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" Weary of our Lord's forbearance, Art thou free from sin I " Fearless brow to Him uplifting, Canst thou for His thunders call, Knowing that to Guilt's attraction Evermore they fall ? ... 44 Know'st thou not all germs of Evil In thy heart await their time ! r 2Tot thyself, but God's restraining, Stays their growth of crime. l Couldst thou boast, oh, child of weakness ! O'er the sons of wrong and strife, Were their strong temptations planted In thy path of life ! " Thou hast seen two streamlets gushing From one fountain, clear and free, But by widely varying'channels Searching for the sea. " Glideih one through greenest valleys. Kissing them with lips still sweet ; One, mad-roaring down the mountains, , Stagnates at their feel. . .? . . " Is it choice whereby the Parsec Kneels before his-mother"s fire ! .... In his black lent did the Tartar Choose his wandering sire.l " lie alone, whose hand is bounding - Human power and human will, 'Looking through each soul's surrounding, Knows its good or ill. " For thyself, while wrong and sorrow Make to thee their strong appeal, Coward wert thou not to utter -What the heart must feel. ' Earnest words must needs be spoken When the warm heart bleeds or burns "Willi the scorn of wrong, or pity For the wronged, by turns. f - ; - -i " But, by all thy nature's weakness,'!! Hidden faults and follies known, 1 5 Be thou, in rebuking evil, - 'f kj; 1 - - . -Conscious of thine own. ' I " Nol the less shall stern-eyed fluty. To thy lips her trumpet, set, r . But with harsher blast shall mingle Wailings of regret." Cease not, Voice of holy spealing, Teacher sent of God, be near. Whispering through the day's cool silence, Let my spirit hear! - ; . So when thoughts of evil doers Waken scorn or hatred move'7 1 Shall a mournfuHellow-feeling Temper all with love. - s. g. vr. An exchange paper speaks of a':Dtflclunan .by the name of Jnkervankoud.-dyaskunckinka-vSrachdernay. He was always Introduced to ihe;ladicsas. Misier Whai-d ye call- lmv 'Young' men-taken in here.' is placed upon a cheap, te'nig Jiousc jtuPfcarlisU.ce ,iTr'. Eaves Dropping, AND ITS CONSEQUENCES. The following humorous scene we extract from a uork recently published by E. Everett & Co., entitled ' freaks of Cupid ; by an Irish Bachelor.' The Bashful lover, Gerald, although in hih favor with both faiher and daughter, still hesitates between hope and fear, until the old Gentleman determines to take the mailer into his own hands when it is unexpectedly 'settled to ihe entire satisfaction of all parties. On the evening in question, however, the old gentleman, Mr. Franks, was not in the best temper in the world, for notwithstanding that after dinner he had hinled to Gerald that he wished to say tomething to him in private, that love stricken gentleman had thought proper to lake ihe earliest opportunity io make himself scarce, for the purpose of pursuing Jesse lo the, drawing room, where the delinquent now was, and from whence decended occasionally ihe tone of a harp, accompanied by two voices blending together in such harmony as plainly io!d that their practice had been considerable. ' Confound thai infernal strumming !' ex claimed Mr. Franks, ai the same time if any ionecUeon earth had presumed to hint that more delightful music had ever been heard by mortal ears, he would have insulted the oflen der on the .pot 4 confound that infernal strum- ming ! A man might as well live in bedlam! t Pah ' there ii is again that eternal 1 1 know a hank,' they ought to know it pretty well by this time, God knows ! we II have the ' Min ute Gun at Sea' presently, and then some cur sed Italian screech. I wish the inventor of music had the pain thai I have in my big toe this minute and see how it would make him sing ! Wherever there's duel singing, there's mischief it never comes to good there's vil- lamy at the bottom of it always ! such turning up of eyes, and squeezing out of sighs, and J every confounded nonsense of the kind must mean mischief! But 1 II put an end to it ill make them 'sing another tune I'll invent a oamut for them ! If I don't I wont that's all !' ! And Mr. Franks looked dangerous. Then his thoughts ran on for a while in an-j other channel, and he began to wax wroth as j he conned over in his mind all the pros and nrn; null icons of the case which he" was industriously manufacturing against poor Gerald. 1 What !' he muttered half mentally, ' could'nt he come forward boldly, and say : Mr. Franks, I -love your daughter will you give her to me?' That would be behaving like a man ; out in stead here he comes sneaking day after day, and then sneaking off again ! 1 have no pa tience wnh sui h a fellow ! Why when I was a young man like him, dam me ! I'd popped the question in five minuies ; and if ihe answer ; was 'No,' poh, what am I thinking oil Hej knows as well as I do that it would be no such i encieu, me win nave no manor uappiuess iur .m .,y a.u.u.u a ,au .muip, .... uw.-,t-.. ifhp,l't m..nnP for hnr before len i me.' tate to say that which can give happiness to days are over his head, hang me if I don't hunt him, like a red shark aboul his business. There's an end ou't. And in ihis way did the old gentleman veni his spleen, until by degrees he fell into a sort of half doze, disturbed now and then by a sud-j mnU,l,.i;n,, aoainst ihe. sounds of music t( II IIUIVU1UMII Mg'.l.."- "I w hich still continued at interval o reach his ears a! lenaih neither the tones of ihe harp nor of the voices were any longer to be heard, audi once more he started in his chair. 'Humph!' he muttered, 'there's some vil - ainy going on now ! Whenever . wo young people are in a room logether, and no audible! sounds beyond the door, there's sure to be mis-! chief in the wind ! For two pins I'd steal a march, and find out what they're at : if it is not mischief, there's no harm done; if it is, I'll open their eyes a bit. But ' listeners never hear good of themselves,' iney say no matter : Han me if I don t do n ! i know mere s vn iainvoinfr on and Vll astonish them !' And so saying, ihe impetuous old gentleman stood up, and noiselessly left the room. The luckless pair, agains' wnom ne was meditating such dark plots and awful visitations, sat beside each other on a sofa ; the hand of ihe maiden reposed quietly in that of her lover : there was no blush of false modesty on her cheek no turning aside the eyes in affected delicacy -no struggle lo free her fingers from ihe pressure she was a stranger to an sucn mockeries she had yielded up her heart to him that sat beside her, and henceforth there should be noufht but confidence between them But, though she loved him, and knew that his love was equal io her own, no avowal on either side had eier laken place. The passion had grown upon them day by day, increasing in its strength as time went on; they felt that it was so, and that was sufficient for theii hap piness a million vows could not have added to their security in the truthfulness of each oth er's love. But in spite of this there were limes when Jessie would have w ished her lover to soeak of the affection which she knew he felt times when in a deep desponding mood, he mourned ihe hard fate that rendered vain an hopeless all the dearest wishes of his heart. - For a voice in her bosom whispered to her what those wishes were, and if at such times he had but openly declared them she would have thrown aside all maidenly reserve, and offering him her hand, put an end to his fears and doubts forever. Many a little maneuvre had she been guilty of, to bring about this opportunity many a time had she hinted that riches were no object with her father or herself hitherto vain had been all her efforts lo effect her wish so far as words went, Gerald still continued silent on the subject of his love. Yet it was not without a struggle that lie had nol been on the point of breaking forth into a declaration of his passion and boldly asking her to become his wife. But then would come the remembrance of his bro ken fortunes, and with the words almost forcing themselves from his lips, ho would suppress their utterance, rather than to woo her to the miseries of poverty. But this night love had been ihe conquerer. The hint, which Mr. Franks had thrown out of wishing lo speak to him in private had alarmed him into momentary forgetfulness of all his scruples, and ihe dreaded crisis Miad at lenulh arrived. The old gentleman had chosen a lucky moment for his eaves dropping. As yet ihe lovers had not spoken since lhey sat there together but an instinct whispered to Jessie that her wishes were now about to be fulfilled, and she lisiened anxiously for the words that should enable her, w lthout a scruple, to avow her affection and bestow her hand and fortune where her heart had been already given. But still Gerald continued silent. How could he ask Iter lo become his wife, when heknew that even to support himself his means were scarcely sufficient for notwithstanding all ihe encouragement Mr. Franks had given him, he could not believe thai he would consent to his daughter's marriage with one whom ho knew lo be without fortune or the hope of fortune : and he fell that 10 urge a child to disobedience against her parent, was to insure her future mis ery, if not present unhappiness. However, as I have already said, love was the conqueror in this struggle, and words found their way at last. 'Jessie said he in alow voice, but not so low as to escape the ears of ihe old gentleman, . who had taken up his position outside the half 1 a t i ... i j t Pe uoor- JBM r- " -l'Hf- ir ph liumpn, growieu ivi i . r idiiivs unu uiu i eau- cr will be good enough io understand that upon this occasion all his remarks were made men tally. ' Humph ! what does he mean by that V ' Why should you be unhappy?' asked Jes sie, softly. 4 ' Because he's an ass,' muttered her father thal's why.' 1 Ever since ihe first hour I saw you,' replied Gerald, ' I have been dreaming.' 4 Almost lime for vou to viake then !' chor- , iish1 Mr. Franks 4 And now,' 4 1 feel that when that dream is t i t i r ii i r t. . i : .. c ' But why should you' have such fears ?' said Jessie, looiiing smilingly in nis lace, urcams have been realized you know.' ' Mine can scarcely be,' relumed Gerald, it ; was too bright !' - Too fiddlestick !' ejaculated the old gentle- i man, 4 confounded stuff ! Can't the fellow put 111 1 " I hw arm around her neck like a man, and give her a smacic once, insteau oi an mis nonsense i 'Too bright,' repeated Gerald, 'far loo bright.' 'II be says mat again exciaimeu vir. r raniis, ai '8 'B uu 1 ' , 11 . J ' Are you areaming now s ! archly, 4 or do you want to put me to tleep with w.w.u. w,. .,u .uu r you so sad to night? ' Your father--, he began. a : saiu me o.u gen .eman, now we are going 'o have it. I thought iheie was mischief in uiu wmii : 4 Your father,' con'inued Gerald, ' told me af ter dinner to-day that he wished to speak tome in private. 4 Well, exclaimed Jessie, anxiously. 4 I was afraid io remain,' ho resumed, 4 for I anticipated ihe nature of his speak it would have, been lo tell me to come here no more.' 4 You must be dreaming,' said Jessie 4 how could you think of such a thing V 4 ftel it,' he replied, 4 and he is right : he cannoi but see my love for you ; and,' lie added bitterly, 4 he knows 1 am a beggar.' 4 I'm longing to be at him,' muttered Mr. Franks. ' Gerald,' said Jessie, impressively, and wiih- drawingjier hand from his, 4 you do my faiher an injustice. If such a motive had governed him for an instant w hich is impossible, as you should by this time know he would never have suffered our intercourse to continue. No earth ly consideration could ever induce him to risk the happiness of his child. -You do nol know my father " 'My child! my own true hearted child!' murmured the o!d man, softly, while a tear flowed down his check' God bless her. 4 Forgive me, Jessie,' said. Gerald, again ta king her hand and pressing it fondly between his own 4 forgive me, dearest ; I meant nol to offend you, but the fear that I should no separ ated from ou now almost deprives-me of reason. If you could only know ihe depMi "of my love you would not blame me. ' Ah ! that's something like,' said Mr. Franks ' the business will soon be settled row !' 4Is il very deep V asked Jessie, coaxingly 4I think it must be, it has taken u so long to come to the surface.' 4 Good !' said Mr. Franks, 4lei him put that in his pipe and smoke it.' Gerald passed one arm around the waist of his companion, and as he drew her closer to his side, whispered 'You love me, Jessie?' 'Do 1?' Such is my hope is it a deceitful one ? 4Noi quite so much so as hopes generally are.' Do you know my poverty?' 'Blast his poverty!' cried Mr. Franks. 'Never allude to that again,' said Jessie, if you would not wish seriously io wound my feel ings.' And then smiling gaily, she added, 4you know riches are so unromaUiic!' 'Pah!' exclaimed the old gentleman, 4we'll have love in a cottage now flowers and bow ers, eyes and sighs, hearts and darts, and all that sbrt of thing.' 4They may be unromantic, Jessie,' said Ge rald despondingly, 'but they are very necessa ry nevertheless, and notwithstanding all your father's kindness to me, I cannot hope lhai he would give his consent to our union.' 'For a sixpence I'd walk in and order him io march!' exclaimed Mr. Franks 'How dare ihe fellow have such an opinion of me!' Gerald,' said Jessie, after a moment's pause, during which there Was a great struggle be tween her maidenly propriety and her love 'Gerald, dear Gerald,' and her voice sunk al most to a whisper, 4ihere must be no reserve between us now; I know I am stepping beyond the bounds of what ihe world calls propriety in what I am about :o say; but you will judge me lighily,' and she looked up confidingly in hts face. 'Shall 1 confess it? I have long wished for this hour to come. I could not be blind to your love, for my own heart taught me to read! J yours. 1 knew your feelings, lor 1 knew my 'own; but 1 longed to hear you speak them; for then, dear Gerald, I could tell you how they were returned.' And the ears of the old gentleman were greeted by a sound which led him to entertain a strong suspicion that a kiss had taken place, and immediately succeeding it he was able to distinguish the words, 'My own Jessie!' 'All right!' he chuckled--! may soon walk in !' 'There! that'll do! resumed Jessie, 39 an- other detonation resounded through ihe room 4Lei me finish what 1 have to say before you smother me entirely.' And dropping her voice to the tones she had spoken in, she continued I will speak to vou now as freely as if we had already pledged otir vows before the altar,' rv. ..,!... r.. I... .,!....... n.ni. both5? Gerald, I know my dear father's nature, and you have but to tell him of of our attach ment, to insure his consent and his blessing.' 'The linle villian !' exclaimed Mr. Franks, in an ecstacy of delight 'the cunning Utile vil lain! how did she guess it?' And the old fentleman wondered why at that moment, an intrusive tear should have" started to his eye. At the conclusion of Jessie speech, her ! companion sprang from the sofa as if some un- controllable impulse urged him to perform a hornpipe; but as suddenly, the idea struck him j that he was about to make a particular fool of, i mat ne was auout to mase a particular himself, and so he contented himself for the occasion with reseating himself beside her, and embracing her passionately while he exclaimed - -'Now I am indeed happy. But, dearest, may you not bo mistaken? may you nol reckon loo ondly on your father s consent? 'I'll make him smart for this!' muttered Mr. Franks. No, Gerald, replied Jessie, 'I'm nol mista ken : my father loves you as well ns-'-almost as well as - ' she paused, and, while a deep blush came upon her cheek, added'as well as I do.' My own darling girl!' exclaimed Gerald pas sionately, and, drawing her to his heart, he pressed his lips to hers in a kiss that was worth five years of lite. Come ! this Wont do ' cried Mr. Franks aloud, throwing open the door and walking into the apartment 'Hang me if I can stand any more of this! he'll eat her before he stops!' and the old gentleman hobbled over towards the de linquent. 'Mr. Franks!' cried Gerald, and 'my father!' ejaculated Jessie, simultaneously, while they both looked very foolish. 4Yea, sir, Mr. Franks -yes, madam, your father !' vociferated the old gentleman, with a desperale effort to make his voice like thunder and his look like forked lightning 4 You ought to bo proud of yourselves! This is a remark able nice duett I have interrupted, pray go on with it oh, pray do!' And Mr. Franks was perfectly satisfied ihat he had said something' terrifically ironical. Indeed, sit ' stammered Gerald- and he went no further. Well, sir, what Have you got to sajr ? Are you ashamed of yourself ! Do.,yoWeelafmd to look me in the face?' And as Mr. Fiatik.s' said this, he fancied that an tire was a' foul io hfmself, smiled and so did JeM. 4What are you grinning at, madam? exeljiijm' her faiher wilh what he coiisui;red an hwj inspiring frown how dare you snule ? 1 wu dor you don't sink to the earth wih 8hiun Have you no idea of decency?' 1 Come, papa, don't bo crtis V said Jesaur coaxingly, while she drew cjoie to turn amf laid her hand upon his shoulder, 4 you kno j'ou look so terrible when you're vexed !' Audi she smiled archly. ' Don i touch me ! cried me old man. ai tho same time dying to embrace h-r, but w nh. a wicked determination to punish her as shijim agmed, for not having made him her con1idin. 4 don't come within Uveuty miles of me ! H'ov dare you love any otle without asking your 'ae ther's leave ? Uow dare you do it, I say V 4 Please, sir,' said jessie, dropping a courtesy 4 I couldn't help it !' 4 You couldn't help it either, 1 suppon? sneer--ed Mr. Franks, turning towards Gerald. 4 No, sir,' replied Gerald timidly. And do you dare tell me that you love. my" daughter V 4 I do, sir?' was the response.' 4 And you would wed her without my con--sent V t.) 4 I would not sip there you wrong nie. L wotdd never have urged her to diohed truce nt your wishes, and therefore, deeply as I loved her, 1 have never spoken of it ttlt now Say no more,' interrupted Mr. Franks and: thurMuroing to his daughter, he demanded : 4 And you, madam, would you have become his wife without my sanction?' - - No, faiher no?' she replied, throwing boibl arms round his neck : 4 noj .you know J would, ..... 5 UUt. ? 4 And you love hirn ?' She nestled her head closer to her father' bosom and in a low voice replied' I do.' The old man pressed her to his heart, and stooping his head upon her shoulder remained silent a moment then turning towards Gerald, he moiibned him to approach. 4 Here,' said he, taking his hand, and speak ing in a voice husk and broken from emotion 3 4 here take her take my darling, my -own be loved child. And as he resigned her lo his arms, ihe old man's eyes were filled with tears of pride and love. 4 Cherish her V he continued in sirong ex citement cherish her in your heart's cOro ! for heaven has given her to you for a blessing ! jH"yii ever neglect her if ever one cold !uo,k j should fall upon my child 1 will curse ' 1 My father ! dear father !' exclaimed Jessie returning to mm, ana pressing ins lips upon tier forehead' you mui not have such thoughts- we will be so happy now !' And the beautiful girl looked as confident of the future as though care and sorrow wore strangers to the world. The old man made no answer. Slowly and tenderly he laid his hands, one after another, upon her shoulders, and thus holding her at arm's length before him, he gazed upon her. with such intense affection that it seemed as ' though the fountains of his heart were full to overflowing, and were gushing forth holy love Me lfied to speak and could not feelings sifeh as were then his, can find no utterance at length a tear forced its way and trickled down his cheek, and ihen another and another; he clasped her lo his bosom in a pa3si.onat embrace, held her for an instant, and then sud: denly releasing her, he placed her hand hvtliar of Gerald's, and fervently exclaimed, 4 May God's blessing, and mine attend you buth-Lv rushed from the room. . , ; , An Odd isc. Who that knows any thing about Nawbuxy; port, surely knows that there was a guod, hon est, but rather rough old parson, MiIiqu. Many are the anecdotes extant of this Uccentrfc inan. He was a queer looking personage, wffhnU re sembling very much Grebor's jack of cfcotrs. And such a voice ! Like ihe thunder of s-oi:i$r mighty organ, 'twould make the very clapboard.-! rattle on his old. church ! One Monday Morning as the good oldmari was lugging home a huge catfish, he was ac costed by one of his deacons, with 4 Mr. Mil ton, did you not know that fish was caught o:s the Sabbath ?" " What ofit?" returned the parson ; :u thu fish isn't any worse for it." ... This deacon was a dealer in wood, and ii had been whispered more than once ahuutrlns short measures. The following Snmh Id ton, after reading his text from Pioverbs rfbuut shorl weights and measures, roared out ai thu top of his voice, almost cracking the soundiu'g board, 44 any man-thai will sell six feet of wood for a cord, will have to lake iif' iu the u'exi world, if not in this ; I don't caro if het'dbes sit in the deacon's seat ; that won't save him, by a long chalk !" About ihe lime that temperance and aiui-vla-very began to bud forth, a committee from, his society waited upon him and desired him to espouse those causes. Shant do n 1 said the parson ; 44 Jj'Hen yon hired me, it waa to preach tne go&iiA dow n is rum and niggers I -TRjiT .... . '. i - - ' - 4
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