E II I' 1 1 I • NM C. E. READ &H. FRAZIER, EDITUSS.' floef,s eoNehe Theis are Two Ways to Live on Borg. ST MAXUS MOIL I= Thai are two ways to livirou'earth— Two ways to judge—to act—to view • For all things hero h a ve double birth--?, A right and wrong—a false and. true ! (are me the home where kindness welts To make that street which seense,tlLsmall ; - Wherd every lip in fondness apadm, • • And every mind ttath care ler all. , Whose inmates live in glad exchange Of pleatures, free from vain - expense; 'Whose thoughts beyond their,means ne'cr range, YorlwiSe denials give offence! * Who in l a neighbor'slortune find No wish-4M impulse—to complain ; ''Who feel not—never kit—the mind . \ fo envy yet another's gain..! • 11• " • 'Who dretun not of the mocking tide . • • Ambition's foiled endeavor meets— • l'he bitter ramp, of 'wounded 'pride, Nor 'fallen power that shuns the streets. 'Thome* fate dent its . glittering store, ,L o re's wealth is still the wealth to choose ; . F(? I r all that Gold cari purchase more, titre 'Olds, tt is no loss to lose,! 'Seale beings, whereSoe'er they go, Vind Nought to please, or to exalt— Tlieir constant study but to: show • l'erPetual modes of finding fault. ••• While Others, in the 'ceaseless round • • Of daily wants and daily care, - Cin yet cull flowers from common ground; • And twice enjoy the joy they share: • ' Cilt! happy they whol•happy make, • Who,• blessing, still themselves are blest'! Who something' spare for others' sake, And' strive, in all things, for the best! fivh) spaig. mum TRW BSQ. J. L LYONS. PUMA, MT. LEBANON, 5ci1t..1916, 1856. DRATi. PARENTS :-A week .or more ago sent you a Jountal of twelve pages„and I will now cOn:menee another.. Henry has been nbsept three weeks, and will probably, be - ab sent,th+e wi6ks more. The last I heard from him., he was exploring Mt. Ilermon and the river Jordan, making the 'same tour that f mace; last summer. To-day, after. I got tired orstudying, I strolled off on foot with as Arab guide, to visit the ruins of an old fort,:on;the top of a high mountain. An r hnurs•hard climbing brought us to the spot. ,The ruins are quitC extensive. The fortifim tion Fwa l s strongly built, and pioixtbly belong. d ti ? the time Of the crusaders, The view run the summit of the mountain is quite imposing, looking far off upon the sea on one hiuld,.and down, upon beautiful valleyi t 1 • and extensive vineyards on the other. On the way down the'Mountain, I visited a coo ventiof;Maronite Mon' ka; Their convent is perched far up on the top of - a precipitous, ledge of rocks al mnst inaccessible, except .by goat and Arab mountaineers. • The Monks received. me Verypolitely, brought me some fine grapes, and asked meta great thany goes tiona about my country. : They inquired - whether America was 'far off, or near; whether the climate was Cold or hot • whet& er it was a level country: or mountainous, like Syria. I talked with them half an hour •or more,..upon vat ious inflects, then dam _ hired down the steep mountain 'side, to the tillage below, and just at sunset reacted my home. Poor, ignorant Monks ! they spend all their lives in the cloister, with no benefit Ito themselves or their fellow mcn,and yet they . think it.e in the way of saltation and laying •up a store , of.good works for the life to come. •Szpi 20.—T0-3sty I visited the Sheikh, or •chiet orithe village, He brought me sherbet And cofTe•, &c., according to the custom, and said he !would build me hotise next to his ill wished.,lfor the nett summer. I have learn ed abotit how much valve to attach to these -oriental modes of expression, and :old him after hr got his house built, I should be glad to call and takeit look at it. Called on two Greek Priests, whc; frequently yisit us. One ,of them, priest Job, frequently attends oni - Sabbatb services, and has a considerable knowleitie of the truth. . ' SEPT; 4 6th. Last night-a woman whoru I netitioned itrmy la*as being sick, died, and .:to.day t attended her funeral. She was of the Greek Persuasion, and all' the empty foryus of (that claire'', as burning incense, .kissing the corps, were gone -through with over the body. At the close of these heathenish per -formanCes in the church, I went to the grave, close bit, and there awaited me a scene more heathenish and horrible .than all I had before witnemad. - I was surprised to find that the grave Was but little more than two feet deep, but whit was my horror, when 1 ascertained that they hid actually opened an old grave„ having taken out, the bones," were putting the body of the woman who had just died, in their:Place. .1 exclaimed' against such cue- Zuet, kir though I know it was their practice, had never before witnessed an instance of it. I told them, to ,dig hp the_ bones of the •dead and expose them thus to view was a great shame, that it was liesthe'afin; and in my country would hot be allowed.; - They said such was their custom, and that they could not afford land enough to make a new grave Tor every person.; They; buried the poor Woman without a chtfiii, lterhOdy simp ly enveloped in a sheet, 'and het fact uncov ered, offered to furnish Cloth to cover her Lace, hilt they said, " No, We always bury the de4d with the face :uneovered."- They then pliteed the skull and some „other hones of the former occupant Of hie wave on the torpse,ltuul throwikg On a few shovelsfull of earth, fhe sad, barn:4l4 sPeetaele was _end ed. 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H, .:. ilf i . . . . . • .. . . - . . .. • I F - - . , . . . . • • • . . . . . . . . . • . , . . . . . ... . . . . . . t • : : :,. ~.. • I -.. i . . truth, but, alas ! bow ' much delusion and er ror 30th. Yesterday .1 got back from a visit to Ghurzovr. (I venture to say you could not prouounc that word Galuriov,r, correctly if you should try twenty times a day fora mouth. The first letter, which I have represented by bk, is one of the irardest in the Arabic language.) Ghurzovs is a .village about. seven hours (20 miles) from Dumas. My object' l in going was to see # man residing there wiro has become an avow ed Protestant, and wire I thought might make a good sehOol teacher, in his own village, provided it should seam practicable to open a school there. 1 spent the Sabbath there, and preached to a few whe came in, in the after noon. The people Were very anxious to have a .school. I therefore made arrange ments to have a school commence on the first Monday in November., under the care.of my rmuestant friend. , His name is Aboo nab ceb,-and lie is quite an interesting and intel ligent man: • • Ocr. sth, Salibath.i Ten persons present at our religious exercises. • Quite an import ant movement took place here to-day. A number of people' of, tbe village resolVed that they. would, hereafter, neither make, 'buy,nor sell on the Sabbath. 1- They belong to the Greek church, and• I understand that they in tend asking their priest to co-operate with them. How, . lung it will last I know not, but I hope this will W but the 'beginning of a better order of thingt for Dumathe dawn ing of a brighter .day on this part of .Leban on. 1 - To-day I have thought much of hothe and my dear friends there.! To-day is your com . - munion season. __lt is' I evening here, so that you are just gathering hound the Lord's ta ble in the sanctuary. 11 am with you inspir it,. would I could be with you in body also; and yet I see it all, just as I have seen it many times in the precious communion sea sons.that are past. I can see the worshipping assembly ; I can almost hear . the - faithful pastor's remarks, and the earnest prayers, and the solemn. hymn 4 and methinks you are rejoicing with the angels to-day that some new lambs are being gathered into the fold of Christ. Yes, lam With jou in spirit, but' shall i indeed ever eat ! l of that bread and drink I • of that cup with _my dear friends ; again_? Perhaps never, until we.sitinl it•inCw in - our Vather's kingdom ! We have just concluded our evening prayers, nor . did we forget you then; nor :the pastor, um the conim -- union. llow encouraging mul l precious the thought to us, that when you Onie mounf the throne of grace to-night,- we'll be remembered; - rite and at . the monthly concert, too, fervent prayers will go up from many heart; in be half of the representatives of the Montrose church, laboring far 4ray from home On the mountains of. Lebanon. Your prayers 'not only seem seem to strengthen us for our.responsi bilities and duties,,but they seem to cement us more closely together, And to strengthen , that bond , of ehristian love that binds . our souls in one, so that, ' though widely separat: ed, , Oir fears ; our bor i ug, our aims 'seem one, Our comforts and our cares." - OCT. 6th. ,_ To-daylthe ,first rain fell since May last. It was a slight shower, but enough to warn us that it about time for us to abandon our mountain cottage, and return to the plams; for these ; mountain honses,, with their flat mud roofs, afford rather inadequate protection from a driving storm. We are only waiting to hear from Henry, that we may know whether be intends to meet us here or at Tripoli; and shall probably leave Duma before the week doses. - Ocr. Bth. Received a letter from Henry informing me that he was en route for Tripes ikalong the sea coast, accompanied by Mr. Wilson and Mr. Aiken. We shall therefore pack up Henry's and 'our things and go down to-rnoirow or day after. At dinner today s,,Tile of the natives; who were in, staid to sea 1(8 eat. This they frequently do, for it is a matter of great curiosity to them Reeipeo. pie eat in Frank style with knivesand tfrks, sitting on chair's instead of on the floor. ',After the blessing was ai..4cot one of thein wished to know a hat I had . i said.. I then repeated it to them in Arabic, and asked if they ever re turned thanks to Gtx' 1 for their food. ;This gave me a good opportunity for lecturing to them on the duty of gratitude to God for all His unnumbered mercies and blessings.— TheY admitted the truth cf my remarks, but poor, - enjug people, ; i while they are convinced that prayer is a duty, they are willing that their ignorant priests should do all the inn ing for them.'f, ' -Q. OCT. 9th. Packed up our. things. , boo Saleem, our Arab teacher, who has beeniwith us all summer, returned to his home' Ide na,'near Tripoli, tc.day.. return-As ww in to s i lt return here neat: summer, I made a con tract with the owner of the house we. have occupied, in which ihe agreed to add.another rocn, and then rent the whole to us for 75 piasters 03,00) a 'month. The con •,, was written and sealed; the teiuseowner. .ing his name from thest:ate( a large ring, .bile I made an improtaion in red sealing wax ith an American three cent piece, which , lug the words "V, 13. 1 iinerice on .it, gay, .' the doeuene4 somewhat the air of official mi l , . • ity and dignity: • Oar: 11th; Saturday ' ere, Tripoli. IWe came - dove -from the mountains ye- • 1 - y a, and . tool(pc‘otakei of our new borne. .', nd Mr. 'Wilson, Mr.l Ailten, and Henry, i and they bad islreadyi moved most of our fp.-ni tlirc Vim'!tbo hotly we formerly' occup4ed; 4' f-''gRIEEPC7S[I LL[ME),N3O . M.`:.AOA . MT" ,, O.LA•WitEOVIzaH e ii VRaßlaci99 but we. frond everything muk/oot as the Arabs say, that is mixed up, and we have been busily engaged all day .in attempting *heft some order out of the chaos. The Owner has finished the house in very good and.deubtless intends to make money out of it after our lease expires, if be lives ,long enough. The house hall been. covered with a white coat of hard finish outside, and makes alvery neat appearance. It is three. 'stories high, including the basement, and con tains fourteen rooms. The four rooms on the ground floor are rough, `tmplastered, and damp, and at presentenly fit for store rooms. OCT. 'l3th. Yesterday, about 4in the morning, we felt ,the shoek of an earthquake. It was not violent, and continued but, one or. - two -minutes ; but the sensation was.awful ; the, shaking of the walls; and the deep rumb ling sound in the earth; the consciousne s s of entire helplessness and• impossibility of' es cape, were enough to make the stoutest heart to quake. The people roused from their slumbers, rushed panic-stricken into the streets, and the Moslems, filling the air with their shrieks and cries, flocked to their Mosques for protection. As far as I have learned,no damage. was done in this vieinity. • It being Sabbath day, we had sem ices in Arabic, which were conducted by Mr. W son. Some ten persons were present. lii the evening we had a little meeting in English, as is our custom. This morning Mr. -Wil son, Mr. Aiken, and Ilenry„set out 11,r two days' journey to the N. East,. the stake) which Mes.:irs. Wilson and Aiken conimene ed to occupy, but which ,sicknesa . and death have compelled , them for' the present to abandon. They: go to look - after the furni ture dr,e., which they left there, and then, re turn to spend - the winter in Beirut. Poor Mrs. Aiken will he leftto ; rest far away, all alone, like Harriet Newell 611 the lone isle'of the sea. But she is with Jesus in -her heav enly home, and needs none of our sympa thies. Brother Aiken, who can know the loneliness of his sad heart? We cannot sym, pathize to deeply with him, or pray too earn estly far hint. OCT.. 14th.. We have been busily at work all day to-d: y mud yesterday, getting our footns and furniture in order. Last night 'we witnesSed a fine eclipse of the Moon. It. was nearly t otal at. midnight. I see, by res ferring To the 'Christian Altennac, - that the middle of. the eclipse at N. York was at six o'clock. in the evening. Here thentiddleof the eclipse was- at quarter after one in, the morning, by which it appears that the differ enee in time between New York nod Tripoli is 7 1-4 hours—so that When it is noon in N. York it is 7'l-4 in the eve here. I thus had the satisfaction of,determinieg by personal observation, that - the difference of time be tween the, tire'' places, as ascertained by an eclipse, is the_ same as the difference found by reckoning on the degrees 'of longitilde.—: The Moslems were almost as much frighten; ed by the eclipse, as by the earthquake.— The Molummedans believe that all eclipses . are caused by the attempts of a huge whale' or serpent to swallow . the. min or moon, whichever it be, 'and hence - whenever they see the. huge monster approaching, they'use all the means in their power, shouting, drum -ming, and various other noises, to frighten hint away. Accordingly, last : night, When they discovered that the old demon had got the moon in his ponderous jaws, about to swallow her whole ; thealarm was given, the entire Mobarnm4dan population,men,wonien, and children united in one grand imitation of Pandimonium, shouting, yelling, shooting guns,'and drumming on - pots and 'kettles.— This they confirmed an hour or more, until the eclipse had nearly passed off; when the -people, fancying that the dragon had, been frightened away, (as well he Might have been), returned to their homes, congratulating them selves ou the famous victory they had ob tained. A few days . ago I told my Arab teacher that, there would be an- eclipse on the 13th, and he in his turn informed some of the MosleMs of the fact, and now to-day, as the thing has actually taken place, he, tag ;me they look upon him - as a prophet. Om 171 h. To-day had an nterview with Selah Effendo, the Turkish Go ernor of Tri. poll. 'As the Circumstances of our meetiri were somewhat peculiar and interesting, I will relate them., Some six months since, while we were at Durna, a Moslem whom our American 'Consul had taken under - his .protection, was beaten in the streets by two or three men who seemed to. have some grudge agaiqst _him. The poor man went to the ArneriA Consulate for redress. The Consul immediately sent, a messenger, to the Governor demanding, in the name 'of -the _United States of America, that the persons who had beaten his portege, be immediately punished. To this request the Governor, who had probably drank more than his .usual quiuititY of wine that day; insolently replied, "' What is America ? What. do 1 cafe for the United States or all;-her emissaries? Get out,of my presence, yoti dastardly cur r and with a terrible oath; beldrove the Izembling messenger from his palace. The Consul de termined that this insult should not pip wi, noticed, and instantly wrote to Conrail Wood ard the Pasha in. Beirut; on the subject., He succeeded in raising , suck a storm about the Governor's ears, that be; the Governor, fear. big degradation and loss of office, made most bumble appeals to the Consul for pardon, promising never win . to be guilty of a like offence. = :The Consul ermsented to receive the apology, provided it ' should be made at hie house in prescuce of ! sail friends as he MONTROSE, TI3URSDA,Y4 - ..JANVARY 294,-1857. the Consul, should' 't;elect. The Governor had no othei:olternitive, and this afternoon was flied. upon as the, titneovhen the apology should be made. The Consul invited me to be present. Ilvent / 43 his4touse about .2 clock, and soon after pa Excellency the Gov-' ernor arrived, attendOkY lids 'guards. The witnesses having' ctime In, the Governor made his apology, 14411 Cie ;had previously committed to writing, tel 4 tilgned: with his own• band. I procuted ©, and here is the translation. asfellowa, -omitting only the words of salutation it the, beginning, which usually occupy so Jam,space of Arab docu ments: • "Your Excellent and most worthy ITigh ness.• The words giving offense to the great power of the United . States, which Were re ported to.you by the,4Jragoman, as uttered by me,• have assuredly caused me Inexpressi ble regret and repentance. I write now this letter to you- .in .:aiknewledgthent of the greatness and nobletiess of the above men tioned power ; of which I, as well as all the world, am perfectly '?convinced. And I re quest of her gsmeros4 that she be indulgent towards me, and .to bb so merciful as to. for give-the language tnape use of by me, a-d communicated to yet by, the Dragoman. I hope you will blot frOm your memory every unpleasant thought oe'casioned by this (Went. I hope to wait upon you in person at your office to assure you of •my sincerity and hearty friendship tow4rd you and forthe pur pose of making Snell apology as may become the greatness of the \merican PoWer, when I hope through your Courtesy every derstauding will be cli.ared.away.r Signed ; ' EFFENDO. „ • Om. 22nd.. To-day Henry and Mr. Aiken • arrived from lima. , • Nov. Ist Mr. Aiken left, us a week, ago, on the way to Ileirut,Where he Will spend the winter in one of the. imissionary families.-- He has promised m>. visit us again about Christmas and spend in week_or more: ith 'us. .1tIr: Wilson arriOd..to-daY *at lloms, and will also spend the winter in Beirut, or in that vicinity,,perhats at AbeiL Nov. 13th. • I haie been troubled with weak eyes,and ecomet . head-ache of late, so that I have been unalile to study Much, or read or. write in the ieiening, and this ne -4 counts for my - net flip:ili . MY. letter long ~,,,„,.•• -,- ..,..-,,,....4, We thought much ,if the American Board, at the time of its annual nteetini, ii Newark, and remembered theLmeetitig daily in our prayers. 'What ri glOietts institution is that venerable Board .of ?fissions. How it has blessed the world. 1 . . . . To•dny,Sanda Grpgbry came to see us from Beirut.. She is a nittive girl, educated by Mr. and Mis. Whitiag ; is ,pious and intelli gent, speaks English well, and will be good society foto& She domes to open a School for girls under our di:rectiOn. • - Nov. 24th: My 4es continue weak.. I have written' - none .Of late. Talky Consul Wood,frOM Beirut, clime to see us. He came round hi . the Cedars and Binatiet... Hii.Arab koWass (guard) died )ori the way,of a ruptnre of a . blood vessel,...sipme three hours from Little Mary is oue year old to-day. Thanks to God, who has kindly spared her to us.thus far. Nov. 25th. • To•dity we attend the funeral of the KatiliSs. 'His:- body was -brought to Tripoli, and being a - Moslem, he was buried in Moslem style. 11' have not .time to give you a deseripti4pn of the strange ceremonies; perhaps 41 - enry will write about it.. The mail leaves soon. With much - love; 'your affection' BON; J. LORE! o LYONS. How to put tile Old Man Off Pass your band o4er DeaCon IL's head, and about an inch and a half above, and a lit tle forward of the ears, . you find a protuber ance which.phreniiloglsts calruequisitiveness. By nature the deacon loved mammon ; by grace he loved God. Between them there was continual war. !Both fought,—one like Michael, the other like the devil. As there was long war between the house of Pevid and the house of Seill,l a so there was long w ar irr the earthly ; house of the deacon. 7 ' As wit)/ Gad so with the deacon; a troop , overcame hiin; but lie!, overcame 'at last, as appimrs by the following circumstances: •In the same church With deacon M., was a poor brother. This nian had the misfortune to lose his cow. She died. To get him any other, the good 'deacon heeded a subscription with five dollars, and raid it. This act dis quieted mammon. lifeminon with true Is eiciot zeal, began to. rant and 'rave : " Why this waste I charity begins at home; the more you give thp more you ,may ;Jet people learn to take care of themselves. 'Thedeaccai was a Baptist ; but ho - found that the baptismal water did neither drew% wash away, or _wash clew the old man; The tempter backed menanzon,erid putting a glass to the deathis'i eye, lthowed him, not the kingdoms and glories ‘i), this world, but the poor-hOuse, wretctu:dueis,Toverty and rags, and said, "All there ibiOgs will your Master give you in your old agues areward of your charity." To still theie elemer,,deleon M. went to the destitute man, end:tell!' him that lie must give back the five dellW. The Prior man returned it. This lest act roused the new man, and now nature an i greed stood face to "To give or not to giye,that was the gum Cion." There stem/ the deacon, and:bal tuning,- and balling between= two opinions.— The deacion speke.t.'! i llatiribrother,sOme men 'are troubled ,with iteiriold woman ; I am ,troubled wit h my old Man.' I must put di - My old ma n,'air the Jewb put'. Of their new - man ; - erireify him," ;. eruelfv. - him." -Then un- . strapping his poolliet-book; be took out a ten dollar bill and-gnci..eiltapoor man. "There," said the deacon,. ‘: say another word, and I'll give bitu twenty chillani."—Ch.. Sec. • Fhost the Home Journaq TII3IXOOBLAND. trf I t. it. iumen. " OtAe dreary. drearyraoctriandr—Locuszsir HALL. The msogrktid lies a dreary waste ; . The night is dark with drizzling rag': • In Yonder yarnaing ease of cloud ' The snaky Liettniug writhes with paint. And the Wind is waiting bittcily. . . 0 sobislng rain, outside niy door! 0 wailing yokes, Make your moan • Go through'the night in Mind despair— • Your shadowy lips have touched my own - ' And the Wind. is wailing bitterly. No more the robin breaks its heart Uf music in the.pathless woods! The ravens croak for such as The plovers screech above their broods ! And the Wind is wailing bitterly. All mournful things are friends of mine.— • That weary sound of falling Icaresl— Ah, there is not a kindred soul For me on earth, tun moans and grieves ! And the Wind Ls wailing bitterly: cannot sleep this Autumn night ; The ghostly rain goes by in haste, And. further thnn the eye ean.reach,. • The moorland lies a dreary waste!' And the 11 ind is wailing bitterly. • • r = ti.solJfllleolls. IN LOVE WITH A DIARY. BY A. REGLAR EAt.! CHAPTER '1 MOONLIGHT on the Aim - hen! Gay eitii,s shOuld be 'seen by gaslight, mid Slimmer fieldsl)y sunlight,but silver- moonlight is the glory attic Hudson. Half lighted, half -hi deepest gloom, stand the sentinel thins • bright flashes-the track of our rimm ing keel, and the demi-dist:lnt sail gleams like the - robe of some wave-walking wizard. This is one of the "crack": boats bet Ween the taro headquarters of the-Knickerbockers, and one is alwayssnre of finding a gay crowd on board. This' kind of traveling is too slow, bv fu , for the:busy men of Wall street— They whirled by. us an hour ago, in that shrieking, hissing, rattling team, which they call the " lightning train." The sound of. merry voices is ringing on every side, till the lights of the rival boat are discovered behind us, and a sudden rush concentrates the crowd on the after deck. Only two young men re- Main forward, detained by the superior . at tractions of superb Ilavanas, or by the pros pect of appropriating a . few additional arm chairs. )(lung America can never :sit com fortably on less than three chairs, and this Ilia is to be ascribed .to a national propensi- . -ty for freedom or fir fillibustering, we can't "So, Nttl," said the elder of the two, at; he gazed listlessly after his last sinoke-volley, curling away into the moonlight; you have_ really managed to fall in lover* " Managed ? Jupiter ! hear the man Why there wasn't a stoic in Athens, - and Sere isn't a grub in —College,sa fold-blond ed that she couldn't bring Min- up to fever heat with one glance of that eye. Why, her very. hand is emaigh to—" "No *doubt of it, my dear. fellow ; and I think you wouldn't fall in love without some reasonable 'provocation. Hut it is singular that, after laboring to that end all through . colleg e eairse, I have never been able to ex perience the love-sensation that one -reads a bout. 1 ant no atheist, understand me,. but a worshiper of some unknown goddess of love whose image on earth 1 am vainly seeking to find. If I ever do recognize my -ideal in any.form of clay I assure you I shall be a more bigoted idolater than yourself—a per fect pagan." "'Well, Arthur, you can't expect to pick up such a divinity as mine every day; to be sure, but there arehcautica enough left in the world, with plenty of room in their hearts; too: Why, what do you think of the young ladies at II 's 1: Have you investigated them ?" " Most thoroughly. Ella V. is bewitching .at six feet distance, but 1 had the misfortune \ ,v, to scent the fla - or of her breath once: It Would, have spoi a Venus . for me. Then as to Miss 11., sh is all one eonfd ask in figure and complex on, but there is a decided tinge of what we usedlo' call ' sappiness' in her conversation. Such little taints of fruit ,ty—," "Fire! Fire! Fire!" A frenzied multi- tude poured forward, and' the boat swayed to and fro with the rushing of the mass frOni side to side, in the blind, selfish search for safety: "Fire ! Fire r Laughter dying on the lips, or changed to fearful shrieking; beautiful faces upturned and distorted with terror; strong men palsied with the vision of Sudden death—but who can - paint that moment of agony—the flashing of a flaming sword on the sight of dreamers in Paradise 1 The.freshening night breeze bole forward stilling clouds of smoke, and every .second. the devourer was n'iaking fearful progress.' Arthur's first impulse, when separated from his companion by the, tide of frantic men and. women which had swept upon them; was to catch his chair and plunge out at once as - fhr as possible. - Checked by his nobler nature, and self-rebuked fur such .'deSertion of the 'helpless, he rustit4 batk to assist in getting out the .boats, . Here there was a terrible battling With men made mad by fear of death:- and greed of rife, till the last boat was 'crowded with women and ready to etist - ofr. - Then sudden ly, amid the shouting and cursing and shriek= ing, he distinguisheita, low cry of egoky a coining from a frail: form thrown almost at his feet. Catching the - girlish figure in his arms he forceil it., with desperate energy, through the masses Of Strivin ,, men into the already overladen . boat. The flames had burst the deck, and as they virixith.ed .overhead he: caught one: gland of boundless gratitude and love, and saw the clasping of two small White handti. .Thrilled with - some -strange emotion he. stood fur a metneet,,forgettid of his danger, and unconscious that he had retained a reti cule, or casket, 'which had dropped from the tiny hand he had held in his own. lie had hardly time to escape, but took .time: to se cure this-.artiele in. his breast-pocket, and then, committing himself to the mercy' of sprang from the railing of - the deck.. . • • Dark and trecherous art theu,'o, Wave of . thsleipless river! .But it is far better. tip dio by thee than-hi - die by fire: :'..For in thy calm, insatiable embrocation' doskenly chill out the lives Or the children of men. ..Put . . . the jr,e - denion „ gnaws the dead , ' flesh *MI . . , . 1 H. FRAZIER, PuBLISHEit---Ycit 8. O. 4. quenchless hatred, and drinks the blood with serpent joy ! CHAPTER If. The streig arm and hopeful heart efyouth delivered _Arthur Pierson frOm the graVe which so many folind then night . in the bed of the Hudson. Among the crowds. whielv were foUnd near the scene of the'disister the next morning he wandered Oar boursseeking vainly some trace of the nameless form which one brief moment had daguerreotyped upon his heart. ~He left' reluctantly; by a late train, to join his famly in the country. - For„a fen- days whole pages of newspapers' were filled With dark details, headed ." Aw= ful Tragedy r' "Terrible Catastrophe V' • and similar captions, which modern printers keep stereotyped for use on such occasions. Then the excitement died away gradnally; . the world rolled on.a.s usual, in . . lightning trains and racing steamboats, and only - the - .torn, hearts of bereaved onus remembered. Yes, there was one other who- could .net forget the scenes of, that night, who could not banish from his sight those wontlrotis eyes—those : clasped White . hands. in the reticule which Arthur had saved: from the wreck ho found a blank-1)0(1k; heavily bound and elided, and an ~pal ring,.ofe,urions work iiianZhip. These", articles PrtiniiSed _a fair clue to the discovery of the stranger;. Ar .thur. advertiSed. • Por , a week - descriptions of lost retientes poured in upon :him from every side. There were great, square-fold-. 4 :5.1 missives from old ladies with most ch , - cumstantial inventories of knitting work and silver thimbles; there ~ were serawls''.:from Biddies, which none but a .Hottentot or a antldee could decipher ; there were perfumed . . billets from young ladies; ,setting tiirth the hiss of sundry daguerreot) pes,and papers of "novalue to any but' he owner." All' this might have been amusing to our hero hatlhe been Icsweantestly desirous to -diseover the real owner of the reticule ; but as it was, ! he threw pown the last, and prettiest note of all, weary and disappointed.. . . - Arthur had- recently graduated 'from a NeW England college, and spent his winter in a New York law office. - -He was not con fined so closely-AD his beoksas to be deprived of ladies' society. '' Reading law" b: a very . indefinite kind of term, especially w ithyouni gentlemen of large expectations.:- It moans, perhaps, two -hours a day with Blackstone, , on some cosy fourth floor of Wall street,and the balanca of time divided between billiards, the "avenue," the. opera. and .the 50.10. Our hero became a connoisseur in fen - tale beauty, but met nothing which could-;excite; the admiration of the heart. He - was an el, igible young man. He was sung at, daneLQ\ at, smiled and sighed at ; whole batteries .of charms were brought to bear upon him, but from f10k1a.....-Astkva—a-, less Aistidioe,s Le:ng. would have falen a hundred tinnes - a victim, le sauntered ( unharmed. Many. titir faces had &stetted his gaze fir the .nninient; but he never tailed to discover-Some little - taint' of frailty, either in the-. mental or phylleal development of the subject Of his scrutiny.. He still preserved in his memory the linea ments of that lace, seen by the fire-light tbr a moment, and often examined with a strange interest the carefully preserved mementoes of that night. The heavy little..hlankdmok proved to be a diary. When Arthur. heard that one of the boati launched on the night of the conflagration had capsized, and when he had advertised extensively, to no purpose, for the owner of the reticule, he carne to the conclusion that the beautiful stranger: had.. perished. He then felt justified in gratifying the desire he felt,which seemed to be prompt, ed by something higher than mere curiosity, to peruse this diary and learn the thoughts of me whose eyes alone had spoken . - so . do, quently.- . . CHAPTHR 111. • It was the auto-biography of a beautiful soul. 'Vew lives would bear such minute re-:, cording of every,deed, such inquisitorial an alyzinty'' of every reetive. Diaries will gen erally bear e.vamituttien very well, because men, the majority of them I .mean, are not. sincere 'even .to themselves.. And •if 'they confeSsi they confess in very general terms. They could not bear to go through everyday at'.its close, and characterize each deed as ma licious, selfish, dishonorable, or by other afr propriety terms. • • The first thing Arthur did was to firll. in love with the name which was , written; in round little letters , on the first leaf of the diary. He was as fastidious-in vegard to names as in other things. - Betsy. or Han nah - Would have made an angel Vulgar.in his eyes. The name was.a pretty one. •It was Hortense,' 'There was something of refine- Meta about it ; and it was not, moreover, one of those high sounding appellations which, ' low-liretl,parentsbestow upon their Offspring, in the vain hope of elevating their). in 'the World thereby.. To Arthur4"ienion, this. filithfully :kept, di- - ary opened a new revelation of - ivointni7ii mindand. heart. He" had . never associated intimately with wimien, his 'mother, having died in his - .boyhood, leaving hitn an only' child to his father. Ho had ,met prifieipally with the : showy, heartless' ladies' who figure in the hushand-hunts NeWport tuid Sarato- • ga. .lic . knew . . nothing of .the depths `:of, a' mother's tenderness, or the strength of a Ws.. tees love. As he studied, ao._ by day, the-, sacred tonfidencest of this unselfish soul , a new emotion, was horn in his heart which' no beauty of form 'or countena, nce had ever been. able awaken. The - bright image lihich had burst upon his - sight in that. well-remerw: bered-inoment of the conflagration. grew dai ly more vivid and distinct bekino him. Arthur. was in love I But, 0, folly. fel; lies ! .the object of his affections - was 50...0 substantial and visionary. that she Might ter have thieltin. a ", - castler , .in Spain then, at least, she would Lave had the iidva Vigo . of - a local habitation and a: tianw."l-6.. It waa'worso - than :the' ease of.. that: :French girl who died for. the love of the Apolloßci videre • for she; at least, had a tangible. icir er. • And we are inclined to think. that she., needn't:- have 'died aboUt itilafterr all, for the - Apollo had some excellent - qualities for alai.- - Ho would- hive- been constant, silent and beautiful. foreve;r... ' Arthur grew moody and despondent. He was doctored for biliousness and dyspepsia. lie walked about solitary,- with that - -.:eurioua opal ring ever bet4re Ins .eyes,. which - ring, by-painful exertions, he ha4Usueetedrd.- - in squeesing upon his little finger. .Firially,the. thmily doctor sounded his thest,punehed-his ribs, manipulated his pulse, anct4cut hint cif to Europe., -= • ENE =I M Ardour t versed Ai' continent; 'inititiired in dilligeuces and cloSe Otadas, and snipped up in a profound melataoly. netieuld'ree• ollect no incidents of the journey except that he had eaten a griatt many : bad dins, Seen , a number orforeigners,•and gc4 glimpse of. Mont Blanc through the coach window.- 2 He thought the continent anteit :very: much jike Greenwich street.' • ' At Rome he folloked, the'direetiaii of the . guidebook, rather from a sense of dattitlien: from that classic devotion which.livould tuvre inspired bin' had he beedin anyotherfrione. of mind. So we :find him one' bright - Porti ing lounging on a great stone near an ancient' ruin, and iistlescly 'ilket - thing on thei , blank leaves of a small cop3r of Childe goitol&-,-. The familiar sound .of.Ameriaid wordsitink i voices causes him .to look up and east a glan (1 4 at the approaching party : `' ' - 'l -- , ~ Tho eyes ! Those wendrom 'rye:o'4 l 4! There Id be no •mistaket The- tWOVI- tkill w as mutual and electric.. Arthur fwd. risen, yet stood painfully_ embarrassed;and hardy daring to trust the evidepeos *f his senses. As Alr the lady, her color. ea - 0191nd went in the mokdelleate pair 'of cheeks ion.. ceivable,' bitt - innediateti rtigaininglortielf; , possession she whispered for - tc.mdaedt:to. her escort; tt fine, gray-headed gentleman ' , and advanced . 0, ,soffest and sweetest of voices !- - , "I am most happ y . to recogniz - , you, !ir, both by youremmtenance and by the ; : ring_ you wear. I -cannot forget your genertms exertions id my-behalf on the .tenible night of -the fire on the Hudson. - :Peridit me to in troduce my father, Coldnel - Ltyingston. 'Who_ bas long desiral to thank'. you iii peiTon If )r your generous - assistance rendered to las daughter." Arthur offered his card, and t 6 grlik - - man grasped ; his land post, cordially.: Hi' could only. .triutter, in , return, some incober ent deprecations of the thanks •heaped utxm himl •never before had he felt embarrassed. andawkward in the ,presenot, ofwindan,— He surrendered the opal to Its owner,-,and- ,. - promised to call on Colonel Livingston: the next-day and dine with him at his'hael. ' I do not know how great a length of lima conventalism requires to ripen acquaint-. ante int ointatnacy.between two\ Individuals Of opposite sexes, but certain it is,' that a week after this occurrence, two you'ritpeo ple were in the habit of holding long inlayer sations together in verandahs,, and took-fre quent occasion CI address eitch other as - " Ho rtense" and "Arthur." -I ' A searching cross-examination, on one _of these occasions, elicited the fact that the 'pa ges of the diary. had not-been - Jett:inrtidate. "" lt is a crime-! can timidly forgive," said Hortense. "but you seers ._ so penitent and eiiiharned. r ,of yourself one-mast -not- be hard on \you, really; but you shall riot go *Whipt of justice. "'Jeer your senteuee. „. ,a penalty for your audacious curiosity,,you shall. * before dinner time tomuurriv,,conr pose and deliVer to 'Miss Hortense Living- . ston pone ' of no less than twelve lines fur" preservatien in her alham."' "0, barbarous judge! Set - ii Sigieftdidatir' to copying Rephael, set a Hottentut to Cook itig pates de kis gran, but don't condemn me to verse-grinding." • "The sentence has gone forth. Astjiiii-: ling." - • \ Tar. Pests.* . V " There are ravishing atrains that never were sans, • Them are Wonderful chOrdi • that never wer e strung. There are words too sweet for mortal Deep in the head, of my\Fair., • . There are peerless gems in thatheart, I wese. ' And pearls more pure than the Min bath sow; Such u sleep beneath the <lieu's\ gree.n; - • Through thine eyes they ebine, my Fair. From the ocean-deeps dibble! eyieFdreatied;' •• - That's bmindleis lore upon me strewed, ' • _ • 0! _ were that love mine, as =Melt seemed,. • - I were richer thin king, my Eder, , - As tor the walks " and talks of these two, beneath the love-inspiring. skies of fisirjtsily; why need-.we describe them!. Thei, were full of those' tender. appellatives whichNhave . been stereotyped ever since the - :time-of \ the first poets and novelists. Yet from \ the hearts of lovers those old [married : words Of endearment come up fresh and buraint As this pair had met upon thowater, they were determined to be - united under like eir, Cumstances. On the return praise, in one of Collins's steamers, the holy - vows *ero taken and Hortense and Arthur _beciare one; - One of Horteese's bridal presents ;woe mal,inifietmt diary, 7 ,witbles eav of fine4ellam, bound-in the style 'of the'ancient mistials... • , PULPIT Pacmatartus.—A clergytnai win once travelling on boded V aestern sterna:" et, when, among the passengers liras a Man who took great pains to make known thatitit was oppoied to. religion, denouncing Chrl4it ,"':.. an imposter, and , all forms of religion'-as : di' lesions. Ile was It man of ability arid - edtti: , ,:" ration, and great, wit, and his remarks seettt:- ed to' have quite an influence - on his.hettieri- - The refrained from saying • say: thing, fir a time,, but finally derided to tn.— lence him. Asking' the skeptic 'Who Wiley: , ed ih the immortality of the soul, he reiiii•ed as an =answer: ' "No, I have none." ' , 1" "Do you believe in the existence of God L.' No." . - " Then; Sir," replied tbo; clergyman, '` 4 l . have heard of you Ipelipre." _ - " Heard of *nal' ikye..-1 have read of you ; . " Rend about:Me was` net, aware th;st i wax ptiblislusi. Prey, where 1" "le the Psalms' - of David, reads- • The ftpol bath iaid in: his . hear s , there is no God.'" 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