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*elect t)ottrg.
641U4
BY fLeitERCE PERCY.
When the summer evening:l sluidemii;
Veiled the eailb'S calm bosom' o'er,- z'T
tame a Young Child, faint and wearyi; • j
. -Tapplng at a cottage door; .
u Wandering through the winding wool , ;paths,.
My worn feet too long have been, • . 1 ; -
s ret me in, oh, gentle. mother ,
Let"moin
.4
Years passed ofir-his eager, spirit
. Gladly watched the flying hours
I will bea c hild no l on g er , -
- Finding bliss in birds and flowers;
Will seek the bands of pleasure,
joie their merry din;
.:Let me into joY-aild gladness,
Let me in !"
Years sped on—yet vainly yearning, • -
Murmuring still the restless heart—
" I am tired of heartless folly,
Let the glittetiftgrheat depart; '
I have foihdift worldly pleasure
Nought to happiness akin,
Let me in to :ove's warm: presence,
Let me in :"
Years flewpo youth lonor,
Still beAmed the reatlesi heart';
"I am tired 'of Inve's soft darunee,
Sa;eet-voiced syren, we raust.phrt ;
I will gain a-laurel chaplet, --1
And a wArld'i applause will wins 1'
le
Let me i° fame and . glory,
Let and itir , •
Years tied on ;-the restlesS spirit
Never found
,the bliss it sought;
ma r wered hopes and,granted blessipq
Only new asptrings brought; ,
"1 am tired of earth's vain ,glory,
I am tired of grief and sin, •
Let m© in to rest eternal, ~ •
Letine_in !
Thus the unqniet, yearning spirit,
Taunted by a vague unrest, -
Knocks and calls at every gateway,
_ In a vain and fruitless quest;
Ever striving some new blessing,
Some new happiness to-win,—
At some portal ever saying, ,
• Let me in r.
_z ceiZ ift~its.:
t The *sling Passion. ‘,
- One of our cormspondents - relates - an anec
dote of" the ruling passion strong in death."
was told of a noted gambler livingin'the
city of New Orleans.•. Betting was a mania
with him, and an argument which rheadop
ted to' settle any controversy. 'Whatever
might be the character of the debate, his
strongest reply to an antagonist was, " rii bet
von." - That scourr of New Orleans, the yel
)ow fever, made its appearance. While it
was Dining most 'fiercely and carrying off
hundreds daily, the gambler wasattacked.—
Medical attendance was secured;, anti every
thing that skill could do was done to 'save
his life. But the fever was 'strOnger - thaithe
doctor, and at last he was told, " Sir, you"
mast die, and iryou .have any arrangements
to :make, attend to thepi' scpeeclily."'
i` Doctor," said the siak man,
wilt" live r
“ Not more -than three hours," was the re
ply-
"Doctor, are you perfectly certain that - I
cannot live more than three hours P' queried
the patient.
"1 am', sir; you may live that long, but'
the probabilities are, that your etid 011 come
in a stutter space." • •
"Welt,,,but_ you are mistaken, doctor, and
111 betTou my, funeral expenses } that I skill
live six hours,just double what you assign
me."
The physician wasaastonished ,
such cool
ness and hardihood, but remembering . with
whom he find to do,
accepted the 'bet, and
waited-the result. The fellow lived through,
the six hours; secured the amount of his bet,
and while chuckling' over_ his triumph, was
fleized - with a spasm and-died. '
The •Nevraiiiiiier.
In promotion of so desirable an object •on
the Union of the intellectual with the useful;
the newspaper is an important
,auriliary. It
is more It is typical of the community in
which it circulates and is encouraged. It
tells its character, as well-as its condition;
its tastes as well as the physical 'stamina of
population and soil. It is the map whereon
are traced our tendencies--the chart to dirt
ect the traveller and settler to safe and pleas
ant harborage, or divert their from the shoals
told Vioksio4s of social degradation. -At
home, it, brings to, our firesides, it imparts to
our household, it impresses our 'children; jt
, sentintent - ot propriety or its tone of contarni.
nation. Abroad, it is regarded as our oracle
and speaks volumes for or against us. In , its
business features May be discerned- the 'indi
cations of our prosperity - or otherwise, in a
Vvoildly sense; but in its general complexion
will be discovered our moral_ and spiritual
healthfulness or disease. It isthe portraiture
of our imperfections, as well as the chronicler
of our adcancement.—Eaticmal
Intelligen
cer. .
Jai The • Knickerbocker for Septe - ii
among other amusing things, has this,:
Litigation about title to pigs ; the pigs hay
it% run wild all summer.
" Wit ness, a bay;alittle deaf, and little
Lawyer--:-Do you know plaintiff's,pigs 1
Witness—aa I (very loud)
L.—(Mising his voice.) Do. you. know
plaintiff's pigs
-
L-:-Ifow long have you known theth
NY,---Ra
L.--(louder still,) how r .have. . -you
known them
last spring.
L.-:f-Were they all - about of a slze 2. ,
W.-:-Tb.
L.—{rises petulently. to his feeit,';d4akes
hii fore fi nger at the cOnclusiou elfword,
at witness.). Were—they--Itll-4about of
a--seize l
W.-43otne ov 'em - war, and some ov 'en] -
war'nt I
Great expleilon in the court house ! lawyer
magnetised, and the witness . stared Vacantly
lam' To empty a house of
StA -two dogs to igbting in the *trter t t , •
. . . .
•. .
. ‘.. SEE: DOCTOR'S STORY
, .. Hi
. ,
On. the second of April, 1828, about eleven!.
.6olock at night, I was cOmfOrtsitilfseated inc
My favorite ;arm-chair, reposing my thenghti l
Which had heen:painfully exerted during . 4
hard day's labor tn the ardu'ous • duties - of my;
• profession;sliy retracing 'Many of the Scenes iii
which theilig twenty-five year of my • Wei
had been pa ss ed. •: - 1 .• - •,,
iThe weather wets eold for . the 'season ; ti:
qUantity'erdingy London snow' lay half melj,,
tea. on
,ihelground, and •ti heavy sleet was full
lug fast , --pist, the kind or , a night' to Make.
one appretUate fire-side comforts; and I was;
congratulating myself on e the proipect of seen.
ding the night at home, not thinking •it like 4;
ly any of .;my patients, would summon
. tee,:
when- an .i ilipatien t douhle knock at the street!
door :put all;my Cozy ',anticipations - to flight..s l ::
Nly.good htimot lwas, , however, speedily re'
ttored . I by seeing 'my ever-welcome ' friend;s
. 5 . 'eelonel Iklaware, enter my library. Ile was
an .especlul faVorite: of Mine, and the worldin;
general, ands Most 'deserYedly ;.a brave' and::
able officer, I often 'desporately -wounded,. 14:'
• unito" tir a ' feeling and •simph.fteart, a strong,:,
clear understanding a •IttindsOme • perisOn, nod;
- a manly. qui'et Manner ; and paramount above
'all these 'sterling qualities, integrity.and ten-51
or, whichj add the brightest lustre even to a
diadem, and; can mike the lowest serf a gen es- ,
tleman Of Nature's OWn creating .
,He was ai
:man - of;few Words, • s aini generally undeinon-5.:
stiativel; hutliaving i known Jiim intimately;
for many years; I-ins antly -saw that a heavy
cloud hUng Upenhint,. and as I - invited liim,
to take ;an aril) chain Opi)osite to my own, II:
rather' nxiottsly: inquired •if anything ailed
little Cecil, Alluding to. his only child, a lore- '
ly boy 4if two years pfd.' l
"Ntilie'it - well; it* . is of • his mother I, am;'
conic iiispetik." ...t . - I • •-.
•
" mi* Delaiarc ?" I - exclaimed. • 4 Ti
'an k ! . '
.Getl; the evil can hardly be grave 'enough to
,
warrant' the despondency I read in your coun
teUaneei;.forl I saw her in her, carriage but ;
two days since; I' was licit very close to, her;
certaitil, but near' enouirli to See she' is as
r ,
pretty as e ver. - - —;---
: 1" NOiertheleisi :my:friend, - she is dying," re;
joined Cl.tp Delaware. 1- . • • -1.
5" Dying l -L-Good God! and we sit talking.
here; let us 'hasten to hr immediately; and,
-you
,Can explain the circumstances while we,
are on the rUad,""l ; hurriedly uttered, - i while.
*paring to; invt 'myself with the overcoat
. that iS'ever lie cotripaniOn of my Might, ram,
bles. - • .i ‘ : 11 i
.
, • 1
To mrsurpkise, Mr Visitor stirred not; .bu
mourn f ullyfl 11Mking.his. head, Said, 051 1i-ot 56,25
niy dear doctilr, YOU cannot see her to-night ;'..
Whether we can maMage for you tier to do so,
Iktnivi not ;if I. noW she? resolutely refuses tor'
have any actii e i asiertitig that her 'malady
..
it i*vond the.each -of hiunan skill !"
, o
.1 , "Poh, tiOn!.etise! and you suffer her to.in-:
.\
jure herself lihysically and morally, by giving,
- way to sui:liicpprices," said I, 'very crossly,,
throwing dOwit the coat, and planting •tny-:,
slf in my own chair-r-for I can be a little:.
testy When thOse in whom • I am interested:
1 ~ • - ,
ill !not. do ass I tnink they ought. Softenri :
g,hOWever, as I looked more closely into,
my-friend's - faCe, I added, " At, - least tell ine .
all youican,l Where Is the seat of her cow=`, ,
:plaint ?',:how !long has itheen - apparent l and:.
;What atte. itslsymptoms ?r . • -
1!. I can tell You," he replied " that about a
month since; she began to Waste away, losing
:loth' appetite 'Ili& strerlitid also to. a
0
great degree; the, pwer'ef sleeping; she turns;
with diigustl, from all sustenance; and' itiss:,
with the greatest difficulty she . Can. be per'; '
suaded to swallow}•u few- sPoonsful of any.:
food in the l i com.se of the day. - That, pure
color you Used to atiMire, now only appeari,
in !sudden iltisliw?slie will ndi admit that she
is ill, yet 4,4 has .' been frequently observed to:
s6d tearsioker her boy,l.pressing him to hei_
.heart with' alrnost.couvtilsive energy. Since
I Was elected Member •of the HOuse of Corn
mons, I , have had a 4p4rate sleeping apart-!,
went, fearing that the late hours 1 am ohlig-:;
ed to keep, Might disturb Clara, - whose canl;
stitution you have ofteni told me, Abough riot
:sickly, is' very delicate. In the day time site
will scarcely) suffer me to remain five minuted;
auity frog.p' ter; So That I could not have
Coineto, you! at any 'other time but this,whirn . i :
e believes jape engdged at • the Ilouse. T .- 1
!.,
Above all things she- itnplores tne - not to ae-i!
giant you With.. - her,siate.". -
~ ,
I t
t
J
" how long
,
' *She is afraid I .
shall,cure her I suppose,",
Il'id, this time to mystilf, feeling a little net-,
tledliat this want of 'ccinfidenee ' towards an.
old triend oflllier father'fi, who had known her
from her birth. ".All this is exceedingly un-'
satisfactory, and I can Come to no conclusion
froin it," I olerved, after a minute's refection;'
The factf is, I must ice her myself, And I,
will'be at y4iir house to=morrow about eleveri/ ,
o'clock. I)4~'n't be alanned," I continued, an-,
ticipating thh Words he! was about to utter]
"I l Will mak+ my visit appear a purely acci4
'dental - one." I , ' . I •
I:
"lie therose to depart, and as I conditc-,
ted him to the door I t.leavored to cheer
him by expriming the conviction I really felt'!
that he had4through oer-solicitude, magiii.;
44 the evil 1 1 then retnrned to my .firesidii
tOmeditate im what had passed.
As I writs i this prinCipally for the. guidf
,1 1
ante of my loung successors in the healing
art, should t +y ever encounter a similar case,
I M u st dek he Clara inelaware. , She was,
the only child of a young Spanish lady lof
high rank, Who was found near the field I,of
Albuhera, bi t C.Olonel, then Captain Mortimer,'
entirely unprotected, h4ving lost, her fatlier,
and two brothers in theengagement ; she Wp4,
only ten- years of age, and her prrver 874'
her.over to England, where she remained ii
years, under-the[;cati of ibis aunt. At the et:,,
piration of that kitne,. 3fortimer married 1.14r,1
After they had been united' about a year,„ to
died in giving - birth'to Clara. For eighteen
years the son-owing busimnd devoted himsilf
to the care of the• legacy his wife Lad *f
hit ; he then esteemed ..., himself fortunatl in,
being able td besto* her.. then On Col. Dela 4
w o e,
,to ' 1 - 4 4,40-her lettit was already ir,i vent!
111,,lisslcheing thusaccOsaplished, two months
after his daughter's :marriage, his
_spirit deft ,
l i
to rejoin nrlwhom - he had loved o well. -4: l'hiS w the first' sorrow Clara had ei , er
i known, fpul So deeply did it atftwet
_her,' thai;
ti
rer,Vonthe' I:despaired fatting heroind nn 2 ,
ly the joy ofibecomiag, parent, h e ri e lf o ff oo .
tuallV aroused _her. fro) the . deep liejection;
her ?others fo..bialpfunged her Into: ' She:
rinse iedher Mother's almost Eastern Ist*:
of be uty and aotrtely itervpus temperaments'
Lary - wad[ satuess,„ #ornbined with a slntre'
lo f h Fatihes - English principles, and strong,''
'f a ith l heart. Altomether, h o w • , trshe '
1 -- , i o i .., . ; however, was
,
WEE ScOTAL--3)EVIs E 3 TpiPOLITIcS,
I
i
i
"Mrs. Delaware liuterrupting me)—"'And
is itcnot a hard fate to break that noblehus
batidPs heart, to abandon my darling Ceci l I on
the threshold of life 1 ' 0, merciful .God,!it is
indeed too cruel!"
Ai theie words I began to fear my fiti t
rpa
tientl had listened too long to the hOnied
wop* of Some deceiver, who was striving to
indube her to abandon her happy home,iand
all i 4 virtuous joys, to embrace a life of!mis
ery itial shame, but there was so ?much real
anguish in her looks andvvoice at the idea of
separation, that though most sincerely griev
ed, t I wag not alarmed. -
ljector. (gravely but kindl l y)--L"Gol will
eiatii, no such . - sacrifice from lyou. Ile -d.e
maricls,,/no severing of such sacred tief4; in
the twenty five years during. which I }lave
been 'engaged in soOthing . and, healing j my
fellcW creatures, I have gamed very mucb
peri4nee, and with it some power ' to Mfg° ;
nor have I been so unobservant of the says
of the fashionable world as not to have mini--
ed thte perils to which youth and beauty; are
exposed even when guarded by a husbind's
wateltful bare; but believe me,
-240. Delaware' (eagerly interrupting m i t)—
"Stop, doctor ; I blush for the :lusts e I.
havalhOughtb*y led you into. To Blear
myself (torn the suspicion I have given.itise
to, I= see Initist_contide io you the cauie of
my illueiti.an&depression ; but before I do so,
I most rveive' t our solemn promise no} to•
SoittrO,it, usq
more like a daughter of the South than 2 na
tire.borri Englishwoman. ' I am one of th .'...•
who believe that a 'proportion of the Malt'
dies that affect humanity , may:be traced to
mental causes ; and to "watch for . the signs of
these, and remove them if possible isal part
of.tny syitein ; and as I have., been rather
mere than usually fortunate; I still think my
divest myself of the' impression that the fair
ladyls disease • owed. a little to4ancy ;! and
promising myself to investigateit: very pare=
fully; on the mo rr ow , I r et ired _ to rest.' •,1
Eleven. o'-c loc k on the following - day found
v i i t at ri n Co vi lO c g nie irec o l
f Die n la o .' w i l lare t f is i ' s e d mi oo c4Be r; a ; n ' T d l an 6 d dl e:. . u t id te tik r i n i n o g t :
• - weceeded unannounced to her.;bedrootn. 7 -
1
he hrst glance showed me` tbet 'therej was
reateattse for anxiety ; indeed, I cool, scarce
(l
v lxiliere the attenuated form before me was
hat lof one who, but a few 'short •week 4 be
orityhail been-so blooming a young iwoinan.
'hit WaS lying on a sate; her ,magnificent
'panisli,eyes - irete slightly sunken, andi sur,
rotiniieti by a dark circle, sure Indication of
extreme-languor • she had lost. th a rielideep
colovi.., so beautiful when it mint* on: the
cheek of a dark eyed beaky; ,lief cheek was
noir iperfectly pale, of a wan ivory . paleness;
her hands
,through the fine skin of witieli the
blue ;veins Were fearfully apparent, Wing list
h*li and seenuktralitiost trans'parelitl the
roundness and . entbonpoint that had Made her
tigUr4 oile Of-the inost perfect that can be un
agined,!had quite disappeared ;"yet Slitii was
as iintil, elegantly, almost artistiollydr‘sed.,
and every possible, effort had . been made to
conceal the ravages illness had . made !Upon
her! beauty. Even her beautifuV lone,Curls
had beetfotiminged so 'as to hide as' ma'rc'h as
pott.sible the extreme emaciation - of her throat
and neck:'( I recognize in all this a ii s solin, Ide
--
tertnkation to resist increasing illness, }which
I lint often found to be abed sign ; tiltegeth
er I tai - painfully 'surprised at her I appear
anCe4 1 •-.- ! f •
- 1 •
A 4 I ta now Arrived a4.' that age! . tit` , iielt
(to;:t tfiatter-of-faitt to appArdiate i a graceful
and ilovier style) thinks th`e easiest atllsim
pleiCmAnner the best, I . will relate Ourcon ,
'vergition as they do the dialoghes
school books, thereby avoiding th in-,
is-utterable monoto6'v of "J observed,";"she
rejoined," etc. etc. Assuming ,a
clirfultit , ss I was far from feeling, I seated
tur'Self in a chair by her sofa; and silentlY
ta
cing poSsessi on of her wrist,:a ppenred to leon
suit thelbeatings of her pulse. itaising her
eSelids, the lashes of which were So longi and
silky . ' they were a marvel, in a coniposecl - ioiee
she deliberately broke the silenCe thathad
rei;Hed 'anti' then.. . 1, •
.1
Mrs ; Delaware:—." Why, what tbrineyOu
herit,H DOctor 2 Haveyou come : at triylhus;
band.'s. request ?", - • .
i \
• .Doctor—" That is a very unkind question.
I 14tie . not seen you. for two months. Ido
not think that I have been so 'long without
seeing yOu since you' . came. into , the world;
hoer pu ask me to . Scorn this -visit against
thoughreally think you • greatly need
my .care."
Mrs. Delaware=
quit :- II." .
• • I
or,-" Yes, I see that you have got a
verf;heautiful dress. Nothing can be more
'co} ttettiSh than that little Frenchified
Alkluttiis :very false,' and you are' very false,
2 2
too;\,itnd : are, trying now to oeceive me. s f
• Mrs.' Delaivare—j" Indeed, I alit suffering
no pain where:" ; • i.
Diktorl--" Wciuld ' , you really . Wish to!, per
suadC me. tltat you are . in . good health !t.-
Whi, if .1 . cotild be Mistaken in the exiiteis
ion!cif your cormiettance, the sound of o ur
'
votee, your painfal respiration, uneaven pulse,
ther.pallcir of your face, and youretnanciation,
speak tome in langnaize -
Now; I Will venture .r a munth
you have scarcely at. •
Mrs. Delaware—' :or, three'
,weeV,s at the outside, t•
." Why so? you seepam
1:)()etor--" There,
aroed 4nd.coirfes.iied
Urs. Delaware—" But is it not possibler.e to
los both sleep and appetite without \ being
ill One can sutler, too, generally, without:
having any decided complaint." . :\
DOctor—" Do you not know that y-ot;dis
tresitime extremely 3 but, thank God, I still
feel confident that.' shall be able to restore
youjo health and haPpiness. I have not se
blind a cOufidencerin the drug's and remedies
of my profession, but that lam truly rejoic
ed ti, I shall have to treat you rath-'
er fOr i.thental cure than for corporeal indis
position. ,Forget-that lam a doctor; look
upon',..trie4tsyour.old friend, and tell me .ivhat
is wetghing so heavily im your mind a Per
hapgil may be. able to lighten the hurthen•for
•
y 0 t1..1 ' 1
Mrs. Delaware—" You are a_kind -friend;
but you cannot restore me to sleep or appe
tite must bear my fate." 1
DO.7ctoi- o " Your fate, madam I. (nothfr
in
•
puts!lrne Out like a souycon of romance ;);you
onght to he .contitinally grateful for so hap
py spate. The adored wife of one .oft the
mostidistinguished, haridsOtne.st, and hestmen
of thi, day, possessing a large fortune; moth=
er ofjthimost promising boy in these king-
stonitn,
. : 1. .
communicate What I .May tell "you to Colonel
klelaWare untirafter my death." • • 1:
•'I rowdily o.e.the 4quired ;prom - "'.l
~
*ndeed, cast me nothing, for I have
ly found, in all.;anxidus_and . trying
bksland.• mothers prove very' La cenfidents. .
Atte, - Delaware then ref
.follawi cirmtrostance.
A ino th previonslyolie awoke ran
tier. than . ual ; and Het wishing to rise im
mediately; *443 an hour. in 'leading Letters
on .Anima enetisni.- She! then 'laid) the
book aside and, It .aiteep; She • was 4.0 sed
front lher sluitibe •by her bed -room kloor
opening, the- creel: a! the, mantle-piece kali-.
king tett at the same
,iornent,. and two linen
in black .entering . Aktnislinient kept' her
silent as they advanced .t the table int the
- centre of-the room: 9 . pe,•iti . , old Man, kept
his i:hat . on, Aral,... leaning
. eii one hand, On
iv , liiclii, he held ' a tile' and penei on the table,
tnriitid round•te addrer4his vela pion, who,
_hat in" band s !. appearifd to be de 4entially '
aW itini his ci,rders, which consist
,• in' tni-
Mit threctionS!!respecting the makin of -'a
ect n-- the length, briidth, Ihicknis,ii 'ng,
ete. being ,all 'accinately de+ribed.! Nrh .11
1
he teased speaking, - Itts subordinate . .aske ,
What
: the t Rise i i Ption . Bras to be, The old maul
replied, speaking slowly and iippresiively. .'
",Clara Dela Ware- aged 12 . 1,' deceased at
Midnight on the 10th cpf April, 183.5." I,
i . -- 'llt these Werds . both, for the first time,;
. loOked earnestly at Clara; and slowly le,ft the,!
. apartilient. Shaking off in, seme. degree' the
spell that had,hitherta bound" her, she Ong .
her, 411; and he, maid - immediately ansiver
iag,,lter summons, she found, to add to 'her
con r sternation,:that th maid had
- been sitting
for l i the last three hour in the,' room 1 through
which these men must hive passed. iFinqing,
on further investigation, that l no' one in the
housc - ,:had seen; her 1 gubrioaa. visitors,' she
gave herself. 111: IQ su rnatural,terror; !'and
conceiving that she h received a .warning,
that - she was to die ritpidnight on the. 10th ,
of April, 18313; she had lost her appetite ;and
Sleep. land wai, l i it fiet.l fast sitikio„cr unden. the
iinpreSsion that the hoar indieated was fated
'to be her last.: 1t 1 .. •
: At 'last I ‘s - 4 gni . - joked: to find it was
nbt; worse; - . and nth gmy hands with even
More apparentlglee' 1 3 1,1. really felt, I tiked.
i t
I :04
hen hqw she cOuld .
.ibly have allowed an
uneasy 'dream; en,. dered, no doubt, by,' - the
myStie nature'. of thaboo' k. she, had been read:
ing, to distrurb , ,hen so Imuch,iladding a few
jesting ObserVitions;:bnt the inournfui expres
sien of her countenance checked me, and at.
list taking it 'tip seriously, _I lendeaYoredt 1,,,t
everv'areutnent that suggested itself ,to line
c,alling in the.:tige of religionJ philosophy laird 7
cornmon sense,; to demolish the monster Idler
•iinugination had raised. •In'vnin, leould not
flatten:myself thateven.for a Moment. he , .
be
lief wavered. ' I
When I rose to depart, which I did p loin
•isitig myself to' return •itgain and again, w .n
I had kunsidered tlie. case s little, she ga
a letter :sealed I , ;vit - WVick, to ileliven 'l4 . ter
hiniband afterdeath. . 'Reflection added •on
siderattry to• the uneasiness I 'already fel 1
save, id her altered' form what i dire havoc im
agination had . nlr . eady !Made; F and *When the
extreme' nervous susceptibility' of her' system
wait .
considered, there was but too. much -ea
son td. apprehend the very worst might hap
petiontless hen mind could .bt.,' ,, relieved tin
)1
the, pra.ent-stnte of painful tension, by s me
most Oitisfactory and Conclusive meanit. • Tell
ini her hustind,his wife required amuse' eat .
and change, and reqner.ting him to pr ure
her dilly - some friendly society, so , that she
voiddlbe as little alone as possible,. I paid her
mySelf long and frelitteritvisits.! All my spare
moinents I employedla searching books for
aneedotes andr arguments which I , ' tru ted
.
might proveniore- conyincinglthan my own,
~ -, , -i- _ -- , .
vften in th e; I
.congratulated -
mYseif
on' baiing found sonic new light where to
place it, that Would at Once sitisfy her. Still
in ;vain; all my efforts failed in changing into
hesitation the, firm, fixed belief, so clearly to
be. read in her;calm mournful eyes. lify re
scriptions failo . . equally' in .:itnproving her
bodily health. 'I saw .her waste almOst. s I
,watched her; I felt heripulse grow sloWer nd
weak* underrny fiugers,- and the fatal night
was fearfully near at hand. litly anx i ety !lose
aliiiosi, to agony—indeed,- I lam persuaded
that.ii fortnight of such suffering would hhve
finished . s the d octor ; as l t wel I as . : the- patient.—
AlLiMagi nary exped ientsl thought of and re- -
jected.;---among others ' that of bribing two
men tO eon:to : forward and • confess they-, ad
entered her apartment and acted the warning
scene. for a lark 'or wagnr ; but as sheltold me
their teaturs,Were indelibly impressed upon
her mi nd, ' I abandoned (that. 1 1 1 -
' i The sche4o'en which I pahsed-thOongest,
was that of giOng her hn thel fatal night, a .
dose of laudanum so that she should sleep over
the diiea ded h ou r ;14 her rapidly increas'ng,
weakness obliged me to relinquish that as ,co'
l.
ddangerous; and the'neurer the day ai li
ed.firoa,.:.
the more obvious it !became that er ehn-
Stitutton would not stand'opiutn. : la 'Fed the
opinicin.Of several of the most eminent in?.l of
the diy ;.but (as I could not introduce any of
them Jo, 'her Without atlonce proving to her
how ill I thoitglit of her, and which would
have had the most dis4trous effect ? ) ;witlmut
'seeing her and understanding her totni'
meat,; they could not conceive her danger,
thought she would get over it; with a frit
Throtyfi thus:on my re.4urces with ihelit
this young creature; --- t4rife and mother, ,
pending 'on the wisdoml of my treatMenti
f .
'neglected most of my patient. to dev ote ti
'self to her, "and spent all my evenings with I
.and her husband. , I.lelimaiin t ens were alts!
most Winning, but hi:Came:daily : more . so
she sPoke - to.ins all with such an- affection
expression, it, appeared alipostias though : i
thought to secure our love for, her metric
whenfShe herself shoUld be stunmoiied 'al
e fniilr
ill.l
On: the evening of the 9th of April, the :
ning'hut one before the dreaded night,
was suddenly' seized with a violent fit ofl
tericir t succeeded by fainting fits. Col. I)
ware, who forsoUte time past j had, with
usual; blindness of affection imagined that
wife avas recosering, now, t l or the first tin":
he knelt by the side of the
_bed to wltielt
lu carried her, pereeiied patitly the -im
nenieoflher danger. I cheero
aS
. nmeh as possible, and on; sec
Mrs. Pe.laware cOmparatirely restored, I
turned rotas; and after`A night Of mist
ions Consideration as to; the means of gotta
my patient over the dreaded midnight h
the retnetubrance ofa play I had seen;wh
boy, flashed upon myPautl, add I instil
determined to.adopt the old. atage trick
changing the ' ' clocks. My plan, though
presented, some difficulties, was' soon Oran.,
i
AGiIICULTUBE, SCIENCE, AND M'OMM.
Boning, !Octobtr 20, 185-I.
. .
in my mind, and I began for the first time for
several days to entertainlOpe.
11 The next evening I confided to the Colonel
that his Wife had a' fixed-idea that on the fol
!Owing night she would have an attack, sitni
lar to, the one she had just recovered from,
whichwOuld he the crisis of her malady; that
imyself thought it not improbable the exe.it
d state of,her nerves might actually produce
hat sheldreaded, and
.I:thetefore wished to
ve her constitution that shock, by prating
4: i l thex„lecks.and .watches one lour behind
e real time,
on the folleawing . day.
4 ' • ".
...c . , ne pledged himself to follow ray directions.
most faithfully, and proinised .the most invio
lable secOey. - .The: servants - were made, ac
quainted with just, 'slifkient to ensure 'their
laao -operation ; and as they were sincerely at
ched. to their young-mistress, full' reliance
oiild. be placed on theirfaithful execution of
he orderti entrusted to them - .
The morning of the eventful 10th was for
unately; las brilliant, a day as can well be con
-eived ; 'even smoky,London became almost
right,:and.all thifigSseeined to exult in .the
oining spring.. I visited my patient in the
' oa orning,! and found her,: us I expecte4, weak
' rand lOiver than the preceding evening._ I
- a rempterily ordered eat riai , e., - exercise; and
k she ali;vnys yielded t 4
. my 'suggestions,. it
va. settled that at three o'clock Fier husband
lion accompany; her ~in a short \ -country,
hive. -I . . -.',
While, he was attiring for this purpose,.!
r inaidl is nwkward,:enoughto-break\ the
-hain to vliich,'her - mistress' watch was at-;
ached, (ieinovidett by me With the ;wank
o do jt,)and the watch was obliged to be left ;
t home.l During her 'absence every. cluck!
nd watch in the house was. put back one:
hour; and I succeded iii getting the church,
dock in' lien immednite vicinity retarded!
that time. .
- . I will not recount the difficulties I met with;
in accomplishing- that part of , my plan, nor!
he ponipous refusals with which my earnesti
ktitreatieS were first met;—how the dignity oil
he parochial powers gMdually softened' intol
n lki oill i d vh n e o n t. told - t f hi l a d - e N e i p er v be i
n r d C.. e f b l t 'a r I i
ed t a o - 1
Ii ty
hem, but, make a liberal donation - to their
ardchial funds: . On re-entering her_ apart- 1
en't, - pobr Clfla eagerly resumed her watch,
lie,damage having beep repaired diming her
bsence, 'and 'anxiously ;compared. it with. the'
•lork•on ,the chimney piece—the hour. both
ndicated Was five. - She also fOund 'on . her
.able trio notes from her two most intimate!
rienis, inviting themselves, to dine with her
hat dayat six ulius seven—in .conseqiiencei
f my lieving-paid them a visit that mortiing,i
i
' 4 rhhen' co4lidind- the consequences' to theca.
n .
taught them their phr,ts. - . I' ' . •
.One Was a Mrs. Wakefield; whoi ,
had, been,
1
le instructress of Mrs. 'Delawares
was still ;regarded toy'her With siolere affec-
Hon.; sliy was a o calin seltpos.sessedi,person, of
ncouraging and Maternal mann* •
The otlja was noi old,tnotiol,n-Mi;slielmoiro i
he mostilec able plain -woman I ever knew,
nil of drbliery :and anecdote, but hiding a
.trong-mind and excellent heart; light,_ care
ers, gay addreSs. Shealso -had- ' knOwn our
nvalid from he birth, and. a strong friend
ship existed between them. Thad,of course,
i
onvited myself to this momentous dinner,- ap
iloarently by ad9odent, the Her: Wilfred An
erson, ah Old ifriend .Of the family,
.and al
right eOmplel Of all a phristian p!rtor ought
o be. .There was and '.expression in - his be
ign
.andi reverend countenance oflsuch coin
lete internal convictioii - of the nature of 'his
rofessioh, and the truths he *6BCailed upon
o inculeitte; that inspited at once confidence
nd affection ; and yet the utibelieVer and the
offer invariably-shrunk front, hisicaltn, cleat
_:ize. I likl not forgotten'to pay a visit in
iy mortijn rounds; - and' I could not but
mope the 4n.psence of stich a man, type - of that
s moSt.cheering and .consoling. in. Our holy
eligion,Wciuld not be Withoutrits 'effect upon
out poorisinking hosteSs.
.. -
When iwe - descended. to - the dining• room,
vhich Mts.lDel, ached'—'th I - diffi-
a ...s.ivelaware rea' wi„ less
!nits Allan I apprebendbilwhen I saw her its
he full blaze of light, 44. m - y terrors, ins° . some
lem., ee,SMotheied by -the active. .exertions I
had been Making all day, veturned full upon
13 41. It W.as not only that . she was wasted
Inll pale; but her eyes , ';drawn back - into_ her
41e#4, hacl a most painful eipression ;- her lips
. .
rare of a purple tinge; and nervous twitches
papsed frquently over
,her face. . I glanced
around .to see if her friends *were' all conduct
ing themselves-according td orders, and ob
serving f . t, slight confrattron.in the features of
ihi old maid, I frowned 'on her; and she;-im
mediatelY taking. the hint,. with . great self-.
coMmand, rattled off story after story, and
bon mot,'-until even a:Sort of half smile' stole
41)vOr poqr- Clara's face. A most painftil
rile it Was, and nearly 'Unmanned her. Inns-.
. 4 1 ,1, i,r t i or ant fis be was of the worst; a; se- .
rei.e look; brought him) into obedience again.
a shall never forget that dinner! . All ate
and 'drank bit the hostess - ; but I tiuly believe .
hot, one of the party knew what they ate, and
but little: of what they said. We
_all ,felt it
ivrfs a thing to be tot over, and many were
he anxidus glance turned towardi the object
1) . )tIr solicitude,- who, Unconscious. than so
rrally lo4ing eyes werelearinlly though
.eov
fly watching,lept continually glancing at
le eloCk, and often Coinpared it , with her
, .
ra
4nd
ht.
e of
'de-
% , :ite.ll. i noticed that each time the clock
tinck, her agitation increased, and this be
&iitne worse as the evening advanced. A fine
Ecli f iT i re BY i n u g eAtTrt k o n i b u eal le a l gla n tn , ' r7i l d i ed ich in e ; e g
its to protract the dinner as long as possi
le; so that when we rose,it was half-Past
ight—really half-- past hine. • • '
!Mr. Alderson bad requested that we might
cpompany the ladies nfter dinner, and not
e nein at table after their 'departure', Miss
man playfully entititttd: that instead of
re
~ airing, to that, permitted ; na a great indul
gence, Ad spend the evening in Mrs. Delaware s
iMtty boudoir;—and, .as we all joined in the
reAuest, it was agreed, and we accordingly re- .
hatred. there. I had been -an xiotts to compass
this little arrangement; bwanse should it be
&dui to convey my patient to bed, as her
ruloir OpenelLeut of her bed room, it would
ilmore conveiment. ; . .l : _
Searedly, 4 were we ; estiblishedi however, I
4eu a / little citeuniatrince oceuried, which I
l'eft mew indignant:With myself ter. not hav
ing - seen,' though I icarcelylnow how I could i
k live prevented IL Little Cecil was. brought
in Ito receive his pareOr buit..)tiss for the day.
Those who can form any conception What a
Tether's 'feelings' Would be on beholding - for
4rt last time an only and idolized child, .will
ily fancy with what couvialsiw despair
poor Clara strained -herboy - to her hear' • .
i i ,
i
those who cannot, w i ll not lx, rendered more Hilda! Ito 1 S . r erana the *4l44tat
; feeling by any detserlption t could give. - - t - , , 1 6 ,be!lis,
..;' 4 i ,' I -,_!-.. , '•:.
may say that we all endured martyrdom whilei A mos inelaneholy . circurnstanee, : whiej -
' this lasted ; no one cPuld speak, and all bow- ' recently transpired in the eastern 8 , w.. ,koni
es:101E1r heads to conceal the emotion their,ut- 1 04 city affo another mournful ilinstrar- .!
rtiost_efforts could ticit entirely repress: .At
of the sweeping inroads' of death. among •
;last rinotioned to the maid to take thit y child I fair,. youn,g. and !beautiful, , eVers npoik4,.,-
elway i and making al diversion by•calling on very threshold of life'a most:nf
joyous otuao'..-
Colonel Delaware toihelp me bring forward , of,love, hope and rosy anticipation. ~‘ ..,..E. ••
. the sofa, I insisted on ' my paUesit pl
acing my- ' Last Thursday evening,was, flzed'apott- ttoi,' -
. self thokon, and I seatt: s d c pyself beside her; 1 , the marriage rites betweeu a youthful couple
and, consulting her pill from time to time l l iin East Baltimore! A warm at:teeth:in:had :,
tried tedrase her is conversation. , - . ' l long existvi between the. partietieven ituiinit ._l'•
' Half-past einp a (and actuallyhalf-pOt ten; years ago-'-and arrangements Lad partly .tht ti" I '
1 was now reaMied; another dreadful hour and- been made for the marriage ;.. but the mat*h t •-.
a half to drag over. ' Tea Was brbtight, arid was broken off threugh - .0f.; -of.,*
the conversation became more easy; but my young lady's parents, 'whoie , oalyOjectitin;
anxiety was beeeming most intolemble, Clara however, to the . nuptialk w as th e yontlifhl •
was fast becoming wierse-every stroked the age of their daughter. ShOrtiv afterward,4fs
clock 'seemed to beaX off some 'of her Mmain- young gentleman •departed fOr . t.he Farlroj, -
in vitality ; her hands sometimes burning, had and. shortly after:his arrival he . oitenetra:cine
become cold as death. • 1. respondence with
, I tite object! of In afraetio„
Ten, half-past ten4passea over, new the which was ailerWardskeptnp - hetween.A .
dreadful moment' for us-not her—waS ap; with untiring reOlarity. i A fese. 0c, , , , „ ‘ •.,.
preached Clenching my. hand so . thlif the ago, to the great gor of thelovets, the ......-
~
nails entered the flesh, and biting my l ips till of the'youngladylponsented to her ina
~„ ,
.! the blood ran 'down, II awaited the first; stroke' with I her.far-off saiter, w 1 24-Ititco. arge4- a
rnt
Of the real midnight , ' hour. It passed : how entren_ted fez' 'an early period to', he ntitixelVfor
.' great was the :relief. rHe who - read the hearts -thecerernony. :Ali 'the arrangeineW 'll4*
ofthose present alone eantell. Every' court- filiallymade t rtnd the happy day was Axed
tentince began to brighten; every voice began upon to come .offpn Thursdaflast, tlie: r day
'to lose its , constrained - tone, as . the passing previous to . Which the - hridegreeeri,,had deer- .
Minutes made assurance doubly sure,- Still .1 ded do te arriVe in:this city. The last letter,
trembled for Clara. ,' - ' .
~ ' • received -by. the lover from" his intended,/
I had intended to wait the half hour before 'breathing fond hope and affectionate stipirive ;
I announced toiler that' her saPposed'proph-. tions, was received two dayilPrariOaa to/iiis,•' -
ecy was false; but when• it reaehed a quarter departure to fulfil, the ankieusly,:wished:gr
'past; she hecameso much worse --short, sharp. engagement ;1 and , throughout his" 4 liniritey;
Spasms contracted her features, and her whole which lasted 'something c'W•er a .week :he; tn.
face assuming a violet hue—that, apprehend- dulged doubtless in the brightest / iiiions" hf
ing she would fall into convulsions, I dared •futuxe happmess,.and when- on Wednesday c'
no longer delay the 'announcement; so, rais- even ng last he was whirled .into:this' City
.tag from'my place, I advanced to the table, with locomotive speed intim, Western =train
and strikingit loud 'enough =even to attract en or c. rs,.l
that
,delightful/feeling of happiness .
Clara's attentien I exclaimed---, -4 .within . the very grasp / thrilled din:igh:every '.•
•
"Colonel; go embrace your wifez . "--ilie vein ! with the fe - e r
of delight.-", `Wi th - ,ill 1 '
it saved. With Cote word, I can effect an in- IpractiCable speed / ha hastened from.tbe Cs*:
. 1
stant'ciire. • . • , den street depot bathe dwellingofthe parents
. 4
'All rose at my wetlds, and Clara fixed up. of MO intended, in the eastern:
,section ', the '
on me a gaze of wonder' and incredulity. .ity. Knocking hastily ! at the doOr,bti'Wris
: "Yes," I co . ntinued, "I hereby proclaimthe . diaitn..4.'by an elderly servant; with! a sed- ..
f
',vision .which announced 'fo Mrs. Delaware flened' face, upon !greeting the parentS Of :the
that she was to die this eight at twelve o'clock, young lady, their only replies; were. the biil 2 ,
~ to bell "false and lying one; because at this ken Sobs and tearful exclamatient of heartfelt
moment she is living before us, and it is twea-' grief. `Upon motioning onward - he, fel
'ty minutespast twelye." ' '"\, , .' lowed them to an upper apartment,in whieb,
,- " You mistake, doctor;., it is only` eleven by the Subdued li' ht that entered betiveeti'ilie
-
not twelve," said she, as despair seemed'again bars of the close shutters, lie sale . the pale;
.
settling, on her countenance:. • \ still object of his ffections devoid, of life, and
.•
"It. is,past listelve4,Assure yon. Pardcn attired in_ a lone. e' robe of spotlesi, white; ex
us, my dear Mrs. Delaware ; but, finding all •tendedl upon the cooling Board; awaiting: 114 r"
reason raiwirless, yoer friends and I have put . last, ifter a severe conflict with the dread d'e
back one hour pvery, watch and clock on ,stroyer; which seed her fir hi osin l ii three
which year eye have mated," ' days from his first appreach.l - treside -I ,lMr
I could now Iperc+ve a'faint gleam of hope - cold remains. there could still be seen: heiriCh
indter eyes as she breathlessly said, "but the I:mite:Wed weddin* robes, and her chilled _tint
Church elock-I cotpted eleven myself not urirtilllo brew was adorned with the white_
Ina an hoar siace." I ' , wrenthiof roses . intended.- for her wedding
•! o At ! ," I ...44i.ad, "that will ho a bad buai- crown She is now deep beneath the eartl,
nets forj thitolonel,' not less thau a hundred in the 'cola,', -silent grave and her once tetiii=
pounds :presented to the parish will be ,deem- tious face; instead 'of mantling
-'with
,a; hinoi, -
ed sufficient recompense by the high 'and "atconaratulationS and witty Wedding' words;
1! mighty dignitaries of the plirish, In half an is cru ed with the green, - rank mould - Oritirj,
hour we shall, have the pleasure of hearing it ruptiO and decay.—Baltimort •Argat.'- L':
chime one:: Poor midnight has been tattooed . I l . '4, 41 . - 4 .
from the' quarter to-night." - •
I then produeeda Second watch, with which
I had provided myself, indicating the true
time, and also a note from, one of the church
Wardens to the Colonel, ex posing the satis
faction felt by himself and colleagues at being
able to serve so disti t eguisited lc parishioner.
Her filen& and husband crowded-round her,
each multiplying proofs of the truth.
Hiding her; face in her }iambi, she hastily
rose and left the apartment:: We all felt that
,Silie had gone toter Chilli ; and, at my request,
no one followed her„! She' returned:in a min
i ate, with a title radiant with smiles and tears,
'from which all sad traces Were rapidly disap-
Tearing ; and,'atfeetionatelV addressing us in
dividually, in P few 'Sweet low words, express
ed
-her gratitude, and, I. art proud to say, she
had the most.Ond seloetest words for her old -
!friend and doctor. . Her husband, almost pir-.
1 alyzeii by the 'sudden knowledge he had ob=
Mined of the imagined risk, seemed, soldier
as he was, quite overcome ; and it was well
'for us all wfien,the Venerable pastor, calling
us all around; addressed a short prayer to
'Him whose merciful aid had been so frequent
' ly, though silently implored during the last
' 1 I 1 • 1 •
•few lours. ; , . 1 1
I then resumed tity. medical capacity; and .
as we had all so indiffetently- dined, I 'pre
scribed a supper, which was immediately;' as- ,
sented to;; but Mrs: Delaware feared we in ght
not fare as well as she could wish, the ser
rants not having been warned. Begging her
Ito be peifecilV easy en that head, as , p! - 'had
taken theliCerty to Order the supper twO days
, previously, the bell was rang for it; and a
more joyous party Ter,,l "am sure, sat down
Ito enjoy, themselves. Clara ate the wing of a
lehicken, and her-bloom appeared rapidly re
'turning..We kept it up right merrily I until
'past three; and, remtuning behind-the last,- I
'stopped theilianks she longed to give ye, by
!pointing out the sin of iudulging,. the ttnag
imnation too Much, skewing! her she had allow
led- a foolish'dream to - .bring: her within an
'inch of the' grave--and, 'bidding her l'lgood
night, I too; joyfully departed; ' 1 --•
In a few days she teas perfectly 'well and
lhas neverbad a sim i lar vetionnry atta4k. I
Ihtie related this ishort; incident to she* my .
! young successors that complaints arising front
Imental causes are the best' combatted by the
mind itself--a-Powerful organ of eitm, too lit
-1 tie thought of in theSe depot' arhilusicsd rein
,edies :tad . .wonderful Idiseoteries. - -1` '
.
Jur Education is; a companion wliteh no
inisfortune can repreint,tin,;crime ' destroy; estroy, no
',enemy' alienate, no Idespetism ••
, enslittie. At
home, a friend; abrapd, an introduction ; in
'solitude a selice • in society in ornament ; it
-chastens vice; it gives at once a grace, an or
[namefit to genius. Without it, what is Mini
IA splendid alas unreasoning slave.
• IMP .fr
Mr keep in,g o4 4. spirits,heiti,on di;
!gestion, sweeten's! maces yui acceptable
' 67 the - ladies, 'me) ) , s''Qui ; i4air:froin.turning
gray, aid moat frontally 44sfs yout It into
' t tbe - Olden boots matinitotlys Nothing
like good spirits. : : -
ltyintia New
,ete Opee a 13ei
for,hit,nleig pelmet), an d
iadoteht hahita--twe thinksititheinselies
" Ilo* is it;'. self &mewl.° hie ,
,055 '.'• ighbot, thq3
these
edam Jitott-
I , • To young Mem • •
We ; xtract the- L following .beautirut . pata
graph p rom the 13accalaureate - Addrets bitery
deliveted before the Graduating - Cliti orbit
gee; College, by Theedote
huj•sea; and connhend it to the perusal or the •
young , • „
lteselve to do something useful, honorable, -
dutiful and do it heartily. ‘ - Repel. the , •
that you can, and therefore l may, "alf4Ve '
labor, and without work; Among the '
pitiful objects in socity, is the, man , whose
mind has been trained by the discipline ''of
edneation• r —who lias learned how to thitik, \ .
- and the value of his immortal powers, and
with all these notle facilities cultivated • and •
prepared for - an honorable activity, ignobly
sits down to nothing •, and, of course, to be
nothing; with notinfluence oyer the public
tid,—with no interest in the concerns of his
country ofeven his neighborhoodr4o, b . e'tC':. -
garded as a drone, without object or , .cbaitie
ter, with no effort to pnt forth to help 'the
right or defeat the wrong: Who "can - think •
with any calinnesS of such u miseiable career'?
And however it may be with you iii active
enterprise, neier.iennit yi - mi influence: to be
in hostility to the; cause' of truth= and vir
tue. So live, that with 'the Christian poet,
you may truthfully say -that, • -,
."If your countryl stand not .by lour skill,
Atleast,your foldes have not wrought her fall."
The Empress ot . Austria.•
~,;..
Mr. Brooks of the Slew York Erprefti Tin
his agreeable "Thoughts Aloud," from, Err- •
rope, thus describe% a meeting which hp:had,
with the youthful; Empress of Austria : : -
"I had a full good loOk at little liar
serina of all the. Austrians. She will . passfor
pretty, if for no other reason thati th at is
an. ernpssi Iler figure is ?caf ' e a_ she
has all t he ; ook of a school,girl, inthe 'repo- •
Mug of her, teens, and not yet freei (rant', , the
age of 4 bread and butter. • !Just a year: ago,
the eroperbr - Met her et a little watring,place, c
in upper Austria,] called 'La:hill, Whemi Aker Ei
mother, a Bavarian. Drichess, and; cotrain.yort
the Emperor, had gone to try . Ifie baths,—
The Bavarian mo ther-brought` two daughters
there,:to the imperial Market.,_iiiteedingAe
eldest Sat. the Emperor, if she could 0- !ntp.
The Emperor's mother (the Arelninchass)gase
a ball, and invited the three Barn aosmoth
er and two daughters. The Em , rori instead
bo ir
of opening the,ball, -as every ' . nxpectek
with the eldest siSter, invit4,thelyotingeatjo
dance, in viOlatioo of r4 l -9.4quattailia 0 1 5 - .
pectations, whereby ) a great terninOon :was
created at Isehill and het:hen . , prrenteChis
Iflatsing partner with a lx,tque ,.. t, ' whia:ll4s
construed into kgreetm mu ea sig;;4lP,titot.
In a few, days aftrwards-ho, offered :: iiat,Lhis
hand and Ins
-em ire, and .she . bee—atno t :-Qtat
i
in Germany is ca led ' briee ; 1 , b op account :
of her extreme youth, she was not manila). till
a few alautha4 ll l4 o 4' - 1 , ...; - - ,,, :4 ~ t .
-4 , - .
kr If you haVe' no: distitick*„,oll ykir
ancestors, their . alts,' oharacter' : -..pilelipl*,
and occuprttionii'letitenitaiitel . ti:Ataills ..
prominent : , ..eirloalliiriip - odipitic4 . ., ,),11#0
i n
ht•i
,yon 0 4141 .41 ' lo .'.., : 'ther taribtir t i; • te.
- ey williell 'you-iliiitiait'iniat-gr",:'t2—:
er, prefered , for4l4er ,:, ~.:, ,_ :1 , i
- Antr;t:fits,tosiks • Jlololgl6ll ;
e!_. uvrnnor.All4l:
. f -
Pc.mtming;
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CMEM