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 •
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,'-$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'
: -
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