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CHASE, PROPRIETORS -401VRIV , the Democrat , rno • a rs si3Eljr, Art thou sot lieu me with thy soulful eyes 'ilot weep forth sympathy—yet tell the while hoarded'wealth of truthful lore that lies . la-their dark depth e--come now my heart beguile With thy sweet sorrowing smile? A m ,( not gaiin on thy thoughtful, brow Defighted still thy holy thoughts from to Dost-thou sat ial o Iten whig. le I call thee face now, Tay aoVegpleokiu. Trith half an angel's grace? Ilia art not here to smile amid the storm • Of le i/bight blackness breaking o'er my soul, Sot trestles to; clinsayound thy peerless form, While lettered t onghts-that mock my weak con. trot - • Flash out on Memory's eeioil. „11,:siii I see thee in thy matchless pride, briesed shadows clasped their sable wings Aloe by track--and sorrows wailing tide Cloud its surgings with despair that brings Eloath in its poisoned stings. Net scold those 11.510116 from thy dreams depart s Bet thickened, blackened, mocking all thy fears, And dark•edged clouds gloomcd round thy youth. fat heart ia,gingthyroctsteps 'slanted by burning tears Th roug h tog, lone, starless years. ,y pale meek eyes of azure hue were dimmed sa fearfully at tear gemmed grief; at many a rictorpsalm the aa:els hymned • 'hen thy plumed spirit found a glad relief After a life so brief:, • h lhon Wert one who long by suffering tried t length become herein. winning pourer .ctil ate:west woes were deified teceiring with exultant drains thy dower In Ilearen's a:trading bower. _ • y and found those waters sweet 'here wavelets flash not in an earthly light, pathway trod with slow and cautious feet rem ilear and radiant to thy tear-veiled sight, Piercing the mists of night. ,ine tea► the victory then—well mayst-thon sing gy shrouded night became a starry way;" st the' thy cap was filled with satiating— y crown of thorns proud of magic ray In Heaven's uuclonded day. cm calm my spirit—let a prayer laud breathed oh its dark heavingE, wild as troubled sea, lin:El-presence with my life is wreathed ; that which stilled the waves of Galilee 'Seems thy sweet voice to tne4,l, , The Cottager's Welcome. IT co.E P. 5111613 ' ted by I've a cottage that stands near the wood— A stream glides in peace at the door— bore all rho will tarry, 'tis well understood, Geteive hospitality's store. o cheer that the brook and the thicket afford, The griever !we ever invite: ou'reirekomeloqeely partake at the board, And afterwards rpit For the Light. a birds in the melting will sing from the trees, 'And herald the Soong god of day, .en, with hirio uprising, depart if yon please, ,We'll set yew refreshed on the way': ' our coin for oar service we sternly reject; I No traffic for gain we pursie, , d 'ill the reward' we wish or expect, We find in the good that we do. saki:niece a pilgrims on life's weary road, And many would wander astray, - a seeking Eternity's silent abode, Did mercy not point oat the semi all Would their duty discharge as they should, To those Who are friendless and pour, s world would resemble my cot\ near the wood, bad lice the.sweet stream at my door. TARE Tilts LLTE. LI! [LTG ET JENST LIND Take this late whose thrilling Jay Our spell of joy urns wont to be, Tench thou its cords when I'm away, And they will speak to thee or me; Or if in life no more we meet, Should alienee shade one path of flowers, Stalk those songs we deemed so sweet, Beguile thee in the-saddest home. • fake these violets froM - My hair, .Aloi though their purple tints:deport, Tttf i waft soft perfume o'er the air, 141egratefol memories to the heart. 6, 4oeartb we meet no more, 1-1-'4is-dresms fade like these poor flowers, .S.r quit still shall hover o'er, ,And Cheer thee in thy saddest hours. FO RGIVENESS. Rea beautiful falls rrvin human bitthat blessed word forgive. Pergirenets--it hm attribute of God-. Noonan:l which °meth Heaven..:_eettemegain earth loat Feleu's hlooria, and fling' Vi halcyon o'er the wage of life. - t your he, whose heart has been so scbool'd n 11 neck lei:sone of humanity, be caa give the utterance ; It imPoxtB" lesl graudeu t to the human soot, • m 441 1014 an angel. • r'rr°fettional pomposity IT' well taken ia the following anecdote, which we find tiale English paper. 'Shields, dentist, (look ;lftned andspeaking slow.* "Well, mar ..'ll'idi taath do you want extracted !----, iAt nolar-er an incisor?' „Tack, (short ~',L H 4 4P ;) 4 lt is tzt - . the upper tier, on . - 'the lide Bear a hand - yon Swab, for .4 4. 6. lfilag my jaw like a bloody:' lobster." Mitt2ll2 l ßU. From Sortain'o Union Magazine, • THE ESTRANGBD HEARTS. A TALE OF MARRIED LIFE. lIY:CLABA sonsros. (Coicluded.) ciurrEn'tv.. ai , No conqoeit sbe, brit o'er Nerself k desired ; No arts essayed, but not to be , admired ; Passion and pride Were to her Soul unknown, Convinced that virtue only, is our atm. - So:unaffected, so composed ,4 mind ; So firm, yet soft; so strong, yet so refinvd.". • ' (Pon. , " Ye's, and' itc too let hiin 'stand '. In thy thoughts untouched by blame. Could he help it. if my had - Ile had claimed hitsty claim? That was wrong; perlitips-but,then Such things be--find wilLngain Women cannot judge for men. Thy brown eyes have looks like birds Flying straightway to the! ' Mine are older." • • • -i f- • - . rE. 1314nactr. . . Helen. Graham was in her; thirtieth year.-- , She was not beautiful; - but.lier thoughtful, pensive cast . of conntenanee never failedle in terest. Few could tell in What -her - - bharms consistekfor her features were quite- :ordina; ry. Some there were who -acknowledged-the spell of mind upon mind ; . and they attributed to the right cause - the 'sway Which she caer eised over all who came within her sphere.' She was not one of those ;of'whum, Keble has beautifully said,: " There are who sigh that no fond heart is theirs, None lovie theth but,-olt vain and selfish sigh Out of the bosom of his love He spares,. The Father spires His Son for them to for upon that bosom hadshe done leaned for strength, when the earthly temple, in which she had garnered too Many hopes, was I shattered before her-eyes. She forgave freely 1 the hand that Wrought its 'destruction; she learned tolook calmly upon the ruin; ay,more 1 than-that, she grew to thank God-that in the crucifying of her earthly, Mfections, she . had 6:^n drawn nearer and tt.earei• upto Him. Ettle knew-,She in her resigned and placid life of the revenge Which her,bretheiliad vow. ed, of the recompensewhich be had resolved upon workirig out. It was aSin of whielishei , had never dreamed—too terrible for her. belief would hare been the thotigheof hii,usitrping the power of Him who has said, "Vengeance; is mine, I will repay." When she heard the rumors .of Dorrance's and his Wife's unhappiness, and af-' tercvnrds of their separation; she, said to her self, " There haS been blame upon both and earnestly she wished that;slie- might be a mediator betweerpthem. She called on . 3lrs. Dorrance, but received the unvarying answer; ‘Mrs. Dorrance sees no one." So week . fel- 1 lowedweeleopportunity and no occiirrel _ .One afternoon she was summoned -intkithe parlor, to a person who was aWalting her there.. Upon entering she was struck with the singu larity of the face df the new-comer. She no ticed the anomaly of exceedingly light :hair and jet black eyebrows and lashes. There was something also in that thin. face (of a deadly 'whiteness from the contrast of the black bonnet,) that rivited he'r gaze Upon it; while she taxed her memory to recall why it I should so haunt her with-the feeling that she had seen it before. The young woman seemed embarrassed by the scrutinizing-look which Miss .Grifilm fix ed upon her as she apprtiached. Yon know me Miss GrhaM: she .said as one would ussett, a thim.r.; not question. - ' :Helen answered slowly. 'Thank Godl then hu^will riotkuow me.' Mrs. Dorrance! is it possible , that this is you so changed ? how,yontrernble! poor thing what has induced you to assume this disguise?' _Briefly, Margaret 61E11er:history, 'only re- Burying, that portion of it, which wouldlae pain fal to Helen, as, involving het brother; and . now, Miss Graham learned foithe first time of the jealousy from which the. young wife had suffered. Her heart ached as she saw the wtetchedness which Margaret:had brotOttip on herself, though-she did not scruple to con demn Mr. Dornmee for his severity and - his haste. Through Mist Graham's sincerity, Margaret was led to see that the esteem which her hus band had manifested for Helen, bore parison with the deep, all-absorbirig love which he had lavished upon her in theirearly Married dapst. -1- Helen Graliam appreciated. the thoroufth change which had been wrought in the thiiU less woman of the world i to 'inspire ;in her such self-devotion. as, she now, porpOsed to carry out: choosing to perform the menial of fices of a servant; rather than tO endure a long et separation from her ohildren. Willingly she wrote 'a note to Mrs. Egerton, commending her in the highest terms•=spoke of her as a gentle woman who had .. .known bet. Iter and happier days; 'and ,suggested that she , should be employed rather, as ; ritiniery-gov ierness, having the entire' charge of the chil -1 dren, anti the control, of - the servants who should be needed t 0..• wait upon them. She begged of her to engage her. at Once, as in so I doing, she would: perform an act • of charity, which shespromised tci explain to her at Some future day. ' • ; .Mrs. Dorrance was to bear the name of Ann Hastings. She left with the mite immediately, her heart full of gratitude to Mi*Grahata for her prompt assistance ! . It • . _ It was .n - ear. twilight when Rho reached— Place. Inquiring fat' Mrs. Egerton, : she was shown into the sittingroom. She waited what seemed a long a very 'Ong time to her.. Then the door opened, and her husband stood be fore her. Her heart beat violently. Egetton is engaged: he said; 'per- Imps I, shall .answer as welL I • • - She banded him the note4without Speaking. As he turned towards the light,' to readlt, L she ventured to let heieyes rest upon him.— She saw that the-traces of sulferin,g were es evident in his - c.ountenance asupon her own. He - tniShed the perusal - of the note. .• ' regret to say that Mrs. Egerton-hiS en: gaged a young woman- ' but lay 'child Veiy and we may need other` issistanCe. ' I will mention-this to he:r, awl you might call again —say at two o'elock to.torroW.' Margaret arose, and sta,ggeied •• ratber than walked,to the ,door. adviinced-tO open it f°r her- Their. eyes met. She felt faint and siek, almost guilty, such a searching gaze did he fi t tyPetr‘ber, iris' eyes gist:iced - to herlair, and his coontensate then settled bacHitto-the same and, gloomy expression- It bad . wOnl be; DRUCIVAb AEI s.ho went out into the.open air, her:heart' leaped with joy that Oto.,!ind -not I?eett I:ecog -. • > `'the obit dairsheie unied' nt two', o'clock, and. WAS engiged by -Ikits:•. Egerton. • -•-: i.- ' • _•• . .-- ..• ',- - . , 1:A. watchful heart . - '.• - _ Still couchant-;-an inevitable ear; , . -- And an eye practiced like a blind mine tiiali." - “-1 ~ .- .• •; 4 . •,_ ' . - • IVlrsanstvorrit.• , . . '....punished for enr:siiie we surely anti. and . yet hovi often thy become oar blentioge, teethingWs that which nothing else can teach us."-, L . - - . - ' ' ' --:--- -. ; • tAtiros LoCui.' The - Mild, - odorthis - breath 'of spring stole . through the open' casement into the lof . ty lipatt nient . where Margaret, • kthawn -only ins Mrs., Hastings, sat bending over her .charge, who': Wag now -- convaleieent. -Ida, when awake, would not suffer Mrs., l Hastings to leave her sig,ht;• if she was oblig; ed to absent herself, the little sufferer would moan for her until her, return. Mrs Egerton • often said that she. was sure- the child would never 'have recovered, had she hid a less pa tient and devoted nurse. Thii - physlehm said so a 150... Mr. Dorrance said nothing: . He suf fered.steamer a ft er steamer, to depart without him, watching whole, days and. long evening hours,ll the bedside of his beloved child. , --. Hany Was - the 'only one that Seethed to have taken a dislike to Mrs. Hastings. - - She would often coa.ihina to come to her, but ho would only edge himself farther oft, tilt he reached a corneref the room, - where, with frowning eye brows, he-would look upirom under, his long lashes, and Oak() months at her,in his roguish, independentiway.. - '' - This pleasant spring day Mrs.. Egerton had availed herSOf of the warns atmosphere to - take Harry out upon a drive. - She had not seen / Miss Graham yet, to thank her for. proenring so patient' a 'nurse; and of course she had not a auspicioft of who Ors. Hastings was, never having knOwst her nephew's wife. • .. In the, 'heal time Ida; lept, and her mother I bent over her,her heart 11 of thankfulness to i lk, kind'Heatetily!fathe who had spared her ' child. to, her,. - ;-,. ~ -.: - .. • - • During her weeks of continued watching, the: religious ,itistracticin of her early.yOuth had conic op before her with renewed, freshness. The L noble sentiments mid :devoted .affections of her heart, which had seemed to be extiti guislied by.ianitY ve' - and • the lo of pleasure, had been rekindled, and they poiv shed : their holy lig'it'through her 'el:ill!. All her, interests in life•had revived,' now that she' had taken held. of its duties. .She sonly.needed , a return of her basic:m(l's love, to - fill.tbe Cup of her earthly- happiness-a 'happiness deeper - and more rational than life ,had ever before yield ed her. :. -' - z .AndnOw while she watched Vie slumber of her innocent babc,she recaited,us she . had done many times; efore, the errors for which her punishment .had been so severe. 'Her vanity,. her pride, Wer obstinacy; she saw in such a Oaring ligh4.that.involuntarilyshe passed ono hapd over, her oyes us.though, she could thus shut it out. . A footstep fell, upon - her ear, and glen. ing up slip saw Mr...thrrance looking at her. The expression . of eyis changed suddenly she thought she detected in them ti shade of sympathy at first. 'HO Said, - 'Mrs:Hastings, has my aunt told you that we shldl go into the country in another month :--to her place on the Hudson?' No sir, she .answered, . her eyee.dropping, under his steady gaffe. '1 suppoSeyou would prefer remaining with your.eity friends to going so far with us?' he continued. . • , 4 ,Ne, no, not for a moment-4 have no frikds—that is—l mean that .I love your chil. dren so well, sir, I weal& follow her to the ends cif the earth,' she" answered very much erabarrassed: i • , There 'was along, Silence. Mrs:Hastings, have you heard my history?' . I have, sir.',. ' Another silent°, dieing which she walked to ;the window to conceal the morning glow up on her cheeks. " • • I wish yoli would sit down,:tdrs.,Hastings, and listen to It from my own lips. I would like to know if it is as you have heard it.' ' Indeed, sir, -I know the whole.. It must be a painful - sebjeet to'you, I would not mall she said as she resumed' her seat. 'No need have Ito !retail it! It is ever present with me. Will you tell it to me as Ton have heard it?—it is'a - relief to - me to talk - about it to von: • - ' lier heari, heat fast; she summoned all her courage. 'Your wife, sir, as I understand, was young, I giddy, and yain; she did not study your happi iness itsshe ought; you grew cold towards her; sae thought that she diseovered that.you did I not love her as fondly as you . did another—' I Mr ; porrance gave a start tS surprise.. Mrs. 'Hastings continued, 'she grew prond,and.very wretched; she would have acknowledged all , her errors, and begged for a return of. your lore, if she had not felt that you' had deceived her; and So things'grew. worse and worse, tin ', til they terminated id a separation. " I d You have; not told all; will you let me El i ish the story 3' 'Certainly.' , I.worshipped my -wife 1. My affection for tHelen Graham 'Was calm:as a Eirollier'i love; Ibutwhen year 'after year passed, tuid my wife grew more and more regardless of my wishes, I did recall the calmer emotions 11. had• felt for Helen, with something like -regret. , Cue , night, after my wife had sent Imo from her presence *ith harsh, galling worlie s she admit ted clandestiriely,a num 'Adios° chlracter I de spised—a subtle, intrikuing man pf fashion, whom I had fort4dden to pay her •ffarthei at know not how-long be remained 41th her—st4p, heat me through:-4e seldom Mrs. Hastings, with white, lips, rose and:at tempted te answer him. 'From that ,hour I Steeled my heart a,:,crainst heiL-God Enotis with what diflieulty! That rain: tame to trio, he: asked ins if would 'anew him to wait'upon my . {vife to some:theatrical exhibition,: where they were both to take a- part. I. answered! that I shOuld make no' objections; that: She could do its atm dime. but that if' mho went, she should never-enter tny -dooristgain.?' went, , Again Mrs. Hastings essayed to speak, and again Mr. Damien, prevented het Hecos tinned, , — , `That night I sent"her to' her fath'ees honie. In the morning there earee's fetterto . nte from her. It softened mY heart to forgiventaiv.fir I Avis fool ,eaonti to fielieve her protestatiOns ofinncreence• I wrOtenianswer, saying that I would come to her linnedfatety. Twent tar her desk ;for an envelope—there I fothid alOck of her lover's hair"; end in her imi-wittintr acknowledgment of it as =eh. 004 God! • )oalrun,:nam?i, ILlTELYNalt,manimvoil, maann, ~ - t4tirr44 MONTROSE, PA, THURSDAY, JULY at I know not:what sustained me with that damn,' irgtevidonce before my eyes! • Woman, can such thing's boi forgiven I - Ansn'tir me : the Heaven which you bellere'bri, is there ` u' place Tor such treacherous souls'? " ' Idra. liaslangs had remained standing: - Sho trembled from head. to foot, at. Mr.•Dorrance's violerlee# . ' It Wainot So,' it Was no t r.she answered etiergetiCally; 'Ohl conld you have believe d alltins of one who'neverhad a feeling of love for living man but pouf- -,Ldid not know that - ,earth had stickfiendti that wretch - Graham liai•Proven himself:to b blr. DOrranee, I know j our wife; If I 'Mind:ice you lhalshe is still worthy - otiontlovei as far as her truth fulness to. Sou is concerned, will you -forgive her error's, and receive kecliack to. your love as . she yearns to _be received will, so WO Me God!' • • --- , Mrs. Hastings resumed her seat,' and, - sup- Pressing her emotions as much- as .she waS able, she proceeded to, given MI history -of everything that had 'occurred: W4Sn she came 'to the lock' of hair, explaining •the Motives tyhich hadindliced his wife,still speaking of her .as a third -Orion, to 'enclose it and lay it in her - drawer, he-drew nearer to .her, and seizing. her hand, pressed it fiercely between fiis own:, His•eyes gloWed with the intensity.of ids feel ings; and when "all was eiPlained, he caught .her wildly to his breast And straining her tight; ly to it, sobbed like a child. He seemed delir ious with, joy. • • In , vain she endeavored to release herself. •'ilLirgaret!_llargaret!' tie crick you must never leave Inc one Molnent again. • My oWn good, pure, wife! may God bless you as yott, have _blessed ,me this hour, and, may He forgive Meefor the injusticel have done you.'_ Sits threw her arms - around him—she laid herpoor-aching head upondiis broad breast- , she also begged forgiveness. . - . Oh! .that,was a holy and happy hour. When'the first violence of their emotions subSidedi . MrS.'Dormuce questioned at what part of - the history-she had betrayed herself. - 'My poor Margaret, did - you think you had deceived inywatchfeleyesl I knew con, dar ling, from 7 the mornent yeksteod trembling at the door,when yOu'brought me thenote of rec ommendation front :Miss = Graham; I - kneW you, and hundreds oftimei since has my love' been upon the point 6f betraying itself. ; Oh, my precious wife, I thank ,God for the misfor tunes that have retealed our hearts, to , each other.' • ' And great reason had they both to thank Him; And_ Very seldom is it, whea pride and jealousy and suspicion creep in to separate two I heartS, that any after reconciliation can entire. ly rout out the 'Weeds which :have sprung up in. rank luxuriance Muter their baneful influ ence. More -frequently the 'breach' widens with years ; each grows to think the - other the aggressor, and that complete isolation takes place which his's() terrible to contemplate. In society, such instances . are constantly oc curring; and if in any one case the ditlictilty, .could be traced kilts foundation, I doubt net the cause,woild he found to' be -as trivial es was the first event in the story I have narrated.' Women do not•sulliCiently comprehend the responsibilities which they take upon them selves in' the marriedlifq, Instead of looking Open - marriage as "a career of -devotion," as !'• an exercise of virtues often difficult," they seem to eXpect the homage of the lover to- be continued t_ and, disappointed at the outset,. they indulge themselves in "sentimental re proaches" until there is danger of their hap piness‘suffering shipwreck ; for men soon wea. ry of the" little scenes" in whithwOmen so often squ,afider their eloquence. - -Again, there are instances where • the wife' haS faithfully performed her duties, and yet she sees a change gradually taking place ih her husband. • The rose-colored tint with Which she had invested the future, gives place to a.cold - and leaden hue as the love of the chOsen one seems to dinainish,abserbed'bv the world and its , pleasures. But even then there is hope., Let her watch occasiona.for Malting sacrifices; let her she* -that ; her husband's happiness js still herpredominant study; above all, let her avoid all reproaches; and no one heart in which the flame of love has everbum ed will long remain prod to such devotion. From this digression we will - go back to and Mrs. Dorranee. " Aunt Egerton, was horrorstruck upbn • her return, in finding the timid and retiring Mrs. Hastings" seemingly entirely- at homeln her nephew's 1111118. . Howard Dorance attempted no explanation in words, but he pulled off the close lawn cap, and the flaxen perruque, and as Margaret's dark hair fell around her, Mrs.. Egerton could not fail to recognise' some traces of the beautiful Crayon in the'library, which she had so often stidiedvlith interest since she had become an inmate Of that dwelling. ' Impulsively she folded Margaret to her heart, for the sufferer had won a place there, to the extinction of all prejudices, by her gentle, pa tient Ways and unwearied devotion to her siek • Harry als4 knew his' mamma now, and no longer, refused to come to her arms, . There was a happrpartjr at WeodlaWn that summer, - At Margaret's earnest • pleading, joined to. ltlra .Egeiton's kind. persuasion, Helen Gra ham Accompanied them, participating in all their pleasures with her unselfil heart. Her brothei had gone to Eurepe. :The world said that it was very strange. that the proud Howard' Dorrance , Ahciuld. re-. ceive back his wife; but the 4%4rid:Over kneiv heliv much they rejoicedin their brief ,sePara tion, as an event ordered by their Path Or tn-britig them 'nearer to each other;. rind to _ . PirttionsAt - --A Yankee gentleman convey, lag a British. gentleman -around' to view the. different objects of :attraction in the.city' . of Boston,,brought him. to Bunker. LIU . They ..stood looking at the splendid shaft, when the Yankee said,`"This is the place'where Vtrar ren fell." " Ah!" replied the Englishman; ev idently mitliosted up in local historieal -tout; ters., 4l Did..it hurt tam. rouchr The a 'five loolleitat him with the expression '