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e 11031E , s II A 1010Ni*.t. . : Seven Dials. But there was an express- I man iof my acquaintance, andleaving her
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__,.._ r -I ! • ipn: oil her face', which told of premature ! with the sorrowing
_girl, stole forth to
The lark may Sing her sweetestllsongl. , , ettreand sorrows and made the beholder's breathe the fresh fir: Before quitthle.
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'As rising from the' •w'avi"g Orii; -•.- • heart' Velirit towards. her in-her youth and I young charge,- hoNvever, I premised to go
On :oaring wino-s she -skims along• Cr,
- loveliness.l :. I . . . ••I Its& this evening' : and .watch beside the
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To welcome in ths?'risng mot
..-' "Soho,lNellie," cried one of the rnf- j
dead, ',A • night-Vigii at the Seven-Dials!
• tier sweetest song is noughtll. 4l.lll to me,
, fians,j Softening his- tone as he 'Spoke 'to I My whole frame'cthrillS its I think of the
Compared to bolne' B ".° l l. ' her, "you've thought better of it . sinee.4 horrid scenes I-have to-day had daguerre
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Deep in the woods, the nightingale : - last night,!have ye,•and come to accept my VotYpes li on my memory—What Will they .
1 - I . betmderNver of the night 7 But will.
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' At midnight hour may tune he fay, - . offer? -• •->
s, . No, no," exclaimed thegirl, an indig- ,: j over all--My trust is in Ihm: He; Who
May pour upon the lisrningT. 1
Her loveliest streams.of ns Oily: ' mint blush 'crimsoning her cheek, as
,She ' called' ime,..to - -1. solemn mission, will
Lovely her midnight hiy.ituty, be, •.‘
dew back'.; "rii, ,, ivatching forLMr. Gray, guide, protect an 'Sustain
But lovelier Home's sweet harmon a etty missionary.
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. _ • -. i '- "I am Mr. Gray," said I ; "-perhaps it The Clock -in yOnder grey tower has just
Sweet are the songsters, of the iprins. • is some friend of yours whojhas, sent - for struck One ; -•the'tramp of myriad§ of hur
.And of the summer's satiny dityi, - me'te come to his death-bed." ''... -. ryiag feet has died away. - The great-;-rest-
And autumn's.feathered Warblers sing ""fes;•lfugh Reed is my unele—the on- , less heart of tht;lity-threbs with a Ililike ,
In rapturous strains theit'r SiveeteSt lays: lyfriend I have,in the wide werldl" and , subdued pulsation. -Since nightfalll have
- Lovely the songs of boWeranq tree, _ now the tears rained , from her blhe eyes I been 'keeping a vigil in the room where
But lovelier home's street !minium like a shower from a summer Sky.. - j.the corpse•of -Hugh Reed lies, but I, and
t j• . "Here, here, Nellie," shouted the star- I not atone with the dead.- I could not per-
But oh, uthat - cheers theiwinter•night, sly idler, Whofn she had once Illenced, 1 suade Nellie' to retire, 'and there. she sits
When all around is j dark SimEalooni, • " vour'e tO6 had. You know lam ;roar 1 - by the; coffin, - leer thee marble-pale, her
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When ti;athered songsters tstke their flight ;friend, pair lover—l would marry you to- tearl'ut ' eyeS drooidsig ;beneath her white
-Or fill a`gloemy little tomb ?,' I night it' yoU - would say so. Come, I've set , lids, - and her hpso.rapressed as if to crush
- 'Tis at such hours as these that we my-heart tiponliaving you, and mine - you I hack the wild grief which - StrUggles for ut-
Prize Most our home's sweet harmonV. must be !"j . • - • • ,- - terance. ,;?
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1 -1- . . • With these word's lie laid his hand up- I:supPose the drunken affrays, the: Bac-
Oh, when dark clouds above us loWer, on her ara,lank dragged, her -along to- - ebanaliiin songs :hid shouts, the cries .of
And life's drear Winter o'er us comes,wa - rd his companions. L-b > - , women and 'chili's:en for bread, the terrible
'Tie then we feel your magic river, - The oirllshrieked, and the next moment oaths of some desperado, as he is dragged
Ye songsters Of-our hearts and homes: I cried— j- - -• 0T by a sturdy Policenian; are sights and
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For soon the lowering - elmids: do flee " Villain, - stand hack!" and with a I sounds to which she has been accustomed,
Front our dear hoMe'setfe.etlnirmony. strength ti 1 • seems u ell s t 1 I and yetshe ever aud anon starts and thud
, iin non . p Itna t, j
:: I j wrested her frean his iron grasp. I heard ! ders,- anti glances-18C rile as if -appalled,-
- him:cm-se. Me with. oaths that made my
j SeinetiMes whenil have moved to the
blood chill' in by veins, • and mutter, as window and .pushed - }sack the coarse cur
- he"picked• op his hat— •._ • •' • - twin; I have seen that ruffian from whom I
"-By all the powers; he's strong as a li. rescuc4l her hour•S ago,
- lurking around ;
• on., I shotild'nt wonderif Lucifer himself j and now another inaw has stationed him
was inside Of that black coat." - ' • • 'self near,
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and is ntently ' watching the I
I heir& the maiden's tearful thanks and house; ';His - figure is -fill, - his - bearing ,l
-saw the ionic of 'gratitude, and then en-. graceful; and he 'his not only a fashionable
tered.the ricketty old house, the lower but ,an aristocratic air. Who is be ? What
lepart -of which -was Occupied 14. Hugh I errand has brought bins into the haunts of
-Reed., Penury reigt. led there; but -the `the Sven Dials ?1 Has be met Nellie in
floor,-the deal table, the humble bed, and - j the_streets, been ,Captivated by her bean
the man wl o sat propped up against the I ty, and followed her to her lsoielv home?
pillows, we e scrupulously clean, and a box I Ali ! I too Will l'ateh, and record whater
of Ity'aeinti s bloinued on the broken win- er facts are Wortlif of notice. _ - '
dow ledge. I. . - . "IsM M A the roo very close ?" queried
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"uncle Idugh,l' said the girl s . as we - add Nellie, jitst as I Came to the
,conclusion I
Jr:Owed to the inValia, , t‘ the minister has have : penned above: .
- come."'- , j"les," I - replieel, "yOu bad better Open
The wan 'face of Hugh need lighted up, the window—the (Rol night air will be ye
his-
lips parted, but for some time he could ry fefreshing.", ,: • , ,' 7 •
,not articalate a Word. )lv friend, who She rose,- and. gliding across the floor,
was a phriia - in,j examined' his pulse, liS.: opened the window. As she did so, •I
toned to his- labored breathing, and shook I heard a deep-toned voice murmur— -
his head. -s.The j glassy eyes of the poOr suf-.1 "Nellie, dear 'Nellie, you have at last
ferer -turned toward' him in mote appeal; y espied me, and CO ' ille to speak a word ,
and he faltered--± :• 1 me." • - l _
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• "I'm notlong , --not long for this world, . No, 119; I did not see you," said the
I doctor I ,"''• j - I . girl; "I did . not khosr. you were here till
"Ne - ," replied! Doctpi Rolfe, "you can I you spoke." f
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live but a short time." . • I "'Nellie !"cxeliiimed the stranger, "did
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A bitter groan broke from the obi man, 1 rots,-think I c 0,411, - stay away from you in
and his nieS.e. thing herself dOwn by- the j your sorrow ? • If yon did, you have not'
bedside and, burst into tears. . - i read •mv, heart aright: If .you knew how
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"Poor, poor Nellie," gasped; her uncle,, madly I love you--=---" • .
' laYing his 'lwasto' hand on her bright I " Ilush ! Ilush Pl interposed Nellie, "it
head, ~ she trill he alone When tam gone,l is no time to talk 6f hive when my uncle
I =alone in this Oat iiitv-steless, unless," ilies dead! yonder."' - -
land he-IziaM•ed wistlidv at me—" unless 1 1` Yes,',.it is th 4 very time when you
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, you, sir, befriend' her. Will you protect ] need sympathyandprotection. j Oh,Nellie,
I this desolate orphan?" ,j you are alone in the World, unless.you ac
"l will," ,was sny unhesitating response. 1 cept me as a protector.; if you would but
" Thank God Pt lie exclaimed, his eyes I love and trust me,
j if you would cling to
kindling mid a fault smile flickering over'me as yen did to your Ulnle Hugh, my
! his face. '}One-1, 'a 'Christian 'Minister ! brightest .dreams Mould be realized ! Say -
would }laced been ithe last person I - should i that you jwill, dearest !"
II have sent Or in un hour of A Isl al , but: ever I "I cannot, I dare not," (uttered the girl;
I since i dragged My feeble limbs into the i" my uncle bade me 'beware of yen; Oh
chapel whers; youl preach on
. Sundays, and • his math-bed be, foond"me a protector:"
heard your sermon and the report of the "And who; pray?'-' and the speaker's
I Week's exlserienee among the sick, the dy- tone betokened intense interest—" was it
i ing, and the : wretehed of every class, I felt j any inhabitant of die Seven Dials?" •
as if you would b e friend Nellie, too, - You ' `'No, Mr. Gray, Ode of the 'city mission-,
have, prolulL.led—l believe youlwill,keeß 'vies." • -
your promise—l eLan die in peace: ' - "A city inissionary—good Heavens!"
"It is a selemo thing to die," said the ;exclaimed the stratiger, and now his.tone
physician.. - 1 • ... . ~ was contemptuous.; " When is he to corn
` I know it,"yresponded the sufferer, inence MS gitardiariihip ?" -
"and I've, been alwieked mast." • • • "He has already-
p commenced it ; be is
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- And he proceeded to tell-us brokenly, the petscin whom iyon have perhaps seen -
that he had, in hi early days, been a res- watching With-. me besides - my uncle's.
pectable j isa j desmhn, and - raving bad hen- corpse. ". •. ' ;
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vy losses, 1 - _ oil,ed notes_to meet the de.
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,zit. '"Ail", resumed ter companion, "let
mantis that wstre j3re.ssing upon him—had me have another glimpse Of-him." • .
been tried - -anti Co'tvicted of the crime, and
sentenced to ten Years imprisonment.
"When Ileamel out from Ns-sea:lw," h e , fac ji e - w
said, ".my Omer friefids`forsook me: erect into the room, -and our eves .
i snot.. I e is' singularly handsome; and his
old please 4. less critical observer
tjl i t ,,l than Myself, bin:tin:re is -something in his.
scion: ton led the ; I drank, I, ambled I
passed from One degree'of degradation to .
'another, mita tfOund myself a j denizen of
1 bold hazlo eye that 4 do not like.
". What.: do you gunk-of my gtfardian ?"
queried Nellie. i ,o- . -.,, • -
the neighborhoodlof the Seven Dials. A "Ile ,is rather a young man to be set
year ago I I*o-snits) cough night and day,- up as a mentor foil a beautifid girl of six
my flesh and. - strOgth. wasted like dew, teen," he'said, earlessly, and then I heard
I and it is non- six months since a doctor Nelie bid him leave her to her,vigils. •
, She closed the window' and came bhek,
told me I was dyi g of consumption."-
• - He paused, his eattiresWorked, a shod= J - but her face was puller than before; if pos
der pased over h s thin frame. I sible, her whole Manner restless. - Net
, " And then'," sidl, -" you 'thought of withstanding she bade her lover begone,
the unknown futui-e-?" he still lingers -outside, I - ant sure :his
." Yes, sir.rgasped Hugh Reed, "I tried 1 presence bodes no good. lam sure i that
to. repare fOr 'death, -and l:_trust that 'my! by .assuminj , the ifuardianship of Isi.ellisi
- prayers,' my! peni •etice have not been in Reed:l-have =ski him my foe. Well,
vai:" I - ' - - .let it be•sit, if it mull be r God helPing me;
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"God 'grant thht they may open the I . will keep% my promise to the dead man,
gates of leaven-th j you!" I exeled, in whoseface gleams ;white through his cot
! the fullness Of mY, - heart, • and the dying;, fin-lid, that when we-all meet in the land
matt breathed a- lo r * amen. •
-. I beyond the grave, I can say, "Mere aml,
"Have you suffered for want of-care ?" and-the charge thosididst commit-to me."
c qUeried my friend. , t .• . /• ; The-sight wears away • the wand moon
1 . " No; oh !no," r eplied Reed; "I Irt,*, , has 'set atnidheavy 'clouds, and.the morn :
I had every cin - nfork, but it has been hard IN,ng-staristrugglesdi:mly through the mists
Ifor Nellie," 1 , • 1 Which hang dense: and grey'over the city ;'
Uncle .lliigh,f, don't jspslals - of -that, j the-vagrant` winds lmoan and shriek, but
j' - sobbed the 'girl., ` I would ,lie, willing 5-0 I all this gloom cannd,t. drive from-his- post
I. work -a;-great de ' -harder if you. could I
_Nellie's lover. Shedsas gone to her room
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- ' - I for .a . little rest,. and Mrs: Farnham, my
V good friend, ‘and-he'r husband, have -come
" ,ellje,suSt speak of it to theSe gen
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, tlem n• I mist tell them what a treasure Ito stay in- this dist?' al. death-chamber till
F vou have Islen ti me.. Friends," be ad:l the funeral. My- ° night-l A - - Ws timid the
ided, turning his face to tie; "Ibis girl is I thrilling 'scenes ofy4he Seven Dials -is
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the orphan child of my` sea-faring brother, I ended! - - -
and after- iti+wife! 'Pa', she . was commit
ted to my care.' '.l" :do -not know what I
should has-eoriejwitbout her during My
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sickness, : for she dandies
eared enough by'
selling cakes nd Oandies abOut the streets, j
to provide-uslbuth['with food, clothing, and
shelter, besides heing my :nurse. God'
bless my little *Nsdlier" . •-' • • • •
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erg He folded heit his heart, and-gazing
at er . and, t ine; seemed silently WI
t . ind me . T : remise,.' The nett ma!
mt a - sh ekjfroit Nellie-told Usbe 'was
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1: - When;the - firsq out-pouring'pf Nellie
I ft's&t ate ,kreef had subsided;.we '!
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' call j" . 6of the *tee* of the. neigt-i
, bore, it-lid:hatthe 'eorpse-shrouded for the' ,
tiate.: -The9 Out for hitiekolea Nt-o.:
What's the use of Frettit.
Why our.poetsigh and moan,
o : er withered- hopes and flowers,
When , fresh jOS-s spring apin : ns!kion
,As sunshine :111 . er shower's.
DT 31. 31. GAIIDNEII
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~Our dullest hours, irrightly fft - ent,, ,
quickly pass away,
And pleasant smiles from those we love
Will cheer the darkest.-41ay:i.
'Tis all in vain4o mourn and Yi•eep
O'er milk that has been .s.piller4.
And just ak v-ikto idly wait
'To have the pail refillol.
I never dr6p_ my buttered toast
tpbn flour;
And if I aid Pd ; leave it therty
And eabnlY bitter Inure.
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Nor di) I find t nisi world sO coi,u,
Or friends so haul to. whi,
And where we have so much tO loYe,
To grumble is a sin. , . 1- , .
From tlivTrup Flag
mE SEVEN DIALS -
PASSAGES pItCI.II TILE • NOTE -1106:1: OF
CITY lIISSIONAT:Y
RY C. F. GEr.RY.
May Ist,
The calendar tells melt is tfte first of
Vav—May-dayl The word is redolent
blue violets, star-like daisies 'and '.budding
bed.e-rows; in my 'memory it is assOcia;
ted with pleasant' fields begiinqg to grow
green ; with " trees and -shrubs, clothed in
• the delicate garniture of their Young,
leaves ;" with the, blossom-crowned May
pole, round which honest lads and white
robed girls go circling in the.giddy-tnazcs
of the festive , dance.- .licit tiow. in what
vivid contrast rise before me -the scenes in
which I have spent my Ma - y
-day. This
morning I limrol myself foi the first time
in the wretched parlitu7: of the Seven
als! Years ago that was "a fasinfinable
quarter, and. upon the open spacie ,in the
centre of those seven streets, stood a col
umn, surmounted by seven dials turning. a
face toward each street." More than%a I
century has elapsed,-however, since the lo
cality fell into ill-repute, and' whap; have
just ititnessed there beggars deg6lption..,
The.majestic old, houses, which With their
- fantastic architecture, were ()nee theldwel-..
ling places of the-elite, 'aid surrounded
with bputiful gardens, are-peopled: with
the lowest dregs of human natuie. The
lynx-eyed Jews, stationed at theidponi to
entrap the unwary ; the street stveepers,'
• the organ-grinders, the lords of the
"gin
palaces," the thieves, the, filthy, idle. wo
-- men; thcotroops of ragged, childiyzi--the,
vice and avant and squalor Whicl4ervadft
the neighborhood, realize - my ideas of Pan , .
demoniuut. To my dying day I Shall nev
er forget :the horrid %oaths, the t_maudlin
laughter, the unseemly jests with Which
those poor creatures regardeaus,jas 1 - told
them ttf errand.'
" Friends," said I, to a group tliat Stood I
on the'street corner, `j we are in Search of
Hugh Reed; he has sent for a Christian
Minister, and we have come in obedienee..
to his..,:ummons." u•
"Ha, ha, ha rclinighed a burn :ruffian ;
"a. Christian minister, 2li< 4 you're; that,
the Seven Dials is no - place for yoty--, the
air don't agree with the black coat, and
- white neckcloth, and the sooner 3*ou're off
the better."
His rough words were greeted; with a . :
shout of applause front the bystanders,.
but I replied es calmly as I-could47 2 s ; ,
" No, sir,l cannot take your advice—it
is my inissib to befriend those Who w ill
not 'befriend themselves, to prayfOr the
dying sinner, to send •cOttifort into these
miserable dwellings. u , yo wilt nut di
recrme, perhaps > will, 1, 1 added,
turning to!a boon companion. - t..
" Not a bit of it" was. the gruff reply,
and - after asking every man in-the'-group,
was about . to turn away, when a Noice, a '
musical, female voice, said=
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"Where do you wish to go, stringer?"
, Quick as thought I glanced -afOund.--.
There stood a girl' over whose head six
teen summers might have .passed. She
was so unlike any one I-had „yeti' seen in
this •dismal . quarter . of the city, tlOt lit al
most seined as if a being from unOther
Sphere had ernsed my path. She was
tmd, slight and graceful ; her complexion
fair,' With a itint glOw on her check; Ater
features were• delicately' chiseaAd ;; -her
eyes large and blue as a mountain late,
andher glo . ssy-ond bairould
scarcely. have been' richer in bud hid it
imprisoned a thousand sunbeanA. lier
. - cheap dress fitted her neatly,. and that and
• her white apron ..and collar *ere faultless
ly clean ;. indeed, in her whole appearance
there Was an appearpce of refibeinent
- which
.1 had not .expected to .seesil the
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4/E%IOIN THE PARTY 'THAT ` CARRIES TH,E FLAG, AND KEEPS . iTeP,TO THE MUSIC OF. THE UNION.
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• moNritosE,
This morning Thigh Reed was hufied. 1
The sky was overcast, a sleety rain was '
1 falling -and. I sometimes . sank knee-deep
in- mud, as ,I. ,retraced my Steps •to the
place_ where I was th perform.the funeral
se/vices for the dead., At my. request
Mrs. rainham liakt-ocured . a decent•suit
of mounting for inrward, and ',alined in
1 this she stood awaiting .me with a look
that touched my heart. -- A knot of neigh
': hors had gathered -in the old house, from
1 which . r.selected 'four pali-hearers, • and
then
scarcely
thd - solemn .service. •It
I Was.icarcely Over, *hen it'earrifige rolled
to =the doOr---it was nolkackney coach, but
an elegant •Ihmity..•'`enge,- - eixiblazoned
1 . 0 . 0- a i!)atrofailni4Wid having ti.tosch-
THURSDAY, JUNE 7, 1860
man and , footnian in Avery. A young
mau,.the same who had kept watch out
side the previous evening, leaped 'to- the
ground tunV came in, hat in hand.. He.
bowed to-nte; and said blandly— .
Have I the honor of. addressing 3lr.
OMy, one of our city missionaries?"'
Yes, sit," I replied.:
, "Are you about going to the graver'
- "We are."
" Web, 'then, allow. me to offer : my car
riage - for. the Accommodation of the
mourners."
"To whoni am-I indebted for such fore
thought ?".,'said L.
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He gave me his card , and
- on it I read
"Guy Beresford; Bart.!?
I hesitated an instant,before that main
. 6f411e world, and tried .to revolve the
matter,in my mind. lat length came to
the conclusion that there could be no
harm in accepting it,•andanliveredl--
"Thank you ' ttirlord; . it will be much
more comfortable
,td--,ride than to walk;
but it is not often that the.rich and noble
remember the poor in their distress !" and
I cast upon him a searching glance.' Ile
quailed under it,and muttered some", roil
tused reply, in which' the only .wordsl
could distinguish were • " Miss .
lle handed her to the carriage, whispei
ing, -words which made 'her cheek burli
with blushes; hesitated himself opposite
her, but when the coach stopped at °the
churchyard -Eforestalled hint, tind sup
ported by my arm she folloved her tncle
llugh to his last res.ting-pi.me. Teark*
and silent she stood, till. th grave had
been tilled up; and theo along, low wail
told how desolate, she felt:
'" Cahn yoursel,"• nitirmured.l, as I led
her hack to the coach, "you are not alone;
and.there is One above who has-promised
to be a father to the fatherleSS." . Sir Guy
did not speak, but his eyes 'Were eloquent,'
and beneath earnest gaze, Nellie "s
drOppe , l; Doe.s 'she love hits, or rather,,
would she love shin if she_ dared to trust
his professions? -1 cannot tell, but some
time I hope to read her heart better. Sh'e
is now •nnder the. roof of the
where I am a bOarder, but to-tuorr,
God willing, -I-shall take_ her to a school
in the country, where'she will he wadi
the be:4 influences. The teachers are
my personal friends, and I believe that I,
can with safety entrust to them the,ar
phan
Nellie - has One, and phave. just returnT.
ed to the city. This morning, after visit
inj the , loathsotne purlieus of St. Giles and
the Seven Dials, I . strolled- into Hvde
- Park to get a glimpse of hiuc sky, a brtiath
of fresh, summer mi. I had not been theri
long ere I saw a superb steed and a gal
lant rider approaching; the. next moment
I had recognized Sir Guy Beresford. Ile
howed,stiffiy, so aid I, and then reigning
in his horse, he 'said— .
"I have not seen you oflate, 31r. Fray"
" No, I have been out of tourn," was my
reply. , • .
Out of. town," he eeboed.; "I s . appose
Miss 'Nellie Heed was yonr companion." 1 :
"She was." ,
"And - where is -sip ?"- . ' • ~
" A t,a boarding school?"
"What-boarding-school?"
~
"As Fam her guardian, that is my 44,
fair." - . ~
"And you refuse to tell
"I do most decidedly."
His brow lowered, he tapped: his boot
nervously with . his gold-mounted riding,
whip, and muttering a -curse; added-: ,
"And so you arc going to watch her
as the old dragons watched the golden
fruitage Hesperides!"
."
At present," I replied, "I deemed it
proper that her mind should be oectipied
with other subjects than the gay gallants.
of the city.
: Besides, her uncle: bade het
beWare of you."
"How dO. - yQUkIIONV ?? he asked, quickly.;
"From her own lips." - - - ,
" But she loves me, and she will continues ;
, to-love me, in spite of your-lit - uncle.
1 I shall have her.yet, if not liyTSm-->means,i
by foul! ' Faint heart never won a fair'
lady.r." andbowing with.moek d Terence,'
1 be rode on.
- • : . .
His it-ords have haunted me eve since:
—they haunt me now as I sit here in th . e
stillness of my room, and a prayer goes up
to the - All-merciful One--7-" God .protect
Nellie Reed; sweet Nellie Reed!' • YeS,
I•have written it—sweet Nellie Reed—she:
is beautiful, she is winning; there is mu-,
sic in her voice, grace in her motions, a
rare fascination in, her manner.. Who!
wonders that she has more than one ad-
•
mirer ? •
It is late but I cannot sleep; I am tor..
Lured with a thousand , fears about Nellie.i
I am lonely . , too—l miss the girl comitted;
to my carty a dying - stranger. For a;
month I have been daily in her, society;;
I have seert-her Mite eyes turn wistfully to.;
ward melts her protector; I have sootted,i
Cheered, comforted her, and now that we
are separated, I fniss her as I should a child
who had ,brightened my' batchelor lifer
There, the door:bell° rings—l -•hear some
-body inquiring for Mr. (=ray.- Good-night;;
mp Note. Book; my confidential friend!
-Good-night, Nellie, my- ward • lleaven's
-blessings distil like- dealt upon your, soul
• . [Concluded mext week.] •
LF-SSON" 0F THE GAnnulv.=—A gar
den is a beautiful' hook, written by the
finger of Qad—every leaf is a letter. You -I
have only to learn•themancl he is a poor
dunce that cannot, if he. Will do-that—and
join, them, and. then . go on reading,. and.
you will find yourself carried - away: from
the earth to the skies .by the beautiful
thoughts-.--for they- are - -nothing
that grow out - of the ground and seem to
talk to a man. . And then there ,arc some
flowers,
they alivays seem -to me like. ever,
dutiful children; tend them ever so little,
-and thercorne up,and flourish, and show,
as I may say,-theitbright anctlappy faces
to you.
AThy 2nd
df your hands cannot be, u§efully
employed, attend .19 the eidtivatiotr of
your mind:
nie,Tranquel pleasures last the longest:
We are not fitted to bear long the burden
of great joys. _ . •
ilar' A banguet.l.7l undoubtedly
every pteaant . plsae;Yl't tt ' ia=filled with the
" gnashing'of teeth' - •
,EYES
,BEHIND d ViEIL
BLU
BY LUCY A. itAN-DALI.:
• • • .' ---: • 4 - ...-' '1 .
Mr. Edge Was late at breakfast—that
was'notl an unusual oectirrencle---and he
was a little. disposed-to be crosti4which
was likewise 'nothing'new. Se he ;retired
'behind' liis newspaper,. and devieured his
eggs and toast without. .iouchsafilig,any
reply, seYe unsocial menosvlables :Ito the
:gentle remarks of the fresh' looking little
lady opposite-r-to wit :.Mra. Edge. .But
she was gathering together her forces. for
'the grand. final onslaught, and When at
length Mr. Edge had got.'dOWn 'to the
teat paragraph and laid aside the reading
sheet it came. : " • i. • -
- , , • -,
"Dear, didn't-you - say you were! going
to leave Wie a hilndred . dollars for my furs..
tin day V! . '
"Whet fers?" said Ate.. Edge I rather
shortly. 1 s .
4 .s 4 .Thoie new:sable, dear; my old stairs
are getting shockingly shabby, and I real*
think-1 . . ,i. •
I
" Oh, Pshaw! . 'what's the use oil being
so extravagant? • I-haven't any motley just_
luny to lay out- in:useless follies. The old
fUrsare. good enough for any sensible Wo
man-to-Wear" - ~. .. . • l' '
- Mrs. Edge, meek little soul that she was,
relapsed into obedient silence;, she only
sighed alsoft, inward sigh, and • presently
began on anew tack:- . , • I .
with'
. " Henry; will you' go, me to , my
aunt's to night ?":". • • '.. ---- --I .
"Can'tyou• go alone?". ..-„, ,
" Alone ? ,I,Tow Would. it look? "!' - .MrS.
Edge's temper?-for she•had one though it,
didn't very often pamdeitself—w4 fairly
ronsed: ''''l You sire so neglectful Or those,
little attentions you used to pay me once
—you never ivalk with me . ; nor • pick up
my haiiilkerchiel nor notice my . dress, as
you'ilid , Once." - . , •
"-Well, a fellow -pan% be forever wait
ing upon the women, can ,her growled
Mr. Edge. . - • _ - 1 -
. • "You,could be polite enough' to Miss
Wafers last night, when you •never :tho't
to ask me ill wanted anything, though '
you lately perfectly well that I had a head-
eche. I don't. believe you eare so much!
for me as, you Used to do !"• ,
~.
And' Mrs: Edge - looked extremely pret ,
ty, With tears in her blue- - eyes and-aquiv
er on the rolitfd resy. lips. • .l 1 .
" Ptsha l w r,said the husband peevishly.
" Now dont!, he silly Maria!';- -
"And in the stage yesterday ; yeunev
erasl;ed ine.if ',T was warm enough, or, put
my .sltairl round me, While Mr: Brown - was
so atfectionatelto his Wife ! It
. was,- Mor
tifying enough, Ilenry-4t Was indeed!':'_
I'didn't know women were such fools,",
said Mr. Edge sternly;ashe drew 'on his
Qventoat4o-escape the teinpest • which he'
saw rapidly: lull - tending. ' .Am I. the sort
of a Man ;Co make a tunny of myself thin
the polite to any- female - creature 9., .Did
you, ever know. tne .to lie conscious wheth
er a *onto had a shawl on or :i swallow
tailed coat'?" .. •
Maria eclipsed the tine eyes behind a
little handkerchief, and Henry, - the savage,
banged the door_ loud enough tcl. give Bet
ty, -in the ! , kitchen, if nervous start. ," Rai-,
nine : again ! I do believe 'we are going to
have a - sepond edition of-theaklage," said.
Mn-'. Edge to himself that 'evening ,as he
'ensconced his six feet of
,iniquiy in.. the
kolith-weSt corner of4l car at the City Hall.
"Go ahead,--conductor, can't pin?' What
are you waiting for.? Don't you see We're
full, and it's dark already?" 1 .. .. • - .
"In one 'minute; sir," said the 'conduct
or, as he 'helped a ' little woman, with a .
basket board. "Now sir, niove np a
bit if ylowoelfse." -
Mr. Edge was exceedingly comfortable,
didn't : want:to Move up, but the light of
the lamp,, just ignited, falling OM on the
pearly forehead and'. shining *Olden hair
of the new collier, 'he altered hismi't id and
did moveup. • , !
"What lovely eyes!" quothlie mental
ly, as he hest-owed a single acknowledging
smile..
-. "It'eal violet!blue ! The .very color I
admire mOst. ' Bless tic! - What! business
has an 'old married man like me.: thinking
about eyes? What:would Mana'say, the
jealous-little Minx ! There---she's - drawn
a confounded• Veil over . her face ' ' and the
light is aS, dim - es .a tallOw dip.' But those
were pretty. eves." ''. -- ' ; • '..' ••
The fairpasessot• of theblueeYes spiv-
ered slightly and drew her mafitilia:closer
• -
round her, shoulders. i ' • ! ..
' "Are YOU cold, Miss? . Pray honor me
by. *ming ntYlshawl. I don't need it all
mvself" 1 '!I "
•
She did ' not refuse-she miirmured Some
' faint apology for troubling' hini, but ..it
Was not alrefusid. ' • . . . .
"No trOuble!--not a bit !". raid he, with
alacrity, arranging Won the taper should
ers; -and. then, as .. the.young lady handed
her fare to the conductor, he said to him
self, "what a slender, lovely . little hand! .
If there's anythitig. I admire in a woman .
• it's a pretty hand !
.Wonder what . kind
of a mouth she's got It must be delight ;
ful if it corresponds- ,with the hair and
.eyes. Plague take' the veil!" .--' ;•.
But .",plagite,!'• whoever that ; mystical
power may be, did not take possession of
the provoking lied, so Mr;
:Edge's-cariosi
ty about the mouth of the bbie4hunsel re
mained ungratified.. .- • •'. ' ' •
"have you room enough Miss? Ifetti
'you are crowded:. Pray sit a little do '
.tolne." '-. 1 . . • - 1 - •
.
"Thank ) you Sir," Was : - the. Rift, 'reply
corning ; from behind the yeil, as Mr. Edge
rapturous* . • reflected—'"Like an angel
from the•gloomiof a :dark - OTOtid." And
his. heart gave aloud thump as - the' pretty
shoulder teuehed his own shaggy. overcoat
in a nestling . sort of a way. -
. .] • _
"Decidedly this is - gettin `rather. ro
mantic,"-thought he; and 'then; • I , ifitli ~ an
audible Whisper, "_what • would -Maria'
ries ?" '•. - 1 . -'1
.• , -." ' ',. H •
- The rest of that long, dark, rainy ride
was delicious with that shoulder against
his own. How gallantly - he .P.tratied - up . to
pall the strap for her--by - sorne , favoring
' freak of fortune' it happened toikel at the
very Street, where he,. intended .to stop.
'And under all the ciretudatances Iwe ean
hard) y• blame-bilp; when the ear ':,stopped
go stiddenty that; leittlght instinctively
t'at his hand 'for. 0 . 40;04 for.#o - 144 n ieer* Jta
g ivel-he'plintslsholtrystahiel : : . , y man
\,ittne'sth.
in his senses would have dOne the same-;-
it was Much an.inviting little Tilly I •
•
Out into the rain. and darkness our two
pilgrinis sailed, scarcely more ' than able 1
to‘steei their coarse by the glimmering . )
reflection of the street lamps on the stream*
•
ing paiements.
'Allow me to carry your basket, Miss,,
as long as our paths lie in the same direc
tion?' said Mr. Edge coruteotu•ly,relieving
her of the.burden aa he spoke. "And—
and—may be you'd find less difficulty in
walking if ru'dzjust take my min 1"
. Well,
wasn't it, delightful. t Mr. Edge
forgot the wet -streets and the pitelly
darkness=he thought he was walking on
roses Only, as he approached his -own
door, he began to feel a little nervous, and
wish that the lovely incognito wouldn't
held on: quite so • tight., Suppose Maria
should be at the window On the* loOk out
for hini, as she often was, how would she
interpret matters! lie couldn't m.hke her"
believe that lie only 'wanted to be polite
to a fair traveller. Besides his sweeping
declarations of the morning—she would
be sure to recall them. °
As he-stopped:, the rightnumber and
turned round to bid.the blue-eyed a re
gretful adieu, he 'was. astonished to 'see
her run lightly up the steps to enter like:
wise! Gracio,us .AppollO t: he burst into a
chilly pers.pkation at the idea of Maria'•s
horrorl i; •': =
" "think you've made.a mistake Miss,"
_stammered he, ". this can't be your house.
But it Was too late—she._*as already in
the brilliantly lighted. ball, and turning
round threw off her dripping habiliment*,
and'made him a low courtesy:
=•-"Very much obliged to you for your .
politeness, "
.
lay vife!" gated Edge;
" And happy to see that you ha's'-en't
forgotten all your gallantry :towards the -
ladies,"lpursued the,tnereiles4 little , pusi,
her blue eyes---they 'Were pretty-alt in,
a dance, with suppressed-roguery. •
•
Edge' ooked from eeilin Fao floor, -in
vain search :for a loop-hole of retreat; bat
the search was unavailing. •••-
" Well,"-said he, in' the nest sheepish
Of all tones,'"it's the first time I.ever was
polite tO a woman in the care, and hang
• me if it,itiant be the
" You see dear,"-said the ecstatic little
' I was somewhat belated ; es
pect t 6 be delayed so lOngond,hadp't tiny
idea I should meet. with so much -atten
tion and from my own
. .husband too!
GoollneSsgraeious, how aunt Priscilla will=
enjoy the joker, . •
"If you tell that old harpy ," said Edgeci
•
in an •aceent of 'desperation, "J never shalll
hear the last of it.'
" Very probalilv," said Maria provo-•
,
"Noir look 'here darling;"., said • Mr.
Edge coaxiugly, "you won't say a•thing
will iyou ? A fellow don't want to be
lau4cd, at by all the world! Isay i eMaria
von Ithil have the . prettiest furs Et New
Wr if you'll only keep .quiet—you shall
on t . • ' .
Thy enns were satisfactory, and - Maritt
capitulated—who - wouldn't? :And that is
the way she got those splendid furs that
filled the hearts of all her fefnale friends
with eniy; and perhaps it was what
,made
Mr. Edge Rich a scrupulonsly• courteous
husband ever after.
- •
•
• 'ILiE CENSUS.
The'followine; capital bitilesque list'has
been going the rounds of the press, 'and .
we copy it pro Norio publico : 1,, ~.
_The list of questions to' e answered bv.
heads, of families - heretofore .publiShed is
incorrect in several particulars. Belowii•
the correct list i • • • : • .
What is .your age*?
Where - were you. born ? ! ! • - ••
Are you married,.and ifs lion; .do you
like it! !-. • •f' • .
How many children have, You, and do
theyauffiCiently resemble
. yo'i as to pre
clude . thepossibility:Of their b longing to
any eye* neighbofi? • :, •
Did yoO ever have the, meaMs, Mint'
so, how many?
Have Yoii a twin brother several years
older (ban yourself? • • ••• . • --
Have you parents, and if se. how many
Of them?. - ,• e
-
What is your fightinz k ytight 2: : . ' •
How many •times di our Wife " wish
6e was dead," . and did you ,reciproCate'
the wish'?
What
,-is the average ofvirtue in yorir
neighborhood,? .
Do you use boughten tobacco?,
Are you aware .that-Piledolwhiskey is •
-used in shooting galleries in'preference-to•
pistols, and thatit 'shoots farthest?
• Were : you and your wife Worth any
thing When- married, and if 'se What pro
portion of her • things. were your'n, and
your tlliiigs leen? • . . .
Were you ever in Jersey ? ,
Were you ever in the penitentiary?
• How many empty 'bottles have you in
the house ? . • .• • ...• , '
• HOw doei your 'necktie wash? _ •
How
: does your - meershaum 'Color ?. •
State whether you -are blind, deaf, idi
otkor have the heaves?, • .
How ,Mariy chickens do you own,
and
are they , on . foot or in the- shell? Also,.
how many •Succedanenhis? _' -,
. Which food do you prefer, rum or, inis. 7
ed dritiks?
.
State how much:pork, impeiriling Crisis,
dutch cheese, 'popular sovereignty, stand=
atoetry, gavetty paper , slave code, cat
'fiip;:red
,flannel, constitution and:Union,
old jerk, perfumery, coal oil, liberty; hoop
skirt, &c., have you: on hand?-
• -
Persona liable tetbe - "
,concussed" will
do well to exit the afiov.e_ut and put it up
in a suSpicious _place, .• - ! . r
-----...ai......1 '
•. • •
Buroomo DEATn.—When engine
Would 'bridge a stream,, they often carry
over at first but 'a single thread. With
that they nest stretch a wire across.. Then
strand after strand, until a foundation is
wa for planks ; add no* the bOhi engineer
finds - safe footway, and walks from side to
Iside. SO 'God takes from us ; some golden
threaded pleasure, - .:md stretches it hence
into heaven. Then he takes a child,,And
then a friend. _Thushe bridges :ieath, and
• teaches the thoughts of the 'most. timid to
find their may hither en %her betiveoi
the two sewer,.
1 .14:113 PRINTING of ALL KINDS,
°ZONE dT iiti ' OPFICE OF THE
1:03101i1 IMELALT,
117.41,T pncorpn?,
• AT "LIVE AMP LET LIVE" PRICES.
Tag cede of the '3loptrO.se Democrat
bee reeeal been ellingied With wire end choke intiety
of type. etc.. and we yens-Premed toytilic twelDblete
cli'Wlan.ate.,ote„; In the oat style, on al .ott notion
.
Handbills, Postnis Prokrammes, and .
other kinds of work in this 11;e, done according to order.
Bnsii Wedding, and Ball C
Matt", etc S printed printed: with neafueei and tripsich. ARDS,
Justices' and Con'stables' Blanks,:S:otes,
beetle, and ill other. Able 1
. 0 , ," otfttand, or . petutd to unkr.
{ NO. 23.
; tar Job work and Blinks; to be 'paid foior delivery
WESTER ON THE
We commentl.to- all - our readers the fol
iniiing noble ileelitration of. Daniel Web
ster. It was uttered in the, course of a
speech be delirerod at a "public reception
.given to him by the 'eit lutes of Antral°, N.
Y., on the 22d 01*M:4 ; 1851, . The period
was one of danger and trouble sueL - as we,
are now pawing -through, - and owed in;
character to the same balleful•catise of sec
tional discord ;rind agitation. That great
statesman said;—
!" Gentlemen; there is but one question
in this country nour';; or if there be ot ht ! ,r t c-, '
they-are but secoinlary:or sb subordinate -
that they are all abs'orbed, in that *tot
and leading - question.:' and,that is neither
more nor less than this : • .Can we preserve
the union of the states?—riot by coersion„
not by military power, not by angry con
troversies--=but can we of this generation,
so pfeser've the union
_of these States.- by
administratiOn of the powers of the Con
stittitiOn as shall giv(i content and shtisfac
-Pion -to all whO Nye tinder it, and draw us
together, not by military power, but by; •
the silken cords of mutual, 'fraternal and -
patriotic-affection ? is the question,
and no other, gentlemen, believe in-par
ty distinctions., aparty trlan. There ..
are . questions belonging - to the. party in
:Which I take -an interest, and there. are
- -opinions - entertained by other, parties,
which I repudiate;' but what of all 'that.?
'lf a house bedivided against itself, it. ill
and-crash everybody, in it. We must
See that we maintain the goV-ernment which
is - over us. We niitat see that- st-e uphold
th'eConstitutiou;and we must do so. With, • 1
Out regard to party." • • .
Schamyl, the celebrated eirea.sN6l.
chief, is now at Mokow, where the -ladies
are always admiring. and. complimenting
him, little thinking the object_ of their run
osity has A decided aversion to their Et yle
of dress., esteeming their bare necks and fa
ces as very immoral. Thai, indignation
on liarningthis tact may, however, be-ap
peased, when they hear that the old lin-.
sum's objection to low dresses is.based on
the apprehension that uncovered .ntick - s 1
and shoulders afftird too mutdt temptation -
to the other sex ; .and, indeed, this feeling
makes'him utfeasy. At first be mimoled:
• freely in society; and admired the dancing
parties. - finding them' more-natural than
the bullet dances ;• bftt the unVeiled faces
and. nude -shoulders' so sligturhe'd .
equanimity, that now, when invited to an
entertainment, he invariably
women are: to be od the number, and it
answered, affirmatively, the peremptorily •
declines, fen's clothing is un - , le--
tiottabb.i . to hire, fur he regards the dies«
coat as extremely ineonVenient—does this
patriaro. He is very fond of nstisic, and
on malsing a Vi•it-at lialenga;shis-first in
quiry was- if t her. would . play on the piano.
A juggler afTorded him great amusement
when he transformed a jAece of money en
velopedin a handkerelnefinto a Omni; of
feather—so much so, that the _
MEE
Lion of it troubled litii.even - at his prO - ers; .
when afterwards he detected the
trickster he cowed that if I; had_hiM in,
his mountain home, he hang lint
Schamyrs first rt-lanee at a
lobger excited disgust. 34ing it in
his hand he_exarrtined attentiVely—ton.
•when the lobster seized one of his tingets,
ith
,its ,claws, he threw it - down-Hand;
Observing its matmer of - locomotion, he
gave it a kick . and.:....cu-dered
r6marking-4I , have never 4ezei
despicablittimal than that; .and if ever I.
pietufe tn,p,elf the devil, it, will he in
that shape. 7
•
Potrrti.s .1 THF. Pt - t.mr—An able ar
ticle in tileli:! - ;-110-.tl P 0,4 t , t . t1;.•-folly Of -. ,
clergym , ..n talking potitie: tc; the:r con.-re-' -
galions on the :Sabb t ith, e l o :,-.;, w i t h 0., e - ...
following. pithy pangraph : '
`But-to to-t - the'iMe..:l-wl:e , her p•Ci - - -
tics may be properly. intro , ltteed into ..lie • -
pulpit, let
.us intagine.each pulpit i3O this
State each Sunday devoted to lhediscus-: .
slort of political issues .- - Let inctimbente
of each strive with all eneigies-olconvi/- ',
tion to bend their congregations
. to mhiAr
views, and to send them forth with pas
sions aroused and inflarned to Malign ituni ' '
depounce their neighltbrs of an opposite
opinion. Ilit'w long woidd religiOn ,sus
tain such a mocker? Ofitssacred functions?
Her temples, and all virtue, :justice, inor
ality, law, and go ernment Would- be • .
-
1
swept away.
before . . sneering and blight- •
1 ing infidelity. Even , now. religion seems -
to be loosing grotmd in this country, and; .
it is at least safe to. say.that 'the eonver
gon, of unbelievers will never-be remarka
ble under,what • has been aptly - called, the
'sensation.' preaching - of- Henrv.—Wa'rd
Beecher. - People".flocti, to hear'him talk,
but they have•little"*.: device in hii fit- '
'netts as• ';'' preachef,. ors fitabiliti as a •
.- man. He has great. gills, is a man of great
force And eloquence, hut - 'we - Would . be sur
prised to - learn that the general tendency
of his . pr aching wail to make. men. of gen-- •
r i nine vital- , '!ty." . •
• •.- .
IDLE ESS.-C a rlyle s saYi; nine tenths of
the miseries and vices of manhood proceed
from idleness. With men of quiek thindsr,
to wham - it is especially
. pernicions, this
habit is commonly the fruit of many °di,-
appointments and Schemes oft baffled;—
and men fail in thekscliemecnot so molt
for the want-of stri.ingtWthe ill direetio . n
of it. The weakest lip g creature, by
',eciticentrating his powers on a single:lib
lject,
.ean aeciomplish something; . tho
'strongest, by dispersing his over, many,
,may fail -favvcoVish anything.
PASONIALIES.—Thts (listinguished 'anti
acentric4idge - fireckenridge, fort:Orly of
Pitts rs
1; 1„
said : " I had once objecEed to
the, b • Virginia' lawyer, an expression of
an Act f Assembly,of Pennsylvania, that
,/the State House yard, 'in Philadelphia,
j should be " surrounded by a brick wall,
4nd remain an ora tncl mu, e forever;" but
I puchim down by an Act of the Legiala
',tura of Virginia, which is entitled "a sup-
Vement ,to an aet entitled an act making
it penal to oiler Ike . mark of sis unmarked
Aloe . . -
Foote hell% ranch annar - 0, by -a
poor fiddle!"attaining harsh 'disoordikik
window,; sem him a shilling,
.• ,With a_ request that, : he would play else-.
iwherel us oue scraper at the door was suf
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