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simple elegance of the next room, glittering No—there was no. hope for her since his
in the simple elegance of its white porcelain heart had felt the witcher of the practised
service. A lazy smile spread his face, as flirt. And she, dearly as she loved him,
he glanced around the well appointed apart-' must give him up forever, must look no more
ments, with their soft velvet divans, oho-- ( on his god like beauty, lieten no more to the
mans, easy chairs and foot etools, and their 1 maul melody of his persuasive voice, and,
valuble pictures, and statues carved• from worst of allspeak no word or make no signeo
milk-white marble, into forms of the rarest warn him of his danger in laying a true,deep
beauty and grace. IL was a pleasant thing , sad tender love at the feet of that, haughty,
to lie there and think that he was theown. heartless girl.
er of it all, besides his investments in the Lucy knew, what no other knew, that
stocks and funds ; so it was nearly half an the hand of Blanche Montrose was pledged
hour from his first awakening, before he to a rich broker, some forty years her sens
rang his bell and answered Caligula's re- tor, and that the bridal was now only delay
spectful morning greeting. • ed on account of the youth of the bride.—
A perfumed bath invigorated and refresh- Six months would see her a wife ; mean
ed him, and with all traces of the night's while, with the full approbation of her hus
dissipation goneaave a slight palenesswhich band elect, who loved to witness her power.
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enhanced the beauty of his thin and finely and reflect that she was his Blanche !ed on
cut features, he entered his library with her hests of lovers to the brink of late—a
Malta, his pet gray kitten, upon his shout- declaration, and then dismissed them with
I haughty wonder thee taey should presume .
der, and sat down to his morning meal.
A few sups of the delicious coffee were so far.
sipped, toaet and eggs eaten, and the morn- Knowing this, yet fearing to divulge it,
ing paper read: Then he gazed in silence lest she should betray the confidence of her
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for a few moments upon the cheerful fire friend, and have her own pure motives inis
while his valet removed the breaking table construed, Lucy, while she wept at her own
with noiseless celerity.
blighted love, was madly frantic.
, Then, after recounting the conquests of She had been all unused to sorrow, for
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the day -Eldora to. Caligula, who listened though she had known he had cared little
1 welt admiring attention while he dressed for her, she had still hoped, that as time
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far for Malta L to be formed of the finest mo- vering her love must he, he would turn to
hroiscctoo ggoaldve; e n v g o L a i o n n d b u y n w t
and a richly chased gold button to confine precious gift of his heart and hand. Now
it rounds her neck. • all hope was gone, for, like the far-funied
These important affairs have been duly Lorelie, Blanche drew all who looked upon
1 attended to, and his horses brought to the ( her into the fetal whirlpool of their awn mad
door he drove swiftly away to the rooms of 1 passions.
his sworn friend and ally, 'loin (tenter, So in her tears she sat. till the low voice ,
whose life pissed away in the same indo- eof h gamut at the door announced the very
lent dream that waeted his. I pers ose desertion she was bewailing.
1 The two lit companions, after a visit to al flow the poor soft little heart leaped and
t fashionable restaurateur's, where they ins- I bounded at the tidings that he had inquired
disguised sufficient quantity of ardent spirit, for her. and was below ! How emickly she
. • disg in various elegant names, to ex- sumnained her maid to • bathe her eves in
Illiterate their spirits and lend a brilliancy rose water and dispel all traces of her sor-
Tun subscriber takes this method to in- , to the pallid cheek and dim eye, drove rap- row. How quickly she donned her most
form the citizens of Allentown,and the pub- I
~.,„. idly towards Broadway, that they might becoming
dress, and give her soft silky
tic in oeneral, that he bus opened ---:---:-------------- -- - • win a passing simile front their numerous curls a still brighter and more silky aspect
c. ll Family Grocery Store. . 111.19ccilaucous !ociccttoils. fair acquaintances, tnen shopping in that as she brushed them ; and then haw lightly
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feet tripped down
• A LEAF FRI% •THE —
& Crair, No.27,North 7th street, near the \ it carriage rolled leisurelypast them
as the stairs us she accused herself ordoing
Annals of the Upper Ten. they drov r : '
Nlarltet Square. where he offers for sale for swiftly down. A fair : haired him all manner of injustice and wronging
' ire its owe
Cash or in exchange for Country Produce, 1 Such a dark, cold, windy day in
. the mid- ,
as .- - • - '
the well known equipage met her eye p
a large variety of Family Groceries, such us I die of June, iright well have passed for one, Poor little r lrsay I. n isoirely as she was,
----afggiA"--- Coffee, Sugarealo- iet eei - (of September's number, that while it waited,
-r. 1 2.,. lasses, Chocolate. ;4
far up in the air, its cong turn, had grown
n and blushed deepera crimson than the, oc
casion seemed to cull for, when .
Grant bow- le. . i
ed low and threw a pleasant smile towards t with the slight traces of tears around her
h e rfluttered,agnate ,
...nutlet. eyes, with
112i sz ic ' 'fee, red and Waal, tiMtterlaiM3-0141 ( giddy with its elevation, left its sober coin- manner, and the debt) blush, that in spite of
e-alee'a.' Pepper, Allspiceele ' ' •lddttl • • tl tobeg , •
. 1 pinions, and wir e own oie ear i her The listlessness with which she had herself, shoal) rise over her neck and cheek
I been lounging on the velvet cushions was
Ginger, Salaratus, baking =and washing So- I a portion of the summer's sweet smiles and , and forehead when he advanced anil took
I gone at once, and ordering the coachmen to
de, Salt, Alluin, Madder, No's. 1,2 and 3, 1 sunshine.her hand, that very love and agitation sealed
turn back towards Stewart's she followed
Mackerel, pickled Salmon, pickled and '!'o pedestrians, the attnospliere was any- .
_, .her doom !
I fte the handsome haughtyh
, ero of
smoked [terrine, Codfish, dried Beef, Ham, ,ahing but agreeable, as one might easily see ' l " w Y. a r As Grant sat beside her, he heard her low
her !lightly dreams and daily reveries.
Shoulder, Flitch, Lard, Candles, Vinegar, (by the clinging shawls and Cuttoned over- half-whispered . replies, felt the trembling of
Soap's Broams, &c. ( coats to be met on every street and comer. , Yes I may as well confess it at once.— , the little, hand that 'nestled for a moment in
sees°, all kinds of fruit, such as Lemons (But within the luxurious chamber of Grunt ; Lucy . Stuart, though the daughter of a mil- ' t his own, and saw the glance of joy and tu-
Oranges, Prunes first quality in jars, and in Athens, wind and weather made little ilia tionaire, born and bred to a frivolous and el- 1 multuoue happiness shinning in the soft
kegs for pies, Figs. Raisins, pealed arid un- I ference in the serenity of its occupant. egant, life, possessed. .
a warm and loving ' eyes, too guileless to keep their secret, when
'they -
pealed tined Peaches, Apples and Pears, l Grant was an indolent, fine -boxing man I
, heart, whose impulsive
beatings not even
Tomato Catchup, Musterd, Pickets in hot- lof thirty, who, having come alto posst ssion d restrain - 'll i -
\ the chilling laws of cu tom ociu , l . • nature too ctie a ann.
ties, Cherries, &c. I of a large fortune at. an early
\ age , h a d ~,e . . Hence it was, that on meeting Grant A ikens Now, when he first felt the mighty pas-'
4.
In connection with the above business, ho er found it necessary to take the' ott-repeat - .at a time when her heart was seeking for an ;sign of love, he could never be forced to mar-
Also continues the manufacturing of Se l lars. ,ed advice of Mte Hornbey's respected cis-; o bject on which to lavish its depths of affec- •ry the' little tiling, as he had sometimes
of every price und quality, which he will ter Looisu, and i•inahe an efseree I Lion. s heetad at once invested him with every thought it barely possible , he might do, on
sell or exchange to country
inner
for all Lite had fur hint, uppareatly, tuner" noble'quality, real and imaginary, and learn- I
, accouto of her father's vast wealth, and her s
Rinds
o f produce. hut rose-hued clouds and golden sunshine. ed b towu~lt, to woiship him WI ad , i rod
. . Stli -i s • beauty, and goodness and devotion to him,
He also eisptinues the Candle manufacter- 1 His college course, thouteh uninarked by I Women are often intstalten, ...on a. the —and at the very moment when Lucy, after i
ing business, and will sell by the box any ' any very brilliant eflbrts on his part, was ! gentle Lucy was, but, 1 doubt, common watching him out of sight, knelt in her lit
quantity desired,or exchange them for coun- productive of great satisfaction to the favor- ( i as these, cases are, if a purer. nobler heart t ale room and taunked God for her berme
try produce. such as Butter, Eggs, Lard, ed few who drank his choice wines, and lavished its first warm love upon a more ant 1
ness, he, standing, or. the steps of the Astor
Ham, Shoulder; Flitch, Soap, Chetries, dri- 1 drove his fast horses, and when ae last he worthy object than she had chosen. Fn- I House, smoking a line Havana, said to 'rens,
ed fruit, Wax, &c., and allow therefor the left the time-worn walls of hie Alma Mater, ' his heart never yet awakened by the breath' Hunter :
' highest market price. a trip to Europe. a short sojourn in Egypt of love, (for a gross passion nosy never bear 1 , So you see it won't do for me to ao there
He trusts, that by keeping the best kind and Arabia, brought him very agreeable this divine riamea glassed only his awn much more. A' cautious fellow like me ,
of Groceries, ac e and by Manufacturing the through his twenty-fift r. and back to image itt its sleeping waves, so that Lucy's (never ought to get caught in a scrape, and '.
best kind of•Segars and"Condles, he will be America and New Yo , here he estab- devotion, which was apparent to all their las I can't marry them both, why 1 must give
able to Merit a liberal share of public patron- fished a snuggery at once, that put every exclusive circle, was regarded by hint us a lup Lucy—don't you see la
age, for which he will ever be thankful. other bachelor establishment to .shame, by thing to be proudpf, pf, but neve,r to be retusned. ( Hunter did see and expressed himself
Cdr undersigned is also the eppoint- the perfect taste evinced in its adornment. Grant Aikens' time was at hand, howe- J overjoyed that his friend had decided so wise.
1
ed Agent for the sale of Hoyt's celebrated A fine man was spoiled, when the fortune ver,ind when porn Lucy saw him start and , lv, thus giving him a chalice to Aspire to the
fine cut, chewing and smoking tobacco, of. the old Wall street broker fell to Grant I turn suddenly as Blanche Montrose, the (air hand of the lady, which he had long de
nufl, &c., all of which he will sell as low as Aiken's:- He-might have been an author, a l queen of their clique, , who had been. for i sired to do, only every one knew that she
it can be purchased either in Philadelphia professional man, a speculator—what he asome time absent in a distant city, passed I had neither eyes nor ears for any one but
or eNw York. • CHARLES H. RUHE. would, in elmrt, and succeeded admirably in I him ; when she saw the hurried consultation Aikens.
Allentown, April 19,1854. el—tim : any part he had chosen to act. But the fess between him and his friend end in their en- Matters being thus easily settled. the two
--- - —--- - - ---- tune cramped his energies, mental and p trance into Stewart's, and an introduction friends called together on Lucy. who always
(I,DIVIIANIDV 31 itbili sical, and taking.aevery philosophical view i ect her ; when she saw the slight glance the smiled kindly oil Hunter, because he led
5 of the question, he of
fame to be a , lady cast on him, and the careless bow that heiidol to her, and then leaving:Tom to in
• (LATE TAYLOR'S Elorete) humbug, love ditto; and us for wealth, whya answered his humble greeting ; when, a tout , ,gratiate himself in her fievoreilone, Grant
Pio. 2S Court land Street, should he strive for that which he already ) 1 meat after, he stood, hat in hand, by the '; followed his goddess front place to plaCe,
• NEIV YOILK. possessed? . . steps of the haughty girl's carriage, scarce 1 proud to obey her lightest order, and gratify
• Ile was naturally benevolent, but the life daring Leaeouch the slight fingers that rest-', every caprice and whim born within her
,
The he
undersignedled soon killed this goad quality ; and be- ed on his, as she marked the scornful glance brain.
"'''';'• "? '\ respectfully
eeetreas;_i_see..a announces ,
ing, in addition to his selfishness, too indo. \of triumph in the coquette's beautiful eyes 'rhos° who had been striving to find the
see-Ne. 'ismit .., to his friends and to the lent to seek for petitioners.for his bounty, he and the look of admiring love, that she would way to her heart, gave way in despair when
•.e. •,'r ,ta m ime sa
aaeaett. weeeeae traveling and business shrank back into his elegant apartments, have given a werld to win; in his he approached, and soon no other cavalier
M e nell .. public generally that he' content if they were kept in perfect order, poor Lucy gave hurried orders fora quick durst presume to bow at her feet, so coins
11111111111111-a - - - .'h ee d haslousedthee • " '
-.ae. . e . a ove if his apparel was of the latest fashion and return to her home, and sinking down upon pletely did Athens monopolise her time and
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building, and fi tia and 'finished it as a most unexceptionable fit, if his meals an d the bottom of the carriage in.her..misery, attention• He was her obedient elave—her
FIRST CLASS HOTEL. wines were such as suited his fastidious pa- wept-and groaned in bitterness l o t spirit. happy slave—and while he thus lingered
Visitera to the city, and all others - requis late. if his horses carried off, the palm from W hats had she to oppose to that queenly in her train, and all around began to predict
1 ring superior aecommodutions, are solicited all others in his daily rides, and last, not . beauty and grace of motion, but meek, pale and. some to report, an. engagement ; the
A. Le RUBE, Allentown ' i
• to call, aseured that no pains or expense will least, if the newest and most interesting pub. face, eyes blue us mho heavens, and curling haughty beauty looked as languid and dis
c. F. BLECEl,.Bethlehem. Ibe spared to render their stay comfortable lications were upon his table, fresh from golden hair ? Would these poor attractions dainful as over, and the worthy banker,
ellentosen Oct. 1852. ' I lle -I Y lend pleasant. the press, by his invaluable servant and teach hint to love her, when the glorious charmed with the lofty carriage of his future
!--a----a ___-- k J'. S. STEBBINS, Proprietor. body-guard, Caligula. face of Blanche Montrose, with its straight, wife, stood one side, apperently an unioters .
Grain Wanted. 1 teirHaving engaged Major ELI STEratEi., This was but a selfish and unsatisfying I proud features, its deep, dark eyes, full of ested spectator, chuckled decisively to him
:so,ooo Bushels of Wheat. Rye, Corn late of then Eagle Hotel," in Allentown, who life to lead, after all, and yet lie did not I hauteur and tenderness und mirth, so min- self, rattled the gold coins in his pock
and Outs wanted, for which the highest enjoyssa large c ircle of friends and acquain. seem disposed to find fault with it, w hen on i gled that tee fondest lover could never eell els, andni merriment. In accordance
marketrieeswillbe paid by the subscribers, tances, in Eastern . Pennsylvania ; Persons thia raw , gusty motaing of which I have 1 whiclt was the most bewithing, its wealth withhe.cautious plan be had laid down for
at'their store ort the South west corner of therefore who visit New York from this sec.. spoken. he opened his ej es upon a pleasant I.of chestnut hair, shining in massive braids his behavior, Grant gradually ceased his
Market Square and'llatnihon street. in Al, lion of country, will find ~Courtland Street . wood fire, crackling arid s parkling in th e lor flowing wildly over her beautiful white attendance upon Lucy, who saw with an
lentown. EDELMAN, HANDL & Co. Hotel," a true Pennsylvania Home. grate, and upon a breakfast table, faintly 1 shoulders hue mass of heavy glossy curls, guish his devotion to her poor and haughty
29 .f— ly New York, March 22. • ¶-3m discerned through the folding doors of the t came floating regally by ? Mae.
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VIII
TIM LEHIGH REGISTER
jr published in the Borough of Allentown, Lehigh
County. Pa., every VI ednesday, by
A. E, •
A $l5O per annum, payable in advance, and
sgoo if not raid until the end of the year. Na
paper discontinued, until all nrrearages are paid
except at the optoin of the proprietor.
air' Office in Hamilton Street, one door East of
the German Reformed Church, nearly opposite
the "Freidensbote" Office.
a(DULtaL r a ct
The undersignedgive notice, agreeably
to the Laws of Pennsylvania, that they pur
pose making application at the next term of
the Legislature of Pennsylvania, for the in
corporation of a Bank t to be located in. the
Borough of Catasauqua, and County•of Le
high, under the name, style and title of the
Bank of Catasauqua,
to have general banking and discounting
privileges. The capital to be Two
right HoN-
DRED TIIOUSAND DOLLARS, with the of
ancreasing it to THREE HUNDRED TIROUSAND
DOLLARS ; and to commence operations when
the said sum of Two Hundred Thousand
Dollars shall have been paid in.
Joseph Limbach, W. Stellwageni
slug. lf, Gilbert, . Charles Graffin.,
William Gag, Chas. G. Schniller,
Isaac B. Chandler, N. 11. Lacier,
11. T. Strauil, Levi Thus,
Charles Noy, Owen Rice,
Isaias Ilehrig, J. W. Fuller,
Jose - ph Lazarus, B. Martin,
Charles Seigly. Joshua Ilunt,jr.,
Tomas Fi.cdrriek, John Thomas,
Ilriali Brunner, John Williams,
Reuben -Patterson, Samuel Culver.
June 28, 1854.
(tAD LU
Notice is hereby given, that application
will be made at the next meeting I the Lea.
islature of Pennsylvania, to pass an act ror
the Inc.prporating of a Bunk of discount and
,deposit, to be located in the Borough of Al-
I:mown in the COOOLy of Ltbrogli, to be
I,tiqwn by the name, s tyle end titte of
'The illeutowu
with a Capital stock of ()sr iiUNIMED rritOti.•
gAND DOLLARS, with leave to increase said
Capital to 'lwo IltrspßED TILOPSANO DOL-
Will, if necessary.
4. G. Beninger, J. F. Ruhe,
T. B. ll'ilsott, Joseph Weiss. -
,9 , inos Ettinger, C. Lichtentvalner,
Owen Saeger, T. B. Weidner,
J. F. I'Vewhard, Charles Keck,
IV. J. Boyer, Christian Pretz.
C. S. Massey. ll'. S. Young,
Allentown, June 28. 111-6irt
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aqatilea
•
FIRE. •
THE. FRANKLIN FIRE INSURANCE
XOIIIPANY of Phlladolphla.
OFFICE, Nu. 1636 clinsiNuT
Near Fifth Street 7 •
STATSJIFIN'Y OF AssuTs, $1,525,949 68,
January Int, 1854. •
Published agreeably to an /Let
OF ASSEMBLY,
BEING
First Mortgages, amply secured, $1,199,284 48
Real Estate (present value $llO,-
000) cost.
'Temporary Imams, on ample Cola -
T 130,174 2G
teral Securities.
Stocks (present value $70,191) cost. 63,665,086 60
57
Cash, &c. &c., 00
$ 1,525,940 68
PERPETUAL ORLIIIITED INSURANCES made
on every description of property, in
TOWN AND COUNTRY,
at rates as low as are consistant with security.
Since their incorporation, a period of
twenty-four years, they have paid over three
millions dollars Loss nit FIRE, thereby af
fording evidence of the adyantage of Insur
ance, as the ability and disposition to meet
with promptness all.liabilities.
Directors :
Charles N. Bancker, Mord. D. Lewis.
Tobias Wagner, Adoip. E Boric,
Samuel Grant, David S. Brown,
Jacob It * Smith, Morris Patterson,
Gco.W. Richards, Isaac Led,
CnAntEs N. I3ANCKER, President.
thiAßLss G. BANCE.IIII, Secretary.
lerThe subscribers 'are the appointed
Agents of the above mentioned Institution,
and are now prepared to make insurances
on every description of property, at the low
est rates.
Allentown, April
A FAMILY NEWSPAPER.
•
WHEREAS, the Hon. Washington .Nlc-
Cartney, President of the several Courts of
common pleas of the Third Judicial District,
composed of the counties of Northatnpton and
Lehigh, State'of Pennsylvania, and Justice,
of the several Courts of Oyer and Terminer
and eneral Jailideliver, and Peter Haas,
and g Jacob Diflinger, Es y qrs., Judges of the
Courts of Oyer and 'Terminer and generally
Jail delivery, for the trial of all capital of
fenders in the said county of Lehigh. By
their precepts to me directed have ordered
the court of Oyer and Terminer and Gen,
eral Jail Delivery, to be holden at Allentown
county of Lehigh, on the
First Monday in September, 1154,
which' is the 4th day of said rnonth, and
will continue one week..
NOTICE is therefore hereby given to the
Justices of the Peace and Constables of th d
e
county of Lehigh, that they are by the sai
precepts commanded to be there at 10 o'clock
in the forenoon, of said day, with , their rolls,
records, inquisitions, examinations, and all
other rememberences, to do these things
which to their officer appertain to be done,
and all•those who are bound by recogniza hat
n
ses to prosecute against the prisoners t
are . or then shall be in the jail of said coun
ty of Lehigh, are to be then and there, to
prosecute them as shall be just.
Given under my hand in Allentown , the
9th day of August, in the sear of our Lord,
one thousand eight hundred and fifty four.
God save the Commonwealth.
-NATHAN WEILER, Sheriff.
Sheriff's Office Allentown, 2 11—tc
August 9, 1854.
82,139 87
PROCLAMATION.
New Family
IGrocery Store
•friVrA 143 T 0 I PA'.
'lgticultute, the DMus;
N, L
ALLE
Vioctical Dcpatment
There's magic in a pretty foot,
And well the Indies know it—
And she who has a pretty one
Is pretty shure to show it ;
At times, too, you are martyred by
The nicest little ankle,
That shoots an arrow through the eyes,
Within your heart to rankle.
Of course you turn your gaze aside,
And all your blushes stifle,
For' well you know she's not aware
Her skirts are raised a trifle.
But should you think she might Pertharici
Have on a loosened gaiter,
Your fingers itch to play the part
Of honest lady's waiter.
Though tantalized till he is crazed—
Stark mad with wild romancing,
That witching foot along his brain
A thousand waltzes dancing,
The while it merely lightly pats,
As thoughtless she may move it—
No modest man would dare to dream
Thcre was a leg above it.
But wlten it trips across the street,
Through winds, and mud, and vapor
By sheerest accident you see
How beautiful the taper;
And as it steps upon the walk.
Amid the crowd to mingle . 2
Two roguish eyes look up and say,
wonder if he's single!"
But I would have no lady think
I fancy her a schemer, •
And beg her to remember that
The poet is a dreamet ;
He sees what others do not see,
And sects for hidden beauty—
No pretty face can lure him from
The path of moral duty.
A Pretty Foot
f Useful 3nformation, enicral3ntetligentc,'"Amusement,
TY, PA., AUGUST 30, 1854.
NUMBER 4
To do Blanche Montrose justice, she was
'not aware of the state of affairs between the
two, having heard only the flying rumors so
prevalent in New York society. On this sub-
I ject nothing had been said between the two
friends, and believing Lucy to be as indif
ferent to her cavalier as she herself was, she
quietly accepted his attention, intending.
when the time came for her bridal, to dis
miss him from her presence and mind for-
ever.
So, with her ignorance of the truth, and
his careful concealment of it, - matters drew
gradually to a climax, and poor Lucy unable
to bear her grief, lay wasting silently away.
Torn [hinter, who had learneilto feel a deep'
interest in her, suspected the cause of her
sickn'ess, but the imploring glance she gave
him, when one day he denounced the heart- ,
less conduct of -his friend, closed his lips
forever on the subject.
And never, though he ceased to associate
with Aikens, did he reproach him. Re
spect, for what he well knew to be the wish
of his loved Lucy, forbade' it at first, and
in after days pity for him who was pitiless,.
taught him to forgive his treachery and cril-
elty.
Lucy grew more pale and wan each day
and though the anxious care of her doting
father filled her chamber with the most re
nowned physicians, their skill availed her
nothing. She only smiled sadly and tender
ly on him as they came and went, took the
medicine they precribed meekly from hie .
hand, and lay there holding his hand and
fading like a snow wreath day after day.
The old man found that his boasted
wealth could not keep the dearest thing he'
had on earth by his side. and giving up all
business sat•by his daughter's side, speak=
, ing little and weeping much as he thought
how sad and lonely he must be when she
had gone forever.
And Hunter, taught a stranger thought
fulness by the hopeless love he felt, answer-'
ed all applications, and transacted all neces
sary business for him, that nothing of earth
might come to destroy the peace and holy
thoughts that hovered around the dying
I bed. For two hours each day he sat by her
bedside, and heard her sweet voice call him .
I'brother,' and proffer him. for his kindness,
1 a sister's love on earth and in heaven, not
ttri6 URfl . ill d irtiattiffAie'l6 iVi.I3"IWB 'Ma
and weep bitterly, while he prayed as he
had never prayed before, save at his moth- -
er's knee, that strength might be given him'
to bear his fearful loss, and forgive 'tie vil
, Idle whose studied coldness bad blighted his
1 fair flower and all the happiness he had ev
er known on earth.
Lucy's last day on earth came on at
length, and knowing it to be such, she asked
them to dress her tastefully and neatly, to _
let her hair hang in clustering curls as it had
1 been wont to do, and-to send for Aiken, that •
she might bid him a last farewell.
They complied with her wishes with.
many tears—they sent for him who bad'
murdered her ; and all the long afternoon
she sat, leaning on her pillow . , with the
light in her eyes and the old flush on het
cheek, awaiting his comings.
The messenger returned, but alone. Ha
was about attending the lady Blanche on a'
pleasure excursion. The excitement that
I had borne the fair girl up was gone—cheek .
and brow faded to a deadly whiteness,ann
d
while her father sat gazing at her, unable i
his terror to move, Hunter, sprang forward
and pillowed her head upon his breast, with
an inward thanksgiving that she should die .
so. She looked •up in his face with a faint
`smile, uttered a few words of love to him and' ; ,
her stricken father, and then with the name •
I
• of the übsent one half spoken on her lips,'
she passed silently and easily away.
They told the tidings to Grant Aikens on
the next (ley as he sat at the feet of Blanche
listening to the low melody she sung to the .
gaiter. He stole a glance at her. and see
ing her face turn deadly pale. read heremo- -
ition wrongly, and felt a thrill of joy even
I though his momentary regret at'the thought •
l that she was sad, because the fair girl died .
for love of him.
But that evening, when he Wallis heart,
hand and fortune at her feet, and found him
self rejected with scorn, and• heard it all—
heard that his victim was• her much loved
friend—heard too of her approaching bri
dal and curseti her for her heartless
treachery. - •
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CF 1 contemporary, noticing the fact"
that the young dandies in Paris have begun
the fashion of tying of green gauze veils
to their hats, to protect their delicate co
plezions from the darkening power of the'
sun's r ays. says ,--"They only want the
feathere to make them! real green gamic-
tr Pickets says, the reason why the !subs •
wear such small bonnets, is a just ides they
have of making nature and art cerrespond- -,
having nothing inside their heads; they put
as near to nothing as possible on the out-•
r4"Why would it be unchristian 1 a or
a woman to assume the part of n man 4 .--
.Because she would.bedoma lie, then..
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