HOT NOON
' urrsor -
- rapriocz r
the 'Winds Are ,husled. the clouds 'hare ceased to sa,
And lie likfislansdsin the Oceansday,
• Thi! flowers hang down their heids, and . far away,
i=faint MI tinkles in;a suu-drown'd vale;
Noivoice hut the clad ‘'s whirring note
-141 don but the griotshoppers, that leap—
!The reaper pours into his burning throat
'he list drops of his ;flask, ,and falls asleep::
Th e Opting food of a clear mountain stream .
Vets by, and,rifakes sweet babble witlithe'stones;
• •ri , e sleepy muic with its murmuring tones
1 8 re'meat nOotnime In Arcadian dream;
BIM by, soft nightof summer boWers ia seen;
gitb e irellised vintage curtaining a >cove •
jli hose diamond Mirror paints the amber•grewo,
The ilooming branches arid the boughs above.
'fiDebo and Moths and oldAiropt dragon flies
piplin their trings,4hd a young village daughter
b bettering with her pitcher o'er the water;
ger*nd arm imaged, and her laughing-eyea,
And •the fair hioir amid the flowing hair;
Lock like the Nymphs ftir Ilylas' coming up,
••• l'ic'tured among the leaves, and fruitage there*
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Or the bOy'e self a-drowning with his cup ,, l
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1"p dim' the vines ,- her urn upon her hel,
Her feet rinsarrilard and herdark locks ree,
She takes her iniy; a kively thing to sei,
And like skskvlhrk stinting brim its bed, • • tsi,
A glancing:meteor, , orfa tongue ordarae,
Or virgin wattrs guslaiti , from their scoring '
• • ffer hope firs up—lier heart is pur,4 oil
On wings of Atiund—she sings! oh how sh
"Itties alga sketeile
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1 4-izouNii OF TO Lift
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' lIT REV. !JOHN TODD,' D. D.
The. land on the north side of
sound. along the southern lord
.
gol' s ' little State' f it' Conneettenti - is
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a hard hills covered with dwarf eei
thei l i spreadin juniper bush; and .the
cal evs which extend up amotiz inv.
the r 'e hills. • Partieularly is this . th
ime i en - New Haven and theiCOnnect
If the hill;rire.harren, the valleys' M
tiohahly feriile.:: This is decidedly'
s ijl e ; , ,,t' fonneetient.: - . Then the 7.
m &Alleailtiful. :4ieeti of water. will
•0
w,r t ne , s hate inane, this whole sho .
,
. i!le l 5,' , .?,,t heavh.l.j .From_ any one 0
siieh l have mentioned, the pros ;
. 1117,htful:
.The eye tikes in a 'Wide e
wters;_with 'vessels ofsize
every siz
gri .-4 rentilv ,mciVing in eery direeti
their loaa,of canvas, and ever and
Wee hut hcatitiKil steatuboat is se
in .: her way. past them all: sending
'ti r o streamlof . rn•oke... v;hia l seen
to I 4u - '.r.ns if imt I'o he shaken' off. A
•
aqy clay.' i tie brightwaters are now
xll . lijnits of craft; while the distant
Lola! Island, and the many little is
teied ali,im the shores, add to the
,iel m 1 ,
tn•prosi‘ect. ...• . ,
Ijiitit at the tine of
.• which Ii am
ssieak. it -wa. far oi herivise. ~, in th
of ISI3. no sail 'or :Taft of any ki
I- 1 ,-!: seen in the Stßind:- i The light I
died its - iiii , „lft 1v! la in ii. i and the -pi
li l :iiv. fiat island; ;keep ,nti 'their nigh
t ri .. ..,-.:.; , . I_,
Univ. 1.1/l'i. W : 5,..t. pom m y tii , be benefit
11 i, , i z: .! •'s - • •
w ere \ in - .., war.. rod -ev.• ,y w ing 'of '
Was elirqied. YTitc : Wiitisli - ships •
S,-,:apletety hiOeliaded the Sound,,
'!itig could move Unle.:4•4 now and th
I i
boat was 5....eu 'to ( , lid alon g a the
!, , • =,
''lnotnenes Warriing, she could ru
• mouth of. s"Om,e. 1 hidden creek, or
hind sime smill!islandi , It. was a
to see a sail, ! :.• -1 • . .
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On a hri,6t September mornit
-,, tnp of on?. 4' those hills which over
. I,soun'il.anii whik-li.ran down till viiii
jter ofa mile of, the water, stood
,a
.;
. :alone. He.. was dressed.,; partly't
,
Ilan& igirtiy as a land - auna - I, •so tha
fl
~h ave been diffichlt io . .dide'to wii
l lhelonged: .:: - ! •.., . . . .
..! He' was of s'inall Stature. firmly
i. an eye that 'fig.Sliek and a 'mouth t
i none hut deterrnined , men shut t
Illisface was.not intellectual, hat
4 , l l c.fttoOd humor, Iself,relianec, and
llessness. He'•Was 4 - tending under
' tfptly 100 l lug riff' the Sound,
upon it. British frigate of the` firtt
~_.,,
ility-anehOred ott abut. eight mill
! * . re, and
,about Midway . betwe
-thores on
.the north and on the • - outh. She
lily' s - still and - ,lnotionles.s, exeep as the tide'
ly;ired her round once in Six fiiin that she,
could-be eitffitmrod : . to', nothing ex •pt n huge
131atk rpirler.tluit .lay coiled up is a corner of
his den.yeady to pounce upon,an - unsophisti
eitted fly that' happened to
,cOnie near. if
sloop Yak in r g schooner; trustinito .her quick heels,,Or to tht Aarknesm of the night Attemp
ted. to run pist'her, out flew her boats, each,
containing one heavy bless gun, and she was
-s prisoner at 0n90.,-
While the - lining man was NV
al rat onee }lei-Saila were thrown(
and in a time , incredibly:4l(m to
hey eanyass was all spread., an.
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,
n•ture. now i
pornea up, white,
*Heal, and voryi beautifitl. A I
Jaw out her sails, and- gr,aceful
cal was her movemont.
\ There she‘goes, bent on
She is now for Saybrook, or els
Mavo's farm ! 'The. villains! ' •
Nra,.s - on wine ;mischief, and th
easy in the hummock unless .the
some roguery.. I'll 4tp my ey
darken andi, it will cost one ha
neck, kir clie I'll save Joe ! I'
again
' to -night.' That t_will you
'lad('
' Ilc stood and watched here:
went. als - int ~five rmi les, - and aga
i Were furierlithe anchors dropped
e e the .satn dark thing upon the
,
, Young - min then' descended the'
t i ed
I lost solov i t, el :the cedars.
L. A littlepaq midnight, follOwi g the morn
ing we havP described,: the friga lay - in the
same plae4.
,N 9 light:was allo ed'on.board
of her, tile . :9lfievr 4t the watch the decd' .
with a - measured tread,aed no wiewas hartt
leave the drawing of the chain from`-bow to
I stern, every five minutes, lest sorne yankee
I bhutild k fuietihig his torptHio some bl o w'
up machine upon .. her keel ' or gidt4g The
' watch hosts lay offend around . .14iip, per.-
I. laps almile or two distant, watching to heir
c.? seeiaiything that mightatir:
i
', Presently. 'the oars of h boa were heard,'
` ' l , laatiled, indeed,, but still plain y - heard "are
, Ptnaehing. , Ile nearest boat ' titph small
a i es
lneket, a signal :to the tither . ..,Inah hi.
1 5t a" they were. iiiimotion, by the time
the gfrahger m had come _neat, th;re were four
ler the i nerd bOats reade- if) 11 upon 'her.
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When.neer onougli,..the.waa hailed in a suit-, '..Poot-Lucy blu ed, th i en 'si Omit -a p4 w ith
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pr e sse d oi ee ,4 f unts,,,nnw e en i ,"
. ..ilfaryey.' - • a.. palq face went about , getting 1 . I.vey'sl t .
6 . o , :iitilt. T.- I . ,
,:, 1 - . . ' breakrest.. When it wee .ready, •he ss ad,i d, '.ll
twh n s t , u ve yo ug oi'e ~•i,.- '. . . -.. ain in ft greet hurry,Lricy; . andcl wih.-yo
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•'. A load of nice,OPles? ;. ..- .. Would !get me the great - coW-bell, aid nth
4 Palo 0n.', ,, :- - I. . . . -.. '•- o;reide4 horn.' - I :., '. 1 : - •
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. ' COMe• aboard I . was. the riext . command, : :. ' Are_you crazy, HarVey t-theicow-hell
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and a yoarig_man tan up _ lic ladder and stood What . isn you wait of it I' i
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,int tledi. --.He.fir4gaye the: OFieer, a handful . 1 , ; , Toishake and 'keep myself kiln seei .
of pples; and he . vfas thenalloled to twine ghostalin the' dark•l' -: • 1-. -
, What be . had, on . i3Oard, land lifter , paying a .-' - Harvey was twin eqUipped, and 'j
utti *
heavy atoll. to the'o .. .- was allowed. to sell the re of ht / itreakfaitlnto his pocke . .
the rest tiy.the.creW. , e,,iringled with the be e-onee more left . lhis father's hoe*, viithee
ifici,r
men and listened .t# the - ! tone/ . 0 -severi r .v9ice, speaking, to any .one else.. f. • . 1 . L• -, .
but was . evidentlyj ver ve diaappointel He ` Deacon Mayo'slfitrm was at the,lextrernit
listened ff.ir a voice!titat . 'wes 'not to be heard, • of a pdint of land which projected out into the
He was • lingering:4,nd. . ' ling to +in out 'Soundi On three sides it Was bo,unded . .bY
'his tie as tar as possi le, ..wheVtise officer Water.f, le l was a huge daiTfum,Weltetock•l i
' ca n e d him, • ... ,• 1•• ,•! - ; 4 • .1 . '. ed; . aid easily enrielieif: by the - help Of sea
aw
..' llerVey, shouldn't y ou be ' offr • • ' Weed which the winds and waves brought up,
'l* hain't sold all;" sal, .HarVey, in th e true to_thei beech very !frequently. -The;'house•was_
tankee trade - wit hnie t+ne, 1‘; . . • ... ' latelYieheedoned
.i ty the inhabitants for fear
- 4 Well, ihe next Iwitteb will he called abort- of the enemy, an the cattle were driven
_ft.,:
IY. :..But What: dial .yott 4 say 1„0 , 94t. Deacon ivay the day before, by the advicepf Harvey :1
Mayo'S farm l'-- . -did yo Say there was many - This' u•in was full eight Miles front Harvey :.
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'cattle: there 'l' . • 1 . .. . -, . - 1 ; .0 • .. hon . * Towards • ! this firml he now bent hiS
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• - `lt'a , t..grert . • t farm Y ire poi and the t.ttepal It was several •Milei fron:i 'laity - other
Deacon usually keeps great many cattle ~ house. When he! had -Conte: within two or
there..! ledeed, I . Saw , ,
,y• there_ this very thriej miles of thelfar)ii i j he . Met Abel, in hen
day.' - (The eye . o th ey young man, laughed, est black man, well • known - and highly e .
but it - was thuit mid hie. eye j could • 'not be. teemed He was. driving::*very longtea.
Seen. He had.mnitted to add that he had Of °lee. ' . .• ' ,•!: -
that ..day walked 'eeveral 'milei toilram the - .L. 'IVO, Abel, alfine teats that, ITO ilio . ,
Deacon that the i4up of -wiii .- wati near his doe s if barging l' '., ".' ~ • ;
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.fiirm, and had better look but. for his cat- -i s v 'o the Doctor' 1• s • i
tie, and that, inconseq ri ence,!lerery. hoof- had ' To the Doctor; eh t ! Well,' Lhav
been driVen ',away that,evenieg.) _
•- ' Qood.' •We Went some fr esh' meat. , F o r. - thatiteani till the bun is iibOut an /lot
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thougb'ourgoed ship is called . °The Weasel,' What wilt you gci foil" i
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not a mouse.can . she catch Passing this way. ! .y. at to do.?'; •• , i ;. . - I -
Well try the Deacon's
.Bee.o ' • , : ',: • ' !so matter. Nothing Very hard.
By this tithe the bell rung,'ind a new Watch
.* t though, tiqd it neist be a - part
Was called. - - Harvey, as. he Was called. min. , barg ain Ce that you nev er: . ell 'What you
'tile), :Here are )
tWo silver dollar s , an
Bled with the new corners; jo ked, talked
Lee, sold. apples; and Was _leery . busy: I At ~.•
Tan ' t are'youra if you go? •.1 • - .
length he edged 'his way- up', to a tall, noble
. „"4 - be n . turned his team aboutarid went
th li v When they had reached t '
fellow, who wenthe the nameof Joe Si e. "'" ,- sr e Y• • , .5. . . !r
Deacon's farm, . Harvey made him. unyoke
' Don't you love-apples; jeer -.• .
1, -•- • t he . team and let the oxen : feed in . plain sig±
'Yes, but I've tot *Shot ;in , my' leek r.— , k t . /he sh i p ' i After wandering about for
r 9: nothing to . buy with, and you . land lob-
.hour or two, theY'Lwere then again yok
hers aunt give-away things.l, _ ,
; 1 1. - ...__ and Able, canna over his two'dollys, li
. Ye s we do, .Sometimes. See ! now t we on 4 iis wa,.;
.homelo the Eloeto • r . s .
~ ...i erwoo.
don't. 'Here's a lloyt.sweeting.' J wi tart " . I dered if Harvey- - .l..oeinis 'was crazy !- ' TWo
rd. ' And, here's a Laim tiwt.etiligand here's_
I ,dollar: 'paid to .4* s‘eue 'wide eat! He o
a Jack lAppe P. . • In a low v.oit'„* he adt .
it grew in the lane, , and was. picked by.i my . ',,
iin.the house awl look oist•Of the Win eve ' o
'see me drive, the cattle ! He ! e! b !
sister Lucy, doe Strange said nothingr u t in put • i
, :After Abel was: gone and Herr ,y. w
te•.; he took the' ' apples,
_Haryey felt. his _
,d
shake.: ''• ) ' . •'• .. ' •' i . •,.• , .
: ,)lice More alone, he said, '- ! spea kingend thin
~ - •••• 011 _._ . i ing aloud, ' i think . - tii..; trap is. well "A : 7 1 aLit.aPple ! a Jack apple.: en , ite.%e- L
rat-voices. ' What's the ? let us try. i
~„_ i.seph mine 't And if so, hoW shall ' I: know. hi'
. , (now and I . think they Will eonie, bet will - .1
- - 'He e, here ,- t 4 io Hat . ' ri lflainlin g an “r" Ilri the dark, andhOw. shill I separateh in frO a
t tl,
pie he could find in. his nsasure.- H felt 4 6 rest.: - I. elm hardly s ee. , • •
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well iesured that Joe . range would take ;
~ , A fter sunset there *313 a moyement: on
I,e t ire oil hik In a l. few in
: menu' more, lair
'..4.ard of the ship, the ',,fietitenatits.'cliversed
i l .(!)- Wl r .4 til hiS " eIUPt- Y t ' refilliY.r r ing 'together. and the midshipmen swel ed and
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be soon appeartd. ', .- •,
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t ., - or i.t t t li t e srt....iii: l l 3,2( by i da Ee l ig ht;-h e
ro l lP ,,hi ju s walked
1. straighter than. Common, though they .
1 - ' - c ree k
„-; ~•• : - - 1 . ,-knew not why. : . ] ',.. 1 - H L.
heat was •nioOred, and went up anioegthe. ;
' 'Send doe a ft : said .the officer of the deck;
1 . i. bushes i l-to L, fie,down and . ._ }
i t.
..Vt! . - h itus en.li t e aW w ok m e ~ c .i ti n 4- .
loom -a s h ort b ut soun d-, eep,..,.. .. u . . 1.-.
'.-'• • • ztrartge, do you think our boats 1- land
t t already - risen. •He looked. ''t.tff tower s the, ,-.
ship, a id there she lay niotionless'and
i bx
ic. . : near 7on . der point I”'
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.I . 'lour honor knows pest but s hou d think
r - 'lt seems like a dreatiOsaid he tool , him-' ;:
_they. might' • • - i, .
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! .self,-.t.tbat . 1 have actually.beetiofftO that ship ..- ''Where• would You: land, if you had t e .
nifi
three: , es alone--that.l lie : % - eActo l 4- round 'respt" - insibility 1' -. • .- . '
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-my old friend and , neighbor ] , Joseph Cellins, ;- -, A little west, of di :Blackßoys,
.wiii h
ors , busied , and shut up-as:a common sailor' iou see in the range o f hill.'
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W.hat iounid his old fiither, and mother siiy, .. , I see them, hut• praY, hew did you - k , n w.
what - .Would out,Lucy say l'—if. they. onir - 'the name•ef those .five rocks'?'. ..1 .' -
knew it !,. Poor felloW ! I knew him, though 1,,d0e muttered something about havi , r lien
he did not me, the first- trine I went . ebottrd- l'. Harvey, the:apple pedlar, call them - by t t
But , that apple ! it "will deliver -or destroy 1 , - ,, nnt e,, .
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hini!lnd my owl neck t,wererl to be caught l;*- '.WhylJoe„,You sewn to kilow ev y,-rotk,
here trading with the enemy's ship, I should a n d wand; and creek,' oti
- this , coast 11 w
be hung ! r,, plcathat,T7did it ... to' rescue mime, yon *
to be such great judge in th
friend 1 would Avail, for the sinipl * e
reason that n - ,atters 1? - !' , - - ~1.
I- could not prove-my. metitres to be.euch.--H, ' Conrition sense.. .sir,' and having t y
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And it on the ship they should discover- fie -,
~ ' earliest. boyhood on a i eoastsomet I, g like
tampering and • trying to entice away. one et , t h /.. .. , ~ • : ' . - I
their met; they Would . hang: me up at the ' Very-likely, I have suspected as
yaN gin I. But I'm in ftir it, . and I' must /o/d-keenly did..he fix his .eye on Jar
and:will rescue Joseph, if it lies in my pow- . but doe stood . the shOt Humored.
er. - But 1 have a very hard day's- work lie- bending a sharp look on hiin .he isai
-fore me.'r: ' -' '' -' - . • ‘ • I after dark we are ordered to Jana err
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it . was late ib the morning- -before JOe; -'i n some of those 'cattle—Wouldfp(
Strange, as he was called,: ' I could steal a me-, go ir '
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ment to he alone, and it was then only tilt the - ' I should like. to 416.*s the boat whi
.Officer a the deck bid him go aloft and secure i belong
doe' sir.' ' ,•.:•'; - . • 4 ,:
a rope which seemed to have parted.. Aloft, - , eo may g o forward ,
ory .1 .
e went; and having
.performed his - duty , - . . Th e e fe ee i muse d
.i.....tnetn-ent, ins'
topped a moment and •tOok out an apPle. f i' um, to the first lieuteriant,tindiaid, in the
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his pocket . ' . .1 . '.
but as he ex: , a ll ow him to go; Biel' i •''' i - l,
::. boat No. 3,4 s Joe Strringe-' 7 will it b
J . - It . was- a fair looking apple, -
~°' Why moil ' • I' .
iminecHi he saw ;that it, must have s y n cut, , .
iti two -, d nicely fastened \ toge :. •! ' in,' . 4 Because sir be alivays) claimed
;with ave y fine- theeltd. : Qn'. o' " i l• iti 1 * - . American, and has shown iso me
f'olitid n..* an roll of 'pai.er," ,on which .wa 4 ' --- of this ce.; .- he .-
J. .
-tVten : 1 ,
to •
-,- i •
blame—
sings I
• .
ng Island
rs of the
vniposed
liars,, and
Ipeautifni .
. , between
leciSe he
t ient river'.
lye prorkir.
he sunny
Si
;ound i a
)se gentle 1
a charm- 1
the hills-1
,ect 'is
'apanse
nd name,
dader j
anon, the:)
erowd-_,
azt of her .
hs to . hang
i )n almost
4live with
shores 'of
ands seat
beautyof
About . to
'summer
rl was to
raise kin-
Is on..the
• •
t wpteheg,
ed We
zineree
, f gc!
that both
•ri A smal l
bore ' at a
• into the
skulk be
rare thing
on the
I,x)Ved the
in a quar-
oung man.
1 ,44 ti . sailor
it would
;eh Class)*
lade, With
tat shut as
Ez,
it mouth.
expressive
rfeet if. A
ra eedar,in
, and gaxing
tlaas whieh
from the
n the two
lwritten : i ' low 'e ,not..iOrgotten. . It yoo
yir r i:
lat to ' I \ *the tree
i % ottjw 'eh, it grey, the
:next -tiff' : you go a*ore, . day ot. tught,.oon.i
Irive• to lose your'hat jo • I beloie, yuu k
lato
Twice 'he read the,. wo then put the pa.;
r in. hhi mouth,, to* :pit'. out tr axe!.
per in ....... _, ..... oe. rph, 0y pt
meal as be had oPportunity. • Taking alariOi l
nail from' his pocket, he thrust it through twol
sides of the applei and threw it overboard.--
its fail attracted the riot 4 of the sentinel, but 1
beg, he could think what it, might be, it',„
t'
was e
ut of ,sigbt3 JOe =tie 'down to awl
deck with kbuoyancy of, ate to whitl be had
long rbeen'fria stranger, 4 , . •
• miry,. Looms. was , ace of a small "but
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verylintethgent farmer, , w o lived about four,
milei from the sea-4m.y- Old Mr . Collitisi
i guilelmts autracter; lit not Cu from bititi,
and fur nearly half a ‘vntary . the tiro families
had leen ' friends in close intimacy.- Their
childreo had been brought up together, and
the ties of blood could litaciir -Lave 'tiutde'
thetri dearer to each other. ph'Jose Gallia,
the youngern had been one for four ye:m4
' during whit& tile t
\t4 t ) o tidings had been heard
from him, env avague report that he had
seen impressed:it - 3 , the British navy, and
lately . another repok\that bewail actually is
home .ilia of the ahipit which were hovering
along our coasts. Thisl i tierrt had taken
such . hold upon Haryey_ lint, that he had
determined to visit' every, ship in his power;
under the pretenoea selitrig them soinething"4-
We have:seen that l' te was 'atMeessful in hie
snarl. , ' , '`l i _ . ,_ !
Abont ten o'clock that Morning, HarveY
reached wy ezettixs
' : New finch for some breskfmtl I'm tirtd
and htmgry ; atul fie quick 'lOl, 0 for I mu s t
be oltragaut.' ' - i .." ` " ,___ ~,'':
' y tact in the Amid' are yen , doing, - limi.
vert This is sometliing-tiom* . yorit , You
were never out Went -wheat befure.;=4 ,
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Mother his distressed skint it, and `so-attkli.
Du tmii i ito what it 14 sir .
' AA indari tin* ' 1 yo u - rnu e 4 k now. i
am b wat
.., rroxtunis, 114 rit know th ey - am
to be ...4.t - only mese -
'AWL'' , s 'you iiiti to 'alba appkiiio
,-nice-forinity .--. ..„ 1 1 1 'r -, i 1 - • -.,
, -Nix , iormisiteli itliii• ' .irwat koir- -::,--r.
telling her.
0' her yards;
a landsman;
the black
lofty. sy
;light bieeze
and
'mischief as ever.
for Deacon
iey
never
, have done
lOn au, old
, f4r4 my '11 '
fiee,4-oul
_; wieked
vilely.' She
n the sails
and shelay
stens"; . the
I, ;and was
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‘. ATE SOURCE, AND_ 111 E ITAPPOIESS OF THE'PEOPLE
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lONTIiSE, THUitSDAY, AU U.T 10
(..jl.
9
edge of this cost, ing the very
it; `that I begin to thigili be's more
right ; And if so,. he'll give us the slip
moment that. he ean: 7 7 -
• .True, but I don't j‘ee-that hnie
'to night.. A. boat of marines will
with ord shoot'
you, with orders to e any man ttu.
to stir. Let him - go' ; ° - .
The \ officer b owed; , shook his and
‘
tired. In a few moments tie druin beat
marines to quarter, :apt tbe,bit,gles a the
era! port-hole&tounded the notes ; that ca ..
i i
'each boat's company: ilk •
The heart of Joe Strange beat uick ani.
hard, as he listened to see if his t would
be . called. Presently its well knoWn. notes
were sounded; and hi leakd towards it; but
a second thought checked 'him, and he put
on an air as indifferent is poitsible. I •
• The boats were , letldown and manned, and
empty boats were in,tow ti) bring filf the (At
tie. With muffled oars they now moved to.
wards theithore,going westioAthe Black Ettys,
west{ o f
as Joe bad advised. - rk• N,
After. binding -'as nciseleislyoo ptissibli
boats' put off a few ;di; (rim the, shore, ‘
' a middy '- and afe metOn each. I The,
ter was I still, but th 9 night vras proknit
dark. They bad abour a I mile to Igo be
they reached the lio4e of the fiirm. Ov
salt marsh, and then' over little mieks,
atti
over huge bars of sand,' and throt the i
sedge grass, they weat until they
house. . - 1 1
There Were no signs oft amen, a n the
l
in
tle Were all ift the b&ra yard as y
ed. It was row rteetiosszy .to Ugh their
term and search. On lighting the to
/* l ow
officer said, 'Jae where's youri
sir? - . " -. ' I -
ed off
' It was knock in * dark: we lan.
ded, sir and I '
cockl not find it.' .; • I
After ',arching all iiboht.the p misit . and
finding iximittle i th&l of . .. . to rtn,
find the mit to -swear in I matte = . ton —,..
Just then in & small: grelye - at' 11 - distanc",
Gig aockr-bell was /titan' to einkle t arid titre*.
racticer
WO 10 :'*Fp'*uf0:tol! t
bminirmita pot elm*" tlll* . 1 ._--
Ose.thgstai*titrr,riraid au Of tit ,
.:'l' ' ,
_, l- :' •
'Thy' arr . sot 01 1 , 9 old an other, • I
!•
. •
just.been thro ughthat gidie mysel4and the
*no cattle there:- -. • •?" ' • •
4,gaitt the bell , seas' heard to . thikl
. slow 1• •-• • • rr. . •
-- - JcOvaited n'eSeco' r ndlbidding;!:but with
lantern in his hand, :made for tipi
Scarcely had he entered - it before the flash
and the r(gtf agtm was heard,- the - his light
extinguished. \' -•
•
L'orard • marines,' o=l4 tie :corn
=Ade! of the expedition..: But the marines
were some 'way ofr, and; they sectned in no
hurry to enter the bushes. At length,'
ever,hoW
they entered, elpeetingeioy.moment
to ftred upon, or at leant to.stinnble over
the deed tiody of Joe Strange, tint they met
'with nothing except finding Joe's lantern, and
near by it a huge cow :Whether Joe.
was killed or eati•ied.off bodilyf' they:could
.not . tell, • but concluded there , must be some
yankee trick - ataint it. In moOdy silents
they turned, and,Set thei house On fire, and
then returned to . their - bilats anal ;to the ship
to-report • No cattle found, slid one ma '
lost.' Whether . to report 'Joe killed, O
made -prisoner, or a , desprter; tbe officer w
at a loss.. •
• ..Far ,up the heavens rolled the .flames of
the house and birn, and 4)13 waking eyes in
the region kneWi how it must - :be; but there
was none to hell'.. SloWly up Into the baCk
country were walking, a.s . day' to dawn
Harvey4Oomis and Joseph col its. They
had stopped to embraCe, to W P, and to .
laugh mo re than once.
•
`'Twos very nobly done,Tlar;ie lit,When
you first tinkled;the bell , Whit- you ex.\
pest , • • -F.
I was in hopes you woulti; r Peet the
old bell at once, , and smell it sou and at a
single bound cone - • r
•
Well, I <ld not-1 }vas sent.. But when
goi there, why did yob fire yott gun in My'
face and knock the lantern out of my hand''
I put out your light`p malt i dark, you
ninny, and I fired the gun, so Oa if you had
been retaken, tbey might supPose.ydu were
taken a prisoner, and not hahg you as a de 7
- -
serter.
Yon cunning fellow, vith4; ; if they had ta
ken vou -
` clanging on the yard aria of .course , • I
'had made tip my ftbr
Noble fellow-! May • Godi reward. you,' I
never can. ..Wely novi . ,you Igo home,
.Har- .
rev, and tell 'Luev—attd wreh her closely,
if she's got her , heart en . an.i.oth t er. Point of
the ;compass, be faithfid and,ilet - tue know it.
I will go and show Myselrto father and
- mother; and if I don't hear fyOro you, I Shall'
be at your house by tei o'eyek.' Mind nOw
about- Lucy !
. • Get out, von: jealous fellow r its more
than half because I 14e: L : ticyr that I. hate
had my neck snaelr of ',hen+, fur the last six
Months!' () .I II s
. That
.morning,after breakUst,' as tuna', Old
Mr. Collins had • read in ttii4= presence of his.
wife and little Molly, in orphan child of
for, the word of GOd 'and then they, knelt in
prayer. Just alt he.was abOpt to - the
.
old patriot eried' out, 34 0h .ob Joseph !
and Lney Loomis toot' • The words • melint .
nothing in the . Mouth iof pie bird, but tl3ey
led the train of his tin t kughtS i .iti that cluuttiel.‘
After praying • for `things that -filled the
heart, he added, nowi' . 4b Lord ! remem
ber webe.seeeh thee, f.ur;pii)te wanderer, if
he be still in the land Of th I living ; whether
on the land on the deep' lit the hospital', or .
in the prison.iobl rerneinbil!lim. .We.wOuid
pray,:in all :submission,. t i flaft we may - see ; his
'face oneetnore,andilean op9n him as the staff
of our age.. but '• if •thiS tatty never .be, our
prayer wernaylmeethint in heavcn,to
part with hint no more. 1 . 1 ; i
good old :inan*as thus praying
with many tears, the opened; and
the young ma' stood Within it. ; When the
fathilv arose from their knee p, there stood the
son, ingthtsi in teari;Theibld mantifted up
,
^ .nazetnent, but the 'moth-
I a n oL
)ti
r.
Its
o ft
th!
did
d the'
his hands in utter iunakeMent,
per - sobbed, 'My son! thrsOn nand fell upon
his neck. • • . '' • -
A few hours 'after thisithere was a g+ip
gathered at, Mr: John I.Oornis' ; who tame
with a kind of trembling, ti.s men might) be
supposed to fi,p..l,who *dee honscious of being
in a dream and were afr.tittiof being awaked.
There were old Me. Collins
. and w ife, . Who
contrived to keep neat- their son, as-if afraid
he might escape, a- Outride into something
besides himself. Then 4here was old Mr.
Loomis and wife. who:felta 9niet joy in sym
pathizing, with those whiise emotions were
deep. 1-Itrvey said he f*, , ii as foolish, as lid
ToukTr, when, in his pup hoed, he chased
something, and it tutmet.i; out to be a real
coon ! As for Miss L;uty, she tried hard to
appear sedate and quieti bit the color *quid
come and go, and she 'fatinervous and r+est
less, and had no Comthana ofherself till she
had gone out and tutd!a! - good joyful time of ,
weeping. t. .. • - hadi
Harvey was 'the firsOtero, and he to,
relate how
-he bad heard, 4frumor that Joseph
was in some ship on:oin 4 : coaSt, and that, he
had visited every ship drat had come lute the
Sound, under the pretenhe of sellin seme
,;- '
thi
4 $. has all turned .out right,' said he, eit 7
cefiting the burning ofDeacon Mayo's h use
and barn. I feel grieved iii think I was prob
ably the cause Of that 4y showing the ea.!
tle and enticing thent;isliOre.' •
' You take to yoqrsvelil tixi much it!"
said Joseph., 'fur the; 4:o'ers s were given to
land and search for cittlehnd fire the build
lugs, ,before you sh4l+o the cattle; that- can
testify.' . - ' i, ! - .\
'Very good'—for tOugh some of us want-.
ed you buck, • l don't know as any one would
have subscribed a whOteliam," looking irch
ly at Lucy. :
.i
‘.l'think you ` have juSte it out that one
life was hazarded,' replied, u ey.
h
' ' Nonsense-rinere 10,e of excitement-7 ,
.that's all. But emneittosi, Mr. Joe Strange,l
or whatever yOur name is abroad, let us noW
have your story. _NlirkaC hive •you been at'
these four long years) . ;;. All of us, except'
Lucy; are dying with` itiipatience to know;
how - you cameito be ma .the deck of a shlp of
war. that was fightingmfiSinst your con apples to on-1
try.', '
Some _people can .the
kepi, though they w,onld not themselv 'do:
n i
the mischief which thtilnlottkeys do. B . at to,
my, Story.' ; -,'
4 Four years ego' attlie age of twenty you
know, I owned and: pest mended the, ; pretty
little' schooner., 6 Good ;Speed.' Owing • to.
our , ports being closed: tip the embargo, call
ed ' Jefrerion!itgag,' I:went to the . West hp. ,
dies; and, becalm a elairler froth' one island ti;)
another. beets: I
dos . nay - weih, whea i rfflnittad my awnings'
to rtiy.Ottlierr - r".- ~ i if li . 1
l ' e l g,"4 11 WO 4 04 I. ll :TY M , t l Nal l i t i r[
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''v ma n .
fro ba?
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d
I like
ed
rd
to
wal
arbo
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'•r a
and
,stiff
the
lan
. tbe
hat,
F.
11 a ßico. 'I. butmate, an American
leish sailo and a Spania , for my
crew. I The mate. nd Spania i constituted
one wotch, and, th EQglish en; land myself
the other. On t e third oight:as I stood at
the h4lm, I heard a noise in the cabin, and
told Bailey to step down and see if some 'of
the.bsarrels Were rolling. Iltfote he could
execute my order, - I PAW. the Spaniatd come
up fr9m thc cabt with a hurrieU step. By
the moonlight, I w a large Spanish knife_in
hii hind. -As he made towards me., I met
thrust,_
him, :harried the and knocked him
Ports!
one
downf We then - rested the knife 'from his
,hand„land threw i - overbo..Ard.-• 'Leaping_ itp•
on hii feet, he ho nded dorm into .the hold.
We Out on ' the h telies; and'felti that'he *as
safe. Pnmediatel - 4 procured "a
light and went
into the cabin,:an there was poc,, , r Rand, My'
mate; sitting up in - his . berth, !Wfth his skull
broktin, and apa of.. his brain! Protruding.
'MI i was trying to bind it up, he said- 7
' Doti% bind up i y eyes,' I ' can't see: him
when) he comes * rain.' They :Were the last
wOrdis he ever s i ke; - though he .lived three
days.' There were now only. two of us:to sail
. the-4,4*er, and I was every day-expecting'
. a stoOn th. second night, After this, I
thou' ht the Got . Speed" sailed, badly. On,
t.
trYin the: Pump; I found thertias water in
the hld,- I open , d .the hatches and leaped
dOWT t;
to see if shi leaked, and fOund four feet
of Water in her h Id. .The: axed was also mt.'s
ling, lnd-.1 now k "lei& that ', the!Spaniard had
sentteled the ve5...1,-. intending !te sink her.--
I got but, and tak rig a light and loaded gtin
Once' more, went down and called for* my
Span sh friend,say ing, I would. Shoot him dead
if he m ade the.l -t resistance.. : 4e had crept
aWaY r .orward and was high an d dry,but gave
hiinselfup on my presenting the gun.-,
We took him o deek.and bound him, al
-ter receiving his ionfession that he intended
to kill us all and t. ke.the schooner as his own
and iling in tha 'he • intended; to sink with
4 ,
us, d 'that
.he ha , so scuttled the vessel that
she could not. live many hourS, longer. ; The
sehootter soon bet.: hie:unmanageable,. hut in
four days after :ou, troubles, 'She was drive
u'por an island. 'The mate had; died the di4
before, but ht, eo ! ' lay' ia the cabin. -Th
people, magistrat , &e. , cl . ,.the coast cam
d,owit and . boarded us. They spoke the Span
ish nd 'I only th • English ,anguage. Th •
e ,e.,
Spanish rascal to! his. story; ;and I tried t
tell nine. : The r ult was, that after bein
alluded to bury m poor mateWithoutcoffi
6r4roud, we wer . all taken to prison.- On
entering the prise . our account was taker
down word for word by the MA,,, ,, istrate.- A
the . . end of:seven and a half Months, our stor
was again Written , down and cOmpa re:d - wit
the lest, and with : welt other's. Then w
hail l our . trial.. - Withont tend or friends, '
got the interpreter's good grates, so that h
41.14.1 us greatly. IWe were acquitted finall . ,
andtheSiiania;xl left i , . irons ie -prison. Fe
ble 'end w.e..n.dtiiv a with excitement and i
prisionment, I kneW not what tbdo. At lengt
4 vessel touched - there - ;"1 agreed. to work m
pelage heme.befo l ekthe mast.; While on th
r
royage, We* were overhattledlby a Britis
eeaMan,.and take! mi. board the ship.' • • -
II - .),id they--fleg • you as a *serter 1'
~ aske
• ILL vley with his ' tits -elnebo., . -.',
1 ' Nor',- they Ord • elainred Me as a Britis
Anil r - , And did no. pretend that I had ever b.
lon ed to a nuni•o'-war. I claimed to he'll
American,hui this did not availl TwO-third
Of the men woul , swear they were '. Amer
•
r„jf they coul get releasei - lby It. The •
Iw r when the it broke out,iand here I_ ...
ina ncd coMniitti . g myself to Ood and feell
•ingis* that I .sh _Mkt escape : hefore lOno.--1.,
Pu/ when; we ea c a ne into the : §ound, an%
sa the-blne hills of.. ConneetiCut,'my • heait
l e
'lea , , and I tam near' betraying myself..
Go _ -be: pmised,ll4• Itarvey:s .efliots, a .
I d
he to see you 11l alive and to praise.
ibr Ibis goodness.' . '..: i 1 1 •
.., -
.'And you'll n-yergo to 'Se.ll' ' again 'l' salt
Luorin tears.- • • • . • ',
1 .-- -.-- .' ..
"Not if yutill
ut some. .
' -ucy blushed
o all you eau to keep
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From the Po olio of a YTing Lawyer.
1 ' 'MS TODD, •9
X• D •
,
I - • 61{, ADI EASE' OF TILE HEART.
The, days of y clerkship were over ;"-n y
!esemination was one; I was admitted; wro e
in}self ' Nehemi h Hubbs, Attorney;' put p
mnew bright little sign,. and in my nati e
village began . ': prOfesskniallcureer. No I
did not either; ll am mistaken. , I intend d
,Wl i pursue the h °rabic practice of the p
'fesion tet'Vhich I had dedicaied my tails
, , ,
' l and learning, in the place of ,my birth; b t
IneVer was truer, word penned than the, ti . e.
hohored provorhi "A
was. -white, ey would b4ve thought prophet has no hon r
in Ihis own coun ." I belie ve if I had
mainedein the vi lage of Green- Briar till n a y
t i
I head_me.
1 nothing but a bo ~ and would; have feaivd,to
trust, me. Eve after my sign g was up, no.
bcidy, called me , r. Raba; it was stilt' 11e„'
with old and yo lig, and 'Net it would ha l ve
been to this da , had I reinained in G ..•n
14iar. • ' ; I
• lOnly one case limed my attention duri g
the three , mont of my patient continua ce
ini Green Briar,' after being•ito:lmitted to t e
hair, and that was the case of ran unjustly .i 0 ,
pounded pig ; feloniously abstracted,' y' ur
honor, from the small but jsecure spot in
waich he had trus .ingly deposited-hinutelf, . d
maliCiously driven to the public enclo• 11
milleda . pound, f'r the vile purpose i don tt•
I , t• of compelll my client in his' pove ty
and destitution, pay the enormous fee wh el
hats "at times bee demanded tif him, in 0 t
tti extricate the . a itnal from 1 his unpl"'
nsition and restore him to the bosom of ! *1
family!' .. . .1' 1 '
IBy this I m t the clietit t 'a family; the it
having none, of h s own ;.if was a figure t
. 1
bpeech undtiub_
ly, the fa mily not ''' mha ii
• _
hig.an Irish cabin, b ut still it rounded off lia
period, and sounded well to Me as 1 repeatei
,over and over My inaidei aPeech, pacing tui
and down the rdom of m a r little office. li
tis, my fist oasiO, I was auclul so fu r al
t 4 rescue the imiiounded animal, and saver;
client from the' yment of an unjust (leftism
bat it brought D silver to my pocket, math
I
et, to my anrpri did it scein to bring: ti
or to my name. The 'eloqueams of my a ,
did not form th theme, as t timidly h ' 1
idoultl,--of parag piti lalthel iiillage now pa
per, Or Of discu 'at , the' confers or tin
liets, neither ' it bringrto my Lem th
eh of Clients i. which of tat der 1y , alj
readyi, - It was plain tliat. I . ,pever all
rise iddistinction' . at:Oreeti'i Briar, and '
Caine to thil.`luddeti - ± tt iterinination 'tcil v
the pleasant spot , and: sett in some fare
Where aUbody knew or Imid ever beard et
Where e . all there wee - no equl tociell in
e n
. '
TRUE MI4D OF GO
1854.
t uttered nO rebUke !
ERNMENT." I
There' , I was more successful, and soon ha 4
the opportunity nffonning a very', advantage.
ous partnership , bu 'siness• inereased.g . me s h._
ey, began to eome -in, ,very slow at 'first, but
after a time, uinre plentifully, and all ,things
,seemed prosperous in my outward eireum
stances.' But alas !as Wes - axe so often `told
there is no sweet s Without its bit
ter, no rose without ita , -thorn': lad • trouble
earns to me id-the shape of diaeiie,
and-slow in its approaches at first,l long fiarej
and susPeeted, but 4 length hetraying • its4if
so plainly that could blind suyse c lf no\ long.
er to the truth. -' a.
,
. Yes ! iras - withont doubt .v ictim of
ease Of the heart ; metaphorically dear.
reader, for, never had that organ beat with- a.
quicker pulsation at ..the approach - Of Mortal •
woman so,fitr aS" the gentler. sex. was con
cerned, I was.ai perfect Stoic ; but/there
an Oiyaitic discas' e about niy i heart, I could,
not doubt; and if ever the symptoms disclose
theniselves.Uninistakably, they did so in my
ease. There via.% fluttering palpitition;irre.g.
'Oar action aml.at length -pain ; not
work.; ,life had, lost its zest : the tosiet - sud
don death was ever With me ; I could- enjoy
nothing.] If 1 had ; had anything to *leaVe.., or
anybody to, leave ieto, I 'should,. have made
my will; foi I was quite 4rfe now that. I
should either drop . some day lifeless in the
street . ; or that !the power to arise froM my
bed would balk ' .
1 'remained aemy boarding houle, and' found
no eomfort in anything but my cigar; and my
dread disease grew worse and worse. As
yet' I luol consulted- no physician, partly, I
think, from the apprehension of having my
fars confirmed, but , as I sat by my window
one day smoking as vigotOusly aq ever, gaz
ing abstractedly across the street,
.14 atten
tion was arrested by' a modest i little sitin oat
the .opposite blind—' C. L. Todd; - g. D.'
While.thinking whether or not it .I..*ould be
best toinake a trial of a physician's skill, a
sudden' twinge and fluttering decided' me ;
yes I would send fur Mr. Todd and know the
worst at once.' '
Sunimoning the only: male servant belong , .,
ing to the 'whole establishment, I told him to
step over and ask 1 .. ir".-.Todd.to come over and .
see me as soon as possible. I
The boy grinned: . • „
• What are you laughing at V . I asked, 'is
not Dr. Todd a good physteluttl'
' Oh, yes he answered, believe site
is a very:good phySician, but she ladn't never
tended anybody here:, • .
‘She,ir said I to myself, 'the. boy surely
has Welch blood in his -veins ;' - they are
al
ways- slieiug everything.'
The boy soon returned saying,,' the Dr.
wasn't at home ; sir; bat.l left your 'mune on
the slate?. ": • ,
In the course of the afternoori, as'i
on the sofa, with my hand . pressed bpon- - i.ny
heart, to still its • irregular . • pulsations,
.there,
.wasaseft tap at my "Comein,'
out, and to my in came the -neatest
• brightest, ttiO4 cheerful looking little woman
ithad - hczen - iny lot to come acrOss, • .
Yciu gent fiz the; I believe, sir,' s aid ;she
in a quick, brisk, pleasant Way. - . • -
'l'?No, triadani you: are laboring • under
a mistake.' t r
Ah I 'I beg pardon''- - said,the little woman
'I found. on lily slate the name of Mr..HUbbs
No. 15, Mrs..ir'rek's boarding house , with
request would call and see"' • . :
Your slate, Madatn,'l',. I exclaimed, my
- astonishment; increasing everym6inent, you
surety are not.l- 7
• •' PhySician she interrupted
quickly. •‘.141 AphySician.: Dr. Todd.'
EXtraOrdinary:' . was all I could say, for
though Lhadiheardat: a distance.of the eiis;
tense of suck beings, this was 'the first. Intro
duction, to a' female practitioner of the Esciil-
Apian art. It awkward, 'Mt since
she had come, I determined to make the best
.of it,,and•Acquaint the lady
,doctor with my ,
e ease
She felt my pulse, asked numerous ques
, tiobS as to my sy,mptorns, and then in her
quick, bright:way ,exclaimed :
'Nervous tinervous ! that's .all, depend upon
it._ Excuse irbe, sir, but by the air of your
room, I presume you are much given to smo
king., ,
• I plead ,
And4how; many cigars do you sm qke
davl '
I could'ut tell; I never counted ; as soon
as'l threw away one I 'took / another usual
ly. . -
Hum, cigar in your mouth all the time, eh!
Chew too V ! ' - <
Again' a reluctant confealion wrung , from
me.
I picsurne you sit , up ,
time I' 1
Yes, ma'am smoking and reading.'
, ,
`That's it: No disease of the heart at all
sir ; nothing but tobacco ; vrill make you
fancy anything. It'll drive you crazy if you
don't-take care. Now will you - promise to
follow my a4vice. closely \ or not? If not I
will take my leave imtnediatelv.' - -
I promised, submissfye as a 'lamb.
In the first place, then, throw away all
your eiers and tobacco, end promise - to buy
noi more; •
With a sigh, given' to my sole consolations,
I wouid-de-as she directed.
any more directions she gave me, diree
tionrttpoti'diet, exercise, early hours, &c.
Pe she saw too, thatcheerful corn
panions\hipwas one thing needed, and,-so she
remainedsa I N , tfile, talking with great ' glee and
spirit abont matters and things in general;
and promising toy call and see me the nut
morning, she left. „\
I had not felt se.w44l.in a great while;
in
deed I had not; given `my heart a diet since
A t h e little 'Women entered\ the room.'
Next'mOrning I found Miselfwatching - rm'
t-, patiently' for, the arrival Of the little doctor.
te She came bright and cheerful as the day be
d fore. What a perfect little sunbeam she Pas,
p I could not help growing better ntp:ter her care
n and the influence of her cheering Presence,
- and yet I managed to contrive some ache: or
y pain everyday as an excuse for
,the dietiru
d wee of her; Asia,
_ At length I found that triy - heat.; 'which
had long beeil free from disease, began tO
flutter' and palpitate again, but, observed it
t was only When I heard'the little woman's tap
•• at the door, or felt her soft- fingers ; on my
wrist. -Jaskol", toi She had. driven the disease
out of my heart, that little woman "hnd her,
selfwalked Ootild no longer blind
d sei
tOthe tiet ; and When - she ne day
told me that' My mania wits now off the skit/
e liStfand out -of kW s, Astennised
y should not; so easily get • tof inine.
-; I told)settlot;
‘..4 10
t*i b# o l l jc , ' -
!emit unt6 ,h - taa " .0 hi inof
1 °
*TlQU',:u3fl3gfirj .-- 06.-i,
should be worse off theil ivis before. The
little vionienlooked perplexed. :
Then stated my case, arid explained my
sSptoms a second - . times showing .her the
distressed state, of -my , mind, and. that she
alone could cure it.: The,fermer d'isease she
had removed by an oteturional
ter could only be cured bi-'het promising to
cothe'aid take up her-abode with trie,,as rat
ident
,yiieitta: She nitderstood trite notWi%
and' by the way she pressed,,,-het um& .
her own little fluttering heareone would have
thought;the disease emtagious emir:Veiny
think it' wo:s.: SO now woil4terminO.to cure
- each other, and next we are to apply to a Chu%
gymari, who is to, form between us lifepartt,
twrship, as, lawyer and physkim ' 7 -
‘ l3ut one thing troubles me, of whicll had
not thought till. nevirthat it was necessary
have our cards.. Married people aredsually
Mr. and :Mrs. so andso,, or, 'Mr. such
one and but 'will inYbody be so kind.
as to tell me howl and melittle wif4re z'
he designated. Will- it be Mr. and . Mrs.
Hubbs ' or 'lllr . .
-end Mrs.'Hubbs..M. di
m; the ladies are going ahead so fitafiri, these
days t of woman's - rights, sink. into still.'
lesser ,insipifiCance i , and shall we ba t
Todd and gentleman,' or must drop the
name. Hobbs, altogether, and become a Todd,
too ? Somebody pletse toll how . to have
!`those cards engraved::_: _
Froth a book of Mr. Miles, .6, recent, tray .
eller in Iceland, sire male, the following ex ,
track •
'The Icelanders live principally by-farm
ing.and fishing..
_They take cod and :haddock
from five to forty guiles out to sea. Whales
often visit'their harbors - and bays and are - :
surrounded by boats and captured.
season for sea-fishing is from the Ist ofFeh
ruary to the middle, of - May.--` In the ittth
mer they catch large quantities of trout all&
salmon in their streams and lakes. They have-.; .:
no agricultural .productioniof Much value,•
except grass. . Grain is not cultivated, and:
their gardens are yery small, only producing.
a few roots and vegetables. ,The climate of . ,
the country is not whit We would suppose
..
from its location. - Culumbus, whe,was"there
in February,tella us helound n6 - ice on the
seh., It is not as cold in . Whiter as in .the
Northern States of America, the thermome
ter seldom showing, a' greater degreee of - -
verity than from twelve to eighteen above tee
ro. In summer, from June to:September. it
is delightfully mild and p,leasant, neither cold ,
nor hot.. The
,cold season does not usuldly
commence, until November or tecernher ;
and sometimes during theeritire Winterthere
is but. little snow; and not frost enough to
bridge their lake's and streams With
'Summer fires are not'needed, and tlaeclinune
during this season more agreeable than
that of Britain or the United StiteN,
havina e' neither the chilly dampness of theme :
nor the 'fierce heat. of the other. :Thundef;
Winter; but
'storms Iceland occur.
,nrt'he , ,
not in the Suniniety , . / -
The:r d9rne , i - ik; ithirnids are.. sh
horses and &v. ;Thep rarely keep domes;
tie ft,wls,„but from The nests of the wild
ex. - duck - they obtain large quantities of egg's,
-as well as down. -Reinder'run wild in - the
interior but ire not domesticated-. Bluaind
white foxes are common; and- these, with
eagle‘ hawks. tun veris t destroy many of ,
their sheep and-lafilbs. /, White bears are not',.:,
found in the country, except as an 'imported'
article, when they• float Over from Greenland
on the drift ice. /The* domestic •aninialfln
Iceland are estimated in the following tium
.bers: 500,000 sheep, 60,00.0 horses and 40,- '•
000 cat tle. / All their *animals are of4ither .
small ,size i as compared to those in more tem. -
perste regions.' Their horsaare a size larger
I than thesponies ofShetland; and "average from
twelve to thirteen hands high. Their hay is
a shori/growth, a very , sweet, excellent
quality, The ktelander's speak of their 'for
bunehes of shrubbery from two
itosik feet high. These arc principally- ' , birch - ,
and
_The beAtitiful •atb so coin
!non in Scotland an the north of Europe, la
• •
.found throughout Iceland. Their'
game birds
are the_ptarmigan, the.ciniew, 'the ploverand
the torn. Nearly every variety of water. •
lowl•Common to •Great Britain or• America,
,abounds in the _bays, irlands and - shores of
Iceland,-and in the greatest. numbers. _The-.....
Icelandemeiport wool, alxriit 1,000,0001 a
;annually, and from two to three hunched,
_thousand pairs each pf woolen stockings at
mittens: • Besides. these 5 '
ticles • they 'sell
di led and salted cod-fish, smoked. saimon,,fish
-and seal oil, whale-blubber, seal and fox skins
feathers, eider-doWn, beef and nuitton, hides
tallow and sulphur. They import theirprite ,
cipal luxuries,—flour, rye and barley ineal„
beans, 'potatoes, wine, brandy, ',mode and
beer, tobacib, coffee, sugar, tea, salt, timber,
coal, iron cutlery; fisli-hoOks and lines, cotton
and silk goods, leather, 1.6 . t.6ry; =and,fun'. •
ture., From thirty to forty, vessels sai front ,
Denmark to Iceland every year:-
Mr. Miles saw one tree, a green ond flour
•ishing one-no less than five' feet•high. He
thought afterwards t•hat.he might have :seen
them befOre and mistook, •them for hashes;
The only truit is a blue btrry thatgrois
a tree nearly as high as a horse's hack.: And
one species of rose flourishes there. = The pen
ple are not' fond of ariausements,, buttlipend
much of their.time about their turf' firesides,
reading aloud to each othe rand quietlilisten.
lug. They ire exceedingty hospital:de and
strangely honest.. They are poor and—liter...
ary. - In 1847 and 1848 thereyere - 34
tunes published on the. island, and that'
community of 60,000 people!"The:'-Most';
common forms of publication- sue -dtiodeet.
mos and octavos. The :record of their. Con
greas for 1847 was the_ lanleithoo . lt - •llbliak
ed that year, reacldng 128 pare. _ _
all thP-
te, MXIO
F,~
• • ,
OFANE SWILARMING.—Ie is related of Dr.
Scudder, that his return: from his mission
in India from a long • abeam* he was stand,
ing on the deck of a steamer with his son * a
youth, when he hearda gentleman using . loud
.and profane language. ftien:d:. °lathe
doctor, accosting' theawearer,'' this bay-my
in—was born and brought uri inn .- - heathen
eont4ryi and a hind .of pagan idobitiribukii,
Alll4O life he never. beard a blailphems
his. Maier until now' , ` The man eillOrad
tee} ut a'sort of an a • 'llogy and moved away: ;
look' :not a litile as ed of hlmaeTl
`m - lo t or phyiddims hive ft)w
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kreLpoisonotts--ma tt y ot them being-ctsl'
Viiikpaint iti whiteiesd is tised: Or
TheAttitmot.the Steubei62‘Benid
luta tin attack' upon bim 'frotri
Sua„ a coup de ito& r il - 1 • .
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