Mil
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TUE if ea - li
.• raaLs unarm AND XPO IT . ,
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Will be it s "id 'itt l'' WO'COOLLAIO 'per annum:
lloi'be iriiir •Idf.yearly in: ath;itnce. •
. .ROVE . rISEMENTS not exceeding a aquare
l'Ortiree I erdons, ONE DOLLAII,_ and every
inibieAnent sertion. Twenty-five tents; longer
anpain. prop rtion. •
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I'7l..etters, addressed. to the_puOlislaers.,on "busi
ness,. &I vs - r' BE , POST ,PAI.D, otherwise tiley
will not be - attended.to.
'It i ii:* : :11; ttx 1 air tt...
floWers enrichNi,
rrotti various tirdeni•cuirti with care.",
Pot the Herald.& Expositor
'AILIS.A.I.OIIIe. •
The-King of Israel sat alonei communing with
• And'of,t-the lofty.walls the .sentry.slo*V
• , _
rocly
_The illww4"..Wanipg 'fast, the night , Was coining
Nevoice of kindnesslentits oharm to that desert
.
ed place.'
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- IV henvietory's-wreaillaacroyined it's lord,. duo
house. 'with shouting rung, •
Itswere filrdwith beauties blight -the
- Evers ItarrOitiS strung,
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`lhe Mirthful Voice ofJoy reticletlio theliightnul
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-:.-. - ---. , fretted dome.
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Arid iltrouglrthe brilliant throng.the King, 'would
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oft with 'pleasure roam.- . . . ... •
liy.sorrow'a hand, that place assu
medreign,ri; • - • - -
'flailucsstip.press'd the voice of-Joy, and pleasure
fled from pain: • .
The palace Ow re-echoes *ithlie sighs and sob
• . grief, '• -
That-burst from anafflicted-heari, *Welt seeks in
-Vain, relief; !, • - •
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1)y-bitterest-roes? •
The father's friirods are hoStile to the son—but
Who are those,
Thit run witirswilest - steps across - yon wide ex
enc.
t lesl pll -
.bdthey bring peace, or- must my heirt lle torn
• - :::with - torturing pain?" - -
iille all thy Toe s -this 'day, O wing, as illy rebel
-.
eetla of -wielrecTness pre- cedr,_b wretched
.
race.in run.". - - -- _ -
Thus.spoke On rnoigiipr: kris words-had-left the
_ - irgdnest chat, ,
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Vliat:tdeteink iives the sorest wound to a fond
'-father'slieart. - ' •
tUrti'd sougbt seelusip
.in It.tower, -2 , • • --• ~•
Whose stillness eviitadded that dark and . lone=
. '
then Iron) the busy, 'crowded itreets,lbe tribes
•insilencewent,. • _ -
And,.eviry man of Israel s ought in .ketrvinesOds.
- tent.' —•
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from off that hetlA 'the fattier tatted,.in - silence
• ..•:-Ver•the plain,
A na.thought of that loved- one, whose form lie
ne'er thotilcl see again,, - • 4
tut, who ' the' attetilsh of that -'heart In langliage
e'er catt"tell? •
.
luld I had died fur thee, my son, my AbSa
loin farewell!" "- • ItECED4ii.
lciiiseiii - Cattke i- 0et."31, 11337. - • • , .
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AT- oEonaz-D.
Old Pennsylvania, thou art proof , ;
That. Freedom is,a,heavenly boon.
Thy Cottage' hearth and cottage .roo f,
Thy mansion, temple and saloon,
Are all illumin'd by its
Thy population breathe an air .
Untainted with the accursed Wight
'OT Slavery's siroc'—and where
Exists a happier race of 'men;
A-nobler:than-the-stins.or Pout)
Look at our funnel: 1 8116111e. 'here stands
• „. Ilia large substantial reek , built barn--
the niagazine.of ull his lands; ,
anipleSteids'Oreinhs
'''' . 4tisfieet his strongantl gloSsy bays;
'" tlts;>nbla _ eows with-ndtlers streamingt--
L.____Antl_diclyou ever, intnydays,"
landor-Sea—wez
uakr-W -
Vindstich economy and graCe?
- .:Vor every straw lain its place:
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For iron roads atai grand canak,
For atrial parties - , full of fun, "
• *- ',Eirs.ltrate...croui and bouncing gals;
' e KeysiOne,Stme is No. 1.
' > The daughter of our sturdy-peasant;
lite's pilgrimage appear
A: Mayllay, jotirneWitight and pleasant:,
;She'll change thy sorro ws . to delights,
.• pd * *Arai thee through tlie Arintei• nights,
• •
' llieJitora e x pands her penile wings
:Alcove the Easte.rn'inountain's height'
-.Ana Iluture's boundless temple_ringaL
With toles braweetnesa and delight.
„klisei.travelleriAse!"•-Now quit the heath,
Aiastuncroujirai coremancling peak;
2:"And ctiteliAailira's balmy breath,
- Artd - firitit a kiss upon her' cheek, •
ror teaa pharitop_slie'll retire,.
• Mitten elie_hatit introduceo her sire. ' • '
_ .
• , 41ow softy--at this height a sound .
, • ...- .. Scarce rideSopon the, entle breeze;
, '.. Yet there is whispering, all around,
.._ __•_l_:...._'___'__ 44 A_Still small _voit4'"lmbong- the Areei. ,-;--
~ This sanctuary shonld beisoUght: . . •
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_, Each morningand at - night be trod; ---.--- -
i — - -
. 'To'sweet communion with its . God. . •
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And filial awe and hope control .
' ' , •,. The wide tlominion off.the ise.ul.7 --1 -
.
• The mists. disperse—=theirospect fills! •
.. ..- And we \. Cllll'gee tillvisiOn fails,
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s- 'The • oo4 lurtippn :11iiitisantl,IUlls, . • ,,
. - Vhe'eattle, in a thonsand Vales: '
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Look on the 'Otteticletdieene,beloir, '
„ --. .iii grittleivapreidi Mt either tiand, : , •
,i - Whose : Winding rivets seem to , flow '
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. ~.Like veins of silver; thi6Ogh the land.
', '''7'.7oll4lika.i4w.e'ring_OtirOlvalt, - .,.. ..' • -:___,
• 1 - ''The 'glorious motintainweirele.all !.. '..: : ":
• I-see, lsee'tliat thott 'art won,
21teaderrfarewell; and joy attend.
Thy wanderings beneath the sun,
- -And peace be thine .then they shall end.t.
;As for myself, 1 cannut.reat,
' A*llll ettifeall-itebeeta mine;
- Alia 'Oh t tOMigbe, uphn her breast, -
! I ry env,i,ed beadi
And &earn, While goarded.hy,micharmer,
That I'M a,Nnhaylvanii farmer. ' •
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HT 11: goonke' Aunty* ot 4' NARY MOBrile."
Cepnoludedj
CitArig.it • • •
Me.•Westi'ithen-he married Julia Gra
itam,• loved :her, not according to the
general aceeptatiOn•of the word, ihtit.with
a.ferveir -approaching
ings towards weee of the most eXalted
kind; her delicate and tender. in their naz
tare; pure as a stream of ,crystai waters, -
Eit-ai sweet as the-.tones of,a,,nlFiglian haip.
As•oveetheAtrings,ofthe.4tarp, the stn
menrreeze trembles; with its dying ca•
ilence_antlitsi.rich,deep tines meltirt.g---.
musical; so - it was with TheOddre's love!
all gentleness—cleivAition--fondhess; 'To,
rn
ieeined'soetbineniim ; E than
an - earthlybeing:isometiting - pure; soene
tbint-holieej •Ilesides,. he was in a great
iMeasure-ilie:creature' of impulse, and
born with sensibilities naturally superior
th i ase,OridinaKily characteristic,of the
human species, whyliebecame easily•
thedupe_ - _of_mils_tepre_s..e.titittiioios;a7._con•!:
ctuSion 'notsat all difficult for us to arrive
at: 7 IHis fault, in the .present_casc,..Was
the error of.hasty judgment. acted upon
byithe lightning•like feelings of
V a warm
anti youthful hearf—yotith is necessarily
without.experience„: But this only . §yrCies
in Some- tiegree to p. lliate the • cirditm
stanceiLnot, to excuse it ; .Had iheipa - used.,
-0-s—should—s-houl(k-have„, , done r fOr.,re
wouldile.ctinti,-
-he have acted clitferentlY--his wife
would not have been ;obliged . to leave
him as she did; nor Would lie'hiVe•-expe
rienced. those conflicting. tortures of- the
Mind,.bentath the lash of which he was
hourl)i . writhingo' •
.:By 'the side of his dying child he watch.
--it--breatheti-"ziti
-lastand•whett c - Otiviticed that the
spatknf life Wss_i,eitittcr,•_ltis.:. grief was
Ott e sp he=
mous! ..To this sticce?.cl'ecl dy'spontl44.„
_A fte_r_..the storm_ of pission,_the gloom,
of_
its . repost!inore awful than
in ; lbw,. violence of cotrimotioni: Up6n
the bed beside thecorphesat,-With Ills
eyes-fixed-upon the inat inate- form, -noir
could any • entreatieS 'prevail on : him to
'earl: the eiititi. He was flatly itaken . out,
no ,exacily:'hy fOrcic bu'l•irith the, utmost
reluctance..-During-this scene,Clark was.
- ;tanding.in the chamber, a little apart
from - the group, smilling with malicious .
satisfaction, as:hewitnessed the grief his
master displayed—the whole reminding
us • of a . -scene -- in - ShaksPeare's - Othellm --- .
and or Forrest anillrosilliTti *it. masiei
ly delineations-of thfle•Moor-iid-Iftgo.
• Nionday.t he third 'day afterthe child's
decease. was fixed upon for, the, burial.
The-hearse,- - with its dark hangings and .
mute' driver, stood befol'e the door.—
Friend after friend _gathered : arcund the
mansion, from the city in carriag , i, and.
frorn Ilse neighborhood on foot. ,V r. W.
refused to attend the funeral—reused,
hoe would he. assign anyi;eason 7 4•they
persuadedt but.no, be Would'not; ant, the'
train was• consequently obllgeW.i??"fro
ceed without him.. Previous to-its start.
ing; Clark, Whispered in .Private to 'us
Servans, the expedience - of sone
I Janr_rem i m_i the,abserce
of
of the rests, , 'ln 'hispresent disordersd
State• of ittind,', he 6aid, 'it 'will - not he
prudent to leaVe l hitin alone. He may poi'
sibly he 'tem - ptecr suicide:: 'Once be;
fore-he-attempted-his-life,-and-in,ordef
to revent a result of the kind I will my=
Velrvolunteer fa remain.' I rwaxac-cord
ingly,agreed that Clark should stay. As
Ole funeral left, the parent of - the child
- ibOut - tobe'buried... stood under the pi,-
aiza, watthing the slow and sciletnntrain
till it disappeared from his sight. Turn.
tra,,iiitoolte...ltouse,_he_Was-followed--hy-
Clark, and giving way to. his
. despair,
called__ for' the -cup--of . intoxication.
'ine! wine!' he exclaimed.. 'Give me
_the glass—these miseries •are more than
can beat'!" he pressed
his hand convulsively against his fore.
head: and his heavy breathings.beiolten
ed - I—eight of sorrow 'under-which - be`
labored... : 4 My childl my child!' he - bi
exclaimed, - and . continued - to repeat
tier name,- with words -of-affection and
regret. ‘I have lost her! lost her!' were
his Words' and deep .and. pas.sicinatellie
.accents - of
Both gone...both:from Ink.Siglit;and I
am left a' wreck amidst the barreniiiii - e
mOdient.he vititied,_sub
dued -by-theintenaity-Orl-his
bursting into teats wept like a child. A
smile spread over the Countenance _of
Clark. ..the triumphant 4tine . of succes:s
ful''xillainyi 'His victim again called- for
wine. Glass After -glass of ,it he,iontinued
senses forsookqbint...he
staggered, reeled, 'and in -hysterical-con-
PrOstiateupOn thg-fiOor. • ,
'Now—now .1 triumph,' eiled the ma
lignant Clark, who ,had been :careful .to
supply his
. victim-Avith - the ihebriatipg
draugthWexpecting the.present result.
ph now: Like
,dark-eya Zanga
Over Alonzo's prostrate bOdy, I stand.-
like ..Zangti, too; I must Awake my vie
dm into hbrioral What, ho: arise". : "
jerking •the'athir by
the;coat.collar,.antl
en 4 eav"iiM^Co rguse'llint from 1114 ktu
par. •
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--10 - . W c - Ai
sliainfolStiealrllo:-AVest
the situation he isliefebefOie the*.t:det.
But disaoreeable as it ion t.is
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_Peipted.anci - ,lPublished ) Weekly , 45106 - 4, 7 11: Phillips Ogo. - _ IF rea;.neyi-in. Carifsle l : Capkt;ertand :Count, Pa.
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bly. necessary. The threaii of the narra
tbe exacts it. Intoxibaied and.insensible
as he was, such was the vehemence •of
Clark's language, that, it startled - - him;
and half opening his eyee,,he encounter
ed the other's demoniacal gaze:
iXatir-child_died byawl!'
'Poison !°
64y, sir-poison!-and tadtranisterell
the fatal drug.•_,
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•'-. "Yori!' , ' , ,
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'Yes,—me! Behold trt6.116 cried,
.-.
tearing off his. Whiskers arid false hair,
displaying the light-colored ringlets he
naturally" possessed, instead of the jet
black - cirlSirif a wig; and revealing to the
astonishment of his hearer—
'Byai'd!
lYest - ify.ardyour-Wifo's Conan, and
your owli eternal enemy! -'Twas I that
poisoned :your, childtras.-I-that-mur
dereof.',.• -
-
-, For revenge!' Said he;-Thundering out
his words, and ft*cin.g a laugh of fiendp
ish exultation, - whilst his mouth foamed'
with-the excitement - of h-is Alas tionsfcir
reverige. revenge. Here a momentary
patige ensued, duringwhichthey intent
ly_ and earnestly gaied at each other—the
One t rem u the opt er- sec) w
ing ..t.:rith the dark 'and vindictiVe. spirit
Of:wicked deterMination: - Mr. - l'Ose
tOltit.feet, and was'for leaving the romn,
hut_Byard intercei* - Into,
sell. against the door, and 'imperatively
bidding. the, other_ to:remain Nvlere . 'he
was.y . iffeais - Mel- . he said,•or rather
Ciferated. 'You. married. im.ycouSin
G raham. •I' loved her, - and when Wee
preference was * felt the
dem on-rabk n-In.y-boso
that actuates mellow. However I -ma
naged to ton smother- . toy feeliOgs
_at - the
time, and even officiated. as groomsman
at your , nuptials.. But yOur-increasing
hapPineSs could 'not' - bear to, witness,,
and 'so departed for Eurbpe. There I
planned - the cheme ;.. , haVe since execti- 1 :
:ied; - ; - _AreFil._ilie__abience or a_yeai' t I re-.
(urnecl.tiithe United 17tates--4ittentupon.
uric_thin }ou t_ fell
.city. - =Active :fi"rst plae:e, -to arouse -your
.9s:piCkons,..l.lyriered about the_se:peetni
seS,-might after night,.•with - a flute and
gull ar t plaYipg,-and times - accompanying;
the-instrumen-t w ith 'irty voice. Iryouur.
Spahisb - rfotind
a ready abeti-. , rni. - the - gold-II: supplied'
him - with; a desire he- tvitispered
in-your ears g, tale, that-so easily
firetl'your_bi
- -ArthiS ba're-facedonfessior;it,maS
readily be supposed Mr. W. 'was Jinn
derltruck. He *as so:-and with speech
less amazement atullorpatience,awalted,
• w hile •Pyarcrcon tinned as
___:Vcirn,cout, as it were, - your.liarsh
ii:eairnent, her affection for you seemed
to he suspended, 'and to leave _you \he-_
Carrie thoprevailingdesire of Your wife's
nt
:boio..Manueldiseovered it—die closed
to me the - secret, and at my bidding prof
-I,"!!reit his assistance, which she unhesita
-liiigiraceelited of.
_ - A rot. her
cape was agreed upon, and a night not
far distant appointed to pot it'.,intii-elrect.
She was to be rowed across the river,
tfiere to take - a carriage; 'Which was to be
in waiting:, the ,night settled upon ar
-rived. I had a schooner I hired, ready
at anchor in the stream, a: mile below;
and dressed in the• garb of a sailor, I
wai iet.Lwilka_boatZatike designated spot.
-$ll e- ca m e:_d ow 11,--wi t ItiVlantiel, -en te . red.
the boat,' and was entrapped on board of
the- vessel.-- We got under Weigh, sailed
immediately. from the river,'and as soon
as we were out at - tea, 'attempted--'.'
Nirtueint - Pregtiable.- My endeavors she
nsistedi it enraged me, -and rather than.
th,t she should ever get again to your
determinedjo—ay!—and' now.
she.sleeps beheatli a:watery grave!'
'tead?' . . •
-4 5Xer - i - s - gli . 'd - it - i= - •-;iiiiirde
. . ,
Atthe•ahnouncement of this, an ‘eXcld
maticit'of horror_ escaped frOnt_tho_lips
of The\dore,acidplifted_hilids-were.
clencliel. in the 'energr,of - despair. Itii
wife's imocence , ;.'Was...notV declared:be
yond a inubt; . and as he thought - ever the
wrongs iie.had received; of the sorrows
- h - e, -. hatlri i ms - elf. -- beety the - cause- of,--he.
groaned'V,ith , remorse! Remorse! re• .
inoVsel nnAltis groans wero music to tile
exulting
. eilainy.of Byard.. But at.this
in.thtVery. midst Of his triumph,
the door_ofike_room-was-btirst.operi r -pcl :
Atticia, Avith:'§everal police officers+ .en•
terCtil. - 4 1 7 1teA .
• 'Hal cried Byard, Drawing
a - loaded :pitted -bid 7 -hreifSt .podtet,'
Ihellevelleil - 3t atGarcin andfired, who
instantly...fellpptit_the floor, drenched in
blood I, The offiCirs ,secured•the perpe..
trator the deed4who,made_no
U' resist
ance;.
as .he knew IT enough it , woul d
be frnitless,to do.ao ,
''Hear me!' ga - specl\he dying4fainiard,
faintlY,-at theh momett recovering suiE,..
cient strength to rai . himself 'on one
ham! ! ' I am the murd :er of the tivern
keeper.—killed.,-11aliin'pre--year-:-.18.
25;' uttering whichl biksunk pack and
expired,—
Byard was Convoyed' tt,prisom • The
coroner was sent for, and Averdiet given
over the corpse of Manuti, Which was
then taken , tu the ; city birial.
tiI.APTER VII. 1
Owing to thoshock he rectkved at the
certainty of his;..Wife's death, kid gotifti:
iiiiii - cifcliiiir - ded - Mcidints - trestektifiriTli4 I
- .ti . ceding Chapter, - Mr:' West u\g -- I t Yki n i
sick. Before three clap he was vary low I
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indeed; -ci . much s.',„that the skilful phkSi
ciari;-whiyve..lieVe*eviouily had occa
sion to
. notice, in the cbgrae". : ofkutirative,
had actually fe'o Or his s . talety.'„ lie re
cognised no oneßpt eVen lii ' Most inti
mate acquaintances : W.hile . in lumber'
his breathings Were 'iong;tlrawniou d all-
. parently : painful.-,',l 7 hus he, lay far months
—four i'dotillisu'plan
.the 'Verge of the,
grave, as it.' - .Were t . but .fOrtunalelf, and
^much to the joy of those around hial; 'all
;at-Once began to get better - .. Ile bad lain
lh:s'!drearn, campar t Sively speaking,.frotin
which, he - 4u suddenly awakened. Dur
ing'his.sickness he . was mentally insensi
ble; and his recollections of what had 0c, 7
curred,:even after his convalesence, Were
at -first Imperfecttliut, as the renewal of
his health tontinued, : the facts gradually
unfolded themselves,.the.-flight of his
Wife- , ,,ltia, , daughrer'i.cleaty--43yard'a r&
venge—and ~Garcia',s fate; these, - and . the
,c,isc_urnstan,ces
_Connected with thern. 77 .
Arnidst it ,a11,.t00,.he yeinembered.Seeing,
at intervals, when his sight *as open, but
hia.reasorifet, clotded, the form of a 'few
male moving-noiselessly and With - care
around' his bedside. He reMembCred her
as a vision,-seen—but indistinct. Where
was she nowt ---• . • • . - .
He was yet cdnfineclitelllgth.,od_it - *as
equsite that someone should be'constant
ly at his side. 4piza,9 - aici - Ite, addreising
a serOant - girl irrattendance.
, Who has been nUrsing me during 'tny
s;e.kriessr - •
' • The searnstress, sir,' ivaillrreply to
his Attestionrpn- answer unexpected' in.
deed; .and Mr. W.est• was untible - to com• 7•
prebend it.. - Thinking . - hd - might - possibir
an. been misunderstood; he repeated the
i terrOgatory, to which, however;the same
re ponce was returned. -
ti
'The inistresi'l . whp sbe l .
_ . --.Alnared, sir,l cannot say. Yourwife's
relatives.r ) `ecommentlecTriefliere, - but - ever .
since -she -entered the house, in'sti.ad of
pnrsuing,her.occupation, she hasfaithfUl
ly cie•ioted_lter atteniion_to yOu., • - 11
•
45he - came4wo dayi atter . you
were *first • taken . has rematned•
Since then.'
. . .
.
Here there was a pause of silence duct
6rt=hought on The, pay.t,of Mr. \Vest, folr a
minute or twOollen broken by - Mtn With
another inquiry.' -- , A. Seanistress-yu
osai
she is?' . . _ -
'Yes,,LI Sir.':
t 4,E', en happe n ,
the dohr - Was orned and the person .they
were speaking.of.entered the apartment-
Eliza left the room. The •seamstreSs
she encountered - the ardent gaze of MI.
West, trenibled,---r. clindson flush spread
over her cheeks,and she Paustd
in, c'cinfusion. Recollecting bet / self; she
falteringly- advanced tri the bedside of the
invilidotiud'with-a• treniulous,:4scent - trigni•
red after his health? ' \ • ,
'1 am_ better, murk belter I thank you; .
aid ta yoor kind nurture diiiing the hours
"cif - suffering, - am I indebted-for the-restora•
tion - atikreliet — lt - must - have - been - meari•
some to Watch soloog by the coach,. of
peevish sickaesWand Tor s • ake — tiraidinin•
istering to mr,otnfort, how. much of per
sonal ineonveniaice yotrmust necessarily
have overloolted. i N
To those remarks orhis'ilte Unhesitating ,
ly returned a negative tUtsWer: The per
formance of the duties, fothich he thus
without flattery cOrnmetidedAer - ,Were not
felt-us a_trouble=no—but,
retested promptings of humanity.. which
a tender soreffuge wip:always snggest to .
an affectionate heart. Mr. West adntired:
Upon the intellectual'.countenance of the
4eatostreisr-his-eyes-were—riveted,--and—it
:ca.ined_osj,iLthe_linetuneall W,e_rrtinLun.
There was sadneS% pictured in
those ex—pressfielbliStao-rrow-and-resigha
,tion blended, like the colors, the slight and
shades of a finished paintilig. He noti7
ce&that she . tifaa dressed in mourning, too,
and. asked if she lamented a near relation?
Oellitt'eritig - teprr,==lb - jr
child!'
'Yottr child?' ' '- • _ . .
.:...ilfes—my Only child!' 'fears stream
ed over her cheeks, and she 'asked to, be
excu*ed as-she-left the-chamber,-to-cOm;
ceal the rising emotions of her_bosom.. to
weep in secret! Mr. West was of course'
sorry that he had so abruptly broached the
subject; and was upon theipointof_calling
her, hack to apologize—but,Was it a lass
foe her name,—he had forgotten to _ask
if, ;The servant'girl again entered the'
-room, - c - and - he - appelletherlittc -- " -- , --_--
'What's the nitrite of the , tlearnstrels,
'Mrs. Ilennett,' was the - answer. • • -
'Do ion, knew anything about her child
--,- -hourlong has it been'detull' :
'No; sir. . .; .• ;- r_ ._ - - •
,'ls her husband alive', . ` .-' '
- .'lndeed, sir, 1 cannot ,answer you posi; ,
tivety,—but I believe she is a widow.
" i You have heard sof'. • •
'No, sir, I Jititte nat.. ' I judge from 'in;
cidental inipiestsions;altogether. ' I' may
be mistaken—she may have a husband.'
' 6 W hen in conVertaticiii, - have you'. ever
known her revert trithe chi di"
:. '. •
t ‘
'Never,'Sir—"when rtsli ] first came I
merely understood -that a 'e -was in black
fora daughter she hail Keentlylorit.?...,„„•
'Daughter! .the' childihshe' Os% . was a
daughter llten ft_seeras?' ,-, ,' ~
'Tio I "andOstigxl, sir. - As to knowing
any thing, about her, she' associates tinlit
. ~.
tle with us, that typyl r p o l the otiportutd4,
to dise.over for' OurSelr ea.. With the old
hatitickeeper - 2 M arg'aret",' she.ii-- in tiinate,
but Withitrine of tie.' * • ' '''. -. ' .
Nell Margaret wish to speak with her!.
. The girl accordingly left the room, io
obey the.order, and her, master;leaning" -
back upon the- pillow; ryas immediately ,
involved in, a labyrinthian Arain_cif thottglu..
MS . ." Bennet!,=•-the name' Was-not familiar,
btit.the face and ',the,. tones of the voice
were. - seamstress) ~She 'had-been re•
commended by:his 'wife's relations in that
capacity,—;-so said the-girl; brit' sinee'her. •
entry into the -establishment had devoted
`lie
lier N trne entitely_to the care-Of himself
There vis surely kindness in that-L.-was •
there-net, affection'? Being a seamstress,
she was caiksequently dependant upon her
own labors fora livelihood.
.11ut "what, of
that? __Life is :ft*l of - changes, and to be.
poor reflects no " dtsgraca - .. Louis Phil.
lippe, a king, and thAweelthiest of men,
-was, once L ,'„ - obliged• to an humble
school in the wilds of America for, a liw
ing. Reverses - in life are daily occurring,
and those that are itow,rollifong , in
the - luxiirY-of.a:carriage, may soon be .beg.'
Bing "for' bread.:~: Such'; most likely 'tas
the case
.of, Mrs. - Bennet—site-had-eerie
rienced.a - reversei Herm.anner' and con- -
veisation avouched-it. .The.outline - of her
face, the high forehead rind the soft-blue
eye, tesenribled his' late, wires, but there
the likeness ended. "Mrs; tennet's - sm.ooth
dark- hair, - so . modestly retiring beneath
iliefSne'vvy_ whiteness of her cap, corres
ponded not with Julia's-aubtirn curls--nor., ,
. _
the almost spiritualpaleness . other cheeks
ttlitll Julia's mantling bloom. Besicfes, She
looked older thatt_Nlrg - West. .
Hts - Altouglits:were ' here interrnoted by
the entrance of the ho . uselteeper,Marga..
ret, - wliem be had Sent . fur—an Old woman
-who4liad- been-in-the-service of. his-fatter .
before :1' heodore..was_borif„ ntLytto , was
considered mote as a retative -than 'a hire
fing. At the-period-of :Mr:: and-Nit...AWE
- domestic differences, she--was-,--the--.only.
one of the househOld that sympathised
With the-latter.. . When her Master finally
- insiAted upon -having: separate sleelting
.apartments, site leek tlid - liberty of retnen•
stratingagainStir, and - even • went so far is
to'upbraid him 'with injustice. After the.
departure-of_Mrs.W est, the others W.oUld
th'r'ow it up to-Nlargaret, aq a contnimation
f 1 . 4 .9 i II; but.th tr.old
'l9 - it._ nrl-en ill occasions defaided the
character of her forrieriniatress. When:
asked by 'any- onejter reasons tivilms..in•
- skiing
_on the innocence of -his.. master's
• wife.- her "exch. matiOn.. would - be•—'Guilty I
. she: guilty ?•tio: -. ..she is too good , --too.
'
ME
linl
•VVell,.Margaret,'-said Mr. West . ..asshe
entered the . room. asking her some tri
fling at . a Mauer of form, - and de
sirous of IMMoring . her - old age before,he
ventured- , upon 'the subject for which he
expreSsly wanted her. lueiturnity was by
no meansit quality Of. hers, , and, when
pleased she. was talkative enough. 01d
inks are gebeially starched, still' and for
nfal; precise -in - every thing they. do Or
say, and at the ageof fifty and upward.
.withms - iii - anyvrinkleSin - the - face -- a - s - there:
are - crimples - in -the-Eliiabelli•like..collars
round their veiny necks. Margiret Was an
exception—there—are -- exceptions --in—all
things 'She was hale; •happy, and bust•
.Herysiongerdays had been 14'11'0
"with th e of calumny; burheriati ,
ter years were unimpeachable.
"I• ant well, I thank, you,' was the reply
she gave to a question he asked. 'As' long
at,l keep upon my feet, I've no feari, but
when an elderly person once beetanes bed
ridden, life's not good for much. Its-then
moreof a_tosment thawa Pleasuie, 'l' was
forty odd wheir 1 first came CO liVe•witli
your father. I've outlived him unrkyour:
mother theie fifteen years, and if I survive
them till next - fait, I shall be 'sill four: - •
may....oukliyeAtte r ..lON'Aall..l e i
'I hope not, replied she seriously. 'Your
parerrns 'L.:followed:to the grave—your
sweet little , daughter, too; a'Qtl• your wife
is now---Ati; sir, you have lost a• trea.
sure in her that you can never replace.—
S.he loved you. and •Sheilas--'—' •• •• ••
'Sffili Wirdet, she
has! '• 1 know it. The truth of what •yore,
-say I atn - twara of; and till • the List . mo
ment•of my existence shalllrepent „in the
lAtterness•Of hearo
..• • • •
.
._ 'l-always - toklyoirthitt r she was innocent.'
'Yoq did,..htit I did. ,noilielieVe -it; and'
r none..tilas, it. - is too:late to repair the injury:
done! . , She sleeps,_not in these ayrts'as
once,.she did 'but in the sleitiordeathZ -2 '
the. long cold silence of an ocean grave, ,to
i wake , on earth .061netret'...4,fter giving' nt--
;cream - 1068i )vOrds,he laytick- upon
'fiiiiiiTlOVlor ' several - moments without
speaking; and Mariaret; under the im:-
prestion that. he 'was •dcsilious of repo,se,
advanced to the Anne, and' was•about-leiv- .
mg= theJoom4 - btit Mr. West motioned hen
to renhain, and after a second intermi'thion_
-of silence - , - askedift here iv.us -not a strong
resembiance between the seamht ress, Mrs.'
Bennet, and his latelamentid- witev-- - --.---
" 'Why, yesoltere'.o a likeness,'-said Mar
garet, 'I had not obseived ' iel-beforec.'-btit
not? that y.ou - speak 'Of it;',l l think'she do
lOok . - something likeihe - peittaitin t le'
room.,drawing- ' But- 141 S.1.1innti - ha of
dark hali,' itat'she'i..-Very: - ,ptile t '.,too.'. My
mist ehs,'-'yon'knOV4 hadlight' hilt, end al._
ways i'high',VOireir.''_ , , :.
~ _ , _____
___ T . _
• : '6lreslititttill the . Veheinhlance is great:
so . ..niicti,,AN:.(ljo: ;•., .01 1 1f,9.1 :!,1?, 'tiptoe of
ctiririSitfp' aaltyVere, indanitiowi'lo , know
MOre,about her. ''§ha'seenris far above e - her
present sitnation: in life; ant(frein what I
,haveltireridy;seeti'cif her, I am'satisiled 'Abe
liehliiiherto'rnoveti in a' higher . sphere than
the hoMble orbit'. in 'Which.:,the now re
vol VeS:: —NV hat:llo46u _ln ohr_ of_lieW__!_ - _:.l
, 41.er eirclairned.,Margaiet.: 'Why,— :
what should [.know of her? . There - Watt '
somelinen to be made up, ind,she was re
cornrnentled here as a seamstress--1 know
that.' . _ _
..115 followEd: successive-crbestionS
anclansWers.. Were the - replications
-turned by .Mtirgaret, , equivocal or not?,
Mr. W, gave it-no thought, and of course
did not suspect/ they were, but,Merely
considered it her usual odd why, which. it
was indeed .i , ery similar to. .Findirig' he,'
was not likely to• gain:atty . further inform,
'talon, he dropped the subject, , and Mar-.
garet.afterwattls left theArttinent: 'Still'
Mr. *est's curiosity, or rather his imp
tient desire to be acquainted with the . 'past
history of the seamstress, was
- trot abated,
but sharpened by the obstacles it incurred
She cameintia his •room the peat day,'so.
liCitously inquired how, he felt, and•taking
a seat at his-bedside, cdMposedly joined in
a conversation with the recovering
-This cbritiuued for several forenoons, and
- the rafterpartofAhe'day:was consequently
dull'anchedious terhimlor the watit-olber
-presenee„ !file...more ha saw of her, the
more he liked her; and One morning as'
sire was about leaving him, he . asked if she
would
pages
come in't fre rn don:' diid's read
a few pages tdr. him in a vctiume he Men - -
tinned. She. answered that she. would with
pleature, antl,diccSii; This-was repeated,
land.she , ivag:_subse s citiently at his• side for
the most part olthedity.Tcwas not long
before Mr,...West, was able. to walk about
hiS'room . , - and'shorily after - wards to be out
of doors, leaning upon her, arm as they
pyornenaded round the.piaztia, or leisure
ly strolled rdOwn7th - e gravelzwalk: - -- How
often would their eyes meet—hers bent - on'
him with Intks of apOalemlylhe.sincerest
'sffection. and his On 'her with a gaze, of ad-
Miration... , .admiration mingled - 'With :re-; -
__spe.c.t...&.:reS_eme--reserve,however, Which
gradually' wore offr'and' they eventually
became nabreintinta.te;b.utstill_not.enough,
so toWarrant .hiS making the inipiiriesiir
Avisbed concerning her former life antl'pre....
sent:connexions. Frequently was lie Ai*
the-poilitt 'of . adverting to the-subjeCti but
the tekil.Stie shed when he spoke of her
child,: recurred his =Memory; and his
invariablylvext
mecting he. _would'- certairdy speakr_of
but the - satne lieltancy would then occur:
• would'iostponciit tiil.the-fiekt, and so
-the time. sliii'ped by. Alas! tliebutnan
brata.rTiovi.-e,uscentilite!-4or. it .can no
lon ge - rb - c - concealed - t - h - a t-his-a (feet iiins:Were
. hourly cementing: themselves With the
form, the : thoughts atid the beaury'of the
seamstress, who,was..indeed.ailerSon eve?
; y way rineritorious--/sti person abuse pure
sentiments were mingled. ‘iith a generous
regard for:the opinions of another, and
Whose affable d . 4ortMent atall *times cbm
manded admiration, and 'esteem.
cuArrEn - • .
$l.Ol. the time slipped by—and
thO seamstress remanincd a,„l.- the nian
_sion,.:the-same-accoMplisbed--and-amia--
ble being. -- the cOurtemis companion. of
S I FC
_hold. Each -day-she-put, forth-a-bud,-
ng virtue, and each day` - did Theodore
discover_ something -new in the traits
Of-her . .character-to--admire:• - l'he 'do
mestics of the establishment began to .
consider her, not as one of their - ,own
number; but as the-- mistress of the
place, .and-consulted her on many, occa
sions as' if .she .aetually was—none of
them but old. Itilargaret having' served
:anderyits_former mis_tres.
_:AtOas been
before statedi- when she first came she
was remarkably pale, and to the.domos
tics..very, _retired and even fl iita t in-her.
- manner. : - .A change in both had taken
' - iilit - e• - . --- : - Ttio - foliiess - oty_onth -a p_pea re tl
todevelope itself, 9nd her' cheeks began
-- to tinge witlra flush, whilst her move
tnents- to and-fro-were distinguished - by
an observableincrease of activity,•and
to tlid:seryants,i , wlin voluntarily Fen
- -deretriceir:-;deferencejt-she.-was-conr
'plaiSant and kind._ In the eyes of Th2o
dore she seeirre - d - rito.grovounger, and
more and more =to yesemple his lost
wife.....:We all have our peettliaritie.s=.
-Mr-Vest-hady he'rs, -- and her •us . ba nd
fu titled that in the seamstress he detect
ed•d• siinilarity....of_prailections, taste
and' preference. 'rhere was the'same '
small white hand, am s,airie - pr‘Jty little
,
'foot, and—hut for tlfe.'da....k hair-,I e
would. often ha.ve:concluded That it was
-really-Julia-standing --• heft/re-biro;
.there was -mystery. aroUnd'her.!
Wassheli Widow or WM? She' did not.
gay slin was, netr to the contrary. To
have asked - her - tlie . eltiestion, - . weiild'not
.have inthirreda , .hritich p - olitchess,..nr .
.. have been 'any t hilig - m ore. than
an. ordinary. 'interrogation:. But:' so it .
Was,,miitofttli will occur, maw ithstiTtil , ,T
ing 'his - 4.lpsire to, know,.. he'Llcotild not
iMmition•sufficietit 'confidence - to''mako
the•ingutry;—soniethitig always trap's.
pired'to deter hire-a . ,trivial thought,
perhaps, or - a yet.More:triflink incident: .
He. - was . hirrisetPcnnscieui
siateney, nor did he at all stippoio : ; ; Mrt.
ilennet - would - be., - Offentli:d . if he sOged
her the cioeitjon,
,time
.Iw.hs WeStod •in ithe. mere .
interrogatory - W - bultriinply - jtothltig ,:-- ..
it Would,l4'.no',m.S'an-s- reveal his me-'
tiiies'iesr"tiskifig;::bnt to: delicate-,Were.
, biwown,,kelih - gs on thei . itibjeet,„ that- e.-
-
_causteiv_hiek?actilatelLhtinzeoulelielleen.; _
t hi et tAhOWeeneideteii.liiirrevitahle.;' ,
' ".But - :ehtertai4 ..thest
~__i
tho,'tsi' he Would say: . 'Of what int Ottrz =
twice `is-'it - to"nie„ _vvheth_er she As' a .
witiv or not?
_l've no intentiimi of
-Biking. her \hoed, have I? have I'repla •
Iy s ig h: intent ions? Not-no secon d.
•
marriage_ shall destrey the" hallowed---
charnis
,that •,hreathe around,- the••eatil•
rememberance-Of:theArstf - •Buf -what—
is this=this s warinth- within ,rny :heart •
- for •her? is it love,—oi reit gratitude?"
Daily and ‘loiost'hourly wlthin - each
other's society ttry were; anti enuSe4 .
queenly evory pdssible opptiftuitivld
study the disposition and the eharaeto
of one another: '!That she hasybeen
the direct
,means of restoring mai , lo , -
health, lam convinced;'?` said Thecia -
dore, "and am I not iu, duty 'bourid , to
make her a recompenao.' But'. _What
'recompense? She is, horn res*ding uh 4
r
dethe same roof With ; Tie, .a d I : have
. hee.orne so much attached to er:Matt _
am cooly contented yvhen.in. risocietyi.
If slid_ iN'a widoias .1 . - - beneve, she
is,--under
. the
,p,resent ..ctreumstances§
'fait not inagerativeltmy.. duty - ..t0 - offet • .-- .
my band?" - 7 ' 1 • • •, ~ .:,.. ..- ~ •
,:•
.• - Tiles it
. co tirtued .till '§eptettiberi
I
1.132-4Vlrs. _ ennet. had-Ale - wt .- A
- tea - Ott - -
_year ::at the mansion; and - by :this time, . _
Theodore, had, , prevailed oporf,hlrnself-
that it posavely teas - his -- _dafy,to .niake . ~
the offer of his. handi---provided . ,,th.eie
existed, no obstacle tolbe :unioe4--4
-"Could-I- bear-46 7 007 with-her?" not .
then
.wht:net . make lief my -wife???. he -
Wool(' ask. - ,himselt . "Besides; ; the .:
world is . censorions, and if 'I deTer it Jon
ger the tongue . .of scandal' will perhaps ~
-be-at:work," -- ' - . --,-.
.. • . ... . • •
-- Accordingly he finally resolved td--
'avail' himself of the first 'op.portunitn --
make the riet essary incturies, .antliin ......-
ease there was no hindrance ..lci.: . a man;
riage;-to offer himself if she ac - know=
!edged a reciprocity 'of, feeling. - • . • _
' .r"Margaret;---do you - think" Ire - :loveS - t , '
- iiiii?" -- said.. the „Seambtress. speaking - 7 --
with.-an airi - of
,playfultiess to - the. bouSe4: ,
keeper. -- ' ' 7: • • ~ '.
'•
I - ! , Yes,l.do,"_wisthePlaitt - good' law -
,roottred answei; . . . _. .. .„ . .
.-- ~'Aut as i , .;eit as lid • ioyd 'lfs lidi .
when helirSt married you-,think.
tkat" --"-- . . - ... •• • •. .-- • - .
..;
.‘Why i - indeed; ma,nmiilfaiis d.dira -...
ficuit;question- for m .ttzi . .atisweri-,-but.
I See, no reastm Mt he'iShoultl . notlove.
von as well as he . - If it waent , fot' '
your tlaric'hair,,y u !Roil so much alike
that were you both stancling - Isigether *
I could'ot.tell. whichAttas..Which._-;:!_•..,
-, ' , She had:light hair. had she noir , '
"Yes,---beautiful. . She never word
caps as you do, and-but for.the coloror •. .
___....—
your-416r and cap, you .are•atchauth like ..
1
she was as two could_possibly be."'__ ... ..
• "litit•should Thco.lore.makc a prat.;
rfCr --- Isf marriage; - would - you advise md ----
to accept-it!" , .
"Certainiy!= , -you
.have been married
once so has he---and if ypu can , inako
.•
matters snit, marry him. there he is
now, out on the piazie—go to-him; and
if he Shoidd
. ta s ke, it im tl
b. •his litad t •
make you a prosposal, donl.t refuse.'_'.:
, So Saying,, the,old woman laughingly
--ait'ed-froma---theJOoniyand-Mrs,--.l3en-- 7 ----
-net wen t=tm t-- 7 to -meet --theperson-spok , ,-- 7 --- 7
en of. .
At this period - Iqt'. West iims in hid
twelity-eigh.th year=--still hartdsome s .
but_pale_co_mpared...with-what he_onco__ ____
was: . - Ilis sot tows hid - rieralteeq, - hirit --
materially---he was not• as vigorous is
formerly, but rooming health andleg-, -
filar exercise it was expected Wl:mild rp.; -
store him to his original sltengtl,!. kke, , ,
was ssaatedjohen_lart ...lientletepproach.--- ,
ed, and as she sat down beside - hit:h-he
tuok,her hand in his own, at the
. 'same
time calling her attention to the beauty. :
of the sky and the setting sun.,. Scorce
ly a breath-of air stirred, the. - feliage ot
,the tress, and the scene seemed as,calmi
as quiet, as holy; 'and" as pdrei as an in,
Cant sleeping. As the-radia'nee of the
sunlight_fell Upon the dountenance,ot
Mr. West, ,it seemed to impart an un4
usual beauty to its 'expression; ind ah.t.
_sorbed-with-her- Optighfs - andleeli op. - 7 -
the seanistress - gazcd on him, iVitILAI.-- ,
look he•couhl not but Understand:lke. '
that, gaze-_-:that one long look, retboled
it all.:--she loved him! , - - . ---',
4 .1 - luw much like het--kt , t, # .
. - . iiow li ' 11`
wife , that I have lost!"' he-eselairtted.l , -
'My wile and child—bothc*ad:-hotlt
lost ! ':.-A , :child. - lhat I idolized , 44 - WI& -
th.a LI 'adotedt"'s ,-
~‘Yes;',,,, - theugh i inkjet 0 her e 'yoi , eit
th Wrn
at oan..at a man has seldom ciy*ill,'
Wad I laved her less,-.4etteii`•iiiitit4. -
woul.l it have:been for' uili Theib4itel'
one Who secretly'envied our , happinlol
—he poured into_my, eatO the pbutiatf:#-'-
jlaloosty,'Co which I ljeteited , Wit i li2 -"' ,
dy .hearing-believed the- , : , faltte AP
ir
that' he uttere4,'''and Aretited '1) i' 1 1,6 1 .,
arn el ly, 'th a i she - wits - forCed - te.letOe'itie; '
—forced to it i, Thiiatiitted iht4illi#Pa . ; : -
seheine---an board of4q•vesaist's,bie , Vint,' ,
en Snareda'ndoittEtit_ , Sea: heitit'ed4-geti-5-4
-.but she'iebutid - IritrbolliebAOrtibabit .:
.:. I .wben be, ratberjtkiare - ,she oho Id ever
_--,
NM