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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.‘. , • .
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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.` • - • • • ' .''
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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--
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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'
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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
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. 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"'
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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
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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." •
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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
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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."
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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.
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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<l told'this,: but
I took little noticeof thern-yime, only. ar-'
reated atteutioM . hadin - , my poss.
6sion a small, package. of pliwards; which
I teas. to deliver to the Sheriff at Jackson,-
and they were noticeo,fcsi the detection of
a notbrums.robber named Dick' Hardhead.
The"billa •adeScription of his per:44911; ,,
and liefo're me answered rarx
well to it.; In faet,•if Was' perfect.
was tall, well formed mail, rather slight'
,of and had the'appearan6 Of
tleinati„ that 'his face bore those hard,
(Rini - Marks which an observing Man-inn
.
not mistake for' anything but; the index to
a • : I
"When I went. tai ui ehainber I asked
thelandlord. Who - that man was; descri
bing the Suspicious individual. -He' said
he did ;not: know hip.THis.had come -He`
that atternaon,.and intended te. leave the
siett day. The hnaf aiked . why wished
to know, 'and I'slinply told him, that the
~cetintehanee..wis flUeillar„ ;and
mereli,iviiffiect to know if •eVerl ; Na ti ac
.(l4ifite&with•liitn: resblie4 ; lAQt to', let
th 4 knidlad,itifd,the , 'seerel, bat' to hqrry
tollielibii; arid 'there 'give inprination
ailTikeihtipShe'nright reitch•
'psi iktilie%re - 0 - 4- left„ - ,fcirj had .itq
don fittiporj:to .
= • 41' hid sin affi'M 4.ltoft; 'lst4,pei
it t; give Itie4ll2trm at one o'clock, Y went
dOB ,PrtM7FitTirPrir7lll
pmmittFc:ixt„Amlys i
- NEA.TLy AND PILDMPTI.L .
AND AT ki LIVE AtiIYLET LICE"• PiIt!CE.E.
Tick, ; office of the .Moneriise Democrat
tun recently been supplied with a new and choke variety
or type, etc., and we ere now prepared to print pamphlati
iclradara, etc., - etc., in the beat style, on abort notice. .-
", Handbills, .Posters, Programme', anti
other ktadsof work In thla line, done according to order.
Busineis,. Wedding, and Ball- CAnrs,
Tickets.; etc., printed'witb neatness and despatchc
• • - r
Justices' anti Constables' Blanks; Notes,
"Deeds, and all other Blanks, on hand, or printed to mit r."
11' Or Job work and Blinkstiv be paid-Ayr on de li very :
.
I :N-0. 35.
to sleep. - was 'aroased . at , the proper
time, 'and iinmediatelY'gottipaild . dressed
Myself. When I reached the yaid, I found._
the. elands all 'passed away, and the "Moon
was shining briAtly. The ostler *as
• easily aroused, and by two o'clock - I -Ina
,
ran . nTioad. The mud was deep, and my
liorse f eould tint travel fast—yet! it struck
Me that the beast made. more Work than
. there wag an,y need of; for th,;,cart, tray
nearly empty. - •
.
" . .11owever, on we went, an in' the
eOurso Of half an hour was clear of' the .
village. At daltart.';llstanee ahead lay ? -
large - tract of forebt, mostly of great pines.
The road led. d irectly through this wood,
and.as near as I could remember the, dis
lance Was.twelve'trades. Yet i the moon
Was in the east, and as the road-ran near
ly west, I should Imre light enough.
•-had.entered the woods;. and had gone
about half a mile,. Viet; my Wagon wheels'
settled; with a hump and a jerk, into a
deep hole. :I - tittered an exclamation - of
astonisoment, but that was not all. I
beard another 'exclamation from -another •
source. Q
"What could it be? I looked• quickly
around, but could ,see nothing. Yet 1
k-new that- the soundl heard was very
close to me. :As the - hind wheels' cattle
Up 'I felt something besides' the jerk of the
bole. I heard something tumble from one
sidttrio: the other of Jny *igen, and I
could also feel the jar occasioned by the
Movement.. It was simply Malvin my
cart! I kneW this on the instant. Of
course I felt puzzled. At first I imagined
some poor fellow had taken thiS method
to obtain a ride; but rsoon gave this ofip,
for I knew that any decent man wonld
have asked me for a ride. My ,nest idea
was somebody had gone, in to sleep; but
this passed away'as quickly as it came for
no man-would have broken into my cart
for..that pirpese. And thSt thought, gen
tlemen,opened m eyes. Whoever was
there had.broken in.
"My next thoughts were of Dick Hard- -
head. Ile had' heard me" say :that' . my
load was sold ont7'anti of course ,he
poseil I had some money with: me. In
this he was right, for I had:over two thou
sand
dollars. I also thought he meant to
leave the eatt when he supposed . I had
reached some quiet place, and then either
creep over and shoot me, or knock me
I down, All this passed through •my mind
by the time Iluollgot a rod from the hole.'
"Now, I never tm,j ‘ i a point to brag
of myself, but J - Ititve seetfAa great deal of •
the world, - and -I am pretty cool and clear
' headed under:- difficulty. 'ln a fen' Imo ,
ments my- resolution was, formed. 3.1 y
horse worpow knee'deep in the mud, and . -
I knew I could slip off without . noise. So "-
I drew ins revolver-4 never tratil ?n that _
country. without one—l' drew this; and
having tined the reins about the whip
stock, I carefully slipped down in themud i
and as the cart passed on I went behind ,
it and examined the hasp. -- . •
"The door of the cart lets flown, and
fastened by a hasp, which. slips over a,sta
' plc and then secured by a ',Clock. The
padlock was - % - gone, and the hasp was
cured. -, its proper phici: by a bit of pine
so that a sli ht force within could break it.
My wheel wrench hung in- a leather bucket
on the side of the cart, and, I quietly took
it out and slipped it into- the staple, the
iron handle just sliding dawn.
"New I had him. My cart was althost• -
new, - made in a stoutframe of white oak„
antl made on purl oSe for hard 'map., I
did not believe, any ordinary man could
break out. , rgot on my cart as noiseless
ly. as -I got oil; and then urged MY horse -
on,. still keeping ins. pistol handy.. I knew . •
that of the distance of half a mile faith& I
shonliteetne to 'a good hard road, arid al
loWed my horteAo. 'pick his own war •
through the mud,. About ten-Minutes -af
ter this'', heard u'w" tion iu , the. cart, fol- •
lowed by a grinding noise as tho Ugh sonic
heavy fo - rce were being applied to the .
door,- I said nothing, bat the idea struck
me that - the villain might judge -where I •
-Sat and shoot up" through the, top of the
cart at; me, so I, sat down upon the foot
board..
"Of course I knew that my unexpected
passenger.*as :i villain; for he must have
been awake ever since I started, and poth
big ititlie world but absolute villaiuly
would have •Caniek hiin to. have' retnain
qUiet so. long, and then start up in this
p iticidar'placi. The thinupini , ,. a
.nd push
in
_grew londer, -and pretty soon I heard
a nunati Voice. • 1 , •
, .
" ' Lel . nie out Of this!' he . qied, - and he
yelled] pretty loud; . • .
"I lifted "up my head, so, as to make
him thinkl was sitting in the usmil place,-
and then its.ked . htm what be was doing
there: -
"'Let me. um, mut I yoh,'.he
replied.: •
'Tell me what you'are,.in there fur;
siaid I. • • •
"'I gpt in Inv to .[cep, on your rags,'
Le answered.. .•
. .
• "'How did . you
Let me out, .eir Du sheet you through
. . , . .
the head!' he Vetted. '
. "Just at that moment my horse's feet •
.struck the hard road, and I kifor that the -
'rest of" thercrditte-- to Jackson would be
good The distance . was twelve
slipped back On. the tbotboard
and tool the - w hip.' Thad theonethen
- get, tipyra7ll,' • talk stout, - powerful .I)ay
maie-:+and yea may,believe there's some,
tAi • At any rate, she.struck a gait
_ .
- .at..
even , astonished , me. She had''re.,'
'ceiti4Wi' wind Mess of oats, the air was
.tool, and she Telt lik'd*oint.t., In fifteen
minutes she cleared the woo'd_sy'zind away,.
we went at * a' keen jump. The chap tn-
side kept yelling to - bi• Jet out '
, he stopped, and irr a few min-
Ales there canie the report of a pistol— •
'oliii-4t,wo---ticirccur-one_Zright after
theather and I. heard- the bti4:overemy
head. ' If.l bad been on in; seat, ene of
those lulls, if not tut', of 'them, 'would
h - lve myuethr,ough. : iffe - . - - I popped up my :
heed _
.itkid; g oe..a yell, and 'then
deep grouni.and: then I said, 'el, God save
meißra . 'kdetnt'rtifrati and then Imade
sbElftriag'notse* . tNoUghl - were filling off,
4n4,..opanY opttli;4l:dciwn on the tootboard
4p4TL.. fitted up ; the old nukfe . by.
-poke with the
bett'eteiji whit, Steck, - arid 6.10 peeled it
taster than ever. . 'l
DOSE AT THE oppian Or Tat