al ) e telyigl) itegistet Is published in tho Borough of Allentown, Lehigh County, Pa., overy Wednesday, by Haines & Diefenderfer, At $1 50 per annum, payable in advance, and 32.00 if not paid until the end of the year.— No paper discontinued until all arrearages are paid. 07.70m0R in Hamilton street, two d +ors west of the German Reformed Chuich, dire° ly oppo site Moser's Drug Store. 7Letters on business must be POST PAID, otherwise they will not be attended to. JOB PRINTING. Having recently added a large assortment of fashionable and most modern styles of type, we are prepared to execute, at short notice, all kinds of Book, Job and Fancy Printing. Singer's Sewing Machine. TIMING the last four years these machines have been fully tested mall kinds of ma terials that can be sewed, and have rendered generalsatisfaction. Truly thousands of worth less Sewing Machines have been brought before the public, yet Singer's alone has merited and obtained a good reputation for its perfection and real worth. To a tailor or seamstress one of these Machines will bring a yearly in. come of $750. The undersigned having put•chascd of I. M. Singer & Co. the' sole and exclusive right to use and vend to others to he used, the above named Machines, in the• following localities: The State of Wisconsin, the northern part of Indi ana, and Pennsylvania (with the exception of the counties of Eric, Allegheny, Philadelphia. and Northampton) and is now prepared to sell Machines as above mentioned. All orders for the Machines will be punctual ly attended to. In all cases where a Machine is ordered, a good practical tailor and operator will accompany the 'same, to instruct the pur chaser how to use it. A bill of side will be for warded with each Machine. The price of the Machine, with pr.n.e, Or per:Mil:ll instructions is $125. For further information address B. RANDALL, Norristown Pa., T-6m August i A New TVIEBt...3EiLI3 "LAMS 7,7_C3MILX) IN ALLENTO t v.y, Between Dresher's and floffinan F Bro.? Lumber . Yards, in llarizilion sired. P. E. Eisenbraun eV Co., R ESPECTFULLY • form the cit ..7'('''' 7 .11 .. \ . i i i ;.eits . of Allen ''''''' ' A f. iii tq • , 'll l '-')7 ' P. ' c . torn an gii.:;•Pl/it' '''f'.' I \ti' \'' il ind i gen t' it e ;it• r; r -,,,,,,,,,,:,,,„-,,,A,..,„,,. publi c •ral, that they 11,' 41' ill.ii.lo'is;`P.," l. YN. have L opened a 't,• —a -1 ." - :' 1 ' --- s-tlf. • s 4-: --- ~' ) 1 . 7 1- :: : ',:31 1' \ ~; MAR OLE A ARD \ ' :'i,l;ii;•,ll''lli lj at the above 'kll[4l,fil,.• ;1,1 VA . named place, ..!'"'id:" . '"'?, ' !i 0 .,:", and are carry =---- -- -SVA, ! , t,'•„ ing on the but , __„?. - 0 0 40.24T..41- -1 ' " siness on .an extensive scale. They have now in their Yard a very large and choice stock of Italian and American Marble which they are manufacturing into Tombs, Monuments, Head and Foot Stones, Mantle Pieces, Table and Bureau Tops, Win dow and Door Sills, Steps, 'Posts, &c. Letter ing of the best style done in English and Her man characters, and all kinds of Ornamental Work executed in the highest style of art aml 'in the' ost substantial manner ; they will be pleased to furnish engravings and designs to suit the wishes of the public. They flatter themselves in doing ns good work as is done in Pennsylvania, and . certainly the best in this section, and to satisfy the public` of the truth of this assertion, they invite them 'to call at their yard and examine their stock and style of work. They furnish all kinds of Sculptures and Ornamental Work, such as has never been made in Allentown. They also keep on hand some beautiful sculptures made out _of Italian marble, consisting of very neat and most chaste designs for Cemetery purposes, with Lambs carved to lay on the - top, Flower Vases, Urns, Doves, and many other figures, to which they invite the attention of the public. o: - .7'Great inducements are offered to country manufacturers to furnish them with American and Italian marble of the best quality, as they have made such arrangements as to enable them to furnish it at city prices. They hope by strict and prompt attention to business, moderate prices, and furnishing the best work in town, to merit a lib'eral share of patronage. . They also constantly keep on hand a large stock of brown stone for building purposes, con slating of platforms, door sills, steps, spoil' stones, &c ; &c July 11, i=e= 111115311)11 ODIUM In the Court of Common Pleas of Lehig . County. -Tn tho matter of tho account o ;{ . Christian M. schelly and Josep , Schleifer, assignees of John Dm dolph, under a voluntary Deed o assignment. - And now August 14th, 1855, the Court ap pant Joshua Fry, Daniel Dubbs and Amos Meting, to audit and resettle the account and make distribution according to law From the. Records OEI The auditors above named will attend to the duties of her appointment, on Saturday the 29th day of September next, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, at the house of Francis Gerhard, in Upper Saucon township, Lehigh county, when and whore all persons interested may attend if they think proper. - Sept. 12 EMI J. W. 'MICKLEY, Clerk JOSHUA FRY, DANIEL Dm►as, Auditors. .Amos . • V--3w , 122112 . S_.., _I lk uno Taut 110 — antral. Atturi, 54111111bn , , Rioralittl i Immune, Riariat, VOLUME X Lehigh County High School, at EMous. THE Lehigh County high School will com -1 mence the third session on Monday, Octo ber 23d, 1855. The course of instruction will embrace the different branches of a thorough English Educa tion and Vocal and Instrumental Music, with the French, German and Latin languages. `Young Ladies and Gentlemen, who may wish to study the art of teaching and may desire of becoming Professional-Teachers arc requested to inquire into the merits of the High School. There will be no extra charges made for stu dents who wish to study Astronomy, Phi!oso pity, and Mathematics. The Lehigh County , High School can boast of having one of the best Telescopes now in use, and also all. the Philosophical and Mathematical Instruments which are required to facilitate a student. The session will last five months. The charges are ten, twelve, and fourteen dollars per session, according to the advancement of the scholar. An additional charge will be made to such students who may wish to study French, German, Latin and Music. Boarding can be obtained at very low rates in private families in the immediate vicinity of the school, or with the Principal at from 50 to-GO dollars per session, according to the age. Eve rything is included, such as tuition, washing, fuel and lights. The building will be fixed so as to accommoditte one. lainufred students, and the Principal will be aided by good. and expe rienced assistants also in Rentnanship. For Circulars and other information, address JAMES S. SHOEMAKER, Principal, Emaus, Lehigh County. REFERENCES. C. W. Coormt, E.;q., Cashier of the Bank o Allentown. THOMAS B. Coorna, M. D.. Cooper' hung. O.F. DtortExstutm, 'AL D.. Lower Milford. MAItTiN NENIMEttEtt, Esq•, Salsburg. THOMAS BURKHALTER, I:nun:tug. WII,LIAM JACOItY, Lower Macungie. SAMUEL KEMMERER, Esq., Upper Milford. Emaus, tiept. 12. Good - -------- - - -__ Times , Good Titres are before the doors of the people of Lehigh Northampton, Bucks and Carbon counties. for he Railroad is now completed from Nev. , Vorii and Philadelphia to Allentown. On Monday last the [min of cars ran over the entire road for 'the first time, and there were something less than 100 cars in the train, and I suppose they have all stopped at JORPII STOP'S MAP CS STORE, in Allentown, at No 41, corner of Hamilton and Eighth. streets, near Hagenbuch's Hotel, for I passed his Stoe, and by the looks of the ire. in e t r endous qua ity of goods Stopp and his clerk were unpat, ing, I am sure that the depot must be right at his Store, and that the whole train of cars must have been loaded with Goods for Stopp. We till stopped and looked with aston• ishment at the piles of Shawls, De Lains, Silks Merinoes, Persists Cloth, Cashmere, Alpaca, Calicoes, &c., from the door to the ceiling, the goods all new styles. Then I looked to the ' other side of the Store, and In, and behold, my eyes were greeted with perfee4 mountains of 'Goods, consisting of Cloths, Cassimeres, Sati, netts, Kentucky. Jeans, Flannels, Muslins, Table Diapers, Toweling, Stocking Yarn, and Stovle ings, Gloves, Mittens, Woolen Comforts, Car. pets, Oil Cloths,Glass and Queensware, Looking Glasses,Knives, Porks,Spoons, &c., &c. Then one of the clerks showed me in another room, there he had piles of, • Heady Ilide Cothing i such as coats, vests, pants and over coats, all of their own manufactory,and he showed me the prices of some of their goods, then 1 said. I don't wonder that all the people say that Dan Rico has the best show and' Joseph Stopp the cheapest Cash Stare. Sept, 12.'t — lf --- - MEMO MARE SCROR For Young Men and Boyo Loonmy at Quakertown, Bucks County, Pa., 14 miles below Bethlehem and Allentown. The course of instruction at this Institution is thorough and practical, and embraces the usual branches of a liberal English education. The Winter Term will commence the 22d of Octo ber,lBss. Charges including Board, Washing, I • Sc..c $6O per Session o 33 \ITC in advance. Fur Circulars an address JOHN B.: September 19. Si Orphan's Court Sale, ny virtue and in pursuance of an order issued " • out of the Orphan's Court of the county o Lehigh, there will be exposed to public sale, on Saturday the 27th day of October, at ono o'clock in the afternoon, upon the premises, the fol lowing described property, viz : A certain house and lot of ground, with the appurtenances, situated in the Borough of Catasauqua, in the county of Lehigh aforesaid, bounded and described as follows, to wit: On the west by Furnace street, on the north by .a lot of Reuben Dilgert, on the cast by a, twenty feet wide Alley, on the south by . a lot ow owned by 'Trial' Brunner, containing in front, on said street 20 feet, in depth 200. The improvements area one and a half story memir Brick Dwelling House , " a Frame Shop, and a Frame Stable. Being the real estate of George Koch, de ceased, late of the township of Hanover, county aforesaid. " Terms on the day at the place of sale, and duo attendance given by 1 JOHN STRAUSS, Adtnr's ELIZABETH KOCH By the Court : J. W. Mickley, Clerk. Sept. 26. . TA21171 airlitillal---11210911a1 all Ttialanc, ALLENTOWN, PA., OCTOBER 17, 1853. COUMCO\l'gla Grand Consolidation of fike TWO LARGEST' A ND .310 ST POPULAR Equestrian Establishments In the world, viz: the well known Companies, Yeleles National Circus and Hippodrome Of Philadelphia, and Lent's New York Circus, FORMING TWO DISTINCT EXHIBITIONS. Blended together, and both given under one Immense Pavilion for a single Price of Admis sion—reports of inferior companies to the con trary, notwithstanding. These Consolidated Companies will Exhibit at Allentown on Tues day Oct. 23d. Doors open at 2 and 7 o'clock, P. M. Performance will commence half an hour after opening. Admission 25 cents. No half price. The extensive and splendidly ap pointed Cortege of 'this COLLOSSAL ES 'TAB LISIIMENT, comprising 200 Men and Horses, and. requiring 30 Carriages and Bag gage Vans for the conveyance of the performers, the properties, and paraphernalia used in each representation, will makb a PUBLIC. PA RADE upon entering town on the day of Exhi bition, preceded by THE NE PLUS ULTRA /im c , sz= Nt. Drawn by TEN BEAUTIFUL CREAM COLORED HORSES. and containing S. V. W. Post's Celebrated Philadelphia Cornet Band. The IMMENSE RESOURCES obtained by combining these two Extensive and well known Troupes, will allow of a degree of Brilli ancy being produced in their Entertainments, unparalleled in this country, and unsurpassed in any other. A great variety of Performances new in this country, and peculiar to this estab lishment, will be found comprised in the bills, and it is confidently believed that the Novel, Brilliant, and Exciting representations of the Double Troupe, will form a feature in the amusements in America, which will be remem bered with gratification for years to come. The Bright Array of Talent attached to the Consolidated Establishment includes a great number of the most distinguished names in the Equestrian profession;most of whom are as well known in Europe as upon this side of the At lantic. Among the most prominent artistes attached , to this Establishment be found the name of in Four Great Clowns, Worrell, the Wit, Brower, the Whimsical, Wal lis, the Musical, and Whittaker, the Stump Or ator ; Mad. Louise Brower, and Mad'lle the two leading Equestriennes of the age', the Franklin Family, headed by the world-renown ed 1L W. Franklin, the most versatile perform er in the world ; W. 11. Stout, the great two and four horse rider ; Luke Rivers the Light n ug Rider ; Herr Lee. the Cannon Ball Defier; Mast. Willie Franklin, the BaCkward and Somerset Rider ; Mr. B. Stevens, the great Scenic Equestrian ; Mad'lles Leslie, Angeline, .Bertine, Sophie, Irene and Jeannie ; Messrs. W. T. Wurl, R. Oldham, B. Wynhold ; Masters Winnamore, 11. Mahony, W. Johnson, R. John son, H. Johnson, F. It. Whittaker, and a full corpse of auxiliaries. A New and extremely attractive feature in the representations of this Company will be found to consist in the Grand Magic Pantomime ENTITLED' THE rkla 11 A piece replete with Wonderful Transforma tions, Magic Tricks and Illusions, Laughable Incidents, and Surprising Effects, and which will be produced with all the Brilliant Custumes, Properties and Appointments used during its triumphant career of over one hundred con secutive nights, in the city of Philadelphia, where it was unanimously pronounced the most laughable and perfect Pantomimic Specta cle ever brought out in America. This Panto gw,ititi9 is entirely different from, and is on a a mi ii i, T i g r,t4ude than anything ever traveling exhibi previously tkin. The Miser of BaPtini • • ' - 'ili-conclude each Evening's Entertainment. 1):7For further particulars, Sec Lam... Small Bills, at the Hotels. Will also Evhibit at Easton the 22nd, Kutz town the 24th, at Reading the 25th of October. J. W. BANCKER, t S. H. HOWES. Agents.. September 26. 11-4 w • Ita - CY'VJECJO... MILE undersigned hereby gives notice that ho intends to make application to the Court uarter Sessions of the Peace, to be holden in l and for the County of Lehigh on the sth day of November next, for a license to sell Vinous, Spirituous, Malt and Brewed Liquors, at his store, in the borough of Catasauqua, in the county.of Lehigh aforesaid. EDWARD IL AUBER. Catasauqua, Sept. 26. ¶-3w W I D :La aiX22IMCI A pleasure wagon of the - newest style is offired for ,i,at-a sale. Application to be made at thiS office. The wagon is .17f k - new, just from the Workshop. —tl Aug. 29 Vortical. AUTUMN DAYS BY !.M IN Lniwoon. 'Tis Autumn time ! the summer flowers Have faded neath its golden feet ; The birds have left their shady bowers. And winds chime mournfully and sweet ; The maple bough whose folded leaves Have whispered through the summer days Like bright-winged birds around the caves Are flitting in the sun's pale rays ; I hear their rustling low and sweet, As if an angel floated o'er They seem to me like friends I meet. And love, then part forever more. The dreamy lull of limpid streams ; The azure haze that floats above, Enshroud earth ns mysterious dreams, O'er all our spirits softly move. Spirit of dreams! oh I would bless Thy soft luxurious Charms for aye, And fold thee in my soul's caress, Now and forever till I die ! Oh. chide me not ! the low wind rhymes, Full many a plaintive trembling day, And I could listen to her hymns, had breathed my life away. THE DARK HOUR. A woman, still in the bloom of youth, sat alone in an humble apartment. Alone—and yet 'pot alone ; for although, there were none with whom she could exchange a thought, the basket cradle at her foot sheltered a little being, which made Mary Irwin feel that whatever the world might think, still she was not alone.— Nor was she companionless=what mother is ? To the stranger and the indifferent, the infant may seem, if not a cypher, a trouble, and a wearisome charge. But she whose own blood flows in its veins, never forgets, and never El= We have said Mary was stilLin the bloom of youth. But the bloom was sadly faded. Care, sullbring, want, had blanched the roses on her cheeks. A few days before, you might have discerned feverish anxiety there ; but now a that had passed. The expression of her face was thoughtful, llut still it spake of rest. She had drank of the cup of bitterness to its very dregs ; but be who hears the sorrowful sighing of the wretched, had comforted her. The cri sis had passed, and she felt that natural com , posure which steals upon the soul, when all is done, and all is suffered—the rest with which Heaven rewards the patient and the dutiful. Iler story was not a remarkable one ; if by remarkable we mean to say unusual. The ap• pearance of the house indicated something of it ; for we imagine there is always a significance in the aspect of a dwelling which one of its in mates has just left to go to the " narrow house." Mary's husband had been consigned to the grave. The neighbors and friends who had aided in the melancholy bustle of the last offices, had returned to their homes, and Mary sat with her babe in her silent room. The husband whom she had buried out of her sight wns her choice—her wilful choice, made in spite of the remonstrances, the objections and forebodings of her relatives. For a short time after her union it seemed as if his life and pros perity were to prove her triumphant answer to their .objections. All was sunny, cheerful, promising. And the very friends who had warned and expostulated with her, were willing to believe that they'had been wrong, and Mary right ; and the affection had not unerringly pointed out to her excellencies of character which they had not perceived. 45 if willing to atone Tor past enmity by warm friendship, they crowded advantages and facilities upon him, and literally opened the way to wealth. For a time all succeeded that ho undertook, and no young man in the city seemed more certainly assured of competence than he. And Nary, how happy she was ! We can pardon her short period of exultation, for she bitterly suf fered for it. Some men cannot bear prosperity ; and Henry Irwin was one of those. Give them dis- couragement to meet, and unpropitious circum stances to combat, and they hew their way lith silent pride and resolute perseverance wnic“ ' , manors all obstacles: But let the sun shine on then pride soon finds outrage ous utterance, anu • .heir resolution degenerates into opiniated obstinacy. They take pleasure in contemning good advice, atm will do wilful ly wrong, and against their own c0m1. ,. 4i0n, to mark their own independence. • Henry Irwin took early occasion to retaliate , upon his wife's friends, what ho affected to re gard as their unwarrantable opposition. He accused them, while they were, in no small de gree, the authors of his prosperity, as being drawn to him by it ; and intimated that selfish ness te a s the:origin of their tardy friendship, no less than it had been,of their former enmity. Mary was a true wife. She saw the injustice of ter husband, but declined to acknowledge it, even to herself. At length, the coolness be came more and more chilling, until it resulted in irreparable estrangement between Irwin and the friends of his wife. He gloried iu what he NUMBER 3 considered a complete, and endeavored to per suade himself was, a righteous revenge. He made his former opponents suitors for his friend- Ship, and proudly spurned them. Such was his impression. Theirs was that they had overlooked the disagreeable character of their favorite's hus band, and striven to befriend him : but that, true to his natural low instincts he had refused. Neither party was entirely right. When the breach became final, Mary Irwin deserted father and mother, and kindred, for her husband, and identified herself with him, - so far as lingering first affections would permit. But, if her heart yearned over the dear first friends of her youth, she never suffered her con duct to betray what she accounted a weakness ; but clung to her husband wi i a madness of 'af fection, which deserved a ctter return than she had received. Henry Irwin, as we hav said, could not bear prosperity. A secret reason hardly acknowl edged . to himself, why he disliked his wife's connections, was because they perceived his dangers, and ventured to warn him. His sen sitive pride took captious alarm, and he gloried in mocking reproof, by persisting in indiscre The end of such a course is easily prophesied Ho fell among thieves ; and for wounds of friends, exchanged the selfish flattery of knaves. Plucked of money, and bankrupt in credit and character, he awaked at last to find himself a ruined'man, with a meek uncomplaining wife dependent on him, and feeling twice as keenly as he did, all his ruin and degradation. The temptation which has ruined many, came to complete his destruction. 110 sought oblivion of his degradation in the wine-cup, and there lost the last redeeming trace of hope, of man hood. It is a fearful fall, when the appetites triumph, and reason is dethroned ; when the man wakes only to misery, and rushes back to inebriation again, in the vain hope to forget himself. A lower depth still remained ; and Henry Irwin found even:that. Ills jaundiced thoughts dared to suspect her who for love of him, had surrendered friends home, happiness and hope. Because she did not, and t' . could not, rail against her own, as he did ; because she was meek, and quite, and uncomplaining, he quarellcd with her also. It is their own fancied con cealed reflection in the good that the wicked hate. And lie dared, moreover, to accuse his wife as the cause of all his misfortunes. He sees he triumphed in them ! Can we wonder that sho would say 'she did not? It might have been that she thought such a charge to wicked ly preposterous to answer ; or, it might have been that sho was. wearied into hate at last, and not displeased to find that there was no mode in which she could inflict pain on one who had heaped so many wrongs on her. Mary was drawing near her dark hour. CII IPTER 11. There is in most, if not all careers, a mo ment—the crisis of a life ; an hour upon which all the future hangs. That crisis came to Mary Irwin. Her house disrobed of Many comforts, was not yet quite desolate. She clung, while a' glimmer of hope remained, to her faith in her husband. She believed that all who knew him did not know his degradation. She thought that she had concealed it from many—and, fond simpleton ! imagine that men did not see through the hollowness of her smile, when she spoke of her husband. It was night, and late. There were voices, and a rude knock at the door. She opened it, and her own brother entered, preceding the po liceman, in whose custody he had found the in ebriate husband. She looked and comprehended all. They laid he senseless man on a sofa, and the strangers eft the house. Put on your bonnet, Mary,' said her bro Cr, and come home with me.' Mary cast an. eye on the "creek of her love and hope. Loathing thoughts rose within her ; she made one step as if to comply . ; for escape was now first in her thoughts, and she felt that she had borne all that human nature could en- . dure. The child disturbed in its sleep, recalled her to the thought how hopeless was escape ; the babe smiled, and in the smile she saw the sunshine of other days. Bowing over the cra dle, she sobbed out of her heart in all its stern • CLEVER: GIRL. resolves. A clever young bride says that young gen/ Come ! said her brother.'_.„ .l 111(1 , 1 ,- ( ; jitio3 !Imp talk nonsense before young ladies, be - ettlat ertlirratile liidiCS:lllkb it'; iterr irmares - • We will send for it,' said the brc= l 7 '. l .ll lm *e l l:ugh. If the. ladies would always look perceiving a strange look, almost indignant, through her tears. We will take it with us,'.. he said. But the first careless expr ed thescalc. She made no answer i ~after waiting in silence, her brother said and now more sharply. - 7, ' Come !' • • ' Wait till to•morrow.' Now, or never !' She made no reply ; but bending over her infant, soothed it again to sleep. She wavered —thought, parleyed ; and was roused, at last, from a half dream by the noise of a closing door. She rose suddenly, and gazed wildly about her. Her brother had gone—her dark hour had passed ; fin; the temptation was with drawn. Did she do right? Mark the sequel! and then answer. CHAPTER Henry Irwin woke to consciousness in a burning fever. It wag not merely that which' invariably follows debauch, nor was it that ter rific delirium consequent upon long indulgence in intoxication ; for his fall-has been rapid,- and the time of his error short. But disap pointment, excess, and exposure, had made hint, in a short space, a perfect wreck. He obeyed her guidance like a child, and she conducted him to his bed, and then dispatched the following note to an old friend ' Mary Irwin hopes that, among all her friends of better days, there is ono left who come to her in her extremity with no impossi ble demands, and that she shall find that ono friend in Dr. Ralph.' The physician, a benevolent old gentleman was with her even before her messenger re turned. Ho listened kindly : and if a thought, of incredulity arose in his mind, ho concealed it, and followed the wife, with kind words, as an equal, and not as a patron, to the bed sido of her husband. For a moment he stood re garding the sad picture ; then, gently taking tho debauchee's hand, proceeded mechanically to count his pulse. ' Oh, Doctor !' cried the sufferer turning, ethis is the cruelty of kindness !' A suspicion occurred too, and a dark shadow came over his face. No !' he shouted in a husky voice, 'it is the keenness of insult !' He rose to spring forward—but his face became deadly pale, and he sank exhausted and powerless. The doctor sighed and turned away. • He sat down and penciled a prescription, and said I will call again.' you indeed,' said Mary, her face brightening tip. ' Poor child !' said the old gentleman, ' You' are pleased to find that I admit that something::, ; _ tr ails him besides intoxication. Strange—stran . ii'it,;; —but very natural,' and he htirried out of t 5" .. '7. house, .47,41..1 , if4li, Henry lay some hours, weak but con kip_lfie,:,.,. ; .. Faithfully, but painfully did his : , 4:.: : - : , 7'r . ..,,, i ii.;.: upon him ; for. while the necessity• , ....; jV , tion, and the promptings of tier heart c:i;i:- ';,:.-ilf.. her to his side, she grieved to see that the si:,;' , ; . 'iz. l ,ll, of her faCe 'disturbed him—disturbed him til;"'•• -4 • most to distraction. And who can wonder . It was a long, long day. And day passed` into evening, and evening into midnight, before . • the care of her child suffered her to rest. •Pur linusted nature claimed her due, and Mary dreamed. She was back in the joy of other - years—yet over that joy seemed sadness. Peo- • ple were decrying him to her, and she mires.' zealously defending him—as she had often done. And while she dreamed she thought his pleas ant voice spake in her car—' Mary !" Again ' it spake, and now she sprang up and went to ' his bed-side. ' Can you forgive me ?' . ' Forgive you, dearest !' she did not 'know whether she was asleep or awake—whether ho ' spake in fact and deed, or whether the voice was a dream voice. So for want of Iltrther words, she placed her" 1 cheek to his. .. God bless you, Mary ! Now I can rest.' He fell asleep. But the shock his health bad received was not to be retrieved so easily °twilight's rest. On the morrow ho was hot' better and worse—better, for there was 10 fever—worse, for there was less strenggo . j 4 And so wore away day after day; ii non not relate how, with sure progress, but slow v „, death mastered his victim ; for Henry Irwil days were numbered. And wo need not de;‘;, scribe how the young wife hovered over his couch, and his weary life was closed in forgive ness and peace. Brothers and friendi she lacked none now ; for he who calls us hence by death, has surrounded its approach with cir cumstances which remove cntaities and disarm hate. He passed away quietly, and his last illness left a gentle memory of him in men's hearts. CUAPTER IV There was a sound of carriage wheels at tho door. ' Now daughter,' said her mother, as she .entered, we have come for you, as we promised. Come homo again to our hearth and hearts. Forget that you wero ever away from home. Mary silently pointed to her child. Her mother could make no reply, and Mary said :: With this memorial of him, mother, (and' may God, spare it for my memorial when I am. gone,) I cannot forget that I have been away. And, 0 ! how grateful oral, that once away, I' stayed until nevi ; that Iremained heie to sect • all reconciled on earth ; to note the evidence ine a meek and quiet, a repentant and resigned spirit, that all is forgiven in heaven ! When thitil dear child shall live, to ask of his father, now, father, now, mother, I can speak of the peace ful close of his brief day, but I need not of its dreadful storms.' • And Mary Irwin bade adieu to the houso in , which she had met and competed her Dark' very grave , when the gentlemen .talk ridiculous' nonsense, and smile when they talksense, gen-• lemon might improve. But ladies often begin to yawn when gentlemen attempt mato and so, in self•defence, the gentlemen are compelled . to adhere to the . line of conversation which' brightens up the ladies' faCes most. The, fact • is, the ladies are difficult to please with sense and they want so much poetry, sentimentality and cyo white, that very few gentlemen-am ebic to supply them. 6tAa
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