Carlisle herald and expositor. (Carlisle, Pa.) 1837-1845, November 14, 1837, Image 1
Mil =IEEE f- f r udniz iitt=xo. TUE if ea - li .• raaLs unarm AND XPO IT . , k 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. • ~ • - ,-, 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.' . . - IV henvietory's-wreaillaacroyined it's lord,. duo house. 'with shouting rung, • Itswere filrdwith beauties blight -the - Evers ItarrOitiS strung, -- `lhe Mirthful Voice ofJoy reticletlio theliightnul . -:.-. - ---. , fretted dome. ~ ..,,. ....,. • Arid iltrouglrthe brilliant throng.the King, 'would - . 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; !, • - • = LIM . 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, , ._ - 1 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.' —• . . 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. - • • , . , EMI in ..f? the 114'ald Z.d` Exposits 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: • 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: . . • _ .. < • _, Each morningand at - night be trod; ---.--- - i — - - . 'To'sweet communion with its . God. . • 3' 4.. 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, ......../ s- 'The • oo4 lurtippn :11iiitisantl,IUlls, . • ,, . - Vhe'eattle, in a thonsand Vales: ' . • ,- ' Look on the 'Otteticletdieene,beloir, ' „ --. .iii grittleivapreidi Mt either tiand, : , • ,i - Whose : Winding rivets seem to , flow ' , • '; . , . ~.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. ' • Tinting Office, Nov. 12 lEt37, = • sick. - 1' NM . . ••••• • . . - - . • •• I • • • ' . . m• . .. , . .• : ~. . • • • . •• • • - . . „ . . . . . - ~. . . . .. . . . - '' 't • ' - . • ~ . ' • . . . • . .. . n• • . , • ‘a; ' • • . • • •. ' - . ~. ~ ' • '. „ , . . • . I . • • 1 . , I. . . 1R0 ., 1..... 1ir ' . .; ' ..; . . .-•.. ' ' . .. . • '.. • • . NS., ( k ,. „:: ..... ...... .....,,.: .. ~ ~........ _ ::,,,,,....., _ :',:' .. T... . - „..... a . 1 .____;__i _ _ . .. , .. . g. . ._. . •fie . , . ~.. • .., .., . • .. .. ... . . ... .. . .. . . .. • • . . ... ME ME - •••=MMM...MNON• .F.161111:1411 JriSTE'S.ParkEß:—.DA:Voripn- TO .1411/ , ,5, rtiTairt!cso :EITL'It4 • I7IWII,4 TIM 4 R am", selEorezt, aticaticriLTl iIaTIUSE.WIEJI T s Rc. "Pc. .•• , - k%'s Crom AbsaloitiN piirsped ZEEI =l/i3l sbetett rate. Fria the Pennsylvania liiquirei ! ooms • ...., . • A. Mile fonailbd uptin Incidents is 'teal 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. • . . --10 - . W c - Ai sliainfolStiealrllo:-AVest the situation he isliefebefOie the*.t:det. But disaoreeable as it ion t.is . . _Peipted.anci - ,lPublished ) Weekly , 45106 - 4, 7 11: Phillips Ogo. - _ IF rea;.neyi-in. Carifsle l : Capkt;ertand :Count, Pa. _ _ _ 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.•_, , . •'-. "Yori!' , ' , , ._ . .. ~ '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 -.711404r18 171/11-0 -11-- -;7-1.8-3-7-i =II 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