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-111" 3. MAILS SPERRX.N
A clan., br ght Muuttry,day,after a heavy
fall of snow ! Any one who has-visited the
Great Etnimriurn,daringaleighing time, may
imagine the brilliant see& Which - . Broadway
presents on suclt a day. Thousands of sleighs
of every shape, sice.and variety:are diKhing
hither and thither; in such thick confusion as
to make it a matter of inexplicable astonish
ment how they find room to pass . each other •
without coming into collision. here and
there a great omnibus sleigh, piled up,with
human freight, glide; alonglike.an overload
ed steamboat out of its element, while glit
tering.establishMents of fairy like lightness
and beauty meglancing by them and around
them like birds open the wing, The spray,
thrown up froin oe - heels, of`the flaming
coursers, flashing anl , , gleaming and spark
ling in the Wight atmosphere, resembles a
shower of limning
_diamonds ; while, the 'Rn
gle, jingle, jingle of the bells floats.upon
the breeze so met ily and cheerily that, your
heart leaps with joy. tit thasnund, l'On might
almost fan'eythat the bright sun beams were
all golden bell ' wires, and that old Winter,
with its white - fingers, • was pulling them for
very fun. Then, too, the happy faces that
peep out 'from' the warm rich furs—the
beauty - and glances of bright eyes that beam
on you as they flit by,radiant as sunshine and
transient its the meteor. Itlash. Oh, what
glee is there in old GothMni-in ileigh time !
- -Such was the day and scene. In a
magnificent. little shell ,that glided along
Broadwayvvere seated a lad '-anda gentle
man, almo st buried in costly . furs.-The lady's
face Was one of rare loveliness; and. the gen
tleman, as he listened to het animated•words,
reerned to be-so much absorbed in the con
,terttplation of her'clortm:, that he neglected. ',
the reins-arid left iris. steed to, trot along
through, the tlirloMz at his own . ., discretion.
While th- lady chatted away it a lively
strain, herglanCe was wandering over The
crowd that arrived along the si lewalk: • Sud
denly laying, her hand upon tlie . gentleman's
arM, she exclaiined -
'Look, George, what a sweet faCe that poor
girl has
The object of this remark wits a girl slips- .
remit. about seventeen. rather uncomfortably
clad for the season, with a thin, faded shaw l
over he: 'shoulders, and her lightringlets
straying , playfulkfrom beneath.a melancholy
apology of a bonnet. -Her features'lvere pale
and thoughtful, but full of street expression,
and her large, intelligent.-blue eye; - beamed
with toujhing gadtgi , S. The gentleman look
ed in the direction indicated- by has compan
ion but no sooner rested his eye nron the
airl)lan a shade of displeasure or pain cros
sed iris brow, and giving the, reins a nervous
jerk, his nettlesome steed_ bounded fleetly -on
ward, bearing the sleigh quickly out-of sight
of the pc or girl who had go interest e d his
Companion. N •
'Why, George !' exclaimed the lady, 'what
do you mean ! It is very disobliging in you
to start off at this rate, when you knew I
wanted to observe that girl
The g entleman stammered out on apology,
lasing the blame upon the-impatience of his
ItOri.e. The excuse, however, was -too lame to
convince the lady. She was piqued at having
her-humor thos;unreasOnably thwarted, 'and
. pouted the
.rest of the ride. When she at
'ength alighted at. the door of her father's
residence, in - Meeker - street, she thanked her
lover (for such the gentleman was) with .cool
civility fur the sleigh tide, and entered the
house in a per, leaving him to drive off,
ana
themizing the incident which had thus dam
pened the morning's•pleashre. ile bad an
other source of unpleasant feelings, too, than
the lady's frown. The bight of the poor girl
cin :Broadw ay; whom he very well knew, had
given rise to reflections of a disagreeable -na
ture,Which will be-explained-in the sequel.
To return to the you* lady.
When she entered her comfortable parlor,
she found a,yonng man standing at. the win
dow:who turned to her and said--
`Well, sis, another loiet's quarrel on the
carpet. -eh ?'
'Why do you ) talk so silly, John r return
ed the. sister. N
islAsin that it is so,'-continued i the
brother, 'for I saw Renwick as he drove off,
looking as black as a thunder cloud,and your
own face is as flushed .as if you •had been
scolding for an hour.'
`Pshawr ejaoulated the young lady. Then,
after a moment's silence,she added. 'Well, if
you mustNpry into my affairs You must know
am beginning,to-dieUke George Renwick,
and I don't . think I shall- marry him after
all.' . - .
'Ha, ha, lu...riaughed her brother, 'the old
song—it will be kiss and make up i .. in less
than six hours, again: .
'Very well, you'll see,', she returned, as"she
withdrew to-disrobe hei;self of her riding ap
parel. r,
Emily and John Williams were the only
children of a wealthy New York merchant.
They had \ been. reared indulgentlyr,and receiv
ed an excellent education. John wash fine
young fellow of twenty-two ; bad chosen the
profession of medicine_ and was preparing to
graduate at tbeSpring commencement. Emi
ly was somewhat of a spoiled beauty, just
entering her nineteenth sear., Indulgence
bad rendered her a little self willed, and edu:
cation.had made her a little vain and copri
cionts-; but she was, notwithiaanding, a girl
of fine feelings, amiable disposition, and good
setae. With a voluptu.ous figure, raven hair,
and piercing dark eyes, Alamo features, a
finely cut mouth, and teeth of pearly white
ness, she had reignedihe belle of two seasons,
and then. plighted her hand to Georgelten
wick, a merchant of high standing, and re
puted wealth.
Renwick - was_about thirty years of age ; a
man of acknetwhadged 'talent and enterprize;
handiome face and manly form. His
manners were blind and insinuating, his
bearing graceful and easy, bikaddreis ffuent
ond polished. Whether poor affection •or
more interested motive's induced him to urge
his suit to Emily, we need not say here ; stir
fine itit...that i with warm feelings and trusting
nature, she -was eas il y won.' The match was
aanetiotied by the-parents, and the day fixed
for` the marriage was only two months
distant froio the period at which-Our story
(Tens:
When Emily re-entered die parlor, she
approached her brother, who was reading by
the tire, and in .a voice musically coaxing,
said :
• 'Come, brother mine, put up your book;
have carved out an adventure for you'
John raised his eyes inquiringly, and she
proceeded—r
saw a girl in Broadway to-day, with one
of the sweetest faces you can imagine ; but
she looked so poor- and sad and cold,that my
heart bleed ..for her. But what is mere,
her features seemed fainil;ar to me. lam all
most sure, John, I ha 4 met" the girt sortie•
where in good society:
" I Suppme you have,'interrupted John,'what
then
• 'Why, likely she is some old acquaintatke
of.ours, reduced to want; and, if so, what
better purpose can I devote this to'--draw•iii
from her bosom a purse well filled with silver,
and placing it in her 'brother's hand--oind
idiot better use can you make of your time
this N afternoon, .than by being my mission
ary.
'But how the deuce I am to find your poor
girl with the sweet face 3' inquired her
brother,
'oll,lm pretty certain she sews- at Ma
dame G--'s,'for t saw het in the. neighbor.*
hood.
'An -adienture; verily Y _exclaimed John,
with a laugh ; ‘to•thitik of sending me lifter
poor sewing girls with pretty.faces ! A pretty
dangerous adviser that, I should sac P
en sober earnest, John, I want you to Sod
out this girl, and offer her relief from me, if
she should be in need of it.'
'ln sober earnest, theri, my silly sister, sup-.
pons I should find her, do you think that even
a poor sewin'g girl, of any sensibility or mod
esty woUld'take money from a man who is a
perfectv.ranger to her f Why, I couldn't
have the impudence of offering it to her, for
my motive would certainly be misconstrued.'
Emily was thoughtful. for a few moments
'and then replied—
'But you• can find - out who she is,and' what
are her c4cumstances, brother; you can find
out her residene, And you have wit enough
find some excuse for visiting her parents, if
she has an v.' .
You are a queer,girl,' said John,-drawing
her to him, and fondly kissing her fair check;
'hut after alt, this strange whim of yours may
afford something of ati adventure,so I'll humor
you, for once.
For once He might have said for the
thouinn for he always humored her
strange whims, as he called them. 'There was
not a nu-re affeetionate brother in the sire of
York. lie was fonder and prouder of
hisNbeautifursister than of anything else in ,
the world, and would have done ten times as
much to gratify even her caprice.
Accordingly. after dinner, he reerivcd from
Emily a accurate description of the
dress and appearance, and posted off on her
benevolent. mis:ion." S.ationing himself on
the steps of the - hotel, opposite to
Madame he waited the remainder .of
the afrernbon, watching all who went in or
out of the fashionable milliner's. At length,
a little after fite o'cl'ock,one alter another the
sewing girls, as he judged, came out and de
parted,; and, finally one whose dress corres
ponded. to the description his sister had given
him. It Avail too dark for him to judge whether
her 'features were as pretty as Emily had rep,
resented them, and this was some little disk.
appointment to his raised curiosity. He fol.'
toe el her,•however, at a little distance, until,
be 'saw', her enter her home,and then returned:
to report to his sister.
'You have not half ftilfilled my mission,.
John ; you have neither discovered who eltti
is, nor ;what are her circumstances!' exclairn
ed Emily, after listening to his facetious ad
count of having (Rigged her home.
'I intend to, though,' returned John;
hate a' plan in my mind now. Have you
any sewing to do - -•
'Yes j; I've a dress I shall wan - t, made in a
day orltwo.
'The very thing !' said the brother; 'I can
go'arid inquire if she ever goes out to sew,and
if she does, I can engage her to come and
make' yOur dress'
'capital 1' exclaimed Emily, clapping her
small white hands. ',Let us go to tea now,
and then away with you.'
While young-Williams is at tea, we will
preced l e him to the house of the sewing
.1
girl.
In a sm ill room, the furniture of which is
old andlla . n, and rather scanty at that,three
person Were seated on a frugal spreal tea
table. One was the poor sewing girl;another
was her mother, a woman of no great age,but
wan arid feeble from care and anxiety ; the
third was young Man with a high, pale fore
' head, and a face in which deep thought add
resolotenessof
. urpose were plainly expressed.
His features were too prominent'and angular
to strike one, at first sight,as being handsome,
but every inse-ef them was indicative of ener
gy and- force 00 - cbarao er. When engaged
in conversatioir, however,
.counteaanee
liglrted Up with , animation and assumed , a
more engaging expression ; his Once was
penetrating, and his well, modulated voice
thrilliaglfdeep and earnest. , The meal bad
progres.sed a few momenta in silence, when
the young man, who had been , attentively rel.
gardirig the girl's downcast face, remarked :
'You are beginning to look badly', Kate,
your Work is too contining;it.will seriously in-,
jure y?ur health.
'Oh no, cousin,' replied the girl, in tones,
the tremulousness of which contradicted her
words; 'I do not. feel that,my health is at all
affected by it..'
Then, as if anxious to. change the convey,.
ration, she turned tb her mother and said :'
saw George Renwick, to-day, sleighing
on Broadway, with a lady a great style'
'Did be see you, my child. I' inquired the
mother.
• 'Vet,' returned the girl, 'and appeared very
much Iconfuserf, for he colered, turned his
head away, acid put his horse fu full speed,'as
if anxious to get. Out of sight. as quick as pos
sible.' 1 •
'I haiiiyou beard mention, this Renwick
frequently,' said the youth, 'who is 14
'ls it passible, Robert, that we have never
fold You about George Renwick 1' •
possible;aunt.'..
be is the villain who swindled: us
out of our property.' •
4 111:4 exclaimed the young man ; 'what
property 1 I thought . Foote Brainard died
insolvent.' •
'NO, indeed.- The eirctimstances Are these:
When George Renwick came to this city :be
was a poor boy, and your Boyle took hire-Tin-
"WE ARE ALL EQUAL BEFORE GOD AND THE CONSTITUTION.•' ---fumes Buchanan.
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.04ttrost, ,%isputaitua Countu Telm , a, Curstran-'4loritiitg, August 19, 1858
to the tore. He gradually crept into Mr.
Bhinard'i confidence, until he took Lim in
as a 'kind of partner, and allowed 'hint to
,manage the business almost entirely in his
own way. Well, your uncle died suddenly,
ician apopletic fit ;- the business was settled
tp io a mysterious way, and Renwick gave
us two thousand dollai4, which he raid was
all that was left of Mr. Brainard's interest in
the concern, after his4lebts were paid.'
'And did you quietly submit I' asked the
young man, .
`No, that I did not,' replied the old lady ;
'thirty thousand dollgrs of my own money had
been embirked in the business, besides the
large capital which Mr. Brainard possessed. I
brought suit,bet Mr. Brainard's private papers
could ndt-he found, and the books of the firm
ba all bean in Rerisvick's keeping. TheM
was one %jerk whose evidence might have
helped us, but. Renwick bought, him over.
'So we lost the Suit, : The lawyers fees eat ap
the best portion Abe two thousand dollars,
and wit what was left I bo't some furniture,
lk
and wen to keeping boarding house. ..You
came to the city soon after that, and came to
board - with me. -You, have seen our misfor
tunes since then; and Shared them too—God
blesi(your kind heart, Robert'
When the old lady cemd speaking, the
tears trickled down her wan-checks; but the
young man had not noticed her last words.
Ileirad ceased eating, and fallen into a deep
reverie. After sitting thus for some Minutes,
he arose,and with nervous haste, left the room
without - speaking.
After the yonng man had retired,the,mother
and daughter cleared the table, and sat down
to sewing. They had not been long engaged,
when a aligbt rap was heard at the door ; on
opening it, John Williains was ushered into
the room, lie was struck by the pale yet
beautiful features of Catharine, and saw that
`she was greatly in need of air and eseicise.
lie immediately commenced a conversation
upon the sulject which had brought him to
the house.
'Do you not go out to sew sometimes ?'she
asked.
She answered him in the affirmative. Ile
then Asked her if she was willing to undertake
som - e'light
She replied that She was just out of em
ployment at Madam (I—'s, suds would be
glad to get anything to do.
'can you call upon my sister, to4norrow
morning l' asked John. „
-Yes, sir,' she replied,'wbere shall I call,and
what hour
‘At,No. Illeeker street, at any .time
during the forenoon.'
'The name
.wii:iams: •
'What ! Emily Williams ?'
'Yes; said the young gentleman,`you know
her then I'
'We used to be schoolmates:replied Catha
rine, 'but she, doubtlesi, does nor. remember
me'
Will you favor mo %i' your name r
'Catharine Brainard.'
:i.WeII, I shall tell my sister you will call in
the marning, Miss Brainard.'
'Y el, sir.'
John now took leave, and hurried - home to
communicate the reult of, his, visit to hip
sister.
At twelve, o'clock that night the widow
and her daughter had long retired ; but the
nePtiew,unconscious of the lapse of hours; sat
in his room, poring over a number of old let
ters,bills and manuscripts which covered his
liable. The eager attention which he bestow•
ed upon each-paper, the unusual sp-kle of
his eye, and the smile that played upon his
mouth, denoted that his task ea; of n ordi
nary interest. Before sie explain the nature
of it, howesler, we must introduce the youth
more fully to the reader.
Robert Jordan 'WAS an orphan. His parents
had resided in w village,some mi'es from New
York, and at their deaf had left him a little
property, the income of which was two hun
dred and fifty dollars per annum. With this
small sum he came to New York to pursue
the study of law. lie found hi. aunt keeping
boon:ling house; and went, of course.; to board
with her. The old lady knew but Kittle of
the management of a loarding house, and
consequently was unab'e to get along at it..
The greater ptirtion of her furniture was seized
for debt, and she was compelled, with , what'
was left, to take rooms in air• old house near
North river. Robert stuck by her through
ali her misfortunes, and with• the little sum
he was- able to give her, and the scanty earn
ings of Catbarine's needle she was enabled
barely to live. Robert had, just a few weeks
prior to the date of our story, been admitted
to the bar, -and was daily expecting to make
an arrangement to get into business with some
old practitioner, which - would enable him to
better the condition of his aunt and cousin.
What the old, lady bad told Wm at the table,
that evening, of Renwick's -connection with
his uncle, had made a forcible impression up
on his mind. There was an old fashioned
secretary in his [room, and in examining it,he
discovered a secret drawer, filled with papers.
A suspicion flashed upon his mind that these
papers might throw some light upon his uric
le's business. He retired immediately toll's \
room, and upon- examining the papers, his
suspicions were confirmed. They were pri
vate papers relating to Mr. Brkinard's affairs,
and contained evidence that, at the time of
his death, be possissed a large amount of
property, out of which, it was plain, Renwick
must have swindled the widow.
Nearly the whole night was Robert closely
engaged,making himself acquainted with the
Contents of the pipers, and when, at length,
he threw himself upon his coach, his breast
was throbbing with , hope and his head ach•
log with'excitement.
When Robert arose, lite in the morning, he
found that his cousin was gone to keep her Sp.
pointment with Emily Williams. He communi
cated to his aunt the discovery of the papers,and
his hopes, and begged her to place the whole
affair in his hands, as her attorney. The,old
lady,-nearly beside herself with joy, gladly con•
sented. Her next thought :was to send for
Catharine, and communicate to her the agree
able tidings. This Robert opposed : and advised
his aunt to keep the affair perfectly secret. He
stated that the recovery ofathe property would
be both difficult and uncertain, and that it might
be dangerous to excite in Calbarine's breast
hopes, the disappointment of which would be
too great a shock for he' feeble health to bear.
The old lady saw the justice of The remark, and;
hoWever loth, acquiesced in Pohert's wishes.-
' The latter immediately went to work with alas•
rity to put matters in train for bringing suit a
gainst the Windier.
Catharine in the meantime, had fag with a
reception from Emily Williams as gratifying-as
unexpetted. Thti latter, as, soon as she heard
the-name of Catharine Brainard,remetribered her
old schoolmate, and, with her natural, kindness
of heart, strove to make her forget, for one day,
at least, her poverty and her sorrows. She'made
tier lay aside tier sewing at five o'clock, and W
aisted upon - her spending the. evening with her
in the parlor. Here, with her brother,she stroto
to amuse and render the poor girl cheerful, and
succeeded so well, that Catharine felt happier
than she had for several months. She did not
feel embarrassed, nor out of place, in the splen
did parlors of the wealthy merchant, for she had
been reared in just such aplendor,and was scarce
behind Emily Williams herself in education and
accomplishments. She had that morning array
ed herself in her best apparel, which, plain at it
was, displayetkher delicate and gracefnl form to
advantage, and the-pleakiffable excitement she
felt, had brought a faint tinge - of color to her
cheek, which added much to the ,beauty of her
sweet face. Her manners, too,were as easy and
natural, although unassuming, as if she had
never moved in any other sphere ; and John
Williams, in discovering that she was a 'deuced
intelligent, and perfectly lovely,nnimost entirely
forgot the fact of her being a sowing girl.
Early in the evening Renwick came in: His
surprise at finding Catharine Brainard Emily's
guest, was plainly enough manifested in - .his
looks to the fonder; although it escaped the ob
servation of the latter. He was embarrassed
and confused ; and, after sitting a few moments,
in uncomfortable restraint, pleaded an urgent
engagement, and left
Catharine had left sv.rrd at home for her cousin
to call for her at eight o'clock. Aecordingly, at
eight o'clock, Robert was ushered in,-surprised
to find Catharine enjoying herself in . the parlor,
instead of toiling at her-needle. He was intro
duced to Emily and her heather ; but the latter
had met him before, and knew him tole a tal
ented student of law, although his acquaintance
with h!m was but slight.
Emilyoeemed to'have an unusual flow of
spirits upon:this occasion. As her broth'ser ex-
pressed it; she w•as "as merry and playful as a
-kitten."
She laughed and chatted with Robert Jordan;
played and sang for , him, until ho caught the
spirit of her vivacity, and became as much .1
borne and flarnitiar as tr be had been among old
acquaintances.
To finish the amusement of the evening. she
set her brother to playing the piano and waltzed
with Catharine until she was giddy.
It had been a long time since the cousins had
passed an evening of so much
. delight ; and so
fleetly did the time pass,that they were astonish
ed to_ hear the cloak strike eleven,' when they
scarce thought it nine. When they took leaVe,
Emily accompanied Catharine to the door, and
bidding her good night, with a• kiss, slipped a
purse into her' hand, and glided back into the
room, - before the gateful girl had time either to
refuse the gift, or utter her thanks.
As soon as they were out, of the house Catha-
Tina burst into tears.. Robert :understood her
emotion and did not attempt lo check it. By
s he time they bad walked a square or two,how
oer, she became composed, and commenced a
conversation with her cousin upon the incidents
of the - day, in the course of which she• re
marked :
'Emily is a-sweet girl, cousin: •
'So I have been thinking,' he returned.
'What a pity she is going to marry Ren
wick !'
'What r exclaimeti Robert, abruptly.
`She is to be.married-to Renwick nest April.'
'By all that is good she shall not!' ejticulated
the young man in an agitated tone.
'Why, cousin you -are demented ? what are
you saying ?' asked Catharine, astonished at his
emotion.
'l'm foolish,' rejoined the cousin, ricovering
himself, 'but it shocked me to hear of so fine
girl being - sacrificed to a villain. But are you
sure you have been rightly informed I'
'I heard it from her own,lips,' said Catharine;
'she engaged me to commence next week to make
op some of the wedding garments.'
Robert made no further remark ; but walked
the restof the way in thoughtful silence. When
they arrived at their humble home, they ton id
Mrs. Brainard uneasy on aeocnnt of their long
absence. They gate the old lady an moult of
what had transpired, and Catharine upon exami
ning her purse; found it to•contain fifty dollars
instead of fifty cents, for which she had bargain
ed to do a day's sewing.
it was with different feelings the little party
sought their pillows that night,from thcse which
had oppressed theirhftrts fig many nights rte.
vious. A brighter day was dawning.
A few days after the incident above related,
George Renwick was sitting alone in his count-
ing room, when his lawyer entered, with an omi
nous elongation of countenance;and after a brief
salutation said—
H have just got wind of an afruit.,Mr. Renwick,
that will give us some trouble.'
'What is it r Ask o d Renwick calmly, puffing
•
his cigar.
'The widow Brainard isle the field again.'
Renwick slightly changed color, but affecting
unconcern, calmly returned—
'Well, if she is fool eionglcto revive the old
suit, she sill get her fingers burned again. A
few dollars transferred from my locket to yours
io the way (4 fees, will be the amount of the
trouble,lsuppose, eh, squire'? isn't that the state
of the case ?'
- 'I rather fear die business is a little more so
riouti this time,' returned the attorney.
Well, let it come, so,that you keep it Dff till
after the first of April, d'ut content to•stand the
brunt.' ' ,
'Unfortunately, it is not altogether a civil suit,
and can't be put off. That young devil of a
Jordan,,her nephevi, is making a criminal ease
of it, and the issue must come at the March
N
term.'
'Criminal ease! March term ! What do you
Mean ?'
rn'esn,cepliod the lawye'r,bluntly;thst young
Jordan, as wily as a fox, and as keen N as a blood
hound, is Moring heaven and eartb,to indict you
for stindling, forgery add perjury.'
.„. .
Renwick set his - teeth card together, and
seemed 'scarce able to breathe for a moment,then,
with passionate energy, opened his desk, and
taking out a roll of bank bills, amounting to five
hundred dollars, he pieced them in the hands of
the attorney, bxdaitng between his clenched
teeth—
. ,
'There, sir ! crush the scoundrel, crush him
and I will be your debtor fi l o double that sum ?'
'That will be no easy Tatter,' returned the
lawyer, as he coolly' fobbedfthe fee.l
'His shrewdness and energy are aitezing. . ft
beats all, sir, how ho hate managed to bring
about this Liminess, so quietly and'effe?tively.
I'll do my best, however, depend upon that.'—
And the lawyer abruptly withdrew, leaving Ren
wick- with a fearful foreboding of impending
ruin at his heart The fear that-hie villainy
would be unmasked, his wealth torn from him,
and his marriage with Emily Williamsprevented,
filled him-with almost insupportable agony. pe
had all along been preyed upon by a - guilty con
science. The wan. half star,...l
wife and child of his benefactor, whom he had
robbed and beggared, had long haunted him,
with startling terror, driving rest from his pil
low mild peace from his breast; but this last
dread of being convicted for forgery, and per
haps doomed to a felon's term in, the state's
prison, was distracting.
1 - le assumed as much fortitude as be could
under the circumstances, and taking an early op.
portunity to ate Niti betrothed, urgediiri itatnedi.
ale marriage, offering as an excuse for his im
patience, that busikess would compel him to go
to Europe early in the Spring, ad'd he wished to
take her with him. But Emily; whose feelings
towards him had lately undergone a considerable
change, frankly informed him that she feared
her affections were not firmly enough fixed upon
him to justify her in consenting to an early union
under any circumstances. He implored end en
treated with all the eloquence of whith he was
capable. - She was firm in her determination,
and his passion finally getting.the better of his
discretion, he reproached her with baseness, and
left her forever,
So much did Renwick fear to stand the trial
that was approaching, that he gathered up' what
ready money was at his command—amoutting
to ten or fifteen thousand dollars—and absconded
to New Orleans, where he commenced a course
of dissipation which brought him to a level
with the common street loafer.
Robcrt iordan'recovered the property for the
widow Brainard, amounting to some $60,400.
His matagement of the suit soon gained him
notoriety, and business poured in on him in
abundance. One -year Dom that time he led
Emily Williams to the altar; and upon the same
evening, Catharine Brainard became - de blushing
bride of Dr. John Williams.
glisguisti
My friend Tom'had a natural affection for
dirt, or rather dirt had a natural affection fur
Tom. It isio him what gold wits to Mideas,
whatever he touches,turns to dirt. No matter
how white the cravat—now matter how im
maculate the vest, the Moment it - comes with
in' theßhere of Tom's influence, its whiteness
is. gone ;it is immaculate no more. Dogs,
sveteps, and lamplighters never pass him,
without leaving upon his dress. unequivocal
marks of,their presence. Once, and only
once I saw him cross the street without en
countering the wheelsoof a carriage. I opened
my mouth to congratulate i and before I could
utter one word it Was filled with mud. The
a eless blockhead lay at. my feet, - full length
in the gutter. At my earnest solicitation, he
once purchased a suit precisely mud color.
it was a capital idea. lle crossed the street
three times, walked half a mile - , and returned,
in appearance at least, unscathed. True, he
was welcomed by the affectionate N caresses of
a dog that. bad enjoyed-_ the coolness of a
neighboring horse pond t_trne, he received a
shower bath from the wheels of an omnibus.
But to plaster-mud on Tom's new coat has
"to guild refined gold—the paint of the
'Tom will be a neat man yet,' I said . as I
witnessed the success of my plan.
In about half an hour it was my fate to
meet a gentleman - with seven stripes of green
paint on a bis back—it was my friend Tom Who
bad been leaning against some newly painted
Window blinds.
His man Crew declires tharbe can't see
de use of brack a boot when be neber • stay
braclied ; and his washeiwoinan, with a very
proper regard for her own reputation, has
been compelled to discard him, not•from any
ill will, but, as she 'declared with up-lifted
hands, 'if any one should ask if I washed Mr.
Smith's clothes, what could 1 tell them 1'
But there were very few things in this world
with which Tom could have mote easily
dissented with than the services of his washer-
woman.'
Having no other amusement, one morning,
I strolled over to Tom''s•room. I ascended
the stairs,sind heard his voice in every decid•
ed tone.
.'But it must be done and so there is an end
to
'Really,' was the reply, 'anything within
the limits of po.sibilhy,but to make a coat in'
ten hours—l will promise. anything in the
world, but I reey fear I shall be unable to
perform—'
'lf I double your price would there be an
object—'
'Certainly, sir, if you insist - upon it—cer
tainly, I will put every man in my shop upon
shall be done in time. Good morning,
sir.'
The door opened end a man with shears
and measures passed out. What could Tom
be doing with a tailor IN
'Just the man I wanted to set; exclaimed
Tom, require your advice upon a very im
;portant affair—which of these cravats do you
think - the - most becoming V °
'And he spread before me 80111 P half -dozen;
of every hue and fashion.
'Now what in the name 'of all thatis won
derful does this mean, Tom. A fancy ball, is
it 1 -You have chosen an excellent disguise;
your nearest friend would 'never know you.
But. you morn, support the - 'cbrtracter;
if you had taken- that of ti chimney sweep,
now—hut that would have -beat too Dat
um!. Tell` mei Tom, what dries all this
amp I"
"Why the fact passing a band
through his hair, redolent with mecums, '1
; hare concludid—l think
\ I shall be a little
more neatin future. You doubtless remember
the good advice you gave, me some time
since; it has an excellent effect, I "assure
you. -
Now it so happened that dell the good
advice I had given Tom,. this was the very
first instance in which- he had seen fit to
follow it. So l i eould not attribute the met.
amorpbosis of my, friend to my eloquence.
Who but a woman ever changed a sloven to
a fop.
'Pray, where aro you going this evening;'
I continued, 'that you must have a new coat
so suddenly 1'
'Going : Nowhere in pirticular. I had,
indied,some idea of calling on my old friend,
Mr. Murray. No harm in that I . hope!
Conviction began to flash upon me.
'four old friend Mr. Murray. And his
young niece, Miss Julia, has no share in the
visit, I suppose I I heard that she arrived in
town last night.'
'Now, upon my word, Frank, you mistakto
me entirely. I.did not know that-she was in
1..• 41.-.• ••2ea I
—I did not not know anything about it.'
'And so you were there last night, toe I
Really, this is gettirig along bravely.'
'Why4 the fiiet is,Frank, you must know
everything. I calld last evening to see Mu
rray on some Nosiness about the real estate,you
know. I had no Mere idea of‘meeting a wo
man than a boa Conitrittor, itly beard was
three days old, collar ditto, and the rest of my
dress in excellent keeping. -I became en
gamed in conversation, and sthneliow or other
I forgot all about the [cal estate.'
'And so you nie going again to-night, and
that is the secret of the new coat ?'
'By no means, I. wanted a new coat, and
tailors are so lonk yati know. Do you think
blue will become me? Blue is her favorite—
that is-1 mean bide—'
'Oh, go on—don't starriniet —blue is her
favorite isn't it?' •
'The fact is, Frank—take another glass of
this wife=—the &Ct. ii—good wine isn't it!
—Been two voYages to the Indies—the fact
is, I suppose—l rather fancy—l am a little
in love. Tiy a little. of that. sherry. What
are the symptoms, Fiank—a queer feeling
about the beart,a something_ Which drives the
blood thiongh one like.
'Exactly ! I believe that I hate stew Julia;
Short and chubby, isn't she-- - -witi red hair,
and a little squint eyed I'
Frank,l nevet did knock you down,though
I have heeti tempted to do so a good many
times•; but if ys2u don't stop that nonsenS-e,i.
'Quite valiant in Jlefehse, of your lady love.
Fell, Tom, I confess she is ft lovely girl, and
to-morrow I will call and learn your sticiess—
so,good . morning:
,Wel!. Toni, what suece,As ?'
'Would you believe it I She d:d not recog
nine me.'
'Nut rechgnize you
'Yo. You know What a quiz that Murray
h. - As soon as he saw me enter, dressed in
such style, he carne up,shook - bands with me.
and - without giving me a chance" to say a
word,introduced me to Julia as Ir. Frederick
somebody. And' would you believe it, the
little witch did not know. me. I think I
shall not forget her so easily. 'Nor was that
all. Murray said something atfodt the fellow
who calledthere the previous evenlig—a
country_cousib be said clear enough but an
incorrigible sloven And Julia said he dres
sed like a Barbarian. She shall pay for it
yet. Such eyes and she steps . like a queen.
Welt, Frank, a clean collar does male a vast
difference in a- man's appearance: Lotely
as Liebe herself. Terrible difference clean
linen. makes'
The last time I ea* Toth le was scolding
his eldest boy for coming into the drawing
room with muddy,boots.' •
Wind-Bags.
" I tell ytin; sir, that Mr. Airblart is nothing
bat a Wind-bag—l. wouldn'tzitia twci straws
for his opiaign •
"And I tell you, air," snapped the Inde
pendent.' "that if -he be, the fact proves
nothing against his success. The only ques
tion is, is he Is bag of the right-sort and of the
right sae I •ft is very easy for you and I to
sit here and dell a fellow a wind-bag. (as we
know be is,) but as far as I can judge the
world wants wind more than anything else.
It don't seem -to need people who thoroughly
investigate things, looking at all sides of the
question,-but its railroads, banks,' parties,
churches, and so on, call far wind and serer
ticialnes.s csotionally—for somebody who can
swell and fume and bluster,- making a -grand
spread and appearance for a while d until-his
wind-bag collapses, and he sinks to his pro
per lett% through the lack of-genuine, sub
stantial merit and backbone, It is this. world's
insatiable taste for wind-bags, my dear fellow,
that causes such a crop of ill managed cor
poratiOus; half-baked merchants,indompetent
mechanics, and over-ldoli2ed ministers. The
world is sure to take these people, fora time,
at their own estimate, and is terribly
'pointed:vvhen the wind of their. favorites es
capes, as escape it will; if they lite long
;enough. I#ut le their palmy season they are
great There's nothing Ist they can't
nothing that people think they can't do.
They lead folks by the nose, wheresoever' they
will, blind leaders of the•blind, and they gen
etally tumble themselves and their followers
into some ditch or other more or less
disagreeable.
- " No, my boy, it is no use to sneer at a man
as being a big of wind, Unless for your own
private satisfaction ; for I tell you, he is list
the thing the world wants in most cases.
Nay, 'there are times when windls teally
useful. I have known people *lay scarcely
two ideas in their heads, but with the peculiar
sort of wind that the case tequired, who not
only attained wonderful success , in certain
ways, but tuaintained themselves and their
wind to thelast,and finalist died uncollapsed
ornaments to society, frantically, it is no
more a demerit to be* wind-bag than to 'be
.a tuan, if one cab judge by immediate results
and outside opinion.
.11VInd-bags do feast of
the world's work ; . after some fashion or other,
and it is very proper that they _should have
the world's good wc4d and as- much of its
money as they can get, and kenp. .To be ddre,
- they are, only wind-Bags after all." _
Fw saying, did " Inaariendent" stumtped off,
striking his cane. against the pavement at
j every' stap.—Bostoit frost. •
t 10, Num'ter 33.
- Dotal
A YAN E.--- i rThe Boston Olive .13ftnzi
having Call 'the edittai of the New York.
Atlas, a Ya kee; the Atlas man gets off. the
following : 1
But we own up to-the Yankee, and feet-no
little pridein it 1; but ,we didn't hail - front.
Berkshire exectl3t. N We have dropped pump
kin seed 'and .haye eaten hasty pudding. and, .•
milk in Nei ittaillpshir6, and have plowed,'
mowed, reaped and logged it in the State of
Maine. Wq have fished for minnows with a
pin.hook, arid carried our bread.and butter
to school ; rind We have been lordriying on
the Kennebec ricer;
we have coaxed R club..
footed girl to slide down hill made slippery. -
by the fall of pide leaves, on her feet, for the
dull seeing Iferleatcb her toes and roll over
and over ; and We have gone into the swamps
with two pike oi oxeh and a bob sled, when
the snow ws five feet deep, and felled trees,
and "twitched"
l ion all day, and went bottle
at nightfall (to " can perridge hot ;" we have
been to a few pr yer meetings, that's a fact,
and we're been to "he an skique" trt , .. 0
appltl-UCOC, - " . . i 41.5 logs; cir
militia-mus•
tern. I
c'e have helped to make cider, and after
wards set ' 4 a•st rwdclle" of a barrel, and sucked
it with a straw. We have set up at night in,
a saw-mill; and i
late set up all night with a -
'- gal," We hav la high opinion of johnny
c.ke and " sasee get," and we have frequent—
ly had ti dater i the making of the latter
we have eaten °lir share of codfish and potai
toes,
with pork' t E t raps, and we gue-s we have.,
licked a proper portion of lasses candy, and
also boys; we have pulled flax for nine pence
a day f becisuse we bad the sick headache and
could not ezo to schupli.and have had teeth
pulled with 'a 3iece of strong ..1 hread i` we
have travelled el er the fields ' in spring, With
a maul, knocking about what-you-Call-'ems, N
and have poppet" corn in the Ashes ; we have
turned the griddstone all day to sharpeh a
new axe, swopped jack-knives, broken steers
and colts, set taps for skunks and wood! ,
chucks, tapped ogr own shoes, " licked" the
schoolmaster, rtiSbed the mill-patis of- the
Cream, rind laidl it W the catJpitched into
the apple." sassr hooked maple sugar, - and
nuntberless other things " too numerous to
mention." but for particulars of which see
small bills. L
FOOLED 1411 r. QLD GeNTLE i r
r t. and on; horseback: They
ye that ti creel: he tad •jus
in Atabitnaj was so 'deep
ave to swim it. The Colonel
How THE 130
MAN—He Wag f
made him bell:
come to (it was
his borne would
slowly divested
lons and draw
in his handkere !
horn of his sad
as - be was a shol
father itiOrdihat:
&face like a
wig,there'is no
rna_tute as he
breeze holding
tremity of his
Slowly and
took th6oreek.
I• imself of coat, boots, pante
rs. These
. be nicely tied up
bief and hurig them on the
die, then he remounted, and
kt,lat mad, with a paunch of
size. rather inadequate legs;
!thered apple, and , a blown
doubt he made an klterest.ing
bestrode his steed, with the
gentle dalliance with the;
ez
nly garment.
utiously the old .gentleman.
I Half a length and the water
was not fetlock i eep. - Eferetbe horse stopped
to drink. A ength and a half,- xnd the
the stream was no - deeper. Thirty feet fat
tiler and a decided shoaling.
. Ileie Cal. reined to.
" There rosti" said be " be an awful deep
channel bettieet thi3 and the bank—see bow
it runs. (dash through here."
'• A sharp lash made the horse spring -the
watery, waste, a etthinothet carried the horse
and rider td tq-opposite bank. • I
The. creek was •newhere more than zr foot
deep A
. •
cOld yell frydtri 'unsamidanced
their approbatidn of the sport as' they gal
loped away v.ith 'the Col. after them, impre4
eating ferociou4ly, but they got off and Jeft ,
him grumbling and dressing himself by the
roadside.
jar French politeness is proverbial, and
the ingenuity and accommodating disposition
of French werneti -in love affairs has long
been no - table.l But a recent Parisian play
affords a touch [of harden nature—or rather,
French nature, in this line, which certainly
beats the 13JstIspecimens in real lifts or the
novels. This isl the plot : Tvio unhappy fel
lowsri\ Attbrfipt tc l kill themselves.by suspe siod
from the same I idti--ats it happens. The one .
is a bassoon player out of employment and in '
pecuniary distrfss; the other is an English
man with dial national ennui. Well—the
lady (Mlle. Stephanetti) chances to find them
while they are ivet alive, and cuts 'ern down.. 1
In gratitu& b4h offer to marry the heroine,.
who ingeniously compromises the matter by
taking the baboon for a ltitstiand, and the
" milor" for a liria-4anti de la ntaisonl
•__ _ . _
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A Mscisitlitors Ilusasxo.—N - ot.limg
since, a widow, one of those whom we are in
the habit of calling 'well preserved, by the
name of Madame R • , yielding to the
ardent solicitation of one bf the young lite
raryl men of I' es, married,him. _ On return
ing from the c 1 welt and the mayor's office,
the lady took et husband aside, and said;N
"Pardon me, ivy dear, for I have d6ceived
you 1" "In wilat ?". said the young man of
letters, mph qoubled. " I told you that I
" Nell, and si
had two hundr d thousand francs, and --"
mind ;
it's all the sam to me." ." No, that is not it
e,xactly • '
I hails two million l!' The husband
forgave her. ..
Or Not 101 g Kg.), Spriggles electrified e
party who were ieliing long Rtoties,by stating
that he had knloWti.seteral thottsands of indi
viduals to menr v one bed • tor an entire sea
son. The rkysery vanished, however; when
Spriggles explained to there that the bed al=
lbded to was at oyster bed.
burinf an aatnination, a medical
student being :sled the question, 'When does
mottitidation e i nsue r replied—
'When 4 otl
‘ rop the question and are
answered - 'NO.
. .
1 tar 'Wha would you be dearT,l.,' said
Walter to his sweetbeurt, 'if .I were to press
the deaf of Too: upori those - sealing-wax hp,,
'I should be t. stationary: .
I - Aso 110741 P,
jrar - A dentist having failed to extract, it
tooth from a lady. !south, said !
'Tb fact iii madam, it is impossibk for
e
anything bad to come from your morta r '
_ ..... ta. -w. • ~., --
-
sir A cot4spontry, speaking of the -report
on gentlemenis of much,change iii s fashions, says : *-
_ ~ "There is
gentlemes's
t i l
pants.this o 14." Very likel-i.
ty/(396d it! who pay promptly