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
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' :'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,
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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