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' • suc • , .Eve its this, within a cottage low; • If ~,li f ,,: ; + Hidden in cilidii,ws of an ancien I Wood, upon his dying cone!), a you hful - Sufferer lay, death's dew; . in clammy bends;' Stood en his manly brow; hind in- It half . •• ' Closed eye, the light or tipedy dissolutien Glowed. 1 He was an orphan boy, and'o'er hii , Bathed in tears, an only sister weeping' i Hung. to catch, with eager zest,.those pa i rtini Words, - breathed forth in low and thrilling,Vii a Kind sister, !fpar, thisi failing ibreath Bespeaks the near apTacli-o death ; Yes, ere bright , Sol, - n w sunk to frit 'Behind .the , mon ntains 'of. thelest ? i Shafl tinge with gold the e,aate l sky, My form will c4ld and lifeless ie ; '• And oh, to leave you thus fort rn, ' la.this unfriendly wort to mo rn, I Devoid of kinds.i)firenta care ! ...n:i . - Not e'en a,hroth6r's lo eto sh re, . ; Alone my cha flng spifitgries4s, Alone, the death hour aguish', gisiee: How blithe and 'joyous nee were we • As forth, in childhood': merry' glee, -.) • We gaily tripped at earlyolawn Across the ,lewy, velvet lawn,' ' Or sought, st noon-dayls sultry, heat Tbeshady wood.ltlnd'slcool re reat, Antltseated on'Some gentle' mopnd • : With ivy - green l and viieta cronedt There pictured life a s tamer ay All cloudless, stermles.. 1 evcr ay. 1 i onr^sunny sky was goo 1 o'er cast, - Carroding:sorrews foil 'wed fast, And yen alas! will soo remaii Alone this cup of woe t drain - ' . But why repine! 'tisWisdom's dart i - Inflicts this keen chasti;ing sn3nrr: , 1 And 'oh, my !lister, do not wee P - • For death is not an endless sl But We, ereottg, shall meet as Where con.s not sorrok-, Brie Where hap souls trinmphan Hosnnnah, to their God ilnd Ki Whdre seraphs filled w Enraptured strike the IVhile angels pure,,wit The henutiful.strainutii .Nowmay your life be j i; . - For this will constant*fe, With filial g atitude rev TholhernOry of our par itYhd wait, in robes of !- To bid tt weleothe . to t But hark a oh, see. What Glorious Ts . the o I conte4kind.s4ter, no The spires-Of Heaven are Hushed is his 1 / 4 -aice, while 114 creeping Thro" the hairen-Casentetti,.' sp'read, fiiesed th white brow of tb.l sorroviinkanguieli alone Lathrc;p, W a 854. TisctU,a~~ [Front ithe Dollar New ; I DES' 'l~ OR, THE TWO W .1 • - 1 BT =S. C. E. The; Oecupant of as s+did apartments as could be fou in tropolisit alone in that d, *gnat brary,'Mwards, the sundowl'of . a ( latter end of the month oil 'JuP'e. l w as near! the window, whieh over street, and the, closed shutters of 1 the dwellings opposite, annOunced ' ifionment. for the summer bb_!their An occasional family carnage ru laden with baggage, and Ishowirl the lowered windows its wall occu 6, spoke of yeti further deiprtures kw foot 'passengee . .traversing a tb hat a short spacelretion Iliad hq ed With!, gay p+menaders, , more ingested the 'desertion ofe se • ,1 *Our hero NY:I-4 at that ag . Iwhen abilities itrein all their bloom and i moreover, he wfts handsotne End a u, the shadow of'vesation-rested upo li Me twenty or thirty 'Minute e ,which wring.; ! glance ras cast without, 1 1) t, it mias e that hiS tliouolts were for ign' to ny b h enconnlered• ' • . At l_ingth, Oitli a. sudden; imps eht move- . li_dertt, he arose to Lie feet, itrid began stride rapidl y to and fro., FinallYl he st.4and ‘ll,l his thoughts became audible. ,l _' "It !s not here;': he 5t4.11, "a angst the ariifk ed beauties Who fruent out. ball.: roonisilid assemblies that 'k Shall ' eve, find that id t eil for which, durin two y rs iklst, I 1 lut k *II invain..Neitherisl'those' ve soug t gathering-places of fasbionftblecro ds witere. a tide Of vaulty is colleci in the, slimmer , tune from other cities, for tug a eiat " n led- {with that of ours: ~ Is ?, lam - ad.?l_. ' that I Must look for it iniome lothe laud humbler spore. The, loQi ess wltose ! utter. gUnoon4ciousness . enliarieel I its ilfie; 'thoe raoesHwhiCh still shine tlifOugh them eity ' that wlould fain conceal . pi, lo t that gentleness 111ichthe pride of conqueS, has never tr ans iformed into haughtjnesi-lithese are to be , .. . ,searched for amid a prime ./t1 cl of wontati- Iltintl. !Instead, therefore,- (if fdll ring this - • I. tell. ukhe ctirrtnt of rash Liable lly, A shall I obit 6 SOnie tinibrageotis illlagd, attsll, sec; 1 } 1 hiy hitherto rinfound • wife aMono t o Eirelltie ' dau7ltiters of the country,": Al illit.t.ered this last t•enenbe, the co 4nte-,1 I ' , F 1 • , , ' I ' ' I nil k .1 ,! ',, rtt cr:rs i i ce of Layton Elliott imm m ediately assited i. More. satisfied expression; and -hope, Ni,•hicil ' l ' l ' spring 4 eternal in the human breast," r..ster ?rl fit einCe his equaniniityLof temper and . de- Meanor. 1 Taking np a favorite volunie,he again Placed himself, near the windows, and: (Or_ the half holl which elapsed litlore - twilight, lie • centiiter] absorbed by its contents. ;; - . . 1 i .4 , i i.-, tit s' * .. :A public` garden of brilliant,owes; and Inatural exotics formed a faverite scene Of ie- Sort in ,the village of iG—.' , Indeed ; !with the excention of an occasional; soiree, its con - itituted 'the only general rendezvous ;in. the place for•the;,yeung ; 'for' theatres,', operais and L balls were arnuiements tinknown'to I their iv- .tastes: n, 1 . 1 \ ' . ..,i -e all other' , civilizedipots under ththemin, 1 \! hciv+ . ver,l the village owed its rivalry, atuong hello, andboas 'ted of having givettbirth,!froni, tinny: imnieinorial of its 'history, to eamany benutiful damsels as any other settlement of its. Size that,could be 'named in. eompetitiou with it, { ; • ' I . eras in the!garden alluded to that these r s ic beauties had been accustomed ; 'since t F recollection 'of the oldest inhabitatit,,. to display their charms,' Yet such displaY i was altogethei with Ont ostentation—heing 17ithr the result of their - visits to .the spot, than the motive which'atractel them 'thither.'!- They were enticed simply by the shady luXury of ' the : overhanging foliage, the songs of the birds, the' rare beauty of-the flowers, and, in some degree, doubtless, by their desire for sdicial in tercourse among one another. liere, eyes and anon, they Walked- r -snmetimes in gronps, nn attended, by any:galliMt--Lat others, escorted by the 'various youths pf the place ; and again ; in pairs, br sererallY, 'with perhaps a single lever to follow in their footsteps. No mote, beitntiful sight can be conceived thaw, thatofthObe artless' beings in this re treat consecrated to :Nature in her interesting, phase of tleral benuty..! The one seemed:typi cal PC the other, and the speccle involanta . . ta; rdy ehalleneed a comparison between * the till. • 1 - ' Stick* coniParison, therefOre, naturally arose to the mini of a younginan who Stroll ed for the first time one summer evening into the aiden. Tii i d of fashionable life, with iti\tless pretentious and hollow pleaSures, \,, he had schewed' all the public resorts of the h l t. season, and refired,ln preference, for \ the en joyment Pf.a brief respite from gayety, to the village of 'O-r----- 7 . :Strange to say, inoree+er i intercouriewithithe world had not et vitir4.ed hiS tristi4,4---a. result so corrunon that the ex ception Pf it is ram., Thus the rustic kites before hiln.contrasted most favorably in his view witli L the high-bred :wornen 'of socility among whom he had recently: mingled.. I Pair 4er 'pair and group after group paw, eri'leisurey by, Pud the comparison he had at first almOst unconsciously drawn between them and, the flowers in the midst of which they straf=ed, I„rrew to ,his: mind more 'vivid and complete. ?!. • I - "Equally fair, and fresh, gifted alike bY na ture, in , the same degree modit and orr.4ssuni ing,', vet formed to be admired and l sought af tei; tlellone,' Murmured he, "is a fit ting sym bol: of the other.'The country maiden„, l'bob.- 1014 aien throto the 'means of tinsophisti7 eated pare tal agection; the pant trained on ly by the' uiding hand of the loving but un tutored ,gardener--' Two fair creatures glided past the speaker, . . interrupting . his, soliloquy, and enchaining MS especial attention by their superiority 'in : beauty arid mien to the res of theger.tle vis itors a the garden—attractive as, for the most - part, they confessedly were. Not perceiving that they were observed by- a stranger; the charming pair lingered near to 'admire. the beriutY, of a rose-bush, filled with Ibuds; that were jUst beginning to unfold 'the green Calyx ind dilsclose a 'gfirupSe of the white ' leaves withi! I . .; 1: "'I lese will be in good gathering order in li. a few days,", remarked one of the I loiterers; " we must petition old StephenoheOrdener, fora flower apiece from \his pet white rose-". "Jilt what I was thinking, Ada; for,. do, you know, ever- since those huds began to ap pear this year, I have felt a - strange and Yet half fearful ; anxiety fir the - re to ripen:, and bloom; I, conceit somehow that, if I gather one (lithe fi rs t of them that. ppenS, it; will h ave an effect upon my destiny." sl ". . " A }strange fancy, Lucy .! Lut, What is the character of the - effect you' deem it is to have —favorable,or:the reverse Y If the latter, you had better leave 'it - unplucked." 11 - "Nay, I feel that cannot even lexert, my will ir(the matter—that it, is first my deStiny to pluck the rose, and that an after' fatality lies in jibe, acts But whether favorable or, the reverse, I cannot say." ' , . . E. " Wliat a wheel within .a; wheel, Mister dear! ..I : ,,WhY Fortune is complicate in her .rlealines, with yon, according to your think ii ng. ,'Yet; I too, although I cannot' say ;that I harbor i dle idea that the *tatter is in' 7 any wise chritie‹:ted with my destiny, have myself a hardienng after one of those incomparable white roses.r And the worst ill its possession can de eithtr of us,' I imagine, is the reeeiv ing.a scratch' from one of the . thorns in, the gathering; for see, it is full of them.- Oh the other hand,. us for good, why thon,ey, Oust k wear thine in:the raven locks of y beauti fid hair, Where the contrast will set off,'not them alone to the best advantage, but ;also the glowing \ olive of thy cemplexion, and the d4rk sparkling of by matchless eyes." i • "Toil flatter w sweet sister, forgetful of your own fairer, gentler and ,more .111:146nna 'like eharnisi Nor have yeti 'said, either, ho you will wear your own Ivi w e. If too pale to show .amid the golden !bands and braids that adorn your head so well by, themselves, or to stand m relief against; the curls that shine 1 behind yorir delicate ear„andresemble iti ti age I the gilded rays dile setting sun, then 'you misti e'en Place it i'ti your bosom, or i curry it . ~. , virribly,ra your hands,: that all may ,compare it with yourself, and oliserve how apt an cal= blem it is of You." 1- And she k.issed. Ada" as she spoko l , iwith a fervent love and admira'fion in her =finer tint showed she:was sincere in her praise.' ltt faet, the attarihment between the shiters' was'great.lPeelings of the. fondest affiw-fion bound ilicin tegether ; .and, being both gifted by naturpn the highest degree with lierlrual and envy charms; no sentiments or hidden envy or I.# l ,alri_sepraated them.al heart from each O t• Yet, as has been seen frotti their Grief Coll clay Diver the rose bush, their perion di) \al 'attractions were:gxactly oppokzite in chai; aeter,:, Thit vtirioila iiiii6e - si In4Wever, villich set off th ' eharrile were eiptally distrilitited between th sn: 'mils, otker oq, viewed apart fin .4:4 er, seemed so completely capti \ 1 i Vi- in .' ik l i 1 . - - ;1 .... --.H. -,.:41A or pain, silt,' i r • boly oven' I swee I ru lyre, st I • r, .111 guisol wangs! hiuin ;Kings a last just i pie view!" , oou-Deams bine\ o'er ,ifitm weep ' • deid. ' , * ElEr 0' Ii! NDLES.I cite of ._ l y IP& id as his li la), the IPP seat •ooked the 1 -41.105 t all theiir aban \ Ltroukh i uteri wile tie tghfare hronn•-. IPleter f''' ~~ sensi iness I t yet ap , , s WW.VEF,E,7 jOUlinb We must make , other effort, 100 to replace rating; that the ..bSerYer Must iiivar bly, at "the moment; deen her style Lis beat 4 ideal' of feminine beauty;Yet, Withal,' their "beheld. together,:deeisio became utterly -atfault bez- I :tween the two. _ I L ore than. one - 1 loier,,,troin this cause, incleefl, was new :.enly 'iiivaiting. ;some lUck3,' , '-turnfel' f fate to fix - 14 is elioice—,' numberless' pint ig swains: beink equally in! ilove with-the briliant brunette and ' the geii=.i :tie blonde. .: *, '-- :* . .. * : •.'::•-•*. t letter from La ton :Elliott to. friend at' I I• 1. g ....prings. , I -• • --• ' 1. G--- 1 ---Jul' 10 ' - 18 . .• , y.- ,I , .., '. iMr DEAR 11A811409, '' 1 , . I write you under;the first= eXcitement • Ofi . _ 'the moment,: ii4er having :just! discovered.' !what appears to Me the'llealization of all my ; long-cherished ilfeains. You'knOw how, for.) two 'years past,le chief objeCt . of mY'life hasi been the search ' ft er some. one: the Other' sex whose'modes chartni.mighti find her al ti , !place as well in Myesteem as in My heart! ip:sguste4 at list. -fth the frivolous and haugh-; ypretentions 'of our city belles,- and!despair-; ng of meeting a wciman among-then't whom: I, would lie willi ng to make -my irife; I -have:, Icontelither with the hope that I possibly in,: ;this unpolluted country atniosphere! my. en-'' ideavors might finally meet with Suceess. • . ..; Behold, • I aim no sooner. arrived than I have! . f! iscoVered at . once,that which before - I had: r sought editing, andyou I will ihiik - that MY; delight should now be •coniplete ,Put, un-: fortunately, alas l i the lovely aPpaiitien conies . .louble to. my bewildered vision, and.lbetween• two of the gentleSt and fairest'creatures that , ' ever - walked the earth, decision'inustlhalt'for- .ever. . ' I have to-day seen Lucy and Ada (J lairfield, . and listened - , unperceived to the eiverfloWings; Ipf their guileleSs h'ea'ts in innecent.donversa tion with each other.. They are, .as; I learn by inquiry, twin sisters of this yillageequid 7 ly lovely in every particular; tho' each bear; ing a cast of beauty :so dissktnila from .the other, that the .contrast they - ex 'ibit is the: cOmpleteSt than be conceived, and yet at the sane timelaverable alike to e ther. • It is Said tl at already many a mattimenial candi date has- wavered in making his slection be tween them. Nay, ,I. am told 'alat a ; ipopular belief pievails among all who 'know i the sig ters that they must die unwedded ' S ince, no , , I- _, Man who Las ever- beheld them ' beth could feel entirely satisfied to take ,either one to ifife, -and So give np his hopes ',of the;otlier.- -1 I myself have always entertain&l, 4 predi-. lection sd strong for the poet's 4 eyes Of azure" and - iia. g ic-ti, of gold," that, I ivehi ii,,c,,,t, hav e . believed that those alone would no alone have i been s-uilieield to, determine me inmy 'pr es ent dilemma, - tut no! when I moul, dream of them only. as beheld in Ada, the fAnt of Lu -0,-, so like'," the night of cloudless Clitnes - and starry skies," intermingles with the: vision; and the effect of the picture is marredby the dnplicate reflection. _Moreover. Ifeel a pre sentiment, formed hastily frota in tint, and partly founded upOn the represent , tiotis made me of what have, been the feelingslof 411 their Bast admirers; that even acquaintance ii•ill do nothing- . tewards aiding MC 114 forming -a de thiminate choice.between .tlie . , twn.. .. Nay, I ' 1 .1 . • arn confident that it will, on - t .., cm',i rary, only serve to increase my wavering; (foi', you 4-ill scareely believe it, that strong a is the impression made upon , me, I haveTnot lye t ex changed a word with either fair.) i Fa'te, I . fix my i . am assured, must ultimateli , my clime,. since preferente cannot; as of this, 't am helves-. e., persuaded, that my destiny lies with the one or the other of the .lovely beings of whom, I speak• . ; : -- • - ! 1 '• . i Write to me at once, my friend; j bud, if possible, throw 'out some hint that shall oper ate„in ringing me to a just . conclusion. I remain, . Yours, truly, . - :• T., t. .. * •- • • - .*; ,'is ,i t* • • : ! . 'Elliott •lo.st no. time in obtairii4, aCess to the small but choice circle constituting the Vetter class. of 'the inhabitants 'of . these formed a society Which, I ,altbou4ll -. defi . . • tient in .worldlV' formality and 1 the te s Chnical 1: - • . etiquette. of fashion, was neVertheless c9rnpos ed of persons who were educated in P high dOgree,and bore the polish resulting from that •perennial source.. -[ . ' As is usual in 'country places towards . any stranger' of - apparent .reffnement,angentility, much attention was 4 once. show tti our he rol by those who controlled theSoniety•of the village. . It. Was at a social gathering,' there- fdre, to which he had been invited!— induct ' c 4 throughiit- the, whole of its. lintxlest ar •rangetneuts in a - style of primitive simplicity -4-that Elliott was introduced to the twitusis , toeys;.• sisters i whose beainv andaffectio nate interchange of thought had, as tliejlj render has , le lied; made so strong ati impresston On him. .1 If lie had previously wavered, between the tics, his slicision became now still; further at fitult. The' settled conviction Caine to him that his-first estimate.had been ,Coitrect, - Lu cy. and Ada Clairfield were - alike beautiful, sensible and warm-hearted, and leaeliiip*ess-, ed. the same irresistible unconscionsne .. of her .o*n surpassing attractions. ' In vain.: lit Was that Layton endeavored within Ihimselk to it , li4nce the one sister :Above the Othei. His chance discovery of some traits':in -either, 'on Which his: i magi nati oamight dell to-the'dis advantage of the other who possessed; it not, .wits only Counterbalanced by the Sudden I,re vealmeltrof a redeeming charni initial!, latter, to which the foriner could. not lay claim. 1 - 1 - !Thus ihe spent the evening in a‘territite convers4tion with both, and returned' to his lodgings in a state of distracting indecision, Ti, say that . hewas in love with the pair wonid. ' tilt be tb express the correct state pf his feel ings,Tori love knows but a singlel idyl,-an d bath not it divided shrine. It is the einpty ing of Alf : the hidden springs of thelheart into one brancldess channel. There wanted, &lilt e*r, but:some turning straw to decide him inl favor of one . of the twins, and for ,hCr who "ii - .4ght thus 'become his •ehoicie,' the genuine . sentiment was prepared to overflow ~, , Ilse had thr wu himself on a chair when; he entered, and .ontinned pondering fiit. some thine , upon, th subjeet- 4 ,near his heast, ' Ore has 01/serVed 'a let r which lay upon his table,-;-- e At length, in 6 feelings of uneasiesS exeit; cd by hi 4 revet pcl ilia,. ry, he moved his: . ition l p. beastly and it attracted his attenqon. i',ri- ' .m diately taking up, he read Ilt fe11f)%173 :---: • A - '': • , i•-*-Springi3, July 13, 18- 7 4 .51)r Data - ti.Vdtr, . 1 , , II . and , 11 have teemed your letter, 'mkr .iympathy,t although 1 have halt a Mind t• ' , • • l' ' ' to t smile, at your predleardedt: . liid 9 o;d to tell, • - . yott the truth,' can scateely realize yotir Sitilf , agog.' It 'appears to pie tobis .Scileaiiia mati , tel to - fia one choice,. hetiietin u'oi. '1)1 O'tilli. ' • '•i• i but airy greatsir:#uu l bo of gi you sl Ottlen 01 4, ' -• ' '.. l• • • • ' ''' , .i 1 •?' •1 ' I 1 . ~ VOTtD T,O !pLITIC., NEWS, LITERAt,URE, rest, 2Nitsilutailua ottruittn, V , enn ar, Tthtshit the other l kez, that; I cannot conceir : well the • Oircurnstanees in which yqu are plueled. you had'nr"t i horever, at the period Of lour writ ling,-triade the thmitiaintante of tlni 'retesting übjeeth Of yourletter. . 11 trust tlia ' the bro. en ice or intruducti n. havingbir this time 'vett 'ou more intim to % approaC to their rspective charms,you h lie been enabled to Some to the decision 't;o in htol he dcired. But "'timid familiar in ereciuri7t au•ie you to pronounce the one sister more air and -hatingfasci than the other, let6osil , that, for rant pfanother critenon,iyou ,o, - , 4 their, than:lnt tempers, Old sekrt, her _ye oi, your scrutiny proves tet \bcithe most amiable. . • i'-' Thib strikes me as being as good; an idea hs I cjm offer you in youriemergeney. • I am. tied here by a party of 'zealot., whose protect hr and cavalier I am for the \place. and time being? .Otherwise, I would bnnimy Wisdom. in perisori to aid you in your emfiarras•sment, hnd there - Can be no - doubtithat yon Would find rn to rejoice in another." Daniel come to dgment." But it may not be, :nd I can nly add my best \ wishes for yourspeedy and appy deliverance from y . qur state of incerti rude. 1 Meantime-0 remain,. . .. . ‘ i Youts, truly 4 fl mos. I P I Oenl: you, =my \ wiserand worthy frind,". tjaculated Elliott, starting. to MS feet when he hod}ourconcluded, ‘. 4 for. }our mostl sensible and eicellentsuoacstion. 4 It.shall jbe acted upon, he added, as he turned tol•dricibe for the night, 1. • i .. i t Ere another hoer had ebipsed,-hi ‘:, as asleep, . ••I tnd dreaming o(the rival "occupants of his ast waking thoughts. 1* i l i r * . : Thcf affectionate intereonrse between Lucy: nd Ada Clairtield had always hith6rto been f a confiding and coimminicative character. ut iG now suddenly assumed a tee of coki traint, and reserve. The truth was hat ttoy Were •espectively captivated by the yo ng Stranger who had recently a prie raed in G-----, in the, person of Layton Elliott. t'e'ther one, however, suspected her si4ter's preftlrence ; 1 -- and each: was "occupiedKientirely r with her twn feeling as not to perceive the c tinge in he ecinduct of the other. ;', J ' • I - 'the slight estrangement, between caused by no sentiment oCjealou ri vas simply the, result of that feline thirt iwhich does not trust itself !to . ppo' n: th e topics that i nter est it,'lest: ang'uagc i onld betray More-than iSought.i HaddLay lon Wen the. declared - loVer of`t, ei her, she vliornlie had chosen might then daub 1e. , ..s have oimda gratification in confiding her secret pithe twin sister .whii bad ever Veretofore : Jeen the repository of ' all het ermitions. But /iii attentions had never aSsuineditlt form of partica arit) towards eithir, althou it was .evident that he took. pleasure in l i-th so ciety .. . . . 4f!hoth. And they possessed all.:th it deliea- Y: of the sek whichprevented them from - re- (erring to their interest fat' ati.adrai r whose attentions might ',probabl3i be. the esult of 4""!./i'. 11 nne.: dud yoUtteu-s. i * edoidingly they were in entire ignorai:iee ot I tbe i St.stto of ine another's hearts. 1 i!' . . s Their walks to the public gaide i; where che reader first met them, were nOt ' iscontin ne.d; but.every evening found them f strolling' therelSide by side,' though more` pensive in • demeanor, and more silent, than formerly. ',. ' They might still be seen, too, ‘ On (fvery vis it, examining the rose-bush, for ohe Of: whose dower's they had each formerly exp esied .n desire: Otte evening theylstoppeti si iultane (Wily l.ieforelt,.and for tho first • time 'it IVaS filled ; With roses in full hloom. Th . bse were doube; and 'of a.Wa.x4ike iilearness that gave 'thent a similitude to the purity Of the white :j'4oniCa.. They, had 'scardely halted, - when a Slow step was heard, appriciaehing. •' - • ... 1 .. "Ali! here comes Steplien,"'e*la tried Lu cy,, , as! the old gardenereathe fip fjust in time .' (0 prevent us both from the - tbeNof dile iof his favorite roses,.byt . giving US an or;porttunity to ask his permissiOn to p uck it.. ; li . fayl are h ave a floWer apiece„"l. 'She . continued,i turning to ' the aged man,'" thotilgiintilian geniu s s: thiS QhriStian haunt,: and besti of thy hu4le.elass belonging to - our beloVed Village 1 1 YOU shall he.reMunerated - for the gift," she wihi.4pered 'inaore softly in his ear, as after gain With a, i.took Of . resliectful and affOtionat4adtniration inn the tw.o, the old man stniled his a& 4 eut ; and' was stout - proceeding on his way : . 1 , 'kiln lui a box - of seed' for you, brOught from. the' city; which, when sown,' ; ' *li. - : come ;up and groW into plants of rare toll ge and briilliftnt b4aring.. And for me, I in' i te . nd for Aliee a irate' curious fashion,- repre-' tenting in Miniature: a. gardener Vending over lila flowers in -diStiwtt - ; white - the ifr at4eiii. sear . i 0 des'eend from his eyes, as though - IvVeeping torrents of grief. Please Clod siich tears may never be shed 14 thee, Stephen, evert any of the floral Cr i eatu Ms of thy solicitude. INA the Idea IS-extravagant and cniious. icornp to us fo7night„tiqer. wo have rettirned' - ' l ,hoine,l . and you shall hre .What!l -have, Spoken of I ' f*' "lilluek the rose;"'she continued- further, Sarning to Ada,With - 'a slight nd 4 sudden hudder,/ whilst the flitting Smile she had worn assumed a fixed and unnatural expression up in her - countenance. ; ."I pluck the;fose, but itiy destiny lis.in the-aet." ;1 - :• 1 :- : :1; -These weie her words, a together ! Sister ) ;she stretched' out her hand ion'? 'bush. ',: liiniedialely' after they had ea 'ti theitemi of a, 'separate and frishly • ' A .• • i tPse- 1 : _r .. '', • : ''- ,_ ' 1 ll - An exelamatien of pain followed from' the lips of!bOtl4 while they alnidst at the same in:. heredrew back their arias,. anti severally litire away' the flowers theyhail.sought: ! The : with; which the bush was "filled, ;and thorn* .WhoseAanger Ada had on a previous 06easion iilayfully de , tied, basing been unheeded by . diem in tho;,eagerneis of tl4monittt,!a; slight Wound was !inflicted upon each.. 1 1 1 Lucy rapidly brushed aWay, the theta that' ul une x pectedly pierced h er,finger, her dark hi td I •I . ' eyes flashing anger and reyenge.J., Then; in ,Stautl, tears - 04 tholeautifd rose itte held in t'iii,a thousand fragments, die stamped the at otns under her feet in fury. { ;The superstitious thought that'a moment be ore had haunted her Was lost l in 'her- pain 44! ragO, and her 4harraing.visage seemed trinsfortried : !for' the Moment inth - the likeness otn,juvenile l l?ythia Ittlieri,spaSM of inspiration.l \ l .. . :',. I ! ~ .. " Hateful ; cause of my pain," she tixclainied ; `'rapt emblem of life---of which this incident his a part, whose every iwect,! is intermingled :with 'bitter, so that the dregs:of th4,honai - cup .Tire mixed with iall4-titiis !dd I Ourn thee, OW thus, had I true 'wisdoni, would : I . spurn ttlike .every deeeitful : tillurethent of 'Alio earth." ',!... , I , " . Nay,'?' said: - Ada, Soaqiingly, "but•he it'reet in evniy instinee counterbalances' the hitter, in like iiiiinnci-ns ddth th« 4 l4)dases . .6ion 4this;'beatititul floater retinid ' rite' Air i the i . catchss 1 have reepiVed n 1 the gnitlleritt,g.---' . SPITmCE h MOB ALIT , • #ttne OH. : • • . ~ the pne :You haVe,destroyed in ryciur • thoinent • Of' - pettishri . ,eas,'• she -continued;r : '" other*itle, iny-,sister, YOU:might envy Me mine, and:that i iivtilde ., a . us ,, e m . 1 6 , o: .. easit . teas , .. , `( A l l , thou . g . 4i: (1 ., , to possess it Myielf;' it ' would -' give . nie Stilt . greater - pleasure to transfer it to . you, and. I fear, me you would refuse to: receive it." i!, .sh preased bet hand-t 4• her, . lips -as 'III'S:- Spoke, toceale!'llie sting of her, wound,. While a faint 'stream ii,if blood trickled' throughlher fingers; and left' its stain Upon: the show white ',Mir she cried; as she examined: the li 6- sanguined leavesiee Lucy, lam Venui. l H„ ••I• have dyed the White rose red." -'• , . • ! , At this instant Layton ,Elliott,`,einetd front behind the dense foliage of sonteihnib; • ry. near •by, and making his greetings to . the iiisera' in ,•a few ; - hasty'. -and ;coalmen-place I • • vor s, preiceededi to -take his :way throng} i the garde , t \ -* 1 • * • -.- .* : iti - • ' o—, July • .5,,1.,87-r- •kr btAte t ASTINGS,. ' . ';' . ' 1- ' . ! j Yotir Cce 1. is . had no sooner received your letter than his ':iind 'became at rest, :anehe. iese)ved to actin in the prudent , idea .origi nating 'from y(:ii!tr % ' e brain- .one; he is fain to say ; that wontd ne - r hniesuggesteditleif to liii own. • - 1 1 • , r: 11 ,• The hand ofidiiitiny m . \ ..t, bare. been your hint:, else an oppOrtunity. 0 ;itraiiting!lthe different tempers of : the two Ina orates wouldhardly so soon 'have presented itSof.--• ' 13e ; this . as it may; hoWever, it has withinafew hours past occurred. :i •, -' - - • \ ••• 1: • , • It will scarcely surprise you to knoWA \ that ~.. ever since the accidental eaves-clropping that first bewitched i me with. the twin. siteriFil,\l .have daily repaired to the, same spot, atttle\ . hour it is.knoWn they arenecuitomed;:tol'fre, 4nel:a it. This! is the short season that ,e)ap es before twilight, when the sun is:lingerig i 1 i n the. heavenswith its parting. brilliancy:'; . lA. Well . kept garden,. at once the pride and • orria thent of the village, 'and the common, resort ei at this time of every fairloiterer in the PlaCe,' as well as thehatint of many a listless. beau, attracts them at evening the: earliest and Most regular of its visitors.. Hither. it i was' •that . on my. stroll in • the place,,, my footsteps Wandered ; and it was here likewise that I _becanie in a-"strait between two" to the pitch Of indecision undet.,the excitement of which I addresied my firstietter t0 . yeu,.... . i ,i, T 4 he moment . l-receiveour reply,J.resolv ed to compare the tempers of Lucy a!&'Ada . (lairfield, and to fix ,my affections 4pon!the Mie:whont I shOuld rind to be the most nrhia ble.' To, this end I had already made sOnie inquiries among the villagers, as to their in dividual • characters is' that , regard. From •these, however, I could gain nothing' but lay iSh praises of4th sisters-so that my only hope of finding. some • distinction. .between them, in Ihe pelytienbir 'alluded :to, resteillin the Chalices of;:tny own observation. I • de- tern . .lined accordingly, silently to exercise this ' facility, and patiently to await the result.! Pmust do trivielrthe justice to say, hi:4-' withstanding, that it_ was no sinis=ter , mckive of this nature that has led me on each eve ning to linger behind the shrubbery • which stands in the hack-ground. of a white rose bush, 'the ambitsli, 'whence l•first, beheld 'the attractive creatures that have impressed:Me SO deeply, and ;overheard their affectimiate c'ouir ,, rs.e a's they 'watched with interest'the progressive blyi ? ria . in g 'if the flowers.- A sitn pie desire to .nOtice• the sisters unobServedilto embrace an opportunity of thus, dwelling on their loveliness, and hearing their guileless ('!rattle, has alamst. instinctively' drawn ''.me 1 encli ! evening to the spot, while,, the idea that by so doing I'was placing . myself in :the -. ' - mean light of a listener never befoie to-niht .occurred to me. 'Not for the sake of the dis covery Which liaa'resulted from it; :chAreus as Ihave been' to make it, would I have: re sOrted to a means so derogatory to my Self , esteem. It is tip* only that such a conse quence has transpired that I hare - for.the test time become aware of any impropriety in the act. ,Ne.v'ertheless, iI. do not feel it -wrong-to use the knowledge it . has so unex pectedly gained me towards forming that de terminate choice which. Otherwise I might never haye accomplished. I , • An incident occurred to-night, during which, though'unieen, I was pr&ent,..observ-• nig the opposite conduct and overhearingthe diflerent remarks of the sisters, on •a prick happening to each from a thorn whilst they' Were gatheringa•rose *off: the bush near iny retreat. ' This circumstance ' hai shown 4da - t 4 be so infinitely more amiable than tier :sis ter; that 'for her already begins to overflow.; - the pent-up. tide of - affection in ;my - bosom i that has only .been awaiting a moment like the .present to find a vent. - Yet I now feell'at the'Sameltime the utmost diffidenceofan•nr.- :declared suitor together with many miigiv -itigs:lest my dream of happiness may be dis pelled like the:vision of a night. - ' ' , r ), sipmid_l s be, discarded, I will' join you im ' media tely at -L--• Springs, and if otherwise!-. `l3nt!thisis too greatiliss for me: to antici4 pate it-enough to arrange for it when fay dream May have taken some substantial Shape. t 'pm ; , '.: ! 1 . Yours, truly„ .- !J • ' \ '- - LAYTOS . EuaoriI , . , fi• • * . ... i .. 4 gr -. , - . 4 - .; . . \ .., • •• '; `ll4e. iow, Masical bell that awn . fig . in: - t he unpretending Spire* of the. little' churchl•of Gr--4--• rang.itt happiest chimes • •for a firm -riage ceremony. the bustle .and stir seemed abroad. , in the village. gvery -difor step :and cottage entrance. was crowded with the forms of human beings ; and number lOf the inhabitants, filled np.the sidei of the ew pathways inthe patient attitude of lingerpg cariosity. These latter belonged', chiefly; to. 1 . the humbler class of the' villagers,' in Whese cleanly habilinients, and : " Sunday".-. attire might be read . their respect for thei occasion.l It its for Adalairfield's weddinglthat th'ove 1 . 141 S rung, and that - this'. excifetheut.. pre vail, ; v - , ed. _ • _ . .!14fore- a neat, two-story, 'tenemellt, - whose bread portico Was shaded by a large, chest nt,it-treei stood a carriage in waiting. likthe front rootn aboVe, whilst overlooked. the Pior tie,O;l: stationed ' opposite ; the looking - gl ass, , were the sisters • T hey, were - both .dresseckin simple white; und, saving', that a !•long Veil fell froni the head of Ada' no . difference 1 . 03 . perceptable in their -attiie., 7 - 11 - 4'' - . t!' .". Wn ° :- - ,./IP - , if trt,-' hem was. but of the converse tvith her lords the . Ach geiz lopened' I ,Lucy. was inlhe act of . giving!' fqw.fiih lug touches 'with much care - to the hat of ti 3 dxpeett. - 4 brid. Whilst she lives thdi heileaturesapicartiii pal 4 arid .d, hes hand trembled, and at last tt tear fell ip on her sister's shoulder., f - 1 1 A4a felt thin varm moisture, and ' the kindr4d natl. stood in her ,44`vp eyes., • She thrlted 814 etuhroc:o4 het with uweit prdor. - • • _.• 'lr WhY dti .. yo i w/9,l"desiost Lucy!" she asked. t *Can 1,,C net still' Continue to be all. to one another that re have ever !nen! At least„ it is you alonemthla 'am to blame ? , if we May not be so. 'say, why' will' is ~ not to day, accompany me-9I - 'He who' to become. .tnyl hitsband will , tints henceforth :,be . to you as a brother, andsc4.7r,dl then rather have cause to congratulate, ynutself upon the gain ing of a dear relative than .tb . deplore the 'loss of one." I I ' , ' ' ' -.`Lucy .'smiled' dl and shook her head.' •-. "The tie you are sheik to Orin ; my sister," She answered, " ils`.'onia that must - engulf - tind e,onceat ill others. t feel that .it 'would be the' case with mYselfl itnd it M ust be sci . . With. Yon. How could It en,.i.teing With ytiti,lieer. to he a mere sectmd !object in y.ouilove andloni conftdencet-even to. sleeping .under . the, same rod' that co i iiered you, yet .oecupy ing a'diffetrnt apartment ; nay, -placing my very head `Upon 1 aimther pillow!, .rut the. - 6,6llmit,fices.t.6 y 6 rsei,f, and see it irrAny plate, you would no act'as' ifo. , No, =ybur loss will'bedeeply f t bY4ne here; Ada, but, . :s it will never th eless, leas painfullylprwnt . to me than if.l were to follow in 'your foofr, ster'is. And,`Moreover-4" •• I , the seemed about Ito adoi_somethirtg, hut: suddenly checked herselt - an • exprt*sion of wounded 'pride c l .rossedher . eOuntenaitee, she rcompressed her lips and Ibecatue silt ' Nay, dear, one,' returned Ada, ho had averted her head' a' fete\l 'minutes prilviouSly, upon -Lucy's resnming the task if arranging herihair, which her movement "of embrace had, interrupted, and. who had theretorn not' noticed the passing changeiu her ai r's fea tures ; " nay, dear one, IL atu .1 sure on are ~ri o ng in your judgment; ' MY` new tie can never break the beloved link which bludi'my sif affections to thee. Nevertheless, I wc'uld not ur g e thee against, thy wish; or to ...thy regret,_ if s o be the latter might . indeed; „as_ 'thou deemest, happen. Perchance you may think ditlerently, after a few :iiveeks ' separation," she 'Continued, "'and may by • that irriti be fain to raietrne again; in whiCh •C,Utie, Elli-' ott and myself will returnfor you.' godsend thaett, maybe so, fer.my happiness, great. ,as it will be,'can scarcely be complete m - yonr. absence." ,', ' : - 1 -1 • - t . m ", Trust e, fair Ada; it' will be all-suffie lent for itself," replied the l other. "Such a poor cypher as thy Lucy; must henCeforth be to thee, can neither help to make , nor mar 'h.": - . : i • ' • " Well then," said Ada,: jestingl y,: " since thon Wilt have it so, why, thou -must:e'ee rat married thyself, Luca;' aid so bi,even with me.: Behold, a bright idea for.' thi consols tiOri and a revenge f r niv'disertioti, Of thee, , 0 ~ , , since thou art bent u on, placing my coming departure in that point of view." I : J' " L winked, as thotigh a wound' hd been unexpectedly probed ; but, forcing : a smile, said quickly avoiding the playful stiff gesti on— 1 r ' - - • "There, sweet one,; I have done ;now with the;Arrangement of these stray cuil . 4 that had escaped from underneath your bridal ved,and votr.urc looking your loveliest._ .Laitiin gifted and worthy though, 'he 'be, may well take a pride in leading theutolithe altar. But stay fur a tingle Crowning otinament,"- sheadded, as she turned to a -9Se which stood on the mantel, and held - a:' withered white rose. "Ah !"- she eiclaimied,ln a tone of diattptintment, "it in fnaed l . Yotilblushed". so, love, 'to be admired,' though _ bait by your Lucy, in:the privacy of our own apaitment , --- ipoU:itlai Ito be ours no longer—that I meant to' have placed the rose your besom;and • repeated for thee those hp , , "Go, lovely rose,' That stanza, thou; knowest, tell her . that's fair,' itc. . . Ada rallied, and was about to reply -with some light remark, when at that moment they'were interrupted by Layton Elliott's ap pearance at the door to claim his ;;bride. —. With a faint blish and timid step Ada took his Offered arm. . , Her sister tarried' beside the rase, and was left alone in the apartment. Her thoughts were still occupied by the quaint and exquis ite poem she had, referred to. After a mo ment passed 'in reflection, she repeated aloud-- . - ' - "Then die, that she • ;The common fate of al: things rare - ' - May read in thee, And find how small a part of time they share That aro so wondrous sweet and fitir. "That last and superadded stmt.= speaks 'through the'.withered leaveslo me," she con tinned, aposthipLizing tho flower.; ".A dark destiny it predicts, which something within my breast whispers befel, me at the instant that I; plucked another illzfattd rose from thy sister stem and parent bush." • • she heaved a deep sigh, hbt with ksudden effoit recovered herself, and hastened to rejoin her sistot ere the carriage should proceed to. the church. . . * . * the ,appettnient was a sort of witlidraWings room, in a large and wealthy mansion. Its arrangements were evidently Made' with less regard to display thanwas - elsewhere exhibi ted throughout the establishment, and be spokeiit the spot . ', where connubial affeetion ttttght ttitire to seek itsimoment et - teciprof . dal r.dOritidetice . and Unostentatious enjoyment. Vases , offreshly gathered flowers filled the iit- Mosplicre with their odot., while books,-draw ings.and niusidal -iiistrtiments,. scattered' ;in tti.steful disorder, aroatidValiowed 'Ate refined habits.Of those whose sanctutti. it Was'. •• ."MY dear Lueyfe.letter is sad in its tone," said Ada Elliott to her huiband4 as they sat here ,together in the blisiful security of their . new connection. She laid down .an open epistle as she.spolte, and continued—"l fear my separation froni her has .had ati,buhappy effect upon her feelings', She -was. wobt to be-so gay' and animated, and as she writes now there is it langoilr" a pdreat ict the „whole tenor of her thoughts. !Yet she *still redisbs _ to visit me, and,bess me,' with many omi nous hints concerning thejirgen4 ofluVe quest, to return again Alt it brief ietison to her as speedily. as t possible... Dear, ..Layton,. I think I owe it to my twin' sister' to gratify het la this wish, and will retuur to G--to' day, to reitiain'for a shert iipace of 'timq,.ifit meet your willitigiiess thatl should do so" yoti desire, dewiest," was "But it is an itri'periousriiindate that u oil illeturb dor just elitalAshed habits in oilc be* bbine. dead tliY sister A thought untezyadiiable. Why Can she ierbetter obey your ,Oft-repeated that she *add - come to you 'I" "I know not, love,' atigiidej. Atia t u Wtkete, 1 4ite ttiCV is Sd diflletilt, to persuade on thill p4int. tat her letter alarms rue Or her hap- \'! ~ _~~. T . ~C -. .2 • lonta .; ; il_pluess,,' " :- nrid , Since . ;Lhaie , your ixrise, lit,:;,- .. wi1l golo, beiiiritnediately}:,l - :` "Whatever islhy lightest Wish,: Adri,":rez joined Elliott,.i "lath but , to be; expressed:Ad meet 'iliY, hitsband's iiilOnt. -. MetelY4faii • from a, feeling of . Vexation, . that. Ithr sister'is unfortunate temper.sliotild stibjett tlielX, t0:L.... - aught of needless ohange.bi-iiietnivenience." , 5 = •• "How, , Layton ' !" . exclaimed -I.lii \ i. wif e ;; "speak You - diliTa!*hleY P flam i is 't e MP 6 : l 4 ' It is the sweeteat . t.ind evenest in toe' world:=-,, Saving once - or . tvrice; - 1 in the course .OtOnr \ , whole lives, I cannot say that ITiattr,evaibe=:', held it. ruffled. . ,,lndeed, the only:fthiejrsoniv, blenesSAhat-I remeinber of "haVing,known \ Lucy to evince,. was .a 'few weeks. beibi*,....n9 , \ 'marriage, when :athoftti piefeed ' tis both in gathering at the S a- m 'Moment mse.-frorn a - favorite bttsh in the garden , of fl---: Her . an was then, : g especiallyfor . t e oe.- casinti that'provoked it, and .1. marvelled much at, the moment to see hp. ordinarily &tie disPositiOn so diathbetl.7- 4 ,- ', ~-.- , t • :;';‘, ' "Say yeti' ab, Ad ll e jaculated :Elliott, in 111 .surrise• ! I was 'l4ll,gea, observer:of-60 Seene, - and it was thoeMitrist Yoni amiabili ty presented toyour sister's , anger.'on --that oeeasiot that.,firat-• drew, „rryg .ligartzt i o.yottli ,with .a devotionthat has intreased Or this* instant, and will 64 - 14h:rue toinerenan.44l4st 'T have life: , -1, - .'. .s , -- .He drew near hi *ire and,eitibrated.:liet as she spoke. - ' , - -1 - - '• ": ,-_, • "I,lappy theh for ine,' illy-, I)4l,.bitaitsaid Ada, while she submitted.to his caress, " aii 1 has been the result .of that ebullition, of pet= ' tislinesS.froin my sister; I Inust ,neirafthelesa - regret; for her sakei its occurrent* it it ' lain led theeito'forin au unjust estitnate, of IC bet . -Mg 5o atiiiible:" ' . -. J., ' ~ .) 4 `. ' ' i -. t "I stand Corr*, e 11,7 resp onded; , Lafekiiii , i-and.ivialiencefo .h do all in' My power :id further thy idicy's tightest.wisli;inordergiiii, I mar make her so , e . jatonementthr tW_tiz roneous opinion of her • 'Ant I hadatltipQ iitt hostily. ,We willboth set- - off,at once for - ,' . -.- • :1, - I ' r . - 4 1 •eipeete4 lie less frihi MY lifistaiiti," 1.1 - answered'Ada, "and maYkap Our .' einnbined .. efforts inay yet indiee;liet i *luini' we; to visit to return With us. l ~ : . "Let us hOpeio," said.. Pliott, lia he-left the room to give - some [orders . Previenkte his -- departure: ' 1 - , - : , - lir • . * i * : -",* It was a'mOnth after - the ularrialedtertiol my of Elliott aiaci. Ada 'Clairfield had been celebrated in the village . church, that a funeral train. wen ded) its way . '„„tti Ob satiiii spot: ,The mourners Were Of bretir . latik,eoni: prising almost the whole limited .pOpulation of the little `settlement i i of G:=7=--• and abet' was the solemnity npo ,each eonntelianee ba tie white eeffin ivas plaC'ed iii the liatitoW aisle. " 1 . , , , But lit was she with had last erifeed,these doors as a bride who now entered - Than ill the first of the lie Waved ., Her twin sister had , been carried here i4t.ii i e s'ad- accountrements and habilitnents Of the;graie- to- seek: her fi-• nal home: Tier Ow i narrival- had Only been. - in time .. to eatC,ll a partilig glance :of reccgniz tion, and receive ii illueivell smile ;:from ,the pale lips of the dylbgliley. And i tidalearn- _ ed from others that since her marriage her beloved sister droopedand witheied day by day like a severed tlower, nntilJthus - spee- - dily, in her early figranee,-she had pensh; - :- The villagers deeined it the - natural' Pirilli. . of the separation tc. the one wh o been left without any :I: iv tie to relitte. We bid one. It was, md , aidple tense—the, mai! inn.. asunder of her heart, from thititith. which . it had heretofore beat its every throb iii aid= son, and the leaving its no object to whiel(ii, might turn for tendernm and ‘syrapithy.-_, , But who divineth Wheli the ycitiit allot gentle village, idol Suddenly gees down to it \' thatimely grave, and 316 illness' lath Stricken her, nor accident cut her off, what agony of' the heait bath 'stint Tier there I Ilipity lintll She been if ill the parting nionients of ciiiiC4 lutioii, the weakness of, her dyinglipshetrair ed not the trust coniniitted to: their conceal: melt . ' • Restl 1 . • •., , ~ • • w uin . thee s eet Ley th etiiot Of th y early grave!, If such a secret werell.lloe, thy words were true to thimaidenlydi„,4.'tini; and none mingled with th eir pity for thy ate •ft thought that thou .3 , ul i dst, liii; , :i d'epr*itaa • The - tears shed fo thee were the tribliteli .of (regret given to one who 'perished- in hei youthful dailii; ere She-had tasted either the sweets or the bittertitei of love. Siteh.g . , doom were to be cov eted rather than pitied for the words thon. once , vest. vent to—an grily, alas!-=there hilt Oaktruc., that lib iiiiroL pineskin ' nib it lothtstic its iallei , , ifiore,"titan was* the white rdse Of thy, destiny destitutc'of its thorn. - . I 1 `- ' i _____-_-..• The Lott, and th The Washington IlePublic rehla;rks Who is he, no, matter . how exalted ,lus pat ti on, ;who has hot.itilitives in the humblest! The writer_ has. Seen i tneintlers ate families of two Presidents , of: this Reoilf lie toiling rer their eepport in severest - Of . 11:1= ployments; and it probabie.that iieriliati has occupi ed tile White las' '. been aware.that ina y ef,his kind Ted- -unless poor, by himself, were reel among the : poor, not_the 11:rt cif the land 1 The on ly brother of the at Olayt - was a cabinet maker; Webste4 giant of statamen. the 'oTnaiiient bf hii.eountlyi :had A bindles in-law who never learned, to„Tilail . i4tir after Completing the -i!ericKl of gli l ee+iore Tears and ten, and a majoriti, statesmen of thepresent time are the eaergetie mai:. tious sous of " peorbut honest parents." V , erett(who mill. never blush ,ts,,e hear it,), was diseevered pan& days in the:puisujA of knowledge under ditileiliti4 of pove!ti l thoisgiQhby presented to him but slight Int pediineets:on the road tO 'renown" - , s ' 11 h 44 _ELM= ,lIIM = t r. , f c wry o Car ried out a 'mica',`'rid l oblfitid to`bring it back, . WU e day ii bieaka,""eitat !mopes of ts. friiimentat : • - 4 /e:"1c4 1 4 1 4 - 44 : ikwa4ife - fa - iiiiithi; 4 - that of ot4'prs:- i• -ii,u..:,:1•.••,': - . l:.f : = f:, -::. -::.-•-:. - 1 1 - -.:', • A. Fool- liqwts. no' more ;i4) ; fir. -o,llx than be priidtiedsi: - ; - - Illy!se:ttitin:ptiy t tbev o mat 'votigettrie.. , • ' • . yott oior Allow lAu Liundertakor that ! would not • be "happy to servo you 1 ' - ..';' -. .,y..'':7. - - - - -.. .i i f .• ~ i t: . 4 11. , . . . , .3.t:i'.... , , .ti 1 ,:,, .': : 1 :',..',,, 1,•: : , - ] - .„1, -- ,„ - ,,.',.. , ,..:, - - , i .. ~, : i .1.P , . , :P. .*,,,.=,'";:",,1'-_,l:. .}.' ~:..: 1 i .:; t , f •-- •... i'.-_ ''•f7 • •
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