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G 1 r ., , 0 in every motion, t• . . ,ini.ie in evelv tone,):' ' il oar q in lottn and feaitlire .. 'flu;u<;:n 'night writ to own : s Che, , l;s that lival spfing' r o ses', Tetqh the Sw,bite,t of peark— One c,f the,e-eonntrs„tniliels i s wor th . . A I=eore-ef your (lily iirls. II 1- 7 -1.1.1;1; E It" 0 3,1,T IL Tcll ma not-that he is ap: I pr man, 1 1 4,qt. his dies is coarse bare.; Tc;l Inv n his daily I. a . workinan . s. :•canty flue. T(11 tne not hiS Lirth , lEllat. his vaientn . L . rti is low ; llot.est l . in his ::t ions ! 1 :;;at is all I t‘at,t.to knw. , 1 • Is his word to be "-relied On i - Ht. , his charactvr no , I.lalnle ? i- T':.:& I care not if. he', 10w4..,-, ;r-- TTltql I al: not whence Its name. ' Won.id he. from. an . unjuq ai..iton, .. . Tkirn away with .!,eornfull eve ? ' Wo.:id 11:' than defraud atqntiter, So,neron the H.:-:.rfoki die ? . - • 1 . \Vottll he spend his' hard gttined earning , , On. a hiother in 'istress - 1 . IVoni-i be ,neeir the ale... 0, - At'.l,l the weak ofitt's Wrongs reilies ? Thi..r, he 1;• a man deservin: I If my lure and my esteo; knd IL axe not I , hat he - I • • Ifi 'the ~ ye of wan may Aiem. lAt it hea low thatched hotel ; Lrt it he a clayit cot]; 1,1 it I.? the parish workhunt.e— . hi Inv eve it matters not; l , the,rs Will disown him inf , :rior to ihe.ir I,:t 'them du bt-friQ.nd Lila A. a broth e r to the Jistilaurit.s. TILE HEUITITD CTIAMBEE, ; I? 'M",: 111.:17 Qtr,tiEN IN T!1 •SCIIO6L Or E KESON COLE c". Ti. NTIT.EY, A,. Parson Cole was an ereentrqt mil of ebar nc!er,.thouzb a le'arned divine and an eicel i,mt man. he lived in the country, on his own farm, ht•ing, a man- orsabstancr, and he and his' amiable wife taught a private SetPrt Sehoj r for young hat:if-sr - he erls were loan`led anal lodzed by Mr. Cole at ins own iMall respects trehrea ss mernkers ref I,i: own family ; and a's-We sanatien wa= hell:lir, and in }ht of the beautiful„f the school was considered a very one .by thoF.,e 'who knew the merit. f,rl . ;:p:lf.v•ters. • The number of scholars was to twenty. and as no gist under . the tvq , or ten teas ndinitterl,.and as those who co — sae - weri , gendrally handsome an,* well . residence became a spot con. s , prated in the imaginations of All the young men in that region of country. The parson% Luz] tern, as they were called, were a lively. ri T-)in`''. set, and a4,they, walked out ia the afternoo4t to gather-flowers, they knew to r were_o',-erve4 1 y tymehinr• eyes, _but not in the least restrain's] e'r gaiety. er preran.!. them from indubring in that frol. ie glee”' of which school misses are fond,while their merry. VO;CTS Tang softly and sivectly Over IA and dale. Now, as we said ''o9 Iva- eccentric ;. he bad .e plaCe,. for every s',;az, its true, but every body else thonzht. _mere thing.in the wron7i :Platte. .That 'he tit'iglis:e a j or his books without the fear of in tern:vim), in solitary :;nd holy meditation,' he had' fitted up n chamber in one end of his house; a cham • kr admirat.ly suited to . the purposes for which it was desizned. being removed from the nut e part.of the labyrinthian, ed ifiee, at t d '4l)tortelle(l through lotr, narrow, dark and crooked pair In this chamber, - for some Plrposes best known to himself the parson izt'pt some rare curiorities but it is not to nur purpose togive a desvriptioa Ilkt or cata lazme t , f these natural and artificial wonders. sifft it to say th-y lent an air.of quaintnecs to the place, and induced the servant and whels who - bad. been there, readily' to believe that, Ils Mrs. Cole asserted. the chamber was Icainted.• The goOd lady often, at table and in presence of her boarderk, tue•ed her spouse to fit up a study somewhere else,.datit the old man deeared that he .liked to sptind his time vihere familiar spirit.; of another world Aektll^ el fond -of holding counsel, thOnzlt he earn k,t!t. urged his.pupils to obey bisinjunctions,• an,i not venture in a. Place 14..tere'tlieir.sofx4r -t:"i"s: lgnc . ien might ds , oVer' the Most ,TriZitifiii annotations. . became as - 'rule. of sehofd, in Net nogirl was to' viSit,' on :any Pretence, the hatinted chamber and thus" as Psr.son Cole. flattered . * hitrnif„he could „there !'are evetrthing his own syay, and enjorlis studies uninterrupted. The parson had a nephew' -residing in 'a distant part of the . country, dhe . °Mir son and heir of an eminent citizen or great Wealth,. and a Younfr mast famine for his. eaConlish; 4z. meets and manly beauty. Of this youth, whose name was Edward Cole, every kill in school had often heard, and the announce ment that he was sooti-to visit his uncle, cre ated quite a stir and excitement. Ono day the-girls got intelligence that a strange- young man; had arrived, and as may be expected, they came to 'dinner dressed with unusual care t and withAertits wildly :butting ; hut judge of the disappointment of each, as she entered and was presented to a plainly dress ed young mail, by the name of Henry Will iam& 1k was a modest, simple hearted lad, but learned withal, and won 4rgcly on the agectious of Parson Cole, who strenuouslv urged him to study - divinity, and declared thut,ryoung as he was he intended .to have him appointed tutor to his ,nephew. The youth bore these commendations meekly;and as Ita had come to'seo Parson Cole to solicit the latter's influence in getting him the situ ation -of principal of the village , academy, he agre'ed t-, Wait until the ['won could see his nephew. In the menutitne he arnuse'd ; him self with hookS seeing the young ladies only at tableoP h time he . and. the parson discontsed at length on literary, historical, and relikions suljects. " Nilb s tt a bore th at youth is." said Emma z . A 4 \Vall e ,night 'While in company. with se,vera . .:l3(ker companions. i,,, • - ‘ I I.I . k*rs to he a- thousand years old," teMarked Susan Standi4, " and in his sub lime Meditations entirely altstracted (*tom the wdtld., I met so sick of his everlasting talk' ahout the immortality of the soul, the nature of man, and the chief good, and such auti• ipated stuff. P s wonder when Edward Cole is-coming >" "And would von think it," again F.polZe Mi,: c Walters, Ellen &tandem is. delighted with him r " With whom I" aAked Aernes Thorpe, the heih- of the whorl : ; "not !tit-, Cole, hope, for 1 s.art t to SN., hint first." " Elward Cole tteleed," exclaimed Miss Walter;; "poor Ellen never aspires•so hi7h. The is 'a meek creatum and iimena to the musty pl,ilo.ophy of Williams as if his words were the sweetest music." " Yes, and I have observed," said - .Tang r Andersc,n; " that she lfas begun to tyke unit- Auzl pins w:;11 her dress, and that the sl-nti mews of Mr. Williams have alreeidy affected her mind. She will not do what he thinks is:wrong, and what he praises is her delight. lint here come: the lovelorn las"sie her. elf.— Eilen. they say -You 'are. in loYe." fbe spoken to blushed erims:n and • exclaimed ; " -What ! lin love r ." Yes, yeti little saint,"•sabl Miss Tlio` i !.‘. ".and all with his holiness, Mr. what his name r' - I don't know what you're talkin..about'''‘ l said Ellen quietly.; "you are all disposed toil ji , ke. I sue, but I'll forgive voi, for VCII to dpubt d.A not intend to wound my r e r-li v o." " Not for the world, dear Ellen," said Miss! Thorpe ; "lon are An angel in heart, and hard hard indeed would be ours if we could want only hurt the feelings cf our gentle sister.— Nit tell me, dearest. what is .the name rf this MoJern Plato we haveliere, I never van remember his name; this sae boy who is to be tlie . Erd,ruils the second ?" ‘• Dn you mean-Mr. Williams ".' asked El-, den meel:ly. "That's the man ?" cried Miles: " I'hoehus, what a name, To f.ll the sounding trump of fame." • "-I came to call you all to prayers," said - Ellen Saunders, "and they are waiting for us." • A few days af;er the above convorsation, the parson pat his school in a flutter, by in forrnin his pupils that his nephew- would be at thtir approaching eNSmination, and :;11 11 t he intended to giVe Lim a party: I inform you of this," said Mr. -Col e , "that von may write to your parents in time and be prepared with dresses ouit e d to the otseasion. That party will' be on 'the first night of May, and you mad have a Nlay Queen if yen choose; what-say you I" . . `• Agreed? agreed !" euied ail the girls at once. " And rott F11:111 stied the .etteen; Raid sPveral -vi 'pupils to the parson ;. " tr rrti:rht not al,:e .;1:re,..!." I was thinking," ' , plied the parson"that we bad letier ha:4l no Que;ri it's in iditiJ tn* honor and tni , iht cause heart burning:" ?he v.iung pri.,teste,l that it Should not. each ore deelaiing that she would be With the choice of die parson. " I cannot difrtin , uiAl among mr ebil.l - said il:e •rorgi old marl ; " you are all i n m y ev e •, equally fair.'' '• Bat th.-n , onie im-ty be better than oth er.," rep l;ed :Miss Awiet , on. •• S o they may ; but that's fee the wr,rl,l. not me, to determine," answered the teach er. " ppoFp we let your nephew choose: Mis Cole. " Oh; that's the very idea," exclaimed Iffss Thorpe. h t . ( errs gparklicg with -con sr oto sanerioritv t "Mr. Cole is the very man to chonce—and as he is a stranger to us all, he will hare no projaC7e.;." My nephew ;'DUNS not like the task," Fail Cole ; he would not wish to say that one of is wore handsome; than the rest." "11-s, but father,!' interposed Miss. Agnes, "rou knorc that' some are han.isotner than °fliers, and so do we—and I'm sure I for one will not be offended at anychoice yonr neph ew Can. nuke." "Nor I." said Miss Anderson. Nor 1, nor Irtint in all the others " Suppose ?!r. Williams choose 1" said it,. parson. The girls tittered: Mi. Williams bluAed,: and the parson ,continued : Williams is A putilent young man, and one of evxlletit judgoment,and certain w ou ld make a good choice. ,Will pone of you . .p.ala Whaysay you, meek-eyed dove 'of glen-Mary i" Inc r Junked Ellen 'Saund ers, was from Glen-Marv. " I d 0 .," answered, the parson ; as con bare not yet spoken, I should like to have your views." • " ludeed," said Elen, " I'd be ea glad . to hare a May-play frolic, that 1,11 Pe perfect- Is satisfied with any sort of araugements you all may agree upon." .. " Would you not like for Mr. Williams to choose the Queen l" .asked Miss Standibb, with a sly glance at the other girls . . " If the rest of you- would," replied Elle'n. !" But tell, nie my dear," said the parson, " who would you prefer to choose the Queen €.' • • "1 declare—l have but one choice about • - i• • . . " WE ARE ALL EQUAL EEFOERcODAIc . 11 - TilE COIUS - iriTLT.IOI%”-L-Jant s Buchanan, nelttreSC, ,Sllstlittililllll3 . COlllltll, Pt!Vett,- Tirtt.sha Etenting, yint, 11, 1857. it," answered Ellen ; ".I.want the others to ".)e satisfied, and all to be happy ; and 'then and not until then, I'll be satisfied ;end hap. pv also." • " Well spoken," said Mrs. Cole ; ." those' are excellent sentiments,*and I kope all sym pathize in them." ".No doubt all do." said the parson; "but I think I can easily settle the. Whole !Matter to the entire satisfaction of all. I dislike to see preferences made ; you arc all handsome enough, and agreeable enough ;. we are 'none of vs as good M we might he: tht.t beau ty, goodness, or agreeableness, shall not be the test : the matter shall be deterniined partly by accident, and. in a way that will give general st;tistlction. : To-nto..ro* morn iug each one of you shall go seperately into the - garden, and bring me a present; and the one whose, present most beComes female . roy alty, shall be queen"' • i• Who is to determine this I" asked Miss Thorpe., • " Al! a cs,". replied the liaison. ."'lf We do not %ibirg,ree, then the choice shall be ilmerl mine ! ! in some other way. 'You will find vi olets, tulips, roses; pinks, hyacinth's, and oth er flowers in bloom. " lint sul , po , ki, more than ime of us . bring the same thing," stigzfe:tcd Ellen Saunders. "That you will hardly do; but to prevent it, von mu,t earn bring a compound present. You alt studied the fame botany, and roc all ther . clo:c attach the - same language 'to the same flowers; but it you do Hot, '3ou may each trtn.late'for Yourselves?' On the morning rtppo;n!ed,' Mks . ..kgric: Thorpe,who rm. the first to enter the ft;irdeni utr4 -orne , Allitt startled as she passed the gale by the lintAien," Who :ire you:! who are you?" uttered in a hoanfe, on:into:Al voice above lierbead.-,She cast t i er eves up, and saw sitting amoti.,4o the tangled vines over the a.bor a large gßen parrot, to whose interrog ators-, often repeated, she made no reply, itirol IthSse.l still a •li:tle flurried, to cull and . arrange' a burp:et worthy, of a queen. Miss tandish was, the next to enter, and she too, like Miss The!pe,was alai-me:l'lw the strhr.ge porter at the gate, nor-did she make any re• - ply. Irdeed every girl that passed' was in Ler turn - flightened by the grange 'Yoke above her—some, in their agita',ion, not even casting their eyes upward to see the mysteri ous -questioner who vecilerousiv dernanden their tne4. The 13:4, to enter was Ellen Stionders, who. witea que,t:iFtne(i . ar the'gate,imtantly.lut,Lil ~ up, beim more cut ions than fearful, 'batting as :he so," rin Ellen Stnidertt : who, are you ?" '• I'm the parson," replied the-hi in q,rext . glee at Wm_ a p:lit e in terim:LA .r: "I:tu the par.on—rtu . the par,en fearing Gotl—feating Gu(l ; who are you who are you The g it NvaS And 7rently amus ed at the diseourse of the learned bird, and nearly furgetti2 . 4 her errand,while filial with_ , a sudden de s ire fur a fruli*, she intmeliately overhauled his feathered reveren(te---and trat- I riinz into the lit.mse, itnint , derately \lting•the solemn bird into the Midst of the a! , sembfv, at the same timi! askn, , 4 , it. who it was. . 4' the parson—l'anihe Par Son," in stantly replied the parrot, to the infinite amusement of the whole company—the real parson himself, though somewhat confus,ed. joining in the 1aug . .,11. " And what do you bring the Queen?" asked Parson Cole : . " Crown of Love, Crown of-Love," replied Lis fttutli&ed holiness: " who are you ? who a:re vou Afi.er they had all adm7red the bird for a Par-on Cole i•uddeuly turned to Ellen, sayir.z;" lint my dear, where's your present for the Queen !" • `.lndced,"-ausWered Ellen, "I had ,totally forgotten it, I AV:IS so :1111 USA by our reverepd rival there. Where on earth Llid it come from—l never saw it before !" - " Did any of yeit . ?" hsked the - parson..:— " Tell me truly, mr I)..doVed pupil., have any of you. seen that Li rd•before I How , ;nines it that none c.f tou, except Ellen, stopped to question it t" . - "Father," said Mice Agnes Thorpe—a proud rnajes.ti.::l;eauty—•• father, will you forgive in,, f i nd s;ill.,call rte daugrite,r I Will you h e , ttte ,till'." eontinned‘sha; the tears o,art in:z her v and her fratm . ,. heaving with evi-` .ivr.t emo:ion : ".I : haee diAolieveel von? or ders, tut only knows how . l hate sutler ed for it.. 1 have L ee n i niserald e e v er s i nce; I can bear it no lon , rer, and I E-el dint it is a relief to mo toconfes. my crime t,,,rwe thi‘ whole a!-Fembl-y. I was tempted—l could not ro=ute's eurio , ity; and ,io an evil how I lo.iked into tl:e haunted 'Cltatrl,e,„— SOotl :I'. I 1:r1'11( ., 1 1. 1 .:'• 1100 r, .1 f•!1W the ca your armed-.hair. and his lion: , •so frightened me that I ran down stairs, and have til,vlr vet got over the 1 saw it yesterday I thour•ht the bird kue* me, and knew tny - gailt, and I avoided it. you forgive me I kaozo I will never ag•ain diSoboy." A n d I know it. too," replied tae parson, the tows streaming down—his cheeks as be took Agnes in his arms : "daagliter, I 'Will say to von as one more mighty:and more ho.- iv said to one of yoar erring thy sins are foroiren tbee, go and sin no more.' There were now ether and • similar codes. sions to'te made the example of ..V:nes in spired her snore timid companions with moral couraze. and goon it appeared that ecerc fine except Ellen Saunders had taken a rep into the haunted chamber. • "And how cornea it 'you never-trangcres sed," asked the paison.vf Ellen, " were you afraid of witches and goblins, or had you no curiosity r • "I never thouzbt the chamber was haunt ed," answered }Hen " I suppose you did not wish me to intrude into it; and ttiough my curiosity was great, t restitined: it, hoping that before I left school you.wouid let rue see the curiositiei of which I had heard so many strange reports." • ".And so you shall; tou shall all look now to your heart's content," replied the parson,, who aceordinaly led his pip' Into the haunted chamber. All of course were gratified, and all were happy; but Ellen. only with a lively relish turned 'over and eralblued with increasing de light the many curious relics, amd %pecimens. of art ant nature, that gags*. strange, -tnys terioui - air to the parsOn's study. • _ . a And now t " said'. the . parson, after they had ...left ,the haunted chamber, ".who shall we make Queen. • , " Miss Agnet, of course s " cried - Elleu,'• who Fyropathized with the soriew that still hung its - sign4 n he bright eves of Miss Thrope.... " What say youalli" asked the pa*n. " I say Ellen Saunders," repliel each girl at the same - time. -• "1 thought-once she desery.-cd it," , said the parson, "but I hai-e changed my thin The first to abase benelf shall be exhalteil cot:tinned "Misi Agnes shall bold the first stfitioil on that day, Miss Jane 'the.Se 'Cond,.and so on in the order of you pucces.- sions ; and you, Ellen, .will bring :upitt the rear, attended by Mr. Williams.. Whiit-say you, are you all content 1" They certainly. all w.ure, and none more FO than 'Ellen Saunders; w ho very heartily in the laugh at her own expense, although she could hot but feel a touch of Pi.ty.fu'sMr. Wilii ar ns, ;when she saw how reuch.4lt, , his name excited. . A good conscience is asu eleTll. onor, whiTere.lethe latter to Ellen, while the«girls were now t0..1 busy to notice him. "d know it," answered Ellen, "and there fore I think it. right that my rank should by lowest. Indeed I-wish only that all the .oth ecs could be as. Lapp - ns I mu." "They'll" uever bo,'' returned Williams: "in your heart is a fountain such as their breasts do not contain; a fountain that •wiil b!r-s you and ble!..s of you. (lreen, -and bright, and,fresh in . the bloom of loveliness which it will for ever produce, and the thrice had. will I.le be ttiho allowed. to gar ner fir him - elf the immortal sweetnecs of thy mit UPC I." favd turned scarlet, but she di.l not uteri turn Iler head toward the , pecker, anil hurried (1 . to join he compan ions ' Need w- rleseribe the preparations made to celebrate the: first of Ma v at the house of Parson Cole t .61ra1) we picture the green, enameled iuearlow in %%hie's, beneath the ;bade of ni2...1 oaks, the May Queen bas to he crownol? Can we describe. the floral dec orations cfi the seats, and especially' of 'the throne ? Cab we tell how the birds were sing ing—hoW the sloes smiled,- and all nature wore • an air of soft repose ? . Shall We tell of the great crlowd otia-ople •that came to wit tress the Cl!r qunny-- - --of the songs that rang so sweetly i those old woods, and of the dtr. 1 ilkhif u l•sp o I ts that: m;:d,r thetas cne of the happiest th: t any hods had ever seen ?' • • • ',-•• Well le.tve all these things to the•readet's imagination; and we will leave him 0, Ler to fancy if t ley Can the unutterable emotion of time ireaucfal andmajes!ic - Queen, as Ole sat upon her throne of flowers, expecting every moment to have presott6d to her a subject, whose arrival had that morning been an nounced. .At length the parson came. !e ul- jug np sr. elxtremely bandsome and elegant vours -roan and approaching the roval said, after a deep reverence, " I present to lour majesty my nephew, Ed‘vniNl Cole:" The Queen I ns - eueens on ,, ht. to do on sncil occasions, tr.mbled violently, and felt as if she would,lliint. Hei senses reeled, her eves grew dim': - ;end when she was finallr able , ,, ter took calrnlyabout her, the' young man,', the observed" of all observers, came .leadingil up the Id-ashlar! Ellett Saunders; saying, " Permit me' to present to your majesty It , timid young creature, who i's this niolit to i figure as a bride at dour msjesty's re l ay." • The Queen again shook Violently, hut was her roy self main, and was thus enabled to . , see di. Mr / Edward Cola and Mr. Henry' Willia ins were one and the same person. But she was every inch a_quecn ; her pride came to h , .r rescue. and for the rest of the day she tilled her station with unusual giace and tlig nity, •It remains only to" be said that . yonno.Cole had got the consent of• her parents bet;:re he ever hineathed 'love to Ellen; that he dec:ared himself to leer on the day before the fir4--of May, and rifler a world of troulite ~o t- h er to consent to become him own the folloichig ni7lit. Her I.parents and filenils were there approving; and on the evenin7 of the first of May, IS—, beneath a canopy-of tiower, and in the 'midst of a -delightful assembi+, the.; meek-eyed (Ike of Glen-Mary declared bef;ire the world that her resting-place wa., and lvreter would_ be in the breast of Edward Cole. Are rs-T cRAcr. lIETIY VOLVONE. wa.4 e6niitig home, 1;illy her heart's joY. Mrs. Gray smoothed once more the cor neN:Of the al reatly snil o:11 ra:2:.-earpet, dust e d nice inor.ry the dii , thtss table, and then with a klok of infinite s;:tisfaction, took Ler seat in the cliimm!y-eu:::er to listen, fur Billy was coming. "Two tnivures she nii,l thett it seetne...t t , ) h.e r the ',Lc/la:1z fie would brar:tn utLtr tick. S:J t o the she 71 wetit Guiv— lwr wooilpilewa: scanty, and ettfted tho,e fveble ul. 11;:nds, but—Billy w:Ls com b,* borm , ! - 11111v4 liis mother's home should Clean and Cti . ght arid cheery to the hey, if be did !Ids, there the pislisheil city furniture,— Then what a Smile overran this wtinkles in the Loud old lady's facie, as she thought of the supper in store; surveil' upon porcelain, , pice4 with city condiments it might not be; but there wt it the sweet-cake and the mut ton chop that Billy hnd reliihis,d when a boy, and for. the ceoking,what man, rich or poor with not over that there is but Lind cook in the world—his mother. Mrs. Gray shoGk .up the cushion of her chair and was seating herself, when she saw that the taide-cloth opposite was just Srt grain awry ; she evened this, brushed. the -el - eau hearth agnin, unrolled her knitting, and re sumed her seat. Wm. that n Round? Though . only half K:ay towards the middle of the needle, Mrs, thav let fall her sock and ran as fa-t us her old feet could travel to the door. No, only the %inter wint.: was beating fur minds - 40n, Might not the clock have stopped ?its hands did time so slowly No, younger ears could have heard its tick out:.idu through the pail neted door. • I Weil l - sere the sweet rakei risias", f Was the supper really so tempting to look upon ? Could she thin* of no improremere, I Mrs: Gray opened the cupblard door; and gazed with doting eyes, upon the viands - which, should touch her Billy's lips;no connoisseur ever studied birpictured Adonis or Cleopa tra, half so lovingly as she the rising dough, 'the uncooked rehop, the three pickles, the emootb slice - of butter, the scrap - of cheese, and in a halfiFfaled cup-most precious of them all—thi pinch of powdered herb, With . that deliciotis'atisty-,greenhue, that tnakes it knoWn to lovers'of ge,nnine tes: - • - "All that for me, mother!"h • "Bless my heart; Billy j! how Could • you have come in, and I have'ivatched and Wait ed' this hour past I Put never mind,.l'M glad to see you, my, son ; he , re, sit in . ' the rocking. chair and rest, and wilt take your coat:" " Seeing that, you are r seventy ono years old and I am, twenty-one, we'd better reverse that arrrangement. Do you sit down. Why mother, how handsome you look ! A old soul, aren't you 1".. , A happy old soul she:was as she watched her boy, and marked hove spruce and manly ho bad grown; and yet how he had all the old familiar Ways, and remethbered all the old places about the house ; the new overcoat Upon thepeg, and took his chair for a seat at . his corner of the fire—dear Billy ! • " I declae, how good. it is to he home ao,ain ; how clean and nice. it is here, how the tables Fhine r ; how natural that border of tulips looks around the floor and the rag carpet—how I remember cutting up the cloth for it=that pink stripe was poor little Annie's - baby-cloak .; don't sigh, mother, I was a thoughtless boy to tease-it away front von "-NO, Billy, you wanted to Make my ear pet handsome ; and Annie wears better (tor ments now the has, gone to our Father's home. I was ( nly thinking how she would enjoy this right—your first return. " Maybe she does- enjoy it. Who can tell? If I shou.ld be called above, do von suppose I would fotr , et my old Mother.? Bat we won't be oieran Look! this ptirple sttipe was made from tile first gay waistcoat Lever had. Didn't I feel proud to wear it when it was new—and shouldn'tl be ashamed - of such' a gandv thing LOW' ? Then the stripe .nex: it looks black; hat in the day time it's bottle green—how well I remember! That's the remainder of pa's rAil military pant—after I hid worn them a Year or two, cut down." So the.yonng ran on, seizito , what,ev er topics seemed to please the goo d lady . most. . - '• There, Billy. now snorer is ready. And this is a chop, hill•. And Billy- don't you tetnember how you used to like sweet-cake? AVell, bete they are, and-.these are pickles, Billy." '• I . deClftre,-1 haven't seeti such bounti ful supper s;nce I -went away -from- home; how ;-oot-1 the chop smells ? Yes, and do taste one of the cale:=, Billy they're light as puff balls, good time, I cant eat to many things at once. Mother, to change the sub jectject, , - don't you think that now I'm of age,ve,q —almost twentv - -two--William sounds I,et thwt ? . " I've never called you William; your fath er never did, and little Aunie, dear f.otil wouldn't know her mother by that 'Janie.— Mit William you 1.111111 be, if you wish.; I promise not to call you any tither name; how eat your supper, " I've fini,hed. Come, let us dear the ta ble tem:ether, and then you shall see how you like the things brought frorn the Fede ral city. _ " Wile, more pre.entF, when you sent the flannel hard's- a wee , !: ago? • You wouldn't c ,- ,11 flannel a pres"nt ! St. Anthony, I've brolarn a saucer ! But 'never mina, 1 retnemberea some, of oar plates w e r e badlv.eratiked. and so thele3 a whole new-tea F.et in tnv trunk. The trunk was . opened,- and Mrs. Gray smiled and sighed by turns, :to, 064 - Billy bail spent a good thhd.. or -Iris income in homely but useful rrifts for her ; patent f,)ot warrne,s, patent flatirons, patent kettles-: they wereenough tr,,Yeep the old lady h a ppy and interes:ed uutilher sou should wurn again. . • On the morrow, Master William Gray was gone. .AtTarting. he ;ace, once more, the , : t-repeated ii junction condc.trning his awn name. '• But what ditrerenee.can it, make in rnt• lettrN-nultokly heats tne, Billy; like ahr looks. of the word. " Doesn't any ene hear them ; 'You know .how prom! I am of your handsome hand, and your mood retlectionii ;• suppose the,e .v.eut a 'fliend that arced mr letters The oltbiady locked through her specta des ,hatpiy enom , ir to break them. Billy blushed. and bade his mother farewell. The scenes change now to a city; the inte rior of a huge I wirding-Lous., and the pri vate pallor Ut its mistress.. Atio;her aged woman nits by •her fireside at work ; her mind astir with picasa.nt antio i t i a tions, I , nt far ditrereut ones . from_ those of M. Gray. Alt wh,,t Arang,e-e,ontrwts, what. delicate bad,:s. of d;tforf?nee !mist be seen the lin- CVe H ,100kti fecall , - above! Take, t'ur instance, tbe . aged : lifrtlitt • roof.i from a hundred homes, an listen fur slow f u et s . tep,,, :ouk fur withered forms-; some you sbalffintl in the licavoliobl chair of state otAtioned about by lusuty, ylahning. honor; loye, obeili- er.ee ; some you shall find eententiA with ertunk that fall frorri their children's tableir, slighted and only tolerated in the home ;, some sit :Ilene by cheerless firesides, with the Week uhich bath givea comfort to so many chterless heart , : some seek to forget their age by derkin? for this world's vanity fair; while for others, the roof need not be lifted for above their gray heals stretches only the starred roof of heaven, and thu book of_ hu man love, towards which their hungry eyes turn, in the desolate street. . IL was cbeerfal in Madam Sri t .lling's little room :. brightly the. tire blazed, and ibe . eritn.: son carpet reflected its warm. glow. A door was opened—not by aged bands,.and a young zirl appeared. " Oh, grandma, you 4 're . at work still ; what a - dear soul ! and letting Me gad about tbo . streeLs." - But Joel, (Joan y..as the damsel's Mune) didn't you think to.bny some More spangles? I need a hundred now. " And here they are: Bd Cid•l i t it a 16Yely dress, and shan't I make ..some heartis ache When its worn ; and shan't 1., care as 'much AS these steel spangles - for their 'aching tool " That's right, Joey, don't.fall iti love, . want you. to choose a linshittid- 'With - - your eye: wide . open. • 'try' veer.' an 'these young men, and when Mr. Wright eaniaa . of yoa'lnre bright , :enough' to catch him. I have set my beart.upon a.- first-rate mateh . for yon, child. • Yes: an elegant . inin,with beautiful Manic eves and iv ao'veell dreslod,' .. .and Pa ti I 1 ". '' r NOnsense, rra n .; ; loptnien answering .that description, P:rok..9gtlarelegant,itrin neya;Jiny. not' elegant ejes, .",look out Toirel egantfamilY,' let' height 4,.,statqra look out for money to pay for elotlies—his mid your'n—not 'merely to see if his tailor his dress: d . That reminds me, 'graudmi;:--how.ever tame you to take a tailor to boArdiDeli says yo - tilg Mr. Gray, that' has the upper rooni,is notliingrbut a tailor. fin has. 'very. gooittookine; baggage thonglt .1 peeped over the Calustride When . the Coat:hum:lr brought it,up stairs.., .; • ' • " It's agin my rule, to be sure, to take anv boarders but the fast. To tell,' the truth, was 5o pleased with this young: man—he's very patty. spoken—that I. promised.' the room before ever asking what his trade wits: Besides, be isn't one of thecOrnmon sort he's what tlley,,ealla merchant tailor. Hand Me more spangles, Jo ';" all this tiMe the old la dy "There, sewing busily. " There, don't work too steadily, don't put vn' eves out, grandipa ; I'll be back in half a minute; I beard a carriage stop,' and per-, .bars its Gray: I'll run and watch for his entrance—itc So droll, the idea of our boarding a tailor !" Madam Snelling was a person of more ed ucation than polish, more.. manner ele- - gance. Possessing a little fortune, . she' still preferred the dr.r.ts of her present lire,-aecom panied as they were, she knew, by a larger chance in the matrimonial market for.. Juey, her adopted child. Her ch'aracter pres"entipo that frequent combination of shrewdness and simplicity, every one saw through madam, and humored her. • But Joey's " nitahre'' was none the less for the good old lady's' absurdities. Joey was fair and sp,i(•lttly, with the bloom of seven teen on , her 'cheeks, a - nd the.tnie?tlef of seven teen in her behavior. Wit's- if riot wbse, and 7:tetra! if not ele• - •'snt z.--• merry, coquettish, - , antrcarele-s of all the world, Joan was a standin ,, favorite - niitidst ilitdatu •Su•Alinrr's respectable boarde'rs. Why grantima; be igult latne, after all anti such a clean bosom and such a stiff Ji.!he, he mustlavis curve fresh from the laundress." . • A very good-lookinkeune man.' . " t call - him band some. What, eye - A be has, and. how much dimity, and how Well he dresses." Joey, Mr. Gray is a tailor." "1 know it, grandma, never fear me ? But I thought all tailors were lame. Don't voti reniember•old Solger, down to the 'vnes:•ar.!, how he limped - Ana (Isn't you remember that Mary walked with a crutch ?" " Yts you little nonsen , e. ; but two club tooted men don't wake , . their - slAible eloss lime. And besides I tell .you ..11... Gray is a merchant tailor." • . A week - or two passed. 'Joey went to'her Part .)lanted daggers or 'spangles in her suitor's I.l' -ts ; and the sparinded dress had grown shabby with use, when Joee sat in n the upper eitatuber, one day, oottversing:=itit trust Le told—‘4itb Ler grandtuother's . wait ing-tnaid; .Deb. •••I found it, Miss Joey, just where he had hidden it under his pillow. See!" .• " You did ! -now that's a whe,n for all my coaxing, he wouldn't --let me read -a word ; but of course I shall-not meddle with tis letter, lay: it-in the drawer,.; and hy-the way. Deb, grandma needs you in her room' below." `' Y e g, Ails % Form its eves Ire_ •piked up. these thing,;." Debtly departed, muttering. ". I %vender-if she takes me bow fora fool, wonder if I won't eatoh her ipelling out that letter vet. Joey sat watching.the elm, whose young leaves told that spring bad come; ves,. even into the paved courts of the;eitv. " I sbppose Wll Gray sits here," she roused, "and thinks of his mother's cottage zitear •old lady, I 'should like to sea her. But wlutt can the letter contain, besides - the usual advice / She can't have beard of his fancy for My humble self / Ho, ha, perhaps- she objects to: m's, perhaps I am not worthy of his worship; the Inerchat t tailor ! It condi' be no other cause that made him so shy about the letter ; and if his mother has presumed to - criticize me, why I have a right to improvel by'. her criti cism, sure •• " Yes, here. it is ; how *- el\'''sbe how neatly the letter is fohled-4,.:Pear —le never woald let me rend- that - first line', yet hoW sweet it. is in:the dittir old lady I've half a-mind to fall in love with the. boy, if on.. Iv for his mother's sake ; or : rather, I should have half a mind, if poor Will weren't a tai lor. • Jciv's face reddened, as her eyes ran over the mother's letter, " Not„ be-.deceived— tiot let his senses flatter him 7 ,-not lw smitten with a pretty face—grandma., poor, simple shallow soul ; and after all, its true, true, ev ery word. What are we, that we should sneer at this good old lady and 'tier son, we •are not. worthy of them." • "Joev!" • Why did the maiden's bee grow reddef ? Whose eyes had followed her own aero,i4 the letter line by, line ? • Who dared to dal - ) her trembling hand in both- of his;? Ah, the new boarder-41)6 tailor—Billy Gray I "What makes you tremble, Joey V' " was so very dishonorable (NO dream Toe were at home; I• The tailor laughed : " So the , dishonor all lay in detection ! On my. • shoulders - .let it rest then. - ntit why sh6uld you care for my good opinion. What can I ever be to you any t"' . . . Their eves 'lief: 104 4 s timitl and aShanke4l; his frank but earl ; a eminettish aassi•er prase to her lips, but,bis grieved look ebecsed leer at once... • " What can. l'ever be r• • - - The eyes - were nl•erted 4 71Viih much character, so much 'energy, so obdnes.4; I think you -end attain to Any . lot von - choose.': " Joey; I viqeder if you belisre iri Stich a sentiment us hive 1 You treat our hearts as if they were made for playthings." Fie tunied away—how stiff his collail9ok • ed. -44 And wind we like- best, sometimes We ,piett , nd to scorn because it is net ne6," Better strive tor aid.inaki it • "Tbitt's not my way. I'm a - oiziled 'and expect to.be bumered by Providence. ' don't know bow to strive ;sometittiks Uthink it is better for a woniart to wait, in 'these mat What matters - • ' Love for instance. If a ton — - ibvc+i ;ins; lila I stand ready to give - fratit'itilisrers Übe connive 10.1 hiot;whrile% fair gittoo for INueirV? - - . I" , tefililirVhe dare obi -Break.' eoluint U. Ziumb tion mat - he anets that irank4neiti appear impertinent. Letinna dare, who' would - Min • • "'Joey, what'd the need of 'all ti loeutiOn ? You knOw 'that know tint you know l3ut, Willie-=-your mother'n-I. " liut,Joey—your grandaMtha " Two necmtives ritakesati morians say. ' I cannot endure - t 6 .bp : 'tan , longer. ' Pear .toey witl you be tu Say noif . you must, but:7----- .:" -, ..," N ."O, no • - : ,iittii 4, Litin grateful r4i. 'YoUr'' Irani; Snellinff. Hencefeithi will n ' Y 49 u ------ . " There were two iieffatiyes?" ..' NO one knew it,eiceit , Biddy . , s eokiii?, through, the -eyhole, : i',,.who loved heibover better foi nesi•••:--but tears carne into' the ii eYe " s. Thi ' I d stri f' tl 3 e e " rve this an(lthe t !p ifl u i t '6g lie l 7 r r l in his," why take it ;".how obtatte., Of course I'll be your *Mil - of cot; in; You ,fora good sun, and. a ' tri man,- and a lover besides; I ,-thii 'ore lilest, than if 'You .lacked.'- - .t triii6, !Ind could boast the natn4 - i or i're;ident. I only feel that Stich air! as I can naer ge . worthy-, Or: _ . . . . lie:' ' ~. - - ' • - ' In tld's last opinion Joey and ty,: - .. Sitii)i inc . ; - al Wti ys disagreed. The en b crag,e:rnint-* 'tlieold lady a 'sbr,ious illneia ; but. that`6'4, t-he'poeified herSelfand - herfrienda with:: pro-. 1 eltiminEr;illat--after all-..Joeylli married a erchwkwilor. . - - REPORT . - - • TILE LA,:sie REPORT - Fan ' 11.L 4 ',.Z.A.- . . . ' ' . DIES: . . • . . . ~ - --., _. .- _ An exchange states that the fol F lig: - 0.- ' port.waa actually presented:-=`- -- ;--._-- "Re:port , of cueor4mittee'h,', the In ienzo,:::re? ii -- is/atur . c, niade- By ..hfr.--. 1 .--, t 04 1 7iiiir: ;,:*- i x 4 „. -. . . - . .: . "Mn,. ,Srsalcitn : The' elect tiattbie - , -, -: . . . to which was referred;. 'the . Peti 'oltY-bUI . t ' ~. . Committee appointed-by- the . Nat enal - Ntre men's flights Convention' ' at -its- it ithal - tev.. sion held. in New Yorh,Norembe . 1.1151 : 1,:t . : :. 7 t i r rnettiorialiie _ the Legislatures of e'' sever.,k States, praying that all lawful "flea a :be rise., .to ward .seeurtu& -the rights of 's rage.: - . - t - t : , wonien iii the State of Indiana,'ha ',. had-61 .. ...Arne under consideratinti, and.bat*.diiinte• _ .. . .me. to make thefollowingreport:. Otirceni• . mitiee tire of the opibien.that - the • ortien.t: Indiaiia live in -a .Christian-eonn ry ' the.i. • 1 claim to belt Christian .people,'an" withal. (.Iristian people the resealed la* il . ..' . Gbil,-s.. Tar a: applied to the • relations of society, i - the- eniy foundation of human - laisi. - -Th, . revealAt law'of God in Indiana . l .. trid . him p aw l: ami• wives as one - person: Aicritkeir .. XEK: -1-:3. ' it. teaches that men rUulet gover t -, .. their fa:nilie . s,.and that Women mil - suhtni* . to: their laWful = . reiptisitions:.. Coto *Ma Xts:-.. 18 t Ei-ihes,ians' - 4:-. 2 t?.-')1. 4 ; ::Tintoth rt.,-18) i e 1 -Peter iliA. teaches that . the rams bi . the wife belongs to_ the bushel:A.-4 . Corili- __ th iaue vu. '2-13. ... ,- .The-petiticners • homplaiti that the \ lairs of Indiana do net tee.ognist - ; - . r', , omett as equal with 'men'. • In the opinion 01, your committee it does;•With a -' 'slight varia tion! ..They i&o'contplain that i;thi toneett; of wemen . is not .obtained -to:.-aity measure el: -entire Stat;3'-policy.' In Indiatia,,a womate:::. -cement is always obtained 'to' mar 1 -befoil:: 't.?r alut the time thdcetemony ift rfonntid; and 'are willing to trust their husba dsitt_ili ' &natters! of State policy.' Yeti .. wsetitik: plain, of petition the legislature t rentedy . .. , , kvils'tlielv 114;70. broughtbu thentielv They': '`' Pam ' alSo comp that _they are ‘ 0"14:‘1 . t114)., t l .t , -: being ref.net:ented:.' .Iu Ihdiana,:e eryttitsift that. exerei: , es the right . of suffrage, represent:, at . least - one .wonian ;-. and some ..weitiett iti-. Indiana hare a dozen-or. more reptesentatires. - . -• Your c.Onitnittee feel a: . delicitey.i.recoittf, • mending leg,h.dittion for . .sing,le.Woni li.'itt bur - . .oivn State, being` .singlo 'men ()tine res;- . 4 7 .,.. ing of the opinion thrit ; they (the Women) r would prefer a legiSlator to legiSlatiti.: .....04t. - , . sid e of the State this Legislatu're , ha- no:jty, risdietion. ~ YOur committee are of . opinion that all women have,-and ought-to , ar,e,:th* privilege of doing justras they please ailong - Ns they please to do right.; -and-ry ..ni emu, triittee cannot better"expresstheir kin regard for the fair petitioners,-than - brado . tint the lrn nag of the poet':'. , - "' Ye lastly_bonitie blosoms ' Y4.pre,tty lassies dainty; "leaven finale you good as well as An' izfie pod bids •. A -YouNG CIIARACTEIL-41 .1 . 1 man who Ivo a . just senso of his • will 9,h)rt. rtith iris ebtlracter.,::g_ . 143rd to his charact ! er -,in:oarly,,tockto. o f itlwmwei vable value to hini in all r I years of b% i; life. When _tem p ted t' :from strive propriety of depostrnent,h a,k • I , itni>ell, '`.Can .1 afford - ibis!" a 'nazi tw: vim tit. to a you'ng *art tte I elevated usittd" t . loi _ tide ;s _the foiri a .goo,l chat:l4lr. The nritiCiA Or I kept plre, lutist b 3 einployed. i0.....t thought which aro themselves_ Idris, tend and elevating .,` !Thus dia. i in ill own power, the ,theraes' of at ' If youth only , knew; how durable A kli:stnal is" the injuii prOclueed-tty 't, i geom.- of 4legradiag thcaighte--tf t realized 'how frightful are the moral, ties whi ( th a. chesished:,habit of loose ad - on utoduces—they:- would.-shurt the "Litt ofa serpent: . ' taf, A: wtover runile at Keipo rt; _ soy, on-!11e felt,of picking rip . loo : v, ihe di.litt,nen of 0L.6 - tro! other, and, returning ititly: theta gm ! ! pinZi - ng ilium in a - I;aAat, 111 was Wt'll 1) . ir 1..40114 MeGea, *ha I )l shed the feat in forty 7 pine_ mina teen and three-quarter I rif The houSe; of a.`l:a an; is his i tradiS„ siver leaves it regret,over Oruhis . P?. it htit floss; r tbe. - fria'ad Seal, the wit °MTN' lig ,tet i rtieS hiSl'itpproaab:wit4l- JOY be l 4 6 on her cheq-t, mu their tranipaits. , . . VI" n exelinttli says - that id.' nitlea *lira three petikinsto* 'lies's - firm ; one to‘diii - withilni-istle one to . -iet killed 4aaditu4 wiil4 or tlid"titsitießs. '2: • :-.. - Ri6iii• - i , - •* . : lte* , 7Miiiii-! - Y7; ,biihin'*:'iita.lie•Oilifii-piiii4'i-.10:;',..-. di - 'wont& Tetini• ,41 airtime ye gitm-: ini4'-' .1 4 1 ..i! Or inIYSY I lift I t * - 11 sips;_ ` tile- jiaita k nand( £ - ;.$- OOyD;` young .11. value, .Sul re: will be graining deviate should It is of have all ad& of er.rto ;pia ,of ehas ,ind has, nation. d e ey only magiu 'tau as iw Alio,: ly and auk& !vithoot, g hicl; ; of 14 I *Amp us at Svor,; :Wit to' „ 1~~~ ~~t::~s _ _ ~ ..a?T+'~~:_.