jj itftitint 4:lstrriliti, Tro,pridots,
iit
tLlttrp.,
THE Yo tr2V - *, ) g WIDOW.
BrAtonswr . JOSSELI'N
She is modest but not bashful,
Free and easy, but net bold,
Like an apple, ripe and mellow,
Not too young and not too old;
Half inviting, NU repulsive,
Now advancing, and now shy.
There is mischief in itor
There is dingo in her eye.
Sho has studied 'human eature;
She is sctietiled in all her arts;
She has taken her diploma,
As the mistress or all hearts. •
She can tell the Very moment .
When to sigh and when to stile;
0, a maid is sometinies charming,
• But a widow all the while.
Are you sad! , bow very serious
Will her handsome face become;
Are you angry! she.is wretched,
Lonely, friendly* tearful, dumb.
Are you mirthful ! him; her laughter
Silver.sounding, will ring ont,
She can lure, catch and play - you, .
As the angler does the tront.
Ye old bacheto - rs,of forty,
, Who bare grOisr, so,bald,and wise;
Young Americans of twenty,
With the 14ve-looks your eyes; •
You may practice all the lemony,-
Taught by Cupid since tho
But I know a little widow, ,
Who ran Win and fool you all.
'Hz Jso ,VG OF THE ArEP10.4..47
GIRL.
Our hearts sre . with our native land,
Our tong is for her gtory;
Her warrior's Vrel.th is in our hand,
4 3ur lips brentlyout her story,
ilerlofly hills And valleys green,
Are smiling biight before as;.
And Me a rainbow sign is seen, .
Her proud flag graving o'er as.
And there ate milks upon our lips,
For those who, meet her ibetnen;
For glory's star knows no eclipse,
When smiled upon by women.
Far those who brave the mighty deep, •
And scorn the threat of dang,eir;
We've imiles to cheer—and tears to weep
For every ocean ranger.
Oar hearis are with our native land, - -
Our song is for her freedom,
Our prayers are for our gallant band. =
Who strike where honoint - teaa"..- --
W e l ove t h e ta i ni t,:-- %I , breathe,
'Tis tre4rrt's boundless dower;
Well twine for him a fadeless wreath,
Who scorns a tyrant's power.
4' ; They tell me of Frances beauties rare,
Ot Italy's proud daughters,
pfScutland's lassi&—England's fair,
And nymphs of Shannon's waters:
i. ,
We need: tot all their boasted charms,
ThOu,gh lords around them hover;
Our glory lies in Freedotnis arms,
A freeman for a lover,
Listtitaitonts.
BROOCEL
I have in my possession an article or jewelry
which cost me many aouncoinfortable twinge
though it was certainly not ,stolen. Neither
was it begged, borrowed, . given or bought ;
yet looking at it, I often fee: Myself in the
position of the old man in the nursery tale,
who,having speculated from some.church yard
a stray ulna, or„ was perpetually
haunted by the voice of ita defunct owner,
crying in unearthly tones, 'Give me my bone.'
Now the ornament that had unluckily fallen
to my lot—l picked up in the street—is a
miniature brooch, set with small garnets, in
heavy antique gold. 'l It isevidently a portrait
orsotneboody or other's great grand mother,
then a, fair - damsel, in a nch peaked boddice
and btomacher; and 'it
_heavy necklace of
pearls- her hair combed over a cushion, and
adorned with a tiny wrestli—a sweet looking
creature she is, though not. positively beauti
ful. I never' wear the brooch (and on princi
ple I wear it frequently in the _hope of find
ing the real Owner.) but I pause and specu
late on the noiy attached to it and its origi
nal, for I ani sure ,that both had
,a story. =
And one night lying awake, after a tonversa
zime, my ears still ringing with the din of ma
ny voices—heavens I How these literary peo
ple do talk !--there came to me a phantasy,a
vision or a dream, whichever the reader choos
es to consider , it.
It was moonlight, of course; and her silvery
majesty was so powerful that I had the '-Azira
periertof my couch" quite close to - shut her
out; te4vertheless, as I looked on the white
curtains.at thafoot of Ile bed, I saw growing
there-4 can find no fetter word—an image
what shall I say t—like the , dissolving views
now so:much the rage, It seemed to form
ittse,lf out of nothing, and gradualy assume a
distinct. shape. Ltd it was ozy miniature
brooch; enlarged into IL goodly sized appari
tion; the setting forth glimmers of light, by
which I saw tha figure within,. half-human,
half-etheriai, waving to and fro like vapor, but
still preserviug the attitude and likeness of the ,
portrait. Certainly, if a • ghost, - it was
prettiest ghost ever seen: •
I believe it is etiquette - for apparitions only
/o speak wizen spoken to; so I suppose I must
have addressed mine. • But my phantom. and
Jiaeld no district conversation; and in all
remember of the interview the speech wasen
tirely on its side,communicatrd by snatches,
like breathings of an 4olian harp, and thus
j4kronicled by me. . •
How was! created and by whom I
_Young
gentlewoman (;•bonor Sou by using a 'word
peculiar to my day, when maidens- wetniztel-.
ther "misses" Dor •'yourtg ladies," : but essen
tially gentiewonwa,) I - 43erived my birth from
the two gre.atfatpowerion cartb- -, Geolos and
Love ; bat 1,, will speak more plainly. It was
sinzuzieell 4tty•r-such iminmers one "war
sees now=—that I came to life wider say orlgi
pator's hand. He sat painting ins quaint
old library, and'ila;,.)Mago before him was
the origival 4 . Oit you see.,• • ''
A lookat'in if 'll . I . * th " . t'
~ myself ist, . esp SID muc h ; the 't
my creator , was a young : self-talight, and ea'
jet . ottry ball -taught artist, ivlro, charmed
Witl the 'expression, left acurate drawing to
take Amite. His Atter's character and
foritrn'e are indicated too; though he was not
,beautilial,. swittness . and dignity-am in the
'finely • rentl:ed , tye-broWs; and white the
pearls, the velvet, and the lace, show wealth
and rarik, the rose in her bosons implies rim-
}sly maiden tastes. - Thus the likeness tells its
own tale--she was Mt earl's daughter atd he
, was a poor artist. . ,
Many a time dadathat first day pf my exist
ence 1 heard .1 he sweet .N..( ? i c er. of Lady ' Jean
talking, in kindl , courtesy to the painter as
i t,
he drew. tSlie Wailialfasbanied that her fa
ther had asked him terpaint only a miniature ;
he Whose genies and'ioclination led V him to
the highest , e - allS of art." But the artist an- _
,slivered somewhat odefusedly, "That having
- beep brought , up near her father's , estate, and
hearing so i tuuchr Of her.goodness, he was only
mo, happy to paint any likeness of the. Lady
Jean." 'And Ido believe he Wis.
"I also have heard of you, ?it: Bethune,"
Was the answer ; and the lady's aristocractie
ally pale cheek was tinged with a faint rose
color, which the observant artist would fain
have immortalized but could nut for the trem
bling of his hand. "It gives me: pleasure,"
she, continued, with - a quiet dignity befitting
her,rank and woruanhootl," to not only make
the acquaintance of the promising artist, but
the good man.' , Ali! me, it was a mercy
Neiman. 13ethime did not annihilate my airy
F existence altogether with that berried dash of
his pencil; it made the month somewhat aw
ry,as you may mee in me to this - day.
There was a hasty sununotrafroin the earl,
"That hiinself and Sir Anthony desired the
presence or, the Lady Jean." An expression of
pain, halfof anger - crossed her (Ate, as she re
plied; 'Say that latt .:e ...rdeti ?my father. 1 be
lieve,' she added, 'we must end
.the sitting
for to-day:. : Will you leave the miniature
here, -Mr. Bethune? , , ..
The artist muttered something about work
ing on it at-home, with Lady Jean's pennis
sion ; and as and of the attendants touched
me, he - snatched %tr.e up wtth such anxiety
Abet he had very nearly destroyed his 'own
work. • '
`AU %would be once tike her tionnieu
face gin she were r as With as she was this
worn. But that/canna' be, a dour father
Irka the earl, and an uncomely,wickeo wooer
like Sir .11rthonj% llech sir,but I ain was
for tle.Ledtiv Jean 1' : .
I know not Why gorm an sbnuld hare lis
tened to the auld wife clarers,' nor why, n 4
he carried me borne, I should have felt his
heart beating against 'ate to It degree that
fadly endanftered my young tender life. I
suppose it was bis sorrow, for baring thu; -,
spojj e d_ rnst „ imat..arsurenl.a r a rirstmtuler him no t.
him, and also for the same cause 'that be sat
half the night contemplating the injury h.,
had done. •
Again and again the young artist *eat to '
the c:Wle,and my existence.akiwiv grew from
day to day : thoug,h.never was-there a paint
ing whose infancy - lasted no long. Yet I loved
my creator, tardy thOuch he was, for I felt
that he loved me, and that
_in every touch Of
his sou). Often they came.and stood togeth
er, the artist, and the earl's daughter looking
at me,. They, talked, - she dropping the aristo
cratio hauteur, which bid a somewhat
imma-
Lure mind, ignorant less from will than from
circumstance and neglect. While he forget
ting his worldly rank, rose to that which na
tore and genius gave him. Thus both uncon- -
sciously fell into their true position as man
and woman, teacher and learner, the greater
and, the less.
“Another sitting, and the miniature will lie
cmnplete,•l fear,” murmured Norman,
.with
conscience-stricken look, as he Lent over i me.
his fair hair almost touching my ivory.
caress, swett,.thoucr.h . no longer new to Me
for many a time his lip:-4Mt_this la telling
tal e s, so Oo more! •My p a iul . o ) ,,yet not soul
le4 eyes; looked at_ my mattitr.as did others.
•of -which mine were but.the poor shadow.
Both eyes. the living and the life!eas, were
now dwelling on his countenance, which I
hay', •not "yet described, nor reed L Nese!.
yet was there.- beautiful soul that did not
I,stamp upon the outward man some reflex .of
itself; and, therefore, whether N6rman -Beth
une's] face •*andfigure .were' perfect" or not,
matters not- •
"It is nearly fioi.bed," mechanirallv said
the Lady Ja Wi
fr e looked dull tha t . day.
and her r eyelids were heavy as with tearr—
(as,l beard. many a whisper say) ti hnrsh fa
titer gave ber just cause to - shed.•
"Yes, yes, I ought , to fini.h it," hurriedly
replied the artist, as if more in-answer to his
own thoughts than to her, and be began.to
paint; hut evermore something was wrong.
He coeld not work well ; and then the lady
Jane erns summoned away, returning with a
weary look; in which wounded feelings strug
gled with pride, .onee too we plainly heard
(I know my master'did, for he clinched his
bands the while).-the earl's angry voice, and
Sir Authottv's hoarse laugh ; and when the
Lady Jean came back,.. it was with a .pale
stern look. pitiful in one so younj. ' As she
resumed the sitting, her thOughts evidently
were wandering, for two great-tears stole into
her eyes. ana!dowtt het Cheeks. Well-a-day !
my master maid not paint them; but he felt
them in his heart. His brush.fellbis chest
heaved with emotion—he advanced a step.
Murmuring '"Jean Jean," 'without the "Lady;"
and then recollected himself; and. with a great
struggle remmedlis brnskind went palntiing
on., She had never once looked or stirred:'
The -ink sitting came—it was hurried and
brief, for there seemed• something not trite
right in the house. and as we - came - to 'the
castle, Nonage and lifor be had got% in the
habit of always tak'sg me borne with him.)
heard something about'' a marriage:' and
!Sir Anthony.'. 4 . I felt my poor patter-elit:l
-.der Jobe stood:.::.
Thelady Jean. rose to bid-the artist' adieu.
She had seemed; agitated during the sitting
Alia:lei, but was quite are-now.
" Farewell,' she said, and stretched vet 'hen
hand to - him witha.,looki - fint af:. the esti%
Am:Titter, theu'ottbor‘orriens Only tile 'no
inanc , gentle, kindif,aren binder; liet.'never
fOrrecticg her maidelair reserve.
Lthault you' she added, - tot. then* ft - 0
ibialabe laid her bandattieneYbut for your
companionship.; and she paused as if she
Rheum, 'ltsrlitqatita otcfuntg, Venifa, •g,nrsban Eterning,liegteder 10, 100.
.
*raid have said friendaldp, Ytt . feared. You'
_
•I have dons rue good . ; 'you have', elevitted nip
tmind; and from yon I learned; • what
else I might never have.viOne; reverenee. for
I Ulan. - 'Pod Les yob with a . life of horror. and
fame, and what is rarer still, happiness
she half sighed, eitended . her' hand without
looking toward him;' he clasped a Mot:tient,
end then•---she was gone, • 1••
master stared 'dizzily around/ell - on his
I:dees beSide me and groaned out the anguish
of his spirit Ills - only wort; were, `lean,
Jean, so goof, so Pure the' earl's.
daur e , rdire and I the poor *artist Its he de
parted he.monneel'them out - once, more, kiss
ed passionately'My unresponsive image, and
fled; but-not ere , the Lady Jean; believing
him gone; and coming to catch the Precious
likeness, had silently entered and seen' bile
thit. . . .
. She "stotdsilence, gazing the way
he had t h'er arms folded on her heaving
breast. She• Whispered to herself, 'Oh ! noble
heart ! Ohl noble heart !' and her eyes light
ed, and a look of rapturous pride • not:pride
of rank, dawned in the
.face of the earl's
dauglf.-r. • Then .he too knelt and kissed
me, but soleriMly even with tears:
The next dr4y, 'which was to have been that
of her forced marriage with Sir Authonv,
Lady Jean had fled. She, escaped. in the
night, taking with her her' old nurse
and me, whom she hid in her bosom.
You Will 'Trot follow the poor artist to wed
him P said . the none. '
Never P Answero the Lady Jean,: "I
would lire alone by (he labor of my hands ;
but I Will keep true to hitu till my death. 1:or
my father who has cursed the, and cast me
off, here I renounce my lineage ; and am no
longer an Esir9 daughter!.
So she went forth, anti her places knew: her
no more.
Foi months, even years, lay shut •up in
l. 71 1 •1.
1104;, .4:.:llCi!ry over oxiice , e.l to the light
of day t but I did not mut mur ; I knew that
I was kept as you mortals kesp your heart's
best treasure in the silence anti secrecy of
love. Sometimes 4te at night, a pale Wen-
rieil hand would - unNasp . tur oov.oring,.and
4 face, worn iudv.d, but having a sweet .re-.
nose, sash as I had never seen in the form e r
lady Jean, would '-coins and bend over me
with an intense gaze, as intense as that of)
Norman Bethune, under which I btu] glowed
into life. Poor Norman if be had known.
All this. while I never heard my mastet.'s
name. Lady Jean (or Mistress Jean, as I- now
called her) never uttered it, even to - solitude •
and me. But once, when she had shut lier
self up in her poor,chantlAr„ she, bat reading'
some tapers with smiles, oftener with lovin•
tears, and. then placed th 4 fort/pnents with .
the in my hiding place; and seS—soine magic
bond existed between my masted.- and rue,
his soul's child—Lsati shining, in the ()silk,'
the name of Neiman Bethune, and read all
that Lady Jean - read. ,lle had become
theiptirktri.. ClllolateiMo- -- ; ---- - -
net - ut=ine face Norman had loved 7s
.
the face which more than any in the wide
world would de ighteu at theecho of Lis. fame
— even my 'faint being became penetrated
with an almost human joy.
One night Lady Jean took me ont with an
agitated hand. She had doffed her ordinary
dress, 'Which. now chatiged the daughter of
.
an earl into the likeness of a poor ,gentlewo
man. She looked So:mall - rig like. her olden
self—something like me; the fonts of the
dress was the -aide; I saw she had m tde it
sertipulously like; but there was neither eel:
vet, nor lace, nor pearls, only the one red
rose, as•vou may see in me, was- once more.
- p'avied in her bosom.
_lad to find Any child won out into
society, said the nurse hobbling in; though
the folks she will meet, poor anthers, artists,
to usicians, and Such like, are unmeet com
pany for the lady Jean. .
'But not for the birunle Jean Douglass,'
she answered, gently smiling—the smile not
ofgitlhotisl, but. or malureitwomanhood,-tliat
has battled with and. (.onquered adversity t
and•w hen the nurse had gone, slie - took me
out again, untimeritig, • I mntvel will he
k no w; me now 1"•
I heard ber come home that night.. It was
late; : but she took mu up once more and
looked at me with a :sttohge joy, though
mirOerl :with tears ; yet the only Wonis I
heard ber say : were those .she had - uttered
once before In the d to years . past=' Oh f •no
ble hervt—ltirive Doble heart !' and the fell
on .her knns And prayed.
. .
My dear master I—the author of my be
ing 1 I met his eyes once rnos , e*. Ile took
me in his hand' and looked at me with play-
Tul compassion, not criie free from emotion.
'And this bow I painted it I It was scarce
worth preserving., Lady Jean,' • •:
',Mistress Jean,' pray yon; the"name best
suits me now, Mr. Bethune,' silts !aid with
gentle dignity.. -
. .
I knew my master's race well. I had seen
it brighten with the most passionate roimira
:;ion as it turned on the lady Jean of old ; but
never did' see a look 6111:h as that which- fell
on Jean Douglass now—.earnest, tender,dahn
— . its boyish idolatry changed into that rev
erence with which a man turns to the woman
who to hitt is above all women. In it one
could mace the whole life's history of Nor
' man Bethune.
, . •
'Jean,' he 'sAid so gently, so naturally,
amt she hardly started to hear biro use, the
name, 'hare you in truth given. tip
alt V , • .
, Nay. all' Inds forsaken me, but I faar not;
though I stand alone, heaven has protected
n3eand will, evermore: • .
Amen said Norman Bethune: Par
don me, but our brief acquaintance—a few
Weeks then, a few weeks now---sectiti to 'coin
'prebend a .rit4- I tim - e. *
lie topic her hand, hut titnorouslv`
•
she were again tte,earrs tlauiliter .aud :be
the poor artist.' too trembled and ehang
ed
color, less like the'pple:;seiene .
lass; thin the bonny lAdyliesin, whose'grylisli
portrait he once drew..
Norrnau spok‘ again ; 'and' speatifig,7lfis
grave thanhood seemed to concentrate all its
,passion in the words' - •.
'tea - rshsti:e-,cbittiedia some meastite. my
fortubes IstleariC though tiut • MC:
the .unknown artist—now sit at pri , ncely ta
bles, and visit in aolyle ;I am glaa l ; , for
honor tome is honor to.my art,) t as it should
he.: And his fees was lifted 'with noble pride.
rtdded, rzleautiful
4hough leis unworthy tOwerds- rues, ; I writ
still unworthy towards you. If were - 16
woo you, I should do so not u an artist who-
cared to sC.:k an, earl's deughler, but as a
* man *ho felt that his best'der.ieits Vire, poor,
compar:ed to those of the wolian to las lon
eed all his.•lice,. and honoted , -abOire all the
world.' ~~ ,
Very calnAhe stood—very still s until there
,
run , a quiver over face--over her whole - If -acne.
" I J, an--4i.an•l cried N'orman Bethune, as
the forced composure of his speech 'tidied
from it; and lyzcanie transmuted' into the pas
sion of a man who has thrownhis whole life's
hofe upon oue chance, 'if you do not.seorn
1 tne--nay, that you cannot `do--but if, you
wil ribt repulse me-if y`ou will forge( your
'liable Dame, and bear that whieh, with God's
blessing, I•will, make noble- ay, nobler than
any of your earl's!—if you,will give up all
dreams of . the halls where you were born, to
lake refuge in 'a lowly home, and be cherish
' ed - in a poor man's loving briatstthen Jean
I)oug lass, come'
' I will !' she answered: ,
I.le.took tier in his
fell
arms; al
the strong =IA pride fell from him, be lean
ed over her, and wept.
For . 'wee , litk. months ,ifterwatirs;
.nobody
thought of me. I might ; have expected it ;
yet suruchoiv it was sad .to lie in, tny :still
ciailini?sl=, and never hel9oked at at all. But
I had done thy work,,and was content, •
At last I was bniught frthn rev till hiding
piaci?, and indulged , with the light of (1115%-
1 snide(' beneath this touch of.. Lady Jean,
evs n now Lad a lingering teruderneEs
in it—inwe for me thin for , any other of her
best treasures,
Look, Norman, look 1' stretehinz
ont.her left hand.' AM I lay therein,. I felt
:Its
golden. . wedding-ring preas against my
t.mooth. ivory.
Narrnati put down
.his brush, and came
mining. to his young wife's side: •
What l—do you keep that still t' Why,
Jean, what.a boyish job it is! The features
nearly. approach to Queen Elizabeth's-- beau
ideal of art, as she commanded her ovVit por
trait to be drawn, 'tis one broad lied, with
out a single shadow. And look how ill
drawn the shoulders are, and what an enor
mous awkwaid suing of pearls' •
Jean .snatetpd me up and kissed me. 'You
shall not, NOrman—l will hear no.blame of
the poor miniature. I love it, T. tell you—
and -you love it too. there.'-. And she
held me playfuly to my maker's lips, which
now I touched not for the first time, as he
knew well. 'When we grow Italian be
set in gold and garnets, and I will - wear it
even time htis!bAnd teases to - remember
the - days when he first tahght roe to love him
and in loting•him to love all that it noble in
um . 11 .,
And then Norman-- - -.::_ But Ido not see
hat I have any business to reveal further.
I did attain to the honor of 2.0 . Id and gam
es, and fortned into a bracelet, I fig ured
centricity
laughed, and said that she did oce
the self that her husband loved, for his sake.
So years went la, until fairer things . than
bracelets adoined the arms of the painter's
wife, and she eatne•to . see her own likeness in
deattr tyres than my pcor iv, ry. So her oru•
atrimis—my , elf among the rest—were slow
ly pit b:; and at last I used, to, lie for months
untouched iiave by. tiny baby fingers, which
lOW And that poked into ihe • casket to see
' mamma's picture.'
At . `.ength• there came a change in my des
tiny. i wls worked by one of those grand
est of revolutionist-I—A-a yelling lady in her
teens.
Mamma. %it:at is the Use of -that ugly
bracelet V I beard ore day. `Give me the
miulature to hare made into a brooch. lam
,:ixteen;-- . quite old enough to wear one, and
it will be eo nice to have the likeness of my
U inainsua:
Mrs. Betitune could refuse nothing to her
eldest, dittighter . =-lier hope—her comfort--
hertdsterlike companion.. So, with many an
anxious charge concerning me, I was de
spatched to the jeweler's. Ihrtte to be touch
ed by stringers, and durin g the whole time
of my sojouin at the jewelefs I shut up my
powers pf observation irLa dormouse like doze
from which I was only iawakened by the ca
m' fingers vf.Migs Anne Betht:n., whO had
rusbed with me into the Tainting room, call
ing on papa . and. mamma to admire an old
friend in a new face.
lis that the dtar old miniature r aaid the
• The husband and wife looted at me then
at one . another, and smiled, . Though both
now - glie.Ol into middle age, ytit in that. af
fectionate4Anile I saw revive the faces of - No:-
min Bethune and the Lady . Jean.
I do Lelid've there is someth , ng talismanic
in that . portiait,' , said young Anne,. their
daughter tTo day; at the jeweler's, I was
stopped by a di-agreeable b!d genueinari,wll6
stared at ma and thew at the niiniature, and
finally: questioned ude
„shout my . name, anil
my parent..., until .I was fairly wearied of his
impertitience. A contediptable, malicious.
.eyed creature he loOke'd ; brit the jeweler
paid him all attention, since, as I afterwards
learned, he was Sr,l • Anthony A.-;---;1, who
succeeded to all.the estates of his . tiolisin, the
earl - -
Bethune put me down on the table,
and leaned her - tend on 'her hand ; perhaps
dome mernories of her yeah eame'over heron
heating those leursilentintmes. tier }Unhand
glanced at her . with a restless doubt—same
men will be so jealous over the, lightest tho't
of one they love. But jean put bar , aim in
his, with; a look , so serene. so clear, that he
stooped 4own and kissed her yetisearce faded
cheek.
00, my own wife--go tell our , daughter
all.' - _
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'Jean .Bethune and her child both went.oUt
4ogither i t, 'and - 46 hen they returned;,there was
a protid'glaw ou Anne's cheek- - -IThe looked
sa like her mother, or rathei so likinte , . She
calked down the stud,,io; WWI'S a large room
where bang piettres that might well , make
the fear` I to ehiitn" ;broti.herhood With them,
though the same htrid created them and `me.
Amur turned Ur - radiant eye*frorreotia AO the
other, then went up lathe arthst - and "emlikse
ed him.;
i s. rither, I would rather be .your daugh!er
that shire the honors of the Ifonglesiei;
Anne' Beth doe' were me 'veir' 'after 'year,
until, the fashion ming
4itughtein, if; their min; begin 'to lanfei' at
my ancient,-wetting, 'and-L•nelforays
mock at the rude art of "grand miimmesrdayL
But this was newa in gianclmamma's pres-
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ence, ivhere still I found 'myself at tithes;
my . pale 'eyes beheld the_ face of *bicb my
own 'bad been -a Mete btidow—:-but of
which the-shadow - was new left As the only.
tnethorial.
" And was this indeed Foy, krincimammar
many an eager voice would ask, when my
poor self was calla into . itte;tioit.- "Were
you ever this vonm; girl; end, did you really
wear these 'Ewa utiftil 'pearls,: and live in a'
castle, and hear yourself called 'the lardy
Jean l' tr
And tralidattithina would lay down her
spectacles add.look pensively out with her
calm beautiful eyes. Oh I how.doubly beau
tiful they Seemed in.age, when all other love
liness had gone. , Then she would gather her
little, flock monad her, and
.tell for the hut%
dreth tinari, the story cf herself and Norman
Bethune---leaning geitly, as with her parent- .
feelings she had now learned- to do, on the
wrongs received from her own father f - and
lingering with ineffable tenderness on the
noble nature of Lim who Lad won her heart,
More through than ever by the futeiniattons
of his genius. She -dwelt oftener on this;
when, in her closing years, he was taken be
f,rre her to Lis retst; and while the memory
of the great • painter was honored on earth,
she kncir that the pure soul of the virtuous
man awaited her,`Lis lieloved, in heaven.
"Ancl, yet, grandniarnma," Said the most
visitive of the little winsome elveS whom'
the old lady loved, who, with me in her hand,
had lured Sim. Bethune to..a full hour's con
verse about olden day s-'--"grandinarn ma, look
ing back on your ancient lineage! and would
you not like to have it said of you that you
.were an earl's daughter l"
"No she.answered. "Say, rather that 1.
was Norman 13etta re's wife."
T waked, niad found myself gasl4.bn the
blank white curtains from whence the fantas
mat, ima ge of• the Lady Jean had melted
away. Ilut stilt, through the mystic stillness
of the - dawn, t,seemeJ w have a melancholy
ringing in my ears—a sort of arylkyn's cry—
"
lost—lost—lost!" Surely it wag the unquiet
ghost of the miniature thus beseeching resti
tution to its original - on nerr. "Rest thee,
perturbed spirit I" mid I, addressing -the , or
nament that now. lay harmlessly on the dress
ing-table—a brooch, and nothing more.
"Peace! Though all other means have
failed, perhaps thy description going out into
the world of letters mny procure thy indenti-
Ocation. !—I have it—l will -write thy
autobiography."
• Reader,it is done. I have only to add that
'the miniAure was- found- iu Edinburg, in
'August, 1i349, and will be gladly - restored to
the right owner, lest the unfortunate author I
should be again visited •by the phantom of
Lady. Jean.
THE 3IUSICIA S- MARRIAGE,
tkitoVeT; un.4 , •
The day after he came, his apartrnent - was
entered by a stranger—an old man, whose
appearance indicated' misery and buffeting.
The.great musician received him with a cor
diality which he - would not, perhaps, have
shown.. to a nobleman. Encouraged by his
kindness, his visitor said I come to you,
sir, as a brother. Excuse me if I take .tbi
notwithstandiog the distance that dig
sides us; but formerly I could boast of some
still in playing on the piano, and be givipo
instruction I gained a comfortable livelihood."
Now I am old, feeble, burdened with a large
family, and destitute of pupils. I live at Nu- 1
remburo,,, but I crime to Prague to seek to- re
cover
the remnant of a small
,property which
belonged to my ancestors. Although nomi
nally sueztesful; the expense of a long lid ga
tion has more than swallowed: up the trifling
.sum I recovered. To-morrow I set out fur
home—penniless?'
4 And you -have- come to tool- You have
done well, and I thank you forthis proof of
your esteem. Tu atssist a brotht:r professor
_is to--me more than' a duty—it is a pleasUre.
Artists should have their •purse.in common ;
and if fortune neglects, some in order to treat
others better Viso they de-serve; it only makes
'it more necessary to _preserve the equilibri
um t y fraternal kintine-e. That's my system;
so. don't speak of gratitude, for I feel that . 1
only discharge a debt?'
As he utteied that. gentrons words, Lisiz
opened a drawer in his writing case, and
starttd when be.saw that his depository fin
his money contained but three ducats. _ Ile
summoned his servant.
" Where i+ the money !" he asked
'• There sir," answered the man,' pointing
to the open drawer.
" There! -Why there's scarcely anything!"
I know it; If you please Et remember,
I told you yesterday that the cash was near
ly exhausted."
" You see, mY dear brother," said L;stz,
smiling, " that for the moment, I am no rich
er than you ; but that does not trouble me ;
I have coedit, and can mane mhuey start
from the keys of my piano. However, as you
are in haste to leave Prague and return - home
you shall not be delayed by my present want
of funds."- -
Sti.sayibg, ke opened another drawer, and
taking ont a splendid medallion, gave it to
the old.tnan. "There," said be . 4 that will
do. Itvasi,a present made the by the Emp
eror of Austria—Lis own portrait set in dia
monds. ale painting is nothing remarkable,
but the.‘totieS are fine. • Take them anti 'die
tidie of thekind whitlaiet they biing shall
be Yours." -
.'rise old musician fried sit rain to decline
sef richlt gift.' ' Listz would not hear tir a re
fusal, and the poor Wan at length withdrew,
itiO4ing,the choicest blessings of Heaven on
his generous benefactor, lie then. repaird
to the shop of 'the principal jeweler , in the
city, in order to Bell thit diaruondi. geeing
a miserably-dressed Mari' nniious. to dispose
of mignifieentjewels, the master of the shop
naturally,suspected hoesty ; and while,
appearing to,eaamina the diamonds:with (dote
attention, he whispered a few words in, the
ear%of eae' of his assistants. The latter Went
Mit-arid speedili - aceotniwinietl by
stwitraPsoldiers of the police i who--arrested
:the, pahoppy,artist, is spite of :his prokeatio;
ti9l l 9f: • • p -..
'!'tots Must first icon, to p riaoti; tey . aaia;
arterial& yop can give an explanation to
the Magistrate' - = ' 't •
Theprisoaer 'trete st few line* to his bete=
factor, imptoting his
,assistance.-- Lists has
tened. to the jeweler.
`Sir,' said. Comb he,..•,you have... Caused theaarret
arm innocent man. -to 'wii-h me •_ itnine-
Alierely,.ariti let us have hirii released. Lte is
the. Lawful owner of the jeleli: in
. preitien,
.for I.gave khem...te •
aii"..asked the merchant,'' who' are
.you
'Afy namo. is
I.dou't know any-rich men of that name.'
. That may be ; yet; I ;am tolerably well
known 2.. . -
'Ate you.awa.c that the:As dismonla are
.worth six. thousand ilorins .1' .
So much the better for hint on'whom-I
have bestowed them:„ - .
But, in order , to make such a prosent,you
must be very wealthy:. . ,
• My actual fortune consists of three du•
cats: - .
Tintryou are a magician I'
'By no t,
means; and yet, by just MOving•
my fingers; Ireatr obtain as much Indney as
wish." ----- • •
You must be a magician
'lf you choose, 11l di:seiose yoti the mu
gic I.employ.l
Listz had been a iano in the parlor be.
hind the shop: 1J opened it and ran his
fingers over tho ley° then, Seized •by sudden .
inspiration, he'improvised one. of ilith;e soul
Couching symphonies peculiar to Eiruself.
As_he sounded the first chord; a be:jutiful_
young lady entered the' room. While the:
melody continued she remained . .ipeecbless
Ind-immovable ;" then, as the last .note died
away, she cried, with irresistable enthusiasm,
`Bravo, Listz 'tis wondrous
Dost thou know hito,then, my daughter r
'asked'the jeweler. .•
`This is the first time I hive had the
i;kastire — Of seeing or hearing him,' replied
she; 4 bat-1 know that none living, save Listz
. can draw siich sounds from, the piano. •-•.,
Eipreised . with grace and modesty, by a
fouu persou of remarkable ..beauty, this; ad
miration could not fail to be Mere than flat
tering to the artist. 'However, after making
his best acknovrtedginerits, tisti tbithtliew i in
older to *liver • tlfe prrsetel. and was ac
companied by the Merchant: • • •
Grieved at his mistake, the *artily met ,
chant sought to repair it by inviting the Oto
musicians to 'supper:. Thelionors of the table
were done by his amiable daughter, who .up-•
peared Mr less touched at the generosity Of
Li4z, thawastonished at his talent. • • _
.That night the musicians of the city sere- .
naded their illustrious brother. The nest day
the nobles and Most distinguished inhabitants,
of Prague presented themselves: at his door.
They entreated :him to give some concerts,
leaving to himself to fix any sum hepleased
as a remuneration. Then the jeweler per-
Orived that talent, even in a - pecuniary
may be more valuable than theimost preciotN
Diamonds. Listz continued' to go to his
house; ard, to the merchant's -great joy,. \he
erveived that his daughter waS the .cause of
. .
point with erman ran. has, rat
How do you like my daughter?'
'She is an angel !'
' What do you think of marriage !'
think so well of it that I haW.s the great
est possible inclination to try it.'
What would you say to a fortune of - three
million of francs?'
would willingly accept it.'
Well; we . undetatand each othcr.'_;My
datgliter plexuses you, you please lily d-augli•
TAT'. 'Her fortune is ready; be my son-1n-
With a' my heart'
'The marikage was celebrated the-following
wek.
And this; accordit.g to the chronicles or
Pra!nte, is a true account of the marriage of
the great and good pianist, Lista. -
Tag SILR!kICE or AN ARTIC
following eloquent description of the
lecture Of an Artic night occurs in Dr. Hays's
on the Attic Regions.. We. have, at least
upon one occasion, when eight or nine miles
wider ground in the Marrimoth Cave, seem
ed to fed the darkness,butve never imagined
that other negative attribute of nature. silence,
Could be On intense as to be heard. • Yet" the
Doctor's description: makes this strange pare
d:lx a reality. lie says: •!.
"The moonlights of this period (winter) are
the most grand awl impressive of anything I
have witnessed. The clearness. of the
the white surface of the snow and ice give..it
fin effect monotonous and cheerles;, but
truly grand. But there is 'a new eliment
which makes this mid-winter moonlight seem
almost terrible in: its impressiveness—it is
silence.
"I have often, to escape from the trying
monotony of shipboard life,-gone off six or
eight miles irk the inferior in search of
novelty, and itilorder that I might be alone.
There, seated;ugort a tock or snow bank; I
look around melnd see a great uneven coun
try, rocky bills'and glaciers, covered with
snow, Myriads of chrystal gems.sparklin4in
the light of tlio pale moon, which shoots its
rays down through the crisp air, making it
almost as light as day. I look seaward, and
Pee n: long - plain of ice, nielting into the,hor
rizon, -dotted , all' over, with huge totvering
bergs—iiothing more., .
"All nature is in the repose of death. I
am too far from the, shore to Gear the crunch-
ing of tlus cable s as they rise and fell lazily with
the tide, or the rear; ike distant thunder, as
some lame. crack ;opens through the heiiy
does. There is no 'animal to cross My path,
no tree among whose branithes the, wind
can sigh and moan.
_There. is no song Of
bird, to enliven the scene, no wild. beast to
howl. I stand 'theist alone, the oniy'repre
sentative of God's - living world--tho
,only be
int , that has life or can move. EVe.ry sound
that I hear, every motion that,see, is made;,
by Myself. I hear nothing but the pulsations
'of my own heart; nip own footsteps, and .now
a nd tb(in, pMeiblv; in the distance, tW deep
rumbling of a falling snow tank: Vaitatesa-.
tion'ofiutter - loaelinesi and iselatiOu creeps :
over !nil,' ity heart beats as rughtia the,
blood through -the sensitive organ,oriliu ear;,
m
lam oppressed with discordant
Silence has ceased to be negative'; it has be
, I hear-we and fuel it.
~ltti'.presne to nendurabli.. ipring,to my
l'eet_l Plint them.
'heavily . in' the brio,' to
drown - its, presence, red ` I rush hack to the
vessel, glad — even to find :refuge: iii its-dull,
dull life of hOrrid insult/Atli:ft
sarWhat's to eap o d maids from des
pairing." "Pairing."
V . gititnte. i1:1-: •V,ii:!4:ii.,,,4-4:•;
ILLY 1.4 I
, beard a ' rich_ :.stiaf,y,• a.. t wo .. -
since,.(says. the . Iktroit...:Advertiser;): by
victiur himself , hicli we: think tee'' good :16 1
keit!, and we.therefore take'-the'vliberty . of .
laying it before our readere: art
near. ae may ire,.in our.frierit're
•-' "Spoitkiig of this.litacli prOtinse curse," -
said Sreitb, after some conyeation
„had ; heen
carried cn -by , ' th ertal•rd 11; the
attlir--" speaking tillA breach of
promi4t, CASV, reminds 'me tr. t'l.ira~'e alittlas:
experience in 'that - natter, ;Myself: don't
mean to pay -that 1: was - ever 'situated as this
fellow ie, but I. hkre,fult zitrout'ar4:ildac he
would, audit' you- *Gold likelo - hettrit; I wilt
tell you -low it wri.r." _
.;,
. . All haying sig4ied. a wishtelioar,h4ro
ceeded - - ...
Well, as near a. -I can -remember,
fifteen years, age thi swinter, that I,Attetided
a dancingsehoolin Detr6ft, with ilairaght-' . -
dy.tbea . residing lit the city. I I had made rig
- mind so:ire...years
.thtt never
would get married ; .but -it was .5u0,1445-.
ant bthsinesS that I couldn't find in my..
heart to,let rho - girls' alone . altogether, so - I
paid- -herttrition - fee' arid * itteirdial . : the class
in • her-. company . ereery . " night. - Aunt,: the
middle of tiro- term, SeVeral of the young peo
• pie, ourselves included; 'were;talking .z in the
ball-roori x on.the
1,-of-ederSe, beeame intere4ted, as..wellas the •
others . .. • Ou going Immo 'that evening 4 told
my coMprr tripe rintd..deterntined to get mar= •
t i e d in the spring'aud asked her , advice is
regard to making a selecticrnfor it Wife. Ske
made no.reply for. 4, nsomerif.:;-and I told her
if she didn't know any, body atter fitted for
me I would like to liare,fier, think; the mat;
'ter 'river, - and it>ll me -by the last.schlatiftyhnt -
slintheugbt Oflnsarrying me irerw.:4lll.- , '
' Wit:* ng . all the, time...you -:test tler•ta - nd, and had . no mare thoughti of inar:•.!
rying her thhal bad of marrNinghaueen
She pr °wised to think nfit, iowever, :and :I •
returned rify - fitla rdi trglou, ,, e,. ando*e the .
sutpct,ni farti4 , theught, until abate weeks
later-and would cia the-last
eserring"tif tae sehool,
,the Subjeet ives - itgain
brought up-in conyentation,just: Rs; Wei were
preparin g 1.9.• return to, our Irom"..forlhe
I night: — After, leaiittg, the gall, we:talked and
chatted of different - Matters and on different
subjects', 'till We • renei: e d ber residence. It
was latc-, and '1
.did, not enter the. hoise; •
thoug,h she Strongly=-,urged e to do :ao. •
had bid, tier geed "night,
,41,4 ...v.fts turning
•
away; when' I recolle c ted the .liron:rise -she -
had made Me,and I said:.
" YoLi . promised to let , . ins knew;
to-night, whether you would marry me thia •
sprin Hare you made - np your.rnind ;
'•said she,. " have Wert thinking
about it, but
.t guess I am too young; If it for. that I would _have nonbjection.7
IVO! . good pikht, • then," . 'said - I.
expect you would <l6 it---but •
z : ,
MI about the nights-_adveutures. - 'During - the -
(Is); Lreeeived an .incitation to.attend a . . ball
t o Iva he'd ;datt t:k . ..etiing i l.a....fayir, miles mit:of
the cit%:; and I made !tip arrangements 'ad
uordinity: - TowaydS da;k, :rptnenkbeteti my
agreement to atta:f...thought I
, Aould -run . orer for . h.ft!oment;' anilftpr
wards hate tithe to attend the ba r li. _ I
A rrive - d . at the- lioas.,l . met theladyiallne.
doorway; - and thoughti for the instant- : tbott-r . -•
she was ~ r igged ttp" . in extra style, Whith •
setts at a lbssiiii - teeatint for, though.. be
iicre
. Forielo'ded' site Aid oqmpAny;: I was .
therefore hiThOp6a not; de--.
ta~iued Tong',; 4 Belied - ''..nte.-itito - the
p irlur with n,'ssfreet sukile, rind took her..tilacs
on , , the - sera.' I w' its - esi4enting every
. .
moment to st , :e some stranger enter the,sonftn,
and . I imd nor yet ni:ide: up 'tni . .rrtind,thet Sve
•
were alc:n6, Said," Henry ,1-,bato
made up Inv Tuisid to"
a t n er: clap i net o nisi
have been more surpTitted; and after an in-.
stant liet;itation staninmed
"What aid you - say
have. Concluded. to marry yo.i."
you .ba:S'e•! • Well; I .suppo4
all light—tivl shall the event take 'idtte L t"
I tiiougiit, itit would - snit ycin, that yoll
might thi:e around nest Sunday;.and. vri3 will
to. mother's, at .Dearhoard; and bti matifed
said /14es t!- cab, aid'as
soon possible I fook•rnk leave: ".. ,
" dit4r't go.to the bail that tights_"
iti)ollt.it; and int over the strive
"till tti~itt
ing, thinking of Av.inti, =s se rape .I , got 'my.self
into. I even forgottb, tonp- the:tiro - going,
and'alinost froze in nayipat.• When : daylight
began to peep ie . - at:the - ,windows,l.had-tnadd
up tny iiiind 1 . 014 Lilioni . d do. :I.l..viiattid go .
over and tell wo.tuu4t be:nuairied
itnindiately, or nat. at al . l, and if...\abe agreed
to thatil . zniv no other way_hut to sulartit to
car fate: • • .
When I entered. the gate - leading op i to tier
house, I heiiid herrsinging.4 lively songs:an d
~onscieudealitioit smote we. for deceiving
the poor girl as I had; but .;I sumpinuettup
c o ura ge I.o' ring the bell, - and pulling up my.
collar and tbrowing My head bstek,l -- anxtotilo:
ly awaited an answer to my sistruhons..- She
soon came to'the door, and I wasagain attain
into, the parlor, and . she. tool- her- place be- -
-side me on the sofa, as - before.--: .
‘"
Iliskn," I commenced,
" what Pi _ • • ,
" I- 77 1- 7 we must be .married to-day, or t—
-4 do not ititik I shalt get - married at/
It snick, ie. toy throat. as Bind- it
knew that I, o' ac,.iellittg . witoppebizt
egi!le raY su.Tßilse when sherreplied
• " Well, jest, as you please s : tteury.'; tjti
may, driye
,your. :eartiage arnutd ,about -
.I - 2' -
o'clock and will be.teady:'
.
1 gaye upl Precisely at 12 - I.llrew - Op
lore her door _with_ my _ea:triage; - And •_ tefer 4 ;
I night ye were married
Maur frienc4ilded, after finishing thel . 44 ;
" Youag : nn,, , rs„. that wife
.hts,,beeai aierth
more tIPla ki094040-to,me; -
*" Are sister Sat and Nanoa reit:la**.
pal" "Noony Why Ao" "you
that r• +' B .-ecaulu . heard Uti(ol4,4y, if
you woUld hnibaud.yo6i - rti:nfijj.na 'wk . **
get on a Aearkettellhaa'
thought it virtuklUtit'tijodidelii*Ausitoit
wouldn't havn so 544i1 . 9ung.men
evOri Sunday: -pwrpt„-:
An gelveytretWan Iv attaare s t
In .j broad daylight by a' dniadtillciothathe;
No arrest was made, as rtsuai.