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THE UNION.
BY MRS. SARAH T. BOLTON..
mThe Union—it must. be preserved."
Disiolve the Union ! -let the blush of,shanie
Hide, with its crimson glow, the brazen cheek
Of him who.darOs avow the traiterous
'Tis not the true, the wise, the good, who
siVirk •
Words of such, fearful import; but the.wealc,
Drunk with fanaticism's poisonous wine,
And reckless of the futitre, madly seek
To hold their'saturnalia at the sbrino
That noble souls inive held, and still must hold,
divine. ' -
Dissolve-the Unionl- 7 -madmen, would you rend
The glorious motto from oar country's crest?
Would ye despoil the stars and Stripes, that lent
- Home, _food protection to the - world's op
- • pressed ?
Have ye no reverence for the high 'bequest
That our immortal sires bestowed erc4bile ?
Has sin ,defaced the image God impressed •
On your humanity, that ye could smile
To ses the lurid• flames of Freedom's funeral
• pile ?
DjssGlve the Union!—in the day, 'the hour,
Ye rend the blood-eernented do in twain,
The fearful cloud of Civil war will lower
, -Quavery , old blue'hill and sunny plain,
From-torrid Mexico to frigid Maide, •
Ana men wilt arm, and strange new banners
And pallid i'ornan look on kindred slain ;
Brothers will, tmittle, and the life-blood lave •
The Ulf eshdld, noble sires and husbands i died to
save.
Dissolve the Union!—no, ye cannot part
With idle words the blessed ties that bind
In one the interests of the mighty hart
Thet,treasurea . np the hopes ofall mankind.
A while, perehanco,-the -blind may lead the blind,
And men may followphosphoreseentlight
From beaten paths to quaginires, ere they find
The ray that shono.so beautiful and so bright.
Was bat a phantom-lure to deeper, darker night.
Dissolve the Union !--never ! You may sow
The seeds-of vile dissension o'er the and,
That men may reap in sorrow ; you may show
The weed your disregard 'of all ifs grand,'
'EternM interests ; but a noble band'
- Ofpatriots, tritd and true,-will still remain,
With heart to heart,.ani sinewy hand to hand,
To guard, from foul dishonor's e s atkering stain,
The jewels God has shrilled inoins holy
. • .
fans.
Dissolve.tte Union destroy the page .
That give the human sight the hideous serval;
Let not the freemen of a (uteri age
Resd these detested words; they would
remit
Shame, madness, imbecility and alt
That mai.,s the noon-tide glory of our.time.
True to the undivided, stand or fall;
To wave; now is little less thal t r7rue--
To bat. le for the right is.glorious, is sublime
Genera, Szcitzerland, February, 18.58.
An Adventure in a Rail-Way Car-
riage.
After I had taken my-seat ottelnorning at
Paddington in an.empy carriage,l was joined
just as the. train was moving off, by a strange
looking young 'man, with remarkable' long
'flowing hair. lie svas„of \ copse, a little hut
• riei, but he seemed, besides s to be so distuthe4l
and wild that I was quite alarmed for fear, of
his not being right in his mind, nor did his
subsequent conduct at - alrrea , sure me. Our
/train was an express, and he inquired eagerly,
which was the lust station whereat We were
advertised to stop. I consulted my Bradshaw,
and furnished him with the required informa
tion. It was Reading. The young man
looked at his watch. "Madam,' said he, '1
have but half an hour between me and—may
be, ruin. Excuse, therefore, my abruptness.
You have, I perceive,a pair of scissors in your
work-bag. Oblige me, if you please, by cut
ting off all.my Itair;' _
"Sir 'said I, "it is impossible." "Madame," :
he urged, 'and a look of severe determination
crossed.his-features, "Lama degperate man.
Beware how sou refuse me, What I ask. Cut
myhair off—short; close to the toots—im•
mediately ; and here is the newspaper to bald
the ambrosial cu:ls." I thought' be was
mad, of course; and 'believing that it would
by dangerous to thwart him, 1 cut, off all his '
hair to the last lock. "Now, MOain," said
he, unlocking a smal) pormanteau, "you
will further oblige me by looking out of
the window, as I am abont to change my
clothes." " ' -
'Of course - I
-looked cut of the window, for
a very considerable time, and when he' oh
served, - "lladame, - I need not longer put you
to any inconvenience," I did 'not recognize
the young_ man in the least. Instead of his
former rather gay costume; be was suited in
black, and wore a gray wig and silver spec
tacles ; he looked like a respectable divine' of
the Church of England, of about 64 'years of
age ; to cotripletei that character, be held a
volume of Sermons in his hand, Which—they
appeared so- -to absorb him—Might have
been his own. "I do not wi sh - to threAten
you, young lady," he resumed, "and I think,
besides, that I can trust your kind face. Will
you promise me not to reveal" this rnetamor
phoss,..untit -your _journey's end r
said "most certainly." At Reading the
guard and* person in plain Clothes looked
into our carriage. "You have - the 'tickets, my
love," said the young 'man, blandly, and
looking as though he were my father.
• '"Never mind, sir; we don't want them,"
said the official, as he withdrew his compau-.
ion. shall now leave you madam;" ob
served my fellow trakeler,as soon as the, coals
was clear; "by your kind and courageous
conduct you have saved my life, and perhaps
even your own:" - In another minute be was
gong, and the train was in motion. Not till
nett morning I did learn:from the Timm
newspaper 'that the gentleman on- whom I
had„operated the '.haircutter had committed
a forgery to an enormous amount in London
a few hours before I met him, and that he had
• ite2a trace into an express' train from Pad
dington,
.bit the telegraph
had been put in motion and described him
accurately--at Reeding, -when the_ train was
searched: he wis rio'where to 'be. fotint."-
Hou.tcholl fforSs, .
From the New York Mercury. -
THE WANDERING TROUBADOUR,
• ' OR, THE
PIIINISUMiNT , Oi A COQUETTE.
A True Steny Writtei and Vouched For
I=Mil=
BY NED BUNTLINE,
=21:::=
Id more than.one sketch of my naval life,
and especially in that entitled "My First
- Lesson in Spanish," I have mentioned "Ned
the hero of the following story. He was
'the son of a *very popular commodore in the
' service, who upon his pay reared a large fam
ily, but who was fortunate enough to get two
sons in the Nally, and thereby to insure,their
suppart and edueation apart from his own
expense. He had long since slipped his spir
it-elides, and gone to that • shot - class sea
whence none return to report soundings.
Ned had just returned from a long cruise
an the coast . of Africa, well bronzed- by a
tropical sun, and with plenty of money in his
pocket, for that is one of those fortunate sta
tions where an officer 'cannot with conven
ience spend all his,pav and a little more.
With a three months' leave of absence be
fore him, young and full of life, it was but
natural that he should seek enjoyment to
'atone for past hardship—and when can a
sailor find so much pleasure as in the society
of that sex - wkch he only sees at !Ong inter
vals;and of whose company he is deprived,
literally, for at least four fifths of his time
Ned was not only good lookin4.hut graeeful,
intelligent and accomplished ; therefore his
entree Into the best society was at once accor
ded, and -he became a very general favorite
with the ladies; nor did he Make enemies
among the ,young men by this, for his off
handed, generous way, took their hearts by ,
storm and no one was so popular as he.
Among the lovely tidies of Virginia—for
in the city of N—Lf- be spent-the first two
or three weeks of his "leave"—was a Miss
Elsie C—, rind she was well-known to be
as cogeettish as she was beautiful. In truth,
she was as near heartless as it was possible
for a girl to be, who possessed much ambition
and some romancein her nature.
Ned's male friends warned him of her char
acter, when they saw how entirely he was
yielding himself to her fascinations,. but some
of them coming near to an invitation to stand
NI at - ten paces for targets, they concluded
td let him have his rope, even though he hung
himself.
Thus things "went - tar a short time—Ned
was 'with time lady, morning, noon, and eight,
almost--taking her to ride and sail, present
ing _her with rich jewelry and many a sou
venir of foreign travel, until then kept , safely
in his cabirfet r:r - tehrs, and giving tier, not
the least _of all as lie thought, MS whole
heart's devotion,
fTt last,e.ncouiaged by bersmiles, and even
words, and learning that she was to be one
of a patty making up for a visit lb the
" White Sulphur Sprirgs" in the course of
few days,' he detettnined to put an end tic, his
stispenFe, and declaring hi 4 feelings, to propo , e
that last desperate resort of a love-sick man
—matrimony
Ile -did se-in the inesteltigaent and
im
pa•sioned terra:, clewing lipon'a wends of
fire by the way of conetu , ion :
The cold in clime and cold in blood
Their loft can scarce deserve the name,
=But 'nine is like the lava fl
Which burns in Elna l s breast of &me."
She quietly listened until he had got
through. Her silence, her non-withdrawal
of the hand wb.ich . he held, the heaving of her
bosom. all " told to Hope a tiatzeting - tale"—
he dreamed the was his own. But when be
cosute*—she woke him up. &peal of merry
laughter broke from her rosy lips.
" Really. Mr. K." _she cried, "Awl are am
excellent actor—oue could almost believe that
,you were in eartteslr
" Upon my Foui, sweet Elsie, I am !" cried
Ned, as he Half devoured herhantl with kisses.
"Miss C—, sir, if you please 7' raid she,
drawing away her hand and regarding him
with chilling dignity. "If have been so
imprudent as to encourligo such familiarity,
I regrettl" she added.,
- Ned was struck all aback. He had seen a
white squall rise in fire
minutes, and strip a
ship, which utrder a cloudless sky, bad spread
every thread oCsail—he had sped in an hour
•from the fever•heat of the Gulf-stream, to the
almost icy coolness of the shoreward waters
', -be had noted' many a change, but never
one, EO sudden as this. He knew not what
timber a coquette was made of. For a tnin
ute or more he was silent ; then looking upon
her cold and passive face, beautiful as a tinted
head by Canovas, and all as seneless, be asked
in a low,_firui tone:
"Am I to understand, Miss C—, ;INr
all that has passed between u...after the very
serious encouragement you have apparently
given to me that you utterly discard me ?"
Most decidedly, yes sir! It has-come to
a very pretty pass'when a young lady Cannot.
Mouse herself with a gentleman for a few
days, without having the borrOrs of matririm
ny thrust before her I.' •
Ned made no reply. lie could not. The
utter beartleasness of her wcrds and manner
choked hirn, instantly• left her presence,
muttering as he passed beyond her hearing:
" I'll make_ her pay for this or be shot for
a booby 4 1 ,
. He at once met his male friends and told
the_ story - of \his diSComfiture in his own bu
morons way, :thus getting the start of her in
spreading the news, and also mortifying her
immensely by adding, that le only had pro
posed in jest, knowing from her coquettish
character' that he could de it with safety.—
But wounded as, he really was, at heart, this
was only a - priming to the satisfaction which
be desired as the sequel willexhibit.
'Miss was heartily rejoiced when
the - pftrty made- up for the "Springs"
was ready toslepart, far her expected triumph
in her refusal of Ned, turned out rather to
her - mortificittion than otherwise. And she
was plertied 'too, when she learned that al
though be had been urgently invited to go,
be had refused to be one of , the patty.
Perhaps, aye, certainly, at no watering
place in the Unioo is the society tume Felect
and more th:in that winch resorts
to the ".White Sulphur" in the sutorier time.
Unlike Saratoga and Newport, it is not redo
lent-of codfish and enusbroomsr—notcrovided
with .the parvenue aristocracy - that has rolig
up to' the top of society im rum casks. r mack
erel barrels—the true old stoek'vibo Ic4
NO( generation, urn generation, ores a 'line
of ittv e ;obi patriot blood, who, give to merit
'its clue atitl.,seorn the pride of -wealth ilrfgot
ten, his that which spend its quint an -I linppy
'eammer these among the_grand old the
stat4ly forests, the . .refreshing 'waters of that
lovely region. f*,
11l was pleasant evening, and rery soon
afte the arrival of our party ftoro 1 8 ;1 7 —.
The sea bad deicended in its sheen of pi.frple
and! of gold, behind the bltitt crests of the
western hills and timid twilight was gliding
slowily up the path of day with the evening
stari set bright tfpon her pale brow. The
ridingoartit, which had been gaily scouring
oretl bill and dale, bad all come in.; atutnow,
to'sinjoy the baluty deliciousness of the hour
the many guests were gathered out. upon the
brotid piazzas, or were strolling to and fiza
the flowery lawn in front kt the hotel.
ti,it this moment, as if to add to the romance
of the scene and the enchantment of the . hour,
a petson, by his dress as well wi by his dart:
but clear complezion„evidently a foreigner
andiftom a sunny land, approached. His fig:
ure I was elegant and well displayed in tight
filing breeches and jacket of velvet, which,
thodgh somewhat worn and tarnished by the
dut of travel, yet, in its ricl,ness and eat
broi: ery looked well on his comely person.—
A scarlet c,ap, with a tassel of gold, sat jaan
tilyjupon a bead which was enriched with a
profusion . of long curling black hair—a jetty
moistache and softly silken Beard covered
the power part of his face and Contrasted well
with his pearl whiteteeth as seen wh e n his
red dips opened with a song. His black eves
were bright arid piercing—his air, haughty
andl proud, although the_ guitar which he
carried, and a stall' and knilptk - betokened
hiin to be one of those wanderinglialian mu
sicians- with which the - seaboard portions of
our country is literally flooded.
-As he approached the hotel, be paused in
froUt of the piazza, and, laying down his str i a!
and knapsack, tun'td his guitar, and after
playing e, prelude of surpassing sweetness, he
sun in such a. voice as fel of that company
had ever heard before, several, songs in Ital
ian I Spanish, and French. And , while be
Ali', those upon the-piazza
„gathered to its
front,. and thlase who were walking clustered
up round.. him, and all listened with breath
less attetition_until he was through. i
h en th ere was a clapping of fair band- , , I
suing of handkerchiefs, and most of the
leinen hastened to offer the - mtisieinu the
rd which such itinerant; it , uully aspect
their services. But to their surprise the
refased
. all reeompidn.a. 9.4witiog.
.
ho • ever, body 'in his native tongue, and tak
up tis :Liu and knapsack he entered the of
fice vf the hotel. Ifere-after trying in Italian,
SKlti-11 and French, be found a person who
cottld understand. the latter language, and
ettto ig n tom asired -ate tamthadMr a room,
say
_g, that though a trave!ing mit - steam, be
wai no bejger„ fa.ut had money 'to pay his
way. With SUIDI3 lesitatinn—for he was
quike as aristocratic as tunny of his` guests—
the landlord assigned a ream to the stranger.
tn
an at his request, had supper sent 1u h . .
Meantime among the guest?, tsie..-ciallY the
la . .ies, curiosity with its thousand and one
c
' - et'itij,•c.tures, was hwy.
i
wamWho cm he be. I What can he hey"
1.1. e cry. - "No common musician ever
liail,an aif so haughty. a look so . noble. And
suyi music, nut a lady in the laud. nor even
vel .a professor could draw sotdt harmony
ftoin the on:tar—nom' was a vetce an finely
ni dulatetl. antaruny "0 full of I a •Itiony, and
we evidently so catefelly rultivate4. It wtt-
ed - almost unsniruou , ly that lie was a n0 u.1.0
u.1.0 bad inc,og, to
t the beautiful seaueauf 'Virginia's sweet
valesand hills.
. • fret the ladies had dressed for the even
ini "hop," they persuaded a committee of
geptien en, Among whom were two or three
(silo spoke French, to watt upon the stranger
an il to-insite him to the bell room.
I.e received them with grave courtesy, in
a manner which at onoe told them that he
wris a genlleman by birth and breeding, but
deblined their invitation, .declaring it to, be
his intention to rest for a few days only a%
the watering plaee, and then to pursue his
jot rney toward' the .far west, where he said
hneant to seek a home among the Indian
tribes, where truth dwelt And treachery was
not 1 1 Ilis tone like his words, was misan ;
th topic.
'he cumudittte returned to the - ladies, and
m ide report. Many a heart fluttered while
itf
owner listened, for had not a picture (rf live
Tomute suddenly sprung up in their midst:
S'
tJr
r did that romance decrease, when in the
s'llness of midnight, after the guests had all
r tired, the voice of the stranger was heard
ia low and deliciotis serenade upon the
piazza—one which thrilled every listening
ear as if it were•a song from heaven. Was it
b chance that the song, so low - and plain
tite so full of melody, was sum" hewAtli the
w'ndow of Elsie C-- ? was it accident which
lell
T t h l i ie s
s s i t , r e arr a g s r k r ed the o r f e
h l er„.if,
while her eeld.
h
Igart almost melted beneath :lie impassioned
;emit): It was long 'ere she dept, and when
e did,. it was to dream of 'being wedded to
an Italian
_prince who, had wooed her in dis
guise.
FT - 12e next morning every one was early up,
110 i hopes to catch a glimpse of the stranger 2,
aild at the break'fast table the conversation
% .n 8 literally of him and "nothing else." Miss
took particular occasion to let all
within her hearing know that it was beneath
h.-ior window that the serenade was given.
- The stranger breakfasted in his room and
was waited upon most obsequiously by one
o th'e best servants in the house, for be had
Ireiidy golden reasons for being' as well, if
ot better served than any guests there. And
;fter % breakfast he sent for the landlord, With
-horn he held a long; and it would appear,
a pleasant .interview ; for while he was,in the
pom the "Major" sent down for two iced
.
j legs, a thing be was seldom known to do,
vert with ins most favored guests. And
hen, with, an . important air and a smilinit
ee, he came forth, he .was in a moment
gurropoded by a bevy of fair ones, who
dried
"Oh, dent Major—yon are in the. secret
o tell us stlio.be is I. Is 6e Count, Duke, 'or
rinse ?"
"He ill, .and the Major pawed,
hale his.Art± . - eye 'twinkled merrily as it
ver•run the group,
"Whit, dear Major, - what!" cried half a
ore. ot voices.
"A gentlinans,l mid the Major in his :
analAtn,et,,,w#y, as -lie moved on. ,
in . tEi Coins - Of half hour after the }awl
thid bad 'tbt , tdiiirger came fib
it WE ARE ALL EQUAL 13EUMIE GOO AN:DTitr. CONSTITUTIOILI;—..iftxures lliichanan.
•
Dontrose, cusquekanna Cowan, ijenit a, Tflurs4an Porning, brit Z, tasa; .
.
from room, the.dust cleanly brushed from
his wellltting clothes—his ruffled wristbands
and neat collar as white as the driven. snow.
ui guitar was left behind, but he carried in
stead, a neat port-folici. Was he an Elitist as
well as 4 musician f 1 •
This was the question when be was seen
walking slowly and thoughtfully along a path
whieli led to the most romantic scenery in
the neighorhood. And - there after a sudden
mania for taking a forenoon promenade in
fected- all the belles..' ;The hotel wts de
serted—ditto, the billlaid room and bowling
alleys. -
When the:stranger was next seen, 'he was
seated high upon a *rocky peak, with his
port-folio on his knee. 4,. evidently engated in
drawing. 'Below him stood a group ofladies,
perchance thinking that he might include
them in his landscape
' A sudden gust of wind swept a paper - frem
his port-tblio. Like' a leaf torn from its
native t ranchby the strong autumnal wind„l
it rose in the air, whirled and fluttered away,l
and finally fell near the gronp.of ladies, I
who in tt second made a rush for the precious I
•
prize.
'OIA is a likeness of yOur
self !"stieli the one who was the - first to ;
grasp if. •
"So-it is," cried- the rest as they examined f
.
it
"Let me see it !" said { ' Elsie, and her' bfushes
came and went like the hues of a dying dol
phin she. spoke, and the beating of her
heart could be plainly seen throUgh tile bud
dice direr dress.
And she not only saw it, but 'she kept it,
And bore the metre j96ts of her companions
upon the subject. in the kno.st philosophical
manner, seeming to any : "Of course he
couldn't help falling in bye with nier s
The dal passed' tin without anythifig of par.
ticular note °enuring, bUt at the dinner-table
the landlord exhibited a splendid landscape
drawing, repre.enting the scene and the
group of ladies as described in the foregoing
paragraphs. It was ~ c ) well done, and so true
to nature, that it elicited warm encomiums
front every one who saw it.
That evening the, landlord without ilifli•
culty persuaded the stranger to visit the ball
room. As. many of the ladies, including
Elide C--, understood-Trench, htrwas made
(vie. at hone amongst :66m, and they found
that be was as much ticaomplishedin dancing
i t .l he was in music and art. No geutletvan
(,-f all their set was so easy and so graceful.
.R.t.ia,&&&& 0...v.6.....bwraer,--and enter lie
v e ry -panic til ar-:att en t i dn. Tcgether
they , glided, - through the • slow and, grateful
waltz, through the rapid nnci exhiliaratiog
,
' , polka, end many was the delicate awl tender
compliment which he looked rind spokedor.
1 big the evetilnz. -- '..-- ,
If heart she had when she retired that night,
she felt that she had given it to the elegant
and gifted strang)m And, more than one
1 other lovely girl beneath that roof
,Iny long
awake, thinking of him, and' a<king the
often repeuted.qulistion, "Who l or what is
lie r
. Oa Iha next morning: Sifter hie:ll:tog, the
ranger. wh o still took his meals in his
room, made hi' appearance in the shooting
gallery, at 'that hour a favorite resort for the
guests of both sexes. Ile quietly watche
the shooting for some time, and then was in•
cited to try his skill. The target at which
il.ey - were shooting *as as large as a Go•hen
cheese. He took a quarter eagle from his
pocket and placed it on the top of the Larger
is edge. He took a pistol, turned his
hack to the rnark, then suddenly wheeled and
tlitd with the quickness of thought. Hi:
bullet struck the little pieec cf gold, and
sent it tling to ths further end of the gal
lery.'
"Perhaps the •Caralie fences !" ,said the
gebtleman who had ftt.st acted as interpreter,
and who; having been a favonte pupil of the
celebrated Roset, prided himself upon his
skill with the sword.
The stranger bowed, and willingly con
sented to a trial. _ The foils were brought,
position taken, the salute en parade band:,
sumely given, and the southern gentleman be
gan with a favorite feint and lunge.
In a second his foil were thrown twenty
feet behind him: And it was done with so
little apparent effort that he seemed v., bare
been- disarmed by magic. : ' - _
He picked up his weapon and again ems- .
&red with the stranger; now, however, stand
ing upon the defensive. Quicker than light.
- tong flashes from the bursting thunder cloud,
now cametbrust upon thrust, touchinghim at
every point, carte over and under the arm,
tierce, second, octave, until he scarcely knew
what he was about, until at last, with a cer
tain
wrench, his fed was thrown high up in
.the air. As it,deseentle4 the stranger canglit
it, and politely presented ii. to him, not hay-.j
ing yet received a single touch.' • I
The swimmer acknowledged his master, I
and thenceforth the stranger was Rs popular
with the gentleman as he was with the ladies.
That day, by especial request, he (lined at the 1
table (thok, rind though, no one knew his
_name, which he would not give without he ;
heedone so'in confidence to the landlord, 1
the table berme and around him was crowded
with glasses, for every one sought "the honor
of taking a glass of wine" with hint-.
After dinner,'ritling parties were formed as
usual, and-the stranger, having procured :t
very, spirited and almogt- untameable horse
from the Major, which no-one else dared to
ride, sprung into-the saddle. 'ln vain did the
wild steed try to unseat_ his -fearless rider.
Finn, cool, strong of arm , and as graceful as
if be had been b orn and bred in the saddle,
he forced the animal down tcr'its paces, and
soon had it as much under command as the
•
best trained animal on the ground.
And - again, as the gay party galloped,
thi',ough the shadowy avenues, over the green
hill-sides, and along, by -the margin of a
bright and swift. rushing stream, he - sought
the'side of-Elsie C---, whit was a graceful 1
and-daring rider. And agaid his loud voice
tong in lief 6:41i:, rentioding tier cf something
which she had heard before, yet she could not
brim, the memory to localise it.
-ern a smooth and level. road which led
for a couple of miles along the pretty valley,
through which a murmuring stream inellna- 1
ered,'lt- race was proposed, and - al. the . word 1
is
the whole party; Some - twenty in • numb ' I
started off in full speed--thei ladkrs out
courtesy; being allowed - the •advance.. r ' The:
horses were' elf of -Cho* blood; -and sped'lt-: 1
- Way like the, *rind.-- Of the Ladies, Elsie, was .
by far tliebest *tinted, and her horse Was,
'only -ecpinited brdie Avila . - frosty sterer the ,
stranger. -,•' . .'
As the latter reached her side, allow scream
brokft from .her lips, for at that moment the
light snaffle bit in her horse's mouth snapped ,
in the centre. and the reins coming home in
her hand, told her that she had lon all power ,
over the animal. :Keeping his home close by
the side of her .ungovernable steed, the
stranger, still talking in French, end as cool
as if he were in the ball-room yet, told - her to I
be calm and to disengage her foot:from the
stirrup; 'and to clear bor dress from the horn
of the saddle. Danger, aye, death itself, was
close before her, for only a few hundred yards
in,front, the road made a sudden elbow •to
the left on the. brink of a fearful chasm, and
turned u 4) over a bill to avoid thedark ravine
below.
Both saw the danger. • She was as pale as
snow—he, quiet and _easy as . be bad keen
when cantering by her side. Bidding her to
yield entirely to him, and bracing his right
foot firmly in his stirrup, he passed his right
arm around her waist, and with a strength
that to her Seemed superhuman, lifted her
limn her saddle, and while he rested her optin
his right thigh, -be drew his own bridle rein,
and in a moment his own horse was brought
fairly to its .haunches as he checked his head
long speed.
The rtat of the party ware far behind, but
near enough to son this graceful and gallant
deed, and to see the horse of Elsie, which
could not make the sudden turn, of the road'
at its speed, pitch wildly over the ragged
precipice, et the foot of wiaich it fell mangled
and dead.
"You have sired my life r murmured
Elsie, in tearful gratitude, as she pressed, and
even kissed the strangers hand.
"I hive only done Illtr duty 1" he replied.
"And perhaps' would have done as much
ror. Another 1" sighed Elsie. -
"Must certainly r was his reply, still in the
French language.
Elsie felt liyuei at this anwer, though'she
wad confident, that the stranger loved her,
but she bad no 'opportunity for further con
-vmsation with him at that time, as a seat
was offered her in a carriage which was re
turning to the hotel, and she
_was.rather too
nervous to' take. Saddle again, had another
horse been at hand..
The stranger's praise was now upon every
tongue. His daring act, his grace, his sur
prising skill, was commented upon by every
oue—vet he seemed not to thirik: that he had •
done any thing exti lord 'nary. .Moro than one
of the fair ie.that 4ri g ht. cortege. eal&
tmve-vauly" taken him - to her, heart and
bow forever, all et/known as he was; many
a one envied Elsie that she had been, so for,
taunt° as t'o receive such knightly service at
bv , hands.
,
That evening, general, reanno. htQ
gtotnr-mns ilruupit down from his room, and
instead of the usual hop in theihnll-room,
music in the parlor was the i'order of the
night." 'fire stranger, In the variety •or,his .
songs, and in. many pieces at, once difficult•
and beautiful which he played upon his gui
tar, exceeded all of his previous perforiminoes.
All who heard him were in ecstatics, and
none so much delighted ns El-ie, who, entirely
recovered from her fright, and dressed with
uncommon taste, looked far mare beautiful
than she had ever before appeared to her
friends. The Stranger seemed to be touched
even more than ti-wit with her beauty, and
she tried-to exhibit every charm which she
pos,essed to fasien him to her side. Sher
w e , a proficient in muidc, and had n fine
vo,re, and touched the piano with a skillful,
hand.
'the evening passed on delightfully. Elsie
had ju-4 finished a song, and remaiked that
'the room was too hot for. her, when the
stranger politely offered to escort her to the
piazza. - Gladly she todk the arm, which
that.' day had saved her life,' and went -out,
where in the balmy air • they could look at
the moon as she sailed a queen amid the at
tendant stars of night.
The stranger looked forth upon the land
scape so beautifully diversified with shadow
and with light, and sighed.
"Why_ do you,, sigh I' l asked Elsie, in a
tremulous voice, as she pressed the arm to
which she clung still closer to her side.
"To think that in a world so beautiful,
there are so few hearts I" was his reply.
"Perhaps you have been disappointed- in
love, which makes you think so:and
. perhaps
to do the hearts that are, an in justices"
,he replied in,French almcrseas correct-as his
own.
"It is true, lady," said he. with another
sigh. -4 loved a. lady whom I believed
,to be
i an angel of light, 119 good and true-hearted
as, she was beautiful.! She lured me on by
!_every art which woman knows, until I almost
• worshipped' her! But when - I told my love,
%%heti I laid my bleeding heart down at her
feet, she east off her mask and laughed me to
scorn, trampled upon the heart which she bad
1 won and—lady, what is the matter/ Help
here,, Miss C-- is fainting. , •
The last words were spoken in as good .
English a , ever was used by true American lips.
A crowd quickly gathered around the
fainting ei rl, who was carried toiler -room.
She had at last recognized "Ned K." through
his well assumed disguise, and now that she
knew hire, and the worth she had so cruelly
disearded, the blow was like death, not only
to her pride, but to her heart, for at last she,
had learned that she had a heart-.
K.j,at once threw off his disguise, and ap
pealed in his neatest uniform, for his trunk
had arrived that afternoon, and it appeared
that his father and the, Major, to whom he
bad made hitiffself kaolin, were old school
mates and friends. Ned was not less a hero
and a "lion" is his uniform than he had been
as a troubadourAr his story was,soon known
to all, and as to Elsie C--, the verdict of
the ladies generally was, that she had been
screed' right.
Poor girl, she felt her punishment. :,tbe
had not the heart to see Ned again, without
he sought an interview'
,which he was too
proud"to do, and on the next day dui bad
left for home, - fitst writing bile a note full'of
gratitude for his noble act, and begging him
fo furgive her \for her ebodttct, in the first
place. Nod keeps that note yet---keeps it as
a dear and sacred- relic. 1.-know this to be so,
fur I hare seep'
\ •
Ned remained for 'a cohpie of weeks n
faorite guest at the '-'White Sulphar,!! and
many a fair lure• was spread 'for -his manly
heart, , bey tie did not yield it ,up,• ,Me went
to sea again, when "sliders" came, and giant
single. lie still .remains so. Ero does:Elsie:
•itelierqbeir sioukt , geit ePiced, I Will let
tye rolirirnow:of it, •-, '
..~
Qn one occasion, in coMpany with the
atsistant Magistrate of the district, I started
biggy, fora morning's ci rive to Doebund,
from which we were some twelve miles diss
tact. We were attended ''by , two sewers,
(native horsemen or Mounted police,) and
having a swift mare, we got over the ground
lat a rapid rate. When about two miles from
the bungalow, we overtook a tribe of large
monkeys:. I should say there was a many as
four hundred, and each carried a stick: of
uniform, length and shape: - They , moved
long in ranks or companies,
„just, it short, as
•though they were imitating' a wing , o f a
regiment - of Infantry.' At the head of this
tribe was an old and. verv - powerful monkey,
who wits, no doubt, 'a chief.' It was a very
, odd sight; arid I became interested in the
movements of the creatures.. There could. be.
-no question that they had either 4ionse'busi
nets or Some pleasure on band;: and to the
fact of each carrying •a stick, led us twoon- -
elude, that it was, the former upon which they?,
were bent. Their destination was, like, our!,
evidently Deobund, where there - are some`
hundreds of monkeys fed bv a number •of
Brahmins, who live near a Hindoo - temple
there, and perform religious ceremonies. _They
(this monkey regiment) would not getout of
the road on our account, nor disturb them?,
selves in any way; and my friend watiafraid
to drive through their ranks, or over any of
them,for -when. assailed they are -most fero
cious brutes, uld armed as they Were, and in
such numbers, they could 'hive annihilated
us with the greatest ease.. There. was no help
for us therefore,. but to 'lot the mare ptoceed
at a walk near the rear' of the tribe, the
members of which, now that we were near
Deobund, 'began to chatter frightfully. Just
before we came to 'the bungalow, they left,
the road, and took the direction, to the
temple. Fain would we have. followed them,
but to do so in the buggy would have been
impassible,, for they crossed aver some
rough ground and two ditches. My friend
therefore' requested the sowers to follow them,
and report all they might:observe of their,
actions. Meanwhile we moved off to the
bungalow, on arriving at which we mentioned
to the. proprietor, a very old but very active'
and intelligent man, the sight we hive seen
on the road—the regiment of monkeys.
A.h I . ' mil:timed the old man, "it is about
the time." .
"What time I" _
ilmhilycaboet; every the - years the
tribe comes up the, country to pay a visit to
this place; and *Other tribe comes about
the same time from the up country—the hills.
They meet in a jungle behind the old Hincloo
temple, aad there embrat each other as
'hnnah thoi.k 41.1
(Heads %MO bail been parted for a, length of
time. I have see:win the jengle As many as
four or five theasand..• The..Prabpice Fay
that one large tribe eorties, all the way from
Ajmer, and arrother *from The Southern side
of the country, and from Nenpel and Tirhoot.
Thore were_ hundreds of monkeys here this
morning, Let now I don't see one. I sup
po-e they have gone to welcome their friends'
The sowers who had' been deputed to M
itr the tribe, now rode itp, and reported that
in the vicinity of the old temple, there MIS Eta
army of all ages—an army of forty thoueancl
One of the sowers,in the true spirit of °lieut.
al exaggeration, expressed himself to the
effect that it would be easier to count the
hair of one's head than the number 'there as
semh!ed.
"Let us go and see them," I sugested.
"But we will not go on foot," said my
friend, "we will ride the smears' horses. In
-the first place, I have an instinctive horror 'of
apes, and should like to have the means of
getting away from them speedily, if they be-•
come too familiar or offensive. In the second
place, I 'do not to fatigue myself by
taking so long 'a walk ha the heat of the
day."
We mounted the horses, and were soon at
the spot-Andipated by the sowers. There
-were not so many as had been represented ;
but I ana speaking very far within' bounds,
when I state that there could not have been
fewer than eight thousand, and some of them
of an. enormons-size. I could scarcely have
believed that there were so many monkeys in
the world if I had not visited Bemires, and
heard of the tribes at Gibraltar. Their sticks,
which were thrown together in, a heap, form
ed a very large stack of wood. • ' •
"What is this 1" my friend said to ono of
the - Brahmins, for since his appointment he
bad never beard of the gathering of apes.
"It is a festival of theirs, Sahib," _was the
reply. "Just as Hindoos,
at stated times, go
to,Hudwar, Hagipore, and other places, so do
these monkeys come to this holy Owe."
"And how long do they stay.l"
"Two or three days; then they go akay to
their homes in different parts of the country.;
then, attend to their business for four or five
years; - then comp again and do the, festival,
and soon, sir, to the end of time. You see
that very tall monkey there with two smaller
ones on either aide of him 9" •
"Yes."
"Well, sir, that is a very old mmikey. His
age is more • than twenty "years, I think. I
first saw him fifteen years ago. He was then
full groan. His native place islfeernt. He
lives with the 13rahcnin's, at the Soorj Khan,
near Nem. The smaller ones are his sons,
sir. They have never been here; before ; and
you see ho is showing them all aboiut the
place, like a good , father."
Having at length seen enough of these "sa
cred animals," we returned to the bungalow.
—Scen6rin Ada.
How Ti3.OP,E6 Qysivas.—`,Takof aliening
oysters,P.4aid-old HurriCane,..“.w#3 , n nit k i eg e
easier if. you only. know -how." . . ,
_ .
Aod how's how r _inquired ,Starlight.
isSeot3h Snuff," answered old Ourricane,
very sententiously, "Scotch snuff, bring a
little ever so near their _noses, .and they'll
'sneeze their lids off." , -
" know a genius,”,olisaved Meister Kari,
" who _had a better plan. Treads the
bivalve! in .a circle, seats blamer Ist the eau
ter, and begins spinning a yarn. Sornetimes
its an adventure in Afeetioo.-.4ornetithee
legend of, bka loves- - sometimes a nuirvelous
:stock transsotiOn. Is . be proceeds the' us-
Oyes" ,get intetested—and one by one gape
with - astenishmeat at the tremendous and
direful whoppers which are poured.forth ; and
as they iape my frisiskethipe !ern mg, pep-,
pers , fem'ancLawallowsfem. ?.
4 tThat'lL4ci;'.! luta' ..Starlight.,witke tong,
-sigh, 4 , 4 1 whihmaihati kbillehel of the bivalve*
lieratitew—itSay'st q4121-4*.V.1-:-
gel u 15, Nxtint4 14:`
THE livelva.7-These-animak:Atra• so nu
merous in south Western Africa, that it is in':
-difficult matter to End htindieda of their bb
in the !apace of-balf an hour; tieft_not-ii - nlitit •
passes without their Ptoxitnity being b'istreyed
diSagreisable bowl.- '.dintof-exer-
Lion the hyena is able, in thoicsourse:Ore:few,
l ' hours during the night;
. to - into the ! •
loamy soil, which is hartlkeedly the heit'of
i"the sun,' and ;to *prepare for itself a eubterre ,
clean dwelling. - In the most busy parts of the:
town, siieh pits or burrows: itrazoftenrfound •
in the morning; left ininiurdnished•state;-_the .
animal having_ been disturbed - 11,S theitoise of
the Stirring, population.' The :eversion of the
'hyena, tor thelight ,- of day-ir - that
you may tread upon a dee or pit wldcb4t-r:
is reposing, without 114 apprehension; eta
:we were not able to induce it to leave ite'eleti,„
either be hallooing or throwing SiontiObile "-;
. font: or five:of:us' stood.prepared.te receive it, ,
I,with our pieces leatly 7toakede • The..Monthe'
of the dens are four-or five tiniessurlarge as
fees..burrow e and run frittia..teti to. fifteen... feet,
'under ; ground, when
,they.. utake;,n-.ture,
that it isimpossible to reach the itaienat
crouched in its sitotiee or '"
shot. The hyena Very rarely -Makes Itt sp.
pAirance in the da3,• but during nor ray in
Benguela, one oftbem actually
_laic) down in
an: open space, in front of. our houte t which
was smutted in the terthearicrtbe town ens
was shot at five o'n:eck in the aftertion.v-After'
it wasshot, the iron
_lance • whieh:wait
thrust' into its jari, with 'etich that it
broke
_di resiof the strongest grinders to pigoea
ft strikes me that :the -hyena; .is•. taijustli
charged with greitteruelsy s initainquirier, r •
but nobody could educe, a proefito, subgeii.;
bate the accuiation, From the, conetirient
teStirriony(Of the ifibibitarite, The hyena, whin'.
not prOvOked or assailed, never it!Eultie,ioii 4 ..
ingrusti ; but the churchyarde;•eieitcfavor—
ite resort, and. corpses its favorite
Travels, in South. Africa.: , : •-•„
WHY CoUSINS SHOULD DOt - MAHHT,-411
• the annual' report of the Shperinteintatti of the -
Kentucky Institution for the lJea ; and ,
Dumb, we find_ the following coitclueire ar
gurac.nt against the marriage of consins
"Friiiti ten th - tweiitl. :per cent of deaf totitei
are the children of cousins. Tt to
be regretted that the law forbidding the.mai
riage of first cousins, did net
.pais* , the recent
Legislature. Their marriage is a Violation of
,a law of nature; as . ielVidenced by. the *MS- •
tiOns visited.in.alrnost every , case Opos „Omit
offspring irr heatless, obllthirissa, And idiocy
and ought to• be a violation of human law
also. The Commonwealth has the Clear right
against the ill-st arted Matches,. whose off
spring it has to 'Maintain, toO'frecirientic rot
life. It ma?,be hoped. that this imPOrtant
11/ lat 4 rta - 1/061.11.111 ~ -
legislators• many yeartlchger.. Itjar,
dently helievekthat by forbiddipg.marriages
of this kind and by propel attentimi anittsard
of infants laboring under the iiimaises !dated.
the number:of deaf mutes, in th e community
might be diminished one - half in :a gener
ation:' • •
EARLY PLaivre—A FIREIT‘ZATE WAY TO
Sum TRE.u.—A. very qonvenient method of
starting early corn, segar-cane„Cabbage,' to
matoes, cucumbers, and 'indeed Almost any.
kind of plants, is the Billowing :--Trike- : an
under sod (notion grassy,) or tenacious muck
and cut 'nick oubea, say two inches each Way: .
Insert, one or more seeds in the centre of each.
and then, pace , the pieces closely together and
firmly down upon a box of earth, to be kept
moderately moist. This box can be set
the cellar on frosty days and nights, and be
carried out• into the sun at other times.--
When the seeds are np . and transplanting out
is admis ible, take tip- the cubes and trans'•
plant theni to the open gronud. Thib can .
be done ,without disturbing thii roots; or'
schreely retarding the growth the s young
plants.
Seeds of cucumbers, melons, tomatoes a.;
are sometimes planted in soil placed in old
or cheap baskets, with rather open wort...—
These are hung- up out of the way Of West,
being exposed to the sun during the d ay:-- n
At the proper ti th e, these ilitakets are simply
imbedded with the hill even with the surface,
and left theie. The roots, will find their way
out, into the soil throtigh the open-work of
the sides. A few hills thus'atarted, with lit
tle trouble, will often produce a crop
. some
weeks in advanae of thcAti sown at first in the
Open grotine,intericcin .44yrrieutturist.
A SCHOOL WITHOUT A MASTER.--tn the
annual report of the Board of Education ;
Secretary I3outwell gives the folloiving
.ac
count of a self-governt ng , school :-
"In Chillicothe-there to a high scho!4!
'out a master. it contains about seventy pu- '
pits of botli,s4tes, who.° ages average heiweeti ,
fifteen and sixteen years. They, assetrible.tti= ,
gether in a ball, • where the studies aiiiitned
by the teachers are pursued. The recitations
take place in adjoining rooms. T!Vp Vaults
tjons daily ',are conducted by the Siiperiiiteti
dent of-Public Schoolq in the cit*t the abets
by teachers! ,appointed for that rairficsaai_
entered the school room unobserved, and
though - they° was no teacher present; there,
was no appearance of disorder or neglect of
study. The s4ool has been menaced upon
this plan fOr two years,
with' entire satiated:-
Lion to 'the teachers and to did ttu'blie. I had
no opportunity to bedonie acquainted with
the intellectual eheraCter of tile pupils ; but
a school in which the power of self control
is rouarly and thoroughly developed, eatindt
be unworthy of publics notice:,
DEFAULTING UNCLE SAM —ln adceiatince
with the rodent instructions fermi - Washington;
the Postuntiuets%throughout the country are
looking up the. frauds: which lue every day
committed to avoid lawftil pertabre. . .The '
//mien geratti thus enuMarates tlie contents 1
of-2.8 papers .opened by the rowansay in
einitlestown, within , three days; .;11 were
written upo'n, a Contained diesi patterns, 2
three skins of silk each, 3 Contained letters, 2 -. I
had pieces Of Illack silk, I contained a land
scapb drawrg, 1, a letter and ahank bill;
1 a child's apron, i$
a roll of ribbo'n,l a work
ed ledii3s • eh, llari and 1 a Chine littbp " The.
atoehrett-ittpotitage paid:for - these 28 papers . '
was. but .2 :cents, wltile.ll4,a ft ionnt 1010 ~
I t
shottld ha! beell .N beeif if i r: olo.t 7 17. , ,'
...
'Saw : ,814;INGNIT-:It 18 itBod , ' twit in the
est4oo,9C94tris irk .s,Witzerland, a .man:was
shaving. et ,a window!, When iroine recklesi ,
fetidly, cal lied awai at law with' a sisoW
hall: - "The inissile'struok the • rare (land cot
tinfutruOtihroit, andfiediedfosin she weatuf„..;,.„.
Sine.' then:the authoritliekliwkriA r Asat_
whosoeyerrthrews ifs A 3 l l . ?I'' , o,fi4 , ' l, b ! ll4 '
tence4 ko Siijetini,itilittql ettos e:4
f 4 : -4
I n
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