-''I'!l!!P0,Lll!RlUar nf ctcr'liU """"llty to evory form of Tyranny over tl.e Mind of Mi.--Thoma Jclfcr.on
Volume VIII.
OFHt'E OF TUB DHAIOCKAT
orp.i3.ri: .Sr. Paul's Ciiubch, Main-bt
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....,.,t,,iC inrmiiicu,uniil all arrearages
are discharged.
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sJJirc will lie. conspicuous,, inserted u,
One Dollar for the Jim three insertions,
and wcntifioc cents for even, svh.se
ijuent userion. cj.0' liberal discount
made 'o those who wlu i lis l,u H,
(.U TTERS ndlrcnscd on bus'iiiess',musi
i'c jusi paid.
POKTRYo
WINTER IS COMIXG.
IiV D O C'OI.KSWORTIt
U'mlrr is ruining cnlt mil drear
Sep e the poor around?
Oh, when the wiailifiil -norm's parecr,
Ami 'now o'erspreads die ground,
Will ?p noi tnl;p them by the baud? '
Of id die hmel no.
Ami rou it it thf. id jug ember "land,
And wipe Hie tear, iln flow? -
WinuT is milling hear ye not
'I'lii' -umber's earnest pr ?
F"i- dark and drparv is her lot
No rf.il Hii'mlTi ing; '
Foe mill ntii hrfalh slin askplll now',
() li.il1 hn 'sk in viinj
Si e - iii.nv -limped it pin) hpr brow,
A 'ill mark iln in plum train.
WWi'or ii coming evert' drawer
S unlil hp ludurked lo (lav !
(Thorn dn Viiu keep that clothing for?
W In noi ne 'u .uv,H'
Come --inll it nut a cloak a cast
Wimipver vim can givp,
Vr"i'd ij n v miind ihe orphan's brfast.
Will malip iIir dying liv p.
The p'oipi search a pair of (-lines.
II -f worn and here's a cup.
Wl-rh -in H'r up mav nccr list'-
A h'H wiili srai'pp nap
A pair of points u rusiy roU
0 2'H' ihem lo the pour,
What i not wnrllrto yon a gront,
Will iiPiilih ami warmth secure-
V Ir i' in vniir arrp? Have tlio moths
- For nionilis been bn'v ihcie.'
A p. iliev have quiip destroyed die t-loili
Y i " nvpil nli iiiiiilpni imtp.
(' hip. pull licin mil perhaps ws inpy
l-'iml hi iiPthinu i'ihi will nwike
A xiiir iii.in rnh, il i t i in ifiiy.
And bU-n-. ilio hoaru lliat indie.
Wiiiipi i pomint; givp.oli give
iidtcvpc ynu c.ni .'jure;
A niuo will uiiiUe ilio wreichi-d live,
Anil niooih the brow of carp,
Whpn I'lentj smiles around the, door,
And Comfort dwells within,
If yon forget the worthy poor,
'Twill bo a gtievntij sin.
EPITAPH ON A KITTEN,
'Rcquieft cat in space.'
Hero lies, by death Miiitten,
A liaplei-s young kiurn;
To niouldfi aw.i in tho dust;
Oh, had it ii1!'" loi'iier,
It might h-ne been oironger,
And died tmmewhai older, we trust,
Udd it grown up to cat. hood,
Then many a rat would
Have mourned in the deepest of wo;
Let the certain bt drawn to,
tit hops il ht fsno to
That land to which other catB go.
'Sew far, tew good,' said the tailol
his apprentice,
M,OOaisniTRG,
'I'ln Uliu- Oratory
On tlip. -lili r.f Julv s, ns pPr ,,e . y,,n
kee Blade,' a thrilling upeeeh was made
hi Lancaster, Wisconsin. 'Cub spruUer, nf
Icr slating thai Europe was nu wlutr, thai
she wa a mere obsolete idea in eompjrismi
lo tis. proceeded in tin.- fachimi :
'If young America, then in the cradli
Mmngirn the iirilish linn, and afierward
buel.al John Dull inio the briny gulf nl
.Mexico, u-iih what ease i-.ni our couutr
now in the giant strength ol'nianhmid, plan,
"s IHg on the shores of the pHcifi,. Sl.j7
(iuebec anil Oiliialter, blockade the Knalii.
haniiL-l, am! pUm the n,r and sinpi-
II 11 n II llw. 'I'm.'. ..t I I I i
I "I UlllllKJI- l.llllll '!(-(
V ,l.uri-.,..tl 1 I ..
. ,.n.-; iii-iiii-iniiHr tun i yimr nuinirv
w,is born in biro.', h-ipiiz d t g,,r,., ,.r,(
III llm ,.:n- ii.iii. ... .1 I I . .i
"""I itl-ii 1,1 uie 1 1- Jim
nw'ie knife. We, have Jowl mir way up
rirMrame l mi war ol Hie ret-nltition. "I'lu
eolouies em their way out of it, tlmnm!
niiioil anil carnage and tliiimlrr. '1'Iip
lure iheir bl.mkel wnlc open. O.isl or iwi
I""''" line :i inighiv vim,
ehan.-p; but thpy cut & srarPil and tore and
-lathered away like blazm. (Olieerlni
i ney r,ippied Jnhn Hull ,k,. pnek of bull
lernes. Thev nidi l.im by ihu haunches.
ihpy giappled his wine, pipe, fc nt at they
made him bellow like bluntly thunder
Washington sheaihed tho aword. The
gpiuie oni'p iiraneli ol peace wavpil liei
jgreen ami lux'iiriani fuliage in majpsty over
.Hie chores of Columbia, and foieignpr"
iiiu-uen in and (milt tlieir nesii with us
mining its shcllering hnuglis, Hut n fpv
mnip yar hud tolled nw-iy down the rail
rod farli of lime, when John Hull il'hih
come bellowing up i)e MissiPnippi, pawing
ip onto lin hack the rieli and luxuriant site
just Siplovv Oileans hp found the great Jacl
nu. iiml eoii'iln'l halie him inure ih.in in
ill. I. .
ixen, lie enuldii t Sli'irei (Vireai app.aiine ;
iekon 'loon thai like a lanriernr; ami me'
ohn Hull us ho adv.ineed: every time. A
t he hit him a liek, rilit back in under
lelween the lioiii thai knoelied ihe bteath
ul of him. and pent him IT reeling atu'
haling and bellow ing UUrhcfe.lt dhn
xrecablc at the bhtmik.
Soldier ol' W iunelmg-) war, and inviin-i
leg of Sank furee! (Here thirteen niei
, i i i ir
irn-e Hemes nl ii.m axel veiii.ins
Siillindii's lliuhi! Verv nimble men! l oi
avc come down lo ih fioni a rerorm
ol
eneraiion. Heaven Ins iiouniiliiny pn
ingtdPil out j our lives, that you might mm
he fruit of our valor. You behold nrouni
in longer ibe loicli of the ravage, and tin
learning of the loinahuivk and the tcalping
nifp. Yon no longer waich the Indian
nil nid iIip ambush ot hear the si vage
ell stud ihe tpriilic war hoop. All is now
id'co and quiei. Those liou-ew thrt yoi
pp nrnnnd m.ii arc the iibmlcH of civilized
.nil r lined white folks. I Ins spaeiou
edifice that surrounds you.ia not a wigwam
mi ihp. temole nf law and iuslice. How
i'ihiiippiI arc all lllllllii-! u-iuer uiu rpin u
ip s.-hodlui.is'ipr, i he very tail of civilize
lion has mlv.niceil beyond wh it the front
ars ilien was (JIuiioim Ireciliun! inea
...il xl.iriiiiis cimnirv Let me die 111 eon
emphtinn of thy Miblime destiny, exclaim
oig with my d) ing bteath. 'Hear the slai
mil strines alufi and onward onward
(Tcirific cheering )
The following laughable hit was got of!
ov dm editor of tho Iibrrty Standard.
j. die's a joke, and so wo givo it
place:
The whigs ire loud fot tho proleclim
f wool on ihe sheep's back, but euro nolh
ig for il when on a man's head.'
'"I'ls said ibat absenco conquors Jove.
but I believe not,' as the loafer said when
looking inio an empty jug.
To provenl Iroublo wiih your neighbor
chickens, call tho attention of your cook lo
tho annoyance This ha often been tried
with success.
Iff. WEBB, EPITOM
OOLOIIHA COUNTY,
From tho LaJic utiontl Mogazino.
illuolin ami pm-ting tiu:l-r tln,"! ,,,,t I "i'lf'l ihu rmoi'(nnt ynui
ohJ Cedar.
BY MItS. I.VDIA J. PICUSON.
Il wis an atittioin afirrnonn. Tn
fields were all inbur lened of iheir irea
UK - , ,-iiit! left sere anil ileiul.iu-, i-xcepi
iierp mid there were n till weed to'ed
U while lilo-.soiii by ihe fence. The
i...- i. . .i i i . . .
-iic'-s ii. in cn-ii-'i ini-ir sj-ini and snm
on glory fur ihe ruei im-. tho' a few
l-ives still whn It-d ilownwiinl on ill
liti'tyaii, coviring lm tender fores
ilowi r liko a bbssing Irom on h
lo
'Held it liom Ihe .ippnuehiiin wiolei
die pun.- blu waters of Dm nvei s -ein
il to tin U r oil lliMr viy like all lh.
-iioinier b 'amies, lonh to m,iv fieweil.
Near the rivor inew ,i inll ii.irli cmlii
i iio'de iree winch tremblnd nm nt ih.
Iiaiiiiii of ihe 8ii aon, lor iviuler and
iimmei nu dark Hcsi-'H ictmiucfi lb
.ime. and in Ivaittilul cltmen of v.irie-
;iii!d lierri. s wi(i a Morn foe l In; wild
'iird when all othei mpplie.s had failed.
No petKon living eo'ild lemcmlj'T when
h.n (n-e was oiing, fr he oldest men
in ihe vicinity had played under Ihe old
ced..r in iliuir cluiilliuod . and many a-
igeil grandmollicr remciiiliered thai nIh
listened to the fi-si tale of yonog lov,
m the sh.idow ol that lieu, nod s'lll i
was fiii anil suotm, and llwew a shadf
ool and d;u on i n c green tin f beneaih
il,aiid on tho hiigbi waters ilut seemed
lingering lo enj-,y i's he'HU'y.
build, nly a Inilu ho.ii eildei! acros.
the liver liom iie opposite sii)ii',whert
lliieieil pire .ind do in-, a id t lie mot.
humble e I Tiees of a small ivVn, be,i,.
viiirn on the rippling u.h; iremblno
seve-al gill nit vesjels. Tne boat con-
lined but (. ,nio, a vm-ul mi! hand
TTT1'Twprr-rnrTr'iiu'r-Ti,...-v.
nxii ly and ni'pitn ncf- in very glance I
rn.ioHi! tbe bo.il in the .ii.ido -km
w.iIIk (I iii nu- pdli pa-fi ih ccl.ir to lb
iimitiii ol ilu-iivei limk. I nere b
ond and lo'-hed awiy lo a di.sir.nl nnn
ion which lay eir. ho-onicil in i i
1 1 ft s, and sun onnileil in is.r lein ai.i
n flint il-, now seie and lure. I'lesenllj
lie mined :.nil w.rkid lowiiid.-ihe nvei.
miitiei ing, 'wtiin.Ki's nuih She w
i) meel at stiiis'ei. Moodilv he relracei
ins way mid came b .el; again lo ihe trei
I il possible ili.it she will not conn i
he h.iid, and sal down on a inuglt wIiik
rot k. The sbjiles of night wi-ie jj.i'Ii
eii. g in tlit- diMaiicc when a white 10b
-d lot in appeared stealthily niovmn
ong a seqiK i'lefed pull lowaids bun
li r.mie neat . il tiatised, and i-videniM
tiembled. 'L Inia ! he cried anil in
iiomenl he clasped the Ion- expfoten
one lo his bosom.
' Why arc you here so later'he asked
r cpi oacliuilly.
' You are atvare,' she said, Mhal
c.ini.oi come oiRMity. I made a viii u
I'jiiK'lioi' Hiitsetl and then cjiiiu (low.
Ihi way."
'Hie you Clara," eied ilio i : n In
.it. lover. 'How very ci tit I yonr fathei
"No Ilowaid, my father is noi crue
He is, iver has been, a dear good falliei
o me. In Ibis ibmi:, he is, peihap
mil easonable, prejiidie.nl; bill I believe
his aim is solely my welliie and liapp1
oess. 1
"And you will secure tint welfan
mil happiness by olnying him in al'
ihings."
'1 have mil obeyed my faihor in all
ihings If 1 had I should not have been
here to listen to your tiunl," she r-ain
.orrowfully.
" Forgive me, dear." he said, 'I did
ml intend to bunt you, hut could you
ml bo happy in my 'ove ?"
" Ho'vard, replied tho maiden, yo u
know that 1 love you, or I should not
tnus disobey my lather to meet you hen-
I could bu happy oh, how nappy witn
you, nlonn in a desert, if you would nl-
' . . I - I .! - I I -. IJ...
ivays love mo ami speait Ktnuiy, inn,
Howard, if I was your wife, mid you
should forgot my lova and speak handi
ly to me, should I not weep lor my
poor tleserU'il utner who nas never nine.
I can remember given mo o no naisn
word ?"
" Yet ho has forbidden you lo see me
Clara."
... . ii
Yea. am Mns aversion o vou lies
hcavilv on mv heart. I fear Unit he
Jiscerns an unfitness for each other
AND PROPBIETOB.
PA. SATURDAY, IDfLCBMlSRR 2818447
which is hidden from our lovc-blindei
" Von fpar lo trim nip, Chrn. Ym
''J'i-i i i-1 lll.M-1118 u i llH.ir ni,.,
0 .ir.i, I cio Piidiiie titi.s no longer. S.n
now Hut you will be mine; givn m
your sicreil troth. plight now, or we pai
rouvei." Tne fjsr girl Irembied vio
leoily. but she answered sumewha'
piomlly,
" Howard, I will not tell you now
ho'-v ii.iisb I (u.n you. You h.iv re
ceived pioil Miffipleiit already. IJ it 'oo
presume on my U-clion ami iluin.ino
dioie ibiin I en give. 1 cannot pleilg.
my Iim.mI wiihoui my fjlher's knmvl
pilue. Tmh I piouuse you I will nex
er !)? anotliei 'i.
Il is of little coitieqiiPtiPe to m--vhosu
you are since you will nut li,
nine, lepiied the peiubint youth-
un, inn, ciii-j t would nice im
ighl hand if you could love as I love.
lint now w- nri , peih.iN, forever.
ro-moirow I sail for the IO.si Indies. J
mat never leium. I leivc you free, I
bore sunder the bond between n. ait.
o for li) a free man. You will ti-. h,ri
py wiih our failier; I will seek to
lure hie nu b-si I m iy." As he cik k
he reii.iliitely unclasped her han-:-. : .,
his arm lo which she clung wiih c.n.vu
ive agony, and turned away,
"Do not, oh. do not leave me in an.
;er ! she replied in a voice of ag-.
lie lurned not towards her. hut ssi
brokenly, '-God bless you, Clan!"
oecp groan ol anguish burst hum h .
iirond. impetuous heart. She sion-l m
ionli-s a-id v. bile as inutile, will
s'range hewildeied expression of coum
tenancp, timil be sjitMiig into his bod
ml pushed t.fl" into ihu siream. The.
wiih a cry as if of ajo-iy she p.xiendei
'icr hinds towni-ds him." He heird nut'
nit', but he only .-hor.l: his bend peg-
hen gu-lu'd iTpTIIFTiT!Pprs'r)ttiei--itiii"
nil of Ihe Id art; 'hat founiHii whip'
nine open ncv-'i pca,y--s lo II ju ; a-i I in
viler winch give a punitive sound pi
ooiirnl'iil eolo' lo ill af'er years. P.
il in tin- t run" were hr sob- an
oc.e of Weeping The n'g'l' g.ilbe:e-
iroinid her, bill she heeded il not; lb-
.vinil became wild and damp; hut sh
ell no' i' chill; bor soul wis ib'ke
D.io the in u.tii,lier grief W is wilder ilm
lie fltitumual wind. She felt llial H iw
inl wa- cruel; yet she could not b i o.-
lended; she knew Ins itmpei was imp
loun.and yet slie could noi feel she !)
,siMpt'd 'he fiw..'- nl i tyrant She on
y kn v ibat she had loved in vain; n
thai her hop'-s and her heart teie alik
oi'oken.
At lt i:g(li she ruse and walked slowly
home wind. Her anxious lather wa
,eel:iii!i for his child, his only one. II
saw her far in the clear moonlight, am1
Hastened In meel her. He look 11"
want! and slat ted, it was so damp am:
-old.
Wlut is the matter, Cl.iri?" he as
ked ''where have you lietn
'L' ad mo home." she said, "'.ind I
will lell you all."
And she did li II him all; with pd
cheeks ami biner sotihnigs she recoil
i all her love, all her stolen iimeliug"
wiih Ilowaid under the old cedar, nr.o
ilieciuel an ling of that night.
" And has not his conduct on lhi oc
casion, my deal child, confirmed all tha'
I have told you ol Ins iiiilltness In Is.
lord of y our genilo lieait and inter ol
your desunv? Claia, II. .ward Rey
nold,; is n had man. His ungovernal-1
pa.sions will lead him from sonow u
sonow, i.olil he sinks in uller iuhi.
God grant thai he drags no itiuoceir
viciim down with him."
Clara fell ihe ti lit li of her falliei'.
word., bul her heart would not my
amen. lie had been her companion ah
lur life, and his teiy impetuosity ol
lempcramenl had given him an ascen
dancy over her young spirit which ben
her ever lo his will, and mado his guid
ance an approval necessiry lo all hen
doings. Jliil now that her reason sec
onded her latbei's repreticniaiions of bis
character and unlit nrs-s lor a companioi
lo lean on through life, she had resolved
to withhold ilio in e vocable proinisi
which hinds a woman's destiny to goo
or evil, joy or sorrow, until his spitii
should become subdued; or lit.s ovtr
bcaiing and iriiiable llm she hndluii
prepared for his precip ia'o nction, n in
was wholly overcome hy the suiltkr.i.t
"s ocseniori, in angei, and wilhotii pt . , , , ,
hope. e'. oi-iterg and brothers crowded to tho
The next morning S,H found homclf'' ""'"' M,e C8Sl ,K'r "'"'I'"'-, nd Hie
II of a violent ro'd wholly di.snint.r " tV '"-V li,n,',,'l ""'!" the l.f.Vs-
I, so lli.il she almost wished for (),nlb,
li in ii'ii-ou anil leiigion came
: f . .
o her
id reptc.ent.ng lo her ,le f()y
vieked.ipss of tin dprvnlu nn the rich t-if.
if Lie. with all hn l!f ,, uS am (,nU
ies of doing good li, ou,erB, i, B, j.
w-r . throwing ii lo.nhii.Klv back in the
lace ol Ihe hei,eiCet 0 v,'r, hCCatue a
nan in his unrcBsoiii.hlo patbion had
despised her love.
Howarl ineanlinie sailed for India in
i Mate of mind which even (Jlara illicit
'lave p-i.ed. Oh, how j-ladly would "lie
have leturned and besmn-bt h,-, pardon
luieeling at her feet; hut he a. om up.
in Ihe ocean with no ims-ih I ty of r-
Xlri.ii.g And then jo i,,.- her h..af.
fatici d thai h,. cnld
ml bin b indiamot, and th.it ihoiijb
nerved him in his mid mur-ie. Uui bis
siitil was in a lorrput. still -ii,,,, . 4 ;.
were, all Hie ago.iies of aiic.-rue fi o
ind lire.
Auoiher ship was ready to depart on
Ion;: voyage, and a poor orphan g:r
'"UN- lot was bnter servi'ulp, w-n
''Ao to the young red.u to exchang.
v h b-r yoti'ig sailor a lone, farewell
llff humble n 1 1 1 re cou'd tun noncral her
........... i. ...... i . . .
.- i.-ii- (ii'-nny noiii iner lovei d eves.
ml -h.- g Z'd ptoudly on the mmh
l)--.ni'is and noble le.nures of h-r lienrt'.
''I. I oey mel joyfully as conli lii
overs meel, they spoke of sonow, o'
"'pt'. "f ihe pain of ahsei ce, of -lie da.
i! ami ihe. death thai perchance aw.n'
I i hem, ami May wept. lim Ilnrv
s d !,w,iy her leat, and n.-sured he.
ihi God would remember Hu m, and
ies them. He made her endure elu ei.
folly the bitiemesis of her lot, and Iru
rm he would (ind w allh ami retum to
n.ilie her happy. 1 u;y parted , and as
ve gt
pe-i tits oar lo dermi. dd.iied a
vat bin- Il z leaix and s.liout'-il. 1 -oo.l
TTFrriTrp:
S'svt n yer hid mule nc chatiie it
oe rfp.jO ( ' (.ire of ' h. ol I i-ed ir, 1 llcugl
n j o a S O' HI S d S'mIi 'il II- d ii k 1 r e
s, and many a unoniidi' suit looked
oviinjly upoti i'. Clara C.ilville hi'
leCoiii'' an orphan, and bmii'li many
.vonhy hiMit had been laid Upon li
mine, yH ft nm every -ueh off r.ng -he
ormd .eartolly aw y. II-: beau wa
lesolne, S ie eoiibl 1 not 1 1 -ten io tin
voice (d lot'i-j it was iq h-r a luneral
l.rg". Ii r cheek h-nl lust its ios.-.jo.!
h I' eye was sad arid (Iroopii.g; Mf
wars hud tvrottghl a great ctn. g'i n
n-r, I i M i ry ihe me uin-j !ud .n i 1
iiil. nl rai mo, uui Im i wis id lier vi
Sin- h id giowo it izz i t'y b -iot ful
nd t h.i ve y b-au y wis lo ln-r a din-
porous )o.cssi i... Her u lproieeted
.lain and impb-as nil situiiion givo o o
vhn had wealth and peisonal advania.
is a pretext lo pinfess for her jdni-a
nm, sympn!iy,'iiid ihe wannesi frieu-l-
shii.
She eonfiJed in htm, leaned on hi'
iViendthip with gitlisli maliiude, and
heio ivas nought thai woman might do
vvlneh she would have done lo seiv
nm. Hut when he would have pre sum
d on her iiir-etion, the love lint lived
it lu-r In an fot II 'fry kept her Aon
lie. Mine llm would have b'eo p-rdi-ion
'o her; ind he found a Mend and
liKilertor in Clara Calville, nd they
Iwelt like s's'ers loielhur. Mny wai
loll of hopp, awaiting her s.iilois return;
Claia lud no hope, hu she leaned on
he aim of sli ong endurance ami wem
forward in meek lesignaijon to the w.li
of In a Veil,
The seat under Ihe old cedar was their
favorite ii'sori, and miny a su inner af
ternoon did they pass there with book
mil work. And then came autumn
from ihu depulure of iheir fi lends
Il was just sunh an afternoon as that on
which (lata and Howard paitcd so bn-
leily bhe went nonowfullv down to
tho cedar lo weep over the remem
brance of tho posl. She was Marlled
ftom her lour I u I musings hy a glad voici
oryiog,
" Look, dein CUr.i ! look ! That i
Ilany's ship oh, if he is in her !" am1
Maty butst into the wihUsi passions ol
sobb ami tears. Hope and joy chasten
ed by fear wt.ie almost breaking In i
heat I. It was a soul-sin i ing sight, thai
wea'iei utaitn tan; loinng weaniy up
ll e blue nvcr "im Imglii ol inicvitaiu
ty for "he wt iy hen'ed tt.mh ri who
i i lt nn ck witi lino di fi r cd
n Isltlli r and u.vesand Ueoh eie, fth
.'Vuntttev ,
w., iia,:ii u, iniouoins
earls. M .ry strained her mi.-v eve
"i a vain endeavor in reei-niz-! 'in llm
'i-iance the man whose. ir., ,u,,,v.
lotibietl; i,d Clara coveie.J hei face ami
vi pi aloud
"There one poor moti who Ms
r.ends to c-eet him," .i, y ,
Ip'igtb. "How sorrowful'y he w dcrs
nlong ll.c beach. Poor s, J Arc ,,
his loved oricu dead; or s ,e a s nn(,er
Kom Bno.herl.nd?" Chira looked.
l-ould it bo i!,(,t sj,e cout(j M, t,lal
ai.ee recogni2e a h itnan form? Tlio
bieadth ot the river w,i.s a m;u nt
W If r-lTf , t Ma. . In I . .. ...
and yet she fell in hr soul that th,. ,nU.
ary individiul wa Howard R-ynolfl.
Hint sickucs-seized her. and M.,.',
lounil il necessity lo support hr feeble
"Tin all the way home. Thai was
Weepies night to the two orphan ma.d-
uow stum ui gicen close her Knf.
inn ons upon brain ami beau ,.o wilHItr
hrobbing with the fevered current of
iilspense ?
Morniiiu came ca'm to thoe onxotts
pirils. Clara spoke mil of h-r s,,ir..,..
ng; but .Mary ugbt assurance of her
otti's safely iniheku.d poiri, ,.
'neiid-liip. Noon brought joy to her
.cut almol mo g,e., M ,.,,
Hirry came; true to his iroil,; bp:.uiirul
o pride of niiiihooil; rich ami h ,., y
Mary poured ni,! ,r ihankf.iluf sS ,
nm who had filled her cup of happi es
o ih brim.
' But who was hp," ,,0 5a (
"who
"ound mi friend to gieet him when lie
I .tided ?"
'He is a stranger and mysterious man
replied Harry, shade coding over big
'night face .vh.l- lur spoke; man yf sor
row. of crime. 1 fear. Heeamcon har,
-ur vessel nU Gadiz.l-jr we have been rrniz
"a "d rradinjr in lire Mediterrnnnaii j
iiy long Irom puce to place, and ad night
iioaiiing as if in exiremepain. We wi re a!
uo.t afraid of him lest there tvern blood o i
is hands, and we should suffer from the
iMieanre that is due to crime. lint his con
Inei siuee we entered the river has convino
; me that he is deranged hi ihe mind.
(5ura. although slip did truly rejone in
ie felicity of her friend, felt nr, inorpasid
eeight iipnii her aching heart, and tow- ( b
pniiig, leaving iliem lo their happine-.
vandpifirdown lo the old ("Pilar, ts'ie v,k
heads' within it-shadow when a ir-o.'ii
.r eil her, mid there kneelinu by tbe tuck
etui l ice benUitiu coii"Caietl ny a Ker hie,
v.is die ligurp she seen land from lb st. p
he Millie in tvliidi she eniihj not be n i a
;en. Slie uttered a W ild cry. flic tig
o bis feet,
tO'i. that shrief,' he cried. The v-'co
tiat has been ringirg in my ears and -oul
ever i'ice t leu mis punt wiara, angi ot
iiv heart, do not fly tne. I am niiseruhl ,
v hull v ho. I will not detain von lonu, but
,f you will listen lo my story of agonv ai.d
then say that you can l.irgtve; I will die tn
p 'aee.
Earnestly d.i I forgive you, Uov -.rd:''
cried the lair girl, while the fountain of
hope within her burs ing its iev bundaj;
tin died bur with a strange hxppines-. 'I
forgive you joyfully. lie shmlderni .s he
ooueu upon tier heaming I ice
llearine tirst, (Jl.ir-i,' le 'd. Nav,
lotn-h not my h ind, for I a-u perfurcd. My
.vudied temper has mi-ion" u a lurever. I
will not say how strou, how I iiii.tr was
my love for yon. 1 am here lo ptov.- it all
IJitt after my mail desertion of yon 1 i e-im
eil that yon would bo implaeable'ik I sworo
in fiirgtl your love. Lint mv
inguish was intolerable. Oh; Clara, the
impetuosity nf my to nperatiiciit is the santo
in love, in resentment in remorse. 1 be
came a wanderer. My wealth g vo mo
,ccess toevoiv hall and palace; I siillrd
m V beau's healings before tho world null'
ti led lh hvpociitu most successfully. A
fair young daughter of Franco loved nu
I did not seek her atteclion?, 1 com I noi
reciprocate bet passions; I saw her p-
iiahty anil sullereu it to tnrroase I urn
not vvherelore. Mie was ueauiiiiu, i
daticbtcr of a noblo house, a'ld I beca
her husband. But her lovo was most r ..
in me. In her arms I was most miser . i .
I felt my brain reeling and my soul grow-in-
mad; I could not endtiie her end err
menl; I told her dial I could not live, nr.i'
near her voice, it told mo of that beaten
from which I was mi outcast fur ever,
wept and beMjugrii :ne io tell her " r ,
troubled inn. but I wrung my hand , - ' '
with a wild farewell left her forevei
I eeaiiie lo me an to'oltr ble bun
wani'uil fr-mi kingdom to kingdom, it
evert where snri'lrt'8 of maddening agon
- mt n.c Ai lengih I thought that if yon