done ai brictbnaid's duty,
At three or four; at three or four;
My best bouquet had beauty;
Its donor more, its donor more.
• My second winter's over,-
' Alas! and 1--alas! and I
Have no accepted lover;
. • Don't ask me why, stion't ask me.. why,
His flowerstny bosturisluideci
• One sunny day, one sunny Jay ;
The next they tied and faded,
• Beau and bouquet, bean and bouquet.
. • 111 vain, at ball and patties,
• I've thrown my. neki I've thrown my het;
• . This waltzing, watehing.heart is -
Unchosen yet, um:best:4 yet.
. M y second winter's over,
Alas! and I—alas! and I
A, Have no,accepted lover: .
•
.• Don't ask me why, don't ask me Why.
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They tell me, theiT's no hurry
Foe.llymen's ring, fQr Hymen's ring;
And I'm too young to Marry; •
'Tis no such thiog, 'its no such thing,
The next spring tides will clash on
My eighteenth . year, my eighteenth year ;
It pins mein a passion, •
Oh dear, oh dear! oh dear s . oh dear!
My second orer, '
Alas! and. I—alas ! and I. .
Have no accep.4l lover: .
• !i t.
Don't ask me why, don't,a4k Inc why.
TWO LITTLE
.STARS.
Two little stars, at eventide,
Rose - in the azure; side by side, - L I I !
And 'mid the glittering• lbs
,on
Floated serenely through the sky, f
Tikty sparkled with a trembling ray,
But hivingly . purened their way,
Tito' others hlazamure biilliantfarthan th
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The night stole on—but with it came' •
screeldng storm; in mist and game,
Which hung with gloom the starry dome, t
.And lashed-the billoas into foam,-
While like a phantom, stern and stark, •
Stretching its thin arms.in the dark,
I t.
Thro the wild chaos tossed my trembling,hark!
.
The night wore on—the angry blast'
Had spent its fury, and was past,.
And gentle zephyrs wooed for rest
The troubled ocean's heaving bteast, ,
When; far above,•antid the blue,
As one by one the clouds withdrew,
Those little .10;vitig-, ~.......- t...,.-,r e , * ---..u,, , ,,ii,
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And on they went,.with ruing force,
Up to the zenith of their .course, .
Till in the Orient's rosy light •
.•
Melted the shadows of the night;
And then, witli'undimiiiished ray,
Still side by side-, they stole awity,
Lost in the glory of the cooking
Thus, dearui., onward,-side by side,
Through youth, the sphit's eventide,
Up to the night of Life have we
Humbly fulfilled our destiny; •
And though around the iich and great
Are glittering iii.far loftier state { " •
Contentedly we mare our lowlier fates
And thus, tho storms may come and go, • ,
Shroudinr , with gloom the world below,
Above the tumult, us we' rise, -
In calm communion with the skies, •
Still be It ours, - serenely bright,
To bless;fhe diukness of the . night, •
- 4 03 eating the tempest-td with heavenly light!
And when,'at
'at length, each end attained, • .
The zenith orour coursels gained—
As side by side.those stars withdrew, .
Still riding in the brightening blue,
beaming with unbroken ray—
As gently may we glide away,
In the effulgence of immortal day!
l'ai \ t!s 410 skeiches.
THE 180 DUCT .02 1 A SHEAF.
Tran . slated from.the Fteueb of Bougly for the Aurora-
Gualtiian
BY WM. A. HEST TON.
• The baron del Brev . anne, an experienced
naturalist and meth ber Ofseveral . ricadenticS:i
'divided his thrlf and his_ affections between
study and the Litre. of his eldestdaughter,.Leq
. ontine . whose cducatatat he supt.rintendvd.—:
All that was done, by this excellent fatheri
Jtowever, unfortunately was' destroyed',. by
-::ll.ladame de BreVanne.; who la gybed at -set ,
enec and could -not understand jetw any - ma
- °t oaid holds book in hand fin - minutes and
.!niat fall asleep; whether it was the Jiiti'Fita)
Modev, or the novel- by .Madaine
Slte . - Wa.s one.of . those great laughers
by profession who think . of nothing but living
well ; Amusing iheinselve.s and passing away
tvith u ut calculation . .fbr the present or ton-
Eidt4n, tion thr.the future. She-.had .brought
a considerable fi , rtune to the,baron, and: did
' not intend to be cramped in anyt; ing ;
hint; on his part, fire to deVote hienself to
(all his agricultural tastes and all his experi
. Meats, whether. 'chemical; physical or astrtit
, neetnieul ; but entertaining for hitt) a: the sank
time the attachment of the best of wives. i.
They had -for sometime yissessed a 'charm-
ing estate in Tourainit„ upon the banks. of the'',
Cher, td, remarkable for fertility and variety
of Prodtictiens. 'The, baron went thither to
pass the flit season, and it Wa4 there-that he
abandoned . himself to all his rural specula
tions, and :all his dreams of happiness.. Le
onrine, who partOok theJa.aes of her moth
er; often amused herself,, with her, at the
sornetimes:fruitless essays - ttf the. baton''; she
had-liisenSibly -conceived a remarkable
gust fit all 'ttutt. appertains to the prod•tetiv'e
' - tits of: the earth. Her father vainly endesti.:
Cored 'to oirereothe .this' tot al ignorance of all
be good, useful and 4 . lfteil indiSiten4i•
. ble 'for . the pecessitie4 of life; the young ske . P:
tie laughed at'all these retnarks and imagined
that' one must duped, to taliorso: totelt fsr
things that would: etute . naturally: - she
hared agriculture wa
in a great number of unfortunate people etrt:-
; ploy e 4, and that One might - find an
uly wlw„ if any - .1.4,i1y,.40 money..
ThO. barkin'a . estatn- was only half a lemon
frfip-.l.lkyla4teauiinOpionakii4addeb &wok.
v onthi knit' letOpg :to -the.:Pty%lTooo4
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~' field 4 t6 . mett ; "11
etiltit,re. l , is catTied..il
feetiiml! .. - --Thli;ehui
.uatitii lif whii..h. itt ,
look; the fi fitf. gar
beenTOssesso-by
of 114 tiountry, anc
tracti3 thither, nun
sumater,
There %Vasa gral . rd reunion at this delight
• ful sibihria, mid, the 11iiron de Brevanne with
. his rub - ands dattghtfr- was invited. . They
were',lttli quite:/*Walto n going; hut the'har.
one4r4eivitiga sktrvitt: whilst riding in ilier
path iti was qrrartgeA4hat the baron .shOtild
appear jittlie!ellii*filtt - Prainuntnt 'with Le?
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,• -Tli khol eq ssupiently prepared an: exPeri' 7.
sive. ittfilette, maginin that they wonld 140
thith4r'in the :oileel r*
le ; 7but it was-the evening,
of a (lc:Mtifitliday in the tumuli of August 4
. and. AL 4c. Itts..vanne Wlls . dosirmi- , of walk iit;
that lie inightlerpo‘i. th e view ~/. I he. fiehl4 . 'n.
long filo way, ..0ve6.4.1 wit h narvests, the pole:-
erinieof' which hnd 'already tern commetwed
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he kiiv of nothinglio -he compared with the:
lalelight fit I.•taldii t .! . all the farmers gatheriiig! ;
1•01 e frhit of tlitlir;tol. " Ile propt;sed to Leo! -1
tine,. fhereforet: that' , the . ) should.walk to thei l r - :1
lest - [nation Rot iig 141 breathe the freslinesif . !
the ei i. ening and ai the same time take :644
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:hwy. gtxereise. 1.
Thei - dkdaitlid young lady, ac•
eepted; ; but it twas On condition that n d, sl 11 (..‘..i
iie ' Aiill T d [Ol /I , W al eau, %V 1l II fresh o towering
I Gtr hr' fe,...t,,,in that. the (-aleche eh,,uld elude
to ft/14...411*(1n •Ifack . ; winch was done. -' ,' '
, . Thtlix 'had proceeded nearly three quarter-:
of thelway, ant) Wer l e.distant from the ehtit
eau c.Ni Qranintont not exceeding tire htintlid
paces4when tit' httrOn proposed reStin g a fcW.
moments ontleone _of the large trees horder-..
ing this highwa .. i . •witine :sat. to r t,, ....;itit,
her f4her on a'ri'se Of ground, and threwoiler
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her shi,afiders - the!old cashmere shawl that her
mothet made ler! take, ha order to protect', her fr4ttii the dtlav of; the evening and to . wt'7ap .
herselcup at ni,4lit w hile returning. in the car
riage. k c., 1 i. 1
! I searcety was tats d one when - there
omit. :brag a yOunglglealuT. no•rrily ropv!o, :
ingto !her s elf a iehansonett e mid II vl tking a out
fin. ; sorlie plate jto relieve herself of, a large
bundl4 comp°, rig her dn . ) 's tzleanings, in ilia'
nigh wltrrens of St. Sanyo% She at length
pra'etu to a-ptil,--st.methat hore-themnpi
her 121,' and plating oil' her - burden fora
w hile,lcaned agtiinst the stone andi
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-ed to ' V- . IIIt' oft ' With her apron the Perspira
tion'Which roiled down her great check , .
made hrown't ;the ardor 'of the sun.. The
figure td . ' this yllmig girt indi'eated at time :tr
frank titul kimill,i heart. .
111. tie Brevat t Me , , obserYing-licr, said : 'This
gli,alll'i Silent.; Yi . have ,employed her tittle
well, gild appcatsieontekt e d,..oto, herself, •with
her dad -'s . NV . Orki! .' • . , /*.
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1-4 1 -lac ti rv "'"." ;l • .'rrt—%l,tltiir4
Stietillihie to pit 'sure :nor tat' run. I
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I ter th..t. they
•Yp i me a n tf; )., my dinug.) . . ,
are lesi, sensible!aopztaa th.ta ourselves,
it i ii -
tri.
i 'oret ac..'ittotited: to it ; hut ifi ret urn
t h e y lot the' pie as ures o f life more •keentiv
beett4p they art less' hahi t uated to the w.
. Oh--
seryerPhiS viilagi-i• ; examine the sautle. that .
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plays Otout hell lips: she is perhaps happter . .
and prOuder with
e the 'sheaf !die •ts carrynig
horny Upon lei- shouldet.. than you are With
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tRe loft,M) I lien? dint you lwear.' .
What ! would yotreompare this Cashmere,
t 4 ft4it i,3, with - paltry stalks of grain V
Mid
`My everything in nature .that
rejao aces itself, however small it. may ;be, iii inoi•e•Vaduabje than that which is invent
ed by iopulenvel4rid diminishes in wOrth
succeeding day:, With time .and patienet, I
c'ap ( I .ii•lninp.tra(ti to you .thutthe treasure
this iCiut , ,r is More preeities than'yOurs.l
• Nitly I presutne to defy you to dy it, 'my
fatherY •
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- ‘ Only on one 'e'ondition : tha ilit
t:you will vr.
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*elf al ; hif•t me in• the project.' • ',-
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1 ' I fbake the. -Promise.'
4 ./filthat ease we will set about it immedi-
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' 1 With these 4of•ds he arose and neeoSted ..
the 'gleaner, saY. ing -.: •II ow much wheat is •
th - ere iii.that enortnous•sheaf -yOu are' catry- •
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I ''Fbithi,' responded the
y tm 111 onng girt naively.
•Ibvhrintlei-' ' :V sh. Pllitillri, I:
t , en . -, it cVeighs
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•rest 4 believe there is. two bushels Of eitiar:l
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grainpn it ; there is no lack of neee.ssity w,lyeli : '
i ? ne bits nothingi but her hands and a rfor !
‘fitirftl • mother.' Fortunately -I have tfotlf
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fl.trength and courage.' -, •
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1 "'Wing is yof-ur-name?' .• •I
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I ' - Mariaret Le F r.uie,' of the hamlet of the ;1 .
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!•',:itzle!.lot tre e;-. hin a 111100e:I paeesof s our
.( l ottateitui 0, I Wow you v er y welt, Mon,fieur";.
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, • :vir,,l, i ld p it i lik e .1 0 s e ll M e -your slit...o'7i
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Ivill 4 , 10-yii tWefity fryines.ifor , it.' ; I
1. b Alifilsieu'r Vlnfron wants to moek Yile.t 7 .. , ~
,I. ' Ifp.in the whole, take this piece of gf;ld.; .•
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ttif f,iffiv •earry. your gleanittgs to my toPiise4'.
M &pt. t Fiiiil recommend 12.er 'to. put theln, in
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1 onsioir ('baron'.'- - . •• -, .'..
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•(.4t bye ! take good i.faf.e bf your moth
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lite! will pray Gd, fin' You, 1 can: aiSure
you.,
I .iknil when you cannot hud any more glean; f
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fan tO_do,.. collie and ask me! fir
.work at the
Chitthtill.' •': -1 , .
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' II Will not fail In do so;-Aiorisietir - 1'llarotg
`totA I , : i'th these Words, Jie':reiinuted her way
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1194•Ver • Withlliit . turning .upun bulletfa
i lteriatiil daughter a .giauee hill of - exprei;siotil
she :144,011 reached the dwelling (If Al. de Br--,,
' vani, hi,,.;14 1 - here ',111.i punctually executed heir or
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' I. 4 bialtine for the remaitid4fr of the routiti
itieviii eetised her pleasantry towards her lath.
. ler abiuit:the net:gain be had made; litre - het
- kirrtiedi atthe chateau. de Gram inont; -she soon
'rorgiff-, tin - the tOld_stof the Most brilliant re--.
anion, both the meeting With the gleaner, and
t - •
The:defiance. bha had Rt. - tip:tithed to slinw to
L • .
Itheiearded . .natifralist. . They did not 'return
luntfl'aAer one o'clock; and on the way, er
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literate() Kthe 'same . foiilit;ll plcasantrieS ; to r
whi,i•h the' baron' respOnded by "these Wi?rds,':
l' I 1 - PlK'+t, my 'daiq, , ht 4r; exierything thaVreprir:
ld.uct. , * itself is of :inekitriahla valne: - -'.
1 111 P..:ilext..._ . day:-as soon as -Leontine was; lli; .
i glit 114 a t4.t!liktii
... 141 gu Anil . rtilatAt '1.4" her; Mother
l tlte'ad . entare with the gleaner and
.1.1;0..ip' ur-- .
lehaf•e Ortli.ci.heaf ; and- hilt of thtitn,'`hak
: ing,linti'fa,laugh,:rna - tO.tivstudy of .the!barolt
"hi) !,'*, aii*aciy,9oopied. 4144 ing ,out, wiii;.
k,s!teti . -0, itiO4is . , : t4e . gr4iin. of. Margarees_s4etit,
lio.4rdeiqiiiit_iipoo oVit intizbt be loot., It,
lyiejdea ithout tsvckuieasfpres of whieat4iishiek•
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• which crosses the der
, xtensire : meads and fertile
e Warrens ;" where .:agri•
,
the highest degree of per-.
team de* Gt . :Himont, the sit
most enchanting and ove
,er.s .of Trance, had always
the thost.noted personages
the - proprietor algt . a.Vis . at-
lerous visitors- during the
,
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he 'tied up in a "sack anti sealed With thre'itn
pressions of an antiqudstorm,attached (,;i)the
golden net-work in which Leontiric's;*tnti
ful' hair was enveloped.
feed-time soon .arrived ; the baron walking
out one evening With his family, met thileld
est:sol; of Richard, one of his cartnek s,ireturts
from labor, and inquired of hinvhow Om+
land was- requisite for sOwing two. buSh'eli of
wheat.- •
'Only about six .cludas, 'Monsieur ron,
-twelve "measures to the arpent is the ri&
'Ah, well ! say to your father that! liWish
him 'o leave at my disposal
ground in the field. that he believes the4nost
fertile, and that I should like lo . haVe4ou
come and sow it in my presence. I. atit de
irons of knowing what my two :bushOs
whoter Kitt produce 'me.at tbe'next.
'lt is eaSy tier you, to say : if the yiar'is
good yOu eau count non ten times % - .oaQieed.
Ten times !'.cried Leoutine, ivith
Inca.
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t:. • Yes, Manizrlleoind even twelve ; tlniii
db
• cnli : m the llor. kJt l' Oood,
Clarks ;, I 11.i:um:new pin ioltog.
i te9:notlfing, in order to make my rurziltieto.
peritnet.t ',nisi - r ; and I will mit- forget! to
I reward you for our pains,' •
.
Charles prepared die .requisite 'portion; of
1 the field, and NVIt!,!11 it was , 11rMtillded 1 . 1 . :. 101 I .
It'lle... hy the gardener of the chatteatt, i tiqis..
I tingnish it Irian the other . portions •f the
ground: and proteet it from intrusion, .14Ae
!,11reaune came with - his daughter to 5!..4 . 1.1te .
j ,r 4 Ono of Margaret's sheaf sown ; and !4 ival
enjoined arm Mi. last named to take.l.4o of
the,,little enclo.tire and pull up all the W44:4.-,
Tja., haron, in committing to her the li!e i of.
the little . fence, spoke . particularly of: thq:;:ex7'
periment and assured her. that it• inkhi,; 4 A;e,
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advantageous to -kith of them. .
Atitumn came to an end : the farniltV , de
,lar,vastsn. .-.41 .... rit,7 • - •Cy / . ...11 , .. " "rs';alqui.:, strlE.9‘.:J*
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winter there did mat pass a single day 7',iltat
the.naturalist did not think of his little rosigy, .
,',ll •whieh he f firmed-great projvet4 and ii . ioi•
eipated great enjoyments. -.A. for Leonthte,
di.tnieted tiv !tie m hir:wind of the 1 0Cat
world., into wh,eli ;he ma. introduced -hy ! ' i jier
InOtlii..r; -he : , .. , in forgot ail about the ixltOt
liA! and the gleanher and even poor :11;44!
ret.
Sing reappeared; and the first of May
:brought the Nit ,M and his ladie.:tain t(ithi!ir
estate. Then the reserve (quite back
to the tle,tiglits e t Leontine: de_siiite the 144.4-
-4 - her mother, she was attioii4ltO
kno how' it pr ,, spered. '
w; The next dad atter
:their.arriyal she went thither with her flutter:
: bey 'found Margaret there' oeenpied
stro . ying t plants:. She maili• 'her
rfpot;t. :aid. with - gay frankness which etiat'ite;
ter;zed her, toll them that God seetrietttO
have ';bli:..sscd . tlie gleanings, and that TiTtz4ke
:in tla country had ever welt more
ears. 'lt is true
'the 'hand ; will: torfelt
name; of am 1')1 4 04 girl if at , s ingle spili. t i . Ot
Jarnei.or• a tliist:e. ht.
O I was ‘er'-v: sure;" said \I tie llreitOie,
"Xperi Was in gixid liati4l •.
HoWls your twither V !
Stn• ts more helpless than ever: ..M.l'Tslirtir
flii;ron; she e;innot use either her feet or; her.
:arms:'any, more ; there are no hands left 7tiut
.mine.whieh; thank G , el ! are str4nig 8141,501'
,:never Ifpon hearing this, Lelnttinr
tbrned tbr 'the . first time a glance of ititeiek
'towards • this 'excellent girl ; an oes:urre . Oee
did not escape the vigilant eye id' l ,
fat her.: •
,
Daring tie- clone summer there passed not,
a single day .without M. de Crecanne atiahis
daughter going to." c:sit the little • enelo.* . re,
and. hen harvest- time
_arrived a day iWas
agre s id .. upon
,when they would.' gatiair Into
sheaves the product of that of the glean--
Charles porthrined the labor of harvestini.
in this presence of the Brecanne
surpassbd all expectations,, for the . .sheaves
being carried to the barn in sight of the! 41-
days. after threshist4ro
duced twenty-flee bushels of tltic !mist
tot Wheat. It is tree . that Margaret' chO , ic
to add the few gleanings that • she ma i thi-ibe.
himKharies; she took so much inte'reStl. in
the proluct of the sheaf. : K
• •
twenty five measure's were like;te
seal4d up two
. great sacks;: tipptil, he.
:outhm
sOf Which M. de .Brecanne required
Li‘sditine to tik the stamp of her .4iniqpie
Shortly after, they were sprelal 344ee.
Iw,, acre-Li:nil a half 411 ground which "vits.lset .
apart CO. the baron's reserve, mid alioiit li
Wijie
he caused a fen;!e to l put. so that It's ; f,re
rise lextitit might be easili. • recognised a'fithe
••- • ,
nnext -
•if Iwo bu• lid of wheat,.' said Liontltie:
have produced . twenty-five, these hardi
yield—' .
'A little n a ire that] •three hundred,' resiii,ihil••
ed her tither ;•` hnt,l . stated iu advan4 . thitt it
Would require sonic labor and'sonie patience.
I shall only 4.1 i one year more, my.daOgliter,
and ,then you shah know ail my projectS.T.i
Leontine ineditatisi a greiktdeal
priiduct of a_ single sheat She •NaS
5.41 lavish of her.' pleasantries •-at)iiut agriitll
turei - and • during the whole winter. WWI
was - : sl in Puris t she inquired 'with..-iqiiite
a ruitcable interest, if the' wheat of ;that; re-
Serve promised to dO well, and whetheOdar-.
garet•always gave' her attention to !Urine,
on the first: of May, Leinitine expressfd-Ore
grets- at• quitting the capital to;go itint
bury herself in the 'country, daring it K tith e
siinfther. Sin• declared that a sojourn trr.tlte
open plains had itsiiutractions.its vujilyitlettis;
and:that one could . finisss happine 1!11.1. , - 77 -
.She l was the first; to speak of Ike day 0,. their
depiirtitre ; and among the books . :lthat' : she
.11 , 40,11y : took to make up her ,fittleitortiory
library. the baron was,' pleased to find
Studio' of Nature and . The Rural
On arriving at Tournine, Leontine
ail to lock herself into her mother's
t , •
as She had done on their preceding journeys.
She accomPanied her Cotter in all his Walks;
the, ditTerent farms with him andi. the
-camas attic poor people, whom sheasilo ll. -k
she; even 'wished to go and call - upon. Afirga-•
ret; and fband this amiable girl trundling her
motherin an old east -chair (she hail% been
saddenly ; struck with paralysis) so its Vig,et
her. warm Again in the rays of-the sun; 1; This
enmeshing Wilma .sen, afrected - the ijiered
ulouia YoUnglidy and convinced "her thai'the
virtues may dwelt under a Ahatch'ea• weal as
-bentittis a gilded ceiling.. • A •
But she whii W-Ltis thus newlyinitieteOnto,
_
thti wonders Pd . -nature r was not leash chits nctl
Witte:sheet of jret,green wheatstalks,:.:With
wt.:lol'6e rv;erve:•,weaeiiVered.. With What
impatience did: she Oak - the gtitheil49rit!
,4
. ,
•
What could' l
be . her ;father's H ' project ? The
i
time soon arrived for the reyelation so much
. desiredJ Leontine Wished 4:attend withter
father ai, the harvest,: whieh the two arpents
and a half Would prdiluee; laud . r'hieh had
been .con• ined in the first iproduct of the
sheaf; a . d esire by iitich• tlit.ty were .kept
there duri g, tut; entireiday. ' 1 • ' i - •
Theydt -- ed upon the gra*, in the shade Of
an old oakVsurrounded hY 1 harvesters_-. and
gleaners, w never • 4,llsed to
/ express, Lit'
their shouts nf joy, the pleasure and the hon
or of seeing 16k -it - Ise] Y 4 s, as Ttifitty Might say,
admitted to door table if the !Baron, de Bre
vanne ; so nitu-h esteetned mid respected by
all the Critters. Leotitine diielared that this
dinner in the fields Was the; !Most delicious
that he hiid ever tasted in het. life.. ' • •
At length the tkligetts,,weti loaded with the
nUmennis i lsheaves. gat fated 111 the, reserve;
Leontine erself counting them as they u'er'e
laid on. They were depisited in the green
house of the diatean,.•and . beiOg beateni with
th e flail tin- several days in isitecession, they
proem:LA more than Ihree 'hundred bushels of
wheat which were tio.l up in thirty sacks, 'tii
which the Seal was fi,ed acr P aihi . as on the oth
. •
er oveasi. ns. . • ' I
' What !' •said fen tine; `.these thirty sacks
o f grain conic from 4e gleattings) so much
di,;(lained f'‘ . • 1 •I ' -
„', i
',Olio year . tnore,-1 , - pontle d her father,
• and these three • !lunar 1 hiWiels - of-grain
will phaluee three tliti andi• Li't .its now
i
. se e what. the Cashmere tat YOu wore when
we tort the y.;uag gleantr atjthe foot of the
•ehatuan.le Graltioamt is' lot* Nearly half
wOrn,.your mother toade\it iitti'n.gowo . ; in
a few Illffilt hi it will go tuherteltamber.tnaid,
. w h o will soo n dispo s e ofit for keven or eight
2 1nEnp.. But fin -Inv, with he product of
my sheaf, I shall joroceed to tow my entire
i:lPfi l u t At.&l4'.4 4- IK ve l4 - It l itiii Hrlil l e,lM:
~. I • -
triet. - Consider Therefordthel ..linntensity of
agricultural riches: . adipire with one the won
ders of reprOdnetion and ettrke..., my:daugh
ter, that a - wi f s.e man has good reason for say- ,
ing tlritm m
ature has s nothing iliieli is trifling,.
;and ttantlie Creaor, liv the hide of the ills
which he has :delegated to muriak- in order
tO prow them. hlth placed all i the bi...s , ift.p .
;--
; ,that -tire 6F:dile of sweetemtu
. ttose ills. '
`U
, i ..i..,,
11.,.r tiy
, t ci . i fi i t , !i i tr.' r
, - ,hi, e;,sir area : ,
, 1:7l b , i !, i , t r i l itti t te
thankhrntis)o.,i
,cu-
tiu- this wonderfill les , ou!-- lifwed you life
mid now 1 tisee volt more, si§ l e e - your tastes
o
are.beeon
tug', ; mine.' .
le. ,
.
After the barren's reserve
sPoke to lii- daughter to ac e (
'Richard's at the hour when ti
liirintn% with the laborer's cm
whoin was Margit! .
in [tie ponitry.yard.--ere
for d hiller
szkiil M. de Bre%
it is. titces.ary
:slid have .eolite to propo4e
‘..b..111 I tliibk,:ttivip . itageous
• Pre , enteil by you,
biture zlivepted with 13;g0
• She all that tnr
num ; strertgth, health, a lit
ail() the Lea rhar:teters
ti,r her .he will' ha,
her husleilid. • hi a she
e , tcetnea by all whti
. _
pod Margaret.'
I!' exclaimed the latte
blushes.- ' Master_ Iticluir.
titilli,r Gu nivry his Charles
owns noticing.'
• ShZi owns the crop of
wheat:, replied-t he . baron qui
_
tire sum y=ielded by the tarn
which, I giVe her.'
1. .
• 'She shalt hive six hUndred Iranes for pin :
money,' added Leontine, ‘*hich 1 Bea my
mother.will give her. ' , •
. L.
it be posible !'. rt L
urit ed Margaret,
her eyes suffitsed au&breathigi*ith difficulty.
' In this. case I accept •you,l . .nid Richard,'
' for my duit4hter.iudaw,•provided that- yhu
please my son: i '.'`, . . -
°I do nut ,et`,' said Chart :On turn, ''whe.'ee
I could find Onb.bettee or nore :suitable:—
Your hand, goikl 111.argatrei, ' and I pledge
Yuu:- —. [
' No, no r resumed this list ;" I cannot mar.
ry so long-as my pOor mother`-: i living, _she
is-so infirm.' , .
Ah well r . said Riehardi, 'you .. can . . bring
her ti, the firm and I will lake care 'of her.
Would you 'refit* Chitrl?s v if by inisfortune-
I ;
% 1 ,4 paraly tie I Wynn tk4 his : with once
would you prevent hiM front •ttring.for my
old aye?' At . ,
;• • .
,
0h! quite e co ntrary;
l; ;you would only
find in me another e,, M ahildst': Richard:- . '
• ' I,et us• proceed then ; rt.gard ine as , your
* llither, and come and embrice,:ine.'., '
At these words -the It:triple': Margaret threw .
herself into the'arms Of tht farMer,.who has
tenthi to give-her hand in that :of his son.._
The young filks 4,d'the titriti and all the work
' men- ilaigratnhotll el l ole'Sifi)reh , ,,ising Mar
-1 mtret—the g,,,,d 31-rg r 4 ' %Own, -the 611.
1, _ ,.. at• 177 .
dren 'pf Richard already called sister. • On all
sides there were =hoots o jiiv, and kisses
were given and returned r 411 eyes were
. _ _
dimmed by tears, even th 64 of Leuntine
herself The baron iiressed her to hi heart,-
and motioning.o all the b•Ave men who sur-,
rounded thin, vieing withliOne another in ex
pres.4ons of their grateful'' knoWiedgement.,
said: . ' • ~. .
. .
''But behold my dau 'ter . ; behold Tics
PftvIDUCT OF a SHEAF r • V
-- -{,-- -I- •
CATLIN THE Anrisi..—W'e understand that
letters have lately been fainrt4+i - yedGeOrge
. .
Catlin, the ludiairPOrtrait4ainter. It will be
retnetn I ie red that Ali Cacti 't Wi. al several years
since very'succe-;sful ; in rindOn with his ex. 4
,hibition of pictured Speeiqieni-tif :various re.
''mute India!' tribes. iMr catlitt afterward en- .
gaged in sundry sp4ulation,ijtliat were far'
less,fortunate: - 1 1 . -' . •
.
. The letters, which havetof bite been reeeiv.',.
ed, are from the. head a I trilltary waters of
... -r
the: Amazon, whose Arun e..andunetioth:Auv ! i.,
age tribes haire fUrnished . r . .catilit with-new
subjer:tA.thr -hi j pictorial - s iltr.. . . . •
Mr Cat lin„obseirves tha . asti'vilization bad
not only reached, but I . ert4en. and: intaaed . 1
beyond his rownees;-he . tits rOadved Art - 6141
smile ancultivated hum o bnings out of-the
rex& of locomotives, or,
Ile ha doubtless, su
Aruerkun wildrnegs, •
bring borne. it whole, vtgury ut those:unclad
gentietnen slikgraphiclttlyta,le , iribed in the late ,
reports of Lieutenants .4entdun and Clibboa;
,
A. Y. Tinges. [ '
I 1 i . i From the..Providence_tiou . 41 0
IMP MYSTERIOUS TRACKS..
ItOhe;4lnter of
.1851, and tile following
prl,.fni.ch attention was excitd ;by My's
,terio a tracks in the:snow.. e•4,e' - tracks
werejoillie size that would be mile by a
itirearling . cOli, and were deep in t ie InoW, : as
f•hough inade by a heavy animal. • Yet .4t the
satifel ti M e their
.aPpearance inoicittedi that
they iiNere made by a winged tiniinaL . In
onieicaSctS they were' - traced :up to . a - :hicrli
•wall,iind iNinitnenced again on the' th ' 'IT
ii er 81 e,
[4lthkit?gk there was no anerturd tif admit
„'an animal large enough to make shcli a track.
!z i l;ther cases the tracks appeare l etir.a fi.lw
'. - 4 ind then disappeared, '•• th 1 the • '
1 , . as th, tg , t at 1-
all had alighted, and utter .wal a kin t lalile
„ iSbutee,:had again taken wing. - IThe trac k s
•ertr,lrotti eight to ten inches ap.irt,:,:in it s i n'
le tritil,AS• though made b yl t' l egge d
i iiii4l. In one ease it ivits.said hitVa,circit
f
1 r iii trk Was 'observed in the snaw,j •a
i,s
'the'
1 lad' i by i tlie• wing of a great bird! r
• iltse tt'itcks were first obsenledii;on! the
i
mornng of Thanks ,, iviti,g _ day, arid %s''ere seen
.1 :.
~
,s
m mitpy pt.ui. distant from each !other, and
tit•var,iouS parts of the . State. The qiescrip
tionSiitalFExirreSpotided , and in totiie eases
werei frozen in the sleet,- and the•tiniPreSsiOn.
y i asdistinet and well,. preserved: ) 1( is ;said
that 'Olitilar appearances were loaii4lti Ohio.
.1 Tliiy eiPlanation generally reek...il`..ed iwas
-that these tracks were made hy Ititi.'f' snowy
it.,l,ifi birdorhich belongs to
a trirel"noriher- '
ly region, hilt which the extreme told weatll
-- 441 OriV . eit south. •Thiz•i bird •titiglis from
hpir t , five pOunds, a yeight_quit 81.11Thldlt
tO itr , :e a deep iinpresion in the ii`ttw. , its 1
filot b.. cos - tired with feathers whit i:eltrve un- '
i t
der it;( and !when it standS with its alOns bent
. ~
tinder! it would . . mak e . an impresii tiiTnot ! mi
n . ..e- 4 - qle 0 1 !!! 41.1.4,,colestuaof--$44,44-....-
t ,
li •ve !they have not offered any otli l pri • In the
n glitorhobd •of • Apponaugh,. sinde • boys
Made4similar tracks with stilts, ats',we re
inenib (t
er that brought to ub dice! the
I I
stilts +•itli the ends carved in thei.fashion of
,-[ , •
4 1 119(4: -The idle hoax ex plained All"e. -• marks
oply•i i °MI vicinity, and was not i probably'
t'liteig it of till after they had beim :•;.t.4.:1 - j in
other.plaCes, and their origin made., a subject
tit dist fissio. . \ . i
•. Tit' n
same aPpearances whieh 'o .l X l i: he'd .s. o
I ~
I
it lien wonderhere in 1851 and- 18.42, have
been 't bserVed. this winter in . FoiLlillid, 'and
lit% e ; 'eati-ed greater superstitious Oad than i
.1
ite ",•tily.:.,terhius tracks” did-on 14 side 01'1
ilie Water. I The' foilowing paragri .. ph is livin
the I i Leitliti i i Titres of Fehiliziry Ili r,
ei , ,
0 _.,.. R. IIIYINAR.I )I..CL litti.M.E. 'ollBl4r
'l Er iiia • •t • - -• •
- -i:-t •
- :lpie iiiilist:iioil has been caused in the. toWns
.OrTtiiishaiii, - lympstone, Exinoyth, Teign
tinint4,-and llawlish, in the soutiot'Devon,,
ii t consequiatee of the discovery 4 i a vast
number Ot toot-tracks of a Inost, s r i lAtigp { { i t_
•
*464404 ' :e*lttt - 1167 , if
ei?;" dive-tett
,--grart.lt
vitenient has been produced, smog`* till classes
May 1 . 6 e judged - from the litet that[tlle subject
'has been &se:tilted on front the pnlpit. ',lt
appears that, on Thursday night 14t, there
was 'll verY heavy tall - of snow in I the til'ilygli-,.,
borliitOd Of:Exeter and ;he sontlil of, Devon:
O n fii . e, ti',llOwing morning the inabitunts Of
the above towns were surprised I t :-.oist-..nve-i
-4114. the tiiot-marks of 'sotile,„strattue and mys
terions animal, entloWed . with tit' tamer of
übignity As thefoot-prints were toe Seen in all
's*kind unaccountable places- 7 -if f
;the tops, 1
Of heel-es and narrow walls, in- g ardens 'and
Court-tart's, enelosol by high wa ils and pal=
a 4
iI T • •
ngsa Tit:: WO a < s in open fields ',There 1411:51
hardly- .a- gitiden in Lympstone Nyliga these 1
tootTrints were not observable.
,IlThe track '
-1 .
appt6red -More like that of a "hiPed thatt . ,,a
"ilumitispt.4tht and the steps were ietterally . 8!
tieheii in advance of each othek. '.- The ha
ires-Lsiiin of the fixft, closely resenibled.that of
and_;dcitilteys i h l oe,n s i t e a i l t i s e u e r:;l lo lo4 .o and
latt'inel
id a iha lf
t som e
iii
: all inches across.. Here: and the it -up
eared n 4 If clov . en, but in the grnrality- of
he steps! the shoe w.aseontintioati, juid, from:
he snow in , the centre remailiing entire,!
. te..tely showing the outer crest itf 1 the f'oo4l
t., must , have • been convex. Illni, creature
'seeing to ! have approached the dtioili of :sev
"eraf houSek and then to have rilturned,i• bin!
'tit; One hai been'able to discoVe" the stand
ing or re-ting point-of thin mys ripus i visit- ,
pr. ,' :On 's. unday last the 11ev..111 . Musgrave!
alluded t-' . l the subject iti his serit,o4' and sug-,
'.restiiil the - possibility otthe footirpts being
1.110.4 e of the Kangaroo: but this tetild searce.:l .
• 1
~ Iklive taiga the case, as ;hey vi-Wif fotincl•on
',troth;! Sides , ,Of the estpary of thii
.ixe ' At. ;
, • ~ •riN,-ient.., ::
it rit emains- mystery, arid - 'many
. so.i
4er;ilitionS l people in the above titns-j-itre ac-. 1
r,!tuallY.ftifraid to gO outside their Iddors afterll
. . i
in -• . 1 . : , .
nig,t t., , . • .4 1 1
' • H
1! - lit the London Illustrated Ne% 's !of Eebru- H
1 - • , ~ • 4 I ,
' a r y l '2 4t h is an article stating th same filets,
I' '-
- .with engr a v i ng s of the tracks.: The writer
, - , , . . .
• .
4 , This mysterious visitor gendrally pasiO
i 1
' onc'e down or across each garden.., ,
or court -
varo, Ilind !did so in nearly all tli IL , Khoust s in
mat l ,!.4 parts of the, several towns above tikert•
t
tionedos also in the-farms seattp red-about;
thiS'regular track passing in -.solid instances;
Niyer the roofs Of housm:, and -hay r icks,; and
i
very- high! walls • (one fourteen ftleti) withoUt
[idi.i. pittem b o..!the•snow on either side br-a4e.r.ing
ithe;distatiee between the feet, and ititt.sstifg up,
!tia•if the Wall had -not been tiny . $ itipedinient:
.The gardciiis with high fenees ori l
.Walls,-..and
*its sot"), he
iniettly him to
flottiiythe
, .
Lt./ by nllll
who a.:sisted
tthered together
!lzine Von have
you a party
'‘6l
cur l'„Baron, the
I Itt!..ait.'
; / lc tis d good wo
kt of labori
uli regard
e)the sArne. Isr
ii:•clierishcd and
r• and this fy.
••
covered witty
too good- • a
;43,4 p.m)r girl who
thirty acies of
-
`ang the en•.
kpe first• year;
_ .
gateslocked, were equally • Visited as t4o:ie!
open and Unprotected. - Now, e l hn we !eon.:
Nider the distanre that Mn.it, have 4ieen 0 ine I,
over to lutye• lett these; siarkS. 7 —, May' say itt.,
.aluto4 every garden, on door s4tqls,•through;
the- el: tenSive woods of Istseornlie, iII ptin On.;
m(,'lns; in enclosures and; fartnsHttie aCtnal
.prOgress must hive exceeded a himdred tniles.!,
It Is very; easy for people to 'lltitgh at these
apperataic , :, and account for 'tfiFtt
. in lan idle.
way: 1 At present, Ito satistiklory . sothtiort
has been E given. .No known'
.huitital Could
haii7el,traversed this extent of etitititry id'' one,.
'.. night,' heiide having to cross ttit `..lestuat7
• the' sea •tWo Miles broad. Neithfir• doe any
knOwn 'animal .walk in a li n e' of single 'fist' t,
i: •: • •
sttlPs . , ll 9.t eVettmen." „ l_ .• T. .•i
• •- ;jn ' the Same papet of 1114010 d. are several
cOMMuitientiOns upon -: the /Abje'et.,:isii*, of
them illh'strated with . ettglavitigs . . One of
tli'sa cotitniUnication.s niehtiontl;a:ruttuk;that
, ,
4 .
„ loingarotistuid esvaped•frot . a menagerie;:
bitt this *as noVemisidered . *irlng a filttu
' Billie . eipitutatittn. ' . The'itaOte- or
'nrettpohd'ent
.. •. . $: t. , ...i. - f. : ~-
'•
... 'll . r li.h 004 .': !itic*u 1 4iii.4 11 ce ' ftlo7(ieil .'• ino'4i.7
.: ! .' fill . d ' i,il, i' t g i:. ‘r a " hay•s l. t t oc 4e l: - tia .
- Int rh e.:: ; li.j ui: rits fs . c i r 4fssil;
anti or water.
..ied;in' 66 South
we hope . 4ie
. n
.. . .
stack was .Wholly ..
kind, but 611 the opi
a; direction . exactly
track thus traced, II
The same fact has"b
to a *all intervenin g ., i ... I
No animal, with euShion paW,,'such
.as the
felinetribei-d, iminntive or large (cat or - ti-,
gor)— . exhihit, could have made! theme marks;
for the-feet Of most quadrupeds' tread in par-
ialleli lines, some widely divaricated; others
approximating very clasely. The ass,. espe
•ciallY,- anitnig. the animals daily seen, up-.
:
preaches the shil,,ile line; - the - sat two. and
lone alternately: - Iforeover, 014 feline - tribe
leave concave pritits;lwherisA, in each of
:these mysthi printS,lhe space leneloscd by
the boundin-line w convex, ai in the-print
''cif tht. patte d. • i.
. 1' 1-
i
.
Early in the. week We were ,
Utforned. - -thar
tww.cranes had
.been shot At o+rton ; below
Burleigh Salterton, rind thtet•the were the
mystical printeesi but the weq-infortned in
zoolOgy at ()nee rejected this.oflered'explana
tion.. Within the la - it four, and twenty hours,
a coy shrewd andintelleettial irieighhor of
mine, about Six mile distant, wltote me word -
that a gentleatan in the ; parish.•adjoining his
own had traced these peculiar prints through
his garden walks into a six inchi gutter, and
there . .he saw the marks' of datit. This hai.
induced some to `suPpuse ' them to be the.
"triteks of a eatamountain. Twq . ether : gen:
tle man, resident in the parish, phrsued a line
Of prints
,cluring dirt hours an 4 half, mark- .
ina their progress u yler gtiosOerry bushes
I
and-espAlltr- n, missing
fruit t eeS; and tVe
regained sight of the itripreSsionlon,t.he rook
01 sh s tpe Of the hoes • to which !their march
of investigation are ght them. I Thee 'gen.:
tiemen `., swear to cli ws." Updn which my . ,
c0xrc,,,,,ria...,11.1...-- ...: - _--..--f.......,-.0,-,),
live they• must be of ers driven put inquest
of foOd.• Our friend felt toe-m!arks at the
contracted part of tiio 'print, khougit they
were not discernible by the eyer v -
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In the fall lof 1840 I . iwas • trvelling east
ward 'in a stage coach train Pittsburg over
.tbe rnpuntamti . .My fellow pasgengers were'
two g!:ntletnen and
,a lady. Thi! - elder gen
t lenten s app eil rat il CC i nter e sted the exceeding-.
ly. in•years he s,!em e d . aboutithirty'; and
in air and , Maaner In, Was calm, Idignitied s and
polis'aed, and Ehe colittJur at. his ffeatut•es was
singularly . intellects: I. He . coivei-sed free
ly. on difterentl topics until, the toad became
more abrupt and preCipitous ; On Calling at
tention to . thelr,rearldti tude. of at precii..ice i en
the verge of 'which our coach ',wheels were
leisurely. roiling; the e came a miirkedchan , re
on his', countenance. 1 His eyes, lately .Heed
with the light itifintelligenee,-bbaine ,wild,
es tlcA/4,44liad"tir - i/tf•4l''' ' 4'd
~1 . „-, .. . ..
, 3; , ~.. t. , , l a , bca .t.
- titikr7elitittOrJiTtii - rlie - ifitte - kieTrinii - & -
giddy,leight, and clutching my lam - tightly
with both his ;hands, he hung : Co: me like a..-
droWning Man. , -
' Use. fins cOlogne,' said Abe lady, handing
me a bottle..W'itli the inkinctivei ~o fidne,- ,S o f
her sex.l i . -
. J sprinkled lalittle on his face,i and he soon
became morelcomposed ; but it was not fin- .
!Ail. we hhd - en6rely traversed' the mountain,
and det:eeildv(4 into the countr:y betteath r tliat
his foe features, relaXed,frorn tbiir perturbed.
look and assumed the* , placid, qPiet* dignity
that I had at 'first noticed..
H '.l eve . An lepology 'to the hnlly=,' said he '
with. a-bland bland ",
and gentle inclination of
the head to tint fair . Coinpanion,i ' and some
'explanation -to my fellow trarfilers, l ',also ;
- and perhaps f cannot better _acquit myself of
.the double debt than by recounting the cause
:of my , recent agitation,.
!,- 'lt :may pain your feelingi,' delicately
iurged the lady. . . . ' i. • 1 ''.
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, • 'On the'contrary it will, reliqve them,'was
• the respectful reply: -•-' --
.
' Having signified our several . desires -to
1 , bear more the,traveller thus
,Noceeded :
' At,..the age of eighteen, I mai light of heart
light aftbot m 4,1 fear, (he smiled,) light: . of
head.: A fine 'property On -the tlatilts of the
Ohio ackneWledged me the sole i)wner. - - I was
hastening - home to - enjoy, it and ; delighted to I
'get ft4e from college life. -. i
'The month Was:October, tlo - air bracing
and the mode :of 'conveyance, al l: -stage coach '
, like,this, only more cumbroust.- The other,
passengerk were few--only-thr4e.i.a all-Lone
'an . old grey-headed planter of fouisiana, his
daughter 1.1 joyous, bewitching creature- aliont
seventeen, and his son about ;tea ' years of
aye. - • . .
?
' They wereitist returning frnm France, Of
- which cOuntry the youlig lady :disepursedlin
terms so eloquent as tO absorb hity attention.'
' The father was taciturn, baq the .daughter .
vivacious-by nature; and we son became so
mutually pleased with each othfr—she as the'
talker and Vas the listener—that it was not
"Until a sudden flash of I , l.i„,..litnini t add a heal.'y , i !
dash of raid n - against the windowe,..elicited .an
exclamation' from . my 'eharnitilt- companion,
that I knew how the night Passed.. •PreS- f i
ently there came a low, rutnblirq, sound, arid;'
then seeral, tremendous pealS..4f thunder,ae• E
conipanied by successive flashesiof lightning.
The rain descended in tOrkents .find• an angry:
wind. - began to howl . and moan!. thrOugh.the
forest trees. • • •' ' ' - f L I. '.
1 looked from the window et
The night was dark_as ebony,.kjut the' light.
.fling showed, the datermfr. rcind.
were on the edge of h . frightfull,Preeipiee;. 1.
could see. at intervals tinge jutting : rOks-tar
down its side v'the sight made me Sollei;
dons. for the safety of My:fair 4empanion . ..:
- "-I thought of the' mere •hair ihreadths that
were:befween hg.ihra.eternity4t •ingla .tit
tle rock in the track :44' . •(ntr wheels... 4
,a tiny billet of wood 4 a stray of tof a . ' tern-
rpest-torn tree . —restie horCesOir fenriles4
driver—any a these might
.hin;i us from -our'
sublunary existence, with the, stweil of tho't;
''Tis a peifeet. teni pest:. obtch:ed
.the
as I withdrew' my head (tem the WindoW. 7 ;-..
How I -lave' a:sudden • stet' There
something so : - grand 'about thd winds -when
.fairly loose from .among: the . riiver
encountered a night like. --this, !bet
magnioent description of a thutider., storm
in the J ura recurs to tiff tire - *e
lon the Monntahts'syet
• - Yes We' haveliegtin: the 'iW,eot:'
Is it, not-fell(t to ixt : dangear.
By no tnesi4s,'. I; replied; in an easy' a bane
as teopid, nlsur* •.• .
I bnly'vitSli 4 7 :4'ris **.ii might
lienjoy the invantaiu 'scenery.l. But whai's
that 1'
ec from larks of any
.os,ite side of thc stack, in
corresponding with .the
e Prints began again.—
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en- ascertaMed m respect
1 0
iCARE4rIVE.
A TKIIIL
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ME
covered eyes,from the glare
ofda- hec,t - , of lightning that - ilinnivat4 the
ruggedmountain with a t,rilitant iniOnSity. I,'
ile4taftin. peal of • eiashinet t tturider :in. -24
stintly succeeded there Was a.ver,f folum e 4
ortrain coining down at each thunder -bunk:4
and; with. -the deep! moaning of
brCaking Upon 'our ears,_[ found thae f ,oae , hhaZ--Ta
conic to a dead halt. .
- Louise, my beautiful fellciviirivelletWr - - - ---
caine as pale as 'vibes., She - fixed het i
ing eyes Yin mine with a look'of anximas..dtj
and .turning to her father, hurried - 11.01ot ,
ed. „
't, We are on the mountains'..;
A I reckon we are,':Was the unconcerne4: -
ply: :
With an'instinetive activity p ~7 -- -
l ...
head through the window and callefill.tOotbe '.-'
driver but the only answer was the meaning i r . ..,'
of an Ordinal borne' past t : me- by 'the — swift
wing of the tempesC, I seized'ihehandle of . `-.
the-door, and strained in, vain ;it would not If :
yield a jut. • At thathistantrfelt a ()old hand:l! . ..
on !mine, and heard I.iouiie's Voiee:faintly.,tir- -
''..l;
ticUlafing in my ear:the following appalling, ;.-
words . ' :-- : : ' ' -•- '':
Thecoach is beingmorici bailickii-dt fi . - • I ' -
. Never shall 1 forget:the . fierce agony with '
which' t.iugged at the.coach dOor, and-celled - ,lf
on klie driver, in tone , . that rivalled ihe...t)ree . tif
of the'. blast, *hi 1s C the dreadful conviction ,%.---
was burning on in'v brain that the coiich'Was
being brought backwards 1- ; --- ''''_'
What followed was of ;Such swife--oncur- 1-
I rence that it - seems like a.,, frightful dtea. 'rni -
1 1 rushed . against. the door wiih...alLniy_ i•
ft,rep but it with.teod•thfutmost -_ - "iirotiv--- sr I,_
One side of our' vehicle was setiiiit47o4ns : ..1'
• rdoirn , down - down.! The rimin*e..tethe '
I • '
hw0w.i.A....t.....P.11..ij:tt^ . ..-4.,... r , •;
t'il r :ieertt. it was one Of our h(;;;. - "...as -
t .. - ~.
I 4 Crash upon cra'Sh 'of hoarie thUnder.l.olo.
.
over the mountain ,
and vivid - lightning played
roimd-our devoted carriage. .as , if in glee a:-
our misery. By its :light reould''' see: for a. --
mojueni the old planter . standini,_erett4 with
_..
hig hands on his son and daughtei, 44 . eye 7
s.ralliefl t,k heaven, :and' his lips moving_ like
1 those of one in prayer.
_,I could-ien , _Lomse ...
i turn r her ashy cheek towards'me as if 10r....
iniproteetion, and. I mild see thehold_:shinee
, of the
young boy flashing gnant - defiance -,
4 at the de...eeilding earriage,t he 7ar of itieffieOts
and tiie awful danger that awaited , '
i ' i There was a roll4—a desperate . , plunge, ,as-
! ()Om animal in the last throes Oftli*iletion, -
t a liarA, grating jar, a sharp- piereingity lel
mortal terror, and had but. time* tn:RASp
Lnuise firmly with one hand reutid the-Waist
and seize-the leather; fastenings attached to.
the coach roof with the other; when- iiret*ere'
1 priicipitated over the - -precipiee. , ' ;\
,k I can distinctly r 'eeolleet jr - .. *
4
fui,ther knowledge by a - concusssion so' via- '-
lent that I was- instnntiv deprived of "sense
and motion.'
. The traveller paused. His featurei worked - -
for a minute or two'as they did wherfWe W - eri
ourt Ile
,mountain ; he pressed his' hands rierostt,
h4forel ead, as if m pain, and then resumel;- :
hi interesting narrative:
On a low couch in a hunthle room of a
small country house, next used= my eyes
iVthi, - ; 'world of light and sivide,,py, and sor- '
roW mirth and madness. 'Gktlei' hands
i)thed - my pillow, gentle. feet :glided across .
my chamber, and a gentle 'voice hushed fur a
tiine alt2my questioning.- .
"-• I was carefally, attended by a fair young'
girl about:fifteep, who refused for a length of_ -
the, to d
• bold ans - i-i Course with me: :At
, .
length one irierning finding myself sufficient
ly irecovered to sit up„.l insisted on leartiing.
the result, of, the
.Ineident. .: - ' ' - :
,‘ You were discovered,' said.i she, ,` sitting
on a ledge of riicks, amidst the:branehei : oia
shattered tre dinging to throOforyburlirci;
ken coach with one'lland,' and to the Iniensi , --'
bl.fin•nt of a lady - with thelother.' [
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E` And: the lady,' .I gasped,,Scannin , ,th•tr.,
.gi
/ rl's Ilike with an earnestness that caused 110 ,
te draw back (dui blush. - 1 . ' .:_
'''‘k She' was sated, sir, by - the n - seans ', ihitt4
: ...__
saved. you—the friendly tree.' ••••••
•,'' And her fitther• and brother-3' I intpt
tiently demanded. - -,. -, - I. - • .--",.-..,.^,..:
1 4 We found thein both crushed to pleceli t s 't
at the bottom of the precipice, 4.,great - "%tay :<::<:;',
below, where my father found:You and
Jady. ' We buried their_bodies• in. Om 04 , 4 . ..
close by the clover patch down in, our ras4 -,.
of r around.', . ." •-, •,.1 -
- "?1‘ Pour Louise, poor orphari I. God ;_rpity
yO.O 'r, I muttered in braen tones, utterly", ; ':'•liiii
c e i n gei , ins. that I had, a listener. --',-", :•. - .::::1-.-
- - j• God
.pity her indeed, sir„".said the yiinnit. :.
girl. With
~.. , .....
airl With a gush, of heartfelt Svinpathy„,.. r .:
V.V - ould on like to see het 3' she added : '-.
'•1 found the`orphart`bathed- in - tefira-bs t
irrave 61 her.,buried kindred, $ .
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me with sorrowful sweetness of -tfigiiiiii.F. : 'l , l , ..,
-need not:deiain your attention hy , --depiflint;:''
the efliirts I I made to win her from'gtief - - - biif; °
briefly acquaint yolk-that at • last I:anemia'
in iindueing;her, to leave her forlocn - 4*,_tit.
the sunny South, and twelve - tfaiti4lift:er--
the dreadful oecureence which I tairii - fe
we stand at . the altar 'as Man, and with >? . ~
}L She still tires to Ideas my- lov." ' - . -, her
smiles, stud my, children with her.
~ ..pici.,..
N
c et• ts
; . but. on the anniver:.;:ary of, - i4erif '...,
till night she 'seclude); belrself-in_.her rioern,
iiii'd, devotes the • houri cif darknei* tii.aelitt*
Pr ,,
ih -,
Yer.. '1 - : - ' '''' : ' `-',,!--,°,--,:,-.
1..4% for me, added the, trnieller - ,.. : whilit°,
fad. Et uNti tinged -hisladde brow at, thii Se
iine.; ; .',
r'i P asftli OtOhat, neciltrllt l 4 B rque4ii . .f.'
to the...condition of a, phyl-dez tl `Pi° , Tarii ak.t ,lo ::
sight of a- mountain preelpiee.t - ,,_ - 1.. - _ ,
_,1,,1
,
. I '.,‘ But the° dricci; aqko:tii tad - y= p . 00,4 _
Wiiii - attendd tcilhe,,recital-.4.the 11toriiir: , 2
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inrush attention, what liectune , of thWrivei r ':
or did yon
,yer li4t.llitlw resson4ollo4l
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thug his pest -., ..,., , .•, ;.4-
~-.., --... ,' .` v-
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I' ills burlyAVASfliti.nci on the:it* within a
;fewsteps.of the spot where. the tr:taiin• - ..w...c'
0..cr.:,. Re had been:atruck dea4 hkthe - sanie
flash - -of lightning that° blinded. thoi: restive her- '
~Too S . maLL—A Yunkeewpo,-FATickt, ta
the - II: ft :01o: 'coa titiy some tiiivio:irttiiisita •
dp.rettlytting, bow he like4llvat
lir nice court-
try, eiceOinglyi.ferkila;v4t cultivated, Noy
trp4lous;.,:xt,chl',iery's-wiAl4;
enover4kcd tl:';',li l o,Sik. •
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