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VOLUME VIII.
THE LEHIGH REGISTER
publi.sheit in the norotwlt of Allentown. Lekie;
County, Pa., (very 11 crtm.stioy, Gy
A. L. 1111.311 E,
At 50 per Annitill, payable in advance, and
P. 00 if not paid until the end of the year. No
paper discontinued, until all nrrearages are paid
except at the opium of the proprietor.
EVOlline in Hamilton Street, one door East n(
the German Reformed Church, nearly opposite
he t.Frieilentmte" Office.
labeinnito againcit
FINE.
THE FRANKLIN FIRE INSURANCE
COMPANY of Philadelphia.
OFFICE, Ng.. 1633 CHESNUT STREEI
Near Fifth Street.
STATEMENT or Assrrs. $1,315,534,
January Ist, 1553,
Pnblished agreca My to an Act
OF AS S B Y,
BEING
First Morigages, amply secured, $1,021,366 63
Heal E•iaie (present value $llO, -
000) cost.
Temporary Loans, on ample Colla"
teral Securities. 96,487 66
Stocks (present value $76.191) cost. 69.985 60
Cash, &e. &e., 59,945 51
PERPETITAL OR LIMITED INSURANCES Wade
on every description of properly, in
TOWN AND COUNTRY,
at 'rates as low as are consistant with security
Since their incorporntion, n period of
twenty-four venrs, they have paid over ihrre
millions dollars Loss iiirTmE, thereby af
fording evidence of the advuntaLre of insur
ance, as the ability and disposition to meet
with promptness all liabilities.
Direclarg :
Chalks N. Bancker, Mord. D. Lewis.
Tobias Wagner, Adolp. E Boric,
Samuel Grant, David S. Brower,
Jacob It. Smith, Morris Patterson,
Geo. W. Richards, Isaac Lea,
CH.vun•a N. BANCRER, Proident.
Cann era G. BANcK F.n, Secretory.
E3 - The subscribers are the appointed
Agents of the above mentioned Institution,
rind are now prepared to make insurances
on every description of property, at the low
est rates.
A. L. 1101 11, Allentown.
C. F. 1-11.,liCH, Bethlehem.
Allentown, Oct. 1b52. 11—ly
All ent own Slcaaelll .
The Trustees of this Institution, respect
fully'annonnce that the Pall Term will com
mence on Thursday I.st of September.
Under _the suporvision of the present
Principal, Nlr. J. N. Gregory, the school
has received a liberal patronage, and has at
tained n position of the highest rank.
During the vacation, eery great addition;
and intprovements have been made to the
Academy buildings and furniture, and
pu
pils will now enjoy all the advantages of a
thorough course of instruction, earnest and
efficient teachers, and spacious and conveni- .
eat school rooms.
GlimoN Innen,
TuomAs \V t:AvErt, Board
HERMAN RUPP.
THOMAS B. Wu.sosT, of
W ILLIAM R. CRAIG,
NATHANM ETZGER, Trustees
RunErvir E. Wittowr.
Allentown August 24
Mrgaill,i)7a/:a 3
The undersigned hereby Wily their
friends end the public in general that they
have removed their
Exc.lkange Office
from the front room in the Odd Fellows'
Flail, to the new three story building on the
north east corner of market square, where
They are prepared to transact •
Bank and Exchange
business upon the most reasonable terms.
WM. El. BLUMER & Co.
Allentown, Sept. 14. 11.4 w
Hiram • Brobst, •
Viexvtist, in 1111eutown.
Respectfully informs his friends
foams,. and the public in general, that he
still continues the practice of his profession,
in all its various branches. such as filing,
cleansing, plugging and inserting from a sin
gle tooth to a full set, on moderate terms.
His office is in Allen Street, one door
South of Dr. C. L. Martin, No. 48.
Allentown, August 10. 11—ly
•
Pamphlet aws.
SUBSCRIBERS to the Pamphlet Laws
of 1852, are informed that their copies are
received and ready for delivery, at the Pro
thonoWry's Office of Lehigh County.
F. E. SAMUELS, Prothonotary.
Allentown, Sept. 28. 'f-4w
A PAMILY NEWSPAPER..
1T "° SCOCg.PDO 3
Grand Exhibition
Of Fashionable Fall and Winter
(E 4.1) Tbraa
AT THE
New Cheap Store
OF
Getz I Gilbert,
These gentlemen, take this method to in
form their friends and the public in general
that they have received a very large and
well selected stock of Fall and If inter
Goods, which they are now ready to dis
pose off to their customers at the lowest
prices.
Their immense stock has been selected
with the inmost care and consists of
Clothes . , Cassiiners, Satinets,
Flannels, Gloves and Hoseiry, besides De
lai nes, A la paccas,Debashe,Ginghams. Plain
and Figured Poplins, Muslins and Prints,
Boots, Shoes, Hats, Gaps, Queensware,
Hardware, Looking Glasses, Stationary,
Books, &c.,
To which they invite the attention of their
friends and the public generally, confident
that the fullest satisfaction, both in price and
quality, will be given to all who may favor
them with a call.
82,447 68
The highest prices will be paid in
change for County produce. •
They have reason to be thanliful for the
favors received thus far and hope by atten
tion to business, disposing of their goods al
small profits, good treatment towards their
customers to merit still a greater share of
customers. GETZ & GILBERT.
September 14. ¶ —6m
51,315,534 00
G roceries Fish. Sat!.
The undersigned have just received an
entire new Stock of Groceries, Fish and
Salt which they intend to sell at the low
est prices at their Store in Cam...amyl:l, Le
high county. GET! &GILBERT.
September 1 1. 411-1 tin
The undersigned have opened a Coal
Yard in Catasauqua, and will constantly
keep on hand all. kinds of Coal which they
will sell at greatly reduced prices.
GETZ Sr ? GILBERT.
September 14. 411-6 m
Ready-made Clothing.
The Undersigned keep all kinds of !Mid!,
mode Clothing, on hand, and will make to
order, at the lowest possible prices.
GETZ & GILBERT.
Catasaurpm, Sept. 14. 1111--tiro
go 000.00C00052anarg5r1120011 , 00 , 21702 1
R C2 E. W. Eckert s 8
_ -
E. 3
a WHOLESALE AND IiETAIL . n
ca,
9 r 0
% s robateo, Snuff and Segar
No. 30, Ent Hamilton Street, 8
3ALLIENT(EWN, PA. 0,
cl
2 iTeGOODS ALL WARRAIVTED.I f,l
~inky 20. ill— iyB
ocarmoommocpcnorgeceqpiaccccou
.1,1111 1113INITIfill (.5 DOB
OE
NO. 45 SOETII SECOND S'IsILEET,
PHILiDELPHIA.
Are now opening* for the Fall Trade, a
large and well selected assortment of
SILKS,
RIBBONS,
FEATHERS,
•
FLOWERS, AND
Millinery Goods in general.
Confining themselves exclusively to this
branch of the trade and importing the Jar•
ger part of their stock, enables them to offer
an assortment, unsurpassed in extent or
variety, which will be sold on the most
favorable terms.
September 28.
Disolution or Partnership.
Notice is hereby given, that the Partner
ship heretofore existing between Thomas
Moore and Nathan Laudenschlager. in the
Grain and Coal business, in Allentown, has
been dissolved on the I st of SepteMber,lBs3,
by mutual consent. All those who know
themselves to be indebted to• said firm, are
earnestly requested to call on Thomas Moore
at the old place of business, where the books
will remain for a short time, and settle their
accounts, in order that the business of the
old firm can be brought to a close.
THOMAH MOOlll3,
NATHAN LAUDENSCHLAGER,
Allentown, Sept. 7 ¶—Ow
JOB P MIA° T
Neatly executed at the ~ R egister Offiee„.
COAL 1 COAL !
John Stone & Sons,
ALLEN OWN, LEHIGH
poctical Mcpattmcnt.
Mischief-Makers
Oh !'could there in the world he founi
Some little spot of happy ground,
Where village pleasure might go round,
Without the village tattling!
How doubly blest that place would be,
Where all might dwell in liberty,
Free from the bitter misery
01 Gossip's endless prattliog.
If such a spot were really known,
Dame Peace might claim it as her own;
And in it she might fix her throne,
Forever and foreVer ;
There like a queeb might reign and live,
While every one would soon forgive
The little slights they might receive,
And be offended never.
T'is mischief.maker that remove
Far from our hearts the warmth of love,
And lead us all to disapprove
What gives another pleasure.
They seem to take one's part=but when
They've hentd our cares, unkindly then
They soon retail them out again
Mis'd with their.poisonous measure.
And then they've such a cunning way
Of telling their ilkneant tales; they say
'•llun't mention what I said, I pray,
I would not tell another."
Straight to your neighbor's house they go,
Narrating everything they know,
And break the peace of high and low,
Wife, husband, friend and brother.
Oh ! that the mischief making crew
Were all reduced to one or two.
And they were painted red or blue,
That every one might know them!
Then would our villagers forget
To rage and quarrel, fume and fret,
And fall into angry pet,
With things s.o much below them.
For 'us a sad degrading pan,
To make another bosom smart,
And plant a dagger in the heart
We ought to love and cherish !
Then let us evermore be found,
lit quietness with all around,
While friendship, joy and peace abound,
And angry feelings perish•!
i 3 li9cellancom3 Octection3.
The Heiress.
Many years since, there dwelt, near du' '
Falls of Niagara, in a house so old that it
became a matter of astonishment what kept
it from tumbling down, un En. 4 lish
man, and his daughter, whose wonderful
beauty had become proverbial. Mr. Hey- •
ward lived very secluded. After the death'
of his wife, he purchased this wild retreat,
and his daughter, Constance, with no other
teacher save himself, grew up as lovely in
person and pure in heart as the most affec
tionate parent could wish. She an u s s. d her
self with her flowers, pets, and nius-ie, until
her lather found time to accompany her in
rides or walks through the most, romantle
scenery ever enjoyed on earth. Alany a
long walk had she taken with him, in search
of the rarest flowers, and many a luxurious
hour she had spent in studying their names
in her folios,. in his quiet IL) 'try. The
haunt's that she loved best Were one the
noble stream, which bounded her t
domain. Its banks were composed of pre
cipitous rocks, overgrown with trees, draped
with graceful vines of the clematics. She
would seat herself at the loot of a cliff which
rose abruptly to the height of sixty feet, and
listen to the gurgling• water ;. and, undis
turbed read the books selected by her father.
\ hen Constance was nearly seventeen,
she fell heiress to a large property that had
been accumulated by an uncle in the Indies.
Mr. Heyward resolved to go himself to set
tle the uflairs of his deceased brother. A
family residing in Montreal, Lower Canada
invited Constance to make their house her
home until his return, and thus relieved her
father (rain the anxiety he had felt on her
account. 'there was a sorrowful parting
between the father and daughter. ' The
heavy tears dropped from the beautiful eyes
of Constance as he took his leave. "I shall
have a lonely time, without you, dear fath
er," said she, "but I shall not neglect my
lessons." He was gone.
Mr.'Heyward went to that Eldorado so
very subject to whirlwinds and earthquakes
happy in the knowledge that Constance
was safe in the family of Mr. Arguile, whom
he knew to be an ambitious than, but ho be
lieved him to be the soul of honor.
Constance found the family consisted of
Mr. Arguile, his wife, and nephew, whom
they introduced as Juan Du Varez. He
was about thirty years of age. The mass of
his curling hair, black as night, spoke of the
olive of Spain ; while his complexion, al
most swarthy ; his eyes full, black and pier
cing in their expression, told of a restless or
evil disposition.
When Constance was shewn her rooms
she was much pleased with the attention
paid her in the selection. At one end of
ffttEilon of tioeful Ocncral3ntelligoirc,724intteinent,illarlicto, &c.
OUNTY, PA., OCTOBER 5, 1853.
the room • terminated a hay window, in
whose deep recess were placed pore
pots in which were reared exotic plants, and
in-the hum , cages comaininir her fa
vorite birds. She passed throuull into her
sleeping room, and then. opening another
door, found iti•r,t If in a small rooni fitted up
as an ot'atery. wind iw was el stained
glass representioff toe infant Saviour and
the Apostles. Before a full length picture
of the VitTin Alary, a taper was kept burn
inf.? night and day : an a small altar was dis
4r•ed a crucifix. Constance felt that she
could be happy hr re. She directed her
maid to unpack her wardrobe, while she
hmself arranged the valuable book, that her
father had left her, with written sonfestions
for her improvement ; and she already felt
no lack of intellectural resources.
After tea, Mr. A rguile introduced her to
some ladies and gentleman, who were charol
ed with the young stranger. Her figure
and movements were faultless in symmetry
and grace. Her eves were of a dark blue,
full, clear, animated, and shaded by the
long black lashes. Her broad forehead ad
ded much to the dignity of the intellectual
ca s te of her face. Her hair was of that
cbcsnut-browii, with which painters love to
adorn their beauties, or portray a saint,—
Mr. Heyward had left her his iiiwk hook,
and she • consulted Mrs. A rguilligibout the
dresses suitable for her to purchase mas she
did not know the value of such things, she
leCtit all to her guardians. They told her
as an heiress it was necessary for her to
keep a carriage expr•ssively for her own
One expense after another, and so
many calls on her for money at last alarmed
Constance, and she gently but fir my refused
to draw any more until she consulted her
father. His letters told of his safe arrival,
and 'spoke at his health being grand.
Two years passed away very pleasantly.
th onli• drawback to her hatpin• ss was the
c minued tiddtcsscs of .luau De Varez ; she
c ,- ,u1 , 1 not room his hive, nlihongh grateful
to 'tiin for hi, kind atteirion. He wits so
wit,ieg to obli , te that it would hare hColl
to withhold any 'Mildness from hint
when he 6ont!ht it With so much respect.—
role or walked with her win-never she
wish• it to take such exercise ; uml became
dad , more attentive to her wi , h4: A ho.
qu,q. of ;10 , most expensive flowers was pla
ce••l In her room each Jut•.
Things wore going on as usual, when
she rectovei, from India. I ler fath
er :vas on his way home ; he hoped to find
his darling weil,and congratu!oted h, r upon
the fortune which awattd her. IL had ex
ce..ded Lis most sanguine exceptions, The
liter was tilled with his love and prayers
tot her welfare. Constance, althoneli will
with joy, wept as slat read ; how could she
wan :;he longed to ftrow herself inn) his
den,, ! She
redd the Letter over a doz,oi tines at least, be
kite she hastened to let ti,e family know of
her joylul news,
The s' anon was verging tower
of Uctoh r, whu n oto• arse, uTht i ,tm.c.
lupd jest r,itirue frium 4in the ..amen;
At' 1101cli tht• ra ,1 tints d color su richly
tit ;11101-qUIU•1111 ; she daily expec
ted her lather, and silo 100 red to repose in
his ;e'r trials, lor Juno pres
sed his suns tvah :,rdor. and ,he could 110 t
give her band we hoot ner heart. Ilivitig
thus, she entered the drawitp , room. stud
tuts met by .Mr.Argude, who tusk her hand
and led h• r to the suet. "Aly dear girl,"
said he, you must hear news that will rend
your heart, when you are Composed I beg
you will r, ad a paragraph that you will hind
in one corner of this paper." saving, this, he
l e f t h er a l o n e . With a trembiing hand, Con
stance opened the paper, the first word that
met her gaze . was "host ! We received the
account of a shipwreck from an eye witness.
On the night of the 6th inst.. I heard the or
ders of the officer on deck, to prepere for
the coming horricane. I went upon deck
it scented to me us if I could see, amid the
darkness, the whirling motion of the' gigan
tic clouds, and by the roar, ns of tell thou
sand batteries, that the tempest was upon
us. Its fury was bey and all description—
defying belief. It howled and shrieked
iftrotigh the rigging in such awful tones,
that it appeared as if the Inst conclusive ef
fort was at hand, and all on the eve of final
dissolution. I grasped a rope. The ship
strained and creaked as site rose heavily on
the billows. But happily the 'duration of
the squall Was in proportion to its intensity.
In less than ten minutes it began to die
away. We suffered no loss except that of
our insintopsail, which was blown from the
bolt ropes in the inoinein of the squall. We
silly a ship a short time before the storm, but
she was now no longer visible. A .bucket
with the mime .Selina' painted on it was
picked up the next day, front t% hick it is
concluded that all on board the vessel had
perished. How many souls have gone to
eternity theAlmighty.only knows." .
. When Mrs. Arguile entered the room
I some time after, she found Constance lying
on the fl oor, where she had fallen from her
seat. In the agony of learning the doom
which had fallen on her father, she had fal
len into a deep swoon. The last beam of
(I the setting sun streamed into the open win
dow, and the eyes of the pale girl were lifted
FOB. FARMER AND MECHANIC.
to the purple and gold clouds that floated
on the edge of the horizon. She was lying
with her eyes closed. A few hours later,
when Mrs. A rguile entered, Constance lay
so pale, so still, that she started back, fear
ful that it was dentli she had looked upon.
It was the first time that . Constance could
remember being confined to a sick bed ;'and
she struggled hard with her wakness.—
She was quiet, and obeyed her nurse ;
when no eye save that of God was upon her
site tv, A tt, and prayed at the foot of the cross
that she might sou,. &maned par
ents.
As soon as she was able to leave her
mums, Jwtn insisted on her taking their
usual rides about the country. Her consti
tution was good, and her health was restored
in a short time.
Three months passed away.and all hopes
concerning the missing ship were lost, and
Constance felt that she was indeed an or
phan.
A remarkable and sudden change had
come over Juan De Varez. He threw off
his air of pleading tenderness ; and he was
not one to forgive her who had thus wound
ed his self love. Perhaps the desire of ma
king her feel soma of the mortifications she
had inflicted on him, was as much an in
ducement as her fortune to cause him to
persist in marrying one who betrayed such
aversion to the union. Thus was Constance
left, at an age, too, when the care of a par
ent is so necessary to a daughter, and she
had been left to the guardianship of a world
ly man, who tolerated the charge, hoping to
make her large fortune available to the ne
cessities of a nephew, whose patrimony he
had in a great measure dissipated.
To add to her troubles, her maid who had
always treated her with the greatest respect,
irot married. Constance gave her enough to
furnish her house plainly, and she left with
tears of gratitude one, whom to serve, had
been a pleasure.
One night Mrs. Arguile, who was afraid
of her husband, slipped a note written in
French, under her door. Constance saw
it. and turning, to the window read, "Oar
Con. do not go to bed to-night, but remain
in the sacr,• d protection of your oratory.—
We Its Ye tier soon. I dirt, not sly an t.
mote ; h war•• of your mind. Dostroy this
note. M. A." As she finished reading=,
she heard the sound of a carriage leavinii
the court-yard
Comprehending nothilly, but that she
must obey, she rang fur the HMV mail, and
tel her that she did not r, quire her s, r
vices again that evening, she turned towards
her sleeping room,—"But my lady wont von
want t our wrapper, let me undross you."—
Constance waved her hack, and opening the
dour of the oratory, she catered and locked
the door after her. The maid left the ,iparr•
merit s o o n oft( r. Once through tho night
Loos.alice heard the doors of the adjoinino
booms open and shut, but she counted her
beads in an au,iil)le voice; the nois,_, c,,, F ;od
and she heard no nio,r. She fell asleep
t 'war Is mourning, :toil whon she awoke the
occurrence was remembered only as a dream.
Site had her breakfast in her room and Mrs.
A rguile called her to dinner as usual. Sit
asked no questions; indeed she nevr.r again
saw Mrs. Arvid,. alone.
EMI
One roorntrig they were assn inYi , d in the
parlor where they always sat to read or sew
when 11r. Argarli• said,—.llas UOI• ar.•
1)111' invit,uiun for to-morrow night ?•
"No." said his ni•phew, casting a frown
towards Constance as he left the room.
"Do you know," said his uncle, -that
you have driven every respectful visitor frimi
toy house by your coquetry 1" addressing
hiinsidt to the astonished girl..
6.W hat do you invan r asked she in a
faint voice.
"•[ mean." said he, "that you refuse to be
come the wife of Juan ;.yota first encoura
ged hint by accepting his company on every
occasion fur more than two years, and to
keep the neighbours front attackion your
character, we were obliged to say that you
were engaged to be married. You spent
one whole night alone in this house with hint
of which every one is aware ; yet you wish
to drive him mad by trifling with his love,
and bring disgrace on the house tyhich has
given you shelter.
Constance had risen for art instant. She
stood before him trembling with the inten
sity of her feelings. The light falling.on
• her cheek made it almost ghastly ; she at
length spoke. and the words appeared to bu
forced from her quivering lips.
And du you believe that I could encour
age Juan, then refuse io wed him :or that
any part of my conduct should hove given
rise to tiny suspicions against my honor ?
Oh' you would riot dare to insult a helpless
girl if she had a protector," and while her
cheek was no longer pale, her dart, eves
flashed as she replied—'•and do•you think
that I can brook t'lis insult ? my fath
er was alive, I, Oh ! God, my father !" and
she burst into a flood of tears.
Mr. Arguile and Junn finding that they
could not frighten the heiress to bend to
their wishes, consulted on the means by
which they could compel her to' take the
marriage vows. Juan deluded himself with
the belief that Constance .would yet love
him ; us if the course he was pursuing was
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not calculated to destroy every sentiment of
allection toward him. At last they hit upon
a plan to get the unfortunate girl in their
power. The maid was to foign an attach
ment to her young lady and get her to leave
the house. A carriage was to be provided
and the coach-man was a creature of their
own ; he was tit drive ton lonely Inn about
twetity miles from Montreal. They were
to follow him the next day with a Priest,
and then the marriage would take place.
Constance sat io tenable in her room, her
Rountenance was pale She looked as f
ope r tne 11ugt! . 1.11 11• i
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ceased to throw its halo around the heart,
and despair had usurped its place. [ler
maid entered the roan, and said in a low
tone,—"Flist, lady, do not speak—l will
come in this evening." She turned and
left with noiseless steps. That evening the
girl proposed to procure a carriage and as
sist Constance to make prepar Mons to quit
the house of her fake friends. She listen
es to the proposal, and thouirla if site could
reach Quebec, sit.. would find some of her
father's acquaintances and be free from per
secution. t )11 the next day site coMpleted
her arrangements. She wore mourning,
and the rest of her wardrobe was packed,
she left a letter on the table, directed to Mrs.
Anzuilo.
It was near midnight ere she dared to
quit the house, her maid pin her in the car
riarre. and hid the coachman to do as the
young lady wished, When Constance thank •
ed her for aid, she gave her a purse. and
the girl with many thanks left her, and hast
ened back to the house. It Was near morn
ing when they reached the Inn. Constance
wished to stay in the carriage, but the man
said she would be more comfortable in the
as it was chilly and the horses need
ed rest. She Mond a man and his wife
ready to receive ; they conducted her to
a room up-lairs. an I sayintt that s should
havd. breakfast brought op, they lett the
room. Sim ‘vd , ted wo e before It was
brought, and ‘Ndi , -11 tit , Woman Coat,, with
it, she toll her sat: wiu'd iba.tk her to de
sire the man who had come: with tier, to
start as soon os Tit!, WOld , th nod
d“d her head mid It:ft iho room.
(;onstatice coutd not eat, she drank soup)
tea. and sat waitia4. At list, on looking
at her watch, she .vas surprised to find it
alomst ten. She' liccom alarmed and W , ht.
Ow wind she saw nothing of the
coac h. Siiep e ; n o to the door and found it
locked, "wire can this it an," said she and
a l ter ropoitt , l I V koorking, the woman came
to the door awl as;:od her if W toted any
thing. She told ;ter that she wanted to pur
sue tier journey:
vet cannot do at present," return
ed tL wo •une coach tout brought you
has been sever.d hours ; the man said
you was to smv here omit your I riends came
so thew is no we of fretting or making a
ir tit. r • i s no one within ten miles
to bear you. NO wtt! W 11; injury you keep
galei." She th-ti ‘vent down stairs.
c on .a anc ,. bewildered, she at last hp
gan ut snla•ct that a trio!: had been played
upon her. "1 w.e , ik all now," exclaimed
she, a, Ihe tem.: rolled down her pale lace,
that iii MI was lab,. to me, and Joan will
hay ! • lad in his Inger. lii.ti nl !" she said
d.l. 4 illeL , li 'r /erl lIIV servant !
I M oiler ! lily child!' She pres
sed her crucdi ( n. , 161 , 1. her and was
reFler.'d eel of devotion.
She wdot ui die xvbi.low, r using scone
force, she succeed...! in r tisiog the sash. She
looked (nit. but it ..ca.; mo high for her to
leap, and slid felt it would b useless as they
were paid to watch her. All was bleak and;
desolate around, lie other dwelling met her
eye. She Sat, helpless and filled with gloo
my thoughts when, raking her eyes, sho
saw slowly approaching the Inn, an old-.
falsbioned chase, drawn by a horse which
also had seen his best days. It drew near
the door, and is man alioliked. At the first
sight of him, Constance scr, amed with joy
she knew that she %vas saved, for in that.
well remeinbdred face she recognized the'
good lather Everard, the confessor of her
chilhoode—the friend of her father ! Tim
j priest looked rip as Contanee raised the sash
and knew her directly, but before he could
ex press his astenishinent she called him and
! told him how Nll . e had been trapped.'and in
danger if she staid another hour. He need
ed no more; he advanced to the door, but
his entrance was stoinly opposed by the old
couple. As they endeavored to push hint
out, the Priest suddenly threw oil the large
coat which Ile Were, :.hawing the' l t h.
iliments ol a Priest, and raising the cross,
he forbade Glee; to oppose his entrance any
!tower, At the sent of which the wretch
es let him enter, and bonding the knee, kiss
ed the hand that held the sacred relic.—
, When the Prie::t entered. Constance threw
herself into his arms and sobbed aloud.—
When she became inure composed, he told
her. it was purely accidental his being on
that road, but the Superior desired him to
visit a sick man, and returning, he took the•
shortest road, as he knew there was an Inn
on the way where he could obtain refresh
moms for himself and for hi..s horse. After
hearing. the story of Constance, he quetaion
ed tho people of the Inn, but farther than
they were told that tho lady wits to be. kept