THE MONTROSEDTIMOVJES2 IB.PLTBLISUED TIJURSP4I(B, UT AL. a. G-eiritescork. OFFICE ON rustac,tvs,wrilm, , THREE DOORS ABOVE BEARLE!S HOTEL. "- TEIZAIS.—SI, S per annum ii AnvAlicr: ; ot h er , s 4,o ws sill be charged : —and any cents per annum added to arrearaaes, at the option of the Publieher, to pay expense of collection, etc. ADVANCE payment preferred. ADVERTISEMpri'Ii will-be inserted at the rate of ft per square, of ten linen °class, for the first three weeks, and 23 - cents for each additional iteckpaydown. Meiehants, and others, who advertise by the jar, sill be charged at the tetkosittg rates, viz.; - lig , one square, or lens, eirbe Wear, with Mange* $s EWA additional square, artherafe Qf 6 No . a:Olt given ex6e'pt to th - ose of knew ti i6tnonisib 111 ty. :. xxZt~coa~~. THS VALLISiC IfeCrrtERAL. I never liked my uncle's imsiness, tho' ---- he took' me when my. father died, , and brought me up as his own son. The good man had no childien.. His wife was long dead.; he hid an honest, , old woman for ,a housekeeper, and a flourishing ,business hi the ondertaking line,. to leave to somebo dy; - bnt•he did not leave it tome, and I'll tell you the reason, When I had been about five years with '. him; and had groWn Worth my salt, as he used to gay, a - death occurred in our neigh borhood,- ,which caused greater lamenta tion than any we had heard of since my apprenticeship lkgain ,The deceased gen, ' tleman was a Mr. Elsworthy. The fami— ly had been counted gentry in their day. I should have said thy uncle lived in York, • and all the world knows -what,Torkshire • - families are: Well, the Ellsworthys.were of good family, and very proud of it, the' they had lost every acre of an old estate Which.had belonged to them. time out Of • mind. I am not sure Whether it was their grandfather's diee,and cock-fighting, or their father's going surety, for a friend, ~,who.did something ,wrong in :_a govern ment office, that brought' them to this . poor pass; ,bu't there, was no house in all ' York where candles Went further, and tea. leaves were'better used up. There was a mother, two sisters, - and a cousin who . liv-• ed with them. The.mother was a stately old-lady, never seen out of .a black bro cade. The sister's . were not over young ,-- or handsome, but. they dressed as fine as, they' could. The cousin was counted one of the prettiest women in 'Yorkshire, but she walked with a crutch, havingimet w ith ' att . accident in ler childhood. Master Charles was' the only son,..and the young- " est of the family; he was a tall, handsome, • dashing young .man, uncommonly po lite,' and .a great fai;'orite with the' hp dies. It was said there were some red . , eves in the town when the story got 'wind '.that he Was going to be marrried 'to the t.. Honorable Miss Westba Her. father was younger brother to th Earl of Trar-_ row-gate, and had seven gip beside her, --without a penny for one of: them; but„ Miss Weskbay was a beatity r and the won- . der iwas that she had not got married long I ago, being nearly seven years Mit, dap- 1 - cmg singing, and paving tip-top pieces at all the parties. i.ll;ilf-a-dozen matches had been talkeddf .tor her, but somehow ' they broke down one after another. Her tirther was rather impatient to see her oft'; so were her sisters; poor things, an no wonder, for grow up as.they inirlit, not one of them would the old man suffer to come out till the eldest was disposed - 6f, and at last there seemed something like a certainty of that' business: Yonng Mr. Els Worthy-and she struck up a conrtshir He was fascinated'--isn't that the word ..? —at. au assize - ball, paid • marked atten , thins' at, the bishop's partY, and was be lieved to have popped the question at a' pia;nie, after Lord Harrowgate, the larg-- est shareholder in.the Northeastern bank, got himitrernOted • frem a clerk Ship to. be ' manager. It is true_ he was some years younger than MisOtestbay;' and people' said there had been something between him_ and his pretty cOnsirt; but a Lord's niece with beauty, accomplishments; and a.. serviceable connection, does not come in every young map's jway; •so the wed,. ding-day was fixed for the Ist of.lanuary ; and ill the milliners were !busy with the bride's bonnets and;•dresse.‘. , • . . . It was just a month fo come, and:every body was talking of theimitch, NIJIi:a illr - ElsworthySell sack.: At, first they said it was - a cold; then it turned to a brain fe...: ever-;' at last the doctor gave no Hopes, and • within .the same Week . - .1r.,' Elsworthv died. The-whole neighborhood Wc. as into , moarning. - : A promising young , in ,a • nianner the wily ..dePendence p ' .his family,.newly. promoted to a st•ariiin of trust and influence, and on the eve of niar: riage, everybody lainented his . untimely death, and sympathized with - his bereaved. relations, and his intetided bride. I,think I in uncle lamented Most of all. None of his customers, to MY.kriQwledge, ever .got so mueh'of his sorrow. When he-was. sent - for in the way o'l • husiaessi it struck me that he stayed particularly` lone. • The good man could talk of nothing but the' grief of the'alflictedifamilvhow the Tao- • ther went into fits, ,and the sisters: tore, their hair—how the Scotainn talked .of mourning all her dais-=and' Iron-it was', feared that Miss Westbity„i who insisted 'on seeing hini, - would .nevea again recov-, er her senses. ...The count* papers gave expressimi to the public 'grief. There were a great . manylverses ; written about' it- : Nobodypissed-the lioiise without -a sigh or, a suitable remark. 1.14 -uncle su- - perintended the making of the coffin, as 'I had never seen hint to :any other; and When . the'Worknien were Wane home, he spent hours at: night, finishing it by, him • self.` • - • • • ' .'' • The funeral was 6 set out for the fami- ly vault in the... Minster chutCh, at Bever ly, about . three ifel4 -in the aftemoon. , , It was Made a strictly , pt'ivttp affair, tho'. hundieds of the townsmen would have testified their-regpeci for Os: dead by ac companying it all the way. The members of the family in two mourning coaches, and the undertaker's . ; men, Were alone al loive to follow poar ; l Elworthy to his last resting:place, and the coffin b-as not to be brought-till the twithoni. My Uncle: had got dt.fmistied to his Mind, but evi dently, did - not wish me to • look] at his work. Re talk-with Steele and. Stoneman; two of his , moit confidential as sistants in the werkablopraftir hont, and: they went away lonking ienOrkably close. All was in train, and the , . funeral to:take place next day,When, cortti4T:deVAl-114 stairs.-they were rather rOW,..foi• we-lived in Mae of the old house's of York-4ny uncle slipped; fdll, - and;broliel his leg. -1, thought he wouhl - have gene mad when :l ole doctor told IBM muse not attemft,tO Tcßivc r 4 inai r d 1- 11 . fir: ness for - weeti ceme, and tried [io . pa, ,cify him by offeringto condlict the fusee al with -the 114 of Steele ,aria Stoneman. Nothing wod4lttiSthe Old ma'n er ittiv him so fat , out of terni:ier, Tfc swore at his-bad luck, threw the -pit-- . _ . i• . • . . 1 ..- ; - . . 3- '-'. • • .1 -•• . , . ' , , • ,-. • . . ~..- , ;.;- - r '• !, - ,-3., , , ,- . , ...- 1 . ~‘ ~t. _ TA ~ , ,, ,, -. .n r.r3 f'..,. .H .- ;`,-, ' ::: : .c. ' ' . .. - -:' .. 4 .. ..... -,- -,;'' , •:, , - 7 .. i ...,:... .... . ,- ~. - - r, --' - - :-‘•-•-. -. :- 3 - •'-'",!-- -'' - 'I 1 --- :1 j s - -- -- - ' --' -.- •.-- '''' - " ••-• ''' W''' • , '‘ . C_•: . .. .. ~. _ ..., ..... ...,:„ .:. ..._... .. MH: _ . _ -.- • , -. _ . . • • • • - ... . i • , # , .. • I ' : . 2- :1 - . WE JOIN - THE PARTY TAAT CARRIES VOL. it I (44 lows at his housekeeper, ordered ,me to I bring up' the k . ey..of his workshop, and kept it fast clutched in bisbatid. , I sat up i with Mar that'hig,lit. In a couple• of hours he greet calm and sensible, but c6uld not sleep, thimgh the house was all quiet, and the housekeeper sztoringin the corner.— Then, lie began . to4rban, as if alert...was I omething worse- than a.broken leg on his'''. mind, and " Tt;m;" 'said he.," hm7n't I been kind to you ?" t.A . n.dUtibt of it; uncle," said I. • " Well, - Tom, I want_you to do me a great service 7 —a .particular service, Tom; and neter forget it to you. You know Mr. Elsworthy's funeral comes off to.mor pew :it three,: and thY're - veil- high peo le." "'Never fear, uncle; I'll take care of it as 'well as, if you were there yourself." • . "I knew you woilld,:Tom—l knew you would. I could trust you with theAears inglolan earl's coffin; and tbr managing mutes, I don't knoW your.equal. But there is something more to be done. Come over beside me, ..Tom ; the. old woman don't hear well at the best, and she is sleeping now and no• mistake... 'Will 'you promise nie"—and his voice 'sunk to a whisPer— " that whatever you hear, or see, you'll -make no remark to; any living being, and' be as cautious hs ydu can aboat'the body Tiler's find play,": said he, - for I began IQ look frightened; "but may be this . leg is a judgment for takingon such a business.. However, I'm 'to h`ave. 'three hundred 'pounds for it; and you'll . _ get the halt; Tom, the full half, ifyou'lLconduct it prop erly, and ; give me Your solemn promise. I. know you'll never break that." " Uncle," " I'll promise and keep it too; but-you must tell me what it is." " Well,Tom"—and .•he drew a long breath= "breath" it's a living man you're going to .put in that coffin - in the workshOp! I ha.ve.• made it high and full of air:holes ; he'll lie quite comfortable. Nobody knows about it but Steele and Stoneman, and yourself; they'll ,go with you. Mind you trust no 'one else. Don't look . so Anpid, man ; can't you understand? "-Mr. Els worthy didn't die at all, and never had the brain-fever; but he wants to get 'off with marrying Miss, WestbaY, or. seine thing of that sort ; They're taking a queer way about it I mesa say ' • 'but these gea r feel peOple have jvays of their own. • It was the cousin that prepared my Mind for . lit in the back parlor; that woman's up to I stood out .against having a hand in heard that the sexton' of, 'Beverly church was a poor relation :of 'theirs. The key of the coffin is to be given to him ; it is to be-locked, and not screw ed down,you- sec; and when all's . over at the vault—it will be dark night by that time, for we don't A ineve till three, and these December days are short—he'll come 'and help Mr. ErsworthY out, and stni7gle him . offlo Hull with his' on the carrier. There's ships enough there to . take him anywhere Tinder a feignedriame." " Couldbe get off the marriage no easi er?' said I ; for the thought of taking a. living inan in a hearse, 'and hearing the service read over hiin, made my blood run ,cold. ' You see I was young " There's something more than the mar riage-in it, thou - gh they didn't tell me.— Odd things will happen in my business,- and this-is-one of the. queerest. But you will manage it, Tom,- and get my blessing, besides:your half of the three hundred pounds ; and don't be afraid of anything coming wrong with him, for I never Saw any man look-so like a corpse." • • . promised myself- to do the business and keep the secret. A hundred andlifty _pounds was no joke to- a man ,beginning the world in the undertaking line ; .andtbe Old man.was so pleased with what he et& ed my.sense and understanding, that 'be fore falling asleep; close upon daybreak, he talked of taking me into partnership, and the' obs we : might expect. from the liar rongate fainily; for the dowager cowl tess was near foarseorei and nvo of the young ladies were threatened with de cline. Next;-day; early in the aftermion, `Steele; Stoneman and I were at work.. The family seemed duly mournful-; I stiripoSe' on account of the servants.- Elswor-' thy looked wonderfully well hi his shroud. —and if one 10 looked closely ,into the coffin, they would never have seen the aif-' holes. Well, we set, out, Mourning coach es, hearse, and all, thron7h the yellow fog of a December day. There was nothing' but sad faces'to be seen .at all the"* - indows ia• we passed; I heard them admiring Steele _and Stoneman for the-feeling hearts they shoWed; but when we got on the Beverly road, the cousin 'gave us a sign; and we,went at a rattling pace ; a fun , oral never.got over the ground at such rate before. Yet it was getting dark When we reached the old Minster, and the en-' rate grumbled athaving to do duty solace. lle got:through .the service nearly as quick as we got over the miles. The coffin was lowered into the fitinily•vault ; it *as more than half filled with Mr. Elsworthy'raore ' fathers, but there . w,as_a good wide , grate' in the -Wall, and no want of air. .It was all right. The clerk and the elergynaturstar ted off ; to their homes; the mourning, coaches went to the Crown Inn, where the, ladies-Were lo wait 411 the sexton mine to let: theme know That lie was flare' out-- - - the . cousin would not go home:withOtit that news-andi I slipped 'him 'the key' at the church-door, as he. diScaursed. to. &al about theMysterous dispensations of Pray.- 'deuce. . . • . • My heart was li'ght going home, so - were , Steele and. Stonemates. None of us /Used the job, but we were all to be paid for it, land'l must ;spy the ohl man, came, dpwn JiandsomelY with the ueedful i not tospeak _of Burton ale; andrwas to be made his partner.witheut de'ay. ' We got the 'mon; 'ey, and ha'd the jollification ; but it was t not fairly ..o - et., whMe.there was a ring -at our.door-be ~ and•thiloutckeeper cattle 1, to say that Dr. Parka ,wanted to see me or. tnv uncl What could he want, autt how.iusd he come-back so. soon ? Parke' ' . was the ElsworthY' futility doctor, and the' I onirstranger at , the_funerals; he went in ' the.ser;ohd Mourninglioseb, and I left him' talking with the . docfor, - , 1, - was down badand businiiol' calioottiforit i but Mr: Elswbithji - his; died , ittl'lnirtierk . Whk - thiii4iecti-, and I opene , the coffin, lietrdulid biiiiicola . 1 ' . M.ONTROE, lIRSDAy;riti,IIGITits:3Q; .iBOO, and itiff,'and no efforts amine could, re sucitate a bad business, and the less said about it the better." The secret .was; faithfully kept. ut-iu thahiii motithi afterwards a rumor was abroad of 'heavy 'forgeries on the N'Ortbeaitern Batik. Nobody was impli cated bnt'Alie (teemed manager. His family kneiv nothing about-it; 'but 'next season they tooki a handsome house at Scarborough,.anl were known to get mo ney regalarlyfrom London. The family never seethed to 'prosper after Ward ; they were always ill arid always utiderthe care of 'Dr. - Parks, L don't think the matter ever left my uncle's mind ; he never Would :undertake an. odd job. after that ;- and all the partnerships," tri - .Engiand Would not have made me eohtinue -i the - busineSs, and run the risk Of another false -canon!. THE WISE -MAIDEN ITHERE , was.ondo a poor man who dwelt in a hat, and gained a livelihood -by beg ging alms: Be had an only daughter whom Heaven had -gifted with extraor dinary wisdom, and who,little by little; taught her father:lto speak so wisely,_that one day, when helhad gone' to wilt alms-of ! the Emperor, thd latter was 'astonished at the wisdom with which he spice; and I demanded froM I whom he. acquired it "From my daughter, ()NOM Emperbr!" !answered the poOr man, arid the Empe ror,' being ,very l i wistrhiniself,. and very proud of his wisdOm, resolved to put that I of the poor man's ;dauFhter to trial ; so he gate the poor man thirty eggs, and said: "-Take the Se-to ,thy daughter, and bid her get then hatched into thirty pullets. If she rellis'esiOnliey,'evil will befall her." The - poor min 'bitrst into tears, for he saw the eggs all! had been boiled. But 'when hel had reached home and told his daughter all that! bad passed .She bade him be cheerful; and retire to- rest; telling him he need not fear any -danger: 'She then took a pot ,oflvater, put a banditti of beans into it, and Placed it over the fire ; and on the morroiv, Arlen her father had risen, she gave hini•thesboiled beans;and told him to dig a.t;rench in a.certain field. by which the Empbror would pass as he went out' hunting,! adding, "And as' the Emperor passes byjake the beans and sow them in the Drench, "and cry aloud, 'God be &I.:tenis; and grant that my boiled beaus may siring up quickly!' and ifthe Emperor asks how it is possible for Wired beans to grOW;reply that it as easy as it is for a pullet. tobe hatched from a boiled egg." I_ The poor man did as his daughter had•. instuctedlhim. lie, took his spade and clug•a trench in the field by the side of the highway, and ;when he saw the Em peror coming, - he began to sow his beans • in the trench, and cry aloud. God be gratiol,is, and grant that. my I boiled beans may spring upwinickly I"' - When the Emperor heard these words, 1 -he stoppedand'asked how it was poisible for boiled beani to grow? Whereupon the poor man answered: • : "Gracious Empeior, it is as easy as-for a piillet to be hatchedfrom a boiled egg." The Emperor deOned who it was that had rr4liged this strategem, and in or der to Otill more. try the maiden's wis dom; hegave the - poor man a small pack of hemp and said: . "`Take this to I.hr daughter, and bid her make - me•front. It as many-sails and -ropes as are - nece4ry for a ship: If -she rethses to obey, her head .shall pay the forfeit:" -11; : poor . man Wa. , i sorely troubled at these worth; ani . Whaving received the pack, of hemp, ietnrned to his daughter weeping alt the . ii*: - But., when he had told her .all that had passed; she again' comfdrted him, andiPd' him he' cheerful and retire to restj;and fear no danger; and Oti . th morrow ' Nv hoi" he`' bad risen, -she gave him a little. iiicce:Of lybod and said :.; I "Take this to the: Emperor,. and sav , that if he Will.ent itt4, out a sphming-wheel, a loom, and-a shnttle,lhert - LWill• - dO that 1 which he haS commanded.,•:- .The poor man . :dikthe Seecuid -time as his daughter 'had ,instiiieted ' him and when he,had • delive'reeher message, the lEinperor vas more than_ ever astonished at her wisdoM: To - . *ni it 7 tiz a new trial, he took a' drinking olais and said to the . : 2 poor man : • . "Take this to till, daughter, and . bid her empty the' sea with and make its, bed dry eintigh growCOrn on. If she refuses to obey, both her : head' and thine shall pay the tiirfeit. il At this the poor mart was more: terrified than ever.. But-. when .he :had returned home; and told lii daughter the tinperor had. commanded, the 'maiden comforted him the third time, and bid him, be cheerful and retire to rest, and fear no danger. And on themorrow when he had risen, she gave hiim a ponfid of to,woind• said to him • "Take this to - .the: Emperor, and say that. if he will stop With it the Mouths and springs of all the rivers in the world, then I will - do that-which hehas corniminded.". Again - the min did • aceording to his daughter's-counsel.; 'and. when he had de •livered -his. message, the Emperor ac knowledged-that she was wiser thin him self, and commanded that she should be at once brought before him.„ When .slie bad come - into his presence and had :sa., luted him, be said to her: • "*sr.. daughter, 4111- me what .can be hear the 'firtherestr! And she answered-, !Trracious Emperor,! .thooder4na - a - The Emperor:then] fool; hl beard 'into , hand, 'and denianded of his cormeillOri• hoW niniell it was Worth; ,When. they had passed 'upon its it.,,alu4 some greater and some less, .the.rmaideiCsaid::,.. •i‘ Most. - graeloui . Eniperor, - none. of . thy' tormentors have answeredwell. It is worth'l 'three, showers• of rain Ufa dry summer." These - wends . delighted the Emperor., `wi - ."):dettaked' the . ;Maiden,: had. answered hettet,thrm - all :his tormenters, the I • asked - lier: if, 'she would hee4me"l4i . -Wife,; I sayn,io;',..that .40, wet/JO, teeetv,e--Only: one. ► keri& :befOreb,hin, and. . 4 ‘ ,G !**EnWerAt , 47 1 1.414 e ,ta.e•Pii2. - -- Mine - obey mandest.. • Let me ask of "thee . lair one - -• / • RE . FLAG,.ANO,KEiIiS OF THE UNION. namely, 'that thou &halt give the - a writingovritten - with thine own haml,ithat it'iit should ever be thy pleasure to send ni!e, away, I, may carry from 'thy castle "whatever single thing I may love it . a.,.! !The Emperorgave her the"writing that she asked,: and then had he placed mi the throne beside him. - , : • For manny'eunrinters the' Empress !was 'dyed by her husband but it came to iass time ghat Ite — ceased ' tocherishher.!He then said to her one day, "I do not Wish . thee any longer to be.my wife. Leave my cstle and go wherever thou wilt." ! She answered, "Illustriotis Etnperdr, I will obey thee. Grant me only that liwill stay till to-morrow:" ! [The Emperor grant 4 what she asked, and in the evening she poured some of the ju e of a certain herb into ,a cup of wine, and presented it to him, and said, "Dink, Illirtrious Emperor, and be happy. irro morrow, I go away, and to-rnorroW I'Shall be More joyful than I was even ottmy mbrriage morn." • „ L.The Emperor drank, and soon his I ,ye. • lids' became heavy and' he fell asleep, land while he slept, the Empress had him lifted into a carriage which . was. in. readitless,. and therein conveyed to a' distant grotto, which she had lOng• ago 'prepared in anti . ciPation of such an emergency. !When the Emperor awOke ' he.ftMnd hituself in the grotto, and, akrilydemailded how he had come hither. - i” I have' -had you brought here,"! an swered the Empress. . And . W6'asked very anirily, wherefore - she had done' - this, adding, "Did I not say thou shouldst no longer be . my' wife." 4'he Empress took out of her liosoia the writing-which the Emperor had giveucher before marriage , and answered • i" It is true, Illustrious Einperor, !hut this - writing, which ,was given by thine own hand, accorded me the right to liking avkay with me, when I quitted the ca de; whatsoever I might Jove tliftest ; I ex ereised my right, and I broug it hee, most gracious Emperor." • tI • When the Emperor heard these words, he vowed never -to part from so faithful and wise a wife. So he embraced her and returned with her to the castle; and. they is o .;:it thereafter side by. side uponlthe them!, for many gum mer ; and when the last „summer had passed, Death reaped themboth together, like a double ear of corn. • • • From .plachrood'ir.ltaga4ne: :ii:St,Ory of the Golden Age. In the far-off Golden Age, which hilito rians allude to and poets describe---iulthe beautiful Valley of a small ii4r whielr eip ties into the Caspian Sea s where -roses bl(omed in a perpetual spring -time; Irlere alt sweet flowers Bled the air wall !fra grance, and all the melodious-.birds With song—was gathered one of those hai)py gi•eups of families- into which . nmaliind were divided in the first ages after the Deluge; before there were cities, king doMs, wars, and the splendors, and vibes, and cruelties of a more advanced civiliza tion. The Vale of roses glowed like a 4cw Paradise. The mountains, • whose glitter ing peaks were like a jewelled crown, Fur rounded the valley; and shielded it ft;om the cold blasts of the Siberian wilds.' Nil ver cascade's dashed-'doWn the . precipices. through evergreen' rees; flowering sirqbs, and-long, pendant vines: The - emerald-, green sward that sloped down to the or was . bespangled with a - thousand gay mid 'odorous &livers, - red straWberiles Teamed through the grass;, the clurbps , of khrtibbery *pre filled: iv . ith - delicious grape-vines I,intdd the . treest with purple clu - sters., The choicest Iruit . grew suontaneofisly, and the, upland ter= races were covered with Wheat and .ley sown by, the lavish hand'of Natfire; for the foot 'of coati: , i' ' I. . . In this delightful scene were scaftei•ed gronps otrustic cottages—small; simple, rude in structure, but so einkowered'uith 1 foliage and surrounded with ..spreading I trees, and so inliirniony. with the - land - 2 ; scare, that each cluster was a new pictifie lof delight. Herds:of cattle • were' lowing 1 in the meadows, horses neighed in their rich pastures; and flocks • of ' gl!e.ep 104 1 1 goats gave beauty and animation to the landscape. These were- attended IT sh'cp herdesses, dressed in.simple but gracrifhl robes, and crowned with 'flowers; . With Ithe lowing and beating of-the -.herds, - tbe . softened roar Of the distant ,uaseades,.the 1 murmur of the summer .breeze,.• the Jinni of bees, were mingled the melodies - I of ! , rude shepherd's pipes, and choruses i of, happy chirdren at play. The old people, their venerable heads covered with silVer 1 locks, sat iu the shade of:spieading,. treies; talking together of thee - days of their youth,. . or relating the traditions of their ancesOirs and the events of their own early days,-ito the yousig people who gathered '. aroitild them, full of all'ection and reverence. V , . . In this happy valley of the' almost for gotten past, the wisest, governed by its counsels, and -the . most beautiful Alias queen. Where all were hivelY as:perfOct. health„freedoni from care and infiocen4e,. could make them; Tamar *as the MOst b&iiitiful, and her grandfather Olein, whs' esteemed most sate. ' The mother of Ta-, mar, who, in her youth had helifthe,pi* nor filled by. her daughter, vaiesteeino for her virtue and ;wisdom, as much ss . she had been'adniiried for ;her loveliiieqs. The beautiful Tamar was beloved by all old find-young. As. she. Wandered along the romantic banks.of the- river, firths .dewy morning; the blue firmament, with its embroidery of silVer clouds, seemed but her canopy; the trees and shrubs nod ded that homage; -the flowers • sent ' lip their incense of perfutne; tho' , :birds. Wiii , bled their melodies for ber , delight, - the • ,very: flacks stoppea';grazing .to kook' :it her; the horses neighed• at hers as sl e drew near thera-,-Sweet eyed .gazelles -a,- proaelied _her - With Ont roar. ln • thin har mony. of n4t . ilic.i aid *alliedHits ''quOti---, . I :robedhi litStrtma iv/itto and"4_rorWried 1 it:li; plidiesst'lloWerti; : . .._,-:•,.., ~,1 .. 7 Aniaile all' the 'y';sntlitiVlO' 'adthifttl; ~ fair l'a9ar two„ of the, Worthiest "lig ,40 On,favetiOrfiOtlOye• - Arne4l3 ins o ie ' oftt4"lo+o493"iiiin iig. Otie'Of 405,14 it Onhkg•?ii% ol'Oe k iit*:. - .l?6*_f:o6t.',` inn' •• . tit, ,;, . • . .1 . . i . .4 , swifter *the .race—'4l6 mi strofiger. in ..., 1 , . „ , , the 'good. conld, climb. the li i reeiee with the mountain goat; his arriowpierc ,ed the heart Of the 'spotted- leolinrtl or the fierce that came to prey on the flocks of the valley: • • - H; i. , . 7 .J.is cousin Jaleple was icarcelfliriferior to him iti manly . spnits." TheY;l44 grown tip together, land lived each Wier like brothers.• Abiette *as dark--J4I4)11 fah% - Arnettes blatic •chisltering hair 14-as like - the raven's w*g;,.ralephis Illion6 like the golden sunshine. ;cini the :sea l . • ~dinette'sd ark eyes shit out their fires "ttrider - his deep brows ; ,Talephls .reflected - the; hues of the ceruleah heav4ns. - • - ) 1 Both Were bravei.land strong, 4tid herb , ie. If Arne* had l more strength, and dignity, Jaleph. had More skill sed;grace. I One was statlier inihis walk—the •other I , more serial in. , the 'dance. 11 . _ Bothloved Tamar. •In a, iliousand ways, each .told hiallove. ..Arn4tte pre sented her with a gorgeous plinne of the bird of paradise. Jaleph wove fer her a garland of matchless pauty; made id' shells and- flowers. 1 Arnette trained for -her a horse fleet as the antelope ; • Jaleph (learned to &ay the melodies ; which filled per inne cent slumber*ith e4chanting dre‘ms. So belored,rfamar was very, haplpy. No one could tell; Which swain she; favored. Had each one' been her brother 44e could notbave been more kind. TheAged-pco pie, who loved alrtheir ,hildrei, i looked on and shook tbeir.heads ;- for thief: saw -. that this must end4•and they f4ared• it might end in iiorro3Y. -' - - i . 1 , , _ The tine came wijen Tam al ar so saw and felt that-the noble cousins di l ed . her i with more than a brotherly lime.. i tnette, the more impetuons, first decl, ed his passion. • i . _ . j - "Tamar," lie said,l "beautiful Tamar, I love thee!" i • ' ; "Dear •Arn l ette!"`" .breathed from the open heart of 'tile innocent maiden... i "Wilt thoube mine?'-' ' I Her lovely face, Which had: been radi ant with happiness, Was clouded now with doubt and perplexity. Arnette .saw, and "asked again, in deep, subdued tones, "0 beautiful one! wilt thou be mine ?",i, l The queenly', girl cevered .her- filed: with her hands, and burst into tears:'- :- . Jileph that Moment came upon -them, holding in hishand_an oirering , of flowers. Be. stopped a tlilotherit in - siarprise, at the - dark brow - of Arnette,-and the tearful dis- Aress of his beloved 1 Tamar:. .He grew pale, as his-heart told • him the ;decisive. hour had coins, - . , ... . Witli the frankneSs ' that belonged to the age of heroic innocence--before centu ries of selfishness, rapacity, poverty • and - crime had marled the ixodie - s-and deform ed the sonis- „Of men—he held out, one -hand to his tiro!, and' he other to the beautiful one they bath adored.' • . . "I, too, love you; beautiful Tamar.!"- said the yonthl with• the blue eyes and golden hair. 't God' of .one 'fathers, wit- - ;mess my deep rive ! : Here we stand 1- . Cheese betweedus!" . . A Pang shot through the heart of each ; but they stood, Edell holly resigned to the fate that awaited hini..- '. .. . •s. 'Tamar !Opted on each. So long had she loved botbl with the .pure' loye of saintly maidenhood; that the.deePer , love now proffered inly perplexed and distress ed her. how Could - )lie take herself from . I either? lIoiV - hint. one, when both were • so dear? I , .i • . 1 "A . rnitttc I ;Talepli ! why ask i.vne to choose? ;Are . ' we not', happy ? • Si let us remain." -. -.. : . The young . en...looked in ,each 'other's n i siddeneil l eyes,l and eachlk one felt that it; Could he so lio . longer.. The happy- time had . passed, . • l. -•- .A . ..s the.griMP stood, band-in-hand, -in the glOw of the sunset; the motheri.cif Ta- I Mar came, in 1) r sW,liet,,inatronly.f i lignity, to greet then;. .. . i • •••; . ...: ..' ~..• ~. Wliat .she 'is thi , my. ?", Asked 1 in alarm, as she saw their sorroWfql faces, and - her;trangliter's fallntg•tears. I - . •---. "Dear, mother I"- cried; Tamar,!,"hOw;' can I choose between thiise•l lover. ~ i 1 . 'rho mother, stalled . ; -but- the. siting was not Tree from sdi*:;:iess'.-I. , • 1 • ...; l• "My thiughto,..theiv must be one whom Iwe lov_e above all otliersl' - -''.. I • •• ' . 4- )lother mopier !" said,the poet- ;girl, as she buried her face; in her hOsom:„. i "both I -have been so kind, so: noble, so lovng to me „alilvai life„ li l ow can I hurt: Onelor, the other ?"-:- Againith'e sad' sile.' : i ' .. "Come. with law) My. daughter 7 -you, children, go:. li l t seven days . :Tarnitr shall - 1 answer you. : ; . They .kilised. the.mOther's hand held out to them.: They . loOk l ed tenderly. ' lat. the weeping 4, - I . il;a a walked ;away. and-in -linna... There' m i as , nd - rancor 'prSealouity in-their, noble There, rts I .lt-is true, that-each. ' • •1 •' '. -one felt.: that ,tho, happiness:of his I t ife. was , at ,stake.. l'Aiiik,dit. lon the rpOt , ..segsion'. of the 'Objecolf th*leke, liowever,'r *As u mode, of settling their rival-. - re left to the darkness and :ferocity 'of suo-..- - ceding . ages, ..when the earth,. shindd be stained with' dime ana - blood ', 1' • . ... Arnette. and .Jaleph were together, as , ever.instheir light - arbOrs 'and :their', - manly* ' pastimes: Two_ 'five bad passetVand.the: were : swimming .in - the river:: -;: Whether. exhausted /by - exercis'b or- Weakened by emotion, Jalepit couldi not swini. - -w l ith his' usual strength. - :Soon his . Olden. locks were.-Sean.; to sink beneath - the. jwaVes. ~His from the powerless.- .A cry 1 -- frmn the shore Warmed Arnettfr. I 9 look ed..foi. his eciusini and-the neit Moment; plunged beneath the` surf:lee. - I. In la few - moments lie bore hint.to the,shore,l - where. he-.soon recoyered. ;-:.. i - 1.. -; .. 4. Again. they; were hinitiiig,-, file lopara in' the 1n9P01. 1 011...- Jalepkfell,4w4.te wild ' - beasi sprang ~ upon hint. : f f . he lUnce Of, Apriette pierced the fierce anlintil'Ai, heart, and saved hiS * rival:front death,..- - s t r : *'' I' . had day, approached.: . Ik.either had ipoke#,tol s amer . . ', Tbey . bd.seii her `at a *distance: tac6 had: r . efrained from every offeriag Or,siguhflff 9 .-- T,lAir lot al : hearta Winlil'- Mot permit them. totalie advarttag - 6'ilteaeli'Other:. - -_ :.• - ,t- ; , ,T •:, , Oiii *0 ei'e - 04,e •ieie.ith d4,00,y,'1n5 . .. 'in'tlie asi6inilly tliat;#ailiere4 to Oefiao . . .for the, morrow's_ fes,tiviii. : ,:.: . .: . ,?e, 11 - , ~-;. ': Titrairliadde.cide,d, :44 /00i1,, a :§iti i i,t i. in' -101iiiide'' llan -` 4: deolo . 4l :l°T-tiir illag• ) haiig.eindi ' intati." 'l34.liniliii'A l A . ,;, •fal,.Ar;O . te; .14re 9FKAtctp,fki . 44l:4lo* 4ndlities, aril het nittnonlnistlo liim toi twice ilaving the life of , her eloscn.o.hei:l made - her look' t hint- with such a•gp,l l , of admiration and • gratitude, • that ,JarePh's heart sank within him. He went forth and•V l 'ept.'• • -•- • ' . • • I 4..:seempd plain to him that the . question of his lifti was decided. -Be would not trait fdr•the inorroW: — Revealing hia`j)latt to onefaithitil friend:he went forth in the dark4issi and bade' adieu to • the 'haPpy valley:l •-•- ; • • When the morrow came, Arnetteire paired to the loVely cottage of Tainim. She WAN pale - but more than ever beaiiti• 1121, As she ~111114' Arnette, she looked around anxiously for his cousin. She grew paletak he'eame not, and Was'nowhere;to be seen. It was the - appointed hour. Arnette; too,' looked round with visible coneern. "Arnette," • said ihe mother, "My daughter has decided. She will- give her hand to him hei.heart bath chosen. But where is Jalephl" , • • ; "I know not !" . , . • , • "You know not? .•He,sbotikl.be heie! What has become-.of him? Where is he?" " Alas ! I know. not !" . said the heroic youth, grieved to the. heart with the sus picion 'which -those 'quick queitions con veyed, . ; '"Mother!" . cried thee. pale. and tietn blink, girl, l'be not unjust 'to Arnette. Twice has he saved the life of Jaleph since last we met." • - The • confident of Jaleph :came, !aild withipered Taniar that her lover bad gone. The roses-,that had left her cheeks now fled from her lips ; 'she sank - fainiing . on the .flower sod. , . " What is all this ?" cried Arnette He Was told' that Jaleph had fled, !and why: And he kmew.all too well, that ho who: had fledirom his fate despairingly Was the Ansel' love of the beautiful 'Ta mar, now lying in her mother's arms. Arnette now knelt ilbWri'liy her, side, and pressahis lips upon her lovely fore head; and said to her mother, "I will -bring. lath to her, or never see her. more !" In a week from that day the brave.Ar nette led his cousin to thi _cottage of Ta mar; and pla6ing- their hands •tOgether, , said; "Take him, Tatrfar; he is - thine! He tied that I 'Might be\ happy I have found 'him,' that then mavest. with him thou loVest. Let me :he the brOther of both!" - The arms of both'were twined around him. Who shalisay that he eras less happy in his generous self-sacrifice than they , n► their mutual rove? • Tlie Golden Age lives in dim.tratlitiot , 'ls and poetic dreams. It tives,.alsq, in every Imart that is genefous and noble. He who can-lore without selfishness is a heiii of the GoLn • - The Unwelcome Passenger. i • A colkwinter's night•fmind a.stage load of us gathered about the warm fire of :a I tavern- bar=room in a New England : . vil- J lags.. :Shortly .after we arrived,, a pedler drove up and ordered that his horse stiO'd be stabled-for the- night. ; After we !had eaten Supper . Ive repaired to the bar room, and .soon airilie ice 'Was broke - 1110Se' conversation • .flowed' freely.. : Several an= ecdotes had been related, and finally i the pedlar 'was asked to "give us a story, as • men of his'profession were generally full of adventures and anecdotes.: He was-a short, thick-set Mari, somewhere aboUt forty - years of agei and gave evidence of physical strength. He gave his name as Letnitel his home was, in 'De ver; New Ilumpshire. • , . „ -, entlemen,'” he commended, noekitig...tlx - e...ashe,s :from and putting st in. his pocket, " sappoSe I tell yoiSee about the last thing of any. c onSe (pence that - happened to me? You see I am now right Irons .the far west, and on my WaY home for :winter quarters. It was about two months ago, one 'pleasant crenini i r that 1-Pulledinp,at the door of a small village tavern 'in Hanebek cOuntv Indiana:l said it was pleasant—l meant . it ryas - warn!, but it was aoudy and likely te.be very .dark, . I went - in and for . sapper and tad my horse taken. carej-eft . and, der lhad 'eaten sat, down in I the bar-rimin. Itlsegin to rain : about eight o'clock; and for a while it pored down good,, and lt,waS awful dark out of doers: "Now; I wanted to be in Jackson .e'!..nly the 'nett inorningObr I - expected load of goeds there for 'lone which Untended to dispose of on my way The Moon would rise . about midnight, and I knew, if it did not rain, I, could zet along Very comfortably through the mud after that. Sis ! l asked, the:landlord - if he could see that my horse was fed about 'mid night, as I wisheato .be off _about • two. He expresSed.:some surprise, -at this,-,and asked - Me, why I did not step for breakfast. I told him I had _sola. my last load about a all out, and that inew lot . of_ goOds was, waiting for me at Jackson, asidl„watitcd be..iiere before the, ..express train left in the morning.. _There was n - mintber of people Sitting round when