II MIN CIINITLES F ; READ & H. Hp. FRAZIPM,, EDITORS. OC?t . - - i ‘.l • ' :SONG:\ • • The moon in'lent brightness .• Rides o'er ti e mountain ' s brow, The mist in ee..y• whiteness • Ms clad t vale belling; • . • Above the woodbine hewer - • Dirk waves the trysting-tree; . It is, it is•the hour, . • • .• Olt conte,•my love, to tee! - . The dews of night, have Wet Me, ;While wand!,k4ng lonelilv • ; • Thy father's Igulds beset Vin;— I I only. ftiarid ?for , thee. I crept beneath' thy tower, . I climbed thi iiy tree; ' Sod blessed be theonr •• tiat brings my lo . .e to me. \. - • -, - - I left myychosen numbers .. _. n yonder copse below ' • Each warrior lightly,sluinberS, Ills hand upon Os bow; From forth a tyrant's power .- : • :They *sit to set theefree; Ittis,lt is the hour— . ~. , 1 11 - 11/ come; mylove, to me! - • toitai. - nv . MS . W<ER SCOTT. "Al • weary lotis thine, fair maid, { A weir/ lot is thine;! To pull 'the. thorn thy brow to'braid, }And press i the rue for Wine!.' lightsome ere, a soldier's mien, I A feather of the idge t , • doublet:Of the,l f ineoln green' s —l- No more of nie von knew; My love ! No More of me you knew. I ••N 4. This morn is merry June, I ttow, : .- ." i,The rOse is budding fain:; . tut she,shall bloom in winter, snow;. •/ -1 Ere we two meet again." • ; •;• ;Lie turned" his charger as he spake, '• ••- - ""r Vpon 'the river ; shore, t he gave his bridle-reins a shak, • -; ' Sabi-.-"Adieu for evermore:, , Mr love! - • i _lnd aaitr for evermore.". ,• • \ r L t , c I I OZS kf)o , sjle • ,', • 1 . • . fr,fri • l'a tiapn's Moiithly for -Vara., -- '--..: SNIP-SNAP.. -. 3 . ! ..f: ' • • 1- •• CY - N'Pllti SUSAN SIMPSON, age eighteen, with t tlici, pretty tull-nt of pleasing . - men,- was th,!.:ati. , wl;..oiged belle.olthe little ..MarroW ._. . i .5..a.k.11-Vallt.v. -' . , -. . . i• .. This little Mlent of plea:ing,- - --tveln isi§roine..? .I;ine.• 7iven by. nature a. a eoint\en•zation for . qtr. lat-Iti of eVery other ace•otriplishort, or :11. im l ans .tif priteoringany'; hot. tli was n:4 tize lease Wiih,Cv who n:hia. had good 'Van , , , -. ~e..,,,e n i..,. 0 10 a veal of spriltliilieS:i to 110' . (6illp,,,Fliiiiii, 'wilit.ll lat.T. , r, a' I- ; 'takei, it.„.r . ' e .. quires Iv Feeratiother talents ; for its 'support, ~.whorwise it- !•4 - )eiti degenerate,; into. silliness—' ;whence it 'sinus imo - ,,,ttlitzqr ill-nature-in the o..ulory,gir: 7 --in the lady -clf. societ i y i into sar- . cal..m. . . ~... . . Cynthia lwas pretty, in the - freshnesis of her. a , :.. AmerionAbeauty conies,' forth like a • fl o wi , r,and is - Cut _down. Tlte_ c lovehness of • g;rll , . , by rarely ~ ripenS in the matron. ' And Cyffl.lia wit. , afraid to risk her loveliness, no dunk ; for whilst she epeouraged the .attert '•tions of many " beaux," who, in the Iltnglinge i 4 - . of her soc:ety, " went to see-'her " 'evening • after e'vening,.at the, snug fartif•hoaSe of her finher,i . wheneVer any. of these swains tool; the: opp(Jrtunityl to press upon her4otice the na ture of his CaSe,' . 'ntld urge the necessity of its speedy „cure, she: cut. the, matter Short, with,. '• . 111m:-,. '' i ! ._. ... . , '. • Truth must be, said, that amongst .nll her , . o.mirers there was not . one who was a:priori. --.- . tilat i.,i; before a reciprocation of his love j .• took 'Plac +a very 'desirable match for-60: . • The richest ,was -eth Taggart, nile paid his laStvisit to her one afternoon, in a! brand -• . new titAt, a l 0955 y, fine black broad-cloth:— - Pretty Cynthia. was alone, and prepaied by - previals--eiperience to diseern.symptOms•of ail approaching assaUlt:tipon the Malakoff of , , J1,....r aliitetions,• - Ahe' purso her, pretty little • .7 . ti:lo a uth. and sewed , i .with ;nimble-glancing fin-- gers,!on the sleeve . - of one of the old siluireg . • ..11irtti,, - . of unbleached cotton ; and thought to - herself . what a . fool Seth- Taggart was,, and Nroadered li`Ow he would get out of the fix in • which. he fbund himself,. and how *he could .. •. dare ' s think she hadrgiverir him encourage : ' truer-=and bewitching. •Pofir .- Seth sat on the verge of his chair, and gazed - through the Window, which ,was open, into the • . woodi, buthii was a mind like that-of Words: . Ivorth's Peter, . . .leA primrose, on the river's bike, . :. •-, ,- ! A •yellOw pi-imrose was to hint, .. . ' And 'nothing more." . • ' : .. - . • _ . He "did not find any4nspiration lithe woods, SO, he - began' tolook-into , the acr e s. ...- ' gigs Pyiathia,' said he,'atlet,gth, t did you . , - ever see a crow r • • ,Tes, Mr. Seth,' Amid' she, folding .her;gus sets,'Aand looking down at it demurely as a' Black7—ain't it.?' said Seth. '7 , •V <.Very' ; ' * Then came a pause'- Darn wish she'd help the out,' said Seth in his Ziwn, thought. The little minx knows • What I want to say, and she might help me to say. it.' • . • F . 4,,What. man/ ha's not thought this before now ~ at , courting time—and wished to Vern*, fem t, 3 fine tact,. and. the rarger experienceof wo- I men, to' help hint • out of. the slough: of de -1 spond he 'is 'beginning to . sink 'intonl ' What marl would not .give the world to know how the last Man, who offered . himself to' her; got tiiriiirgh.withitl... - .- ..--- : - i . .' Ever see , an 'owrik.liititt Beth, at length', falling back on his oWn resonrxiii, - ' . --. ' Often, Mr, Seth,' lived pretty Cynthia.. _ . , , • ~ ,- It's gilt big eyes---aitet,it, now?'' . eery . - big eyes: said 'she, . - . l .l Beth . grew angry. ,'Angry with -"himself, `-' -no . doubt ; but: anger, like Phcelms :Apollo at sansei; glows: lifighte4 -in reflection. He, 'thought it a' iniiin sharpie..' she wouldn't 'help him A ult: . _while. she Sit .there, i by:dung" good enough to eitt, l l arid laughing. at hire,,.-as even . - .hisi - iliiiit, perceptipri told him ,'; whihit, her - at-" 1 - - -teli t liq was apparently hestoWed: npon the. •.,' - "bl,lr..4f,ieve; He wis 4.. it• were his shirt she : , . 'was i.lid- l i n ii Si) &Avdp . usl v. Fle•stiired -up in i) - • 'the.a'i h - heartl; .. d . ' , !, ~..q on 1 e ,at, almost made! up . • .. ,his r4lial - that - ‘he.witie.t going to give Mierl another chance, .at : iiittaH4' but Cynthia lopped : . -.. h ei • o?tton.ballt'imdSeth, not .rising t ironz his . ~ ellairjstretehed, out:hie long; -lank arm, atul -- picket)it. up, - He ttiuChist her:l2nd, as She. • took i',l, bilek . ; • and an, electric ,i.l'Mdt,,..thrilied Ilirou l tli his veins / . and made hirtifeel . ' all:' . . „..., .. . . ~„ . . . .. . . . . •, . ' 1 I - - :- - ' • . . . •,,•. • i . •'.-. , . . . . . , . ~. . , i (A - „. • , • • • , .. . _ . . . . . . . . . :-. 1 . • .. • . • .44 - . • .. _. ~ • - •,•-.••• ...., ....... - . 1 -1- -.1 ~ ~,. , _ 1. ~,. . 1 , ..,. ,_ 1 • . . , . .. .1 . .. . , . . . . . , . . . ~_, •\ • - ~- ... . . . 1 . . ~, • .• • , . . .• - • •._ . . .. _ . - . • -••-..- • ...-- •• .. . . . .. .. • ..... . , . .. . , . . . I / •Ittl • , .._.... ~,..• . .. . . •? ~.,, ~ • 1 f ' . .1 . . i ...•; 1.,..... .1 ~. , .1 ..... t , • _ . , ~ . ~ .4. - , Nt. • . : - . 1 '•:., - ' 1...1. • f:” •• • - • lif I i 1 A . . '1 . . . . ' ' - 1 . . ' I • , . .' - . . . • ' ' . . . . . , . . .. .' . . . _ il .. - . ' ' 'l . -- I .. • .. - ,- , EMI „i over—ever - Co,” ai he some time atterWarda eXpresSed the sensation io,.me. : ' Miss Cynthy , intitbe you are fo nd of ma- 'pie eandy V,„: - • ' ''. • I". ' .* • ' Very,' sai l she. I-•• - . • ' • I Well,. nowi 4. said Seth, - -rising, 4 the next time I dome; I'll try; and bringyoul a great_ - .. . , 1 , l .: - gob.' , But axle rode home; behind -his !old farm] mare, he said to hirriself, ' I reckon I ain't go.' ing back to court a gal who-sees a feller in a fix, and never helps :him.' - - And sure enough,, ai l he "never-.did return . -Miss cynthi lost her . - richest love,T,.,Lanit. Many folks, Ore" _ . to this day,„believe she 'wished him back again. - - It is the way:of women to want the thing that can't be had. - At feast, so men . sliy (if not .in practiee, - in .theory.,) and Cytithii4 mouth_ watered; I. dare. saY, for many a week after, for that gob of, matilc - candy. _ ~ .._ : Tim. MORAL. Let every manic+ .1. - pretty: girl, pay court_ t0:' , .y0.0 .in - his Oivn. Way, and not in your Way, and help him ou't ht that— being sure, however, that you are in harms. py : with; his.mode:of procedure. are. Intl); ice-cream • w . hen it is goi . ng to 'recto.; nor lift the pot asit begins to boil ; nor n-iithe a false Step and get out or time, when 'your partner is meditating a revers: in. the cicrix 107)zps, or the polka. Many a declaration of i iitrection has - been;. frightened ofil •by some iwring, note sung in the treble of the dust,' which put It, out of haricony. • . : • eCynthiafthoughsio pretty a girl, and so ox-, perienced in the art of saying ' iao,l token Of ter of Marriage, had yet a. good deal to learn :in her own craft; and, indeed, no experience' ever primes a woman for: the. decisive mo ment. Each case 'must be roet.onl principle, .and not on precedent ° - It is our business to . discover, in 'this story of ' Snip:Snap,' how far, ',pretty - Cynthia ` pri.)fited by the experience . I Ate prided herselt upon in the roje , tion of her lovers. ' . ~ IMEI , • ..It: was •a melloW autumn mornSti; and - a russet gloW had tinged. the woods at the back • Of 'Squire Simpaon's homesteadl :It was Seth; Tat , gart's wedding-,day. I-.!e • was . to 'marry, that evening -Susie Chaseta Stniling,. littlr:,ruso-bud 'of. u wife, to whom he fOund plot ty.Of things - tia - say, as swe'eti - to - - - Susie:s ears as to herlipA his maple , eaddy,; Cyn thia, as one of her best friends, as 'to be beide - so - laid; and its she. wished td, shine that , night, in, all 'her ',bravery, and witited some nor ,'ribhons . a .for'}-her,,heail:dress, • this want kemptedlier abrnad, little after boon, when the harVest-fields . I were quietand the yoked • i oxen stood i relieVed - grorn leisurely. chewing the / sweet morsel reservixi for, that soft, 'stinnfj, hour - !f'rest, as men of business` , Use, to-do .the thought of the last letter Writ-. ten by the,band they love; till th3hUrdenjof the day. - is laid aside, putting it apart (with all its wornan'a nonsense, and, half uareasotia , l. hie' tiMeies.) - purei - froin the contact of the pile of yelltiw letters [lying on their.4esk--offet inc;.s . Upon th - e ishime . ofJuiiiter Mairtnion. ,Our pretty ..Cynthia,tripped Ming her path, scattering a cloud , of grasshoppers and crick ets, as she stepped ; and' in; her silly little, pride of bellehoo4 her,heart though she would-`not, have cortfess . the thought, that her relative valu e to her . 'eroWtf of beaux was, in •the same propUrtion as that Pt. one woman to- many _ravhoppera. y ~.oppe.,. • At a turn in •the path, stie came suddenly on. one of these : Ornirers--4rank. Handy.— .Frank's face flusiied. - He had been thinking of her when she Isiirprise.d him--thinking of her all that day and through a sleepless night; and in those hours the Cynthia of his fancy. had smiled on hiin, and laid her gentle hand in his, a-ad had been gathered to his heart— h was4-shock tO -come tinift 'suddenly' upon. so different a reality. : At 'the moment he en countered her, he was indulging' himself in an imaginary loVe `cene, in which 'he was calling her, in heart, My Cynthia,! my love,' and at the sudden sight, of her, all 'such presumptu ous faneies fled in'haste, - and hid themselves; shrinking like .vari-tinted coral poly rie,s when danger. approaches--=each into the, recesses of its 'mil. . • ) 4 I. beg -your pardon, kiss Cynthia,' he said, stainrpering before he gathered self-pos. session,-and session,-and accustomed himself to her pres ence. was on my way to make you a call. If you will allow me, I will' turn round - and walk -with you. • ' - . . - . 'Tam not going far e - Mr Frank, only into .the village, for some ribbon for,my hair, and gentleinen dislike. shopping,' - (knowing per ' fectly well thaqie - woOld go' With- her.) • I know . where a wild .hop-Virie grows;'. said he, it- would 'make a much prettier_ ornament for your.hair than any ribbons•you could buy And will. you get me. some D' -•-• • * ` Turn this way into,the woods, - and.spare me half Cu hour while I twist it into a wreath. T am going av:av from here to-morrow, per- . haps. • I have been „offered a professorship iq a school;of agriculture.' -' • • . Indeed Air. Handy. • There was a pause, .and ,Cynthia -resu-resumed,esued, a little , hurriedly :• I should think you would like going away .fromliere. '- . .There is nothing • to tempt a young gentleman to remain among us, ` shall like. it, in some 'respects, better than. my present life,' said Handy:. 'This fernier's life, when .:there are no-igher inte ,-rest:to apeouipani it, dOes not Itraw4,ot: the beSt' energies du man.. nature,Tinii his. • thougfits, goe,,,i!ound. and rou'od, `in, the-:riiti dile, like u.stiiiiirel in . its cage, and makes no • -tTliii:4liftkth'ks-higher tbings*thin I think,' Was Cynthia's thought 14 . he said thisomd for , a moment,. she relt,humhledpresence; butlshe rallied her_ "pretensions, , remembered 'her bellehood and her conquests, and the light in which - she always hadbeen..looked Upon 'by all 'her lovers,'and was almost disposed tai revenge ur*lFrankjlandy the passing. e,el ing o f -'inferiority. ;Frank stood jn ' silenee, t . wining the hop-w*th forlfer head. it did mot speak. • His- thoughts' were busied with. the* words that he would Say to her, when' he broke silreei . - • - . He was. satisfied to. - have her waiting at sider4ititing • for the hop wreatty with its pale green bells,"that he was twirling Wisurqy ; and. Cynthia grew 7 itriplv :tient as die rand he did"not. speak to 11.3he.add ressed hitn several questions; Which ; he,ginswervi*ith an air Of_ prehoeitpation„,-. !fie . wandered from_ his, tide . . it few yards athong the rocks, turning over with her foot siyme pebbh4 - oVered.lWith•grai tthdokange ,thosa, and'diturbing all ;the 'swartu -- Of busy - insect'life, which made; its hatne.there.:, 'The intluenees °tithe - day *Oa into: ef heart; Sid thadpieranswere niOre.scift and natural. At - fait gaudy broke 'silence, calling iinF - :-Y ' A • 1 FEE`g-DOsq lIM to him, as sheyod watehin .-.. .. . the point • of her .foot had predu hill. • - .\'• ..\:: •'• Mss Cynthia."• • - . .. . • ''ls it finishedir she said, quickly. • . ' ' Net tho garland—but the struggle i my breast is finished.: . : I have 'been question4g with myself wyether I should say .to. yoh whai lam about te say. • . • - Cynthia gathered. a leaf, and began slowly to tear •aPa'rt.it..4..delicate . seins and fibres. ' 'Miss Cyritifia;ls if pleasant to you.to have . il,man say he leves you r -. .. .. 'I don't knoW; Mr. Handy. I'snPpose so. That is',-I think it very embarrassAng smile •.times.' , . . . ..' Why em _ a_ssing, Miss'Cynthial' i He' was takii g her on a new tiek.• • It was different frod nything she 'had ever before ' experiencksi . he did net like . thiS way of having...his . offer i .' . .olt. is embarrassing .when fknow.that My only . answer can •be No,' she said, lookint him in the fucb a moment, and then casting her eyes uponitive lime leaf she w'as.disseet ing. .' .1 •• - . . . . ' it,would be more embarrassing, I think, if - you were net $o sure,' he said, ' and if you took the -matter into Consideration:' ' It. never • waiit:s any (1-onsideration with.me,' she answered.:.! i . . ' What ! aid - you never place b efore your Mind -the subjett of marriage 1 Have: you been satisficid iwitb the vain. triumphs of a belle ? • And did, you never look-heyOnd,' to see what the.lifiP'py duties of -a wife; and the sweet ties . of ho Me might be ?' • Cynthia latilied ; but the ;laugh- was - affect ed and . consti4ed. ' What. nonsense,' Mr. Handy!'. - .1 ', • i' • It : g. is • not non:sense,' he replied'; ' such thotei,' ts are lit for maiden meditation- 7 -They are womanly and womanly, hove every thing else, I sbould.wish niy wi • to, be.' : ' r hope she' ma be all you,wish her, Mr ,.l , . . ,-. if you Wel will- go now, if you please, if yi) have . finished my garland..' '• . . "It is-not ready for you yet,' said Handy,' passing it•over one arm while he took her hand.: 'Cy mina, beloved! you . must listen 1 ...i.i.-: . :, • . . . -... l "'She- drew' he; 'hand away,, but he Wok •it, 'again, and 'resumed. ' You must.,let Me feel its pulses beat. against- my hand, while I JI you : the secret Of. my life,--Of my... life, for . I have always - loved you. -: I loved you :When you were a, bpoining little girl, and . we both went to school' lo Ezekias heed, dear. Cyn thia. I havie.loved you against hope—at times agaiti.st my better reason, I 'have lies= M ated to tellqyou tnis, because encumbrances on. my farm made my .position-less thait that, which .1 thought ought to be offered to you.— I have watchisi you with your other admir ers ; and, iii somemoments, have not thought . that tiny fabler had your preference, so that, other niii !hive taken their-chance before me: ThiS.offer, of professorship, which adds a, thousand dollars - to my 'income, makes it pos sible g'T me Ito address you.. Cynthia! there are :lepths of tenderness Which nohuman eye lasi efer.fath:omed, in many ',a strong inan's lieart—depths which, perhapa r are never; by the shallowo nature of your sex, entirely re- Pint-meted or:poderstood. It. is not alone. iny. - heart, it is my, very nature—heart . and soul, . mind antl'Strtngth— hat I offer to you. The it •JciVe of yoU,llike thins that absorb and as aitnilate into their owl growth; has become part of me.' This is a tried and true affection, Cyttithia. It . has waited patiently . until the -moment wit i np when it might be Offered to your aceeptance; Cynthia, if you wily lay this little' hand in 'mine. (and he - let it fall,. but`streiche&nut his hand towards her,) .' I. will strengthen you, and . elevate 'you, and guide you. 1 - You shall be a woman of higher rank (as God ranks woman,) for your union with a manls stronger, steadier, and, more sin gle-minded Mature ; apd,Cynthia, your- influ ence for goiod, on me will be incalelilable.— Who can ektimate what a man odes to the affection of* woman ? All'tha t -I have inme that:fit - good - Will be doubleiftty your ;influ ence: yotl must draw fotthperhapS create' -,the gentleness, delicacies, and the tender 'nesses thatleomplete the manly character!. He pauied, and Cynthia stood 'with her hand hidden in .thefolds.:of bent mantle. - • - ' No . ,' ship replied slowly ;-'' I am'sorry, Mr. Handy; brit I cannot -be what : you wish to you.' . 1 . ' ' . • • - k .. • • There was, an embarrassed silence between them fur al few moments, and then Cynthia, 'gathering hrage with' her rising pride; °On tinued.:. l' - . -,. . . i .- ' . .' ' ' I am tint*Mod enough to answer your-ex pectation 4 Mr.. Hardy. You must look elsewhere ifor the kind of woman who will satisffyon.7 ' - . . . ' -Handy started, and his face flushed. eager ly.- :He was about to Speak. Cynthia caught the lightning of his eyes . but when theyerest ed on heel Face;, he said diet her 'words .Were • not Wholly sincere, and the look faded. • - 2 YOU a ..e notjdealing fairly. .With me, Miss Cynthia, -sec yet with .your own heart," he said, a little bitterly. '''' You are not Con vinceeoflwhat you said this moment. 7 -- YOn think hi ;lour heart I am a foolish fellow, and that I' askltOo 'much. ' You do. not think that Cynthia Simpson fitlislhort of the reasonable,. )(feat of any man) . ~ , ' • . " I dunekriow..why- yolf .- ,should.,say ,such s thittp.' said Cynthia, growing angry,,and natr ,ty re - ally t cry. It was the first.time any offer - had been .inade• to -het. which had not le,' ft IMAM it itself-satisfied feeling of triumph! and 'yet Lere, was ',Frank_ Handy, 'as ineo:n-. parably 4uperior to any Other suitor idle had ever liadias. :.. Well no matter; .2' • •:. ' Miss ;Cynthia,' said Frank, 4 wheti.ti man loves a Woman, as I have long,losra you, he sitiglei hit out from the whole world as. his, :representative of 'womatilioed ; and, there is that in.ho before which be bows down, doing . . -homage to the woman's natre withinin- her..., 'Out this does not itn ply 'Unconscioushesi of her - faults. . tie may see where she. eximesl short 'of her oWn capability. And that Marriage is true union in 'which the kusband, up to, whom Shelooka, and on whom she .should . lean, strengthrs her better in itscnrtiggle against her wimer nature. : •. . They serek walking towards the Homestead, and. waiking.. fast. '..Cynthia 'was angry, ,dis. turbed, and Mortified. .. Was this ii. time to dwell upon' her. faultw 1 .She admitted that she Midi' some. Vague confession! by, no - means „ImPlying that Cynthia knew that, at - that, Motuent, she Was - proud, .vain,: insincere, and petd lan t, , isnd:that she was crushing down the..bettOr feelings: of her heart, to give the victory 4. ithia.,her.tcfr the..wofst.. If Handy viantediher she thOught, - he' might Woo her With Inuit respect to her liketetniions. .And i • - : ©r . '4-.3 ONTROSE, THURSDAY, MARCH the stii. Which d in an ant- , . he should -VVQO her. If he toyed -ICC as - he said he did, shekneW her power wo'great. He ,should bring his homage not 'coldly to the womanhood within her,hut to herself— to Simpson, In spite of the full display of her, faulti,.. and even in opPosition to his better reason. She was not to be de= ,frauded of hei triumph, -and- it would be a ' , treat one, indeed; it she forced him,l:by Ater e - • at discretion. the steneTenee ttyl • In theiripath 4. Frank set his .inly. Miss Cyn-: have the ; j courage 119. It is the true Steps, and. paused. Carefully . from his She took it with Elie took it!, c rushed some of the !green blossoms. *She would have treated him with. mOre *courtesy (had `Frank hut. knOwn it,) . if sheAtad be.•fr entire: s ly indiffiirent h'.s admiration. - . Cynthia,' said he,noW in a grave and measured tone, which, iu spite of herself, im presSed het - With a sense of the powerles.snesS of her little arts when brought into conflict iwith his self-Possession_and 'very well how .you have dealt by Many men,, and I am not y- disposed ti fall into the ranks, , and take m chance amoig your-many other patient suitor's, It. is trik, that the wound -that you would inflict,iinl me, wilt leave its scar for life- ' ;but I criunei- s make my self-re spect an offering ever; -telyou. And if you have the feelings Of truelnoblenes, which I have alwAs\ fancied I disCerned you„,_you would respekine, esteern me, love me less, for such a sacrifice. I !!hall-neveri o ff er my - •I 'self again to you.' Cynthia- 'started. • Slight and rapid. - as . her -inciverrient watthe-saiv it, and repeated, I shall !Bever of er myself again to you. •And - I Il eave, this place. to morrow, never to - return . s to it, 'till' I have subdued this love for - yo l u TO-night I shall be - • the wedding. II am. grooansman to Seth..Taggart, and •shOl stand up With yeu.- I am going home to ;icOnsider fully what has passed, to, Conviitee Myself (if I ertn) calmly, Whether my love foriyon hap been . an error in my life, for which myljudgment is respon .sible, or . 014 its' misfortune; ,whether the Cynthia I . have loved iStreally capable, as I have dreamed, of scattering the Clouds that dim herbeauty, and Starling forth in .her 'sweet queritiness upon Ipte 'lonely darkness of the man , Who can teaeh . her What it is to, love. , I do s not know , 4,hat I shall To-day has shaken, my i lconfidenee inyou.-1 As I said Itefore; I shalltuake,„yon no further! oiler; but, if I make u p thy Titled to reireWl the one I have: ju4t- made you; l shalt-say Snip ! during the evening; .and, if You - anSwer Snap! I shall Understand it is favorably re ctiVed by you. • M•ind, l ,lhe added, ' Lthink doubtful' whether, .riohOtTlistiniding my lov for you, 1 shall think it 'rigiss: to. Say it. I an' going into the fields to 'meditate tillreVen i tide, upcat my course, and I may bring bac the cotivicar, that 'for the . .presenrrejectiot t)f my suit , I ought to bif. much obliged to you Nei shall . I say 'Snip l'lmore • than once. Ii this uncertainty 1 lease the Matter to you consideration. • s • , What impertinence!' thought" Cynthia. .. I . never heard of such: a thingir And sh began to cry, standing 'alone upon the hig way, holding her trop-Wreath ;her hand.' I don't know what 1 'bad bette r ' do. . -Ii wish he had taken some Other-Way of - spec - .ing to me.; Oh ! why should IfeLhe so . Ver -unkind' I dorei . care. It.is his' Joss agr i t deal•more than mine, if . -he is really in love' with me.' wi la , fr The evil. spirit Was coming back, and t i f whispered, ' He will certainly +ay - Snip! b t you had better not say Snare! too readily.' She walked on thinking, in - raining a tr i l, umph, when',suddenly -the thOught came tc her, that. she was • confessiiigito hersqlf S( snap !—and whY4 It was n t wanted to say l , possible ,that the tables of -it pride we' e a i turned upon her; that she wit.st -panic H = dy's power, to refuse or to take; thit s e loved him ,l don't care for mm iit al?,', wits the suggestion of the bad angel.—' I on ly w,ant to teach him for the future to behaVe. He is a presuming, exacting, self-conceited fel low.' . .' . • ' • : ' Have you ever, in the course of your-x -perience ',said the good angel, ' seen any 6 li i, er roan like rank I: Has not the convey 1- Lion of this very day raised him to a height in your esteem..., which is. „which nrUst be... ..almost.. - ..That is, h ' stands before you in a light ,which ho other man. has ever stood before I' - • 'I don't believe he loves rne, said her per verse heart, 'Or- else he woulil have taken a great deal` more pains to win Ime.'. ' All !' said; the good angel, ' what better love can a man give, than that which sees your fatilts and strengthens:yoU against them ? True; he has set his ide,al, of jQomanhood so high, that you do. not - come up to it; but i he sees in your ;tapabilities for good beyOnd those of other 'women, thoughitu the heig ht of - your capabilities you have never attain ed.', ' . 1 'Oh rI shall be a worse Iwonnah, and an woman, woah, ifil do not love Frank Han dy, and if Frank Handy does-; not love r e,' - said her. heart,, nowt, turning ~to its better in stincts, as she threw herselfopon 'her little, white, dimity r -covera bed, in herown cham ber, and shutting out the light from ber eyes, thought what life would be 'if Frank never said Snip !--Frank, who was oven then walk ing in the fields, trying to think all.the harm he could of her. - ' I , - Here she ;lay, and cried„ 'and disquieted herself in vein. And she thought ove all the good shci had ever heard of Frank I- an. dy, arid—strange !=-that thoagh it ' seemed to her he had the good word and good opin-I ion urevery mph that knew hini,, no one bad ever quite seemed to apPreciate him, to his full value. perhaps he had never ' showa his inmost.heart to ' other people ria he had tolher. Her woundeld feeling seized upon the bairn' she found in such a thought. 'Frank was Pot a trian' to put forth his pretensions, She had, wronged 'hire , very much in calling hiral„con-I, eeited and presuming, lie had spokennly what ho haci a right to thinkaboot kis &Ain f o sincerity; oila oh!' how she wished he uld think, a great deal hoter2of htir, . ' -During m the burst of tee that, 1011, Wet' thisjeflocticin, the great farm tes-belf rat*. Cynthia spr i n g from ber bedJand wipert! 11 - 4 eyes. ''lf th lOaed 118 -if 'shil had beell er Y 4 ing,• might hot soine'mui say she was Peas to lose Seth Taggart? Seth Tugged, in,- deed I - Sb o wasn't going to ery-foe losing any Ilr 27, 1856 1 - And maa. n the evil viri resu.. i I Bo Cynthia W%it down s irs towering in pride and wrath. iShe had „half a mind not. to got the wedding: No,fsfe) co ld not do' th4t. Ileople would certainly say things she would not like about her end Seth Taggart; if she ,staid away. It was . delicate ground with her, this matter of'Seith Taggart's be cane he h,ad never made ir.r any, otTer. '1 th nk Men treat women shamefully, said Cynthia in her thoughts, summing! up all het' , 1 wrongs at once, as she sat at the tea-table, pr i m:ling herself with pride against the weak-- ness before which she felt her courage giving way. f . 1 I 1 : : Cynthy, I reckon you'd best go and dress -- y u," said her mother, as j she was clearing away the table after tea; ' you! leave the things, and IT wash up and - pet away. It will take ' you some time t fix yourself, and yu ought to be there, earl , if you' going ,to s and p with SUe.' a st.' NY , lots the groomsman. • 'd her father.. I . ' Fiiink Handy, sir,' sa t i . iss of her head. - I' Ha, Handy I' said ' her father, ' a right I.e eve ri fellow is Frank. It'll be 'a lucky' wo- I Man he stands up with to be married to.' , I Cynthia` escaped to her !own remit, and she, legan! to cry again. There! her lather spoke Well! f Frank; but nobody could know, him .8 we I ( 1 . as she knew him! Oh! if he only woul cone back.' Why 14dn't she known , the , state f her own heart that morning 1 But he toek her so by; surprse, and all her evil eelings had. - got uppers: tit.at the moment. 1 t, wonld be very cruel Of im—Very--Lnot to . 1 1 ry hCr again. - I Thus she thought, until she was sufficiently dvaneed in her toilet to pet her wreath on. hould she wear it ? ; W;uld it pot be,' con fessing too much, if he W re to ice it' in- her hair.? . She looked for some ribbons in her • drawler, but at this moms:lnt herifitther ealled her,nd said, if - she cane stork he would driv4her over to Susie's before 'he unharnes sedis old mare. So she pilt.On the hop 1. wre th in a hurry, giving! it the benefit of her dou t, and its trembling 'green !bells mixed with the light curls of her pretty sunny hair. s, ' 'Where did you get that ti l ling from?' said her, Ifather. ' It's mighty tasty; I' declare:— Give me a kissc_Cynthy. 1 I hope your beaux will) think yea rook half as pretty as 1 .do.— And it's. better, my child, to be iv:Mike& by your old-father, who loves voe, than by a : ero vd 'of-fodlish fellows - liaif el- whom get ' ; roe da. pretty girl just like my-flock of sheep, out yonder r one following because another is ma Mg up to her.' , ; - `[Foolish fellows I .' the.if i teerel ' foolish fel lows. But Frank Handy was not • one of, theM. Frank!had ueverlfollowed in her train sufficiekly to be accounted Oriel of he'r suit , ors!, 'lt was this very ' foolish' , flock, whose rat ks he scorned'to enter. Alt that her fath er aid, seemed to justify, her nascent feeling, Sh kissed the old man '4 ruddy cheek, and fel "as if the calli)w love,ithat fliittered at het h a e p a i) r r t o , b h a a t d io a n l . mos bee n . ade welcome by: hili i ' 1 \Vhat time shall leo e for you,Cjrnthal' i l i l sad he, as she alighted Susv 's oor. i 'Oh ! not till late, lat'er,',.slie, said,hurried tyl• '"Stay-=not at all.- 1 1Soinelor the young men will' walk home with me; or, : if they dun't, I'll come with TOmmy Cluiset llels oily eleven, nut he's tal of his!lage.' ; , And 'now' Cynthia f und herself in the b ! ide's Chamber: , The pretty little rose-bud, blushing in her ..weddirt muslin, and going tol be very happy, beeau e..:.ivell, it takes a good deal More sense than &isle had to he uhappy In life when one .is blessed with la sweet temper and a. good digeation. A su p radded power of suffering is a proof of an ai wince in organization,!and We submit the argument to . the skeptic whether . this _truth do' ea not imply the necessity of seme power, or influence which shall Counterbalance and adjust this . - sensitiveness elk suffering, in the 1. „ , ....... • : 4'ighest naures ? r.„,. 1 Cynthia was waited - for to Tut the finiih gig touches-to the bridal!' toilet, for- Cynthia ad taste, and Cynthia ainong tier 'girls', had , e reputation for good-iiature.'-`Her fingers felled her as she pinned the wedding wreath, and she trembled more i than the bride did When the buggy that had been' sent for the Minister stopped at the end of the brick path which led up. to the homestead. She sew Frank Handy in his bridal suit going doWn to receive the minister. i , ' Cynthia, you go - and tell the' gentlemen they shay come: iii.' • i• [ Cynthia 4,hrank baci.c. But as bridesmaid was-her o ffi ce, and A others pushed `leer to the door. • , !'"" 7 '= 11 4 She didn't Want- to ee Seth. Taggart,' I eckon," said one of the girls . in' a' half ills ; per. ' ' Don't. you see!, ho* Pale she -has grown.' l' „! . •I ~ Cynthia, lefsified thi speech by looking . . iscaelet bolero the gil a ddressed could ;tem her head ; and. she opened the door of the ! ;room, where the bridegroom ! and his men !were caged,!with an air iii which assumed ie difference was , stronglikmarked, and said„' ('.Gentlemen, we are ready,' with a toss . that sent the 'up-bells dancing in her h . ead. t ; . ' Seth, long and lean, and Shiny, in his wed ' ding suit, 11S a' lin4ko in a new skin;, ' -ti oolc li . :- tie Susie on -his awkward arm I; Frank, Han dy, quite "collected, and self-poisessed; offered his to the bridesmaid, and they followed' the bride and bridegroom into the best parler. Cynthia and Frank Were parted, when they took their places , for the e,eremony. It was only, a moment that she leaned upon his arm ;,' but that moment gave her a' new sensation.', It we's aprioe, such as no '. Woman need be' ashamed of, in resting upon manly., strength. ' Ills aria did nut tremble, though all her nerved seemedtwittering like Wires stretched, and suddenly let loose. Hia seemed sOstrong, so calm, so self fl eeted; and so dignified, • -7 that she began to feel her owe unworthiness, and to mistrust h r,Powet, 1 , She imst here es down duthig the service, - tried to bring he rebel nerves under contro l ',site heard . noth rig, and saw no one.- The minister had bi d them both,' and kiesed the bride. ; Byerlybpdy cainci r round the , pair with sa4atipits. 1 The kissing was rather in discriminateit Seth claitned tie . privilege of kissing all, tiate girls, and of eurse he kissed. -the' bridesMaid.His:former 'sensation of 1 0 '-all over-4ver ':transferred itselltober in a difierent way.l She wee d-= at , 39 4 4 n; have 4181144 elan). I: . . . . -!„, . ' Cynthy, - .you find Frank ring In the take. yr 4I You seem to for et .alt' you aye' got•tii do,' saiZr ' onerof the l oung girls f the pair. - . '=Frank ! hero ! Your tii,idesmaid 5 wai t - I • W a 17 1 ( C )11- " ERAZIEtt Sc I:?UI3IISHEit,S-401 , 2. L . ed. their ingi and I doelar taken the privil • Frank was cab lady in blue, a st ha 4 been brough i l had no other tun ..to !be attentive II beg your he; .turning from tics of the latter addressed to hi peeted of us.' They went to! were there alo intends Lo say 13 But Frank 'was , QI plates, tied . d Cynthia fe refuge in' silent (en ihe sweet, ding cake whic qt. is a foolish custein,Esaid'Frank,!as they . arranged the cake. r Fool - that persons, because they are happy, sheuld want to make other folksßut there is a great deal of selfishness in e display- Of newly-married, hUppiness, as'that essay by Elia tells Frank sighed, and tliat . sigh revived the Oourage -of Cynthia. Now - 4 . 11 e thOught he will sty Snip f' Can,l . • say Snag l'- Oh! 530. Miss Bridesmaid .? Cynthia, with a She mit on not hoe any Vrank,'she sa will be the pe 'Son. ;. I don't believe you' have e of the kiss you are. euti- ed away from the side of a t :nor from the eity who f, by some of the gue.s She liaintances arid Frunk Seemed her. - iardon, Miss Cyntpii,! said the ladi, and takinieno no part of the speech 'Oat _was I , ' let us do all that ' is ex- ether into -the pantry, and e. Cynthia • thought; if he . , ip !. now is .the monient:— . ntent on.-arranging the cake spesing , them on a large wait t ready to cry. She .took and the cake: It may have , unwholesome smell Of we'd' , made her head. ache Violent, coquetry t 'You will' cote, at your Wedding, Mr. d. 'Everything about that eetion of good sense.and • She had he f t intended to he sarcastic, but as the speech , Il froni her tips, it .!sounded 00..1t was trifling-tunworthy. She wished She had not said it. Its tone was oat of har mony with what. she felt: . ! * , i - 4 Come,' Said Frank, 4 let us feed them.'— 41e took-one of the handles of „thelray, and :the bridesmaid took the other.' The `room • was very merf y. The mike wasserved_with plenty of nois„ and thevine after it:. Frank seemed to be quite self-possessed, andnten t,ive to every ody. Cynthia's beaux could make nothing of her; i She answered their questions wro g. A rumot,ran thht sliewas wearing the wlillow for Seth Taggart:She [ declined to dance, on the plea that!she •must keeri herself disengaged' for„ her duties as a bridesmaid, and, indeed, her head ached so she feared the motion . .. Agonized , lay.‘her self-Conseions*ss and with too little spirit left to make! head{ aganst the 'rePorts that were going about, she could not but perceive that Franke-ctrn...d not to remember her. ' Who is that lady in blue, Mr.' Handy ,i. 4 ao.taken up With V she said to one of the par ty. Cynthia had alsiays called him . ' Frank' befbre e but consciousness made her now re ject the old lainiliarity. ` . 1 . 'Oh ! that! is somebody very , wonderful: -Everybody else is afraid to speak, to her.— She has written a book. • Frank seems to be : right down flirting with her—doesn't he 1 I declarenow,l he always wanted somebody out of the way. Nobody bere was good. enough for F`fank.,, Have pie beard he has been o ff ered a profe.ssorship,- and is going away ? , lie is going to live in the same 'place she doe.s:l I•Should't wilnderat his courting her—should ou ?' - ' " -' I don't care,' said Cynthialn her heart, ' I don't care. ! Oh ! yes! do '1•I- care s that he should ha i r weighed me in 1 the balance so Calmly this afternoon,' and found Inc so unworthy,, that , he takes back the love he has offered me. H Has he judged Me very cruel ly 1 Or am -quite unworthy-of his attach ment? O i'!fi think that this niorpin,,a , I had it in naypower to be happ y all milifyvhen I refused WM!! Oh ! ho can any one com pare any oilier man. with 'him ? And he loved - Me onlsr to-day—and now; to-night,his reason 'says ljam -not good enough to be , his wife; and bets afraid of being unhappy With me. Indeed; lam not good 'enough—but ,I would try tolbe.' : ' - - - '....1f yoli t would snip it.:' It was Frank Handy's voice. She caught the word, and 100 ed up eagerly. - Frank 14 saw her, and'stO4 p .embarraased. He was holding up a tort old'in thedress of his part ner in blue. , c_ , '' , , ~ " i \ 'Ill; kneW where, to'fin d a needle and thread,' said'the authoress,,Withl - a half look at the bridesmaid. ' . 1 ' I know. Let me sew it Op for you,' said Cynthia. . '-', . - Her pride jhad left her. She felt bumbled to the duit: llt would be a relief to do some thing tor this woman—better than herself= whom Frank; preferred to her. - : ' Let. me do it,' she said earnestly. 'Mr. Handy, I shall depend upon your es. tort.' Frank Handy bowed, an the girls Wept together intokiThed-room. •-• ' •. -ESeort t—Wa.s it his escort to the 'city I He had told her he Should go there. Cyuth ia sewed up he bole hi the blue dress, very sadly and riuetly. ~. i . t The animation faded' from 'tae yopfig, anthoress's lace, as - she looked down on Cynthia's qutvering lip, and saw . a big tear. fall upon her seVring. She had. heard shine one say, she' had' been the victim of false hopes raised I by' Seth'' Taggart; and had in her heart despised , her for it.; hut 'now she felt as if thelsed, heart-broken love bestoWed on him endorsed him as far bitter than he looked. - It Was a woe,•however ; to wh ch she could not' openly :allude..But; as dy,n: this-set the last stitch iniher dress, she.stoop ed deivn an kissed her. ' Every sorrow has its lesson,' she said, 'es every weed has a drop' of hon 4 in its cup.. Blessed are they Who Stick tht, drop, and. store it for good i t use& She had ono, and Cynthia Wee left alone. lies, she ha much to learn, This night's ex perience had taught ber that her -reign was over, and'her career : Of bellehhod run. i . Shei , 'whci was riot - good though to keep a ' good man's heart when she had on it, would set herself to her newt.task of self-improvement: She would: ave her dear old:- father's love, and live .at 'home, and little 'children, too, should learn to love . her. ' And Some dagy , ),Whea l tlie.y - both 'grew - old,:Frank Tltiadi 'nib; perhaps, sett thathe had jiidied .herhatitilykjuid nlit be glad, as he w f ornow ihAt she had rejec ted him: At leiist, r every, imptviempit In heryould be due to hie in fluence, th ugh inseen t and so, even: in , ' her ' lonely pre he - wiihld not be altogether Iliad:. elatid fix'. + her; , - Shiisat IW the - - dark, with her ;binds dated' tightly'. over '' her 3.burning forehead.,l . - :,s-=.: ;" : •' ~ She herd_ . .Waken in iho fits.!igo.- - , -,!I he '0 4 7 vai twealFing "P.: PecTle Werib44o ll l • ... ) + IS ning to go. ,Oh .! why had she st aid alone s 9 long Perhaps during thatihour Ft.ank_nught have changed:, his mind. -.She had ,d9Prited . herself of the opportmuty.h: She started up and hurried out amongst .the company... !They *sale atVgettingl-thpir cloaks and shawls on. Fsank,,ill hisigreat coat, was standing impatiently at thehire door. . . 1 . `Please to tell her tat „ buggy liaalecithe up first:- he sai4l, to sOme