S.B, k,B. CHASE, PROPRIETORS
' P,DEXIT,
g o Oz. ~.tgi)za. n Ut OM'.
There is Siradness in the autumn breath -,
That w hi s pering comes to play among the tombs;
A melancholy sadness—not a leaf
Bat bath a song of sorrow for the ear,
And not si blade, a yellow blade, but tells
Its sole Mil tale of ruin to the heart.
..
Roll on ye sable clouds and pall-the moon! . .
I would not hare a ray to light my teats ,
cheek to earth.
Ere they ire fallen from my
Ilow beadlifulis night when stars are out,
A summer's breath comes whispering to the ear,
Filling 60 heart with-raptures like the tones
Of one beloved returning in-onr dreams.
But oh how doubly sad when clouds prevail,
And unarm winds come rushing through the
gloom ;
I've felt its sadnem oft but not as now,
For shadows of the grave are on my soul .
Bete sleep the broken hearted—calmly sleep;
But could we lift the coffin lid and gaze
Upon their pallid brows—and read the lines
That life with burning finger wrote thereon,
Strange histories would Deese the living heart.
Soft—yeuder is a spot; the yellow leaves
thee drifted e'er it; but I know it well;
Yet scarce a month hath vanished since her voice
Was heard amid the crowd of merry hearts,
And now the silent city is her borne—
The
clod tier pillow—and the grave her rest..
1 call upon thee, Sister, but thy name ,
Dies on the autumn wind—no answer comes. .4
Would I could draw the veil aside that hangs
Between the world invisible and this—
tlew wankd it cheer my heart to see thee there
With angslsjoined in the eternal home,
lobed in thy rainbow glory yet more bright
Than when thy virgin lips first breathed of God,
With Retiree's sunshine dancing on thy brow. -
I Thou didlt out live to bear'the blighted heart..—
Thou didit not lire to tread the thorny way—
To share in lire's vielssitudis and woes ;'
Death cameos softly in the sunny hour
And stole in to the chamber of thy heart,
That watchers deemed it sleep, without a pang
Ile burst the hands that held thy spirit here,
And left a smile so light upon thy cheek,
It seein'd to mock the triumph of the grave.
I would not weep—but I have wandered back
To our own mountain stream where oft we sat,
When start kept watch above us—and I hear
Again thy sweet voice swelling in their praise—
IThe green leaves whispering o'er us, and the solo
Ofjoyful water rippling at our feet.
I would not weep—but memory will draw e i
I
I
Those gloWing pictures - past—and then the heart, I
The lonelY heart, meat either bleed or break. I
/lark!—what is this that louder than the storm
Breaks on ,my dreaming sense 1 Again :it is I
The Sabbath organ lifting up its voice. , i
What holy sounds—methiuks on tones like these
The parting spirits wing their way to God.
Sister—the worm is busy at my heart.
And soon they'll lay this weary soul with thee;
'Ta . -ould make Ina sad, but that I saw dose die—
And then I teamed horn light a thing was-death.
-t - 't"...cijnz alplrtla , , - , 11,
there .4 spirits who dwell in the air,
Uu laid, in eave s and in ocean,
ud gentla ghosts braiding their starlit hair
In nu:asses wildest cOmmation. '
And ?hear their voice in the babbling, springs
iVttielh among the rocks are gleaming,.
' .ey seem like the toneji of unearthly things,
With heavenly message beaming.
Sometimes in the darkness of 'midnight deep
They restlessly shine and quiver,
Dancing till the sun is waked from his sleep,
In whole rays tho?re last forever.
methinks they write strang,o dream; on zny
brain
or a near and wondrous story,
Of their deeds within the watery main
Which Neptune with wrath makes hoary.
Again I bear them in weird winter nights
Faintly moan throngh,the wildernases,
Or their joyous chorus of dancing sprites •
Lit byostar! and jeweled tress•:s, Cara.
OEILT22I OF .ILO MEANT.
BF 11. SIGOLTNET
Death found tanstige beauty on that polished brows
Aid dash'd it out. There was a tint of rose •
the cheek rind lip. He touch'd the veins with ice
And this rose faded. Forth from those blue eyes
There spoke a wishful tenderness, a doubt
Whether to , grieve or sleep, which innocence
hone maY wear. With ruthless haste he bound
- The silkeniffinges of those curtaining lids
For ever. 'There had been a murmuring sound
With which the babe would claim itis mother's car,
Charming tier even to tears. The spoiler set
The 'Pal of silence. But there bean'd a smile,
- Sc) hid, solely, from that cherub brow,
Death geed, and left it there. Fie dar'd not steal
The Ruel-ring of heaven
l;:r The following is a pretty good hit tip
on those who expect newspapers to fight out
their 'personal controversies, or to be permtted
k do it themselves through, anonymous eon,-
ratieatiomsr-,thus ahifting the 'responsibility
om themselves upon the papers:
• nrromats.--4, noted chap once stepped
o thesanctum ora venerable and highly re
spected editor, and indulged in atirade against
&citizen, with whom he was on bad-terms.
wish,' said he, addressing the man of the
Pen, 'that you would write a very severe arti
cle apinst.l3--, and put it in your paper.'
`1 ery well,' was the reply, and after some
more conversation the visitor went his war.'
'The next morning he Caine rushing into
the office in a violent state of excitement--
`What did you put in yourpapery Iha
laity nose pulled and been kicked twice: ve
calmly I wrote a severe article, as you desired:;
teturned the editor. 'end signed your
rtaMe lait:/-Herrrisburg Union,
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THE END OF IT.
ET REASTUE'STEPIIENS.
(Cotitiriued)
currEn
We have giventhe reason for Frank's never
having met, Diary Pe Lancey, since his real:.
dence in New York. He had often thought
of her, how ever, and regretted the interiuption
Of an acquaintance
_aglieeably begun,i, so
that the prospect of renewing it, was, exceed..
ingly pleasant, . His toilet was made with
more than usual care that evening, and eight
o'clock found:him at the door Bleck.
er st. •
• D 6 Lancey dare him *a most cordial wel
comes and conducted him up 'stairs into Ms
mother's parlor. No one was present wheil
they entered. -
•
• HO'w did matters go on at the store r said
Frank to him, after a few general.remarks had
passed.
Do Lance): related all that we had said, and
more.
'That 3Er. IV -must be a noble man,'
said Frank.
' Indeed he is—and by the way, Mr. Wilmot,
he is very anxious to become acquainted with
you.
' , I should be proud of his acquaintance, cer
tainly.'
' I should be very happy to introduce you to
him, and also to my mother and sister., I don't
know, though, but yon are acquainted with
my sister?'
I believe lam somewhat. How i did you
happen to knowit r
I did not until a few hours ago. I have
'always made her a confidant, and therefore,
although in some respect it was anything, hut
pleasant, could not help telling her of My
ad
ventures last evening, and your, kindness Ito
me—no disclaimers now. She told me - then
of an acquaintance she had made solve time
since, with a gentleman of the same name, and
from her description I thought it mnsthe yen.,
4 I presume it. 'was: .
Lancey excused himself, and soon re
turned. In, a few moments after, Mrs.. De
Lancey and her daughter entered the room,
and Frank was introduced. The fernier was
a lady of commanding figure,and her . face still
bore the traces of beauty. - Shegreeted Prank
cordially, but her manger was cold hx.compfm
ison with Mary's, who gare him the, warm,
greeting of an old friend, while hc . r kindlingl
eye spoke the thanks she was eager to ex. ;
press.
The firstTew moments passed, all restraint
was removed, and the stream of conversation
flowed smoothly and agveeably. Frank pos
sessed fine conversational powers, and they
never did him greater credit. Before :ong,
Mrs. WI !Mot was obliged to withdraw, and
then Mary contrived to have her brother leave
for a few moments; and this done, she refer
red briefly to what she had heard,.and all the
modest remarks Which Frank Could conceive
or utter, availed little against the strong: tide
of thanks which gushed from her wann, glow
lag heart.
(And when the clock had struck ten, and
Frankn had found, to his astonishment, that a
half hour apparent, was two hours real thne,it
was with great reluctance that he arose to
leave. But as he did so he thought that only
half so urgent an invitation to call again soon,
would have brought him to No.—Bleeckerst.,
upon the expiration of an interval most uni
fashionably brief.
1 And it did. And he - went again, and vain;
! and before long began to call De Lancer liar
! ry, and De Lancey to call him ' Frank' Af
ter a few months he became bold enough to
say ' Mary, instead of ' Miss; and he seemed
every day more and more like one of her own
children to MrS. De Lancey.. For most. com
-Imentators are - agfeed that every day 3lary
seemed more and more a'' golden girl,' and
1 that one evening Frank Mul bent the knee, ho
never haddbent before, except to the God he
-
j worshipped; to her—tbe girl he- loved, and
1 when she ha answered a simple question,with
a simple ' yes,' he bad sealed the compact in a
most impressive manner, and always after that.
had called her 4 Mary.'
I During the remaining period,prior,te' Frank's
admission
_to the bar, his mental • tastes and
I habits remained as they bad been. His social
I life, too, was mach the same. He was 0114
of no excess, drank with a friend whenever in.
vtted, drank moderately irimseif whenever die.
:posed; and _although there might be at times
an unwonted flow of spirits, and a brightness!
of the eye not altogether natural, .yet none 'I
would hard dreamed of anything like excess
1
or danger.
i .
We mitstkurry over a considerable interval
of time, during which, agreeably to the ar t
.rangement mentioned in our first chaptenfour
out of the five tjad met at Yale, four years from
!that commencement. Frank had then been
practising for some little,time as an attorney,
!but his prospects-were most ;flattering; :and it
was in the pride and hope of expecied success
that he bad given to each a warm greeth3g.:—
Eaton was likevvise n lawyer, located in a vit t
lapin Massachusetts, with a fine practice, for
la beginner. Smith had an accountto render,
of the number -killed and cured by William'.
Smith, 1 11. D • , during u brief sojourn , as 'a
-
I peaser of health, calomel, and jalap, is 'south-
I era #ity.. And last, but not beast, Ining 10 1
taken frnm his poeket two papers Of .very
posing size and - appearance, each headed witli;
! a wood cut of a Western city; flanked' by a
[D mbg - nu a MILT ,J, ammr.aatirkia* &tl2'ilra, anD
steamboat and locomotive; and - above; in a
largo capital, 'The 'Weekly Nineteenth; Con
tur%'.' ! - , • - ' I '
.
lint where was Thorndike all this - while?—
Where Was good-humored,- full faCed; full
souled, warm-hearted Charley? And when
each had asked the other, it Was Wtih reluc
tance that Smith related, and with. sadness
1 they heard, that Thorndike's habits had groin
I very irregular, and that his friends considered
him in great danger of beeoining'thoraughly
dissipated. - , .
1 It was over wine they related to each other,
whateverof interest had occurred to them
since they separated.' They talked, and laugh
ed; and proposed, and planned, right pleasdnt
ly and merrily, and there iad been no draw
back on their merriment had not thoughts of
Thorndike—Toor Charley—stolen like an 'un
dertone of sadness,' over the-minds of each..
From this we must run , on to an evening
when the hospitable mansion of Judge Wil
mot was lighted with unustfal brilliancy.—
From within came a murmur of many voices,
and the forms of a large assemblege of per
sons, could be seen - dimly through the curtains.
WCre we to. enter the house, we should see
Mrs. Wilmot seated in - her easy chair, in .one
parlor; the Judge upon one side, and Mrs. De,
Lancey upon the other. And not to go into''
detail, if we tarry but- a moment more, we
shall see the venerable Dr:: T-- transform
Mrs. Mary De lancey into Mrs. Francis Wil. l
i mot, and Miss Kate Wilmot into Mrs. Henry 1
I L De Lancey.
Possibly, to a superstitious temperance ul.
I traist, the rare and costly wine, which filled an'
I'
array of elegant decanters upon the supper ta. 1
ible, would have seemed ominous of evil. For I
he would' have said that the Wine at many a 1
wedding, had been a remote cause of many
1 unkind words, hours of bitter sorrow, cruel 1
i neglect, and even of broken hearts, and sad..
Jdest -funerals. 'And if told that wine is India. I
Reusable at weddings ; he, perchance, would
I have replied that there was,oni3 wedding, held I
in the Most sumptuous drawing room,: that!
earth over saw. A wedding at which God I
himself was the officiating priest, and the I
iit morning stars sang together.' And at that I
II first and noblest wedding, Adam and Eve drank I
Uwater.
Frank! I've, a sentiment for you, said Ea.
:ton, who was present upon the streng,th of a
;renewed invitation, first given in a joking way
at Yale. •
•
- ' VlTliat is it;Pied''' . T
'The matrimonial yoke; may you wear it
three score years and ten, with an unaided
, .
neck.
`Thank you, Fred, 'tluit's worth drinking,
and I know my 'yoke fellow' will join us,' and
he turned to his bride who was standing near.
yMIt not, Mary ?'
'9h, certainly. What is it?' Frank repeal
ed the sentiment, and theiglasses clinked.
I` liy the way, Frank, said Eaton, heard
indirectly from Thorndikei the other day.'
'Did yon ?'
' yes. POor fellow, he is going on sadly.
Ills Case is considered almost hopeless,'
'IS it possible? Poor Charley! He was
a noble boy,- and yet I always mistrusted his
power of self control:
So did I. But it does seem strange, that a
taart!ean bseorne so infatuated with 'drinking,
thatthe will' sacrifice everything for it.
• Yes; indeed, it does, andlhe saddest of all
is, that the best and noblest do become so.—
Charley, for example, is worth a dozen other
men Who ;we not in the slightest danger, be,
cause they are too - mewl to become 'drunk
ards.'
'True as gospel. In the game of life, the
trumpieards always seem to find their way in
to theDelifs hand.'
The company dispersed at a seasonable hour,
each expressing the opinion that it had been a
most delightful evening. And of all the gay
throng; there'was not one whopredicted aught
but happiness far the married ones,'save a sin
gle superstitious old lady, 'who never knew
any g?od to come of two marrying ' each oth
er's siSiers upon the same evening, and one
maidelndy, of an uncertain age, and green`]
apple disposition, who, having labored lade
fltigabli for every single 'gentleman within a
circuitlof twenty miles, had at ha, with great
relUctame, retired to private life, and
see why Kate Wilmot wanted to get married ;,
she was better off where she was ; and as for
her (' single') self she wouldn't marry for the
world.'
Among the company, there were some who
came sensible, , and went silly; some who come
straight, and went crooked. ; There were two
or three who saw taqt3 itars upon the earth
than they had ever dreamed there
,were, in
heaven and ‘vho scolded at,themselves all, the
way home, for not having brought their skates
or come in a sleigh, since the walking was so
exceedingly slippery, ; But these were trivial
incidents, and do not prove that wine at wed.,
ding is trscriptura/, or unnecessary.
On, Frank ! You're ,not going out this eve
!
ning,, are you ' .
' Yes I was—why Molly?'
'1 wanted - yon -to calla with me upon - Harry
,and Kate. Yon know we haven't been thiire
:this great While?
Fifteen montks had passed ainee' .Idr.
mot's marriage. He bud just baked in at the
Idoor of the pleasant - tar : room, where. the table
was stal atandhr„ to bid liis wife' *iood even
ing' Uciw swiftly mad gladly those few months
had flail] Mrs. Wilinot-had only changed
for the better, inasmuch as with'all the fresh.
MONTROSE, PA., THURSDAY, MAY 2
CILIPTEXL:
ness of youth ; her face had acquired more char
acter, and,thelviracity oBthe,girl was only mod.
ified by the quiet dignity of tlie woman. • •
twill remain at honni with pleasure, Mary.
But the club Meet this evening, Unit I expect
ed to meet Mr. who has just returned
from Europe. He has been absent iv:xi-years.
and I wished very much to see him. •- • ' • •
cOhl go b e y all means, Frank ! But do not
stay later than four to-morrow morning,. will
your . • • '
I'll try not. • You haven't begun .to grow
jealous of my club, bate you, Molly
' Yes, I have. . Why • don't you admit la.
intend proposing you for membership,. as
soon as you have learned to smoke. But I'm
sorry you jealous of the S. U. I don't
think I shall kisi you for a month to . come, by
way of ifunishment.' r '•
How dare you talk so, Frank ? I shall
kiss yon now, as a punishment for - that very
improper, speech, and so saying, she gave, him
two, whiCh were received With very good grace,
Considering the fearful nature.ot the infliaion,
and Mr. Wilmot left the house; in the firm be
lief that thus- far the 'b . iniclage of matrimony
had Proved to him a very pleasant servitude:.
Mrs, ‘Viknot went up stairs to her room,
shortly after. An infant daughter, the fair
young image of herself, was sleeping in its
cradle. She bent over her for a moment, to
give a mother's love-kiss, and the infant smil
led in sleep, us though it bad been from the
lips of one of the angels, tht are said to keep
spirit-watch over the couch of our youngest
iyears. She took a book; which Was lying•np
on her dressing table, and sat down to read it.
1 It was' Irving's Sketcli , Book; and elfe became
!so absorbed in its fascinating pages, that she
read almost uninterruptedly for nearly tWo
• hours. The awaking of :her child then dis
. turbett her, and after she had again hushed it
Ito sleep,' was surprised tql find the hour of
eleven had waved. .
"What can detain Frank r she thought and
rang the hell. ••
' You 'pay' lock the dOor, tuul go up stairs,
Bridget.' I shall sit up edi Mr. Wilmot.' -
Yes; ma'am.'
Another half houi,pasied. It was later by
an hour than he had eve ibeen detained be-
fore, and she Was just beginning to feel really
anxious, when a carriage hiblyikin front of the
house, and in a few boll.
Hurrying down, she . Orn.::, -
stood her tusliaiiCleaninetteaoY - ngoA'the
arm of an intimate friend.
Good evening, Mrs, Wihnot; said . the lat.
'Oh! ah ! Mrs. Wilmot, hey! How are
you It's f-f-fine evening, but the ice on the
pavements is r-r-rather—mther troublesome?
In an instant his wife comprehended the
whole, and blushed and trembled as she saw
her husband's situation. Ma. Richards assist
ed him into the parlor, and then, as his farther
presence would oceasioN only embarrasknent,
immediately withdrew.
For a few moments Mr. Wilmot sat upon
the sofa, swaying unsteadily back and forth,
either muttering to himself or addressing an
unmeaning remark to his wife. :Very soon
his head rested upon the sofa, and he . fell
asleep. •
Mrs. Wilmot-rettirned upstairs, and, rather
than have one of the servants see her 'hus
band's situation, herself brought, down some
hed-clothes, and arranging them upon the sofa
made him as comfortable a couch as she could,
and then shading the light of the small lamp
she htulbrought with her, seated herself in a
rocking-chair, that she might be near should
assistance be needed.
It was a sad and lonery night watch to her,
scarcely knowing until now what sorrow was.
Love sees things through.a false medium, and
trivial things are distorted into undue impor
tance. This was as the cloud no bigger than
a man's-band, but to Mrs. Wilmot it seemed
Iprepant with a - prophecy of hurricane and
Storm. Her fear was no less real, because it
was indefinite, and_shelelt the vett -.deepest
anxiety, as she "sat watching her unconscious
husband. - She fell asleep at length, overcome
1 , by weariness, but awoke a few moments be-.
!fore three. '
The elbck had but just struck the hour ,
when Mr. Wilmot awoke. Raising his heaa'
from the sofa, hp looked around for a moment
like One bewildered. The instant ho awoke.
Mrs. Wilmot Went to the sofa.
'Why, Mazy ! Is that you? 'Where am I?
What time Lilt?' •
It has but just struck thiee, Prank.'
‘Three o'clock and you hare not retired
yet?';
Mni. Wilmot simply saidin reply: ' Do yoU
feel as if you could walk upstairs, Frank,'
'Yes—l think I could,' and ho arose as he
said so, but hits head Was stilt very dizzy; he
staggered, and would have fallen had he nbt
seized hold of the sofa.
Tako my arm Frank,' said his wife, when
he htutstood for a momMit. She led him to
the stalls, which ho succeded in ascending by
leaning heavily upon ..her„ while one' hand
grasped. the.'bannister. , Entering the room,
Mrs. Wilmot helped him upon the lied, and ho
von fell asleep. ' For herself, she prepared a
hasty cotich tiptin thesofa, bid daylight had
dawned ere sleep drowned her anxiety: •
Bmakfast had waited Mich later than usual
when Mr. Wihnot eaine'down - in the merning
aisisVifo received' hhauith - a
'smile, "and'en
ticavored to conceal her anxiety. ' But het; of.
forts were only Tartially' Suncessfal; and the
meal dittnot visS agreeably Mr. Wilmot
sesmely spoke - during it, and 7misained ai the.
, 1851,
table - htit a Short time. Asking his wife some-
Whatahruptly, as lie arose, who had aceempa. •
nied:him home the night before ; he went into
his library., and did nut see her again before
going to the office.
. .
lie had been there but a short time, when Wilmot, taking , up, from. tho table the
Mr. Richards came in. .• Ibook which the, former luid ,been rending,
. .
'Goodl
morning, Wilmot. ow oyou feel Temperance Tales--The' , gtage Coach- r -No.
atter last night's ineeting I —"continued he,. reeding' title.. Nyhy,
'Not Very well, Richards. My : recollection I what is that?' ; • j..- 1 - • .
of what happened is " rather uncertaM, and I 'lt is one .of a series of very interesting
would,give fifty dollars.if its ..existenee was temperance talcs, written, as lam informod,by
equally so'
• Mr. M. Sargesnt of Boston. I don't eon-
Indeed.- Why, you take things altogether
too seriously,rny dear fellow.- Like the: rest
of us, you were so glad to see 11-- and
drank a little too freely; that's all._ There's
nothing &cafel in that.'
Perhaps not for bachelors!'
' Why, Mrs. WihMit wasn't angry, was she ?'
' Not she., For my own comfort I Wish she
bad been: : Bat when you are so fortunate nri Yes, end I have almoSt succeeded in mak,
to get a wife like mine,!Ren, you'll be very lag a convert o f Kate.' •- _•..
sorry to cause her any anxietY, and - not less I ' You have? Yourpersnasive powers must
so, if you , see that she strives with all her ibe Somewhat remarkable then, for ',have id
might toiconceal -
ways considered her rather a difficult subject'
• Well, then, the occurrence is rather fortu. Certainly,' said Mrs. De Lancey, "I have
nate than otherwise. It hiS only taught you always behaved like a geed sister, and been'
more fully what a treasure a good wife influenced by brotherly examples: l
Hit almost hopeless, to be surelbut if I could 'Suppose you read a part of one of those
meet another Mrs. Wilmot, it would he a very - extraordinary stories,' said Mr. Wilmot. • 'I
strong temptation to assume the niatrinionial should like to hear it very much, if there is no
yoke.' objection.'
I don't know but I make too much of it,' Mr. De Laneey turned- to the narrative of
Richards; but, honestly, I would rather give rArthur Middleton, ,and tend it. All, who
up driukingtwenty times over than bare what ! have done the same 'will net think, it strange'
happened last night happen again.' that no fitigue or lack of interest, were mud
! 'Oh:you're nervous this morning! The very rested during the reading. IMrs.Wilmotdrank
idei - of giving up your • wine, - merely on ne. in every word with an intensity -of interest
count of one slight excess, is prepOsterons.— i which was almost painful.
Why, a man with one-tenth of your self-con. ! 'I have had a very attentive audience,' said
- trot is perfectly safe.' Mr. De Lancey, when he had finished.. ' . And
'Well,- perhaps so! linthow did I net now I think of it, I've a pledge here—a total
What did I say and do last night?' abstinence pledge—and I've some curiosity. t.o ,
Whn you didn't act any -worse than half a ! see whether I've made any!converts , What
dozen others. The doctor, for instance, was !do you think about it, Kate?' ,
completely stuck, and,yon didn't acteally drink 1- ' Why, I d4kn't care much; dither way. I don't
so much ns I,but I belieCe I have a very strong like to disagree with you,, in anything, und,l
head. -I was a little amused - thoUgh„at. one would sign it in a moment!if Mary wonldj . ,
or two of your remarks, for they were slightly "The..story is - certainly most graphically
different from the ordinary language of my; written, said Mr. Wilmot: • 'Temperance,is
dignified friend Mr. Wilmot. I went to you i a good thing, an excellent thing, .and I :don't
for the purpose of assisting you home. know but, Upon the whole, it is safest for
cry philanthropic intentions Mere niet with a person to sign the, total, abstinence.pledge,--
kvlto the devil are your .•.• - •1- Bnt still,,l don't see any,neeessity for my sign. ;
kUoti•lne well in autll rather think Mary, agrees :with. me;
enough; Plank; Le - Vita - go borne - I don't yoU .Mary r
Richards, yy-yot are laboring Under a Mrs. Wilmot made no reply, but took- the
d-d-delnalon, ' .My name isn't Mr. Frank; j pledge, and subscribed her;name, while'ar!nn
ii is Mr. Wilmot; FT-Francis Wilmot, Esq., noticed tear dropped upori the paper as ake
master at law and attorney in Chancery.'
Mr. Wilmot, let's go. Cottle,
must; its very late.'
'We must hey? I-low do you know we
must? I s-s-shall go w-w-when I get ready.
That is to say, w.w.when I get ready)l shall
go. Hero's to the health of °lir tfotfire an.
cestors.'
The recital of these circumstances . afforded
Mr. Richards no little quiet amusement, but it
Was entirely ur parte.' And when he had
thanked his friend for his kind •assistance, as
the latter bide him . ' good `morning,' it was
with a feeling of complete shame that Wilmot
, .
,
thought upon what had happened. -- He Was 1 a t certainly think of it, and pprhaps may
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not of that constitution. of mind which consid. conclude to do so.' - . ,
ers that to' lose one's self:control is an assent f Was it possible that even, then Mr. Wilmot
in the dignity of manhood. - , i I wavered in his mind, and was-almost resolved
A friend dined with him that day. Of course 1 t o sign, but that his love for . wine influenced
no :illusion made to the occurrence of the previ- I Into to the contrary, and caused hint to yield
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ous night. But ivhen they were again itione,at I l lto the voice of the tempter, telling, hint there
I tea, and-Mr. Wilmot had tried t o b e unusually I wss no danger. -
I agreeable, and his 'wife- , seemed to have .for-' ' I wonder what can have; persuaded Harry
I gotten all the anxiety which she might have t
i to
become such a temperance man,' said Mr.
I felt, ho said, at length: Alllary, I am very sor- ; Wihnot to' his.wife, as they were returning.
rY for what happened last night, ,It NVC,OW' 1 'l'm sore I don't, knOnr.. I It, was, as.new . to
ing, to thoughtlessness and i alight excess,and i me as toyon, you, but i am very glad that itisior
shall not occur again? I.' Vtrhy„ you certainly didn't think-hint in any
'Don't blame yourself, Frank;
_I must own I danger, Mary?' :
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of the wi:d
I have felt anxious, but perhaps my love makes ; , Not in the ordinary acceptation ,
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I me unduly so.' . • ' * ' • 'r ..• 1 But I would prefer that these I . lavC' shOuld,
[ - Me. Wilmot Sealed his promise with a: kiss, '
be hltogether sate, and if there is the least
I which seemed , to - . -grow !Sweeter . with each danger, in the least inaulgenee,.woul4 ,prefer-.
month 'of marriage, and again his wife was that they shoul4Aroidthatt:little; .
confident and happy. .''' • . - .r . - '. ' Why, Molly, you would; make dnihiit, elo:.
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'Suipiiii.: we Lull upon Harry and Kate this i quent temperance. speaker . I,For. self-defrice,,
evening; Mary.' ':. ' '• . - -,- iit never will do for* to ask Harry to
_read
'I would like to very much , as soon ni - Leant4ny : more temperanee,t4ea:; . , -
put litt!e'Mary to sleep.'..: - :. : .
'Fronk ?' ,• 1 . ~ ,
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I TheliesponsibilitY:mentioned evidently' fa- t Weill', . h
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vored the visit, for a less time than--usual was I ' You will not . feel offended, if , I tell :you
required to togs it into-the-anus of -Mrs. Mor- I what I thought of while flurry. was,readia
I g l'
photos; and they. :then proceeded to Mr. Del • c er t a i n ty - flo e .:. -
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Lancey's•residenee. It was a very tasteful 1 ' I did not.mean,,to say anything of tholinci;.
and convenient house, distant only a few ti2o-
Monts walk from-their own, in a pleasant part
of the' city, They fourli Mr. De Lancey read
ing in the parlor, while his wife was up stairs
assisting the.refractory will of Miss Kate •De
Lancey, the younger to bow to the sceptre of
the divinity, who aids the growth -of opium
Land invention of chloroform, and receives the
nightly petitions of care-worn nurses.
It was an autumn evening, and quite cool,
so that a cheerful - fire was a blazing in the
grate. The parlors were finished verysimilarly.
to Wilmot's. ,Therti -was nothing ;un
necessary, nothing showy; bet everything
perfect taste, as respects both quality , and:a
*gement. : 1
; The desirable end •mentioned . above being
At leng,th effected, Mrs; De Lancay came down
into the parlor. Sherwas fuff . of neWsi con
eetillng ,the preciousness of her little Kate, and
Mrs. Wilmot qualified, the opinion that /Judi a
child had never ken born,byJnaking a
single exception, and listened very..attentlYalY
to the narration of .ths;; child's exploits, that
the might claim the same privilege in return.:
Lancey. had many, ibuldricaa topic* to
'dißcuse Wilmot and Mr. lirileMt
much to say that Was; intresting. to
. 4r. De
Lance}. t
`My. the way Harry, wlett bac* is thlitranaid
sider this the best, although it is very ,excel
lent. -The stories present important truths in
a very pleasing form, and give to temperance
facts the interest of fietion,"
Why, really! You talk like a thorough
going totzil Abstinence man, Harry:.
• And so I am, didn't you know it?'
I wrote it. - i
There, Kate,' said Mr. to _Lancey, you're
Carly challenged.
i Mrs. DeLancey replied, hy writing her name
under .1/n4:Wilmot's.
Well, you are leaving Me eompletelyUlone.
Lraust think of this subject if for no other ; ren.
; - son. out of respect to you.
hope you will, Frank, for the chief sup
; port of this enterprise must come from : the
more educated and wealthier classes. I really
feel very anxious, but you should ,view , the
matter us I do,. and enroll! your ; name with
mine.'
but still, I could not help feeling very anxious,
last night and to-day. I could not restrain.
the fear; that possibly you might become too
fond of wine, - ,and perhaps become ,a—a—be._
come intemperate. , I don't know but my, fears
pre wholly groundless, and, that my, Jove -com
pletely blinds we ; but while Harry Was read
ing, all those, thoughts and fears returned fresh
to my mind, and IIOW cannot help exprissing
them: , -
'1 intemperate? ilfary,Tm not at'alt offen
ded, bat I am, astonished,., llntemperate?,
man with a reason, • and a Will giving him the
abjlity to decide when,,to drink, and limp - del),
mad,
,when not. degrading himself lOwerthma
the brute by becoming
. intemperiate
Mary, my ;attachment for yen would' of ,itself.
prove all-suilicient.to preserv,e me fronaihat.'
know you woulkneverbecomo ; so par ;
posely,Frank. You would lather die'than,do
But doea-not the 4 immoderate lwaya re
sult fromthe moderate use, and is it:nottvis
est to err upon thosafe eider
JPerhaps so, %I'm sure !have you nonelhe
less for your great .anxiety,! and, whatever
VOLUME 'VIII NOBER
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ae in self in &lige r,Yidedge: p#lo
.. to'i4bl ,
etuin. yOll must*, tact * i OiLs!Liy:icOe;
and Iv - Hl:think. ot someihicii else
:61APTE11 VIZ
IVIO tliiulie, thut sensible;'thatt ilea'
cliihs and "dinner liartlis *be diepebbed sieht
What, scholar : that hail read the classic Praia' est
of the sparkling Cup, luit,of the`gtadinfiteneu
of the jolly god at the 'ifeare.;, cans Deem.'
Can derit 4 e se.iireatt insPinition . aPori festive 'oda.
casions from any_otheri te tionicel t' tvhti.
1 that is familiar - with thir 'l'rZ , rtflittxtheringitte
the 'gifted once who fitentlehed - their - 644
1 literature; and whoa° n that they;
arc gone, are spoken with love anti
dees not knoW that thel Satitirint 4 600111
hours' over wino as pure;SS' 111,0
converse, and sparkling their" imiti
not the use of wine, tlityr if •at 'mi.' other', tints:,,,
enforced by wise precept and Meet venerate
example?' Yee, indeed it is, an& hot s e.' m ay,
have stumbled over: that eiamPle; andlfalPin
1 forever! „In the perusal - of thilivorld'ii
ry,tv6ti the closed leaves of timsr"shallt bet re=
opened among the saddest, dArkeifinige4 pill
be 'those that record passion wasted,and'niind.
ruined, geniva Perverted and abated, to" gratify.
la Mere physical appetite: . ' The Scholar who lie
the Works - of departed intellect and genbirainit
marked gladly
_the' praises of wine;'and the
'precepts to its ese; should. think that 'the life
of many an one, ,who' spoke those praises'end
Pennedthose precepts; was a t !rribleeastiO.
lan embordied warning. Like pilots-with all
sails set,, and a straight rudder=tberl l hare
dateled their stately vessels thei'very
!rocks upon swllich those follow' id their
I ,
wake shall split. Thereis 'inspiration kiaf
1 oh, think of it at BYrcires tong). ' There itijoi
in the brimming beaker; oh, %tut? it at . the
°rive of Burni.
We have spoken of a club, with ,which
Wilmot WAS connected'" Itsconsistea of e'inti
four or five memhers'ef the bar; - tWo -- 'iditeriii,
two or three physicians, and some four or, five
I ethers.
," They were all .men ''of cultivated
minds and, refined intellectual, tastes r . WA
i days when temperance,was morn ulifin • kon:
,able than now. In Jaya. when'
A. or dinner paiti,: Within:it", wine,' woe* a
v,erl-PIaPY. Ilave selmF4.#l )o .,r4t. Even
}.then, however, there were ; :itlin:wiiii:
opinion, that When'oigl made the
he endowed ,it with ttc.ajiLnitl r fer
ciitement,,and so cOnatiteted thee:annul world
as to satisfy that espeeitylidly k tints makings.
resort to artificial stimulus 'altogether now.
misery." There weresonie •Whd- thtinglry , that
Momenta of such - 'eicitettient'arrvrere see.
ceeiled by 'mum - of detresaion,:ivere dearly
'perehased—that the dmilivbe could net' be
sensible, or witty, Without rein* to'lvine o bad
I no riiht s to be either; buttheSi were it` deci•
ded minority. - '
If you* hadlooked hit& a room of thp-'..: , ..6 t 1.
Hotel, severe] \ y ears ago. - you might- heave setae
the counterpart ,irthe follMving deserlptien:
Surrounding a tablewerb same twelve et fit.
te,a . persons, and lill3ol4,l4tein 11l Wsldtot.-
, it 'was a supper night, andlltey were now*
missing- the dessert To thie'there
eral litages;:let ns obaerve'encliN. )raring the
first; mtch one is conscious whit thei' , •;ttliertimis
land what he'says himself. k ° 11644 _ °
Ito lift his, glass With a steady liaad: irleft
of information given; a ',witty i mark i ads, or
question asked,' areliatenektcf, andtheri:istio
noise which prevents'their being' hesid: Bat
ii then there is nothing iukti,er eieithit,'Fifttech
a slate as this,, for any body!caii*
rwhile it requires a gentleinha--
manly drunk,: If a vita hcipesent
she'would hear nothidi,''Which:',Wbuldi Cause
her to bluah for her husband's
error hini.
• she would'feel piotar,th her "hrothe could
be nemben..4 aniotig:decti associates; feniida
fai, they, have drimiC4liliti as aiailf- vfattiffas
I wine 'or ' 5
Trom this:tittiie'there'ii gradual trial:titan.
ideeperllash of the face,! and 'in 'ittiviiiiited •
brightness of the tie, 'begirt to Pero* - ea.:_.
Each obsee thatha s
neighhor s tstalu
, • n • g
Kith in utterance somenitat erci -- diatteek,
theUghle remain - titterli'MiCOniCiiitile
any change, in his oivn.,' lioen tWiv Ot three
are talkingunusually lend; the getbial s "nnbie
increases, ell talk faster, and all laighleudir.
'Before long it reciiiiree'profout4 attention:to
perceive the precise "dint. - of Many Of, 'their
jokeS.,. There are:ManY'zinelirtafisme' irrthe
clas.sicul. allusions.. 'Virgil Ie yoked viith'! it
Isaac NeWton, ./Itertiti2Ltither ,belde
•plough handles. ' paike!, : faily - eetabliah.
their reputation of being the loWeat order of
Wit, end such are 'eorao'of - the'eliaraetelistias
lof the amend stage. - •• • -f
I 'TO this sacceeds a third. - WO is teem
noise at its commencement than there las
beinkbeforn. There is' ranch boisterous laugh..
ing i. nobitsly could ' tell at *bat. Therelishout.
him to one another across the table, sad if this
falls, the 'attention is 'effectually' 'aeou'redri by
nut~hclls and 4,eels.'—
:APiflause• "Be. ,
' fore long , is'aisnifested bypbundingwith
fists
and tuuableis, and the lattet being stunestbat
unsubstantial, are not to - blintozfor . bitudtteg,.
9iio' of the iindiber:, afterlorig'praciloo,haa
. qtdredlhe art of placing"ialtr knee '•at the.ear,..
trecit .- the ide•4 the- table,!:and • by: a
each Individual p ies
jerk Causin g
of ereekeri'to tremble for its integrity' t By
thi4 titne,"tfie heads of 'Bestial are noticed
hang,epoit 'the bir.aStjaiv tirdnalssively as it lit -
'ebnfeislon,seienal,hitnie lf• their size
coati! b.;littftelently redlieeti make- the
arerlaitiug ' fortune of vender of Chines*
utitnitntins. Before long' e feir attempt ,ariß
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