UMBER
22.,
AcialOs.
7 1 Written for ti!e Beitinion Weekly tun.
gyj)gOPHOHId.
oy NSTTAILi VICTORIA YU kirpt.
eIIAPEER
Like a lady's ringlets brown,
Flow the silken ears adown,
. Either aide demnielyi
(If thy - 1311'6r ,shired briklst,
... Shining out frOm all the 'rest.- •-
• . ... ' 1 ' -9f thy bodtpuroy.
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,i,cap l" thybroo tall wairna a light ;
leap l thy slender feet ire bright,
Canopied Infringes, ,
* . • .Leapi••thOsel tasseled ears of thine •
, P,7,•'-„„ *li . eker'stirargelk,..fair and fine,. • ,
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_Pont' their golden inches. .
'' !. .. - 1 , .. hiss- Ificiywnia.
ilt w"-ill b 6 strange,' said Eniity - Abbott;
on the iftitrnoon of. her sixteenth birthday,
' , if - Walter - brings me no .-gM . te.day...-:
Papa - . has surprised - Me with this beautiful ,
rose-wood furniture for my sleeping room,,
'and mama too Purchased those elegant ros-
es (min: Valerftina s .s--all py friends i haice re..,
membered - .me,• as these hookS and dresses;
and..boquets - will , testifr- r -all hut Walter;.
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mid I'd rather have ever so little a souvenir
front him ,than all these heaps of nice things,
exeept 'the gifts of my pariMts.! • , • ,
. At . this moment, a servant •brought: in a
small package. which had been left at the: door.
' for Miss Einily.''. •• ' •• • ~, .. - 2
;This must\ -be:. from „WalteiV.last,' ex.-
- --ehlimed•the Young lady, - as she hastily untied;
_the 'envelope.' ~ . , _ . • .°
' Alt! how magnificent f.' she cried, as 'her'
gaze fell upon a Geneva watch of the - most
exquisite workmanship,. - and. with a chain of
peels' strung, with' gold 'attached: ,The , e..x- -
pression 91lier glowing 'conritenance changed.
•4s she -iead - the mete which accompanied this
o.!.stly present • .‘lt is . not:Walter's present,'
she.Siglied. . -L - • - ' , .
And
..two-Oiirds, liet-y)oassure in its beant
Was .i.-4,eile,' for it ':eltine. front a "designing old
bachelor: 40. lived across ;the, street—who
fell in -.1( ve
. anew,With every youthful form
and •Siiiiiiii„.‘ , face- T :Who gate persecuted this
really 1ov:4).1s - clung girl—and .*ltom . the pet
.. • ted Aliia . :lislike4l exceedingly, c ' -•' . . ~ .
• •.La .. ‘-ing
. - the'..tink watch disdainfully upon
the table. -be strayed to thee - window aril look
ed:thoughtfully catt c not at• the palace. of• the
presuinptuous old hailelOr with its Marble,
.steP4. andiAtite OiSs-Vindows---.-her brilliant .
ha:iel 'eyes, ',followed • the ga il y tide of people
-,siveciii'n:*" ' hY , ia sleighs to .• the'swift .time of
thiklingbelis.• - Tet -she Scarcely saw them;
so'prii( i 6cenpicd was he mind with Wondering
why Wriewl.::ia Waltet, 4 - .:( all others:, shOtild
' nut 'even: iy,iid. -her a note:of 'congratulation
upon this. eve fitfuli, of which . theY• were
I , oth- tpeaklitg the - preeciling evening, Wlen•
he had said,; with an earliest' look Which made
her blush :with lii i iffidiint delight,
.cy, i iu will'ao
'longer be a Child. -but a woman,-:Emily:.-
As -she reinanuid".by thd w,indovi - ,, for . the .
'';twentieth. tine' l Since Morning, - the servant-
who waited upon the door bell appeared with
in the • vitro]el4 with, the same brief--ifi)r. '
?hissfiniily.7 I,He held something in his
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antis Iv rappedt up in a silk Itanilkerclrief.
The young - girl approached 4 ith gnat. curios:
iti to aCertain •the contents of the - bundle,,
- which an* , ,UnCed: itself With' out eeremony, - by
an impatient sharpl• little-.I bark, to be a-lap
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- - d0h. 4 ,, Oh -• ' darling
, ... * y,ou creature? you - !.t.k.i‘ i
'fellow 1 2_ exclaimed
,the . ..young lady, as she
Wi'-uff'• his wrapp ings stood - him down-.•
'• upon the 'carpet. - :. '•-. ' • ,, -,. •
• -It 1411.. one of. the rarest and most ditninu
' ... tive . of:hiS race.. - All lovers ofhis kind would
- affirm that -he Was a '-fierfee • t beauty.' -- lie
wore-4 gold '''i•l'far heavy and as.rich as a la;
.- dy7.s .braOlet. ; upon which -was inscribed '
, . I.' .. ELusu
.•• e Faithful Do of .441 y.
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.. .. A billet • was attached ' VO his ribbon . :in.
• Walter's lbelOvcd, hand-wfiting praying • his
cousin .ti) accept; his hutable gift, which he,
.hoped would - be to her so 'constant a'coinpan
lea and. so. faithful a friend that, she *maid
pereeive in-it : Something of the tastes and - de.,
. sires of . ; the. giver. ; The note- farther stated
• . that FlUsif. tradbeeti named after Miss Bar,
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reit'slinmortaliZed . pet .. - that he was: just
from Paris ; and thatthere was hot another
`. so fine a iap - dog in the whole city. ..
.-' 1. 'anal :reitd,ri to believe that !' said his
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mistr.es.s, as she, stooped - - to raiSehtm. to her
arms,• :; .• ' . • • :- ' :. --\ .• _ -• .
sllis, own silken .ears, his.gentle eyes, his
:. 'tin): pr:)portions hvere , to her subjects of won . -
der arid delight. The warm: caresses she-be-.
owed ape)) bina , may haVe borrowed some
.'.." ten , lelliess front. thoughts of the giver. of the
.pretty•creature. , • He, seethed to confer more
pleasUre than- all the beautiful presents which
•• lay upon . the '..table; ° In pla—yfultiess.shede
taehed the. el4aiatetairi from the old bathel
, . or's- watch and fastening it to,' Flush's!neek,
I led him captive; into the presenee of her moth :
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1 er, 1)y whom- he was very much ;ad mired.
. ' . ' Now 1.• sin the happit..of..• girls V repeal,.
ed Emily, softly *to herself,.as-wearied with
Waltzing ten ' times. aroUnd, the pp.rlors'.Witlit
1 klush in her -.arms IsieTdepiasitedhim upon
...,, the Sofa ;and turned, to .the large'rrairror. to
pitt in place her,ilown-falling curls. - •
- . If V_oatii"., health, love, wwith ' and 'beauty
' could ni . ake'. the child ofsixtw, go happy, - it
~ --. was no ; Wonder. .Nn. face Over reflected in :
Ara gilded. riairi . :74150
„singularly' beautiful as . l
...- hers-•--fair.alike. from-its freshness, innocence,
. glowing: complekion • and perfect featirres.-- - '
The i. inds of heaven'. had I;teVer
_Visited it
4 , ;o.rou;ghly.- The•foridness' of parental Wee : ,
of
-filon had surrounded the only daughter with.
,' 'well eices.' of tender 'indulgence that had not
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the sweetness of her Mind atOternper been
, . alm , ,‘st quell:able. tCy *Ould fia+e made of her •
• i :a - kaprielyus . t . * ress,. inStad . of ihe .P: dutifur
child qic WaS;L i t e happicit t3 , lgirls • -
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• As 'she repeated this, looping at thesamo
. time-tuvehon curl back froin herroseatechc*k;
.• her ,glance
.14 - 41 - upon the reflection of her pet
, .•-. :.,ppOrt.the sofa. She turned quickly around
. and: gazed
.into the dog's inhuman eyes.—
....ThoseeYes were like. small balls of fire, lurid,
. fixed and threateniug, glaring• tiyon her with
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so strange ari.expressio n that \ she. shuddered
,and felt a cold thrill. striking to her heart.-,
. . They See!ned : : to exffess the very intensity of
. InaliCe and -to say-that she should never be.
•• happy 'again . . , She retreated two_
.or . three
.t:-.4ps hearer- to th,t,tir,or ,hileohsciousiy, int
- pi ;end lay . a. WiLh to escape from the terrify-.
int 4.lfluence 0 . thhse eyes ; and et not thitik
_ 4-.01 a .certain danger which she :inigiht be
• - "neuri'llig, ; and grieved thavher:new favorite
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, ''s wild AislilaY so surly a disposition she held
,-.eat tkirland;'isayingoinixini t ,rly . fi t isb l'
~ Itainediately the 4iv - sprang. towardS her
.:„:‘vith'alniost the hound of a i.-4t,..and iriti.io
,:,•,.. fierce, a - , ) , is that she foci *and ' lieed'
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the hall door a , - , *a herself • a her furious
littleenemy ': . - ',,, '• :
5 I:debbire I, ifi , ll:eir:love. youiyou, cross
little . rascal I ' sa id . -
..Vy; tears of vekation
on her ' s as, . i recovered trcim her fright,
old getli• . fig the door peeped - itilmd
saw'l'leel..iyir l rit his ease on the-rug, his
old ga2o(natur txpression returned,' and
seeadng disposed t° sport with thechain that
vitzs dangling around . his feet in 'glittering
links of pearls and gold.
-His sudden -fit o ferocity made her very
cautious in her-adv ees ;. so that it was seine
minutes before she gained confide,nci3 to ap
proach the - - rug and kneel .down upon: it and
pat his silken head, and reprove him in her
musical tones for his nanghtingss. ,
-,' You will be sent back to your master, or
kept upon a diet oflskitinneil milk - if ever you
behave in, such a Manner again.. ...Ycni have
made me laugh and ery;and givenifiV such
a fright that-I shall 'dream; about it.'l .You
looked 'much more like ail evil spirit than'
like
,' the faithful clog of Emily,' as that col
lar so flatteringly Says. Now, sir,,what hate
you to say for yOurselfr'
Flush rubbed bis reaSe affectionately against -
her hazid, looking up into her face . with eyes
as meek as though they were incapable of - any
More fierce. light. He seemed silently beg
ging her pardon for his fit of iIL teniper, and
she so' soon forgave hini that when the tea
bell rang, she had decided to , give liim his
supper then and farever .after upon, alplate
of rare oldporzzelain which had liitherto \been
her own peculiar property.
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That evening Walter Abbot canii,in and
found her with Fush nestled on her shpulder,
playing with her shining curls and biting the,
fresh flowers which adorned them.. Walter:
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although bearing the same family naine, was
but a Very distant relative of Emily ,but he
had been brought up nearher, - andtheir warm
friendship„ - which-was not disapprilved by the'
parenti of- eitheqtookrefuge Ainci t er the title
of cousin.'. Pleased ".that the beautifulgirl
thought. so-well of his gift;" he was yet a little
jealous of the almost exclusive attention
which she bestowed/nponjit. • She related to
him what a saVige- disposition the tiny ani
mal had already Shown;' her - cousin laughed
at her retreatiugbefore a puny dog, and at
tributediiis ill huinor toAhefact of his being
maid- strangers, adding:
'But it will net be long, until lie is.riS44-
va'tcd as the rest Of your friends. See! lib*
Joxingly' be is crouched upon your shOuld
er.' . • .
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...Her &tiler, Dr. Abbot,. who. had a great
aversion tothe WhOO&mine . race, looked ov
-er hip; spectacles With no friendly .eyes upon
the - handsonie pet . : he.could not bear to see
it in. his7daughter's..artits; upon her. peek: . If
she would allow it to remain where ifbelong
ed, upon . the earpet, he ~would - not care i but
to sec . Emily caressing that. senseless thing; .
When there were so many . More reasonable
creatures . who Prized, her' caresses above all
goh.i,, was ..xpeedingly out of taste. - When
1 she Came as . Usnaland..pacted Upon his knee,-
he :Caused - hertoleave poor Flush upon an -
ottomatheShOuld not prile her tenderness
very highly,
..he said, if be. was -to 'see so
much lavished upon a lapdog. ' Oh, but. fa
(her, he'S 414 a darling ; just feel of hiss daiii-'
ty ears. and remark
.how very, very pretty he
isL.--.4lo* . delieatel - how. nice, and with whatan
intelligent look ir- " : :• .. •'.. ••
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•' Yes ! yes!' - .d. the -Doctor • inpatient..
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ly, 'it Via.s. just such a beauty. titat ran . mad
.!rt Miss Spence, "s lap, and caused that poor
girl 1 most horrible 'death!' •-• •- :. . .
Emily shuddered.- Shethonght - of the fi.:
ery ..eires Alia . had startled her a few - hours
previotsly. and i the '\ f4nie -cold . thrill. struck
back to ; her heart . She knew that her father
had good reason to dislike dogs since his' at
tendanir„ upon the'death-bed •of . a.yeung lady
who :had -suffered all' the inconceivable:hot--
1%4s of Kydro hobia. iThe stern Man who
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could attend ' t all the Often. terrible: duties
.of his professio without: a .quiver of his well
controlled newhad come fromthat scene
of .diatrAsa. and madness, :with an invincible
aversion to th - race Of .artimals-whosti.fr.e
quently inflict UpOn man the. pangs of their.
Tearful m4lady. i 1. She :Was most-tempted -to .
renounce
.. er fit ;, but. another glance at hint
'as he lay' like ball- of glossy .silken floss at
tier feet, overcame, the resolntion and made.
lier more 'in love with hiM'than ever. ': •
FrOin that time forviard.tlnsh.Was Emily's
constant comp, ion: - Ile: slept upon her bed .
at night and Jai at her:feet or . in her. lap by
day.'.. Yet she ever forgot:that Strange and
sudden horror that -had. startled her son! for
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one brief mom tit, upon meeting those lurid
eyes the first dr of his corning. .. When she
had said -to hei. • .(_df so . eonfidently—' new 'alb
• 1 the happiest of girls.' that malignant gaze
had said, elm° t as plainly-' you shall nev- .
er be happy , in.' He had no more such
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outbreaks i - .4' Sp te ;--it was prinCipally .in her
dreams that thOntemo.ry of that little. scene
recurred—visio s made hateful, by' the glare
of.:fiery . eye- Hi came to be common visit
ors of her sle'e ..• This may have been'mere-.,
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. ly a habit,-or the result Of eatinj delieate sup.'
pens -
.too 'late i• the evening; or the want of
taking Suf . ficien exercise. . . "
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' lithe latter eaSen, then- Ethily may have
-expected scion tai be rid of her troublesome
nightmares - wh -surnmer_ came, and her fam
ily removedfi4ut the close city to their bean
tifiil home in : e, cout:try.' . Here she almost
ran 'Wild With.loe fre4mit of her playful life.
Her gambids la•celled in -merriment - those of
the indolent d' arist, , :ratie lap .dog. He
*Mowed her niiroani. to room, to the gar
den,- the grO . • ~ , the - grape arbor, the river, - -
the awn, but ' was with rather a listless and
disConeerted al 4 Some - tithes he threw aside
his...petit digni y and enjoyed it as highly as
hia • mistress., . hem. -she witeathed 141 round
and rOand wi h violets, and almost. buried
-him -in huge
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, Walter was 'studying 14 in town, but the
distance was. 4my a few 041, and 'he spent
his Sabbath,. +d holidayskWith his uncle, so
that the sutmn r was one ofgkety.and youth
ful 'enjoyment•to the. loveli. ugly. ' •
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ltry day . in , ugust.' So very.
pressiye 'Wei the wet.ther that
rltwork ti amuse imnse herself.
_nd drawini,*ere all as atask t
the sofa , * theloolest - part
but 'Oven lounging was heavy,
lially she resorted to her. favor-
'elm, which spread its green
'Wide, wooing, whatever bre#Le
elawn. - . . Here, with a dream;
volume which could be read
of an effort nhe was .wearing', , bat baiting afternoon, When
was suiddeidy attiseted by the
jof:her ' pet whb' frail boupled
Ste* tickrierrix ligfore fowariia(
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' sldr.tod — tbii:laini:. -Lookitio
It was a 8 , 1 1
warm and o
Emily had
Music s hooka,
she lounged O
of the house .1
business.
ite seat _under
arms far. and
stole. ; \ across tl
iog , sort of ,
without lima
away Ole gol
her attention
distressaii cry ,
iWay, frpmhe
the road '
utirg WILL CT TITSPEOPLE IS THE 1.03481 AT SOURCE, ANDiIiE HAPPINESS OF PEOPLE THE Mirk END OF DOVER! MENt"
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' . Ira I t'POo FI •b • thepower ... '
up :. ~,
~ 1 ..... I :,.* !was' tearing hiiii.t4ileceS Wi
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'Ili: ,y, , inily echoed his cry distreSti
. ai s , flew to !the rescue - of her tiny
. friend... -
Before sha.reirched the spot.the larger brute
had. ,trotted Pk leaving his victim ble eding
atW.tom uport the ground..., .. ....i . . ;.- • 1
. ,He tan:real- his eyesimploriney upon 44
rnistres ivlio i with tears and larnonttitions
bOre himintO th e house and had his wounds
carefully ressed: ;For ' many days he.i. lav
upon his little .bed unable to ' frolic with ill's
v i i
gleeful o 'per,: whe cherished him withterider
care. . 'A. length he greiv quite ;well again,
and' was abl to. run Without limping, a alr4-
attendant 'ofneharvain . g girl who..wastnade .
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only to be pe tod; and to have beautiful Pets.
-The . naisehieVeue. dog . ,who attacked hhn was
supposed: to be a certain surly dog of a nigh
boring ifaii - neri,j ' who made* it his especialibu,s
. inesi. to fall ti on and injure every _member,
.of his race ,1% . hom he chanced to - encounter,
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unless. they ere his, ' superiors , 'in strength.
and f• s' 't - y. I. L . .
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• , After -1 interval of a Tow weeks;l Imu be
igin to d i ( .pi he lost his appetite, p,rewthin;
his silken coai . lostsome of its glessinessi--Hie
was evidently 111. In vain Emily concerned
her Self about him ; he would, not - eat, even.
out of - I;er de likate hand ;' he would nfit. play
or folio her fleet footsteps as wris' his wont ;
brit would firs sluggishly in her l ap for hour's.
,The young girl besought her father/to pr,e,-
sr.,ribe for hitn, but he'alwaysid 'ittslir
and added that, the only Medicine lie ngede'd
was a billet, Or a dose•of poiscn\. ' A 1)44!
• a dose of p arson!
i . `Emily would :1111'164 ; as
soon h4ve l thought of applying Stichrernedies
to a :sack`. infant, so precious.to her Washer.
devoted and Pretty favorite,
,who seen - led in=
deednow -AO ibe the . ' faithful dog ofF.inil-
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•J About three weeks after thii failure Of his
health, . Emily' one day heard 'Flush tearing
about through her botidoir in a modfrier that
excited her WOnder.:- Entering, she-SA* 'him.
dash against the. window and falling bin& nil
on her pots •:4• choice flowers, ernshigg them
a
in wilful manner.. lle did notPerct2i 'eller .
fora momcnt'; whenhe did, he ran to - aids
her, feaminkat the' mouth, his eyes d 4 1 2.
lurid red, hiS tail Sweepieg the; floor.. She
spoke
.to . hi,F, "but he .did not recogn" e her
voice;. she held out her white hand. id'ile
sprang upon t.,,, inflicting a deep W.oun upon
her palM. •.. , ' ' ,-
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'Flush l' - she ' shook hini 'off,: excla,
witba horror : Stricken face--1 ~ i . •
. .‘ The dog i 4 mud I—is mad l'' • ' . .
He 'fled frem - the room, but it Was too
'too late, indeed l' for there upon hen d
plain. was the y ;, bleeding, imprint of Ids
ous fangs.Flas.h dashed by her 'as she -
'to the, parlor' and darting down, the 'iia
`ai the road.- • ' i -,! ,
pp ed, up
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or and, anguiSh filled the Ho use.: •
" 0 - I where. is . . your father 1'; Me.
Abbott, ' wringing - - her. hands and -,,,frzi
distra ted manner upon that beautiful
-loved child tioiv Ifireaened with •SO 4
a doei 1.. ~,' Where. is your' - father 'I 11 . 4
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do ;so ethin,,,i; - to ' avert the-Consconc .
thiSd eadfullWound.' '''. - 1
• A !he :is- in the- city.," _relined gmily,
more Calm than her mother,.butl, 'leaning cob
:orlessi rigainsit . the wall, •overeome by the sud.
den limity,l which- had befallen her. -• '-
ce
A rvaid . was dm...pat:died Air 111/A tif!the
greatest haste. It *as of - .Course Swierl,l hours,
before Dr. 'Abbott arrived, and' in -the int..tin
itime nothing; had been done for thele,hil4, ex
cept. to batlie the wound With Cold salt and.
water . .'I ' • - -[ [, • 1
• The distress of
.the
.father was
and inexpreisible.: None . could tell .
stern CoinpoSure of his pale brow the,
that a s w at his heart... -All his study
perience 'as , 4 physician tended to con
in the belief that the malady willehl
ed his. daughter.was incurable; tha t
judicious l '' truck ',ofttn deferrecl
f
•.day, 'yet i . sometime -coming, waH
'ble. 1. • 1- *: ' .... ,- :" ~, _-1
tra i
• . -Thai evening, the . day. being S.,
Walter. 0 out to spend the dale , ti, ctu4 ,
*day rnorni The: sad Saces!that - ii,
'made him aware of 'evil newa., j
il
came to knOW what at news riall
dep •of theipassion he cherished firi ca
in 'me !apparent i n •* the violefr.
1 1 - 1
' iooe! friol that I was. to cursel
_ .
...
such a gift ri he cried-in the bitt . erni
reproach. IHe Could not endure thp
should witness his. emotion, bift - ru
into the', cocil. night-air,. he' paced' up
'with hasty Steps. In half an hoar:
,
ed to where his a ffi anced was rech
i ,
;and nervous upo n the sofa. • • -'r•
% ' Ohl Eruily, he said, in.a Chek
'dear Emily, if it bad only been r
. ' You shall nottalk, in that Ma .
you wish *.add 'to my troribh4.
bearl anything,' Walter; if-We hav -
patience. And 1 do'uot thiuii. this
so. very bO:4, •' Papa, you kiiMv,i
skillful, .that 'lean place myself in
'..without ranch -fear..of the - result.' .1 1 -
e' sweetness 'with which theiy
said. this
this i . th e courageous attempt
Ti
• to . - sMile, and the love Which -110
:exgaisite: features, ,threw Walter,
agony,. -He bow his head on i
while his Ira shook,
.visibly 'IE
who. had, .the last senteno
aloud, and . ,!ber mother'S tearsbeeai
'ed with i sobs. - . - • '• 1 -
• 1
4 You are determined - to double
lions, instead of Setting
. me an ex
fortitude. 1 I 'cannot *endure it- . 7-in
not—to `
see you. all so unhap py
from lieilotinge, , Emily went - . td
and- sung_ 0 a clear but semewhat
- voice, '' He doeth all things well, !
She hadneverJooked more low!
: did j then.j A .rich crimson tog
. moments] Ole place of paleness o
andl:vpt cheekit .was impoli,
Hein 1 the rich tide whieb,ti
.diant eon Plexion ivaa.beeeraingi
the isieditiof.a-fearful Madness:. !
Hope almost inspired the Ilea '.
rent'swhile listening•to. her swee t
ling.uporOhose beautiful words. i ,
sO outhful, .so beautiful and so , ,
• not ,_ be atched.from life' arid h
sit a c.prel Manner. . Yet - otli*
as , l an — ti ul, as adored;had . heen
Ihei- hour; came for retiring to ,
poor Emily felt ' that happin.
Simi . could ; not . go to her con
_, ,
hithertoone, and la y . her read
rem /
her Mu ' blesged• with sweet el .
er - S. . Phantoms of horro
Itel hi 1 chamber, :.:and the,
m droiaded Would there be. at
430
• enmpanion . was lima
her owns! thoughts • and dreaded
she l 'ehrsuli from. the eonseicnsa
00 'wasl4 already her pulse ant
ed to be. disea sed=-s he fled faith the idea, that ,
every heart-throb brought her n
eonvulsioni and death.'. . .cotiliesti was •
preOtred,Ert her parents' 11'4AI:tient, land plac
ed so_ near to them, that by teaching out her
hand , she, could - touch her mother's deer face
and gather comfort from her.nearneas.
Within two days:the familY started for a
water-care lestablishments 3i The Wining. in
Emily's hand Was net painful any tenger,
and seemed about heal: Dr; Abbot was
resolved-. that 'all —that science end skill
could do. should be: done. commenced
immediately reading everything that, had ev
er been; , -,written upon hydrophobia, in his
Own - countik or_ the Re found some
French journals treating of the subject, which
gave him seine, hope. that did the madness
manifest itself, be - should be, able to - subclue
it. His great object was to keep her .from
.all excitement, to secure her from agitation
.and herptilse fromfeVer. - hi the establish
ment to which they went there was an abun-.
dance of good society—cheerful, intelligent
and refined. 'With this society &idly was.
'encouraged to Mrallis..rides,innsie,
pleasant conversation., were used Ito while
away" her hours and .direct• her thoughts: 7
Every' one regarded thelovely young
lid with interest. To none, , {except .the pie-; .
siding- physician, was confided the !secret of
her illness. Most peoploppposed her to be
Consumptive, for her step had begun to - grow - .
languid and her..theek • thin. 'Daily, at the
hour in which she - encountered het; • distress
ing accident, a slight (ever eciloreff her face
and burned in her largedark. eye ; .she would .
be restless; nervous, unhappy, and it required
all the art and affection of her. friends to pre
vent her failing into :melancholy . reveries.—
Walter, who'had . tried in` vain .to pursue his
studies and be satisfied with written accounts
; of tier health, becoming too' anxious to mind
any other - considerations, had foliowed ' the
and was a ennstant idelatigable shad
ow hovered:about bet pa(b i . Strangers
regarded. his evident passion with respect
and SytnPatity: when they rookedi "upon the
object of it and beheldiiFr silbeautiful yet so
fading. . 11 • j
“r•
Weeks rolled - by end no cortnptoms. of the
disease appeared. \Yet the vonng! girl ..con-,
.tinned to fade, and 'her 'fatter resolved to
change the manner of their and 'experi
mentt,upOn, travelling..• All plates! of•lleauty
and interest were visited thin; \ lay Nvithinthe
range or Northern travel ;'they.pnly Ireturn
ed to the city when . the cold weather - made
- it unpleasant to he any longer away. frani
hortie:' • . •••• I ' ,
• I
Emily..was butt the shadow of 'her, fOrtner
,roseate self. - Yetas there
.seenuia pothiug
to dread - excepts . this - mysteriois: decline;
hope began feebly to light np the sad geuu
tenances of her parents. ”
• . Knowing herself to be the object. of such r
painful solicitude; the young girl 'n'deaveired
starter of
to.conceal her real dejection in; fitful starts'of
gayety, se . wild, so unuatmal; 'as to be more,
alarming than the deepest melaOholye There .
was something moCking in the sound of. lier
sweet laugh, and unre-akin the kitidlinglight,
of her dark eye, which stocuck desPairto those
tifectiOnate hearts-beatir4fast with love and;
_ .
apprehension..• • -
Walter's 'spirits and oven. health
.were
feted by theAntensity of his sOlieitude. Ills
, 0 :senseless tastt, and :the.
houee . of his uncle was hatinted by him. • Ile
hovered shadow-like, around hiS affianced ;
sighed at her `, immoderate mirth, • and . still
more deeply at hpr fits of abstraction:.
1, icate
loison-
ightfitl
'tuii inees7 of
:ordiess
from the
ickn ess
t valley,
' And travejleri now.withiwtha
Through the' red4itten windmill, see
Vast forms, that move antasticilly
To a discordant melody • ''
WhHe like a rapid, ghastly river, •
Through the pale door 1 •
A hideous throng rush out foreSer,
• And laugh- - --but smile no m ore.'
EnOsu A, Pos.
Again it has Emily'S birth day. Gifts in
greater 'profusion-thin ever showered in upo' n
her table, Friends sent the kindeSt little
and ex
rm him
hreaten
lthough
the evil
inevita-
6turday,
.ti! Mon
let him - I
Nhen, he t
was, the
his coos
lee of his
!P!
missives, expressing sorrow' for 1 her failing-
health, and hoping another ..year-'would .
findher .
restOred to bloom and happiness.
;hat
She read these wit a bitter smile—bitterer
than had: ever befo e curled that . exquisite i
lip. • When Walter's; present came—this
time it Was. a 'miniature. of his own handsome
face,set witha double cirele of tiny d iamonds;
in a gold lOcket 7 -twa i or - three !great...tears
rolled down her colorless eheekii, - and fell 4 7 .
'on her gift.. She brushed them 'gently • away
nitputting‘the locket in her besom, busied
hg.selfWitbarranging vases ofaiotics for the..
parlors. ; lier parents had goncludedie b...
• guile (their - own'. presentimois and their
daughter's, by. making the timed pass . as joy 7
°naly as trsible ; and a beautiful' fete was
.to be the crowning event of the day, and :to
give brilliancy 10. its close. , Paneing, tib- :
leauk-vivants and an elegant. supper were - to:
.be theprincipal events
.of - . the evening. . -..
Emily - was still ' arrangingli,the boqiietsi
when. that hour/of the ,twenty flour • arrived,
hi which - Flush had made his appearance. the!
preceding year. . Again the door bell . rang.
Shebegan to , shiver all' over, turned . deathly i
.:white and
.same ,down upon a' chair. , Her
Mother who. Was in:the apartnient' observed;
her and ran to her in.alaruh'
..1 • .
per'. with
«f self-
I t anyone
shing out
nd down
e return
ing, Pule
ng voice,
1: I,
er, unless
can
faith and
gill
prove
's.,,sicy very
is hands
oung girl
she. made
- e4, up her
' into new
his hands,
er father;
, groaned
'no mingi-
' What is the, matter, my child I' .- J
At this moment the door 'unclosed, and
Emily uttered a loud shriek. 'A servant had
broughOn a cluster of japoniats from tbe,
old baeliteloiaererss the way. Was that all;!,
the color rushed back into the girl's away
site ceased to tremble, but bUrst into hyster ,
ical tears aid laughter. It was,,sometime be
fore she could compose hersielf so as to lieg
her mother's pardon for her foolishne - -4.- - 1
As sookas it was night out of doors, the
fiiisc - day of the mansion began.. Lights
shone and sparkled through the- suites of lay ,
ishly adorned apartments., After Emily
was dressed she appeared .recover her
krmer cheerfulness and beauty. A robe of
white tulle floated in cloud-like gracefulness
around her slender figure—a rich, roseate
tint hovered' upon her cheeks and lips-'—a
dazzling smile dimpled and flashed around --
her mouth—awreath of small rosebuds loop
id in her shining hair—she bioked all ethert
al lightness, brightness and loveliness. -.,
She received her guests with so anima
ted a countenance that all felidisposed.io .en
joy theinselves who entered,the rSrns. Mr.
/,
and Mrs. Abbott-looked on, w'th unfeigned
pleasure, deluding themselve with the. vain
,thought: that their - idol w very happy .
:Dancing went on anion , tlitt young people
with easy and polished `oyou,sness, He had
'not intended to allow/his daughter 'to join iu
this amusement s b she wished to do so, and
,he yielded to , h persuasion. . She glided
through the lreotilkins so ,much like ;a .
winfed spirit that iv gietned' . no effort, ; and
T /
my of ie:
ample of
eed I can,
a nd rising
the Piano,
tremulous
y dial she
for afew
her round
ible to lje-
:ed,her ra,
bued ivith
!I; of ber pa
rolee dwel
creature
1 ored tould.
ppiness i n
as young,
ken away..
kt, and the!)
teas
w one.
as
head upon.
and sweet.
now What).
panir she
e with her
She feared
her dream,
--; of =what
I brain win-
CLIATTEIV
854 b ;
aii his only:fedi . Wei that she!Witilld teiti her
bleed or yexcite erself too . mtieli, he . thought
it
_Might be as .ell to let het!. dance:' - -
_After supper, the large room-in Which the
table Was net, as cleared-Out and prepared.
for the exlnhiti nof the tableltrivante."
ega
Several - el these were very •fine7 l The: beau
tiful girls and a Inplished young 'Men leak
ed often to 'be t e very • persons they were
representing. * .•- • 1... .... . I '.-.
Walter and • 'roily were te appear- togeth
er in: the old an • yet ever...new Romeo and
Jiliet. The c rtain was .dOwn and ever Y...
body Was laug ing and - chattint.. during;_ the
fOr moments o • waiting, -when suddenly? it
was torn aside, ' iul ',Emily- 4pp4a.req' lief Ore
the spectators ; not. as =Juliet -in her . ceffin;
- lint with both :ands s outstretched, • herithin
tell° dress. teirn!doWy the skirt, herleveS ;di,
lated-With a NO A and dreary terror! • Was
this - play, Or W . this -reality 7-0 h --.. Goa!
this was not Pi y. • ; . - • I -.
N ; 1 , 'Save'. 'save me!' she Seretuneilin a sharp,
laud tone. 'IF ther I 'mother ! 'Flush lui:i re
turned to mak. Me mad at .last i ' • Do, you
see !—here wh 're he has torn me!' ~ .
', ihe fa - Anted. her dresher
... eyes. ro lled
around till the . met her father's.
. . .
~ .
.'Oh . my - fi ith.r !- save me from him t She
cried, and; wit a bOand she • reached his side
and. fell - senSel ij.s trite hisarms: . •
,-. '. I
' Her hour I' • co m e - at 'rlast—go honie 1.,
all of you •go 'thee. Youf know not, what
yea behold ! .MY daughter is MAD r - ' 1 s
';-- Aghast and male, the revellers shrank. be
fbre., the ltiok o 'agony in the : Doctor's' five.
Flying, to nllle, ressing roores,.=they hurried .
on their wraps and departed; without biddi -
good night to I icr, who had received . ;the -
1,
with so gay a face a few short hours befer ..,
They bore i'mily - to her; chamber, . whe e,
•
they tri!‘d lon to reitoreher to „conseicius
.
ness.. Morni r .broke befOre, by the Use of
h,ot water, frig ion and many expedients, th ey
retailed her fr in her fearful trance - to.a Still
rliorefearful s ate of,exciternent. She start
,. .
ed up from he bed.- -• . i =
. i
I 'Will You i of takehint!awrry ?'.Shecrie
'Giveme drin !' • r..
.. ~
1 Dr., Abbot , slued her at glass., of Ovate;
strong trem, ling shook her from heat
.140t.1 . She pushed it. away and turning 1
burning eyes to: his ; held up her. finger. P.
'. 'Hark I he is trying , to iret in f. - - _Keep h.
out ! , for - heaven's :Sake 'keep him Out 1 .- 11-
IS determined to make. me med. .--8ut,40.
[
hips; ix iSinot madt. - and never Was- 7 -andk
°eine to it4Sur .me that I am safe l. .That i
. it-- • -hat, is it 1 .• -Ha! ha ! hay..,-hit! he ! Ilia
•to save int., mi - Aber, l' and !she fell into ;2on-
VulsiVelauglii lg and weeping.
•• • - -
. ' Hark l' sh - said ,again, '.FluSh is. at the
• door-4ctliiiih.' i hi theirwfid silerjell
followed her I ysterical -try,. something ;Was
indeed heard t _the chamber - door, Sprat:An...ft
.i---Whining. . ' he friends fooked at each oth
er. • :Were th , y - alibecorning affe c ted by this
11..
.horrible 'risen ty I . . Dr. Abbot went to the
door and Ope ed it, alittle,- when, before -he
- Could thrust im back,( a ,dog,. a • lap-dog,
shall, - y N.lth a golden collar about his
~
. neelt,lead'i ,
to the room and upon the bed.
'I • '.There !I- told VOn! :Flush-dear Flush !
'lath .saved ! I Hall Itil hi!' ' - -.
-, . 1 ..
1 With seCeal sneeessi\ , 4 bursts 'of low wild
11
aitighter, the -trengthof "the young girl gave
Iw n y 'ou'i 0,',....nti itiviin-intii\syncone. ' 1 - •
i \ The doubt asted,hut amoment--the.ies
f ,r,
sedtruth bur t upon the Minds e thes.epres
ent, that this was none other than WSW and
m
therefore; he had- never heen ad—antl-4•fike
n chain of ligtning flashed the trainof theught
l' i
twhieh ended i the conviction of their derlhig's
safety -as'
that
nical with that of Flush': -. 'lt
,seems that the Inge animal who • had attack.
jed the tiny favosite was the same as at I . first
supposed, the surlydog c i f . a neighbor:With
this his 'after . sickneSs had nothing to de but
'was "one of those ,yarions distempers tol Which
.his race are subject, and ;which had driven
:him nearlYto distractioniupon the merning.
!in which he , Iffeeted 'his litiniannerly -escape:.
:from . the' hou hOld,leaving such untolalmis
"lery :behind h rn. , \ l As -he dashed recklessly
l d
.up the road t WV* the city, he at laSt grew
tired, and la).,doiing , ttyl th e '. path, when a
carriage pi' - _ by, NVllose.occupentsfellffash
ionably. in t o e-with 'the little fellow. . They .
,RD* by his; c; liar that he .was proper ty; which
.had strayed away, and taking himwithltheni
1 .
into the city they advertised \ him.: $ . O one
claimed him. Nontha pass e on,. and they
began to feel as if he belonged th erm, and;
the young lady of the family web invited to -
Miss Abbot i s birth -day fete. FI Qh.iinPer- •
eeived, excl I into the !erring°, and 'finding
himsellYpo premises Which - were ot Ce fa
miliar, he ventured out from under thesli
ions and
,tra .ked his way .. into the hall,. frOM
thence into .inily's boudoir; Where he isto
peeping out, when she hastened out to get
somethingli rJuliet's toilet: .• •,. ~
' - .of ' • ' -
• All nerve s per Sons, pouerfuk hp gins,
.tion; who hi ve had theone weakened 'a d the
Miler ;trot hened by Months of . sit' . fear
and agony Emily had lived, cat' c on ceive
i
that the sig i t of her lost dog - Would co
.. plete
•ly unsettle hat little. - nerve She-had ],eft.—
That which er par.ents had - mistaken for the
first•stages if hydrophobia Was . only .. Stroyg
hysterics ` angerous somewhat from the en
feebled 'eon, ition of her, pow -.--
But; oh !NVat a relief from 'the' tong nigh
i trs
of apprehe . ion. • •
She, lay ill for. som e • time,
but finally ecoVercdenirelyfrom th 's,hock
she. had ; ''stained, through the' ju dicious
care of her ether.' .Poiii, Flush ! he I could:
. , .
nevermore ie a pet wit' the.. Abbott family::
They weremtefid.kir Ins good •sense-!in not
going mad, 'WV' he excited feelinge and mem
ories tocvAirrible to be endured. , He was'
given to . th young lady Who, had found him
the;upon, ii,:, and wasito her It faithful dog
though lic •er couldhe a. "‘faithfal 36g to
'Etinly.". , , .
.1 • , : '
; ~ .
~ 1 .
- - Mamie .ir Russi4.—Those who haira tak,
en recent - ovasion'to vaunt the merciful .and'
refined mode.of warfare of the are.re
quested to sead.the foll Owing : - !-, - • -
‘. , A. letter in the Cologne Gaze.ttejailirin s
that all th ',Hungarians! taken -captive - hi the
war, shotil be sent to Siberia ; that idl Turks
'and . medic; I. men shoUld be treated! simplyas priseine of war ; , - Inid that - all - Christians
or other trangers, 'serving in the ,Sultan's.,
army, sholild be considCred as felons" ' ' ..
:We thi 'the Allies; will:htiv4 something
.to say res eetlng that riined.Mode of treat
ing Christ an prisoners;. ' If the Czar does not
keep his ,4 rbarian fereeity a little - More out
of view; is Akiterican sympathizers will not
• dire to o i their mouths in his .
4 behalf.-Sat.
20 - 8 .. ', . . :-- L. — . - •'
. ..
estixria'tod that the cost of the. pp
of Burns, the Boston
pot , fail shoill of 39,000. And ail
,!men-athalersin tbeir ,"oonoit itution.
. • '
:grit
ceedings i
tive, can
t9''OroW ,
al !
. ... , . . . , . .
- - From the ketersburi Past. ' • '
THE 809283aCIES'(iii PZ.
,
- • Nicholas"; Eiriperer .of Russia, le -nine
years old, six feet oneiineh high,erect ' and
soldier like in form, haughty. ill ti c ir r awur,
proud of his person and when young,'was de
cidedly lumdsome. He f isintelligenbl shrewd,
stern; resolute, and by no means at Ling in
personal courage.' no: i s
but not a skilful &reminder hi . war,r as'iv ,
proved ih his younger days. Hisinfanna ' li .
in - regard, to the condition and ' policy pf all
nations is minute and extensive, his p a& vast
his ambition boundless. In the last, r pectlie
r i s
truly' represents the Russian' eha ter and
sentiment. The, same disposition p rails in
Russia now to pour down on tlie mor fair and
„wealthy and sunny, realms Of theuth and
west of Europe, as idthe days wh the Flo
man Empire was overwhelmed.
Frederick William, King of Pru ia, is the
brother-in-law of the Czar, but aver difikent
kind of a man. He is about fifty y " ofage
despotic iu Ifeelinga, but, sin:llo+4i beral by
-1,....
compulsion. He would gladly join the' Ern. :
peror of Russia in his plans if he dared'; but
his people are otherwise intlined.' He is at;
"a good looking;" tolerably ‘,‘gond natured,"
and somewhat \ stupid 'sort cif a mart' Should
the present war continue for sortie ears, he-I
i
will probably be foimd on the side fßussia:
t f
His present declaration ofneutrali ,ismere
ly designed to gain One to Match 'e course ti
ofevents for one campaign, and ''th n :shape
his course according to results.
Francis Joseph, Emperor - of ustrin,' is
twenty three years of age, and has uceeeded
/I
in raising small moustaehoisfor hi s ' ndsome
face, and a small lean for his exha ted.trett
sury. He hasa high, hroad,fore.head, a good
I form, aboutlive feet ten inches in height,imd
is an expert and excellent. horserhan. He
exhibits no signsof extraordinary a ministra.
tive capacity and wi ll prol*bly ad little to
the reputation of the House ofilaps urg: He
fell in love with a, young lady las fall, ".at
first sight," and was recently'niarri d to her.
His Government, is alramkbankr pt in pe
cuniary resources ;his peoOle L are iscontent.,
ed, and his empire is, exposed to esperatel
Peril between the contending "in rests arid ,
1
nations now at war on the tontin e t f Eu
rope. "Ile is greatirindebtedlo t a roper:
1 1
or of Russia and would join him. ' th parti;
tion of Turkev i but for thedread f the ven
geance of the,'Western powers, and the oppo:
sition of his own' peVe. - His pos'.tion is pe
rilous, turn which - way 119 'will; d
neutrali
ty is alinost impossible. ' • -
•1 1 I
Abdul Aledjid, Sultan of 'Turk y, Is, but
sir ib
1
thirty-three years of age, though e hasi °tie
daughter married; and two more etrothed.
He, is rather small of stittnre, wia sall'av,
sad, and mild eipressioniofcounte ce. e
'is in, favor of reforms in • his em ire.,l'is jst
and merciful in bisrule; and' delig is lore in'
rin
supetending his schookand pule c improve
ments"itan
than in marshaling hisarm es and na.
_vies for battle ; but , forced into ; war - 'for the
existence of his empire,..as lie is, he will doubt
les.s maintain the reputation of his allant and
warlike ratar- Thus far in his difficulties
with the Czar, he has shown a trio es:mtage;
a firmness • and moderation, and " rt. I energy
in preparing 'for war, that have ulisted on
his side the sympathies 4 of nearlY . all ,
.civil
ized nations. Ile has no , wife,.SidtanS . do not
marry.- rte is. est.a. r aky a. gineere and zeal
ous Mahomediin, though he has stipulated
,with the Western powers that hel will place
the Greek and Christian
, population of his"
empire on the San - ie-footing as to civil rights
as the Turks. t,r ' '
Louis Napoleon, Emperor of F nee, is ra
thCr below the Middle stature ; a dull
a d drowsy eye, and a countenan that \ or
din rilpexpresses but little. Ho is - .about
forty- ur years, of ago, and teas had an ad
.ventur s.life. From an artillerY officer in
Switierla d, a rowdy in Newlrorlc,,,fi special
police! officer kin Lorlon;aud 'prisoner at Ham,
he is now seat on the most daz.Zling throne
of Europe, and lelds d power `second,,o;' , 1
to that of the En cror cif Russia. 1 uhlic
opinion has' underg e a.great change i s re-,
gard to his mental cap, city. since e ascended
li
the throne of France. \lle 'has manifested.
an ability of high ;order rule and states
man;; and atthis moment, e. erei9e,s a great-,
er influence over , the affairs Europe
,tliani
any other sovereign, not even : e cepting. the
Emperor of Russia. And this ie.nce he
has wielded wiaely for his own irate ts, and
ihusfiir, for the 'honor and interests ofecs.
IL enterson tic conflict with his great tag.l,
onist of Russia with a dauntlesti spirit, d
; s at,
an energy of -preparation, that shows in '
ofthe true metal of hisuncle4glerioes-mem
ory. . - I
'Queen Viett,), - ria, of England, I. over thd
• \ most populous; wealthy and/Qwerful einl
r
Fire on the globe. On her dominions the anti
never sets, aedunder hergovernMentthe peo.
plc "Of England and Scotland at tleast l i z enjoy
morefreedom than underany other monarchy.
Queert Victoria isnow thirty-five, years of age,
of e mild and amiable disposition, andis an
exemplary wife and mother. *t, as a ruler,
.she exercises littlexeal author ( ty. Iler Cabi
.
net Councillors and Parliamnt-are the'actu
al rulers. of the British Empire.: The naval
pOwer. of England is nearly as great- as that
of all Other nation's combined ;' and her, corn
; Meree and xlianufacteres greater than , thos)s
of any -other nation./
,_ '. 1 -.
O li ziear fe„
o , o ‘K lt po ing rso ofte l : , e i n s,s i t S m nO ng W in the
of
side with the Oi.ar in the prese t war..: ' Bat
l
his, people, e.ltnost unanimous) ,'are hostile
tr)r
towardsßeasia. An armedneu ity ishis de
el red po' 'tion, and to this 'pis tion and sits /
T ‘p h eopi in e g t o o f ,
1 1:: o e p n t ma th r e k . is _ ii ii nder or pe: ut : li.
ty.
l' o i b g l h i th' ati t on ° sZt r h a e cce E d m " pe . ror of ussia, but ;is
'co gelled by his position ; 'and the " voice Of
The King, of Belgium is c 1 trailed in„ his
policy dread of his powerful neighbor( of
.
France.. ' • - 1. . 1 •
Christina, Queen of Spain,
.i i a fully •Oceu
pied just now, with .the nisurrectiotuty,
movenient of her own people,l who are ,dis
giisted with her open profligacy, her disre
gird of the welfare of her suliects, and; the
arbitrary principles of her gov rnment. ! She
is young yet, but her reign -VII probably be
. •
stezirt. '
The King of Sardinia woul
backed by any other power t
ble him to contend with the
Austria. ' • , ,
The King of Naplcs in art w
rant_: blood-thirsty, Cruel; am
maintaining the' divine right,
stichia - the temper of his sehjec
that he stands a &ir thence
sudden and violentdeatb.- - 'Ai
he was an:. &Ce 0 4 11611 0-OrS
1 rjotecr i and might be,se9n al
LE' -NUNEIER:-
ing...throngh the streets of .Napl t. , .- with a fie- - I ,
quent nod of ACV* toll-AO 'l4 c - .pie. : . he.
~
iailoW seldo .. fieen,exeept , wlien .eutp.,* :", !_
,by his :• , s.- He isa Bourbon 4theiFree 1
familyi .. - i la fei - endly' lltisilia4.: - .htit his i-• . !
..
fhici ,ce , • mong the EnTopein nations is of It. . •.- -
tie aceount.. ,f , • -.
1 - ' ;-• :.
4 i .' . 't s , —
2 the, King of Greece, - is-a inire 'elpheioY L
1
. ere tool -in,, the • hands: of ' ngland: it4d • -'.
Frinoe., „ . - ...'-. : .., .- - . :
~ '"- . - ,
. - Such are the principal lover psi of .B. 1 7:
tope, at. the commencement 0 r a,gen4talwlit .',
than. islikely to prom one of the host iittlipi s 1 - •
ary and mornent,cius ocluflictlithai has ll'eriief.. ,
ourred on that eontinetit, in t tttiat, 4-„ ; ; I , . Oki fat ;
to result in the end in piapy - „ :7"."LL.Siti 'fbi ' . ".
,eonifitkai. 'What those changes ~ y 'lt*, time i `.
only can reveal i'linetliere is little doubt that I- --
despotisia will stiff'er'inere than i t.he feause et I
tieedom. 'The - people -wiii-gela,..ivhat the 4es ..
; l,
loic. - - - . ' .
'
1 ,
- ,
'I'M Wild Xan itflUktoit,
_
There is an ,
'inhabitant of the +(xtdahy.th t.
Oaboon river, mote to , be'featedlthaiktheAf i
'riean ;boa 1- it is the wild -man ,iof the woods 1
.-- net , the 01 0' 61 4 outang, ttlougif an *unease .-
ape—;always acting On . the offentive,! and retp - ti-,
dy to attack man, The benc4f his eatt'exal-
ities, ate longet 'than' -those of it ' full
.: grown i:=
Man.
I haire examined them liek and ididst _ _ t-,
contemplating the skull, the javts ' ' and `their - - i •
terrible apparatus,"yeally_expeteked a Ott
of. shuddering.: The canine teetll, cite .suPv.faFtla s`
of two inches long and ofpropottionatc bulk.. 1 -.
There is a ridge running ttom he "
.top of the . t
'nose backward, over, the crown7of the head , _ .r
to this is affixed a muscle, liy wipeh the living
animal draws backward and forward it -most.. , :
'frightful crest of stiff hairs.: Ilea enraged '
or purposing to inflict injnr2i, he erects.them. -I
and draws the crest forward c;er \ !his- large [..- _
eles, and
'utters most hidepus , iella -at the l _ ,
[
lame _time. -•- - t---- , ' 1 - f2'
i , Nothing:seems to intimidate hira. , Some= ~-
times he advapces, - with bouglif or, trees bra ! •. '
ken off, for the purpoie of conqealing his Op. -
preach and attack, and suddenly grasps, the
. 1, ,
leg of the human being, bringathint instantly t
to the - gronnd, breaks his boneo by. blovtis : of [
his[ mighty, scuts and 'hands, and tears the s' ;
flesh with, his monstrous leethil The native - " V
t 7
hUntsinan, who goes in search \ - 4ar meets with ,
hfm;whila,pursuing less formdableanimals
has learned that the safest fi W '.:, i '.engage,
is-to - act 'q ui t e on the 7 delen.iv l f
-, to "let , the t.
monster drair near, -when he" , 1 1 ` ; inranediate r ' -1 " - 1
ly• seize the end of the gun, r' ' . 3 , L_ COckedi'ittut i
e l
presented, between his teeth. I ianily it must q--- . ,
be discharged ; if the man eitler'delaii till
the ape halt compreSsed the ba4Tel so as.`3o -; ,
close it, or fails to give a mortal wound;*e -''-.
to him, hiAoom. is sealed.-tro - otor . 'Pritica. • -.
, , , . .
WWe have Seldom ,if e ei, I heard"..tbe i ~. ..
peculiar idiom:off drunizardl- -conversation .; i '
so•striking,ly described
.as byg-ohit 0. Saxe, J._
during a late visit•that tirO, ha froM r
thali gen ; i -
di .
- tidinan. We were speaking : of it he: -Multi-`1 `•
plieity of ideas , of the inebria e,- and'of c hi:9 it::: . ,
inability to - connector arrange ltheth in prop= t:
'ex'. or f lcr, when Saxe related, 6 ; felloiting,by 'S
way. of illustration : -- . '.. ‘, -'' .t.
.-
. 'Returning home late one night ,after being f, I
,L l 4 tb ! beds,':, "nnii _reCeiVingLfi- Caildie*Per
from" his 'better and sober-half , a toper 'sad- f ;
' deniy h . keateh6d to enlist i . the Mexican
army. Tie wife now relented: aild told fiat
'Staggering huiband , that if re ijoined,, they
Mexicans. would kill, him. .-- I, .
_-_. '., [-
Leaning against the half opened door the
husband rePlied ,, —' W-e.e-1, Mess, ,3.1011 r,
there'S two that 'can -play (hiccip)-- at 1 that
'game.' : I'ain't afraid of 'mil ! Let '' ein', kill ii,,, -
I kin kill as many of them 'itie:y.': - .eaa qf .
i t
me P.—Boston 3.l 7 useum • - ' 1..1 ' .
. _
4 .
• EOLLOWIN 'M
G S 1 4 10 RD !--4--A 4 11,_ Itinerant I I
preaeberitravellea arming thd if rili-wc*toni
counties ofigineis. : - lle was itithunteaf on an ..
animal whose 'apPearunee_ ctokened P....e1f, %
bad keeping - the mere liam work.. of what' .-.
. .
one: been a home. . Rd i* up to the
doo -: dekjuntry - imr he in. uired the als.-- -
1.. s
pine t 4 tfr - 44 NC:I
. 1 , I I. ' TAC ' t coming;
out was set kOci struck , wp e appear- .. _
int* of the. anim a upon which th/erise, '•
sat, that he wa l ked around' 14m.`twiee eforfs: .
giving tho desired information. Hoi then)'nj
qulred : -/ - _ • 1 1 i
4 WhO might, y ou; tie, if .its a fair lques-i
tion V: /-' ' ' •• g 1 ` i • ....,.--
t latit a follower of the: loird,'l was tim an 4,
I n
Follerin' the Lord, eh • d niandedtho
host:.!` Well, 1,11 tell you Ni ' tt is , old •fi)b '
ler, i (eye:,ing: the horse agai 1,) itthmts :one -'
a ing ' sartin—if you - stop len on the road . .
Q ell never ketch hinlwith !fiat hors e.!' ,= '
I r
ome political econlist has been fig'
..:. Lg" . - - , , 71 ,. .
armg u I to find 'out Who, i is that , t4 pub
lie pay • :.-t, and the followin t g is iz the s{mitiN
'First: ':„ t :yibestthos4.who destoy wa.-
9encrals. . ' , ' ,i 1 • I ,
Second. Those\n-hocheat?' ns---Tolitician, a
and Quacks. , I -,- 1 1. . . --! t,,,
Third. Those 'Who - reerly }amuse. iii•rr
Singers, Actors, and musici s, land, "If,-- —•
_'.'Lastly,
r t .
- Lastly f .and theleast of al • l'hco lio- in
struct us--Authojp, School asters; . aEdit- '
ors I"' - 1 ,:-..
Mr" 'Dr. March. says thit . best cure for
hysterics: is to discharge the servant . gil. '' In j
his opinion there is nothing!, like i‘ flying
around' to , keep the.nervoul sy-st m frprnibc:,
coining unstrung. Some Men -thiiik they •
„e
want a - physician; when eyl oily { need 'a
scrubbing-brush. ' ''A 'l I ..
' ,' 1. ,' . , ,
_farThe. Albany ',Argu f t has a list of Ad
ministration - (meaning so) pressea:in tliat.
State, distingu"shing, theselkfiaopp ttose from
those which sutitain the Nerka bill.l There
are
~ 27 of the farmer aud. - of the-latter; of`:
' these li, three are edited b$ patraasters,' OA
WO by custom houSe officers. i '' ''-'
'MarThe SOOlety of Frreinds; of Penneyiya
min, ;New YOrk, New Engliind, lifichSgan; - Od
Can Ada, propose to. e;stal)l ish a "freeceottpti
factory,'! -And use noOint, , ut Pie pro ducts ,
free:labor.. • , 1 . •-• l' - f
i
W- 1: hlae T . h ics e ru h ge t r;ti
' , who y
his Spprentices-;—'oaiyip4l ,
W o rk and go to saving
That biseliSinitimist,
formerdciwn - Amat t
never:
gEit'hs,hiied mon out mi.
celiat , :by_ moonlight!
f
a b e t i o b u e i r d 4: l e , r
a i
mynnideni or
mitigatclo
resolved flingslLO
s towartits hirrt
tie ineetinO, a
fuw Yeari boo
MAO : ,aud'
os Aaily„ fiv-
Dem Swift siiid,..?with
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cam wilieh has never
/never knew n Tura
not Boar the miatbrum - ea
like ft.ihristiart;
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