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tivary Twin.
tir Is not the following address to PoesyitH. roost
eloquent 7 It i 5 from the pen of Heavy Wain
Stoddard, a young writer, who has just published
a volatile:
poll my spirit's crowned queen,
wotd that thou couldat in the flesh be seen,
The shape or perfect loveliness thou art,
tAriaed within the chambers of my heart!
I sag haihl thee a palace. richer fer
rate princely A ladeetie renowned of old;
Ira walls and columns ell of many good,
And every gem incrusting it a star :"
Thy throne a pillar of sunset, canopied
'With purple mists, a shielded Moon o'eshend;
117 Vffell should o'erflow, and mock the Ind, .
lilse boasted wealth would dwindle dawn to
The main roa , rout the . aggiore to
' 4 - 1. ' Lagom ''' '- .
the Western:parts of Switzerland at, une.time
ran through the'valley of An'zisca ;• and it was
once my . fortune - to bedetained-eltinght at a
cottage in one of its 'wildest defilers, by a atone
which. -rendered , my horse' ungovernable,
While leaning upona bench and looking with
a drowSy curiosity , toWards .the- window—l
saw a small,, faint light among the 'rocks , in,
'the distance.' lat first coneeiVed that it iniA. l
proceed front a cottage window; but rement: :
bering-that part of the 'mountain Was' wholly 1
uninhabited and uninhabitable, I' roused my
self,' and calling one of the family, inquired i
what it all meant, 'While I apolie,,the lig4j
auddenly'vr.nished ; but in about n minute re I
appeared in another place, as lithe bearer had I
gone round some intervening, rock. The stone 1
at that time raged'with a fury_ Which threaten- i
ed to blow our lint' with its. men, and the night !
Was so intensely dark' that the edges* of the!
horizon were wholly undistinguishable- from
the sky. -. , • .:. . . .1 •
'There it is again !' said
.1., - ''What is that,
in the name of Get! r: ' - - . • I - .7- . , r .
'lt is Lelbestamp l,' cried the yoUng. man
e.)gerly; who was a son of our host. -' Awake 1
father! ' Ho, Batista!—Vittorio! Lelia 'is on
the mountain." At these cries the whole fam-,i
ily sprung up - from the lair at once and crowd- i
ing around the window, fixed. their ',eyes .on
the light.which
,continned, to appear, although
at long intervals for a considerable part of, the
night. When interrogated as-to the nature of
this Mystic lamp the cottagers made rib sent-,
pies of telling me all they knew, on' the sole i
[ condition that I' should be 'silent when it ap - -,
I peered, and leave them - to mark uainterrupted- ,
Ily the spot-where it rested. • . i I
I To rencir.4- my stoiy , intelligible. it cisOres
-1 sary to say that the mineraliand fanners Berm
two distinct classes in the valley of i . inzasea.*
Tine former ,
T occupation of the where: pursued
- -
las a profession , is reckoaed disreputable by
the other inhabitanta, wife obtain their living
'by regular industry; and indeed the manners
I of the minendi offer some excuse !Or what Other-
II wise-might be reckonedamillibersl prejudice.
They are addicted. to drinking; quarrelsome,
overbearing—at one - mement rich,,, at another
• r.
`starving; and, in short, they are sebject tolall
i the ealarnitiea,hothimoral and phylical; which
beset men who can have no dependence oh the
product of their labor
ranking in 'this resneet
I to gamesters, authori, and other vagabonds.
I . They are notwithstanding. a [fine' -race of
I men—brave, hardy, and often handsonie. They
I spend freely what they win lightly . , and if one'
day they sleep off their hunger, lying like wild
'animals hasking,in the sun,, the next, • if fur
-1 tune has been propitious, they.swaager about
1 gallant and gay: the lONS of the valleY.—
i Like the sons of God,the mineral[ sometimes
I make love_ to the daughters :of mop ; ' and al
-1 though they seldoni • possesi the hand, they
odeasionally touch the heart,Of the gentle. mat=
dens of Anzasca..
• -
' .If their wooing is unsuccessful there are
comrades still wilder than their own, whose
arras are always open - to receive the despe
rate and the brave. They change' the scene,
and betake *benne:yes to the highways when
.nights are d:irk and travelers are 'unwary For
they list under the banner of, those regular
banditti, who rob in thousands, end Whose
booty is a province or a kingdom • . • •
Francesco Alartelli Was the handsomest I
, gold-seeker in the valley. Ile was wild, it it
I true, but that was the badge of his t
m tribe ; and
I made up for this by .so asirgood - qualities, •
I that the farmers - themselves—at leas: such of
I there as had not marriageable daughters=-de
lighted in hie company. ',Francesco could sing},
`ballads so sweetly and Moomfully,thati i theold
dames - leaned back in the - ; chimney corner to
1 -
j weep while he sung. He .had that deep and,
melancholy voice, which When once heard,lin
, gars in the ear, and when bead again, howev
er unexpectedly, seeMs.like'a hinging Ulmer&
1 rifted. - • . ~
' There was only .. one young lass in the
who had not heard the songs of Franhesce.--,
' All the others;seen or' unseen, on some pre. :
text or other, had gratified their ,- curiosity.—
The exception was - Ledia, the daughter of one
of th e , richest farmers Of Anzasea- . , : ,
Lelia was very young, :being scarcely six= 1
teen; but in her quality: of an only-:daughter, I
with a dowry in expectancy equal ternore than I
one thousand Austrian liras, she attractednon- i
siderable observation. ..Her- bee, on urinate'
inal'pectiois, Was beautiful to, absolute perfec
tion, but lien figure; - alihtnigh - -4yanmetricalavaS
so polite , and her - inanner Ma Shy and :girlish,
thatshe was lhou,glit of :Mare las aehild than
a young woman: - -The ' heiress or old'.Niceo
fi' was , the designation made rise oti when pa
rents wouldMideavorto awaken the ambition
of their-sons, as they looked frirward to what ,
might be some years hence . ; iiit`Lelia,liabee
own person was a nonentity.'.. - . .1 „- „
Her mother had. died - in
_givieg her "birth
and fur many a year therlifip of the child bad •
been preserved, or rather her.death prevented, t
by what Seemed .a miracle:, Even. after the dig.,
ease, whatever it might have been,.had yield= t
ed, to the sleet/teas care of, her father, she „re-
twined in that state which', part ot. the Country
might Wye pissed - for delieticy.of feeling: -..
. Besidei being iii some degree slint'ont from 1
- ; the society of her eqtrats by this peculiarity. of.
I her situation Elie was prevented'frontenjoyingl
~.._,
r os , , j . a al l __7 , my son; take this letter to the iii'fr°,,„initrsil.:ttiol'inert,:e While her-bodeilan
~,seu highly elated, and said:
p ! i ttr _
,TQ . Pa) the postage' on it. ' The the ' •
her mind had adtattie 4 ed u , s ll h l e tt
, p ath. ; ale;.to- which she '„Wae.. cesium:a y,
paved. the way fOr . poctrt? silt
4.17 a lo t OrMen putting letters in a;• of the doe-
MI , and when no one was looklng I '' th ; 43 tirearsientl" not :un-,
; trines described to . a, . _ ith
71'W Y
ars ID for nothing.' . well' rather in perfect ; health ,, ~although'the.
.red of
' * '''l.tn ---- ', ' ' most troblesome memento I,thatj•noi
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04: 1 ,_ - 1311 sant anything more,' said a
" { "ator after her. illness was nothing more' than ; a • nervous
~,
.. . exit:mating his eloquence 1 timidity; which in a more.civilized :of a certain
141. 4:-auft s of the country. ' Yeas sir.u e ,•:l, school i'ou haveia Englandi;- - ,uniitted: her for
• ng ,, l rj er-- ' want a suck at that bottle ',association With the iknemet and M 3 2re6ed
yourcoattail pocket' '
a t t cae:ab er IT. ------ ' — f
the Lazy Soc a ickir I That Lelia,therefore,' had never;sought: fir
- hear 1110.6;11:ids of Franceseo, Was ..isiopedi
u:ni it may readily he, belietied;"'by'tiothing :-.lriore.
.1
itt„ :%ys ea t week by another , fur run.; than an instinctive 'terror Mingle.d 'wick the dis"--
m,, a f •e . wasthat he was troirei • like with.Whieh the tante .7tir the inffiatt.thinen.;
',-",aciii i t , ... .
r. it E %as more labor to walk thee", tali inspired her: 'rind in trath;atle.•liattko4.lo
- teas e & 1- • - -: • i the taiga that frum time ',1,0 - ?timo:ereaehedlher-:
tiy.
„ ',Tet er 1 ------_ I ear , of the young - gold - seeker, gold-Seeker, With tinnlciallat
14's ut o'„bBV. I don't Auppose .you 'of the vague one distant'intereat with..whiCh
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~,,
, ody what don't want to hire ; we attend to drieriptions of IA lioantirtil=bot
a d un 1 d 4
. 1 ' ... 1 . , 1 1 a: for somebody no how, ; wild.and cruel of anotheribetnisphCfc-.
..., d ,".-22 : 2 -----..... Y 2' ... ' ' 1 g 1ie 1""L s ', I ' Titers awe 9nti at isit;:hoWeviTy :Pti_whoM-1
qali 'l str I
mg ~ poor Liiialiitetied., : Site :wns,sitting, Ousel'
1 . 4 a
1.,. ts. ~ A ll right—go aheatti- i -. wil l s Pftliey o f
dager, what are you periling ,, t
• 1, codici l! . ,
___ wo Of grave-stones.':Anzasea hu' ', been - .for-"miwy
•ba.,. -- r - ------- .. [centuries known fur its golditniues. : -Thu- ( di n er..
,7„.0,00143 slandering batch .1 - ialiAre these whose occupation . it: IC to loolCfer
3 '7 , when y ou e r . s r c . ?I' saPt, its
,ore. - lu stormy nights small figinitere to beiren
rot' rimmed, but it, is upon the hills, winch are .apposed to indicate - the
' l 9l after a y ear or % sp .
i preseaco of gold.. '
naught, ;
rich.ored drillings of the streams of Thal,
Wobed !acidly from cloven peaks of Mind;
Ad I could bring to thee the daintiest things
Piet raw beneath the Runner of thy wings;
Wine from the Grecian vineyards, pressed will,
&limning in caps Wive, and goblets rare;
And lumens fruitage of enchanted trees,
From n agic'orchard plots with charmed gates;
And golden apples of the fireperides,
Stolen by Fancy from the guardant Fatre;
Mal would hang around thee day and night.
Nor ever herd, or know the night flow* day ;
If Time had wings. 1 shnu'd not see his (1161;
Or feel hie ehadow in my sunny way,
Forgetful of the world, Fd stand apart,
And gate oa the !toren, and touch my lute.
A perfect type and image of my heart,
Whose trembling chords will never more be
more ;
lad Joy and Grief would mingle in nay theme,
AMR and shadow floating damn the stream:"
AnAchen thou didst in soft dtsdaint or mirth,
Dated thy throne and walk the common earth,
1 would, in brace array, precede thee round,
Irgn pomp and pageantry, and music sweet,
And spread any shimng mantle on the ground,
Arleta the dust should soil . thy golden-san
delled feet !
This passage,from the poet's tribute to a " Ccl•
led tr)„ , :rr,"is far above the ordinary rhyming
.alatons of enthusiastic bards.
triv•TO disentangle ID my mind
Iny nanny knotted threads of softest song.
ace memory haunts me like a voicelss wind,
iVhose s.lence doe it wrong.
Woe thereof, no perfect sound,
brim but dim r-menihronee of the whole,
13ofter Etd sweeter thou the jealous flute,
Moe eft, sweet voice grew harsh before his
It Role in mockery its every tone, -
And left it lons andmote ;
It like liquid pearl through golden cells,
Itiaugled like a string of golden bells,
litremhlrd like a wind in golden strings,
(dropped and rolled away in golden rings ;
Thet, it divided and became a shout,
That Echo chased about,
However wild and fleet,
tail it trod upon its hreis with fly ing feet !,
At last it sank and sank, from deep to deep,
Below the thinnest word,
• And sank till naught was heard,
- ;ntchnned Silence sighing in its sleep
'owe:les:land mute beneath thy mighty apt',
lieut was lest althis itself and thew,
when a pearl , e melted w its shell,
And sunken in the men
Link and sank beneath :hy song, but still
I nitrated after more, the more I sank ;
APtrer fdat drooped with all the rine it
drank,
Id gill apheitl its cup for Hecaen to fill.
inmost soul VMS drank with melody,
Which thou rlidst pour around,
To crown the feast of sottud,
d lib to every hp, but chief to one,
Whose spirit; oncou trolled i
'ad all the fiery wine, and clutched its cup
' of gold!
2 acca;:{yEmezta.
An Ohio paper says, there is u Postmaster
ISe town of Palistine who does not know
'sae of postage stamps. He thinks they
aterely krity ornaineut." He has eharg.
4 fat ems on all fetters, and which Were
t laid—making eight cents en each letter.
?Anise, we byliers, is in Dark county*
' jthat accounts fur the Postmaster's benight
dtu.
CC Puor Hans he bit himself wit a mat.
crate and rash sick in kis bed fur nick long
tathi in the week of August, and all de
'" 9 be my eater !.rater! and lie did eat - noth.
til he gnmptained of being better, so aah
could nand upon his elbow aud , eat a little
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according to hertimid e l Mtorrh . iit' the bottom had 'aseetribled,nelmli 'o'B - 'li : oils iblie ''.„ While
of her fether'egarden; singieg e while she plied • mechanicallyarranging 'her dress, she contirie
her knitting needle, in the . soft low tone peen- ned to gain outelif thietattiee, wleeheinninnne,
liar to; het, yoke, and beyond which 'it had no ded a view ef:thn riitil: a° 4 ° I " 111 .° Pqi i :bg"
compass. , ; The . 'only . fenee•of the. garden:at low, ieertpectatiotiffiet. increased to, agony.--1
this place was a belt of ehrides, which enriched Bitter Were heriettectiont duringthat interval!
the border of the deepfavine it`overleokod.-e'. She was,itlemst teintited to' believe that what
At..the bottom of , this ravine flowed the Heel.; had passed was nothing mere than a dream-e
rapid and vet sullen; and beyond, scarcely.die. a fragtneerof her inefiination. disordered .:by.'
tantetwo hundred- yards,,a-range of precipitous : poetry.end,solitudemd perhaps in :some mem"
elitis shut in the horizon.: The wild and, des. ere warped by, diaeasei.2,-I - Lidiffie been iiindid
olateaepect of the seine was overshadowed , the sport ofan' iiihrmimientle-and was the
and controlled, as it were, by .the stein - gran. , smile she had obserted , on 11,er:toter's Bice on:
deur of these . ramparts of "nature ; and' the' ly- the Iterald,ofethe laugh.. which perhaps itt,
whole contributed to form such,: a picture es : this ,moment testifiedbiaPP:mroent of her per.
artists travel a thousand miles to contemplate . 1 plexity . and; diiietipahitnientl' HiS conduct
Lelia; however, hindlooked it from child. presented itself in the doable' ight - Of folly
heed. It had never been forced upon her int. i and ingratitude; sinlitt length; in obedience
agination by contrast, for. she shad never trave Ito the repeated summons ofher father, lie de-
Wed five miles from her father's house, and 1 scended in the I Potetrivith a trembling step
she continued to knit, and sing, aud - ream, land . a fevered cheek.: ..t her
Hereven raising her eyes: * ' - Thisight it the'romPanerth'e awaited her
Her eoiee was loud enough to be caught by awed and &praised:her. •Shu shrunk front
the echoes of the opposite-rocks; although them with more thiteenorhid limiditY t 'while .
sometimes, it had helMened that, carriee away , their stony , eyes, ,hied : upon, her in all the ri
by enthusiasm, she produced a tone which, was gitiity of form inidtralietnitttel enelmisseetned
repeated by the fairy minstrels of the - glin.e . - - - to freeze her very hiettie There Was one there;
On thepresent-occasion she listened with !Mr. hoWever,' whose idea of 1 . proPrietye- strict as
'prise to et similar effect; fur her voice had died , they were, could - never-Preyeat his Ofek from
almost in a whisper.. She sang a stanza in a 1 glistening at the eipproash of Lelia. . Her lath.
louder key... The challeng: teat accepted, and I er, niter holding her for a Momebt ,at arm's,
- a rich , sweet voice took up the strain of her' length, as with a cleating' look his eyes wan.
favorite ballad where she had 'dropped it: Lt. I dered - ovei theliavery of her new white dress,
let's first impulse was to fly; her second to drew her close to his bosom, and, blessed her.
let utill and watch for n renewal of the music; 1e m y e late sa id h e ,. e t t eeng ga yly th r ough n
and the'thini, which obeYed; to ideal on tiptoe githenng tear,' it is hard, fur an old' man to
to the - edge of the ravine, and look , down into t hi n k of peetieg with ell lie loves in the world;
the abyss, front whence the voice seemed to het' ee lutes of nature :must h e respected.—
proceed.. The ;eche she -discovered, was et Young men will hire, and , young lasses will
young, man engaged in navigating a raft down like, to the odd lime ;. and noir females will
the river =- such as is used by tho peasantry of spring ,130
_out of ;heir 'union. Itis. the way,
the Alps to float theniselves and their mires girl — lt i s the - f e te Of: maids;aril tbere'e an
to market , and which at this moment stranded ' end. Fur sizteerryeem Meet : Witched' over
on, the shore; at the foot of the y garden. He youeeten like it misee , watehing his gold; and
leaned upon the oar, as if in the act of pushing mo ue tr e a s ure eiteni„eiklegive you. away?---,
off his clumsy boat: but his feqt, WAS upturn e All I irelren your pole obedience... J.-a y e-and
ed, like one, watching " for Bre appearance of c h eer f u l ehedireee. e .tifter,the manner of. our
a atm; and Lelia felt - a sudden conviction , the 1 anaceitois, iterrimeording.to the Aiwa of Ged.
knew not why, thnt- he had seen her through Aftei this hat old man eitaild - .aside
the trees while, she sae singing and had adopt
ed this meted r attracting her attention With-, or pass Many; when it:pleases Heaven; inehmt
out alarming her. i If such
.bad been leisle ft his. child happy, ,und,his child's; , children
liar-1 Will bless his Memory,: 'He lins drank of the
pose, he :seemed to have no ulterior - view; - at- i cu p •or lif e — a cceet , end bitter--bitter and
ter gazing forati instant, he withdrew his eyee 1 sweeteeevewee -thellottome but with iwineY;
in confusion and pushing off the raft, dropped 1 Lelia—thanks tothli_hleateed - darling I—with
rapidly doWn the river, and tees soon -out of h one y in th e diner, , ~--. _ .
' sight. , , • • 1 - - Lelia fell. On her 'falher'ineak, and Sobbed
-reala'slif° was as Calm - as the slooPiog lake raloud. -'4SO lorig and bitter :waseber sobbing
which a clued wileblarken, and the wine , of an
I that the formality. of the party was broken,nnd
insect disturb: Even - this little incident was; mi
the circle rowed uneitiosiy, around her.—
i matter for the thought, and entered into the When at , last she raised , her head; it-was seen
soft reveries of eixteen: She :tilt her cheeks that her cheeks: were aiidiod Bei rice aiweite
thigle..ntEs4e wondered-4'0. 1 0V -the young as the marble of Conialie. - ''' •--i',/ "' -- ":
man had gezed at her threugletreee, Etna . why ' A murmur of.cempaisien %ran through the
he lied - floaledaway without speaking when bystanders; bystanders ; arid thie.ykords f.poor, thing te-still
be succeeded in attracting"her' attenticin....e. Iso delicate !--old b_yeteelear -wookwhmPerMge
There was a deliceey in his little centre : emu:F e ; ty repeated roittronetiiihe other. : The fade,
to save her surprise, perhaps the terror of rieteel er was alarmed, and hastened to cut short n
imi a stranger in such a situation; there was ceremony•whieh seemed so appalling to the
modesty in the confusion with whi c h he turned nervous timidity of his daughter. .
away his head; and, t bat perhaps wars as eel. 'lt is enough, said lie;' all will be , over in
tieble as either "even to the g entle Lelia; there a moment . Lelia, doyen accept of this young
was admiratien, deep and devput, in those roan for year suitor ?—come, one little' word,
brilliant eyes` that had quailed be n ea th hens. and it is done: - -
• • •
: The youth was as beautiful as a -.
dreard-- Lelia tried in vain to speak, and she - .hewed
and his voice!—it tress° clear andyet so soft her acquiescence. -.--
_so powerful, end Yet - . so ,nielodious !, 'lt 4 Sine' continued Nicsoli, A. my &welder , lie
haunted her ear - ,like Jm- prediction.' • ' ' ! cepts of the suitor you offer. It is enough;
It was a Week before she again - saw• this, ealute your mistress, hey son, and let us go in,
Apollo of her . girlish imagination . It seemed ' and pass round the cop of-alliance ' --, e
as if ; interval they. bedtime to get enc. !The maiden bath , not-eursivered,: observed
quainted ! They exchanged salutations--sand a coid, cautious voice among' the relations„of
the meet , time - they . conversed. There was the suitor.' - - , -
teething mysterious to "
their eamiunnicatioose 'Speak, ther);iteid Niceoli; eating lei - angry
He "wits pmhebeY a fernier's son of the upper , and,disdainfat look at. the formelist.-•, ilia bat
valley, who had been attracted;:like others, by la word, e •soend, speak r., f;
thiefdee of the heiress of old -Niecoli. • 'lle,l Leliies dry, white Bpi had unclesed - to obey,
indeed,- knew making of books, and; he loved 1 when the gete of the little court was; 'Wienehe
poetry; more.for elm sakte of tnurie than its ]ed iipen'by one who eiesmiparently tees much
own:- hut, what of that 1. the writings: of God lin haste - to find the latch. and a man rushed
were around and within- them ; and these,if into the, midst of the circle. , . ~: e
~
they did riot understand :
they at least - felt- He 'Speak mot!' he shonted, 'I forbid :,
I
was hold - and vigorous of mind; and .this is Lelia,sprang toward% him With "a stifled cry,
beauty to the fair- and timid. lie, skimmed 1 nrid- would have- thrown . herself into ins seine, 4
Meng. the edge of the .:precipiee, • andesprungi had-she net been sttddehly caught midway •by
' fromrocielo reek in the torrent, as fearless as Ver father. , - -- . • • •
~., ~,,...
the chauktitee Ile was beeutiful , and brave, - 1 ' What is tiller demanded. he ; sternly, `but
and
_proud; and, this glorious - creature, .with, in rising-el:tree; ' ruffine4runkardeemadmenl
radiant eves, glowing eheekie laid liiinssif 1 what would yeti:here r -
down at her feet to gaze upon her face, as the 1 'Non cannot provoke .Me„. Nicoon; said the i
' A 4w r ou to it upon .l I
poets ; worship the,moon. _ •
Si). i ntruder,' ee y .. s p it . ti)t. ~ . ,pplie. r
• The world , so moriotononi, io , blank; to demand your dau ghter in marriage:
drear,eevaenow a Heaven to poor Lelia." , One ' Yon!' shoetelthe'enragedfetiter. , .
1 ,
ithing Only perplexed her; they wetesu ffi cieni. ' You I' repeated the relations: In ton es'`tif
I ly, long-ieteeording to the elleuLatioris. of six. wonder, scorn; rage,-oreridicuteestecortling to
I teen-eted sufficiently . well, acquainted; their ; the temperament et the individual. -
i sentiments had 'been avowed without disguiee; I " There needeth nikinere orthise said the
'their faith' plighted beyond meal t ; ; end As yet 1 eerie . ; cold; eau - tins voice'-that had spokedhe
herlOver had never mentioned his mime! Le. fore; 'a wedding began irea.brawl will never
lia reflecting on this eiretimstinee, condemned - mid well., e To, demand a girl in legitimate
for the moment, her :precipitation e•but 'there 'Mereiage is. neither sin.- nor, shame; let the
was sow no help for it, and'afte could only re.._ lyotieg man „be insivered by the maiden-herself,l
Suire' to extent the: ecrete..if :Secret it =lee- ' l nnithenilepart in peace. . ' -,,,' ,
,-., '-e - . )' HO hith spoken well;' -Wild the: inOTC . cane
at the neat - - • •.;; s„ ',. -,,,,.
ee My muse :r satflebe lover,_ in reply to lief , tious milting - thitoid 'Men ; - eispeak, l xlitighter s ,
, frank and sudden; questions; *son: will , know answer'; and let the man lie `gone I' _' .-, e I
'it Soon enough! " - : : - . - I I 1 '-Lelia giew idle; eindthen - ria. thetoadeci
, .
said , • . ...
, But !swill not be pay: :You - must tell. etep fortverd-eehesitatedlooked at.her father
me nosy - + , °tot• all everiW t° - tnor'rmy ol4lit'' -7
1 tingd3YlB4 ,, then : stood as Mill wee statue; I
,' ' WilY to-morrow ni4ht r- • ' : -•"' • - 1 pressing - her clasped handeeMpte her:boson - tete 1
i' ;'Because a youngerieh:seitor, on whom :my 'if to silence the throbldrigs.Oet diseurbed , her
"fathe'r's heart is set, .is then to, propose, in . .ee - asen - . ,l i''.,: : ,:. . ~, ;.. .„,,•, e : e•
;Proper form ; for this peer- hand ;,end te let the l'e Girl,' said'oldNiceolli,' in: it voic e . Ou llitiP
!coofes'sitin cost what it may; 1 Will _ not over- i pressed passkey', tie he„iieizedf her by the arm,
'ithrow the dearest plaits of an only p arent with. 4do yeti know that roan!-did ' you' .
ever see
'oat giiing a .reason which will satiety 'oven , him before?". Annear,' can yea , tell me ; . his.
;him: Oh, yen do net know him! '•- Weiltki neme r ._ : ‘. ;7 ~ e, _ -e
~-,
_. , • e
1 weighs es nothing' in thee scale against,bis i
,• e i,N o e '..i ,• - e ~: , . ~ e • ~.....
1 deughter'e happiness ..: You may tie poor : for I•
e No teethe insolent enfant. tiro, girl, peee
ought _ I know; butyoueire pel ; and•honotne 1 sent Your cheek to Yourfutarix:busband, thet
ble,und : therefore, itt his eyes, no unfitting 1 the eastern* of our ancestors May befultilled,
match feir. Lelia: . ..„ , . - • -.- . -. `- `- ' •1 and have me to clear my eleriewey ,of wigs
"- It Was:Alined dark'; but Lelia - thought she 1 bondeLee- e-- e : :.-.., , . -_.:- .•, •• •
perceived n stile- on her lever's face w hile I- e. She stepped forwaidateihruifially; but , Whei)
iepake, and - a ply Suspicion it:tithed thionef-her i th e k. g lit me te r ee r etor; eli tenditithhia,uthei e 6en
mind,-' which - made-her- heart beat and , 4er ;i nt w a ntra . , meet; ;her, she alnded , hilnkaOth , ft
cheeks tingle: lie did not. answer ,fai I nsley , suri * s bao, ,sa dor aggere 4 towards th o . ..t. p.
minutes; a utruggle or smoke kind seened,to ',f r uiter:
.:,
_; • e ..,.. -,ej ee „e;
agitate lirere bet at letagth, iria su ppressed ~ ' Hollie'ehotdr 'cried - thereiritions. 4 . you - ,nth
voice, he sidle- -, .. ,• 4 ..
,e,e, e,-, . ,• mad e -yes know not, what you do—it le'Firin.
''
'.Tci.emitin*!ligbt. tnen!.. ;, . - - t.' , • e;e l- ,. e •
.- ellere le.'
~..• e .,'', who -" a !lot
_-' No,father's ln r ioOr r: h i tm g e; in PIO:retook:O. She
!root hilterni be;stoodeetstia, as ' tbezill
ol'—toy rival.' '-. - - -,' ()tinned name met her ear, she fainted
ee Themorroornight arrieeilenno;Wtto - o - oor-Teintue, •' .. e . ~,, 1 .,....! e.,---e : .- ee -T .
etnonioua. formality practised on 'stleheueese i •-; Th., 4--id us `' j a i -that ensued " was jiojeite4l6,
SIODS ip 4die, velley, Ihe lover ofeavhom, Lelia , te e; -4,eti a ,", we e t enrried. senselitie intii`the
had sPokenWits presented- t s cel..dO- Petroe 4 . . t•'''houiteet'inid ft requlied the effort s of tor the
Ash Betilliosion.to PoY his a d dress; °, t ilmner ' party to , tiild t , beak .her,, father:who-Weld ,
-WOrds—for-there ei but isheit ahritt,fo! tinter!' . have: gmppledwlth ehitidnehiliiiPien the spoi.!
: midi maid—toilet : lmnd harrlaind . kit' Marriage- Francesco steelier- somo%tinui - ,with Added l
This was indeed'n.motrit Onwhich old „Skeen arms, in: mournful eind- , ntdodyietilence; but.
had of hie heait;"for - theoffer was by , far the when ut length 'th e yeicee . of: Orsini.. which'
beet that could' have - -been toned 'teem the - Nieop ecinunimil - tri' {tour forth against 'him,
ValerOssola to IllOte Boea.•••Thitt yoritlerVaii l ut e i i i :f ili iiiiitithilition;bleadietood'fiad 64.
rich, well •Jookilig Wpru-ent
, - O, d e
evete VI '' taelde , fronted re
hi , i
~.e,.• ee eyer • eee , , e .e.: 1 • 4
neia ; .evhat morecie
luld a fattier desire r : •1- 1 e e can h eal ; thong entaesesidd he, e temple
Leliabad put elf the minute of appearing in 'Some of rhem;'.yorilmo* well, are iindeaereed;
the porch, where i the elderg of both ratniliee land if others fit, it is more my misfortune . than
31.0NT1i0Si PA;;TittIiSDAY, FOROBY' 5,_
my. fault:. If to chastise' insults{ and render,
back scorn for: acorn is_to be a ruffi,an, I inn
one; but no one can. be ealled a, vagabond"
who re ., ,4ideslo the habitation and fellows thi
trade of his ancestors. ' Mize thingS, hOiner.;
er, trifiesat' best theyare only iworas.—;.
ItolF rval to Me is that nm
It is a strong (me. ,I" cheese to _take. your'
daughter without it dowry, I , would take h,e - r
iii'spite_ of you', nil ; bet I will leave her=even
to that thing .without a soul—rather than sub.
jeet Bogen* s being to the'privations
eieittu3es of rt,lifti like mine. I demithd,there.'
daiightei., but it - doily,
if onlY sniall i one;' - and you Shall 'hive '-tbe
right to require that on my part Ishall not be
einpty•handed. She is young, and there 'can
be, and ought to be.no hurry with her mar
riage ;,but,git4a, the only a - year—a single year;
name a - reasonable' sour; and if, by, the ap
pointed time I cannot tell, the money into your
hand, I hereby engage to . relinquiSh every
chilli, which her generous preterenci has giv
en rhe', - upon your daughter's hand), {
'lt is well put,' replied the cOld and'cautious I
voicein-the assembly.
, 'A year at any rate, ivould have el4psed be.}
tween the , present betrethino and the damsel's 1 .
niairlage:,, If'the Young taal2 before the 'bells
tWeive, on this night tweliiiriontlis,layeth
dewn inert tht table; either. in' coined money,
or in gold, or golden - ore, this same sum which
we were here. ready to guarantee on the part
of inygrandson, why I-for one,.ehall not ob-,
feet to the Maiden's whim-- 7 prorided it coruirt:
rues so lon,g—beirig consulted, in the'disposal
of her hand, in preference to her.father's judg-
ments and desires. The awn is only three
thensandlivies r
•
'A 'laugh of scorn and . 51erisioi rose among
the relationi. • ' • ! •_--
'... Yeas yes: %id - they, 'it is bat just. Let
the mineralilitednee three thoimmd livres,and
he:shall have-Ads bride. :Neighbor Niccoli, it
is *fah proposal; Atli tili to Intereede •for
-Franceters, and beg yotir assent!' '; -- •,
' $ll4 Iglifi Fraticeisco,in perplexity Mingled
with anger, ' the sum of three thousand livres."
Ma 'was interrupted by Another -forced laugh
of derision. - -
r; 'lt is a fur proposal,' repeated the relations.
4 Agreedtl• replied Francesco, in a burst of
haughty inilige#ol:l ; and with a swelling, heart
lie withdrew. .
~ , i i
A very remarkable change appeared; to take
place from that moment in the character and
habits of the minerali. 'He not only deserted
the company of his riotous associates, but even
that ofthe few, respectable persons to whose
houses he had obtained admission, either - by
talents. for singing; or the ecin i parativ prepri
ety.of his.cOnduct. -.. Day after day he ilsbortel
.in - his preearions,arcnaition: The - changes of ;
the seasons were,not now admitted as excu-
;iiies. The atom did not new drive hint to the !
wine s
. hekansi:the_lain _dist-ilet.eonfte!ciehhate - ,
tiii hut:, MO; after day, and often - night after
, night, he Wasio be' found in; the field-r-onthei
,;' mountains -.- by tbe shies of the rain ceurses
-lon the shores of _the torrent.:. '. • !' I
Me - rarely indulged hisnielf even in the rec- 1
reittion of meeting his mistress, for whom all
this labor wits submitted to.. Gold, not as a;
means but us an end, seamed. to be his tiimights,
by day; and his dream by, night, the ohjFet and
end - of existence; When they did meet in;
darkness 'and lonelineaS,' sind mystery, it - wail
hurt° exchange_ if feiv hurried _sentences' cifl
m l
hope and conifort„and I/fleeted reliance -upon
fortune. -On these Occasions, team, and tre .
bliags,and hysterical sebbingS;sometimetrteld,
on her - - Part. at once the ;hollotvneas Of - bee
words and, the weakness : of her con:stiintion t
but pa his t all.was, or seemed to be, enthusi-2
aSm and stedfast,expectation, .
~ i •
Days And weeksifheivever,',,parised, by=-1
moons 'Oiled away-the year wris drawing to
lite mine, and a great part of the eitorniiiis slim
wasediti in.the womb of thu morintainal Day
by daY, week by Weeks; month by, 'month, the!
hopes of the - miner:At became fainter."' iiii
,eould not longer besto* the comfort which - did I
not. cheer even his dreams. , 'Glooiny - 'asid sad,' ,
1 he could only straißliis mistress in hisi - sume e l
withimt tittering , a word when she ventured ,
an inquirytospecting gre
his proas, 'and thin!
hurry away to rieumeonechatneally.hi4 hepe; i
less task. .; .. .- ".
It is a : strange sometimes an 'awful', thing,
to fook into the misteris of the female Mind.. 1
[- Lelia's health had received a sheep . from the
(ciiimustancis -We- hare recorded, -which left I
i her, cheek pair; and; her limitiweak for , inany I
months; and to the physical infirmity . Wes now 1
l idded the effeei of. those dumb, but too,elo f I
' querit,interviewsi With 'her lever. Thellewer
'he sunk in - despondency,' however, add the
awe .despersto grew -their.-aff.iirs, the-higher
her spirits rase, as if to quell and contrettheir
' fortune. Her hopes seemed to grow in pro. , ;
portion with his feare, and the strength. which
sdeserted him went over- as an ally and , sup--
porter to ;her weakness.;;;! Even her- bodily 1
health received, its direction from her mind.-, i
Her nerves seemed! o retever their tone, he
cheek its hue, add her eye its 'brilliancy; The
esild end sluggish intagination of a matOs_un
.
acquainted with hair.the resourcesof lawre.
matt, in.such eireumitanies. Disappointed_: in
her dependence on fortsne and,c.ssuelty, Lelia
betook herself - to the'altars and gods Of her
people! ' Saints .and: martyth ..irera ..bp , tiirns
invoked; vows. tram. offered. upp and pilgrims
ra and religious watchings Terfermed. , - Then
some dreams . and prodigies ; .Into idnx ! and
omens, end - augtiries. - ' Stirtes - were - iyOstaa
r t om Abe. pages of Dnute,'.and: Warnings - and
commands translated from tiie mystic writings
°tai' eikY,•• -.- .: '. 1 - - i
one star, utilets ern the poetzior !Inv "
The rear touched upon its Close and the
sum which the gold seeker .had amassed, 111.
though i great iiiniost 46 a inimete,was st il l hr,
vary fn fr om su ffi cient. The last day tot the
year arrived, ushered - in illy - storm andl thus.'
, d er i n g l i i and lightnings : - . and the evening` tell
cold :and dark.upon. the despairing labprs of
Francesco : . Ile was' on the side of the, moan-
tain O . pposite NiCcoltit houSei and itiAtiillght
I di e d in the v lioC, hh saw, with inexpressible
bittern of SO6I, hi the number - or fightsin
uriWure,linit feta Avis Aot fa/Often.
Some trifling sucams,'4wever. induced him,
like itdrowningf man ; , catching at, at.striltW„to
continue his stmich.l - He Was on thq spotin•
dieshal by a dreinalif hisenthlislastic Mistreat ;
and-aheitaa-conkirediduvriet to'shindon the,
''attempt the the-distant ihnreh
'should - silence &hely; hopes ferever.
, 11 18 sucetss Vmtillu4- Ile, watt working :.
'With the pick-sx end- haa discovered:it Very?
I 3 Ma ll
Abl e that this, Although altagethci inadeqdate,
in itself, Might crossed at a -gretiter - depth'
by a horizontal ahe,•and thus form ann of the
grupji, Wait% in which.' the are is *au n t , '
and easily extrarAdz %, To.work lioweve, , cvau
difficult, and to work Ling, leppossilde.,ii pia
strength was alinst exhttuntedf' the ;term
beat fiercely in his face ; and the darknesit•in
cressed every moment. - -His heart wholly fail
ed him; his liinbs trembled; atoold perspire.:
Sion, bedewed bis brow.; and as the last ..- roes
of daylight departed:front .he mbuntainsidj,,
he felfseseleas,upowthe groan& ',."',
How l ong he remained in Ude state; he did
li
not know";- but e. Wan recalled to life .;by a
sound resembling, as he _imagined, a human
cry. The storm, howled more wildly than c.v.
er alonz•the side td the Mountain, and it' Was
now pitch thrik; • but on turning- round his
bilni he's tw, alittle - distance above where he
lay, a att.lall steady light. Francesco's heart
began to Outke. The light adaaneed towards
him,and,".he perceived that it was barite 'by a
figure arrayed in athite.from head to foot;
3 Lelia V. cried he, in amazement,: mingled
with superstitious terror, as he recognized the
features of hisl'onng, &iv mistresi: - T
' Wttat nottime in winds:said she;' much
may yet be done, and I haie the most perfect I
assurance, that how, at least, I am not, deceiv-,j
ed. VP, ,and be of good heart. Werk, for I
here is-light. :I will sit down in this shelter,
!bleak though it be; of the 0111'43nd ail You
with my praymai since I cannot . with my
tinnds.', - . r.. _
Fianeesce seized the nxe and stirred, half
with shame and half with ;41miratien; by the
courage of 'the', generOus girl, resettled his la
bor with new,vjgor. .
• .Be of_ good 'heart,' continued Lelia, 'and
all will yet be - well: - Brively—bnively dimett
be sure the saints have heard mil!'" .--- '
Onlyoriee She uttered anything resembling
'complaint—rlt;ll;hit cold she , said, 'make
haste, dearest, for I cannot find my way bottle,
if I - would. without the light.' - •
By and 1,4' she repeated more feavently the_
injunction to 'make haste.'- '
- iFrancesoe's heart bled while he thought of
the sufferings' of the sick and delicate girl on
illeh 4 night; in , such a place ; and his blows
fell - desperately on the _stubborn rock.' He,
• was now a tittle dietance front the - spot 'where
she sat, and- was pit *oat to beg her to bring
the light nearer,,, when she spoke again. . T
'Make haste—make haste?' she said, ' the
time is almost come--I shall be wanted—l am
wanted.:4 can-stay So longer—faiewell!' ' '
• Franeesect . looked up, but the light was al
ready gone.- , TT, • , ;
-- .; -.. . - ;
.It was so strange, this sudden. desertion !
If deterinined to, go, why did she go atone!
aware, as - shaanust have been; that his re:main.
ing in the'dark could ha of - no use.'" , Could it
6o that, her heart had, changed, the moment
her hopes had It was a bitter and
itogetteroni, thought ; nevertheless,. it served
to isridle.the speed, Twith'which Franeeaco at I
first, sprang forward to overtake his mistress.
1 tie-had out gone far, hosrever,:when a sudden
1
thrill sweated his progresst His heart, ceased
to beak he grew; faint, iiud. Weald have &Ilea
tnthe'sgalind bat sop tn o --ooppais,' •oe.,;_ tn a...
I againet'whieh he' staggered. :When - he recta , .
era; he retraced; his steps as accurately-as it
was possible to do in the utter darkness. ,THe
knew not whether he found the exact spot on
which Lelia had sat, but he was Rem of the
surrounding- Iclealities ;-- and, 'if she was 'still
there, her white dress would gleam through
the thick night which surrounded her, ,
With a light heart—for, compared with the
fantom of the mind which had presented itselk
, all things seetnediendnrable—he,brom again '
to descend thinaduntaim.."lti a place'so SiEVI.
larly wild, where the rocks were piled around
- in combinations ati once fantastic and Sublime,
it was not won . derful - that;the light carried by
his .mistress ehouldstar wholly invisibleto - him,
even had it 'been flitch nearer than wafby this
time probable. ;Far less .was it surprising that
the „shouts, which ever and anon he uttered,
; should not reaeli her ear; for he - was on the
lehaidelof:thmatorm; which raved amen the
cliffs with alurk., that might have- rimined. the
(thunder, T
~. :.;• ; .
,Even to the - practised feet of fnincesee; the
rout, without the . Sinalleat light:to guide his
'steps; was' dangerries in the extreme; : and to
the occupatiopthus afforded to,his thoughts it
Was perhaps owing that he reached NiecoWs
house, ina state Of mind to enable him to ac- ;
quit himself in dinanner not derogatory to the
i dignity of his manhood. .1 ' !
it Niecoli, Said, he,- on :entering thet room;
'I .have come to return you thanks:for the tri
j'al you hpve alloWed me. I have failed, and,
I in teraonof the engagement between us,l - re.
I linquish my claims to your daughter's hand.'
1 He would then have retied as suddenly' asl
he entered, bat old . Nicculi ninght hold of his
{arm. 'Bid-este:emit:said he,ins tremulous
- voice, 'go not ~int urger. Forgive me for the
1 hansh_wdrds'lnsed when we last taut: 4-have
watched Itio,Franceitco;from that day, and—'
he wiped away a tear,o3he looked: uponthe
16°116 and negtected appareLand. the haggard
land ghastly face of the young man -L" No mat
ter—mY sword "is' plighted-z-furewell: Now
rill-my ddughter,' added he," and l'phay Gitd
that the:: business 'of this night end in no iIW '
Francesco lingered at the lloor.. Ho would
fain hais tieen but:the-skirt of f,elia's mantle
before departing l' ', ' .- • ,
I - -
'She la riot in the room!'" cried a voice of
slain. . francescOl'heart quaked. T. - Presently
the _whole house Wasnstin The ackundof feet
tinning here and there was heard, and agit 4eil I
Voices called'out - her. Rams. The next tdo;•
ment , the , otd , mail: rushed out of the room;
end, laving bothh.inds on Francesetesshould.
' ars, looked wild in Ihlsttee„ .... , .. ,
4 11uow - you aught of my daughter r. s'aidbe - :
. .Spehlt; • - I coujure vie, in - the name 'of the
blessed Saviour! Well that you hare married
het, and I will forgive and htessyou t--Speak.
will Yoll on ePeak 2l ., A'aingte wardt----Where
Is my daughter.?
_Where'll; my Lelia? write
—my light--my hoPe 3- - --13 .Y 'child r Tha !On.
Brill etarted4 as front a dream, and' looked
around - apparently;!- without'' compreheeding
what had passed. .',, A -stione.shudder.. then
shook-his. frame for an instant.. ,*,Lights!'-he
, s etd,....torahea--every _ one of, - :Follow you :Follow
Me! and he out into, the: night,' 'lle
watt speedily by the . ; -Whole"' of the
company amounting:to more thars.twelve Mew,
-with , lighted torcheSpihat. flared-, like. meteor!,
in the storm.„ •,.Aft - Tqr. the. eader - Isiraself t he I
seemed scarce. able;e drag one limb after the,
other, and liiiitagOetto - Aar fro, like Attie
thatid drunk With. wine. ...-- , -',*. -, • -i" "-.'-' •:_
They at length resched the pinee.bOotight; ' I
nod. pyi tite.l l light,, of-, the,c torches; - something
white,was seen at the 144 ofthe am :, 1t.,V 16
teliti; She leaned hackagainst - the rnektpue
hand Wait pressed upon - her heart; like it pee
son who shrinks from cold; and in thMtither
elle-hel4.thcimAP, the - ihtme of which had,_ex-
Rliedjn.the abeket... o Frimcsseo thr ew
, himself
on his knedi,st Ono, ,aide' end the, old- roan at
the'other; tillite`a new, ai s trenertisfdayi-titiis
af,tid:by,tha torches upon the spot. ' She .was
demi ,-,-sleadf-stone dead!, , -,
' After a time, the" Childless old man went, to
, SeCk-ent the object of his daughtitellieie;bet
... . ,
= - ' l' _ '
, : - ,,yg4lllrE 1.11; z. :.:INUM-1i.R„'11,',6.;
i:._ of
FranetSieo was never seen ftontihat'fatal
A wniliyg:spundis 8,0 metimes tiard to:this"
day upon Cho hills, and the peasants isay.it:
thespme, of the tninerali ageking his mistress ; ,
*Ong thdreeki: and:eiery 'dark and atonal
night the rainiDflelicils still seen upon ;
inottatalulai She lightti,her phartitoin IcAlariss'
his search fir gold. •;•• • -
Buck is the stay of the itonmlights - of Att.
zasce, and, the only part of it; which mine •Is •
the translation into
,tite - lingnage of:civilized •
men of the,septitients of a rude-and,ignompt
peopl? , • .• , - • • • ,
'Prenc"li: ,- Par,ft-Ck'ap Irishman's'
- ' - -- Pigeons. ,
- The western coast or frehind is as remarks::
1 ble for:its piiitureNuetnikedness'ef Mountain.
't -rock, and delk - as are itainhabitants for their,
Inaked persou and. truly. unsophisticated;
_ness ol *
manner of living. : It is a tine odd,- motto a
Irish" life that a light henrt and a thin
,pair
_at
breeches, will carry a son of llibernia the wide , -
world,round. Therefore is it; that nnacquaintiii .
•I ed 'with want f theylive and-ble.ss r to:day, an&
thellivil may - take to=morrow: :•- ' ':- ' •.. •
-There is a striking similitude bet*een this
French and Irish, in this respect, and accord: ,
ingly, ai soliders, the, tw ars umnatched at,
/starvation and, long marches afa winter MD. ,
paign in an - mictuy's eciuntry. . The Trench.
have a natural sympathy for 'the Irish and their
'country; and rue often found bowing' or datte•••'
ing in the nferry• making Of the One or shrug.:
ging their shoulders otyilhie rains a the.
it happened .eirtle . thate tourist from Lis
Belle, Francii,..fuund his way-inti) the- rionnii,
- Min fastnessess of_Connerhara, arid put op sitsy
small rend-side inn, kept by one Paddy fYiNs.•
tiOltue. Paddy: warrinot id the habit of tinter:
Mining each goestif; Int ' With native petite.
ness not to he oindone bythat just fresh iirr:.•
ported front France, he welcome,d the-orayfiit
er, and bowed hint to, esent in • the little pel
1 vete parlor, back of the kitchen. , _ • -
Having resteilhis weary joints, which siert.
Somewhat dislocated by a- ride over the rough
mountains, in a. rude Specirdrin of nature's very* ,'
6614 attempt at-eart.inakirig. - tifonsieur knock:.
ed' bn• the table, and quickly Pat • rippeared at
the summon:, • 7,. -.. - .- - ' '. :
6 'Weil, yer honor? - • , - , - ,• • ,!..
'Ah, Monsieur Maitre d'hotel,llll you he lot
goo: as to have me some dinner?'- . t
' Alt their to be
_sure lean - ;.yer honor s' The -
dhil a`hOuge,from this to Square Martia'a eats
give better necomniodation, to man and - stick;
My word - ls= '
WhetherAtte,•httle....ErembLtonrisilitua—
s"--
cotaprenenana ute torte - of rat's poetry, is
hard to say at this distant time ;. but • certain
kis. he shrugged , - his -.shoulders and looked
blank enough. •.. -. • •• ,
But, 'tnoy . l make i3ould to ax_ yet honor,
what it is: you'd_ be "a awantia' for • that same
dinner? ,: • -s • • -
.Ilic-Frenelintari s s appetite prompted his nat.
ural aptness, and he therefore guessed thepnr
port of Pat's query : " •
'Any_ pages=
Oh plenty etthem; yen
• Very well, ram smi, you , get , me sera*
p-eiettn for my dinner?:
• %%Thy this, `to - lie sum,' -- willyeiliOnorpitt
weleorne' , • • '
"'Away Went lb° boil , to-obey These 'foreign
orders without a rtmlorli•londer than the the!
in his own-minds. Of, Bloucl and ouns,:sn'thatit
quart taste, strre enotigh.„•". ~ • • . , •
Up coins, the dinner jlnd down it weqtquiek...
er into the sccrit eMPtyleaverns of French,
gestion. ' 1 • - '-
Next day - Riddy apipared before - his bonder
with-=,• 1
What'ityer honormave. for dinner lo•day
' '• Ahoiy,friend,.,„yett peegeon vergoot—ver,
gcot,indeed=l"illuiVe more peiteiirrto•day.;..•
kttlii, to , be sitiefo'sitall'yeiluiner, an'
ione—mora and •mort, if ye' like •".
On ..winr. the lieek, eceh day was! the:
untiring taste of the epiceriatt , tourist stippotte ,
ed With 'more peegeon: •
Saturday. cameand . With it the 'falteringhost.
Oh; thin, What 11 . yei• honor have for "cEitnir
in
taorretc;Sontlay, ye know r'
• cried. ,tbe ' Fiencheian.
smacking . his lips,' any more de gnot pesgeon?
.Troth an' the divil another pusheen is
i in the parish: barrin,;yer .henorll.ato tt43 ogid
!Larnaca! hitnielfr
4:Cut—L-ThoirtahC:attil suit
peegeon, my friend?' •
-- Sure ye did:—Snalhe. diva a • thing else
have .I given yrhut, a..pnsheen
Peegeons , thatfisi, 1 roian:.
4 Well, our pusheens; will fly at ye MO, if se
trend un•their - •
But,' said - the treinbling Frenehputn,!! yore
dittsity'enraelhink übaut von ;311' ' •
• * One eat! 'Why, by the he=ad of St.'Dermis'
tisn't one bnt'si. eats, yer honor ttte.t;
_ E i t, six rats!' yelled:, the-. Fictrtfied tenrist,,'
•What,lne cat ea: vital; 1. asked , 'for pee
goon:
• Well pusheen is what Tie etilllittle:itittill
—.wee eats.' _
- • 1 did ineatiS:lengeon ' with' the - wing! anti
I featherir -
[ • 'A glet . itted 'in upon Paddylt
knOwledge.box.,.: . .
40h; my soul and eonsetente,lbelievo 'team
pigeonsyerlionor.Vanttair-. :
• Onl; - ies,-to be sure; ply: Mend.. •
tithi, Why 'the' did youyon French'
Peopteltirn" te talk - Sure =you de,'ate
each - cfuirdvihingS as tror, snails and 7..0 . t 1 :::
bail'itrich;to'ate if I Saw anYth l og - strunP itt
yer calling for little cats.' ; •
eutit vhiwo eat'one , twe-'4lz
sManall4Mgeogaz.
Walk in who pleases; ± -
tiA rirgo to blazes,'
t;Divii_n.,dpuhl
Thhdrinirice-whiithfeti?*,ed certalnti,
et this filet/nay* more naini frnigined Abut
deaeribed: rreheb:inatt qaickly !,4da
wink Troltiaiiiinhtrji'lbaV knew - - nc; differene*
between a cat and a pivot. Whether b 9 '`,Eve
er pig:dished bin thnughts - upiin Irish:miseries,
we cannot etty..-it' no,="they never weitttlralm"
MEffMl
A curious 40191410 n ino , ..heen made at the
Pension, °frit: :WMMlngton, for the WA
hinnity 000 14 : 016 net of September, 180,
VW' nian - wWopplies 'affirms - that he vele*.
10144 September, 1860,in'DauphinunantY3
Pennsylvania, farattindermite time, and ner ve d
in the. Nar of the United States spinal the
Nnitiflrra•el SeutitCoteline , Tye wit/moan
testify_ that 114 .401:t„Pn,tids °Or ,
ice L