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POBTRYo From tho Bo.lon Times. Wilis I'icturu Boole. The Cay Club of this city are aboui pub lishing a book for children (of laigcr growth,) illustrated with ruin, anil intended m glorify llio 'Ahl'-boy of tho Slashes,' in mp eyes of millions. A few proof sheets iti .. .. .... . vu fallen into our nanus. 1 he Ironiispieec cuts Henry Clay as the Farmer blond, mniiniod on a splendid horse,and dl-ssed in a suit of superfine broadcloth bowing to an imaginary Olav Club. To lip is sqipo d d tho following lines : Oh, who is hero so fino and grand! ' With spur, on heels and hat in hand! . ' .... ' . i ml f w ' . 'Tu ho the Fanner ofrAshlHtwJ My Harry. tfn follows a practical illustration of ihe " .i ill a ill uuu iiiusiaiuiii-y ui iiiu i- u ;ui;i . ro-jircceded by and mingled with some sullory stanzas: Vho roilc no Dobbin, old and kind, Mill-ward Ins father's crtrn to grind, With shirt tail fluttering behind? My Harry. UW'VI f Shirt Tail Who wants to reach tho Union's summi', Bui still as far as ovor from it fji? Vho tried three limes and could'nt onn ''Engraving o'f Jack anil Gill in llioir in 1 . .1 I t oiuniary ucnroui ironi ttio mil -tup, niter me Inrersion of their pail of total abstitirtiice "ho is in peace than Moses meeker, Yet in debate a wliolo liog steaker? Who said'G (1 n youl'to tho Speaker? My Harry. c Who oncn donounccd o monslcr bank And thought its charter treason rank A-yl now stands up for it, point blanf?- My Harry. Portrait of a gentleman looking two pays (or Sunday. Who healed tho prolcclive clan. Ami on free trade pronounced his ban? A I tin IV A ta II ii 1 ai'i If inn h' , My Harry.. Wlm onca abused old Johnny Q. And paid his statements were untrue, Yel helped to elect him aflei? Who? My Harry. Who joined tho masons long ago, rook six degrees ho liked it so Yel tries to dodge the Order now? My Harry. Who lands religion frowns on vice ols high on (Micks, and shakes the dice' And thinks a 'Her a Paradise? My Harry, OH, who to station high was born (Though advorsHTicts his (lags have torn) Who'll bs elected 'in a hpiu?' -My Harry. "vianiHinp house. - - 1 iiinl nlllMVO iiauiiii iiiimjj mm in') m knows many thinks, is the wise .1,,,. I ,..(..! ll.i.W.C. O.,, I ..Ml pan, From Goily's I.aily's Hook. THE CONrillMIlI) BAC1IEL0K. IIV JIYSKIM'. Bt:.i:nicrc. I do much wonder, thai one man, sroiiig how much another man is a fnol wien ho dedicates his behaviour lo lovo, will, after he hath laughed at such shallow follies in others, become the argji ment of his own scorn, by fulling in love. Much JJdo about Nothing. " Will Mary, is llieie no end lo that lellcr you are reading? I have been waiting fifteen minutes fur my second cup ol codec." ' Excuse me,brothcr I am i rally ku overjoyed al Us controls that I forgm youi cup. " Over joyed strange kind of ovcijoy crying; as last as you can. Uut lliat i inu way wnii yon women, tlicrc is no understanding you pshaw, sister, you have emptied the sti r Imwl into m cup. If," said her brother tisiug from the table, 'people would write letters ol proper length, there would not bo such wte of valuable time in reading them as u a nan dozen lines cottlu not s.iy .ill that was neuessary " You don't ask whoni my letter i.' horn, bto'.her. ou do not know how much you arc interested in its con tents." Oh! from sonio love sick girl, tolling you ol all Hie conquests she made al tin last ball, anil how many declaration!, followed." . tr ... iou were never moro mistaken in your life, there is not a word about lo vers in the whole letter. F.inny Thorn" is no love sick maiden, but a " Oh! no doubt a very charming inter enling lady, like all your sex, Mary. I3ut it's nine o'clock and 1 must go; . a man of business stopping to chat with 151 r I like you." . . , " ilul business or no, brother," said Mary, with an affectionate smile, 'you must waste a little limo to hear my lot ler and a woman's letter too." " What can a bachelor like mysell 'iavo to do with your letter; bul hurry, child, I have a dozen things to attend to before court opens." " Well, then," said Mary a little dif idently, 'my loiter says, nu dear friend fanny 1 horn will be here the day after o morrow to pay me a visit of two months." " .Let her come, Mary. 1 do not wish lo interfere with your plans, yotu happiness. Only remember I am a man it biiiiiu'Ks; and besides, I am a con firmed bachelor in unchangeable Hen dickj so Ihat'you and your friend mm1 alte caro of yourselves no attentions from mr, sister. Do as plumes yourself mil let nieilo Iho same. two young ladies in the house, said her soliloquiz nig brother, 'how the deuce am I to get along with lhem?'atid wiih this puzzling uoinl in ns mind Henry JJorrance, al. lorney at law, entered his comfoi table office rooms, and in a few minutes had totally forgotion that there was Mich a lung as women in tho world. llonry and Mary Doirancc were bro ther anil sister, and had been separated from each other ever since the death ol their mother, which took placo when .Maty was ten yeais old. Henry wai. ihe shiest of several children, all ol whom died except Miry, the youngest the (l.)tling ol her mother and the play lung of the tall hand so mo man, hei brother, who for some years had been nslablisllcd as a lawyer in the town o( Hedford. Mrs. Dorrancr, on her deatl bed. called her son to her and told him to wrilo to his aunt, a widowed sister ol his mother who lived about two hundred miles distant, and tu say that her dying request was lo fulfil a pionmo long since naiic, that if hrr child was left .mother less sho would become a mother lo hei mil that now she com'mittod to her the -.act eel trust, with full confidence in hei illection and faithfulness. Henry wepl bitteivtears before he could comply with hor commands; for his mother wus dearer to him than 'aughl beside;' and now to realizd that ho was to lose her, his host counsellor,his affectionate friend 1 11 it parent, one who had so oflon cheer lid and sustained him under difficulties, wrung his heart with grief; and the man iiid the lawyer wero overpowered by 1 ie deep afiliction of the son. After few days of siifitring Mrs. Dorrance died; her last look of sllection rested upon her two children who stood by her bedside. She had plocrd her hand for a momcnl on the head of the bewilder! l Mary, and eic it was raised she had ceased lo breathe. After llio sad ceremonies for Iho de parted were ended, Henry had aunthei painful duty to pciloim, lo lake his lit tle sitter to her new home. How much did he wish she was to tcmain with him, and how sorrowful and lonely did he feel, as he saw tho preparations for her depailti i: On the journey he found her becoming dearer (o him than :ver, and lie was only induced lo leave her with his aunt by the remembrance of ills mothei's request. Maiv tluew her arms round ins neck, and said he should never leave hei ; but when the violence of her grief overcame her slit was gently furred away, Henry kissing her agiin and again, and telling her that when she was a woman she should come ind keep h is house. iears passed on and-Ihe brother al first wiolc frequently and tenderly to his sister, but as the duties ol his pro fessiou iiicreasnil,hc became so absorbed by them, as to become forgetful of hh sister, and regardless of the claims which society had upon him. He avoided marriage, and though proverbial for his indifference lo female f.icinations, the eminent lawyer of Bedford was still re garded by the ladies as a matrimonial speculation of fust quality. When hi letter of a half a dozen lines was sent to Mary it still bore the same heading, " My dear little sister," for in his ab straction he had totally forgotten thai ihe was anv mine else: so mat lie wai- roused and somcwhal bewildered on receiving a letter from the town where she lived, stating the sudden decease ol his aunt, anil requesting that lio wool immediately come to his sistcr,wiio was overwhelmed with grict al her loss. His "kindly feelings were moved al (he mention of his sister's sorrow, and he.sel-out on the journey with alacrity; md when he tumid in that sister, a tall, graceful, handsome girl of twenty two, with all the intelligence of his mot hei n her face, ho felt like a new being, and il seemed as if he was onco moro the young man loaning again on a mother's ".ounsel and love. In her aunt, Miry Dorrance found all that she had los: in hor mothcr,so that under her wise, pious lireclion, she was one charming bolh m person and mind, free from affectation t! manners. I hero was now no rela livo left lo her except her brother, and under his roof she must henceforth ob lain protection. Willi a comfoi table fortune of her own she was indupendenl but there she must be, notwithstanding he bachelor had a great many embar r.tssing thouuh's as to how it would bi possible for him lo get along with one of thai sex that he had classed as trouble some and trifling. He did not hesitate, however to assuie Ihe weeping girl that ho would bolh protect and love lier,wilh i hiolhei's Hue affection. He immedi- itcly wroto lo a friend to have a house jiicpated for his return so that it might suit a "bachelor "and Ins stster,and leav ing Iho arrangement wholly lo his taste ind judgment. After an absenco of about two weeks he lelurncd lo Bedford, and established Mary as mistiess of his house, and she Imdbeen in that office nearly six months when the conversation we have related took place al t tic breakfast table. Mary had felt deeply her aunt's death mil with It ihe Iojs of the society ol all "hose dear fi iends among whom she had lived so happily Ihe sister 0! Mr. D01 ranee did not want for civilities of a Ihtioring character in her new position, ind she received and reciprocated them with good breeding and gratitude; bu still her affectionate heart missed the old friends she had been taken from, and in tho necessary loneliness of a bachelors homo, sighed often for their pleasant so ciety, and for none moro so than that of I(ani:y I hoi it. No wonder then lhal her joy was groat, lo learn that il was now in Fanny's power lo visit her. I hey wore congenial in tasto and char acter, bad been companions from child hood, and were friends out of pure es teem for the worlh which each saw lilt other to possess. When Mr. Dorrance returned lo dinner, ho appeared lo have no collection of Fanny s intended visit, though Mary asked him many questions about the wejthor,tbo safely of railroads and tie lime of the cars coming in, Ho answered her, and then said il was natural he beliovud for ladies to ask questions, and yet as lie left llio room he was struck by tho very happy and ovrly expression ol her countenance. The next morning proved fair am irighl as Mary's hopes, sho had slcpl oundly and fancied sho bad much li lo. As she handed her brother his coffee sho said,'' To morrow we shall he a trie it breakfast, and I hope my brother prepared to bo very agrcoablo to my friend Fanny." " Agieeable, Mary ! What do vou mean? That I am lo flatter and talk nonsense to your friend? Suppose 1 take breakfast in my own room. Willi you, Ilary,l have managed to gel along UUt with another lady,l cannot see how it is to be done. She will exnect mo to bow, compliment and offer my arm on everv occasion, t cannot do it. Ml mind must not bo cobweblied by such 'rifles. Do not look so sad. Marv. At t ft flit iMaKe miss 1 norn as welcome as you can. Ad lively, onlv no attentions from me." "Hut brother, Miss Thorn will not feel pleasant lo know she has driven you trom your breakfast taole;besides,il will be uncivil." ''Miss Thorn, my dear Man, will have to learn thai I am a man of busi ness, and have no lime to waste on la dies. I told you, sistor,ihat you would not like a bachelor's ways. Women do so many things that ihcrc is no use of doing, that a man of business who knows the value of time can scarcely get along wiih them. Women ought to live great deal longer than men , for twenty years of their life is not equal to ten of a man s, they trifle so." Hut still, Henry," said Mary, hei beautiful eyes involuntarily fifllirg will iears. "1 musl insist upon yon not alter ing your old practice of breakfastinc wiih me; do not for my sake, I entreat yon." ",Wejt if that will .satisfy yoli,- won't." Anil heaving a deep stub at if he had a pressago ol fuithcr evils, lit said, " I liopo that this is all." " All for the present, brother," said Mary, laughing. 'I shall see you dinner." "No, not at dinner, for I am obliged logo out ol town on the Green. Hill bu siness, anil win not Oe 111 until lalo 11 the evening." 1'anny I horn arrived safely in tin town and waswelconiod amid the smile- tnd ears of the warm-hearted Mary. I hey embraced again and again and kissed each other with all the ardor of the purest of love. Mary conducted her friend to 1 he anirlment sho bar' prepared for her reception, and then iney poureu out llieir hearls, the onr totally forgetting that her brother was . 1 . . 1 . to be no abettor in all hor plans, and the other unconscious lhal she was an inmalo ol the house of tho most import ml gentleman in the neighborhood the celebrated Mr. Dorrance still: bachelor in defnnco of the ladies. It will be not worlh while to tell what the ladies said between their mcctinc and tea-time, lesl some of my reader.- might charge the fair couple with tri ding, which Mr. Dorrance pronounced to be the province of women; but ncvoi tea-table was graced by two loveliei maidens than that of the invulnerable Mr. D01 ranee. I must apolog'ze for the absence of my brother. Husiness of importance has called him out of towi, and I shall not hdvo tho pleasure of presenting you to him until mormng:hut he desired mc lo make you perfectly at home. " He is veiv kind. Mary, but ho is not a( all like you? What musl I expoci to see? You wrote 1110 word that he was a 'confirmed bachelor.' Has be been deceived by ono of our sex, and thcreforo empties his ink boltlu on I lie whole of us?" " Oh 110 be has lived apart from the nfluence offemiles since the death of my dear mother, and has denounced u alt as a bod v of iriflers harmless 1 be- lievc he thinks we are, but rather an un necessary part of creation." Well then, what we tto will make no mpression on him be it good or ill he will range it under the gems, trifles anil so let it pass." "Ob yos die is very kind to me; but is he says in his old way, I am bis sistei and tako attention or do without it as a matter of course. ( And lhal circumstance is no fait of his, 13ut your houso is in veiy good tatte.and your piano of excellent tone' aid Fanny, as she rose from llio table .nd ran her fingers over the keys. Miry was sonn al their dido and thev ong together all their old songi as ihey vcre wont io uo in 1110 large old fashion parlour, of their aunt at Taun- 'on. On entering the breakfast room the icxl morning, Mary was somowbai urprised to find her brother alreadv ,,.i: I, ! . ... r,," urn! iMuint inu mm 1111111 nauer. one led Fanny forward, and with a sweet- ..nnft n .1 n II ..... ll...i .. I . I iii; uuu uiiuuiiuii inHi uiigni nave a- wakened a sympathy in ihe bosom of old Cate, said . "My dear brother, allow no to present iuiss I horn to you, or in iiner words, my iricnd l annv.that vou nave nearu so much aiiout. " 1 1 . . .. - - Mr. Dorrance rose, bowed, and law yer as he was, stammered and was cm- "larrassed by the presence of the lovch .!..! ...t. .. .. lie 1 . . J ini who sioou ociorc mm. lie soon, however, regained his composure, find mail c 111c UBUill i-imuirics as to nils 1 .lorn's journey, her health, and honed Mary would make her visit agreeable. They were soon seated at the breakfast table. Mr. Dorrance seemed scarcely to Know whether ho was to pursuo hi old plan of reading as ho sinned his cof i'- 'in.- 1.1t .it 1 ii-u, j. ue lames milieu as it lie wero not present, and had he looked un he would have seen a mischievous smile in Mary's ryes occasioned oy ins perplexity, whicl sue in vain incu to conceal. Ho not through the breakfast, and Marv Iho't she heard him givoa sigh of relief as he closed the door. Certain it is that he looked round his office rooms that morn ing with an air of peculiar satisfaction to find nothing that in any degree rcsem bled a woman, and turned over the na ges of his books with a feeling of luxury "These speak, "said the bachelor, 'whh tongues.' " Your brother is by no means an ocn Mary, or any thing like the beast thai rpeauiy. irveu wnn, dui a handsome, in elligent looking gentleman. When I know him better, I shall venture to in quire lo 'what dread cause' wo owe hi aversion lo our sex. " Not only intelligent lookinc, but really so. If we could open his eyes to regard 'Heaven s last best gift' as hi ought, what a charming addition would be lo our society." .Days passed by, and Miss Thorn had become quite accustomed lo tho grav manner of Mr. Dorrance. She could laugh as lightly and sing as swerlly in Ins picsence as it ho wero some lifcles statue "who had cars and heard not But ears he had, and eyes too, and tho ho book or paper was always in In hands, yel Ins thoughts weie oflenci occupied with the two ladies of hi houso than will) the contents of either I'liey wete pioblenu he could not solv I hey talked so miirh about incident unworthy a thought, their movcnionls were so rapid and light, and they wei always pleased. It was a mystery to liim what they were made of. Ono morning as Alary and ha wero alone I'auny having gone out, her brother re matked, 'I thought you said Miss Thorn was entirely unacquainted in our town.' 00 sho was, beloro hor visit." " Why, Mr. Grey sneaks of her as llio ho know her very intimately, and detained me a long time yeslurday with a tirade ol eongraltilalioiis on my havinc so delightful 1 lauy an inmate ol my house, asUinir me wtiat 1 thought of the contour o her laco her voice her conversational powers hei form when, in fact" " When, in fact, my dear brother did noi Know that sue posscssod any thiuir won! looKing ai, or listening to. Mi. Urcy not so insensible to female charms as Mr Dorranea and yet Mr. Grey is no Iniller funny is nung with him this morning. " Killing ! Has Grey nothing mote ti Uo than rule with too ladies? His pros penis are fino, but such proceedings wil nun h 1111. And moreover, ho is, hn loll) mo, far from expert at driving. Miss Tiion is not sale with inm. "Do not bo concerned; they are on horse back; anil il you could have seen how ex ceedingly lovely Fanny looked when mom led, even you woulc have wished Mr. Gre) anywhere else than by her side." Mr. Dorrance wes silent for a few nio nenls. " It is strange, Mary, wlion 1 have a carriage, that vou should not have mentioned the pleasura I would have in driving her out. It seems you havo no proper idea ol things, 1 am acquainted with all the drivers round ihe country, and Miss 1 horn ought io see them before sue leaves you," "Oh rauny has been to them all." "A f When and with whom T Mr, Grey and other gonttenteni' said Muty, laughing as her brother closed tin door muiieiing, 'Tho deuce lake Oroy-Lo .lail ,,.. , u , ,,,, - Wo cannot divine why, but duiing din' nor Mr Dorrance certainly looked very fton al Fanny while she talked of hor pleasure rido with Mr. Groy. "Miss Thorn, my carriago Is at iho ser' vice of yonraolf anil my sister whenever you desire lo ride,' said Mr.,,Dorrance,wiili n easier ami moro soiiiblo manner than ho had ever yel assumed towards her. Fanny thanked him, and insensibly they loll into a conversation concerning scenery anil HUiluings, and tho diffurenco between the town and country pursuits, until Miry smu it was lour o'clock, ami the bachelor. wiih an embarrassed air, al the thought of conversing an hour with lady, rose anil bowed to them as he left the room. While Mr. Doriance had been so imlif feront to Miss Thorn and her charms; they had been fully appreciated by his friends: Mr. Grey was not the first who had spoken to him of her beauty, and whothor ho feared lie had not been sufficiently polite to an in mate of his own house, wo cannot say; but certainly henceforth ho lingered longer at tho tably, and even was guilty of a few htllo acts of gallantry to the ladies. After dinner, ono day, he threw some concerl tickets on the (able and said, 'Tho concert of to night promises much. There are tickets for Miss Thorn and vtmreelf." " Oh thank you, brother, but how shall we get lliere? unless Mr. Grey or some ono comes in, we shall have no escort," Why, is il loo entirely iinfashionsble for one gentleman lo attend to two la dies ?" Bul we have not one," said Marv, hesi tating, 'unless you spend nn evening . for once in so useless a manner. " Of course, Mary, I intend going, I once thought you had moie quickness than most of your sex; bin I do not know what is the mntter with you; you are dull al com prelieiuling the most simple thing.' " Oh, remember I am only Miss Dorranea not Mr.' said Mary laughing, as she ran up stairs lo Fanny. " What wonder next, Fanny? My broth er isks you to sing after breakfast, brings concert tickets after dinnor, and accompa nies us in propria persona after lea. Oh, my confirmed bachelor brother; I begin to havo hopes of you after all.' The concert was delightful; Fanny and Mary two of the greatest beauties there, mil Mr. Dorrance tho most envied of men. As they pteparei! for sleep, Fanny said, 'Really, Mary, your brother was almost as agreeable as Mr. Grey.' "Iliad little oppoitniiily of Judging,' replied Mary in a sleepy tone, and due con versation ended.' To Mary's deep regrot there remained but ono week of Fanny's visit; nearly two months since she came. Why dues timo when we are so happy travel on so quickly? How they counted tho hours when they must part to meet again, under such pleas tut circumstances; perhaps no moro, With your approbation, Henry, I shall have a number of friends, to sptnd Wed nesday evening wiih me before my dear Fannyleaves mo,' "Just as you pkase, my liltlo sister. but why must Miss Thorn go so toon? Is she weary of this placo aud its gaiiies?' " Fanny has only one sister, and she is k deeply afflicted one. To be away any longer, she says would be heartless and un- lind. I suppose 1 shall have your compa ny if not your assistance on Wednesday. Ur. Grey knowing your distaste for such kings, has offered his services.' " Mr. Grey lias grown officious,' said Mr. Dorrance, pettishly; 1 don't i-e how ho can know any tiling of my tasits or dis tastes. Oh,' said Mary, coloring, ho meant no offence; I thought you esteemed Air, Grey is ono romarkablo for every virtue' " Esteem him? So I do; but he need not interfero with my duties.' Every thing in the way of preparation went on well; but a few refusals came, and Fanny and Maty wore beyond description bouiliful as Ihey stood together to receive tlielr gucsla for the evening. Many bright
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