_ . - t I . . . _ (.." . .. . ~. - - icint 94.,g, 4 ., TlMitil _ .. -_-__:--- .. \---- ---- - -- ------"' 4 ' -. 1, "WE 30UJ OURSELVES TO NO PARTY TIELL T, DOES NOT CARRY TAE-=BAG AND Sala' STEP TO TAE MUSIC OF THE UNION." - ~ _ - -____ _ _ . - „... „... • bEkRITSON, - P glisteilancous. •T H E stress of aStollit's. When Miss Catherine bad sealed her let ters, she rose and called little Tib, her maid. Immediately there bustled round the, partly open door the quickest and brightest litti servant ever seep. She was going out, f 1 clad she *as ad iu a little duffle cloak; her bop —net was snug and rearm, and she bid a smal basket on her arm. "I think it has got colder since the morn sing, Tib,"said. MitsCatheiina, as she - gill' , ered the lettersAegether . --'..rauch colder." "Yes, 'ma'am— The frosty wind bites at youraose like a.wolf; but I shan't minttit the roads aribard, and I can rdn." . "Do sot but first go upstairs, and fete that dark blue Woolen handkerchief from m . upper : drawer, - and that old boa ftoth ft , closet. "1.,51A, A`am :" said . Tib,‘ guesing , the intent,,"l'm warm enough, thank you, and . running 'd makestrtc a deal warmer:" A kindly ellake - of the head, and an Ml+ peratire ware of thediand, warned Tib that her. mistress bidding must be done. So shut went into - the bait, and ran up the great!, carved; wairizcot Itaircase, and soon came down again with lima:lke/chief and boa These her mitFt4ess took,. and put the one over bouner,ind the other round throat: and wheit this was finished she referred to Tib's errand: "Get Sat b=on to put on what atatnys necessary, and carJuil!!, - post.them;:ei they are Christmas letters to friendi'Vil - itnit' here P eighteen-pence, whivb will, fier#o2.4etrione enough ; then get a pound of .r,.:andles "and poun lof su:.r,ar ; c_ al: at the town library fo the boa 1 *N:iS 't . o have and last thing . Ol a smell pieee of r,a.4.infi-beef—say four or See Oonnd: , —at Cobb'. slup, and tell both hint awl licit that thev shall'have their stoi counts as soon ns l helr from Mr. Hutt, the CC:111 7:..?.n.. " '01) -dear; ma'am," spoke 'rib; "they. bet said, when T was there last, that you WaSLIt to trolltde'yOUT:eleat all about the little Top owed 'ern ; hut' con - was to .base everything y.na needed ; indeed, old. Mr:" obi, quite Yanglre4 at the' thought id' your 'sending a message shout 'nob a little bill of fifteen shi lings. Lie said if it was fifteen xr fifty pounds it would he the same to him t for could ba just rs* wi.leorse to the bes . . joint out siMp d, thonreh you didn't i we a shii tiny 7 :7he 'peal:'' are all i'''ery goof to mein these alAt, o tro sai 2 l Catherine. "And hesitated ' nont Fou l:-ire 011 . 4, 11,110.1 d t rtorn , and eurrants.+• e t ..:Fkr.£ Jt won't gr,fat -arid it .rson't Ci.ri, , ina--141e. ""his Catherine, if you dot:. h se a 1 tiddia;." 10, T:hby, no Chni.timas ari!d me sad things side-by.siqe. Were yot3 to be at- home to morrow weld hare - one; her voar!a.dd aunt -has ac tje ask con, you'd I.v , ..ter *go. Now :make laste, you'll not re ;eh ,he town in tine for psi; andTh , you t..± quick Ock keep the tea hot" for you." ..1 At thisTsu had somet Ling to say, it might be seen ;'s• ;II sile_vent ..'onward to the paildr emer, when there, and be face was - !..dden. Ole faltetinglv, "if you &ens i le. ma'am, Mrs. Tiny% ley said if the night was cold, I might j.it as well s.tepin and take a cup :hare . _ "Nothing asked MisssCranbroo l k, wilt\ sinice. - 111 t Ivit. Joe. might see me home ; fur the road, with - so' much wood .' &alit it, was "aihi like, at ntlit."' 'This is grst lima you'and I haxeft-tind it Out. Td. , , thou g h we.have tired three yeArs together. But ! ,)e is a good lad; and so I'll he no hiqrance—oalr, Tihby, you mustii't leare sour mistress till these shadows are, a mr;ne." ta-g oi n mist:,' ri*WATAI wish a chocked voice . ; "I'M stirir:o4,-:Tr, a a E con needn't he fretting xhouttt.'"'„`:' Tib hurried from . -tlie botise - ; crossed the quaint, 'precincts. of the ancient aid so into the wiaxlland'whichslay opposite, and by %Lich the road was shortened to the town. -ealberine; like her little maid,. hai. :opt some points for hesitation; for, no sooner brad : - ehe watched Ttb across, the road, than the twirled after her, and opening the rude gate -- which led into tLu wood, went onward a f l e ar_ Laces., till she stood - beneath the shadow lo: some bullies, .Where ter low call . met Tib's nr. • - "I)Jn't come hack, Tib; lout you can. 4 ,_ at; Cohh's er Bolt's how. Mr. Farquhar and if he is batter. - ,There now, go a that's aIL", - 1.. She did hot let the little maid see Ifiree, even if sheeoutcl have done so , ib boar shadows of the boughs, but went -slowly back to the Old school-house of .....fahn:s as though it was summer's evening as though no bind blew icy from the no Once mute the old wainscoted ball, repaired to the kitchen, where afire bu brightly, and where little Tib had left Oi l in exquisite daintiness ; and there she set ' tea-things, and carried them into the pars and niadeitea, though it was yet early, sat over it lost in. deep thought, tilrnoth but the firelight shone through the 'shad - of the Moon. Then she took it forth, and it bny, and laid supper for old Kit (the that milked the cow and attend - ad to land and garden,) Then lighting her I • and sweepittg the parlor-hearth,she sat rici to her needle—her rarely-plied smedle,ez -upon (titters of love of this sort, which that Of fabricating:lib a cellar,for her Ch txtrisirox. As -this was near completion worked diligently, though pre-oeien Pfed I •-• sari and weary - thoughts, her soul strugg thitrugh some.hidden darkness of this me i -life, as a dismantled ship throtign a dark - -stormy sea. What bitte.r things, at, best, ire hu i'e,stliralsi,how Strew u with the wreck broken bones! how , chequered with the visi .ofthings that might have been, and were! How countless are the- men . women who hide such' wrecks end visiu. l their souls! and how! worse than al!, Witimen, who sit by solitary fires. co hack on these steps of shipwrecked Time.!" In the i neanwbile ,little . Tib made her way thr6ugh the inileland-i'dia/f of pie J e s q ui old re` (mi. I.' to the little town'—a B L I 5 . 14 ER, tittle town, of one main street,and - orre or two smaller branching from it., ThOugh on this small scale, there was a tiny Market-hsruse, end p'grand range of ancient buildings,called 'Eirtg Edward's School ; and 'every house seemed to hale a garden; and, fibally, being situated in one of the nearest southern boun ties, die tittle town wok not mote than.thlrty or forty miles froti Loudon •, yet, in a coun try rich With rineie . nt parks and woods, it was as . quiet and remote as the I way around for miles was , picturesque' with English land scape The 'post office was at klittle draper's shop, wherein Deborah Snibsen, this Wdstress, was helpiriediVers customers to half -yards of calico and yards of ribbon; harrying in so 'doing, he post-hour was adhand.• See ! ing Tib she nodded to hir, and bid hor sit ' down..? but more calico, ind;riblicirtbuistoMors arriving, and the itexorable hour bloie upon striding, she bid them wait whilst. she attend ed to the letters. Taking those 'rib had laid upon the, counter, she proceeded to weigh land place on them the necessary stamps.. "Well, 'rib, and how's Miss j€ranbrook 1" 'asked Nris. Deborah, as she prciceeded in ber duty—for everybody in this Ittde town knew hide till, and that she came iron the -Old school-House at St. John's. i .13ut•pc&orly," replied Tib. "liar spirits go down . , now the winter days are so long and siill.7 . . . . 'Ay. and 1 Eon% ponder atj it," said Deb. orab indignantly ; "she's had enough, and got enough still, to .ufake pore heart. I only wonder when these folks up in London will settle matters about the old school-house at St. John's r _ "rm sure I wonder When echoed more than one customer ; and little trib sighed. For a Minute or so no nee spole; then, as Deborah began to handle the fetters Ti! had laid down, she-came to one or more heavier. than the rest—enclosed, iu fact, in official en 'elopes of large size. ".N aw I dare say," said Deborah, Weighing the largest in her hand, "that I this contains lomeibing nice as a,Chtistmar remembrance —as half 'em-do, one ma} be! pretty,,certain, '-f:ur I never knew Miss Cranbrook to forget a friend." • - , , "No, arnnhe ilotit," replied Tib; enthusi. astically 7 "theuglli I can't say as folks re member A rr half enough. Bit I should just like-you to see inside that letti , r, for there are two as beautiful pair of worked sleeves as you ever seed. They are for the daughters of Dr. Musgraye, who were so kind to missis when she was in London in tl+ spring. That other letter has a collar in It for somebody el4e; fOr, thilugh she don't like her needle, wisais tannin, as AO 6271 P, b 4 always sitting at her books; ts, zito rneaT:un as l• - e 4 ...raatiL. such stray minutes to her Mends; and she don't'forget one of 'em. I eanl tell you, Mrs. Saibson,' quoth little Tib, rising, like a sing ing.hird, higher and higher in her note of praise ; "fur we been making old Kitt two new Altts; and others that slut nigh as old, or nigh as good, have ber-n,thought of too,- I'm sure; though it ain't for 'etn hardly to say Deborah stoned, and looke'd up tenderly into the hooded face. 'lf the mistress of St. John's is good, so is the little maid; she thought. She now came to the last letter— the• taaallestof all—and she read , half aloud, half to iwrsclT, the superscription : lionmey, Egv, Tr:nity Qollege, Cambridge' `And pray my dear,' she added, 'how is Mr. Olive: I.tourney and has Catherine heard of late '1;o, she-ain't, answered 'lib ; 'and it frets her sadly. Sheerer' risks this letter; think ing that if he is not at Canibiage it may be ient, ott 1 for lie has room's there still.' *Well, she needn't -fear of gratitude there, if all-accounts are true. And, bless me 1 to think Iris father only kept a little druggist's shop is title, town, and he What be is—for they du saY brain and ed'eation is wader ' full . A gentleman told me so not a long while ago. Ves,it was a poor little druggist s I shop , just yronod the comae.; and the lad went a good while to St. John's.' Nevertheless;tretioialt Suibson, check your hwonder ; tt is out of poor shor, , and poor I houses of many kinds, that much marvel working intellect comet—hot out of places - or halls, or from - the titled...ranks; be very sure of that. , Theietters being safe now; in the post-bag,l little Tib rose to go; Ifebatab begging to be,' respectfully remembered to:her Mistress, and I that her thanks be conveyed! for a basket A pears sent the week before. ; • Tib wasJurning froin thel door; when the post mistress called her Lack. •Alt, I neisrlv forget it ; but just tell your mistress that there wis a gsintleman at the 'Crown,' the other day;and he made great in quiries, both there and about the town, tic to, the old place at St. John's' as well as. of her self. 'Nobody could learn h ' iti purpose, though ' Tom, the waiter, says he thinks he came from Olfcird, by ~chat be dropped. And Tib, tell your _triitres, as well, that Mr. Rogers, the steiardgas down, from eutt m l Place, the. other day. and told me Unit Sir Richard is corning by England for a, sboil time, as the Qusee lids made }dill ainbatiiiaor to a differ ! eat country from where he is now." Laden with her news, Ti& went, She nos I.roceeled to tiie little market ' house,in a room above which was kept a fair ! sized fibril): of ancient books,-bequeathed— through a long,coilise oft 4 eara—by sundry town folks, for the free Itselorsiich as might like to read .theni Few wire the applicants, so that the keeper . thereof bad an easy life of it; for, with the exceptioi of the learned mis tress-at St. John's,, stud a Afew neighboring p ar sons, a custotner knoskA rarely at the nail-stddded door. Opening . this, - aid as cending a little, crooked stair-ease,' Ttb pre sented herself,iu a mipute sort of ante cha . mber, wherein ..old Jerry . Clamp: the custodian, and his wife were getting their, t . From what ever cause derived, .• the old midi bad a.'very acrid natures and, on occisions of festivals, such as this of Christmas, iihen mail at !Bait assume cheelfulness if theyleven de, not feel it, Lis mood. was always _lrelsly bitter: -And, strange to stay,lldrs. Jerry shared his cynicism. So, then litths Tib embed' him 'a happy Christmas' aistisked for the book, be began I to grew!. • 'Happy Cbriettessr . he olacribtted ; 'don't , wish it here, girl: This jai% the 'place. nor the folks. Its all right enough, however, for Isuch as hare lots of money , ; I ind . Tots to eat, And .lot todrink. !hi I that sio't bere. And ac to the book, it's a reiy , .little.one—a I nice little bandy book •to ciits Dil l s winter's t night lik.t,hit-T lie took ,up the guttering candle as be spoke, and going into an adjacent room, re turned directly with an enormous folio,which be delivered to the little maid with a grin. There,' he said, 'the road and the 'lad will do,' 71 -can do a good deal for my 'ynisiis; quoth Tib, 'but I don't think I can carry_ this. But please sir, I know a nice young man, who'll be coming•our way, I dare say, to-night,.and he'll call for it; please sir, and bring it.' *Very well,' growled the cynic. ‘veiY s tiell, only mind he ain't a minute after eight, or he'll find tke door closed. For I've got 'ipy Christmas to keep—bread and water by the light cif a rinshlight. Anitmind, young ' wo. mat'; tell your mush, 'from me, that reading Such books as this can lead but to a place 'I won't name—though it's a very warm oat,— ind Mr:Dodd, the vicar. as'lie was hire to day, says so. Ha! ha! pretty Things ha' been taught of St. John's, if all accounts be tine.' Tib, indignant at this, was about to reply, but Mr. Clamp slammed to the door, and she bad to creep heir way 'down into • the street. Nor wan she disticssed at Mr. Clamp's pros pective supper of bread and water, such be ing a pleasanifction of his cynicism ; for he was a mice; and could dine on - banksnotes, if be so willed. In a few rtrinutes little Tib stood in Bolt sinesits her brain. the - grocer's shop. That worthy.being some- 'You see, Tib,' - she said; that your old aunt what at' leisure, and prone to chat, servedis a miserly sort of body, and would be glad I her with what she asked for, and then in- enough, I dare say, if you did not go to quired if she had forgotten matters for the 1 dinner ; eel so, to be there a little before pudding. - - . i tea-time would do very well. Now, as I had Please, no sir,' answered Tib, ruefully, 'the'' a goose sent me yesterday, I intend to roast eld aunt as has got a bit of money has sent it ; and if so he you would dine here between• for tree this Christmas, and ruissie will make twelve and one, why -we could put by the. me go; so she ain't a-going to have a pud- nicest-phi, with potatoes and greens, and ding, and that is just what it is.' . apple-sauce. I could-make a little-pudding, "But she must,' 'said Bolt; "the mistress too, in a shape; for you know lem a gelid, at John's must never go without a pudding. cook ; and we could keep all hot z by placing - Folks that don't taste Christmas fair ain't no the dishes over a coupib of milking-pails fill luck in the new year, and so you must make. ed With boiling Water, as I shall have plenty the pudding, Tib, and I'll find the fruit and in the back-hoese copper . . And lliett, my sugar.' ,' idea is, ifJoe •colsld borrow his master's light 'I can make a pudding, sir,' saaTib, tai- Wilt and drive you to your aunt's; you 'cOUld, umphantly ; "but you see, sir, theclesitnissis i on your watsturn down the lane to St. Johli's, rosy-be would not boil it ; for, ten to one she : and there you could steal into the back door, won't even roast the beef that I shall take ' and put the little dinner neatly on a tray, and home from Cobb's, but sit in deep sadness ,_! carry it into the parlor,"nnd sal, 'lf you please, be the fire all day ; - par tik-lar if she don't 1 ma'am would you accept this dinner from get letters this morning.' 1 little Tib 1' ' "Tib,' said the kindly groe,er, emphatically, ;• ' 'Oh! it's a nice thought; said the girl, her and clutching a pound weight that. lay hard eyes sparkling with joy at the idea of giving by, as though for demonstration, "a why to I pleasure to her mistress 1 but she is so inde duty is-always to be - found. So you must 1 pendent that she will accept favors from no get up early, and make the pudding, and I one. And. I should not like to offend her, or put it on to boil before you go; and by the hurt her feelings in any way.' time the finds it, it may be done. SoThere's I 'You won't; for the is too good and two the fruit, of which, it a word is said, you can kind to mistake yotir meaning. So I w..: 1 d tell it'll be -all right in the bill—ha '. ha !' try-tliat I would.' ... And, amused at 015 _own Jose, si-t.e.t....iser it So Tit; acquieecirili's, matters were so errang; nigh(' be, the merry little grocer weighed ed,as the .Velingeetefartt :sum that tier mistress and papered his finest raisins and c he m i s es would not object to her dining -with Joe and consul". .1 his mother. Mereover, just to give a col- When these :were in the basket, be asked oring to the idei:.iint. (114 pielent was little Tib-what fruit she liked most. Now it bap.. 1 Ilb's, the plums and other things were con• petted sliat all little Tib's tastes had latterly ~ signed to Mrs. Throwley ; and Joe wren re become merged into those of Joe ; and Lbeie- ! turning with the large book,and it being eight fore, though her liking was for raisins, Joe's I o'clock, he and Tib set forth,as soon as some was for figs, and so she modestly replied— I thing more in the way of refreshments had 'lf you please, figs, sir.' • I been ,partaken of. - Whereupon Bolt papered a pound-of fige,l It was pleasant walking arrough the moon and laid them, with a shilling, on the ' lit fiosty woods, with the hoar frost shining I like silver en the great trollies, and the scarlet counter. . I 'There-my girl, there they are, as , well as a ' berries, looking more scarlet •by the contrast. shilling 'to buy a top-knot.' j When she got home, the little maid found Tib cutirtseyed her thanks and prepared to ; the kitchen-fire.hrieht, aid h:sr mistress io go. She wan closing the door,whert the gro- I the parlor, quietly reading; but•slte said little cer, calling her back - a step.or two, Enid, 'My of her errands, till Joe had rested rind was repents to your mistress, and a happy Christ-. gone. Then la carried in supper, and told was day, in spite of all. And just say that I ?lir mistress what Mrs. Snibson had said a some frosty morning soon, I shall he walking , bout the-return of Sir Richard Sutton to Sut the way of the old school-house, and I will, ton Place ; and of 1110 visits and inquiries of with - her honored leave, step in and have a the stranger from Oxford. Both[, eircunv 'chat abOut the school affairs; and that,mean- stances - seemed to surprise Miss Creel:lne.e while, sheisn't to think a bit abOut the little much. .... bill—it's frothing—itis nothing.' He waited Nut a : r ead, licaceer, *as said on either till, the little maid had closed the dOor, and i slide with respect to Mr. -Farquhar, till Tib then, he added. as if carrying on the sentence teeming in to make the report that the house in c ontinuous breath, no mote it is. There I was safe, arid to wish her mistress good are debts in this world that can alone be 1 night, she related what she had beard. To summed up and paid in heaven, and - this is this, Miss Cranbrook made no reply; other one. For didn't she teach my nephew Rich- 1 than an abrupt 'Good night;" so Tib closed and noble things f Didn't she make him 1 the door, and went up to bed—there to find, master in Latin and difficult figures, in spite , upon her little dressing-table, the lovely col of bigotted trustees, who would have kept the 1 lar her mistress had. worked, for her Christ poor town's lads to the Delectus and the tunas box:. . ~ . . Rule of Three,' if they could. And throng's] For a long ti me after the little Maid hail this knowledge be has become a well:kis& left the room, Catherine sat jest as thOugh gentleman ; and so Heaven reward, hiir, for what she bad listened to had rendered hex I cannot—l cannot—" and the old man I incapable of motion. Eventually, however. dropped a tear. 1 she arose, 'and -- unlocking an - old-fashioned True:l3olt,our soul's growth can only come eseritorie, took thence a letter. This she by knowledge i and, therefore, glorification I brought tothetable; and re-Seatingherself, read be to those who hold the divine cup to all' lit over an d over agiiiti ; then it dropped who are athirst I from her hand,' flutte - ring to -the , floor and When Cobb, the butcher—and very fat and Falstaff-Jike he yras—heard little Tib's order for the beef, he whetted his knife on his steel, and laughed to such a prodigal amoutit as to bring his ruddy complexion to the color of mulberries; . where upon as he leaned against a bench, quite out. op breatb—though still whetting his knife—a liule shutter opening from a - comfurtable parlor was slid back, and a kindly voice cried— 'Cobb, my dear, hush I remember the apo plexy.' At as early a date as begnight,the butcher attended to this injunction ; and then, re pairing.to the little cavity, whispered some. thing. At this, a spruce little woman made her anpearance.and the butcher give' his knife a finai wbet,and sent it like a sword into a largo sirloin, and cut off a portion, whicib certainty, at ibe least did not weigh less than ten pounds. - lie made feint to weigh it,and then brought it to 'fib's basket. _ 'lt is a very largo piece, sir,' said the little maid, 'RAJ missis said' only four and five pounds.' 'We always give good weight at Christ mai, lass—Oh ! oh ! and here Cobb went *pie again, add his little wife, pUnching him on the back, cried— '• j aMinir the apoplesy, dear.' So, as the good old butcher would say no ==fore; Tib was obliged to put the beef into the 'basket; and 'when Mrs-Cobb bid sent her reapectP, and expressed her hope that when Mite Cranttrook came to town she would honor 'her by stepping io,and last. mpg the Christmas ale, little Titr went, first asking, bOwever; the point relating to her mistreat' last words: • - 'Why, Mr:Farquhar is very bad—so bad that be cannot see another week. My boy heird this When he was up at the house this „. - „ I At this moment some customer entered, so, r with this reply to bsr question she departed. 11 04/ 0 TtlrdWlP4 ' f MIA* was in one of -the MONTROSE., PA., JANUARY 6, little off-streets or lanes, and just where the pretty rural town merged into the wooded country. /She was a widow, and earnedber bread by the. culture of a field or.two,and by \ keeping a cow ;_ and her .eldest boy, Joe, worked nadir thasieward at Button Place—a noble hallos; about the - distance of a mile h ow the town. She had two other boys be side Joe, and very glad she was tbrit,he, who was so good a sou, had set hie heart-on so good a girl as little Tib ; though she was a poor orphan, and one who bad known much I of the world's adversity, till Miss Cranbrook bad befriended her. So, thinking that Tib would come totes on this Christmas eve, she had made great preparations at cake, and muffins, and slices o 1 ham—set in the picture e r a c l e anly kitchsp, the best tea things, rind a rousing fa°. But, before Tib could see these for herself, she was met by Joe ; 'who kissed the frost off her face, and let her in in great triumph. Then, after a good deal was said all round, the tea was made and Up muffins brointht into requisition. . - Alter talking about mtny ' things—espec ially about Sutton Place, where Mrs. Throw. ley had once lived servant—little Tib related her perplexity about the • podding. Mrs. Trowley listened, but-said ; but when Joe bad started off to the librarv,fur the book, she broached what had been meanwhile pas lay. Tbeh pressing her face into her hands, and her hinds 'CI ...turn upon the table, she sat till firinto the night, with all the weight of o i lies aliol cf the desolation of this Christ mas a ie. When Tib went to her mist n•ss in the morn ing, she found her far from well; so she made breakfast, and took it to her. After this,Miss Cranbrook seethed better, and rising, came down' her pleasant parlor, wherein the brightest of fires shone and Tib (l 1 the Way of allowing it was a festive time) had tlressed with holly nod Christmas flowers. the latter then came in to propose to stay at home, ati her mistress was not well , for she had Already told lies :of the proposal to (line with Joe and his mother,and to go afterwards to the old aunt's—a plan to which Slits Cran brook had assented, and 'thought good." She would therefore listen to nothing Tib would say, but bid her hasten to get dressed and,i go. 'I would _rather be alone to-day, Tit, she said ; 'much rather. And if I need to dine, I can boil au egg, or take a crust of bread and cheese; to make - haste and go.' , Tib,lsaving her own reasons forlerit wishing, to press the subject of dinner, said nothing I More; bui,dresong and putting'ou the pretty collar, went down to take her leave. 'lf itu please, rna'm,l shalt leave my warm.; shawl and basket till about two o'cioek,when ' I will call for them ; fur Joe will drive this ' way.' 'Very Tib 'shall be glad to-lee you' As soon as her little maid was grine,aathe• Ana put on her garden-boPlet,ind went forth to walk up and down the' old,:terraca, from which there was a lengthened 'levier( tits marl Efere she remained tilf be saw the postman approachkng front the little town ; thee, open - ing the eirstic . wieket, she went forth to meet him. But he; did not begin to look at his letters, or unbind the string which fastened I them : so, even before she was-clestv 859. her heart died dOwn. She had expected ter,; had.ao prayed for them; her Christmas would be so desolate without . 'No letters, Smith P . • 'No, ma'am, not one, leastways, that is all the post.missiskave me.' • ' Ctharine lookeil them through. Every netbor. of hers, in the cottages and farms around,,seemed to,be blessed by the teptler rememt4ances of Cabers; only she waster- gotten—she to whom existence hadbetin a perpetual samitce, in all- i °stances. save one; and even in that, peships, if tightly Viewed ! But hiding her'dblappointment, as initial, by an effort of her ilon will, she chatted cheer fully to the old roan c bid LTm 'call on the morrow, when Tib Would lie at home, and have some ale. She their, feiehing the wicket, iiished him good day, IMtl . returned to the house. Here once mons In the parlor, she sank down in her chair and' 'wept aloud. "Forgotten—forgotten& Ahme I" she said, "Even by my dear Andrew, above . all!" And tite morning, which had bean hitherto so bright, began to he darkened by descending snow ; so, that the day sympathize as it seemed, with the terrible depression ishich lay upon her soul I It was weakness, all this seeing her noble life, and the harvest cotnii: of the immortal seed she had sown; but low in estate, from many causes, her spirit (usual ly so strong and full of faith),was bowed by the seeming desolation of the time and-scone. In the Mein tune it woeld.hai.e been de lightful to have watched al!. little Tib's pro gresses: how. Joe met her Oien, not far into the woods; bow ho made pretext of timing away the frost, just as he had done the eight before; how in due time they feedlod the town; bow dinner was ready early; how capital the goose and pudding both proved, and how the nicest part-of the wise bird was put aside ; till, finally, with the pudding in the cart, Tib, Joe, and- his little brother—were on their way to St. John's. Here arrived in the lane, a feiv yards off the picturesque old school-house, Joe and Tib alighted, and, 1 carrying each A seething burden,, went softly round to eke court-yiud in the. rear. Here Tib, reaching the kitchen by a side door,"she had purposely left unfastened, went softly . about, like a mouse, while Joe watched her through the window, and laid a snowy nap kin on a tray, with silver and glass and other Necessaries, and then set the nice hot dishes thereon, and went softly towards the parlor. door. Opening it, she put her bead within, . and said, "It's me, missis." ' "Come in, 'lib. I am glad to see you!" And Miss Cranbrook spoke as she lac piles cent on her couch beside the gm. So Tib, half frightened and ynnels flurried . , hurried in, and set the tray upon the table. " If you please, missis," she said,deprecating ly (add not daring to look et her mistress);" base brou4ht you a piece of goose and a lit tle. pudding, and 1 hope you won't be offended with your little Tib." (At this precise mo.-1 men!: liavi-ae, wound bereft up quite to a pitch, burst into tears); " for, oh! I couldn't bear that you should be without dinner ; and, please ma'am, MY: Bolt gave me the fruit; end said I was to make a pudding, for I said eon wasn't going to have one—and so, please, I've brought it. And I "won't stay more now, ma'am, for joe's waiting, and I'll sure and be home early." So saying, and without once looking at her mistress, she hurried from the room. When Miss Cranbrook had recovered from her great _astonishment at this appearance of little Titi--with so nice * dinner, she wondered what could have prompted so sweet a qloaght; forgetting. - in so doing, what her own acts were. To please, Tib, rather thin from -in -clinatienrshe Listed a little of both goose and pudding then carried the tray away, and returned to her parlor. The cold was greater—the frost - more in tense—the snow fell thicker and thicker as day began to wane. All at once sbe beard the sound of wheels in the and a minute or so after, some one knocked upon the porch doer. Hastening to open it, she welcomed in Mr. Acton, an eminent surgeon, living at the distaisce of some miles. Ile said but lit tle, till he was seated by the fire; then he asked her to accompany him to see Mr. Farquhar. dying," said the surgeon, thofight fully, "and, as be says a few minutes speech would be tb him the greatest human conso lation, I hope you will not object to go!" '"lt is many years since I saw him," -said Catherine, thoughtfully, and as though Jo herself. "It is; and, like you, he is utterly alone; You will therefore surely come." "I will: I owe it to him!" And Catherihi3 hastened from the room, to put on her Cloak and bonnet. •As she went the surgeon could brit look. with curiosity at the expressive and atilt handsome face,- though some fifty years had left their traces thee, and tinged her hair with grey. They were seotfoit the wiy to thi confitry hotter where Mr: Farquhar lived. Leaving the servant is charge of the vehicle, they alighted at seine little distatice from it, en . d approaeiag Woodedpatb, gained a pi rate door. This was opened - by an elderly man-servant, who, lief them up a stone-stair cast and tisbered them into a room, halt GNI-chamber, half sitting-room. Here, in an easy-chair by the fire, sat a gentleman about sixty years of agi ; his hair, like Miss Cran brook's,. was tinged with grey, and he seemed a little hunch backed. When Mr. Acton had placed Catherine a elite he The giiitlen'ian held forth his hand ; but Catharine was for some minutes too moved to take it. ~* " It is very good of you to come," he said at length, "at such a season, and on such a night; but I thought you 'would. , have had many bitter and solitary .hourr.--and of somewhat wilful causing, if I reistrth net." " Vt r e have', and When seasons, sea as this comes round, regreCarises chiefly because I *possibly gave . pain you, Mr. Farquhar. .otherwise„;,l do net doubt that I breed nitrite ed a higher and moreha.stiaghaispitievs...--that is taking the average` of years as they glide by—than had t followed the piomptings of a more:Personal and selfish . "Undolibtedly. Theie victories cosi us much ;, t but4he reward ts great. gray tell me how it was, end „ wife! wilt the reason of * your refusal twenty years ago." "It Was this: My fi(thee was, as you may have beard; a country gentlemen of good fortune; and I soda brother were his only children. Us gave 'me a fine 'education ; for i had a taste for books, and this I found my- only fortune when Ire died suddenly and brother's,dissipatio of the'estate left me Pens Mess., Sycb,; ; being the case, I had. to seek my IDresstll'and 1 went as a tutoress to the only i' i csa of Sir Itiehard Sutton, a neigh bor and' old" friend ot-my family. Amongst thesscessionarvisisors there was a somewhat eminent political-character. We talked inrush; ,we had sympathies akin ; and I likecl On more than ono occasion he Raid emphati cally, At present, cipmenstancee prevent me, but I will make you an offer as aeon ;us can.' I made no reply to this whenever=it was said—neither assent nor dissent. . Still ; I believe that he spoke in , good faith, and that his honor was irreproadiable. Three..Yllar after this I raw you ; you • hired this-house of Sir Richard ; you visited Sutton flace.., Al most as soon as you saw me you-made -an offer. It cannot be said that I refused, for I repulsed you by absence rather than by words. I did not know then what you were, or the quality of your noble heart. Moreover, you were a stranger,to.me—brusque in man ner and alittle too authorithtive to win," "I was somewhat of a hunchback," said Farqphar; " perhaps ihat was it:" "No : in „trth, no. But I felt myself bound to another—even-through indirectly. You Should have had patience, and you w*ould -have arc . o tie; for I liked you even then, As it was--" ~ , -"As it was," ho interrupted, wringing his hands" as it was, I cursed my life and yours: \ n mr mad distippoinsment—iu my_ l x,c haste to el velott that there were others whom I could win,---I married . a heartless shrew, , who in six wSks left me, and whom I have never since,Beett \ or heard of, except as it has concerned money\matters. Bitterly have I rued that haste." • - • " And bitterly, at \trileS; have I rued my pride, and . my false e?tination of another's honor. Soon after yoti\discontinued your visits to Sutton Place I,left'there also. Iliad an enemy in the chaplain--*ce become the master of an Oxford Co.llege;`and,he, 1 t have strong reason to-helleVe;_pofsobed Sir Rich ard's-ears es to the•heterodo7y ()Nile knowl edge I was imparting to his troy. 'So I left,' and went to London, and. began a literary life. If men who pursue the higher depart meets of knowledge find money come slowly in; so, necessarily, must a - Woman, silicise hindianees are co formidable:, After twO\ year's struggle 1 returned to the country, and procured the inistres.hip of St. John's, , which was then vacant, and'-of which a• trusteeship belonged to my-farnilv. It is, as you know, a branch of the old grammar lSchool in our little country town,land in tended for the preparation of boys between Lair: and ten years old. ... I" I . had brought the school into , some kind of organiiation.l was very happy; 1 for the old school house had always been a lovely prune. But the-payment of the salary soon fell into arrears, owing to the had man agement.of t,he truste.ey, and, .cow far eiz,h teen years, I have been struggling on with . „ the- merest pittance, and but for the earning; of my pert, most have starved. Some thir teen hundred pounds is due, and with what I have spent in repairs to the buildings, anl other things—is . upwards of sixteen lsuudred pounds. For the last six months the school has been closed, - and the whole busines4, is now in the hands -of the newly ci-ganized Charities Commission. - NYhen last I beard, it was intimated tome that St. John's will be sold. If so, lam paid. I shall, with what. is due, buy the old place. It is endeared to me by a thousand memories, and there I wish to die. Since his father's death, my old pupil,. Sir Richard Sutton. has written to me in the kindest manner. Ile says that- he owes to me all that is valuable in life, rink that when ho comes to England he shall bring me his two.little,sons to do by them as did by the father, and-he will pay me limelseMelv. this be so, St. John's will he-no longer"' soli tary. I shall be independent, tnd be to piirsue, at leisure intervals, the assistance I have now foesorne time been rendering Co my. beloved Oliver." , . " What F have seen of him," said sir. Far gear-, "like much. /le . appears to be an extraordinary young , man. A gentleman who wee here from town, a few days since; says that his forthcoming book is likely to I te-a masterpiece. I see that it is.advertiseil." "Indeed! This is news to me," -said Cath erine; tor, to my bittei disappointment, I had neither letter nor paper frorn him this morning. Indeed, I suppose ho moans to surprise me, for he has been silent for some weeks. But I I attribute it-to the illness of his relative, a miser ly old tradesman in London, who, for many years his allowed him a gentlemanly in come, and at Iris death-will leave Lim a cons siderable fortune." "This is well ",zaid ATr. Fermi:thee "Means to-rest upon is,an abriohite necessity, if litera ture is to be pursued with-en unbroken spirit, and with an ultimate purpose of high intent. And my object, somewhat in asking you to come hereto-eight is to sue for leave to make. your remaining days free from troubles of a pecuniary kind. I - have the means." "You may have, but have on right to them: so make no-attempt of the kind, for it will be utterly useless. A book Or, two, you may leave me, if you like—nothing more. And," she added solemnly, and fee et ing her tor the pain I caused you—for the mistake 1 midi you, in the profound charity of this time and hour,. forgive me I" • " I will, 'I be said,. with choked ut terance,—" More readily, Anil more truly if :ion tell fife one thing._ Did von ever love me , "I I do !".7 she said vehemently.. ",,1 have drained the.bitter pup pt deep regret if such confession snakes atonement." It will; becauSe for years I have nightly prayed for Gag tender mercy to me in the life to come: that, even as- I have loved you with the deepest human love—even. as 1 have .worshiped your , high intellect and lofty power—even as I reverence your singleness o f heart, your rectitude, -and-truth—even as I bate watebed -and wondered at what yon had, dope for trutb, - ultimately, through,thoea you have taught and trained—so dot pray that, side ; by side with you on some, nobler seems, we may bayS,coMpaiiionship. For this I Will ever pray into the end; anti, trusting in - the perfect goodness of Almighty God, lied rest and peace." .• " Amen! Amen!" - she said, likewise." She could say no more ; so she rose-even as she spoke, and prepired to go. IL) put a book - into-her . band,l-be bad been reading: -and as he gave it, she pressed her lips down on hie fiugern. VOLUME BiR. I. . , This eras her sole ,faruuidi,,as it was and so they parted. ;INben she once more gained .ther_air the snow •had ceased, the mooiii and stars were- shining, and a deep peace seemed brooding both far, and near. Little was said daring the_ drive to St., John's; and when' 'there she - alighted and . went in alone,: l'iti_bad--not set returned ; but as.soon ,as4o. was within had' got light she becarrio.awa re that rowel:Me knock ed at a door at the rear. - Harrying thither, '.she found a country bumpkin-holding a-par , eel and a letter in his hana. • • .•.• • "-If ye please,. misses, T. but Sknoe.king till 'ee bones be sore ike:- Mrs. Snibsoia's "Parry sorry ; but . she'd _ such .s,lot todhink on with, the beef and , puddiq, as ,tp_ . rnako this sere par c el *0 letter 'go cicilti ens of head. 86 tap RiUst just forgivelter,thiiAi. Catherine proved that she dia t sia by-giving the bumpkin a shilling and dismissing him. She, oame..back intn'theliatlon, tore the post. cover off:the thick and noble rocking volume, and found, as .she suspected; that it was Oliver 11.orisney's .book, and, and --- to her great surprise, that it was simply and brief,l . , dedicated to herself. Then' she read his letter, explaining his sate week's silence. by -ddiv.deNire to surprise her with the 'gift of the first copy of his book On Christmas Day. tt, said, too, that his noels was dead and buried, and that, when _ affairs contingen thereto, were settled, be should be the maste of a handsomel.yearly income. dileent would be, therefore, his-even if they did not other wise arise—to secure St. John's; restore "it, enrich the finest books.in manflan guages; 'hus affording him: twplace fo retirepennily change, sod _Andy, leay.. her militia:is of the otd.plee.6, with power aid-him, by gathering together out of book of many kinds, those facts and sequences o human action and natural dales from - w.hic. alone the generalizations worthy the name history can, be . drswn. • . • _ Thus, even - as she stood on the desolate an unlit hearth, she could but feel that som triumph andsome joy was hers. Presently little Tikcame horn; with muc to te.ll her mistress of her nuut's kindnes., and what Joe had said ;'and her rnistresso turn, 11;1.1 much 1(...•ay al.okrt-the goose nu pudding. When Tib was g.ttoe to bed, the fire brigb l .ha lan.p lighted. Catherine at down Irk at Oliver', book.; and so she read o arhi on till the d. , e . .pest peace wm hers. 5..4) the night closed upon the old . ..Sh. I.louse of St. John's., * # * * i A year has goo by, and the - old boll . ' about St.. John's are rigaM thick set wi l .ruddy berries. Catherine's affairs are n settled; she hasJ!oug,lit. St. John's, its wok and meadows, orchard and. gardens. YVi the re,idne of hex little money, and 'what 5, hat for the reachir,r - and guardianship of *.. Richard Sutton's little kous, she is,ierlerr. Limit r - tri 'the 'affairs remmiing the sch 1 I were more easily settled 1),,...rea50n of the go l 1 offices of a certain Oxfurd,dignitat,v, w hearing:lo whrit. low'estate Gathariutr er. l brool; l.ad corw, had thus recant t o il e vil he had ,:i115, ,, .. 1 long r . ears befcrp. . On this Christmas riirirnint she sits breakfastio.cna of ilia-charmirig„ohl pail of St..lohn's, -now renovated and ‘ekothed round with the library Mr. Fargiabar, oneathed In his wit . A Tittle boy either side of b4h;0in.:.... and Oliver is op site. The fire- burns bright ;Aro sun at in; the ivy wrentliv,veetytlw,tttko win -Little Tib co”les or.rsting in with a ha ful of letters, and her face is very radiant, Joe, awl his tr,otherand brothers,. and old aunt, and lilt, the old ganiner,ar, cline in the kitchen to day. the c roup thtti'gntheied in thq old ho! liried room Lys , charming. one,- and,therl peace in the long.triell heart 'of the roistr: of St. Jobtea. , . - Ex ain in ing Bettams of Wells a It hi not generally koowiA.we .think., ii easy a matter it is,to examine Oa. bottom a well, cistern, or pond' of water .by the of a common mirror, ("looking glass.') W, the sun is shining brightly, hold a mirro that the. reflected rays of light will fall i * water. A bright,apet Isla be seen at -, cm3„-so light as to show the smallest _- weiiiilainly. fly this means we Late atriftie'd . the bottom of wells fifty to eig 1 'feet deep, when, half full or more :of we .The . sinalle.st straw, or'other small ob ject, , be perfectly seen .froui tiro, surface.- In. i same way one can esarnine the laittorn I ponds and rivers, i( the water lie soinen clear, and not agitated by winds or ra motion. !la well or eiAteln lie under co or shaded by buildings,'lso that the sou li. will nut fair near th& opening s it is o . ; near:miry to employ two mirrors, thing i to reflect tine light, to .thO 6'i : boring; . i another to send it perpendicularly into water. Light may be thrown tifty , or ii, h i dyed varils. to the prP.cieil spot:desired, then rethietetf doors ward. W have •ii ! the raiders with' stweess to reflect the li i around a field, to n ihadtl-- spot, and rilst' carry it from a ;omit - window through ~ room, and then into a , c istern under 1 north side of the lion-e. Half a dozen re tions Of light inav he male, though eac h 1 ror crnithislitis tile brilliancy of the li, , Let any one not familiar is ith this melt try it, and he will ail it not only usoftil, a pleasing eXiaainient. It will perhaps vea l a ma , ,ii :,..7.1 i I ilutitA 11 . 1._ 4 1.1:0 in)tt./11 , the well, whi,•ll h:... Lardl'itCo.i titolight ;but which ie.iv !Men been :ik fruitful. so o f disease, by its decay in the w , tter.-- - - . ..4 agree cillurist. Qvcostions for tho Curioris • Ist. tf a 61. n to -fall in the %Ude! I I and there were no ear within a him miles to hear it, %%mild the far,ing of tree produce any weed 2d. Sausraire tiastire.s u s that at the su of Mt. Llano, the report of a pistol is noto than that of asniall erticker on the plait What is the canto of this 3d. In what coilditioo of the atcnoaph sound most distinctly liestdi •i • _ • sar The tlittoos, - wheti tatheritig jo harvest, before it removed from the A . ing floor, tike out the portion for. they However poor, however much in de4 hOwever pauCh the crop may be, the: : Petit - on is first given. "so pray 1 Air Two men in 'Cincinnati have ;m matt:lll to eat tntub and mil s k for $lO4l "elinnirion," the one wilt! bfitzt; , Cisterns. fa, for or 1 Lo. s . - .. It , 0 40 , 741 „.
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