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CIT Cartantr:
sweetest - Bowers - enrith'd,
Frotu.various gardens cull'd cOth,care."
TROD[ THE GETTYgDIIRGIII STALL AND
ll'araphiaSe -
- Of an txtruct from remarks made by Tin Al)2/F.CTS
STEVENS, Esq. in the Constitutional Con
' vention,on - the- 8tIt" .rn ly, 1837,/
LT131.11 - TINE PFTESON
Yeii.l - - - rdther Woii,tirtbe - d - seill• - cflish'd - slafe,- ;
:7- lienelitli a S o uthern muster's-iron away; -
I%'ho looks
for-nO'retletniiiiZirb
And soWawithblood; and tears, big weary wayt
: -Wlio-grovelS-mnsh'd to . eitrtli by senrM and roil,-'
On whom hope never beams„ Joy a never smile!-
Ala rather this fieg - ia - de,4 slu've 141 be
Than the free subject of a Northern StAte;
Who basely learn to pew: his soul out free
" . Amongist-his , cotmtr,r's cliiiarrn in debate!
1 will speak hold!) ! Let the Con aril fear,
-- in sootier die! than feel the tyrant here F
Ohl. that I ow•t_'d the whole degraded land
That lies a blot upon my country's name ;
That I might break the chains from every hand,
And FItLIEDOM! to their startled ears proclaim!
- Then, should .1 witness.a soul•thrilling sight ;
Their first glad dance of Freedom :a wild delight!
slow glow'dthatble Spealier'sgenerous breast
With the high a - Mout-of - the free and brave!
---Whilelhe.clear_voiceso_chiumlessly-exprersd—
This holy wish of mercy far the Sla4! . •
0! let this iroice of rich, Philanthropy :. • •
Re-echo
. through,our land, from sea tostral.„
Lan • Tioga Cototy, l'a.
Iflaane:
BY - BERNARD - BARTON
Where burns the lov'a hearth brightest,
Cheering the social breast ?
Where beutshite hind heart lightest,
Its humble hopes possessed
Where iS.:111 - e - T:Strii saklitcsC_
Of mei:l...eyed patience born,
1 more t
113 M
MIME
Which mirth's bright cheeks adorn
i'leasure is 6i:irked - try - fleetness, I._L.
To those who • ever main
While grief itself lias. sweetness
At nom ! &ar none !
There, blend the ties, that strengthen
0 . 0 heartsin bouts or grief; , • •
l'he silver linkithat lengthen '
Joy's visits when mo s t brief
There eyes in all their_splunlonr;
— Are vocal to !the - mart. •
And glances gay tar,tentler,
fresh eloquence ittparty
Then dost•thou sigh `for,
,pleasure?
tq ! do nOt•widely roams
. )lut seek that hidden treasure
At niatz ! dear uoptr.!
Roes-pure religion - charm thee -
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IVouldst thou thit she , should arm.thee
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Against the_hour oUwo?
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In te s milies built for eraser,
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For home itself is lonely , -
' • 'Unless her smiles be there;
The devoteemay falter, — *.
- Th - e - I:tigoi blindly rosin, .
If worshiples Or altatr;'r - ~---
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With-mid:Tan Watchful awe, . . •
' f ts daily- service g ideth, . . -
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And,shows its perfect law;
'„jfithete thy faith shall fail thee.;
lf,tliere no shrine be found,
' What can thy prayers_aVail the*? •
‘ . . 9 . 'With kneeiiiik-•-owil4 around ! .
'Co! leiye thy gift tourfrer..i.,__
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al JIJiIdLY MEW'SPU.P:ER:—DEPOTIED TO WS," POLITICS, XiITISAZATURE, TIIE 4RTS SCIENCES, eiGIIIICULTUR.IO I 411,111TWIEMEAT,
• , From iliel i fedy'a "-•
TitreLOVE - MARRIAGE.
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BY M'll S • H
-.And they were wed-oh, _gentle love, how deal
isiliy.s - weet influence when that thus dust rear
Amid our household gods thy sacred stii;me,
And givest thy torch: upon our hearths to'ghine,,
Folding in, calm repose thy radiant ivingi
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And gathering. round our homes earth's purest
. Mrs. Embury.
'Dear, deal• Henry, how gla - d Lam to
see :you! .0111 you eanitottell:hov very
longlhe hours seem when you are:gone,?
• xelaime4•:Mrs. Harrison, as she ran
with extended ' - hands 'to weloo - mcj her
husband's entrance. , :- He fondly return . -
ed the 'caress of his 'youn4 and lovely.
while•she -continued-to speak of
.herjoy at. seci.n.ghilm:. and, her lonely_
feelinp.:4.P.ring his absence, • • .
Wu you think, Ellen, that I would
leave you,if it.were not absolutely neces-
Sary!' inquired-he soothingly. _'Can you
believe I. woujil ; . __-stay thus_ long from
_
- you by design?! •
` 4 O! no i tio--4 do noTtliinlcyoU Would
and yet it does . sometimes' appear
that you cap stay so loOg away;
anckin the eVe - ilinA Coo . ; larri - sure that
no business could detain me thus from .
_ .
'Not - -if- it were necessary to secure
my
,happiness; Ellen?'
capnot understand how,that would
be,secui - ed by a course which was ren
dering-you miserable!„ --
Irle smiled-sad-1y p's he reptiect—lf
our home Were in
_Eden, my - love,
where our odly - occupation would - . be
tending flopers and gathering fruits on
which ive could banquet the year round,
rt hen-we : m : iitht-consult—Our_feelings..an,
ly',Aiving all - cares for the-fa-Hire-to t i he
nut` lye in Ellen.'
. • 'And therefore must be itilsC:Califet—
Ia that what -- ftiiiVis - 11 rnelo
stand?'
ot--be—miseitt We--
because we..do not dwell -Pdradise;
but we. shall be disappointed if we-ex
pect torfind its - perfect_ bliss in our cold
:barren world - We are apt toAcirget
that life, for fallen mail-, has no real,
lasting, virtuous enjoyments, which are
not 'earned, by toil, or obtained by self
sacrifice of some sort. Every pleasure
has its price. -I could not enjoy, this
happiness of folding 3mi to my heart,
Selling that you are' my own, and that
you are so provided. with comforts as
notfto regret that you have united your
lot with mine forever, if I did not prac
tice the self denial . of leaving you to pur
sue the business and tidies 61-my pro
fession nipny hours cac day. 'Can .you ;
'understand this?'
The young wife looked up to her
husband, and_ the tear that moistened
her soft •bloe - eye, added the lustre of
feelingto a - glance of , love which sunk
into his soul. lie knew that he was
comprehended, was absolved. Ha had
never • totd her of the difficulties with"
wlriehhe had: to struggle; accuromed
as she had' been from her biio;l6 et cry
luxury and indulgence that Wealth can
comMand, he had thought the details. of
anxieties, labors and diskappoietriCenik
tvlttelLtnose_l_whcr.._ - :Ar_c - born -poor- niust
encounter iti the stern strife of their
too
would make her
.• unhappy. r e
could not.bear to see the . shadow of a
- cieuil'on her brow: He dreaded, _wori_P_
'thin :Worldly evil, that she shouldfeel
t he 'fear. of
_ppverty. His whole Adel
- 11 - a - d - tieen.eniroSsed, since tliCifFit - c - e - i -, 7
Wilily that she would be his wife, with
devising the means of supporting her in
that. style . which . he „fancied was aliso r
Ititely nf-cessary to her happiness. Nen
seldom form.rocriantid ideas of.‘love in a
cottage,' ilthey „have had to struggle
.with the realititrs of poverty. . Not that
Henry ( Harrison was an. avar icious, or
even a worldly man, he - did not covet.
riches for himSelf;_he was 'not ambitious
of show or.parade; but he did tremble
lest his young wife should endtt . toone .
privatitin-lest even the winds of lleav
en..shouhLvisither:_ton_rotiAltly,_.____-_---
The union of.-Henry Harrison and
tller-Wise-Avas truly alove marriageiro=
,
m a licea _ad v itoreAad-_me - rkedAlteif
love from eileggn i g , and it seemed
hardly probal i tle thattheir married'life
would run on in the _calm eanal•lilte
current of-corn mon 'events; at least; they
fancied that sorrie - peeuliar bliss was and
would .'contiaue.-to . .be :theirs; beeause
Their first meeting hail, been SO Strange,
aird, in 'their esarnationi
,so fortunate.
It happened that Henry litrilson,
the - summer of 1818, made a pedestrian
tour frotu New 'lr(irk to tandda. — He
hadjust.eompleted his study of the law;
mid before entering on the ditties of his
laborious profession in the ':dn'atrnercial
-mporinrni? determined that he Wool('
A i little of the. great world,
,and. to
I nake-the !mist of the opoUrttiniiy, that
Ayot Id
DMZ
he qt•entitiii
.nattiral Wunder, .61)
-vorld should Ite first smona the .
of his tour. So ire , nimlizi the
" 1 7s-flint of his moderoonts.
oulLbatate VaLbab
ELEM
y career, wou
-ed_las_hdwent; - _andon his :hoMuiliard
journey. And "Table
.Rock he minuted in his journal, that
'his heart Was so filled wrth awe-and 'ad
miratiori. for the sublime irpeetaele 'be
fere hini, - *that'it would -be — impossible
for - a 10.ng,- . -long time, to admit any
'other sentiment!'
That same., afterhoon, he received-a
letter from a-,partletilar - friend- of his'in
Troy, tirgin visit at hi 4 .house
on his' way lisme.• The wardrobe of
,Henry was ; in the first instance, only
graduated to his travelling convenience
on foot, and it had borne the wear and
tear of-four weeke.trayel;its 'soiled and_
dilapidated appearance was - reesongriod
for promptly deciding to ref Use the in 7
But that night he had a
dr - earn elivays called
tie - thAuiht lieSaW a . lady - pf a Majestic
presence and serene countenance ap
proach hifn. In. her hand she held a
veiled picturewhich 'she advdnced
- Wards hini. with a smile of - sWeetriess .
that - filled - . his :soulrapture.. _lle
strove to raise his hatid„that,,he might
lifflheven arid examine the picture;
hut the stately lady - motion'ed hip to
desist', and at the same time dressing
him in a sweet, but (leerily irizipressi-vé
tone of voice, said; 'Go visit Yeur'lriencl;
l
and the - Veil .shall he raised.'' .: .
• Henry :awoke iti.sorne pertUrbation; ‘ ,.
tliugh - of - coprse,_, not acknowl-:
edge to himself; "
nor do, We pretend,
thatithb . dreairLinfluenceil his conduct,
yetso it happenr:th__That . •befOre he had '
fiiTiSitTed - Whreraltfast, he-lhad—tlecjdetl
on, visiting his friend at Troy.
Nothing particillar oceurre'd,however
during the clay he passed tint city,
an d he- v y as . e hikred to leave _it early the
at :he. shou I d fore,se tti g
ec
~.tali____ stroll with him to the
top of Mount Ida, then__ a vers celertii"- -
ted spot in the estimation of--all . lovers
of the pictutesque, - iii -that • neighbor,
- hood. C of rmprovermnt—is_
now passing in triumph over the do
main of4omance, - and =has already - laid
low the;pride of the Mountains;
.but
when our hero at that eArly day; pseenZl.- . .
•ed the height, and saw the wide amphi
theatre of green hills, displayed around,
gently sloping downwards, - till they,
melted, as it were into - a rich vale, vhere
rose the clustered dwellings of the city,
each house made beautiful • by the
thought that it was . the `dome of some
habpy family—for to wander, every
hoMe seems a . -place of • restand • happi
ness—his heart rejoiced crtd his s - pirif
was glad. The first rays of the morn-.
Ung-sun were illumining-the earth. The
broad, bright Hudson in the distance.
shone like a line of 'flashing ianondS,.
as its ripples caught the sunbeams. But
the - ensiern sk.y was - the object that drew
and riveted Henry's gaze. There is
something exalting to the soul of a man'
in • watching from. a mountain top 'the
ritiing sun. Only the blue
.firmament
seems to intervene between the specta
tot and Heaven, from which the ci.ear
light of, the new day: appears to issue
like a stream front- an inexhatfstiThre
ENS
fountain.
-As •-
two friends-were about descen-
ding the hill, they saw a carriage ap-
Poaching. Just ay they gaidecl - the - tOp - of - .
fhc the horse bemte ignitene
by the sudden flight of a hawk, which
lead been scared by their approach from
-
its perch- on the-stump of_a blasts - d_ trey
that inclined over the road... The hawk '
a she'd TFit - alwifaee - o f - th e-ner-ses:
The stat • TiTed animals.reared, high and
then' phingeil forward so suddenly,
that the driver was 'precipitated from
his Seat, and the carriage, forced - against
a projecting rock, was overturned and
brojcim.y BLit even this catasi rophe did
not effectually check the furious horses; ,
they were on the polnt . of dragging the
shattered vehicle ever the precipice in;
to the deep channel of rocks, where the
mountain stream-,is seen rushing and
.throwing up--ita--sPray_as if chafed with
'rage at its confinement in'. that narrow
41a momentj
young Harrison, rushed forward; at the
.
-strong-grasp;-forced - the"
horses' heads tigaidst aiarg,e tree, wnielf
grew on the brink of. the ledge. .Here
he held them firmly, till thetwo'perscids
contained in the carriage were liberated
by his friend, when his strength being
exhausted they -burst. froth-.l . }im, and
pitmOd doWn. the bank. • 1
The persons thus saved .fr
seemed, - certain death; Were tit 'Honor-.
able Mr. Wise add daughter, .o
:The___young dur
ing,the terrific. scene, had inter dno
, cry 'of _fear loolteci on her father] and
I fainted, .-wherrah . e - . saw the hdrse..ialte
their • fatal plunge'-.-over - the Wei
rpide: He - was injured;' ant) , so
much' civereomiythat Henry's friend'
Iliad to support him; therefore; trode tint .
Henry re niai Ilea to . sdecOrt 14 3 ,7',4T0_
raised- her up,and as herllo4'.re:elined,
on lathe We gazed unChecked 'on her
-.ll l ' X 0 P.E,aIPI 1 3 R 25,, 83 7,
iU.IE 1 .
C'faae—the loveliest : he had ever seen
tiTdream trashed - on fiis. mind ; -nel_ fih
wilting faiiey gave it the fprc - eofprophe•
cy. .
4. . .
'Yes,' he mentally 'Murmured. 'yea,
she is destined to be He 10644.
ed.again_on her , face,and hiii - Martaffirm
ed the - deciTe---t'She-shall be mine!; `
And that consummation he never doubt
ed, th.Ough he could not then anticipate,
_a very
. speedy . realiiati,on of his hopes
. _ . .
The progress of the- acquaintance we
willpass, The days of courtship 'were
not to the lovers a time of unclouded bliss,
though this .falling in. love at first sight
was certainly-as bright a beginning as a
hovel writer_cattlksleSire.- aut then - the,
father of the fair damsel masa stomblin&,
block to 'the course . of true 'love. "."Mr.: i
\Vise had held high offices, which confer.'
--red-the-title of Hanor!able_:on him; but the
soul of boncir,'ihe desire - AO do as he would
be done tWad neyer been infuSed into
his boson'. e was p:mbitioitsand osieri•
tatious, and int . resolved that. his daugh•
ter. should' Connect ~herself in .marriage
-with aminfwbrise.,,wealth arid family pla
:ced him in the'first rank of fashion. The
gentleman. he--selected-was the .serrit - siilff
Ellin somel3oyears . or•more; which time
!tad not all been
. passed iniMproving his
mind or moridst. In SliTirt v though - nor ex- -
actly an :infamous man, he had . heen so
'ong hackneyed
. in.fashionable follies—
thatdeliclte:,phirse to_ softenthe vices of
the •ticli, that' be i ,was as heartless as( hes
.terfield.would.baye made his
_ . sOri_, had his
`Principle's of PoliteneSs'Theen filly acted
Ott:..'
. .,And Mr- Kernel', the hridegroom
elect of Ellen ;Wise, had, a head which
- tiCitild have ComPtited as shrewdly as the .
noble:.lord. hiroselF,7(l ... WOrld4.lbettefits76 - f:
those :'principles.' 'He . had' calculated
closely the benefit's to be derived-from a
union with Ellen.. - He, supposed- her-fa
ith-el. to lie a-man of' considerable property,
iiough , not-arnorig.the..nabolts_oLweali 1t,....
_Ellen wasian onurriliadiii --- i - litthirair -
Offered to. Otter into - . a_ written engalte; -
ernTt h at-a Itht i-p r opt_rty_sho.u.4l.lsl e see nd -
to Ellen at his deeettseotereby,cutting off
the
_lip.,ibility of a second.'martiage, s( he.
tvas_a widowe r.) or at least, the alienation
of his estate tiOnt bisd,ittgitter..Theit she
was very lovelnancl thong!) Mr. Kerney
Wig not -id loVe - With her, in the holy sense
of the term, - -yet he felt that she would be_
a'ptize.whiCh it would givetima triumph
to obtain. -Then she.was , young, and he.
could mould and gotieern her as he chose.
And so the - a:Mit' hid been settl e d between
the father,ancl_the old beau bachelor. Hut
Providence had not sanctioned the treaty.
Mr ; Wise and his daughter remained
about twta , -weeksln.N. l'ork, before pro
ceeding to their.home in Philadelphia and
Henry Hatrison improved the time -to
confirm in- thebtart of Ellen the , tender •
intpresSion which his gallant daring.. had
made. ,She' promised to be his if her fa
ther, consented: She Jtad never been ap
priso of, the intended ,alliance with Mr.
SIT - aKerney, as gie was.onTi --- , , eiOtteenTand
just out. of ber,boarding schOol. . ..
_. 'You: hail-better riot cotinnunicate the
iirrangement to Ellen, till she is•tunder
your own roof and control,' said. Mr. Ker
ney to his intended father-in-law. The
young ladies at school will rally r, and
may" induce' hey to dislike, merely Lit. ause
you approve of the match.'
•Mr. Wince ticiptieered; and though,-du';-
ring. this tour ,with.liis daughter, he had
Chrown out sundry hints about matrimony,
and the advantages it conferred on a yOung
woman to become the bride of a rich and
_fashion alle;ma n.ore rs he - had tarsier apolied _
one precept of this worldly wisdom to her
oliin 'case. And - so little did she under•
she fancied the only objection to the ap
plication of llenry•Harrison for her hind
wou d be ber-youth. - und,ihe impossibility
of so soon parting with' her only child --..
_For was not Hefty a-lawyer,-one---7of_her
'father's o:,y,n pr'Ofession, whßlf - IRi — t - linuith
the first in the land? .Arid had not Henry
saved the life•of - her father- and 'herself?—
And, though Henry might be poor, (he
had told her 'Mit- he had no . fortune but
his eduction. and .his own•energies,) yet
.hattnot_ter_father_Avealth sußeient for
both : of t hem? TM d; W li - e'n - h - e - h - acra I waY -
been so kind and indulgent, even-lavish in
gratifying. every . want. and wish-. of. his'
daughter, would he not be willing to make
a Sacrifice, - if it were :a sacrifice to - him,
that ahe should wed a poor man, when he
\?,
had learned - that her happine .1 4 Yh
and e
ltapp,ittess._of_the:map who_had saved_her
life were - both at •Stake? - Oh, he knew
he would consent!. • - I
: 13.eft -
knew _not the;_tiiiirit_of _worldly meri , . /She
knew- nothOw every'gehtle,generous feel
the- humanbrea - sr,.nriVy he blasted
by sel6shness,a's . the r vOtetutk 11 of th`e"f ii
est spring . .may be `withered-by the spich
ing simoon of, the-deett.'
.
Mr. Wise tyas - tiol satisfied n'ith . giving,
a poSitive,irreyocahre refusal,to the loyer's
modsi request,of permission .tOtope that
hiriiiiigt; proved himself worthy, he •
acceptet4 but
,he instilled Henry with, bit
ter sarcasms on the folly of a:young debua
lcolt in a profession which required such,
a length of time for p - ue.ess, presunliog
to fall in love' with; and raising.'his Preten.
signs to..a laclY,-pf wealth, 'when hejlacl not
a Stailar in the world. 'flow the blood. of
o.,e.Young'.man boilcd , iii hiS:velha at these
taunts!.'l)l4 for the 'claiighter'S ke he
•• , . „
suppressed hiS wrailiTagainst (he foll):56 .
-Arl4t r,prils-ro-r-Ofning4..ser-pent. s %val.
oWed the,ool64spostt....rso.4, so the
ingotlfive, when 'faised tO priiifOri, ire.
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gperitly
. ab orbs :all lithets:' and wbert it
i a not:Lbe-easilyoVer_ciinit.._
lovers w - re separated, but riot • till
they: had pledged-019r troth:to each. other.
And though Ellen AvOuld give • Henry no
proMise to marry without her father's con•
sent, yet she encouraged hir&to hope. that
_consenttliat woul d 'be gained: - So they
-
parted; prld.as he ivaa:-_notin a situation to,
stipp.ort a wife,^(andcotild not expect that'
nri•Wise would give. him a fortune with
his daughter,). perhaps_the trial , which El!,
len's love was to undergo . . Was not without
its secret satisfaction to hien.. lie tri: -
umphed in the: thoughtthat . her affection•
would be stimulated by:these obStaeles;
his own: he felt, would:.lbe firrit - arid un ,
changeable. • - •--. . •
. The ,letters which Pailed . betweep them
during the. succeeding halt year, were to"
both. a source of intense interest and hap,-
piness. He gathe"red from :her's, that,
althongh . surrounclecl by all the luxuries of
wealth and blandiiiliittents of fashion, she
was still hia'ciwn Ellen, coupling one. let,
ter of . love from his hand more preCious,
a thousand fold; than all the gay pleasures
in whic'h she was. rather t(spectator than a'
_participant: And she learned that his husi.
- ness - Was-incretasing-rzhis - lropes of suteess
-brightenidgi and his heart 'and purpose an=;
itmited with the energy which a virtuous
'love inspires.' - His'fnoble sentiments and
just-reasorsingopc.oecl. her.miod a worlcl.
of neWran4 prolOtrod,thought4land in,her
turn•she imparted by the revelation ofher
pure feelings and - b , illtant-fancies, a light
to his path and -that delicate perception of
the good 'and =beautiful--in - nature.. and in
character. - whit)) refined histas!es,•chast
eliecl lis•psssions, and exalted his aims-to
be worthy of the -innocent. itigcnuous, and
thus
hopes of earthly •Telicity.Tn..liis north-and
integrity. . .
111 r, Vise,-inn the meantime, was maii•
"aging With- liis•- • deettest shill to bring about
the marriage of ilia - iiiitight . -5r with Mr.
so influeni:ecl-by her desire to : promote her
larceiV - JiiiiiiiTie - s - sz - tli:ft -- .811 - e7 - tre
friend, as.she altvitys'called Mr. Kerney.
wit-h - bueonfing'rriqiect.:Ml'. Wiae would
not- believe-it.possible that sne. would .fore,.
go the advantages of wealth - and - st ation,
•which- her union -- with - Nlr . . Kerney._•pros_
. .
• -How dearly did the• father love the.
world, whieli the . daughter so lightly pri.:
zed! It 'seethed' as if its treasures- and
pleasures were o:owing dearer to him ev
er.y.4.iy he lived. And he planned to live
long, ivhile Death ryas shaking. the last
sands from his glass. . •
Mr %Vise hadlieen conversing with his
intended sop•in-law on the subject of the
mat Huge;
_and. ivhen the latter expressed
his doubts that Ellen would not for a long
time consent' to the union, the father sud
d'enly rising, as If.a pang shot through his
heart, exclaimed- 'I-assure you, Mr.lier
ney, .that Ellen shall he .yours—yes. if I
live one montliiTilie - SIM - Ue you! ctr—
W hat he would_ added %vats never
known, perhaps some malediction 'against
his,, only child; if she -refosell -herself
for' gold, was rising to his lips.. But he
was spared the sin of giving the expres•
aion of his thou...Tilts' utterance, Ile drew
one convulsed breath„ between a sigh and
a groan, and_ fell backward—dead!
Elie n ept.l) ver-bi in- 1 n.,_cleep. : altd_si n•
cr re sorrow{ and the World soon allowed
that she: had cause of grief. It was found,
on examining the aftaiis or Mr. \Vise that
he was a bankrupt to a large amount - The
creditors _seized every thing, even Ellen's
- harp was not , zpararah - d... - 11:1 - r. -- err . er.
like a prudent -man - -',TA - he - really - waS urPtttr
•• r matters fearin he mi rht ibea ).
pealed to on her behalf, took passage in
the first Ilavarta lYacket, with the .aliczwed
- ineittion of passing , several years abroad.
'Poor Ellen: what will become of her?'
exclaimed Misslij kett, itt that sentimcn•
1-41 , Itine.--ic-h--she_injended should prs4_
for compassion towards the destp4ye or.
Phan: .011! Ido .31 pity h e r;'' • The ma
licious sparkle, atter eye told of a differ-,
ent feeling.- • _
quo niay_Spare
_your pity, for Miss
WiSe needs it .not,' replied Alder,
- with that - calf - 6 but deep expression Which
tells the pretender to kind feelings - that her
-dtssimulation, is perfectlyunderstood.--
'The orphan has-'a true friend.' . •
‘l(9Urself, rriy dear Madam,' enquired
the spinster, - with .an..admiring smile.
reniain
_wit.h . .me it few. weeks
Longer, the) -she Is-to. be .
- 'Married:' indeed.! why, Mr. ..kerney
,
never enT
g . aged - to him, and - never - would - have-mar
riedstich a...man. • She has happier pros=
-
'Some , sentiinental loye'affair, I 37. - re.
said - Miss-Rickett,with"a - abort con;
temptuons laugh. ‘l.think, Mrs. Alden,
You, tifilVe -- ictiv - o - catepf love Marriages.'
9-am the advocate. of truth In, all the
relations of,lifo--artd,till the marriage, ser•
vice.sanctiema the union, of ht,lsbancl -- and
( 0 1. the pUrpoSe c of triere convenience,
I.slitaconaider'that.thoae who, at the al
tar,-pledge their, love. to each other, are
.
amity of perjury, unless they feel..what
they nioless„'
i5..14 favored swain?'. "
4A 'yoUng lawyer from ,Ne w 'York.' •
sotn'r Yankee ,:peculator,. I pre-'
some,' remarked , Missilic keit spitefully.
•Stif I.,hope Miss Wiie cautious.
This ticcephOtt may enact the second . -part:
of the Mercenary Lover,' and
_the old beau.'
. •
EMI
ME
-- :,Mra:Alden:taveit - lookr. — How - empha
tic may be - tbe fant&ge.o:l4:look!', Miss
ttickett Telt - ,that she was an object cif
ter contempt 'to,the good matron, and for
.once, the' silent rebuke 'was
,effectual; not
another word of slander or satire did she
utter._ Whnt:_tt. : poot figore ! Ne.tectecl_envy.
and malice displaY.
* * *_ . • 111 * •
Their Were married-41enry Harrblon
and)Elten Wise; and they were happy, - for .
fleir love was of that deep and_tender_na•
cure, which perfect sy-mpathy of. feeling
- arid: congeniality. •of - 'mind' and „taste in ,
spire: ..It was exalted, too; for. it was
based on perfec.t faith in . .the wOrth., and
truth of, each Other. -- ' Yet Henry had riot
`ventured tO.,open all his heart to his young
bride. His-profession had hitherto afford
-ed—him - but little more income than
need,. for his.own Support on a. very eco•
nomicalscale; and had he felt himself free
Ito -obey-the-dictates olprudenpe.,-he could
I hardly haveluatified to hiniself the step
'he bad .taken, of marrying' with Out -the
prospect, rationally speaking, of obtaining
the'rneans.to live. •
..
• 'li‘ita'S ttSeaSon',' too, of great depression
in busineds, and. the times vvere._gloorni
-and-diseouraging. Tut Ellen . was
. desti..
lute - of a home -and :protector, and- he
could' esitate no longer!' He rnust.shiela
her from .
. want' and dependenCei thott,gh
cares, a thousand fold, were
.multtplied. WI .
him. ..507.11e - .tiriatried,and-after all expen
ses attending the important-event werg
settled; his lodgings furnished, ,and his
bride Stated in lttr genteel parlor, arrang
ed in a:pretty. tho' nth-expensive style, he
I .lound lie had -barely cash enough left , to
pay the 'first month's -board. . True, -he
had . debts due from.severa . l clit.nts,bitt.he
knew it was very uncertai n. when he would
oviiitain. his pay. - Holy:Avould - he - enterinto
t se details to his young - and Utterly in
ex erienced Ihifer,...„ - ,
Mr. Wise had 'filwa'yg — destine,d his
laughter-for ' 'ti - rich husband. She•ivas;
•
fie
- weft - exceeditrolyi-lreauti fu ; -
_Lel( ad studied to edurate=her ! in - theman;_
er which .would : best. Set ((Tiler natural
• qiicvsTitit il - make'll7-1 (rve
ractive. Holding -in the Most-sovereign
iiiiteMpt - philoSophy which inculcates.
he greatest happiness fif this greatest Mllif•-
er, his' efforts had only selfiSkindalgence
'or their ohject;4thd he had-traino-Ellen•
• his - own luxurious habits and - expensive 7
aster. 'lnt the •pure.dialhond- will' glow
n-ffie„dark mine-„as. hrigh y_As_ott the
oroit.et of a king. Ellen had a disposi
jon which prosperity could not Corrupt.
Her mind was naturally upright, or, as a
Mrenologist would say, she had large
onsdeniirousne.9.s... And this simple integ;
•ity of heart had always resisted the bland
4ffineots which her father's vanity had
Irawri around-119r. Yet she hail .had no
wactical experience in lessons of selr-de
nial, and-could- not,- therefore, know thc
lithe methods of_nianagem. (4-4ind-tlose
lady' sacrifices of taSte tid even ease'
and conifort, which real I ivertyimposes:
She - was aware. that her husl)and had no
iirtuite; but: his •pCole.'s - siiin
- Was, in her
.stiMation, a pledge that he would rise,
'oe the law, she thought, %Vasa sure pass
mil-to liquor and office. So she - had been
aught bti her father; and she never doubt
her Henry's ability to maintain her ad;
cord i ti - g - m - trim - stat ion:
But these . few words, that sad, anti lov-.
ing expression in her husband's eye, as he
gazed so,lenderly (miler when he - akd,—
.!_e_an.yintunitel:statid the struggle_
of - his soul. JShe (`eh :ln t sire was (tie wife
of a - pour man, olio, to shield Ito, frOtni su f.
fe rir ig--was-sa criftei nglims eI f. Th e. Whole.
depth of that' adversity,' from which he
had rescued her, at the peril - of his:Own
.
peace, .was in a moment unsealed ; and
thlit night during which she scarely closed
her eyes, there_was4ened, - betord:hec
rouse( acuities, anew worliniftlfo*4l,lo --
hopes, and resolutions
The next Morning her manner towards
her husband evinced more- than- usual ten
derness: and when he left her, for his daily
toil, lier .. pirting kiss -. was_ given with' the
heart devoted affection, which, -to him
was a recompense for every care.
As soon as llenry;- was gone, ElletiNiist
ened to a,shop, where:she' knew fancy
work was sold. • She could devise no way
of Orning - money, except by her needle.
Her education; though - it- had . cost more
money Ahin.:is - required - to early -half- -a
dozeweconornicalynung tnen---through-col
been'unsyStematical and . uOIL
fitabfe.. - Her Attesters had taught her . the
results of the sciences, and the sto w of
accomplishMentSi_:but the - principles,
which Must be : comprehended and made ,
dear to the mind before,one is -qualified •
tocommunicate_ knowledge to other
minds, she irtl - neiir'acquired. ------::-
She , plaYed:the• harp and 'piano divine- .
iy.:but could not -have given a lesson on
either,•or, at least, she dared not attempt
it. She could draw and paint beautiful-,
ly, but knew: not .the principles of . either I
art. -But ,in, needle.; Ittirk.,Oie excelled,
and slke had a naturaringenuity. 40 taste
which had:often excited the admiration, ur ;
her coMparkiatiS...-.And; as melancholy
• • I
t'eflections oki-::tiie waste, o fprecioes.time ,
' a nd : * m aoey..whiell !die felt had
,been.the
result,,4,)mr.-suyerfichd.mode of ..eduCti
tion,l-paiseti through tier mind; she -turned
with something of exultation :t-o—the
iiiii
KW ,SERIES
. .
thought- : -that-'• she . had - loved needle-work,- ---
and could exeeute almost every. kind with
great= skill. -- ; -- "Oh - , --- I -- will-- eniplOy --every t -:
moment, - .I .'will_ carp enough to pay-my .
own board ! Dear. .10enry Shall not_ feel
distressed on tn rmy account!' 'Were lieely.
- tal - CiEliiiriAtiniiS,
.asihe'entered - th,e - slity --
.of Mrs. -- Milleti. - ,: - . -------- T -- :,- -•---
Theseb6ght.d - i•ei - tii - s -- 7*ee,.scon -- tlistrer. ---- -
sed. .Mrs. 'Millet wanted .no muslin or
fancy work of anyltinill.And:when she -.
did give out . such';work the prices s slie••
-- paid were.soinadeoate to the - time re
quired for - such- nice performances, that
Ellen found she could not earn half
enoughlo,pay her board.. While she, lin.'
tiered in - doubt . what next to aiteintit; a
young. lady . entered, and ; .enquired fOr..
daisy - buttons -and - lrogs. , - Mr - s. Millet .
hid uone in-the.stiop - .. ' -:: . ' -, -.
' I ought_ th •yon
_Always kept ,.a variety.
Where can-l_go,,to finil.them? I was told '
I should. certainly find them - here;' - said -,
• the young lady.
. • q_liavehad the best. assortment in the -
city.'-- replieil- \ the--shop-nromin;_4Mt - thc , T
•, girl .that has made them= for nnels dying.'
-.with ...the-:: consumption, and - I - can,finil
- nobody- ingenious 'enough to make the - .
•nice . kind.. Needlework_is sadly neglect
., ted now-a-days,' . The .. thought 'struck,
Ellen—lle - re is a chance for me,' -She -
asked tii-look at-the buttons...—. . .... .
Can. you.tniike,suclras l these, Mi.sil
Isked the. yvenian, thinking from Elle.n's -
, blushing lace; that . she . was 'a diffident •
seihool;, , girl,--an - tl,-from her earliest man-
Mer that she would,perhaps;try to make•
them very nise:-- r 'cause; if -yon can, I-_
will pay you_aligh_price, i three sixpences._
sixpences ! Ellen Wise working -
for. •sisjerices,:seekinfr employment by
sixpences - I. were tbe, first.thoughts --that
flashed over her : mind. But she recover
ed-her calmnessin
she said-rneekly, gif you•Willlet.melhavh_ _
. • -
ust'pay-for : the
silk • and mouldsj you . ne . e4
: only take a
few skeins of silk for you may - waste it .
all, and I cannotafoo . .tolOse_it... I will - __
give -- you the the 'price, iiiiatied'.fur good
button - S; . . and four shillings a doien for
frogs.l..: •
.; • - . - -
. . .
Ellen took the iiiaterials'Slitlieient - foe -
- an - experiment, a few buttons also, for
deist and when she_haa paid for . her pur
chase, found she had only one sixpence
reniaining. •1 Well', thought she,- 'if tht --
old proverb be__ correct, that necessity is
the mother of invention, I shall succeed ;
1 have need enough to arouse my ing . e.
• • "
And she did suczeert .•Wonderfully, 2- as
Al rs, .11illet-said. - ,E.! and :would.
-l-ea en-a-Tort tine.' In---truth-Elleitlett that_
she was rich, when in a week froin'her
first essay, she fottod.herself able to' ellarn
'Winn' sit to nine shillings per day. The
l i 6urs passed Like moments, the days were
over' before she had time to think of wea
riness.. She only worked while her hUsh
band was.absent, for she wished to sur
prise h,im, at the end of the month . with "
the sight of her wealth. Ilirheri r biSiteitrt
- was - heavy - withicareit ho wAdessedTwou
if bt to -find that she had'sympathized- •
with him.',
They
• . -
TheY had juif;entered on the third,
month of their married life, -when Ellen
rotil menetil her botarr-inaking - bu4nessi
'The first days cif the.firiiili Month tli'e^
i--Lantihut_y-se+ycd_op.,-a _wsynl hPr lin With
the tea equipage; 'She-made; it a prin
ciple,' she very Modestly-obsery.ll,:never—
to ,disturb a boarder" with a bill except
14-'1 11' '- , (1 -s• at leisilPtrlirer
ten his mind was• a.
must be over the. tea table'
Alen •wiatched, her ,hifshid' E s - counte.
.MinCe,•when after tea he opened the kpa-
per..., -As he raised his eye's to her'S. she
could •not . forbear. smiling, 'l. am glad
you' are-so happy my lovei, observed he. •
..'Are you not happy, Henoyi'
shall; al ways be happy
while. I an-see you so. 'But I have some- _ . '
times feared,'
.7 • ,
'That we sheuld•be,ponr, and then that
I shOuld be discontented and miserable 1.
Alenry._looked. earnestly—on- his wife
iN bile she went. nn • her face growing more
aoimateil - and - IMely as she spbke. - -
. _
al know ; my dear Ifuitianii, that
nave suffered deep concern•on my account,.
but . never fear fur me. 1-hove . engaged a fat
ry tasu'pply mel i Witb,all_ lvvapt. : „ ; donut
_intend like Cinderella. to tali 'her .fora
coach and six, as I have. no notion of :
going, to a • ball to gain the favor ,cf '
IA ince, whilst I can ..see you_at_tiono
every ; evening; nor dole! pact garrnekts
the color of the sun, but only the modest •
kind that best pleases you; these she bee
promised, me . .? -
looked more and More puzzled...
At last she rose, and going' to hOr_cobi
nc,t, brought forth a little box containini
heyhoarded treasure, and placing it b'e
Tire him laid--. Take. it soy dear
1 • have earned it for you.' The gush of
joy that thrilled Through ber heart melted
to ft . flood of 'those sweet , ticara,
only spring,from Ahe•verffdilnessof pi*.
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