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To (by :Might MY, 1 t - Spring up to greet thee; as thou paasest by,l With blithe odors cf Meat Ariaby— ' !!, May,lovely May! Than comest, and to earth glad tiounds art bring lag i _ • '; _- From the small insect, that, with; cherful Nut ; Flits through the Sunbeam, to the 'wild bird'phaging, 'Rejoicing etrainsof Nature's antic come; And each young fini t ay, ; "Which thou hest clothed detr.gemmt* robes of green, ! . -; Bawl with s' courtier's grace before his:nueen, May, merry. Mail The alure sky. o'er which no Mond is sle4llrig -- Grows moraintetistiyazirre;like the !yet': • Which meet train other eyes a lookievealing Unspoken volumes of deep syropmbies; ' .And blest are they= ': The, young, pure.hearied, beautifid and trio— Whose beans are tinged with thiai'ind lori's ruin hue, -"; 741 '1 , happy MY! Alas,: for those to whom thy preitinen brined!' ,No gMekenetl prilse, no- Ifeart-throb'ef delight i.., Who longils thy brightness, while the thought wingeth ' ; -:, TA distant sconen RI free - and airy; flight; , ' ' _ Far. far away;; Perchance to linger - whore this marble tells Of friends isho•elambet. in 'a arth's silent Map, slimly May - Vat* the cinst . if those who steep thris Sallie. sweet -Orty. bath no reviving ppir;:r; —Bat round the ithed , thy inlit6neefiolp; ;'• ;fwd cheer the heart, tvhich, likiialstarta-erast;ed • Sjularto decay, ; • ..WiticticAnte of irpt4and.ctu•stiflitaveribt Aad i t alghtlyonil64)*Y#tlark".srate!rie tnc;irt; geuti‘titiv ;11- laiima Nay, loiel kat aingliter 'Life's sweetest cup isaliiiiiiaabe4 peas aducss= _44 whiloWespenk thorert **ping . .thy bier ' Passing -Like ail tiitit's'earthiy—liogering hat to show That unmixed happineesdwelle moi below— 1 , ' ' - 'May; fleet ing _ May S ' When.- airs; Ellii first proposed to little Mciross Mann that he 'shotild accompany her home, he ran screaming M L. mother's room, sat down - on ber.fmitsteol,.sna laying hie arms and fare tip* the cushions of her chair, wept . and . sobbed, callipg Mamma-oh mamma'. in all the keen -agony of childish sorrow. It has been matter of wonder to me; that the generality. of .peePle have so forrrotten . --- i ; ! ; 1 their own childhood, as to treat the feelings of , what shall-we'do with our ;Locreae•--, - in-] zhildren with contempt or ridicule. Children (mired Mrs. Mann of her husband, as they sail feel with their whole soils: Nd shadoni of i together in the vine cover'd verandah, smiling! forethotight Or erperience, `darkens . ' their joy I at the merry gambols.of their bright eyeddar- I. in'the presentl-•-tio calculating worldliness, or ling Mary. Whatlutli we do With oue,'Lli- 1 icy' philosophy turns the edge of their sorrows. creep? she is such a little dummy; and so 1113- tWhile lkir. Mann felt that his invalid wife ivaS 1 amiable,. and , sullen.' She haS au - habitual ,'removed from a painful and joyless existence, gloom on her brow, and will sit ;for hours and 'to a - Ttfe of immortal -health and glory ; the sever speak a word. , , •! - ;• - !children only that its loving' tender :nether I • - Perhapa'she is Thinking,. at, tich ilniei, ob- !was desd, and huried.Out of his sight Inrever. nerved the gentleman , addressed., . - ' ' ' The man knew that he could woo and win Ido not believe she is, persisted the moth- another woman to be his wife,—the child knew er; for she never:mike questions : - a child 1 that he could - never have a second mother. that thinks. :Mary mow, will, come to me i Mrs. ;Ellis busied herself' about the aiart- I twenty times a day, with her queer puzzling [meat,. until , the child's agony Sub Sided, into 1 , questions. ..She is a bright little elf. , BrlkLl3- I moans and sobs, thee sitting down beside' biin - , I creee, will mope, with her eyes fix'd on wean - - I she laid her hand gently 'on his head, and with. I cy, a whole hour, and then walk dreamily out any reference-to his - sorrow,"commented away; without uttering a syllable.' I do' not ;telling of - the pleasant ride 'they would have believe she thinks at all. . 1 ' , , land ferry boat in which they would 'cross the Clara, said Mr: Mann seriouly-z-I fens we i broad clear river; of her house, and the little I wrong our child. ' She evidently not ;-onlyiboys he would see there; of' her garden, with thinks, but feels - deeplY. I hive observed her, the fine flowers and ifrawbernes, of her doves, in her silent moods, gazing "so .-intently 41t0 1 canary birds, great green parrot; and the little 1 heaven; that' almost expectedio - see • uncial dog who - could perforai slmest as many feats, 1 mmirror'din her elear blue eves. 'And I then las dui famous animal in which good dames What a multitude of 'tu l4ts and hymns - a eau i Hubband so much delighted. ' -- -! . ' 1 repeat; it is in a child of five Years ; Melrose listened, became interested, and fi. old, not ye(able to read. '_Let tts cherish her Daily Mr/ Ellis led him from the room, equipt . i. ; tenderly Clam.; for I often . fancy that She is i him for the journey, and pinied him umesist. ' one of those edeitial spirits, that make ,short ing; in her easy carriage. -,_ • i it# on earth. She seems •to have so little -in • - `Arrived at Ellisland, and given over to the i common with other children, and-takes Plena: companiomitip, of three healthy merry boys, i • Ore in nothing so' much as the' verdure and Melrose improved like a starved house plant, '• Bowers of earth; and the,:eionds l , and stirs of transferred to a sunny garden: There was a heaven,: , .. ~•, ,_,. 1 ." - ; . , Nast difference in a free out' dew:life, of exer-1 ', :W e ll,ejaeulated. Mrs. 11.-1 wish she,. was elite; and the • enervated, seclusion of a sick] like other children. Ido not Understand her. chamber, te - whieh he had been almost all his ''...Mr..ildenn had been it auccesatlit,farmer, and life confined, lie •did - not forget his Mother ; . ' was now the merchant,: of, the'', little cOuntry but he. hadconstant - companionship, went ev,l - village which had grownup in the vicinity if ell day tO ',school; and retired at night,- just. his beautiful homestead. , Me.arried in early weary:enongh to go directly to bleep. • Con-1 lifenn excellent Woman, whosedelicate con- senuently' he had 1M -time-for dwelling= with etitmtion prcived unable to endtire the ishori. tie sorrOw,'mnd- soon became a rosy, deal 1 ens life Of, a practical f ar m er 's I. if' ' ' F ' ' I sttotifi 80.16130 Y :fellow j so" that when at thee . { I . w e. or A . a b timeshe went on, 'cheek : o6i and hopefully,l end-of three Months, his tither - came to visit 1 - . ritemg before the dhy,.milking the tows-,-malt.' Mtn, eipeetiag'btrbe'ealied . upon - to partici- i •••,•:''' .. ing batter 'and cheese; baking, eoeking - Wash- pate In a scene of tears' and lamentations; 'he 1 log,. ironing. sweeping,, scrubbing, scouring, was ovedord to Ma r ble Son so well and hap. and working in the garden; besides spinning, - 'III an d to be received received+aittimerry shoats, en vl sewing, and knitting, which kept her ni, at lively ihat 4 er• tluthilTtb6 evening 3l re• - Ellie 1 work, until late" at nigbt;.-ti lekuirse: Of life, w lenquired-efter eertnloWidesi'd,gentleinne in which thousandif - 61 our `country women-par- 1 liiimeighlitirhood;Me is quite Well, Mr. Malin - sue for years, iii good health, With ptide flia replied, and his kome' is_ 'rentore - 0 - to iii old pleasure.. But Mr. Mini nitnr giving;l lfirth ilmtkeninf4t and cheerfulness., He is married, lo *boy, in the second year other;marriagei 'sad has brought his children home again, and -never pepdned her lieslth: , - Tbe outmost eke .-1 14 all seem - veil -1 40; . 'could do, was to take tails sal 'he Child, on Tho_nboininable Tillaki'"eliaidaii`a Idgi• - ki• which she noted, as a yearn! invalid Mother lie. *ferried again! oh horror. Could not _.............- ..... • Omltt . • • • . - 17fhtenfor eke 511introzeDealoccat., _ , THE STEP MOMS AND HER FAMILY. 'Jigs. irtni Lot rir.4.ios 1L;," ,_ . , • - *ust;:who feels that 'she hai notiongtiO.Stay With the tender child Who'inisibn:Utt Moth.] erless, in this unloving World. ' As her life do. 'clined - , , bee love for her` child heearac the more intense; end althougk freak' always' being' in dulged 'he grew selftsh and : exacting: her -Pa. *fence aid"affection never tired. _, Mr. Itent3 Law that she was, eMpliatically *polling the, Child; - but he . cohld 'int 'grieve 'her by,inter. fedif witklier only earthly aid: em ployMent,:the nurturing ' of' her child. i Els daily avocations' prevented - him from giving her much of hia seciety,*and-ii; nature , failed. ihe'clieli'of her sympathies narrowed until ike:y all clung the boy :;' - and'oTten as she mid him tO 'her bosom, would . the yearning ssh 6.4 , ..b.p.:: AK my „ chill—would `to ';God bit ive might - inter his heavenjogettier.. It could - Pot 'therefore otherWige be, than that when this devoted 'Mother died, I the be= reeved' child then - in his ninth'year,-should be htterlv" inconsolable. The itarither, with her _intense unwearying hve, could: never be re. ; dlaced., IHe felt it, and 'his littleheart was esolate., .Hiabome was to him a World-With out sunshine or verdure. Me wept--:•and Wonld'iot be comforted. Mrs. Ellis—an aunt of Mrs—Mann, a childlesS Widow;who remain. 'ed a few, days after the . fnrieral, proposed to take the Poor' boy home with her; fissuring ihis father that he ' would "mope himself to .death, death, there, where everything reminded him r,f his dear departed mother." ' ' '. , • I . Mrs. EN'S had riffle film, and a tenant to , manage it, who with his Wife and throe' Sens, 1 ranging in age froth ten to five years, occupied 1 a part of her house. She was a healthy incr. [ ry hearted woman, rho Managed to live; read 1 seine, and talk a:gient dial, Without ever think ing.- If her'inindreceiv'd a bias, sl.e never . rctlectEd whether it was right or wrong.. If she had'adoPted, an opinion,:she never inqair- I ed if it Were true or false._ She Was. content 1 to'believe without questioning, :, SheiWaavery benevolent, and had iipleAr i W'rriff- for every body:: :? : if there was - fine'46p:s.l:igtterjaess... h a heiiitimf 4' 1 ' 114 her dq-iViietlfe . 4* ctil§e.i , "entieus abhorrence ,i.r.*4_ iio r '"masiiAkeir . -he' , 'dewed them i,,44-itiii.ni:iirik*6l' (saw cilia : diiithi- ‘ai,e'gc r- '''' s ;d4 . 4y3.,deeTirreril openly - thli - fut '''''' . 5 - _,lp intrmationerf mat:di:llOn' lat.:lntel §s niimpzrdi 111 # iio, air,* oitEliis'ever nii)iimlier han3 with the litle;rofliei farm in ~~ ' q~~ . y p j~~~ ly ' j~~{ A ~ ? '~/o'V V'~`l`Y , - • - - -•- ..ttollatgaii*'l-11t) , W.12,4teritam,r; IS-grirmittlire, Aoetrar,-,R6M-Ailactllg.atZ 'd Asithojit ; liollit!ng ,his : marriage th . his wife who is waiting for him sAncl.then,,to place a svick'ed step '-tis Pont, lonocvnk.ebildren. ,- I It make him rim the day, to Which tie, said , Air, Mann, smiling quiet. I 'anY 1t- time-heard you commend ' - s a; most 'excellent and lovely %V -l A nd airectioiatitmture - and ehris. . You idu:not. surely imagine- that 1 8 9 lidr. Greenee,.childre.n*, 'merely be have liv co . venunt w In haven? mother ore hoie eheAr he assn her. Why no Jy,i hare man, of tia.n gr.?CeP• bec4use mother can r., loves:.thelr.father,?': Since :their never return to them—surely they ith their f4tller'a wife, that they • tter'd s here and there, with less fn. '.:ons,and away front the'snpervis !father. .A good wonlan pltelfiss 4er, ke w,bad.ivite,:or a wicked atep low, about that, replied. Mrs. DIN I read l i ve a great:many s.....b*Aes, _and . many songs. shputZtlipinothers, always wkekedt erne!. creatures. , e,, perhapi thsse itoiies'and songs !lave yon ever hnoivn.auelf dread. iersl , . . i Are. better.% could bese! terete d per! *kin Of their Bell, eau ne mother.. / don't kn tartly. heard tvgr • aad.,they 121. -Ent Aunt are Untrue. ful etepruo can't sa people hat !have ; for-I never asso r eints he debase themselves bi'seeond maniages. . 1344 Auntil You b 11isint111- ejaeli ilitid4r. , V . , far th 4 , arguirnent now mairialfr. -Green instead . : of. ' l ould yoa . ase h• t • , c the ladp _with; a start' and 'ell if lavas wean anougli toil:um *" e, I should ba bad - etiougli to ry . ,oecond do aitything: Allan ig,Td;—ina spoko of other_ niit- Lets. . ; seemed to aurae atanurtaie his youri - m -Meiross nn ; interested listner to, all they , How Well he rernitinbe:ed that roam . ° 3•,ttid 'the ' • I or, Its rni in said, 1,n3 witch .the natural bias or 'hum= rnostrniuute,partte_c _I fu gs r And Lure, Ittonclutitki that the woman was „right.--;- -that Cushions chair, arrtand which, he, played After f his father -.left, he toolt.npia - rtnnity:4o , hottiFivitire its Pattiniac.tupant smiled enquire , of his; aunt whg-04Prafderl'vergt" hint andansnerecthis innuriiera, how the* were..vtint-ikAehayo toward beside Fhich hi wept, when that thihiren; and_Ors. - ..tilisTrepeitettla -waitedf,ice,Tgreci haigir4-wit t li,suffering, and horriiile tales. 'Duct -c: toted` loi-inooris expressed She intensity pain; iiolordas "ditties of" cruel Sreptnothers,”„ttyli.O: . -ilefare - i•hieit he heat, - ivbile,"With her tattenu whlpped. and 4irred"children-'.:Ark deatkiand.[44`liancrs trerabling r apOrt his head, she utter .prevented •MI - e • .p ).oung men : and. women, frommar l I ga ping, sent aces _last er , pod ryinge,:tiie•-.9bjeits ofT - their-Irst true:litre &a. I for , " Antirfhe*ord tit 2 P l nOther seemed Whim toez- :(,:iit'altricittig.iirt that chair, thougli when tit hOarihiCit' wet, p 4 thalAaliaksairit, -Jo 'hie WlYTiocicni7.l.S{e pushed open Pter elbor: Ilipaus. iu his: ed as if suddenly pefilded: The furniture was ' = lull strange:. Every article had been removed, lied Mrs. Ellis '143 an -old eV' , and replaced by modern and more expensive ' ) furnishings. Curtains and carpets were new mother ail the days of her life •' ,r av eolored—the bed was new, arid tl in a dif- IS a father tin he gets a aW, wire,' 1 0 1 (erect position, and that chair—it was not in But never fear 1, iolross, your father is too goo i the mote at ail. a man, ever to place a step mother ,over you I . , A little while he stood with vela open eyes, freq., ' • , , taking in at once the whole room. HiS face Let him if he pleases, cried the child ileflant- I g r ew viente, and he seemed to shrink in size, ly. I Warrant er. Oh I won) like to see one unde rtn ' e te 1 reaction. " His bosom swelled,Lis face flushed, starve'me or w i i: nal can matc h liis e a Y n es Y stdes a P:e:that. j : s e i u r tt s c u re ff d er a in t g vi a ld e se ry i. , er ra a n s t P h as ro m og . li rrh the en pass. e l m g: the bare antiei atiou. ~,, i A `and.seeing hie father hurrying toward Min, , Such being e state of feeling. at lli ' ian '' I 'caught him around his legs, as he sank down 1 the raader may imagine the `storm that arose 1 at his f eet. ' there When about year after Mr. Mann's visitA 1 What has happened Melross. enquired Mr. to 'M. VHS, he received a letter from hitt], Mann, i„ n i ntat . What is the matter my dear announcing VI. t hating. grown weary of the ,'.hey ?.and as he spoke- le raised and carried solitude, land u settled condition of a widow.. I him out upon the lawn. , 1 er's establislim ht, he hadmarried the excellent , Clara, daarghte of the Rev'd Mr. Crowly,both I .e‘rvn_hve're is my mother's chair? asked the boy 1 Why did you let your new safe ee father'and*danAter being asbestirs:knew' 81 .. dead mother's room '1 i I knowa and li i l bly esteemed Ellis.-- ice" tux Wby child! your dear mother' who is in ' Hoping she co id in, his ease conenei her prej tidiee agaiast eoad marriages, lie proposed to I heaven dees not want a room any longer ; . tind to ' your new mamma does. The old furniture I bring las brile to Ellis ' a le a in a fe 7, d . a. Y . s) , i was damaged anti full of sorrowful memories. I pay respect to is dear nuns, and to yeoeve her r .so we put it carefully In an attic, and your lof the trouble f NValting upan little Meiross I 3 ma put new place. 1 ' fromhert der and gen- I new el m . in its . by taking him wain en ,1•4-h* tohi "f ther's h o me of bit ut lite d tu id amina, and she does not love me as After Mts. Ills had exelain Y a;lie P reeated 1 She is not your meanie certainly; God took and wept, accompanied all the time by „illelress i our maxima away to heaven, and I could not ' she began to re' fleet. that she had probably laid 1Y bring her back again. 1 the foundationl• of touch unhappiness,, by the She does not love yon as your own =mina , , bias she had g,iven his young mind; ". and like „,_ ,did, because she is not as your mamma was. too Many prectptors, she now tho ith ' n w t the"— I She sweet lady, was always ill. She knew she I teract the current ;by telling him th'at since 1 , , .. -a i ugoodcould not be . with us long, and her, whole heart his father had marrie ie mst lie's Loy, .t c tone oecupation was to love us. Your new and not do any thing, to make his step ,mother { mother is occupied,with work, company - i-and a i him,d 1 ' I as she really was 1 . divide hate an F. Lien per lops, great many things, that her attention._ ;a good g irl ' ' k w "aid lice nnmfartabl - - with : She 'does not love me as your mamma did ;--- `herA : ed then slie * said to herself, I donot like'; would not love her own eilidroa as Year plata: ita loved you. - 1 to snow disrespect to Clain creWV;".-and yet 1 H own c hildren! will she have • own chit: ` I cannot"coun.enanee second mariiages. by re- 1 - , i. ,eeitio2,,her kindly as mre. .Thum. I m en seed ,dren . cried the boy, springi . ng fro . m his • fathefs ' 'sidestanding strait•up before him, Will she "elm" Being, la chlrge of mY farmer; saYing !children to rob me of your :love; and my that as he WAS going that way, and the child i have to• et home was'eager g i Iconcluded to let him right to •Y ear P re P e d not I 31elrossi—eny child,—you astonish um. Do gnz. Mr' Mann will understand it' -an "not n ot gents-lovep alt their children if they have bring his "'briiie" here, to provoke Me. Brelress took leave of his dear,geod aunt., a d rt n y l , d what right Wive '.7 0 11 to my l i and play-kilo l ' s with a few tears;` but antiel* l i"Pe j n ' of vou d r owe sang: motor. p ' f 1 "e , pleasant ride and ti: beefing Am e , whom -. vr il i t t i li " li s is ° f,ith a e no allied tvith feuriosity tom i Test You are my own dear, little, boy; h • .1. hi m b rave ly. II have loved= prim ed .everything a terrible ste mower, sustained His father ha written to Mrs. Ellis manttimes Ita . MY f el ' , ever since :I first saw tte babe. And the !awe directs that when a you, a helpless and requested her to tell 3lelross , of setae int- IIA movement which 'he had made, inbis-house,, I an dead, his children shall have the prop. M is_dead, i ~. c , .. grounds, °Tel aids, or - shrub ' d n should inherit'his earnings than that they trery;- hi almost I arty be loaves, because he rather nts own nu. -- 17,--- expected to find quite" a! re 1 everl letter: se"')- —-• I should go 'to strangers, Consider mY hoY 1 - ( l r change, in th , appearance of the' homestead* had . ar.. . 0 in n , en 44 arr , . . `,lnt wiles) the npproiched thir house, he could i -onlY title oey wh had only w, M ei lett clothes,.ta Iscarcelylecogn' ate it, or its Surroundings,' Ati IYear dear mamma and she ~onlY I' . addition to the main haildlog, tasteful pia as,lWe wOrkedruid teenaged* =I , til Itefe i l a. " l , and porches; with `a fresh coat paiutrand and laed then Iliad to masagerana won! `alone.:',: osr:, ' Win& On the old part'. a leeel'd lawitt hiveheeu fortunate* my;work.has Pr Po Oreea , . ' . 1 with blossonald shrubs, suffoutidee by a Iwhtte um rieh itt eomParisou with mY heghta thino irlge bn. 4 *fugal? friadt.; and new dispOsitlons of-fields You "nip, and-brought ate _uo • _, , i - i't<t`idock'd hie '64461 meat rages joy.' lidvo ivbvhieCybut" food ' do ond fences; s 1 ' ' * 1 , 4 , coptiutfe Oa* oft • ' ' , ! .Waillf"F7t4 l 47 4o far. 1'.4- • ones of mei. :child, re ing• A, mother Asa a father ~iia;a~ift~ii~aie ~t ~ fltuaiu~:' tQo im.oNTßos.::_4, : filtu.nsi) - 4-31l# 0_ issa When 'he enteed bon* Inun4 111 stead 9f the silence and sables of the boisS of mourning; thp light, the ori3nreent, inct hippy voices of 'a gay bridal partY. , ildr..Dfann Sur., prited and pleased -at' the.unespeoted arrival; received hirebnlyebildwith wainveiresses;And turhing lo his-wife exclaimed: , This' Clara, Is our dear boy, whom you have leen so anxious to welcome to your bomO:-- Ishii. lady imbi4ed' hlir Warmly with gay and pleasant words Of"weleome;the pettedind . praised so4hat his attention wasqUiteengiesied, and . the af. teinoon pAsed A‘ he had not ben eipeaa,. his nleeping;:inOnt — wcsrio . k, in and be'reas Obliged to occupy tho parlor bed room; :so that ;harem= nothing to awaken old associations, mid be Arent ind Chuerfutly, and slej)titini - a'ail.' the intuit'. ing be was funning after his father, to tho - baml and stablpir:talkineapd - laugbing merrily. At breakfast tio'iddreSied Are: yrann , AS Madam, And It'll! pia lot let niche your dear' tiaainirki - ask*ahc; - ,That ,*ras an injudicious - qtiestfeit; it brougltthC memo ry of the dead raothCi itita direet,contrast, with hersubstitute. - The - child looked at thetlooteiag glad faced - fashionably attired yoni bride, befortittls iniltriVeYe aroselhepale geniit, invalid, in the loose muslin - Wrapper, Withlrefnolemnly ten - • _ der - eyes, and loweo,utpertngs, always full or love; deep, e.. 9 rnest;a l orlfiiil.r . l for, him- His eYei filled with tear!, lips quil'ered, he could not replias'his emOtiornit he slid from his - chair, and, ran .erying to w ar d, his blather's roorn,'to weep fur her,thayei:,iyhere she had liivieredOut years of 'eufferina;inerelY as it soe adding hooks; teachers; and whatever. may Mrs. Mann deelared her intention toseall the be necessary to educate'yea; and paying does child Luerecti-afterldsi mother,,hefiarlylonte. tors and nurses if you shall he sick; : For all ed to elahp the little creature to his ishateine h e this you ere expeeted to render me, - love and He seem'd to have foundloinethitt -tphleesel trespeet. -My love and care for yoh Orerbalitnee and the moths? herself did hot watch the babe the e eh ri . : . .:, , e more tenderly than this - doting-brother. Where then is your eight to my property I :On intering e tlrit'houte, after' over hi,brief I eater money, and constantly expend part of it en 'absence, his &at inquireewaefor 'little Ede. for yeue-does that constitute, for you dright ter." As she grow his love -, lecivreed. -..He to.•the whole? Now that you are • .a'strong:wed her in his arms, he taught walk, healthy boy, more than ten years old, ICOuld and to, frame her firet neeintie, for little'llfary I put you tom place to earn yoer,own subsist. who came only eighteen Months ater_ her sise once. notwithstanding you ate my son and heir ter , prevented Mrs. Mann feoili giVing so much' attention to Luarece,"-as the little -one really if I have other children they will all have equal 'rights[ with you, to my love.• and to whatever required. This Dielross felthte an injustice• to ofwealth I may leave at _my death: So if his fivorite, and • beesune Mani re; attached to God should ever send you a dear little brother her , while for Man' he ettid vdl ; little. She was therefore left to the - taro o her Mother, or sister, h hope you will regard it as such ; and not consider it an usurper of your rights, and soon came be regardeeas the Ishorite. I hope also that you will love your new moth- There never eould exist e 'greater'diSaimi , er, not as you love your own mamma, bot os 'miter between two little girls : so nearly of the a dear good friend, who wishes to make you se-11 ° age, than ppeared between .Luerece and eomfortable andliappy. I would , not on Any ac e ' DAY harm. . limy was a bright noisy will. hare her suppose that von are not pleas, fel, loving, ithp have creature, with eyes and ed with her. Observe, I had the same debt heir of jet, bre% of snow, and ;thee': of car tel marry her, that I had to wed your mamma ; mine. She was slight in form, but elastic and and she has tie sense rigitts, in my house, es enduring; could skip about, and.talk and sine if i IMd not had a wife, before. I married her. ail day, and not, be Weary. Luerelee had clear We should not distress ourselves with useless blue eyes, brown ringlets, and ' complexion, regrets, or vain anticipations of coming evils, softly tined with life's warm lere. 'ller human. but be as happy as we can, and thankful to' ity seem'd wholly subservient to 'the immortal God for the blessings he deify sends „us.past ; and she n:hi see 'to subsist on- beauty, Come now, and see the• fine little ponv, - 1 1 melody and fragrance, being as her mother hare.bought for you. I wish you to ride with I said endowed with but the three eenses;se,eine me, and see all tho improvements I hare been hearing, and smell ;-for eentl she net4r s _to making since.you went; o Ellisland. • Dielross! need food, and spoke but little. Over her gen. was &lighted with the pony, anti enjoy'd the. tie spirit, the active temperament of Melrose ride highly, only he wanted to gallop at fell had acquired a supremo ascendency. Having speed, which his father would not allow. On been under its influence from her infancy, she their return home, a little before dinner time ; had never thought of asserting an indepen- Clara . proposed to Melrese to•'show him Ids donee of thought or nation: He level her, room. So she•took him tog p/easant chamber, 1 1 but his lore was tem:my: -It - exacted every. with haedsorne furniture, pictures, books, and let rag, never yielding aught. • He "wouldle :July arrangede after he had expressed 1 deferred to, oboy'd, worship'd, and waited on, afaetion, she led him to a corner where t in return for the bing,le sentiment of affection. curtain hung before a recesh. Pausing And this homage Luereco paid him, with a said I khow you loved your own mother,love exceeding ihia own. Mii. Mann:often iy, and that she tard,ht. you to hay your writled with suppressed pein, as else observed; prayers, meter morning and evening.' In this thee Lul:rece preferr'd his 'pleasure holler Own, piece Ithave placed - what will remind yen of and wend gratify ` him at the price l es her die. her.; hoping that you will regard it as a kindd pia:sure; thoulehahe evidently loved her In' oth er alter; to bring all her teachings to your mei er fervently, and - wept when s h ed °irep rov her, emembeetieezeindetheUed..willadwaes,,,kmeel I Mhey'wesefeaextrereeiiukste-' l-1- "'' huh het,__ . al eetto ewe aim. saw ms t. mind, VA - ner- 1, ' teeeettees'cireerhhina oe Its esua'hiens hei devo-1- elle. mere, was etwaysoccupledwitithistarie. mei- n eha h e eeei s e et e h ze - h•Teh h „,.. hee - tionnl boobs, and several little artislch of value i Mess affairs and telt the eetereigeity of the - A; . 0 0 6 ', 2 , ' ,.: - i mwe .... .iil ;ri 4 , 4 ,,,,,---; , :,,,,,,,,,, , - - 1 that hathbeem hors._ He fell Oa his knees ; mull houschteld, With` all its cares to' the ittmeivis. lin I,' " h ut - ' e d; '•, --- --i b " . "'" embrafti the detw' eleeir ; in •whiele 'position ' ion'oe he mistreess and the obse rvetion which 1 int "' ll -an hovely. .lii t ee village school. w le they attended they se it beeaueetutivers Claraleft him, until the dinner bellram e _s h - ..induced the colloquy with Which our: to Aller that. daranirs went ore PleasantlYeda comuletheseereeeh eh + r eherY sal faveritee, letereco Wae• lier'schoelifeates Mr. Mann hoped that his, own instruction and ofshielross, that Mrs. Mann was rnipelire step rareletithithestehAter t e, e l et43thth i i . ani. Clam's , kindnme, would soon obliterate all I mother to Lucrece,than she ever had"been to They wore both braes' 17, le4iie e kheitikr. wrong impreesions, from rho bey's mind, and / him. ,_'_ - ' t creme had an intuitive Tide' tandlegs, of 10* that his waywardeuul . selfish feelings would I wish to ask your opinion, continued Mr. ever. eduCational [ science watt lard open before soon yield to reason and generosity. •But the , M ann i n re f erenc e to m e iros s ., 1-1 is near 612. She acquired all lino ledge so readily. boy's prejudices 'wore deeper then he imagined, l' e eventeen. :md a good scholar, of hie ugh I : as if it were all familiar to cr mied, and she, and though silenced.* his father's prompt re-, did maculate to put him into my' store, and fi- `only needed words to e ss it; and' when - bake, and Clara's ki n d n e s s, h e was not' eon- 1 nally set him up in a store. .But my affairs t i "wary could not Perform her task, it was won. tinged. ' ' . ' • - have io•prospered of late that I think now of derful bow with a few feud lair Words or es. One dey, when he wished t o go into the, woods sending my son te College-and giving: him k o t ination, 'hence could ';a it all plaitehe to piny, arid Clara Masted that he must go to an opportunity to rise in ,thehworld. I ca n Mrs.,Mann was , )eryhappy'l her childrez, and school„ he cried out-you never let me do as I , find a good boy to take, his place at the, cons- daily returned flianks to be rus tor the early - wieh l you thwart mo every way, mid - Pre- l tere,you know. ; ' ! ' leOlons, which aWakenedhe to .a ;duo apprech tend to love me, like all hypocritieal step.; You will do as you pleesee Chira repsaltation of their opening chime ere; and by which mothers, anthawaY he rim to his room,' shut 1 but It steine to me that Meiross wheel to het- one had been srehel'from'de pendency, and the himself in and pouted all day. • - • ' ' 1 iCr at home,htuder yourw on sepervision. A o t h er f rom over 1 wee m eg s e esteem, m oo d s Mr. Mann was greatly 1 kedhis e-we --- on return I term at. College is fruitful of more .evil than of mind, almost equally fate to happiness and borne at evening, to find his wife h whohitherto l e , seed, trernost young Men' of this disposition , virtue, for a while the first_ epresscs ail noble . had always met him: with smiling joy, weeping - an d h a bit s . ";You enow he is volatile and inh'l aspirations by neonscions4 ss that what ever ; bitterly, in her 05r, root ,. .H o soo n learned priou.s e artd has never beep restremed.: the CaUSO Of her unhappiness., I. bitterly re- m • iherefere, rinswee'd the father he needs the; iipPreeiated; the ether filtelhe heart withan et gret, lie said; having *ee l h i mwith Al , re " E l - 'restraint of a College liken/id the; wholesome I t oetentatious felting ofbeing great and good. I' lis. 'She is in - most. respects, an amiable we" moral discipline to which he Will there bisa- Iv . hiseh preeincloskhe eideavhr to improve. ..- man, but cherishes an unreasonable abhor:ince. , j ete d, - H e i s m• y hat e sori e e can afford treed- i _ when, me etlee sent to co llege, he of second marriages; and a conscientious detee-1 I ucato him. endwouldlike tO,fieg Nat a la i n eat I too k i eto el, f h ; m il eh es ne eh en t, 1 3 the tation, of stepmothers. 1 should have, foreseen' lie has good abilities. -•-• • t , ' treß bo ten [years of eg h ulls:ant relstion , , the evil influence of her teaehingsron his yollilgt j I.'rue--,replied Chara-butshe sighed. ' - • 3 of ° E; ;an y . This child, ides Dellaii'll mind;.but cheer up dear gene; childhood is nev- I When at breakfast, the next teeming 'Mr. no , n 'S was an ortehree ills eme,renapessesi. er insensible.,to kindness. Hp will learn to i Mhan submitted his proposal, to Alelroe the h h: , u inlierita f ee , a prop rty, sahhicre oith love. You se °th 7: " • youth eshibited the most- extravagant joy„- 4 s ,eOOZ mana rem l ent, to case 0 all iadtptailellee , BUtlailt, I let_, him have his way, in all Ind eretitudewhile Luereee slip's' from her th - . '• • . •.. he acri'hd la . a ~,• Thus with brilliant props ts, . things' she murmured. Certainly not. •-.You 1 cluir, sought her usual refuge, under the' big, 1 ills"youth a cousin of Mr. •? one umh must exercise a mother's eutherity oyer, him. 1 White lore bush, 'in the ' erdeii,l Where:she t • i -h and plousf ; girl, posse •tlng else a small a Be firm, and he will respect you. , • [ wept and'sobbed; in' the abandonment of rf t t. and, w a tch was Q'st ',heed a suitable f Ale me! she eigied-the dear good mamma ; childish eorrow., She wets deuhly[grieved, fort es t' e ' a h end.' eter e te e e d pros , • with whoehl stand in contrast, hl ways v)tica ' her loved, brother was not only going l " d ' a .ne e) an t wise l n ` `, ply was a 1 away fpe silt and h a mss, ess, But Mr , , ' indulged and served him. And Clara Mann 'I , t '' . , _ , l ou has g a to : leave idh V yb't w r , 1 - •' • • en er sl LLe ' ' ' as I"fre handsome man-hed . tura 10r Pohlhes , i felt that day, that there Thad fallen. a shadow [ her serrow, but she loek'd it in her own littlet,'•h . soda Talent fur'eabre rip -eking, which us- , on her path, a : weight upon her soul. I [ heart, ;until when after a few days of .heat 1 - • • a 3. him ko l the noti.e . of a certain c 3 D. Earnestly did she endeavor to perform her [ preparat i on moiross .was . roh4 - th. , l accompany i doiteame , l4. e 0 130 1 White by promises and flattery Whole duty toward the wayward. selfish child; [ his tether, to the school selected fohhim. Then i e „,, a ,,, te e h h i r ,; ( .. ) - n c 4 ence ," Be he swelloWed OP I but is elm was not,infialible, and could not on,( ehe clung to his ueelt,murrriring amid cone' fallacy ,: 1 tre 7 t l the salvation of this great re. foresee the, effect of every Werd - end eel-huh vuleive oohs. Oh brothehh•who Will love me b i r of thirt 'Millions Of sovereign spirits. little bickerings, and collisions were constant- I 1 when you are gone? • Who will tell me pretty r d it • 14„ d on t s h 4 tiatiou 0 :that one men , to , ly oceerring, which. :Yi keen - and venomous' storieseend kiss 'me when I 'fed Lid: . ,la l l'. •h s t en %taut tithe and h • rifieifig like a truo 2. thorns, wer e eetrown thickly in her path. ,- Mete* I shall die; With nobody to lore me., I ," tt n , P° 'ere s 11on If , ling aridadvaritageO° Mr. Mann soon hermit to wink, at disobedh Why little eish-he said, with, trembling oye..iPtrw • t a-- P , 4 " -. 1. 1 t e aring hi 4 rA practis'd in mehe . ho e s t em " you , ae Ahmed hieemck upsu his ome, . 1 eat acts, and disrespeetful wo 3, I: mery e loves you, a e- o, . te ~, i - J- an his hueine. ,to Mke erne et his presence.. no was a quiet man , " 4 could Iso gentle and heatttiful. •. .l. , ..- •• ‘: yowl., u , 4 b est , . // id , , an d devoteh riot alWates be lecturing a mischievous tutu° ' ' No, nohshe sobbed-a-all deal:43On" coeite theinsek!'etts. trey ~,„ , fur the goo d o f hes headed boy. hielself to etel , 2 B P . e diz 2 " l : , 0 1. i d s Farty.rand I No, doubt he wOuld, hahe been .. equallY - r e- 1 -but theY never see me and.:, eveh too nays,' cents -,ilia, A frt „„ h e... th e t. , - ~ho h a d done ifractory, hadClarn been hie own Motherhan_d• Inm a dummy-and yet I try to please her h tithe successh cu io request c th- cooperation in laho mould , have dealt far more severely. with .I Molross gave Mrs: Mann aleok ;which Piere. len l . 43 c'n°r e 1 e; Caucuse .conveutionse and i him, had ho been her ewe sou ; but thenthere ,ed to her' heart,; while, he , shid 'yes; and; red-t th° g reat -. e ". 1 1 ! ,_ In ~, a scoria ed 'him with i whuldnot have been that hideous Phanthm, •t ate Mary madcap and •miseltiet-hirtnt 1 4 t l Mr , l l9l tha l if"' 1 IC t , ore andhis wife . ' ' every un-! - le • a the c hui drinidnT and reeir eh , _ a story_;ssesperms step, between them, -to aggravate . _• i shehugsand r te, „ _ e _ „tor whh. A gony:that ~,,, was t re ading pleasant tria, into et deadly pin. I But. yoa must remember Luerectettnt Maly isl"""h 'a- amtirniard path, but the; ;. .or Fum deemed :Put the days Went, on-and when after two - the baby.' Now be te good girt, and' hush epi , „, -:••• hunself in the Why tieemlu ritgreateess e : years Clara heseonse a mother, both dip ,and • e--and I wili send 'l?lt'it, foe ac,. 4l , l ,bigtfivie*i -..e,h it, assiblio Ihe excl ted, regarding Ida Mr. Mani `wgre- teurpris:ed • •and; delighted,; let and when I come home Ikt ji: few, I'veeki, I will wee w ith indignant u i o „ ,;, m 4,4.120,14 he Wttnensing the, joy miuiliested by : Xelreashhia i l bring yori a Whole Woierioeniqg : 1 P 01 5 5, ,w 1 ,...thi e i te h eenco Mene ;of a .poli ad ismoggit, stio his being Informed. that he had, _ft- little alster", celhed.pleturers „ ,'ho ell a tek d ,: he - r S i ou '' i b c ; B o;ght hint td ittniAt h. Sue, &6"n to They did not know -that his gladness, it3ta s ted l'^ - niiii ( to rn h 4 suvo;' 4 4 '4 iAln° All - . t h° - °ln "''hi eh utai s ierechiliMisaed. e , it POMP krone. the fait that the hhhe !ass O. - # e!°Yl members oU tho laousoltold. aeooPauthcl' th s )- ", est , -. rati a • r izy ': ' ~ ..jiiiahivta'Adtk't : . . ' ' t• a • his Bather's heart, ba- tra ' II - it . tiv , - stwitiont.lormarowt - If" . . -,. , ~ mo ixalht;r o ri.bb 22 o u .-. , v ° ° - •g atja h h- - •,.. e ..s a t r , ea theln;anothand l o 4l6 ' ttlte q P24llll"l *' thought; le girl !/ 01 ..44.'Pni1. ; This 0 44 , . m' room tOIII 6 '8u1,n 0 g47.4,4 1 °•*C.7. 1 - u .' d " • 4t. lai l ia ithn"aaanitl.alif In ..,' , ''_'::: l' l lowevorTh atathatpding l ita, mOtivy, die kfiOaling MithOTOOtidepf ostoo 1 . . ..r , ' ; ' , -,i- , ...= ..,,,, ~ ..;,- , :..- 1 .-k, t,,lifiel•'-'/Ifii ., 4( to bola kbidly,or-, the: infant l Vil orbs 'f 419 i.. = . • h V't o f her t4e.i t; t,4 7. 4 440 . ~ . , 1. , VOLUI4E IL i+;UbIBER is ulations.: "Then she recall • till iluit ladroiis had ttsli t her of isls sainted 4erg,,1113r, tntße. .iike;Pid she Ic4d reinu4,4 - inoiler. talow• veiciriail ii.i. es hteireen..hini wen loped and eheriahod. lfel rosa i hid said th4ll :niiVayli'll4-'earldslitothit. present When h laselthesit her chair , da Aiiii . feeling nf, superstition -cease-'neet he, Pflug aPkit- ' 1 1 11 . 4. ki 6 k7a . A lie, l ividi icis ei. pectatlon Of 'seeinetact 'an 014:fnno'ininifing down upon her: Shiti .did' orl,neerr, but a l a „ felt that it waslherofrind n oft;'enhn'settled upon her young spirit; the ceforth las angel attended all her ; wttyn.': '' 1". 'rhst night &der thelittle ne# we, resleeplag ..nrs: 4anrs int long .to th selitude of her chatubcr,comMuning with et; aillrit: HSho er that she, had,fidcedie a ,i6;ise i vi o . • Ivard /..,Dtfli e e,' from a who' y- irtiStal:en Ina, mute ofher che*.ter, , Sh deemed her'oli. tuse and unobservant. She ound]berjrnenly ieniitive, and not only - Omer - 44hnt retentive, She resolved tekuippt a cliff, i Method with the child- 7 and with tears hciright - ald and - wisdom-from on high. I'Am ilott day, do wasjust,,,and Lmn-eie no longer , absorbed by the exacting lei,* Of her bt ther, to !seemed b f open ber heart f i e het , tnotb.e -and 'sister, and • become happier, and More Toted: Itis singhts4 l observed / I ra *anti to her husband, ' how Tut/rely wo the itOtienecd, 4 profession. 'ef.ause little Mary irons to - me every few moments, prattiing-44ary flora love pretty ms, Se dearly—l have felt heirove, and ao have avOlooked all lieS:litty*llfulnesa. and disobeilienee, " Luc:ma neieriiilfully acts n W 111.....-- ,, ' bti • b'rf lt •"-l to_trAry to my i is_ -... s e cc. u .y, ........ without rernonstrane; Yet have deetned her without' affection, Because:/ho never Sap—l Jove you '. If u l i aeti3as" do. speak louder thin , words' the, ,, use a languiqp jnot go EvE r 43l 7 i understood, ). : ' l' : Your remerksi are' jtst,:me Mann stp4red.' et iWe are prone td, judge our 'Oefites more br , ,„ I their Words than deeds. : NV give theta credit for just what thy prefess„ . hile:itetions lam little weight . It!. the °titre 7.*a.thls'inj u s. tiee-is nOrso 'keenly felk=h?!. at home Clain, where.a little Ouster Of he . : , throb in unison. etich - misunderst4ntiings die • ,wither the most holy, and susceptible; erushi. g out ' that 'Otitis in hum= appreciati o n, .chic ; iallieie#4 il4- * tyPilt, ii:. t +.-:. ~-...:-.:-,!.:..„,,,..,...:
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