jj ctottitia & sgerritson, Vroprittors. Attiett ;11 ottrß. II 4Y. nr J. F. IMACIVLL. feet a newer life in every-gate; The wind it, Wit fan the every-ga te; And with th e ir welcome breathings fill the 601, Tell elf serener hours.— Of hours that glide unfelt array • Beneath the'sky Of May, lrhe piph?t. ottlre tent le sotithAvincl calls From his ,blue throne of air, And where his whiswerring voice in music falls Beauty is budding there; 'The bright ones of the valley break their slumbers, and awake. 'Th e w a ving verdttteo76lls along the plain And the wide forest waves, ' o welcome beet( its playful orates again, • A canopy of leaves ; -- And from its darkening s'hadow . floats, A gush al.ternbUmg, notes. •• Pairer and brighter spreads therein of May; The tresses of die wood, - With the lea dallying of the wesuirind play And the roll-brimming floods, :As gladly 'their goal they run, 4lail tho returning sun. [From the ; New •Yosk . Ledger,) LINES. .Xs distant inn& beyond the ma .When friends go thence, draw nigh, So Heaven when friends have thither gone, •Draws nearer from the sky. And as those lands the dearer grow, 'When friends are long away, Sa Heaven itself,"through loved ones dead, Grows dear efday by dny. HeaVen is not far from those who see With the pure spirit's sight, But near, and in the very hearts Of those veho see aright. = January4Ss7 s c. n. 3114 T ( 411iscellaucous • THE ISLAM) PRINCESS. A ROMANCE OF TIRD• OLD AND NEW WO it.LD, BX.ESIMA D. E. N. SOUTAWORTII Aothor of •,Tbi Lost ileircss,'." The Deserted Wife,' The Bride,* ' R.etributioa; ect. CHAPTER 1. AX INTERItePTED WEDDINCk It wag the first day of 'May, the tnnrriage day .of the Viscount Monrressor of Montressor Castle Dorset,.litre, and Estelle,Ainly dattgh ter an:l heiress of Sir --Parke„ . gorelle ) llytle Ilan, Devonshire.' . `t. A glorious morning 1 the eloutijass, blue sky smiled down upon the green hills and dewy dales and deep woods or and the park around the Hail was u 1 alive and .musical, with the joyous songs of birds, and the merry laughter of young men and maid ens gathering to celebrate their May-day fivul, and to do hUnor to the marriage of their landlords daughter. ' Tite . elin shaded, winding avenue that led torn tbehighWay to the Loirs, was art: died at each - terminus bY, a miturneth' wreath of flower?,, and many.were the carriages that passed' under them; on their' way to ata:st at the wedding: :and' these contained onlyi, the hrid,:smaids,.anl the nearest friends and 'rela tives of 11. e family,', whose relationship or po• sition gate there the tight to attend the bride to Omit:lit—for a still more numerous party bad been•invited to meet ire; at the altar The villagers and fenants„..grouped about un der the shade of the great old trees, or • wan derit4 over the greensward on either side the avenue, watched these..equipages as they roll• ed on, commenting as usual on such occa along. -; - ' Oh—dear me! the iveddingers won't pass till neatly twelve ! and here we are to wait two mortal hours! said a young girl to the gamekeeper. "Hush!! my darling look, here c' m n his Lordship's • carriage, itself, just as sure as you're the prettiest lass in the r.onntry." it teat Lord gontrerssoe's e ariinge. • Early that Morning note from his affi anced bride had been put in his "raids sum moning him to a prirwe conference with her at the dull before they should proceed to the chtteelt. Surprised and filled with rogue un easiness, his lordship lost no time in obeying the behest. Within the most secluded of her suite of richly furnished arattinents at the Old Hall, half-buried in the depths of a cushioned chair reclined the bride expectant, in bridal array. She was aloneJer attendants having, by her own desire, withdtawn. Morelle- r or ."la.. belle E.te11e," , .• "Beautiful Stella,* "The Midnight Star"—as for her resplendent dark beauty, she was po etically named—was at this-time twenty-free years.of, age and more lolfely than a poet's or an artist's ideal..ller form • was of medium height, and sere slender though, well-round ed; with a graceful head, over Which fell rich Masses of jet-blaek silken , ringlets, shading a face of pure, pale olive complexion with large mournful daikeyes,•habitually -veiled by the bog, droving lashes, and delicate, though full, curved-lips,-ever patieutly. closed, as in resignation. The prevailing expression of her dark, brilliant countenance was a • profound •melancholy. . . , The announcement of Miss Morelle's ap- proaching marriage with :be Viscount Mon: - tremor had created a profound - seuoition in the fashionable and, ntlstacratic circles. - A peerless beauty, thi-,only child and heiress of the oldest, wealthiet and hautiest baronet in the West of Engle I, her heart had n. bee t i\ touch the object of 4 pimtion to the youthful . and ardent, as her hand and fortune had been the end 'of desire to the mercenary , and ambitions. . r i 1 4t the eriy n,age -if seven yratro,Anelle,bad - , been pissed at one l of the tirst-clags female institutions of learning at Ntlis, c tilen fiSjlolll7 coniidered among the !Ivry best of'their kind in the world,,sind there bad been - left .to re main until her sixteenth year. when the and— den and eitlarititons breaking,iip of the insti l Ustionouti, her own severe Illness, bed •mos skated her ranloval. That lamas tad beeo Wielded With twisted ckaVes iAt _as eon4i 7 Wiwi asd tenspiarxent of the piss sir:- Ptelle, iwerionski the mint careless, light bearted'aud-Ceptichitts of obildret, left -her chamber.,4`oetivultisneutAsSitiwlved.tbottgbt kahinelatttotteviivie T.- Tie lair bin lips eyes to in , one moment, that you may-read my sou while I speak!' Estelle lifted her, dark orbs to ' meet the clear; pure, blue eyes bent with so much love and candor upon hers,„and read the deep.int changing truth .of the . constaney of his . soul as be said— . . ' Stella, in the presence of the heart.search• ing God Who heats and sees tae, I assure you that I shall never love • another woman as I love vou, therefore, of course, can never wed another; so that whether you give me the slightest of hopes or not, I am equally and forever bound! -Note will you, promise, Stella ! Remember, it. is only to let-Me know in care of a change in you sentiments' For an instant the light of an unutterable love and joy broke on her beautiful, dark face, and her smiling lips parted to speak— when-se-as if a sudden memory - and warning had griped - her very_ heart—she uttered a low, sharp cry, tuned paler than, before, and then said— 'Nolno I my Lord ! Stella cannot even give: you that ! She is poorer than the poor est, iu gifts to you! She can only pray that you may forget her and be happy." Its looked profoundly disappointed and •troubled. But. soon rmisterieg all despon dency he gala horefnily-e e , .. ' Well, dearer t Stella, Although you -reject me without . apparent reason, and .reft6e to glee me the slightest promi,e or the most distant hope, yet I repeat—should you in' the long future, change your purpose, and write to m".',„ - word—' Come, I will hasten to lay r our feet an unci anged heart I ' Good bye , i 'od be with you I' and raising her ban., rebowed over ) it, preoed it to his lips, turued nd left the room. er Sorue'tnoments after rattly Morelle, who came, to seek and congratulate -her daughter upon what she imagined to. be the ones pee sible result of the interview`—fonnd Estella lOng in a swoon upon the floor ! It was fol loeed by a long arid terrible Maw., termina ting in 0 tediously protracted critivaleseenee. The town•season was at hand before Estelle wee able to .re enter society: _They went up to London,' and once more the ' star Of beanty'arose upon its world. An d th o ugh The cloud upon her life settleddarker and liettvie.i. lay by (ley, she was more fol lowed, flattered and courted than bef ore. .- :fling-three years bad passed Away, when one mornlnts„ while the family, then occapy ino their town house in Ilierkiv Spiareavere sealed :it a late breakfast, and Sir Parke was en:raged in reading aloud (row the London Times On account of the sating of the French Ship—Le Due •D 'Anjou—wrecked of the coast 'of Algiers;—Esteite uttered a low cry and sank fainting from her teat. This attack was not, as the other had been, followed by illness ; on the contrary, from that dal the cloud .seemed lifted from her head, and even those whO had most admired her face in ; Its shadow, "sere enchanted to see how brilliant wits her beauty ,in its sub . - ,hi ee t - 'l er h ea lth and epitite daily improv- 1 ed, yet in the midst of all this flowing 'ide of bottle-wed life Estella astonished her friends by stuldenly, in • the • height of the "tendon Siiagon, retiring. to her father% coutrtry seat, where she remained -in strict seclusion from the World for eighteen months. . At .the end. of this period, Lord Niontressoo who had never left England. or lost trace of his beloved Stella ; and *lto was now staying at his" castle in 'Dorsetshire, was . one day seat ed nt breakfast when the morning mail Was brought him. Amsng his score of lettereahe first' that attracted his Attention was a dainty white envelrpe superscribed in a delicate -handwriting. -He took that up first and opened it—it contained but one Word— l .. ei 01/E! . , The light of en ineffable -j ry broke over his face ! Oh !he had waited. patiently, hopefeliv, yenta. for that word,.and at last he received it I Thanks to heaven in the first instance! and Then pushing all the other letters unopened aside he sprung up,-. rang for his valet, ordered his valise packed and horses put to the- carriage. , • , I In twenty more minutes he had r eached the railway station just as the cars were about to start..and in . three hours he was at Bede Rall and standing in the presence of Estella !—she looking so beautiful and-hap /Y-1 . With the old chivalric eettrusiaem of de votion. he dropped Itt once to his knee, and raised her hand .to hie, saying— -- - ' For four years 1 have hoped and waited for one word from volt ' and atlast, beloved, •yott here written-- ; Come.' and lam at your feet, is I said, with an unchanged heart. - . • And I,' she said, deeply blushing,. as she . held both hands to raise httn, 'l, my• Lord, ' Stella! a. man never but once, in his'i have not an unchanged heart ! for- long er whole existence,loves - R woman as I d ove you: I than four Tears I have loved you better thin I will not inquire the cause of the rejection. I Wonian's tongue may tell—and never more which you have certainly a right to make 1 than at the limo. when we bade forewtill, as w:thout assigning any reason for the act.— 1 I t h oug h t . forever t . 4 • • . - And -after having received this repulselinay 1 1 1 know it, beloYed ! know it thear!•knew nit in. honor distress you by a renewal or my l it always ! I Bever doubted it ! Gould I tie suit ! But this, in parting, I . must, fay to 1 deCeived in .the -dear heart of the woman' I vou—thitt, though Igo hence, I shall not go l loved I N o ! an d t h a t wasthe secre t of m y . ,out of the retch of your friends ; I shall no , I p „ t i ence e be replied, taking his seat on the er address another woman; so if ever in' the I wf a by ter side. , ., course of future weeks, or months, or years, ) ' Anil Yet you never inquired and do .no te' however long, you may think proper to re- . even now inquire, why, wi'bout explanation _view the decision of this evening, Stella, I 1 and withotit hope, I sent you from my pres implore von to .let me know ! Write but ence. and why now, without apparent reason, one word, 'Come, and I will return to lay 1 eturmon you back!' she said, as - a shade of an unchanged heart at your feet!' the old sadness fell Upen.her beautiful face. Your motives, Estelle was' weeping too bitterly to reply. ' Yor dearest, were, and are your . 'Stella I will you promise to do this r • own. Not until your sprit moves you to do Lord Montre4eor, beet and dearest friend ! So, Anil you give them to me! I have full do not eeek‘to bled yourself to one who 4.liP confidence in you. beautiful Stella!' give you nothing in - return ! Try to :Writ: ' ' Confidence! oh say " (hod I' she exclaimed .of the melancholy girl that you have pitied in a low, deep, thrilling voice. - and'ioved—only as a shadow thatfell fur a' Why; what is the matter, dearest I'. -:- ..- moment actors the sunshine of your poth,unil She looked up suddenly, a !smile of wor then passed away forever I—and so .forget I s hi p pin g Jove, breaking like sunlight -over her her!' , dark'hice, And said-- . .. 'S7ellti ! I have pledged my honor never ' .` Nothing, nothing, my lord ! but that 'ell to renew this suit, unless you reverse in .my your thoughts and realty are so elevated be fever the etiutenee you have pronouneed up- rand your, poor Eatella sl, And yet she. on h ; but, inspired by the deep and . death- 'would almost choose it so! for could she be . 'is dr 1 less love I 'bear yoO, and '.hoping against an angel. she would w you to be something ,hope,"!pe:l feel iMpelled'lnimplorei before lefty- far higher- 7 n gad r• . . ' mg you, that; in - the . event of a favorable - 'Sweet enthusiast, m Oderate your Aviles 4-11 age of " sentiment or purpose towards rite, dons, or the World and its 'people will cheap-- You ill not hesitate to give me leave to re- point you! : 13e no; an: idolator ; worship turn. \ tells, will you promise we ,so snuck . only Goktriy St lie . • . .. . ..i as t. at r.., • - . .: ..- i . . - . . Stieli was their - Meeting 1 - . ~ 4. oldest fried! that ~1 have in the world I Yet, Occasionally; throughottt the interview, r, bow:gladly would I.pretniee, bot.. - mnst not, a,sudden Otdo*, .like ..the recurrence of W ,MUntreseeor. Were I .to do ~.i. o . .you would , painfalithimight, would - fall upon . her b ri ght , 1 fuel bound` to wait, the ellitigett of my . -; : mood, face and then parts - attic cittna. ' • -*-.. •-• • ; . and ao, for a most, - undeserving love. might They : were engaged, and within • few 44 , e -= miss in *rime treble Womans affeetiOus, the the lane rage was otlOOOttoOd . to . take place • - . - hiPpiness; in attire for You r •:.. - i nn first of Igo,— • - .• • - - --.-• , . `.Stella,lvill you-raise votusimet, nioirofel; . - But 'it irli aligetita 14' the nearest friend .. of girlhood' closed in . patieht sadness ; the sparkling eyes steathed their beams under twig sftardlawy lashes, now seldom lifted ; the silvery ; elastic -Voice, sank itito deep and devilling tones.; the free, glad motions were tneastered and controlled. She'never entered another school, but com pleted her etitu a ion under thesbest masters at home. To dissipate what was considered ft transient melancholy, her parents traveled with' her over Europe, pausing at, each capi tal and Chief town to show her all ',that wax interesting and instructive. But though their daughter repaid their attentions' with' the saeeleat gratitude, and obeyed them with the gentlest docility, she showed no interest in the passing scenes. And thoillt everywhem her erteme beauty - at d sweetness of disposi tion, not less than her fortune and position, drew around her many friends and admirers, Estelle remained alone in her isolated thoughts and' feelings. - Ivo). Most,, distin guished 0136.'4:inn in Europe had been con sulted upon her case, and the result of their wisdom was a deciSion that this . melancholy was not The effect of ill health, still less.of se era, sorrow,' but that it was a con9utional phase that would probably pass away with mattering yesta. They returned to England. presented their', daughter at courtosnd Introduced her into all the gaities of fashionable life. But with no happy effest upon the spirits of Estelle, who remained profoundly unmoved amid-the eclat that greeted her Mat. Her picturesque beauty was the theme "of_ all tongues—her mournful glance 'Vas fascinating—her. deep tones thrilling—her touch magnetic • all felt her-powers yet she , who could move all others eenissined unimpressed. She who sought no contissts, for that very reason perhaps, made mahy. A. peer and two commoners, in suc cession. laid' their fortunes at her feet, and were in min kindly and firmly rejected. •So passed her first season in Londornat the close of' which her patents took her• down to their Scat in Devoushire. Here, in her ahoeghtful.quier; unustentations manner, she engaged in .works of benevolence among the .v.II gers and tenantry. ' And her fathershor • ing lunch from this employment, gave her full liberty of action, and smiled to - see that she seemed less linsive than before., - At the begining of the pntliamentary term, the family stem up to London. • And it was here in her second season in tow n 'that Estelle twined the . acquaint *tee of Lord Niontressor, • young nobleman but lately 'acceded to hi- titlea and estates, but alrady known as a man of the most high toned moral and intellectual excellence. as a rising statesnian, and as 'one. Who_ . in the event of a change Of . mittistry would be likes ly in fill a high official 'position in His maj esty's test.laet. Aside horn the Glare of rank anti wealth and power, Charles Montresser 'was a - glorious specimen of the Creator's orlout whip. Nerve the average, standard of height among hi-I countia niers broad shoul•lered and sleep : chested, with a noble lierelsand t face full of wisdoni and godless his appear:le:se truly indicated the warm nevolence, clear imelligentie, and pure spirit f the man: •Ms piesenee soon inspired Es tile with a faith that she had Dot been able to feel in Any other that - appruached her. lie drew nearer to her titan any other bad been permitted to come; he crossed the ttimaie cir cle of her is.•lntion, arid conversed with her as no other had been allowed to do. The world looked and said that the beautiful Stel la had at last met her master and •was con tiered. At this shese of affairs the pntlarnentara tettn being over, Sir Parke Morelle. and his family lett L aalon fot Hide Hall. Lord Montressor - asked and recited per mission to follow them, and in less than month availed Linn elf of the privilege to du so. Thns it was in the borne of her ancetors after having obtained the- cordial sanction of her parents, end believing himself sure of the affections of their daughter; Lord Nlontressor offered his heart. and hand to the lovely Es telle, and was to his, profound •astonisiiment instantly and firmly toieeted I In thus re jecting his Suite she wept long and bitterly prig inghis forgiveness, that the happiness she had experienced and exhibited in his NO ciety'slirtuld have taunted him into making this declaration, and beseeching him never to renew his suite ; but to.leave and *forget her. There was something in the tone of her refusal which confirmed and deepened his previous conviction that—even in rejecting him—she !eyed him 1 But' with his _high.' toned sentiments he would' not in the least degree presume upon that knowledge. Tak ing her hand with deferential tenderness, he said =— . 4 4 WE'RE ALL OVAL BEFORE GOD - AND TUE CONSTITIUTION".Jamcs Buchanan, Atntrost, Susquektunia o:tomtit!, Veitit'a, Clarshi Boning, "Bag 28,1837. • of the bride, that from the day of her betroth al, her spirits had been marked by the stran gest fluctuations. Sometimes with her beau tiful dark face illurned 'with a deep, stil4 most religious joy,_ she moved about, its it were, on • winged feet, or sat brooding in happy trance. At other times, she MI into a happy trance. At other times, she fell in• to deep gloom and anxiety, as inexplicable .as it was alarming to her friendsolio greatly feared her relapse into the deep rm;laucholy that they had grown to dread as a serious constitutional malady. But they hoped ev erything fttae her approaching marriage with the man sh e lured. Lord Idor.tres:or obsetv- ed with the deepest interest the uncertain unwisef his betrothed; but with the high toned sentiments that distinguished 14, re• frained from inquiring, and awaited her, rot tintary revelations:• 1 4 '. At last the first oniay, the martiage.:_aay, upon whiCh I have - preset:tett the parties to the reader, arrived, and all the haul ion, as I saidocere gathered at the Hall or at the chasm+ no do honor to the solemnities. And the expectant bride, in her bridal robe and veil, waited withitt her boudoir the arrival of the bridegroom, whom the had su►nroned to toe private inte►view .6:fure they Almld proceed to the church. She had nut long to wait. He who quickly responded to her slightest inclination, im►nediately obeyed hercall. Yet when she heard. !Ai firm elastic step approaching, ' Now God have mercy on me l' she pray ed, and covered her face with her hands. • Il•! entered unannounced, and vaying. • My heautiful - &ella! I am. here, -you per ceive, by your commands!? . She dropped het hand', and revealing a face pale with misery, spoke in a deep, thrill ing, impassioned tone • You am hens by gny tupplication, qty lord 1 I have' no right to command.' '.We will waic•e that! What is your will, - 'mv clearest Stelia r • "My prayer', my lord—is first, roi rour forgiveness. ' Forgiveness?—my Stella !' ' Ali f my dear lord I you see before you a penitent and a supplicant, who may soon be something- far more wretched I' ' Sly Stella! what mean you • kCt,lTie to the window, Ltd Montressor she - said, rising and prtcedi g Look out,' she continued, putting aside 'the rose colored hangings, and revealing a view of the park b.dow, rrilVe with its restless multi tude. • What are all these people waiting. fur, my lord 1' .• What are they waiting for, my Sella ? Tor that, fur which I also -wait, with how much more impatience!' he answered, while a deep flush of love and joy, for: an instant supplanted the anxiety on his face. " • They wait to see n bide pas-- ; where a bride may never go?' the said in a solemn Stella ! great Heaven 1 a hat say - you he exclaimed, axziug un her wish profound astonishment. That the bride they- exrect is unworthy to statti before bud's holy altar beside Lord Monterssor •.13nworthj-, Stella 1. vu I' Most. unworthy, my lord site Faid, drop ping her army, and dropping her head in au attitude of tile deepest misery. • 1 - should have made confession long 'ago, Lord Mont res o • "; Put I- have deceived you—" have deceived youl,!' • hi whatlespect, Stella ? tic God !IL It cannot he! NO, it cannot be that while betrothed-to Me; - yOu do not love me Nof lock you! 0! my dear Lord !' she murmured, in a voice of thrilling tenFlerness that carried convictim to his deepest heart. ' What mean you then, dearest 'one I if in deed you return my deep love.' 'Oh! I do, I do, Montle. o ; whatever happens, wherever you go, take that assur ance with you ! I love you my lord ! b hall ever lore you, even though even after what I shall have told 'you, yoti repulse and hate I Me, and go to our friends and That woman whom 1 . teas abOht to wed, is but a whited sepulchre - , whom I have proved, - whont I now reject'—and so. leave me to the Scorn of men, still I sty—ever shall say —1 love you, Lordllouttessor ! _Hove you,_ and the ecineiousness of being unworthy of, is the bitterest element in my punishment,' sW . s'ald in a voice of stieli profound misery, that Lord Monitessor could scarcely continue tobeheve her.agitation unfounded or mtg. era•ed. ite dropped upon a sett, and sitting 'still and White as, a carved image of stone, gazed upoul her, waiting her further - communica- I 1 • The above is allof this beautiful and high ly interesii - ,,g r.t. ry thrit will lA:Tub:idled: in our olumns. - We give this as a sample.— The continuation of it can only be found in the - New . York Ledger, 'the great famil • ' weekly paper, fur which the most. popular writers in the country onitribute, and which can be found in all the stores throughout the city arid country, where papers are sold. Betrnimber to ask for the New York Ledger of May .30, and in it you .will get the contin uatioil of the story from .where it leaves of here.l If you cannot ;eta copy at any news office, the publisher of .-The Ledger will mail volt a copy on the receipt of five cents. .FannY•Fetti writes only for the New York Ledger; Sylcanus Cobb, Jr., Writes only fur it.; Emerson Bennett writes only for it; and nearly all the eminent writers in the . cimtry, I suc h i Mr5.( 4 1(70 trney,•Mrs. Emma D. E. N. a...., I Suuthworth and Alice C trey, contribute re,, , r• nlarlY to its columns. Mrs. Soutbworth will • writtfur no other paper hereafter. Geo. a Prentrce, El., of the Louisville Journal," pre parethe %\it and Humor Department of ,the 4dger. It is mailed to subscribers .at ,'-$2 a rear, or. two copies for $3. Address ' !Owen Bonner, publisher, 44 ;Ann st., New. Yink . .i. It is the handsomest and best family merlin the country, elegantly ' illustrated., and characterizd by a high moral tone. - • - jam' - An Irish girl seeing her mistress feeding kpet Omar', asked,' how long it tick them creatures to batch 4 Three week.; she replied. "t %h, that's . as long as Any other fcri I esce' ytt.. a pig." - tar . - I sanfriend, is there nothing to shoot about. here I" Joked a 11 erttucliy sports man ate little buy. Boy—"AVal, 7 nothiog jU%t about here stranger, but the *schoolmaster is duvrti the hill yct i tkler=-3ion mighti rp him' over." gOir JENNY !VAS 17014" • IST MAZY it. JA24,11,61. Jenny kissed me when we met, . Jumping front the chair she tat itt ; Time, you thief, you Lott to, get Sweets.in your list—put that in I Say I'm weary, say I'm sad, Say health and wealth have missed . me, Say I'm wrowing.old, but add— Jenny ' n kisand met—Lstoa - ' En, Phil—want to know' how I ,won her l' Well, I'll tell you the moduli operandi, t.houghitssub rosy of course!' And Ned Wilder, Esq., flung his half smoked cigar, In- to the grate, ran his white fingers through a mass of clustering brown curls, removed his feet from an elevaticn of an angle of forty five degrees on his paper-strewn desk, and settled himself comfortably in the depths of* Softly cushioned office chair, ' Want'to know how I won het') Well, you see my boy, cousin Jenny was always just the sietttiekt witch that ever laced II gait er, shook a curl, or piayed the deuce :With a tuasculico heart.. Audi was always hei: boy': lover. Can't remember this time, for my life from the day when first I went to Beecliwood ' as my uncle's wi n d, and stood—an awkward blushing, stamniering school boy of fifteen— in the presence of the incipient beilo and beauty—can't tenien3ber a minute, from :that hour, but I was her slave—her out and out slave, Phil: ited.the. witch -knew it.— `knew whomyou ever see one of - the sex but 'knew whom she had entrapped 3 • It's theii• nature —read you like a book, got the gift of sea -1 and sight, every mother's daughter organ.; • I'And so when I came home from the lam& mnv and college , vacations, not a whit less crabarassed and . awkward as ever—acting like a grown up booby-upsetting hyr workbox mid tangling her worsteds ' committing Count less Wanders - at table, all this to tlas taut -1 cation of the mischief-loving dirt, and the romping, hoydenish ; school girl , companions I she'd always have . stopping at Bee c hwood on I vi,its—didu't 1 make myself a target for all 1 kinds of practical . jukes fr.= those same !IL.' ips 1 . . . . Andlanny, herself, wasn't she the rfng -41,1er of them all I Didn't site beg to do table honors, on purpose to put salt in my tea, and pepper In v.muffins, in order to watch my wry facts? Did'nt she play tantalizing waltzes every evening in the parlor, regret tino, so much that' cousin Ned didn't dance; didn't she a s k me to read aloud at 'the Sewing Circle, and upon my bashful re fu:al, gravely , announce to scores of aiseut iled old ladies, that • Mr. Wilder was affliCt , ed the troitchetis,' purposely to . render the the victim of those. same old -ladies, who forthwith thronged about- me with receipts, composed of all the roots and herbs in Chris tendom. I tell you Phil, it was almost pur cratory to me, theme at BeeehwoW but I was resolved never to su rre nder.. But it bothered inc most, that fenny could torment me so. - I was in love—l knew it—h . ut had not the least power to flee her toils: • Tali abutit eledtriti shod: ! touch of her hited Would see ; my` ,heart to damping against thy ribs. The contact of her flaming curls would make my frame tingle to my fingers suds. That's what call ft gat-vamp battery. • 'Well I came off 'with college honors, at twenty, and went home.to Beechwood., cle Dick shook my hind - until . he wrung tears (uf pain) from my eyes; and called me i a brave boy, and an honor to the Wilders aunt Mary got out the best china, and petted . me like a grownup baby; but Jenny danced before Ire, ri6culing my newly-fledged-1 beard, calling. every pet hair I had been as- siduously C'ultivating for the past fevi . rnotiths pin feathers,' vowed I hada graduated but was expelled, and hoped I .wasn't going to stop at leech wood long, fur she'd invited her dear friend; Seraphine Love, to pass the semmer-months with her, nnd I should only prove a 'torment! and botheration, Seraphine Love came—a tall, tallow-can 'die, sentimental damsel, with stilfcutls, light blue. eyes . , lackadaisacal; moonstruck air.— Thera was no similarity between her and Jenny . ; and I fell to wondering about their mutual ,liking, and soon discovered the cause. SeraPhine Love wrote pcietry, rhyme, • and levelled her Parnassian darts -against those whom Jenny disliked ; -this Was the secret., Sheltie.' been sent for to' do up' cousin Ned in verse ;. and various were the sonnets, acros tics, and lampoons, with which I wasTivored, They greeted me eterywheie i 'On my chant ber table, in my portfolios, between nov era of my Greek lelicyn, even in the Pockets of my dressing_ gown, I found them ;in; no place was I safe. . ' llad I been. particula rlc sensitire,-1 must have been driven from the'"fleld but I wiih stood them. Besides, there was a reason, other_than my resolve to seem inlifferente= Of late, I thought I had detected ; beneath Jenny's gaiety, an under-current of, feeling totnetitnes, looking rtp suddenly,l had 'Caught the glance of •two. blue eyes---and -.though speedily 'withdrawn, I could have vowed that had something earnest, almost in it,"quitelbe- Iving her sauciness of words _ or manner!.-- Was- it possible that Jenny .• was playing a pitit that she had been caught in her Own Snare 1 • The thought emholdeted me 6 , and, one moonlight evening, coming upon her sud denly sitting inan unwonted peniive sitocxl on the back piszv : t, I found tnyself actually 13:1N ing - s•enti men tni speech.r, with my intts aGout Jenny's waist. The vixen ! - she beird me throdgitematti ered a laugh in her hatulkerChief,slyly prick ed with a pin, the hand I had thrown artsud her, Slapped my cheek smartly, and.iben appealed through the. low French window opening into the back pallor. Scarce three minutes afterwards, going up Stairs, I beard her reounting to Seraphim) bove, betieen hit gusts of laughter, that a cousin Ned. ?rad been actually quoting Tom Moore, aitd king love to her after the - Moist ariptneetf fa%ltion:. ' • - • • . . - 6 ZoUnds ! that was a drop too much : ;—•• anti with my face - still Omer the ; blow she hail given, and My 'he at ,-smarting sorerwith)wounded pride,. on'the imintise - of themoment; I ptished open the dour of their • room. The-two . girls eat at a erindO4 is the amonlight; - 1 - *eat 'up very aloof M.fett• fly " - • • . ": •"- I Miss Wilder; end' riikl Milt , Isive:fitir!. ly got into the heroin's, for :he •• wilted nadir'. my eye and sunk dowttlito her teat:, '-itiatt, Wilder; . this.hantr you - sisalt - orte -day actept—and• my' cheek' ado shall yet touch with your lips. A kiss for a blow, youltnow, anti-/ left her. • A sound smote on mfear as I shut ,tto door behind me; but whether laughter or sib. I knew not. I went straight to my *cons —packed my trucks-4-found uncle Dick iu his library, and told him my resolve, and 'be fore Jenny or her tiear friend had moll their appearance neat morning, I was miles away from =lleechwood., ' ' In three years! bad gained my profess ion i and, during that. time, had never once visired hornet Letters; many and kind,came from uncle Dick and aunt ?dary, but tneveia word from Jenny. I beard of bet *often as a belle and beauty, and flirt—Jsince she invari ably rejected all serious wooers. The -latter item pleased me strangely ; and straight way I fell into becoming the devoted clivaL Her, of Kate Drew, a dashing belle of Spring field, whose father counted Lip ptoperty. by . ,hundreds of thousands„ and in illy letters home, I was always careful to speak - of 'Miss Drew,the latautiful heiresr' • Urgent, invitations came from.l3enchwood to re-visit the old place; but I put 'them off. • Business before plea:sure,' I urged in return. '.Colge„,and Blackstone,and—Kate Drew, de tained me,' so I wrote untie Dick. 'Ea pas- Mat, let me mention, Phil, that Kate was engaged to an 01a classmate of mine, in Intl ly those last two year., and you will perceive the drift of our • Oas item id uncle hick's letters i:oleased me more them fatherly advice or invitatiotil to 13eech*cxxl: Jenny, he wrote,' has just refused the best match in the County—your old chum, Presley t;' awards, dallying young physiciau—rich too, and belonging to one of the finest .families in New Hampshire. I be l'e‘e the girl has burned her fingers this time ; but she is head-strung as ever, Bi the way, nephew, did you and she quarre'll before you left us,l She flouts like a very shrew when i.ottr name is mentioned. Whets' the matter ; nephew f Better come back, and settle up old scores; for though Jenny's least bit contrary, she has the best ° heart:— So uncle-Dick wrote.' - ' And you n'ent back to Beachwood said Phil. . Not T, replied Ned smiling, '1 knew the time hadn't come. 1 wrote home, that! Was of fur a foreign tour--took the nest stoiner from Boston- 7 3nd not till fifteen months -af ter, did I set foot in Beet:hewed again. 'lt was as I expe c ted. Jenny was yet un martied, e d flirting desperately as eVer.— But faith,Tdidn't recognize the tall queenly woman, who received tee with such cold stateliness in Beechwood drawing room. Not a tritee of the hoydenish, limping, intschief loving.• school-girl, had lefi, over fire years before. ' Many gentleman came to the house,.artd . she danced, sang, played, and flirted -with them all—but not a pin did she care fVr one of them. Tint she did dare fur me still 1 , I couldn't tell. Efer old gaiety of manner was all gone ; she. Was eottnou e ly, . ehiltingly po lite--but never affable • tor familiar.; peke,- nothing More: . Etery apptoach to intimacy was repelled. She seemed ' building higher, day by day, the icy wall b tee a us. . ; Well, s, ieweut on fee weeks and weeks, Jentiy ~hutting and playing the agreeable to all others, hut decidedly • icebergy towerds me. • I was in tortures ; this must come In an end. - - 'Ono night w e were . left together--=Jenn y and T. T. A lucky attack if ta e gout colt* d uncle Dick to his room, where aunt' Mary was kept busy with .bandages and liniment; visitors went away earlyAe the evening; and we Were alone for she first` time sitice.'l 4cl been at l3Jeelftv.- 4 'for Jenny li- d n ante- d to avoid me, never riding or walking with- . me, - us of Old, Now she was, stately . and ea m as ever, but talked . little; and when t o olocit struck ten, arose, gathered up her etu broidery, and took up a night lamp. ` Good night,' the said. --.. ' ' My time had . come. - 'No—it is good byc I replied, proffering my hand. • Good bye I' a. d she glanced tip inviringly; I—Mr. Wil der I don't understand you, she ' exclaimed. Perhaps not, I said, indifferently. . 1 Its only this—l am to leave lieechwood by the Mor aine' stage, and shall not.' see lot, so eatly." ',aye Beechwood 1' and she slightly*- falter ed,lookifig.surprised and 'replacing the lamp on the tables ,-- • I did tot know, had. not thotght, that is you make ns a short visit,_ cousin, she stammered. It was the drst , time she had called me,cousin, 'And why should [ prolong it, Miss Wilder V. I asked, since et least one here does not:claire my :presence 1' ' Going, over to her e I took hies Maud. l.c d otedit Jenny,' Isaid, I can plainly-See • that 'I - am unwelcome here. You shun me ; - and lam going back to Springfield.- So it Meet .be good bye, cousin., You will think kindly of me, sometimes 1 , ' There was ao answer. I, heard. a hard. drawn breath--trot pride crushed it back.— She dropped my. hand, and again took up the lamp. 6 Good bye, thee,' she said me chanically, turning away. - I held open _the door to gied.. her egress. She advanced a. step within the -hall,. hesitated; their. Carrie Inwk. The duct sitting' to. - ..Consie ,Ed ward, and her Voice slightly ' trembled,'' you hito thought me proud and•cold,'wenting in the duties of hospitality; even. . I ecknowl edge I have sectued.`so, but you cousin, you • —haee you not neglected us all theseilOpg years! did. you not go away ang; 9 yifdre--e she broke clown. • Jenny, to- Louam ; .be bygones,' I said magnanimous]acting Tin,Y part to perfection. •'I hive h arded up . tro et le anger.. On theeontvery-b ..no , matter.--=- You will come and visit mein my newor-hOme -at Springfield, some time -1 ' One, of these days I am going. to .bersiried. . Good. byie consin, and I passed, my arm. about L Let me go I Edward .Wilder, release me this moment ! Let nue go, I tell •Y0u,... Edward Wilder: &ends, Phil you 'should hare wit bet black eyes dashed She absolutely:Atm* her foot with tort, nod straggled hit-11, - 61d I held her tightli. Let me YOtte, hidy-lore shall know of this,' sho cued; -with' flushed cheeks and tears of anger. Ph,- wed Mate They isn't the 'Wet bit. Pnlous, l l' latighed i smoothini down Tra 4tlrk .'`Don't ' straggle so! .Ifosides, I ;;want to :toll' yoti something. do:intend: to, marry Ono - no.-a}' them days, but no other thaw her I" have *V , ways lured, and who, it I mistake.4ft dose not wholly hate me -ton tell' me;if you-, wilt send me swayfions.Peko.,;, wood l' - J ust at this moment ;se sh e horsed_low anti, tlieVared in the dusky 'shad- . pit, a eigh, sett's& a atimmerVieephyt, steli atkwirt n 37 eboOrilliii two wank trait g,tv. volume 14, Jittobtr de; lips *Ong - Min. • ' 'NoViciord wee -.. -.,-- [ Spoken ; but them was . all %imed. of -any ~ , no Dot just - ', the -ref"- plot •ot::111 . prOmplei ins t,o . ' taller theni 4. ifiritiy „vow is fulfilled ' I • You re ~ amber iti Dtail lrwarn you I'd applopri te thielittpdt-isitit' . .', --. for the rest, the kiss for tteri bloir'llbil„ . liiiiPiA l t -:„ E l s And Jennfanivreved• n ut - ibid . : ,et smiling ' for tbewitch 'fiaTlyilitstililitt,t 4 ' , :::: her cern' trip., " 0 ' • -:- .i , :- '-=:-..,,.- 4,1 - ,Vt , ":: . but Kate Drew 1' qo led Pbll;``lsithari- - '‘ . long whiff at his cigar. - . - f . `• .:,:.. -? - 1:4:16?:.; 4 Oh, Tutu ,Ashliy . cs hoers - In'Iltel& 1 rope ; and in a fertnigii i i - they 'iiiiiAdt'llas? f doubled. tlut sbe's...ptotn*Sed - to go down 19 . Beech wood first, so us- to 'be Jentri'li brides. maid. - . ~- - -,- - --- . . - ' An] Sersiphine tofu r ;,-, ,_ ..,--,,,, ,-.. - , -.---,.i4 ,- . F . 'ls Serapittne Love . 111, - . lackadaisito4 - . sentimental, and devilled salts: Nitirt.atArt er. They say Sheri got a_ valutne :Of poems in press—Blighred Buds, or some` such', pi t thetid title. Jenny\and hale seat in Orden to' the publisher feria -hu dred -Copies ti l ?1 -- or*lr; . ' lb advance of .- AAI the tradeistributerOtair our friends as literary bijo xI„ Bui. enouglti consider yourself held by ntlenlira,geoten,..s, Bettbwoud, this day wee . to kts s ttui bride .. , and eat vreddipt; t:-alce.' - - ' -': : ' ---. . _ . Lange' WI _ ' ~:r .,=i f Ats'e recehtiv alluded I. the Easti - of an in- s fivittitai iciaiorgia, Rib is ino years Of._ age. A This [must be regaidecl 2 , , a remarkable cal* • of longevity. Avcordtn. to tbo census of 1840, when the, ropu!ati n of the Ullit:ett States was abotkt 17,000,f 00,the census gaps 709 whites over 100 yea a of age; while •[ the slaves, there were no less than 1,83 a above that age. and 847 ree -persons .- of col- ' or. In 1865, 43 persona died in, this minty' above 100, the oldest nisie mate being4lo; . 111_ and the oldest colored _ m e 130. Accottlitig - 1 to professor Tucker, they obances• of lilting, above,loo are 11 tinsas gmit - mutat, - slaves, and 43 times as g at atunag l ftve 4-- groe.s, as among the wh it s of the LT:S - 11191K How are we to undersiat thiSe tesuin4 ll* Edinburg Review cuntai SkuiErtereslinleat.7„ .t. titre on longevity, in thieh Zeno is - stated to hash lived a hundred an tiro tiro years; Demo P• s, eritus, 104 ' rtho, - 904 gippoorttes, 00; Rat°, 89 ; ISOcrates, w 109;. But for thecap of hemlock, and the snl of - tho Roman Foldier, the 70 years ofrates", and thillB, of A:thimide.,, might wel Lave roacked ,lie same high class of lunge ities. The old -a .c. of Svphoclos, 80• years, is stoeiated with t touching anecdote of his recitation of verses from the Edipus Culotte st„ in proof, of hli then sanity of 'mind. Thelo ft y lyric giFttin ‘ n of Pindar au not lust to is t euntly una - ltaa had reached "eighty-fonryeais: Sainoaidei Fears: wore his elegaic laurels t the age of !IWO. , The census instituted by esposian,fero.4** some results as tolongevi T itlgnlar, enough to suggest; doubts of they entire accuracy. -4 The instances giieu by ling are taken It* si cluz•iFetry ftbm tha region - between the 4 - p r: pettine3 and the PO 1 and Olson-the rederikrot. ' tits census, he-emitnerat 64 persons *ha had reached the age of t two 0f125,.4 .Of 130, 4 o years. In the - "knee .to • near placentia, mentio. 4 120, and 1 of 150 3*- numbers are somewhat reality of the ages in toes' , statement, derived fruityk means noted 16r its salutir excess of any citnilar reco tiles, that we canna but ting it. &According to at losopher, man •ought tot length'of one hundred ye, so if he attended moderation, - ant could otr cape the many epidetnic vail in cettain climates this is eery well in the there arc very fiAy'who' . c. success; - - What tarskei fl'ld i ll eta We will paha a picture one.in which the lights and , shades appear I; rZng, perhaps, font. whieh.every one will, reel atii , ,,e , as tiot oilr , . tagiug the truth of thittli .. There &rat**, . howes built side by sltle. In the one dwells. a widow and her daughte fair, lightlearted,c, the sunshine of her nicther's declining „Team. but alas ! nut rich. Alai all the affection . - ate instincts of a stoma!' s 'heart, ' witli 'in. ',.• capabilities to create hap near is a mail, - 1 hethe,•she,remainit nastier' and. unchosen. Ai; , :„} time pas.ses•on, she 'grad , ally deeprns.lo4.l •4:11d wai t - lien : Whin) o e she ,was bruti,_”. singing about the home, like tfna making g.`: . ,1 sunshine in the.shady plae., her vui4 - e hi rtoW . beard shrill in cotaplaint parrots and eats accumulate, taking thc pl ce of a more.ll4- I `,, man love, and her -sords re those pf sliarp reproof and spite_ against those very_itpctipci,mt" ; of mate' nily whiCh, have era- so- long the. ~ ruaster-spint of hi.rthough s. lier affection& . it after iu vain throwing themselves out . vf vale - some sympathetic answer, us-il in 'with mita,. - ness upon her own- boDit,) alla_04)0 ternairte,.., that melancholy, of all spelptistor;'—a „natal* with aspitations unfulfilled. -la _the next - house lives a bachelor, - riling, opetibearted;, - and generous . .. Busied ini the struggle of life, he has nu time fir or; I Its ~iscie* litthl.-::. of society, female society e, Malty ; a ki"ovra; : edge.of his town bru%quentiss of manners' jo i l;, , first prevents li!m , flow c 'Ming in -.conlint: with womankind . , . and . ....illiA silage .` i ts: time: beComes so strong as not'id he overcame. l'it, might seem Strange, but • .wile -are' copvinara#, - is the faat-that some meal-arts-ma4,mort. afraid of women than wetrieWAYi iAnientftlYikl.T.: fearing.:" to breakthe iOe lis t a fruitful of old bacheloriarti. Gradually 'age lOW.I v upon lijiit;, chalk stone inhere wpri::lthi,. knueltles; goui, Alas flpoul c - hisr*ltiptit 46004 by menials, he is - te the ankiittk;,---,1 'tuneful hand of at -soles,ttp Uwe ,1 gttie. hia„deatlyi itiTsitlhtit;ithil: , Solutely ye 14.41.44,, 1 ;10,,oiir , A 1 4a; • wall' Hof six !Ida itaii' : - divided ihelin ttit ddesr-solf-- allow thera-eien ikallyati. mils. apill'hikibk, Atilt ,Xt= _ otit,hotigh!l. oat furip"ed te! mAtii) taconilotribis um . A'1.11411 46,,tsislOpkik himaeltOY Afre. .109111 11“01111 angel )4, in'acitnifany b. O. 14 of 110 year& 133, .mad S' of 141_ n of iialciatitun; is 9 person of 116. l ats. These) rousid . . in - emus. as ;ion ; and- the wl4oL F a district liy *ty, is ;id Oa& rd in - other fro Eesitzte rinchonFraeli live .tlie ate..lap• rip, and - W04141 Clsi o the flotttrini Of. fg contiiv.n. ui liee:utes ikhieb Pre% 141 113' at ''. theory, Lift a practice:it:v.44 ids stud itaitlif.": f iteitt lIVEN
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