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. 1 47. IFt
' . INs Tits pa3io q ti f „.
Th e Dying watileirie his! Orplli
1 ~ -. • Sister[ ;. ll
.
mseve,'a lovely Sabbath eve in Ma . ,
I !
The, smiling , 'wisp pf spring, in robs i ef lid
Ilue attiied, has, with roay i wand, di solied
L i ef
The icy chains that held the shiveri
Earth in thrall. ,All Wore rears it gladsome
,
Fitee;as If rejoicing in ita new.born Mt - 0
While slowly rising frem .he east, the meta
Fair empress of the night, looks u 3 i behind:l
A`silver Cloud and smiles. Holy ho rl;4t
'Tune for meditation pure. *. i ' I
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f ' ' 1 • ! ' • suc
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.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.
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[Front ithe Dollar New
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DES' 'l~
OR, THE TWO W
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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
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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
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or pain,
silt,'
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guisol
wangs!
hiuin
;Kings
a last
just i
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view!"
,
oou-Deams
bine\ o'er
,ifitm weep
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cite of
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id as his li
la), the
IPP seat
•ooked the
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theiir aban
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wile tie
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hronn•-.
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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•
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....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* •
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. '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,
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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
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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
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#ttne OH.
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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-
\'!
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T . ~C -.
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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 '
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