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POETRY.
sweetest flovvers enrielitd,
Frow voriols.gardeps culi'd with care."
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TIITu: PRAYING-.-INDt-:1-Nis-.-
111C - MIRS. SEW& SMITH
We have seen an account of a company of In:
clians;Who - never had the adVatit'ages of:religiotis
~...instructiimorhowere,in the constant practice of
praying to the Creator of the world. The. mac
- tice Was first - begtin by an Woinan",""wliOse"
child was miraculously- saved front — death.-when
in great danger, by.sonie'.eistraordinary.insterpo
...Sition of ProVidenot. Ott - finding her child safe,
• she involuntarily fell tipon her.kne'es 'in 'prayer
to some -unknown being, which: she Cotild • not
comprehend - , Ile.eontintted)llle practice,,and
was joihed bra large numbei'ofpv:-
11 'llrennAt iust
.... The-Indian motherrci ied==. -
.:And strained her infant's si.skly.
!lose to r beating - side=
44 0! lonely will my cabin be,-
niust-parti-my-chilt-from-thee4"
4 'Tliy father - ;411n went
And better love . io 7 !innw; For,t4ce,
His-simple-forestbride— . •
0! when the grass shall pre,ss_thyiTh'east•
Who, who shall soothe his pride to mar'
• 4 'l could not see the green - earth spread
•...• Upon thy-•littls=brenstj;, •
The - Shadows of the dark, old woods
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-And know thy little feet no more
WOuld-sotind-upomourteubin i floor."
:eShe pressed Wan cloker to her heart, :
And then,-she-knew-not why,
•Or what strange power she there invoked;
She upward turned her;eye, • -
And pouredji Mother's heart in pritycr,
whose love she worshipped •there.
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Mysterious Wisdom!' that halt thus,
Impressed a knowledge of thyiielf,
. 'With that strong love contbinecl-:
. That when that fount' of love is stirred,
..L...L..2l7.l.lolstiltsmalLvoice"L.of_GoLis_herd—,
fttc . ittalc.
From !!e Lady's Book
T 3133 i'LbtiOt.R GIRL:
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you.buy my floefv!' said a s,Wee.
'voice to Mrs. '‘,Audly, as :slic,,stepped
-from her_carriage,..and_was_sbout_etiter,
ofthe'most fashionable mansions.
Most populous of our southern.
.Mrs. Audly stopped, and regard
an eye of woriditr, a child ofsur
.' passing - beauty—who held forth a b unch
of MOST roses. She •was struck with
. 'surprise to see one so fragile tmd. deli
• rate, thus engaged .in'Aellingin the pith.
lie stiee.o
yrou - sell - your roses, in order- to
support yourself, little, girlr she asked
• in a tone.eif-kindriess. • • • d „
• 'No • rna'ame-tihe - replied,' dropping a
seu'rts,Y—'but my mother is sicic,:and
- walked from the cross roads, to. sell all
t'he'-roses that was on my ow il bush: will
-:you-boy thern,ledy?' and IA deep blue
eyes filled -- with tears.-
Mts. Audly , was much interested by
theinnocence and_artless_ -simplicityeof
the child; and after a few mine inq.ui.
'ties, determin , elf and see
the sick worn child said was
altranger in B—c was :One whose
purse .was open. to the calls-of
ti - iity; and taking thelittle Oil — into the
carriage, she ordered 'her coachman to
%hive to the cross' ;Toady, 'abilitt niiles
befotal..,
lo* humble-looking house ; and the lady
i;ntering, saw extended upon the bed,
, and apparently dying, a female upon.
*hose' countenance, wasted as it was,
'there yet lingered - the remains, of great
beauty. Mrs. Audly , spoke, to her in..
- *Ones of compassion, but she only lifted
to ber ' tlte glazed and closing eye. It
fiai"evidet4Ake was sinking to her
rest::;k; woman came
lorwited, and from her the - lady learned
thatlhe,strtinger'stiame-Was Lorton; thit
she had come there-sieli,- - ancras_sheLwas_
- spoorf'abe bad boarded her arid her ,
and-tuitil-the-lasysthree--%
veeksi-had
iegularly receivd' her pay; and as she
*anted some- comforts, she. had given
Inez the t hild, leave to sell the roses,—
,LOrton, I guegs, has. seen better
days; said the woman, in- conclusion,
'but *het I shall do with - the child qhen
the is gOtte, 'pow, though.ehe is
so good and sweet-tent pered.'
-'Mra. Audly - sene her .servant to pro
cure'the'necissary comforts for the night,
andTeliinglicitne money wit h-the woman,-
----_returned-home. With the-promise of 6'104_
• Ing Ittern the neat clay. •
. • The window's or Airs. Audly'si Man
sion ppened• upon'a piazza, and she
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alone mu,singon the - past. Time
t oeen,
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have - !akcna - strapofirtt-7:ittp=lTy . *' a t;
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`that teslinryllr Nt: A v e 4 )01, t9. - g4ve
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wi . ng.
1 7 t..piais.st;;;ge - trickssuraviies..lSo
ibint al your .bonny' . bro.%l . n lmlhap.l)n
..v(Otr. je-st actirei , ll7 to w.ttiiiscotilty,
,tbrill . Ahrough :the mother's heart,. and
the,. sound of. rhirtb:,and gladness.resolind
.eci * through. herinq.w silent dwelling; bUt
'one by one, the bright and •beantiful be:
'et clustered around ` 7 her hearth
11; bad gone down in theirinno;-
- ihe to 11,7--o1 ned—
a .distant land. lady :satin
Her husband entered, and see!
melancholy that rested on .her
brow, began relating something amusing
that had .occurre_d• during the d4y, I She
still. appeared abstracted, and upon his
Ten - doly - Ititirrniefh — e.. - c a tis - ei . she - t , elated .
-to---him
'That child'reminds the of .my departed
on,cs,' kaki she, and-a--tear fell upon the
-hand her husband held: 'Robert, I know
that, yoU seldOni deny a request of mine
but: still if is an impaytani one I am
.about - making. : This • poor child, in - all:
her:beauty an d sweetness, • seems as if
sent- to. supply--the places - of the dead:
Why ,
not adopt'_ her as -my own?-
Our home will.not appear.so lonely? ..
Mr, Audly Madly ,can . sented to .any
tiling that could cheer th - e solitude of his.
wife.'or while her from -the.melaoeholy,
,that was Underinining . her health';, And.
they concerted together to-take the little
Inez, as, soon ,es Mrs: Lortcri-was-decid:
neirt.clay; -. when 'Mrs.-At - idly ar'
riyed . .at,the , cottawalni found.that . Mrs,
-Lorton had died tall he nigh!, without
giving - any - sigtrof ecrrscious'neis. or dis
covering who she was. There, tvas_a
, m - fritat UTE' of - iter, - -, - taken—when- yau ng, -
-and -set- With - Very..rich, in her
Aniink—the---otily:vcstigeorbetter,.daYsi
And- - after the last sad. 'duties Were.:per;-
formed'; thelittle Inez returned with her
p~otcct re sTrolie r n citn - e - . - Man yr. - an --
. hour - did lie - r-encrearitig.affecii - on 4ender
happY, Whic'h - Wbuld'OtherwiSe have:been
filled with sorrowful remembrances', and
in_watcliing
. e.a4l day- some.
new r ril -- .V-f7tilTd or ,pettonun fold'7l - 6
• view,' was doubly repaid -fa-her Charily"!
toTtlie - The -- childl --- possessed
great sweetness Of' temper, 'united. -to
g teat .powers_of in in d,..an d the hest: tis
ters were:, pro Cured,• for-herby her; kind
friends. In. music, she particulaily
celleiVand,the sound of her, sweet voice;
'inuring out some -gay or 'sad strain,
Soothed and cheired_ their: hearts, • and
made life .almost seem again bright . to
.them. She was very dear 'to them bath,
and few could see the interesting orphan,
wit hotft loving. her, Her life. was one of
sunshine, though sometimes the' thought
would - cause
steal o'Ver her sunny face, and cloud Wet.
brow. Inez-Lorton was fifteen, and had
been . , passing the eikening_ with sonie
_young_fiten.d.___„When_she__retuenetLin,
thc,evening,'she threw herself into Mrs.
A tidly's• arms and wept. bitterly., The
memories 01 her ,childhocid had - become
dim, and she had always called, and of,
late years, deemed that lady to' be her
parent. . • •
'My child! my .Inez!' said:.she 'what
means _t hete_te ars ,?__W hat_ lia.s t gf.
ed you sorrow my bright one!',..
'Oh! I am not your i'xclaimed
die sr - girl; - .to-night, - in - the dane - e,--
Miss Laurence refuses; to noiice me, be
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canse, she said, I was not s
- o gond ai!lier.-
self, for 1 lived on . cliarity.' And a fresh'
burst of tears followed this Otplanaticin
Mrs: .Audly was much shocked,.but:
she genlyand• kindly related to Inez, an
the circumstances of her mother's illness,
and her own adoption of her into her
family. , She told her,
.that birth and'
fortune would weigh little, with the wise
and good, in comparison with the purity
and goodness of her child,. and in con
added,,, 'My Inez, itr . the World:s
paths, you will have-to bp*. .much that`
is.unpleasani; bud, I
,have taught you to
look,above'for stippoka4,d guidance; arid
think, my loveof Him, whocin earth was
so, despised 'of. men, and lea: n a lessim of
Go on` steadily in the path
of duty,.and-COnvert.scorn into respect
and love: Bear every',trial with patience,
and 'when Wounded by-the - ishaft..of jfl
nature; remember, that to the shelter
°Elbe parent wing you can fly for safely
and comfort,,'
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Three years' had gone by; and the name
of Inez A udly was•l'he theine of Many a
winnin, wits
she, as she Moved in•her beauty through
the wreathing dance,
,and adcipted
parents „gjt_zed upon ber, with - a lOok
pride; - but - 4earer, far diarer- to ;their
heants,...,was she in the quiet of their own
hol-1/.. There were yet some chords In'
in life's' harp -unhtolien, Wand. her smile
was the gleam of .brightness •in their
- dwelling.. And as shecheered;,..their
loneliness, or knelt morning and evening,'
foi.their, blessing;• they .felt the twining
.
tie' grow .
Iv ilvstfonger.
'A 'Oa rt y._.at - Wise Laiirence'!:,!. ' How •
dell htfn.l,' exclaTmeife - ,tithitytiie Mbri is,
king--pne-=evening with -
Inez. 'Shall you not go, dear:'
. 1 1 do not visit Miss I..au'rence,' replied
itiezvand a slight iltiah passed • her
•
fa:strange—l thought lon.
knoW•her once;'" •
- , SU I did; . .but Move not • visiied .ber
fur neniqf , th.fe,e.fyllaVa, : They; SuY...hv.r.
brother has' return:od: have you, sail
him. Kat' •.; :.! •
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prilited and Published, by. George .IPI. l'lttlifjo; c'ailisle l .pCisnibprinnd County, Pa.
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knight. I ....teally . believe I
. shOticl:.; - crY
for joy, to see• him leading iy,on a gay
measure; .if if were only, to vex his.proud
.sister: Far you;. vhorn I 'them the _very
acmeofgoodness - and . perfecdom l'OOtriti
think-evrn - Erhest Lawretice.initict, with
his_inteile • tnal: '. s ear the chains
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of m atrimony gracefully.' ' • .. .
Inez interrupted her, 'Catharine, , i, ,, :ila
. aCare L your_ day drearnsi.yodure capable
of feeling. deeply. • To -. ytiui .1 always
••3p,palt openly_-- - I never shall Marry.; - The.
blifs - lf, ofilditie': - ,f - thUlrne'ief -- p6in• the
cheek of any one, •however-:I tria - yttat - ri - ..; ,- .
•fice my. own 'peace, to knOW, that .the
obj ea of his - - affectibh7-7wa•- - s - c ittoe,a n,ob._
,scure ilower . sirl—oven hOW, -- sUbsisting
upon charity,—No! I must wander. forth
through - life's paths, with "asense.of lone
lities - ever p'resMrig - Upon - my heart. - --=
Without- ore kindred tie : to .bind me to
:earth. And
. yet- I am :not ungrateful;
for there are some--Tivlio-lovP - me well? .
- Then,_wiping.away the•tear that.dimmed•
.her -- eye, she added more -- gaily; 'But,
Kate, you can "try your Own-sweet p0w . ...,
ers, and I will_ surely lead One - gay mea•••.
Ur'e - Ut
. .yAtt rn
our; bridal. - I must r home
•noiv. -, So-good ' -•
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. . In the height cf youth acid beauty, Rose ;
Laurence
,m h
oved .wit,stately.s•tep,lhro!-
the brilliaoily.Jighlecl.apartments of her
'faillsCa •: - liiztitioul . , - mansion. . - 1 - .ttit:-.yfq:
there was'something . of pride in the curl
of ; heiiflip-..-of scorn Wthe glance of hcr
It.NTElire - Ye. - - Many a.o.ne Was drawn With- -
in_the_nugic_c ircle, site- collectpcl_ufotlnd
ber; but two :stood "apart--;two 'whose \
beating seeined. I sat , that their_
should have been-. ylhe side of one, glo
beautiful. Ernest.... Laurence, j and..his
ft-iend-Aud-ly---ne---tal king--rove rall-4he
.seenes .a_ earlier days ; and: heeded-.not
when those silverf:aceentsfell soft upon
t he 'eU . r. . .
. • - -- -
hoped to.. see :your nao
-t-.1-16.here--to-night: I-was always 'good
friencs, - Witlf_.heC; Tho.u . W.- - IMric
into - haii!..hreadtli'estapes .- 7 =w-Ilyfdiit
- shenot come?! ; „.,.,
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thetlWUw of- Constant A:udly
contracted as he atiswered: - -, , She visits '
but-seldom; but-you. knoW She will -give
you a warm Nyelcome - to-the - little break 7.
fast room,' Where she •secs'all - Who are
dear to,fier - itithout ceremony.'_
01 shall most certainly avail -myself of
the privilege; but Rose is motioning us
to come to her. Does she.not look beau
tiful to-night, my queen-like sister?—
Come, Constant, you mysitiend, must
wear - her colours;'
• ‘l4ever.V - mutiered constant
aS he followed his friend. • • -
Tnez ..A_ucily__w_as_bentling_ovir..A. draw_-_,
ing that she was copying Tor _Mrs. Mor
ris, when. the - tfoor of the small break-.
fast-room; in which she was seated, Slid ;
denly opened. Inez. raised - Tier 'bead,'
and . Mrs. Aud!y approached, leaning
upon the,arm of a gentleman, whom she.
introdpce&as Ernest Laurence—one of
_Constitutes dearest friends.
.'N'ly -- 1n0,,,..'
Said she, as' he,,sto`ocl 'evidently struck
with the beauty of tbe•-blushing girl; -
'Will yoli not_rective him as such?' :
Inez remembered -- the - words - of - her !
friend, and her - salu_tation:was tinctur".ed.
with more coldness 'than was. usual to
her-. lie wai one who carried the charth
Of childhood into his mature years; and
foreign travel; - temptatiom, and new .
associati . ns had not, destroyed it; and he
now,
.with his own open.winnirig Manner,
_sat down by Mrs.. 'Audly,.. and .recalled.
the scenes'of•his boyhood, with all - the,
freshness of early. affection. Constant
now came - in. and
. Inez gathering up . her
,drawing 'Materials, i'etireil from, the
room. •
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-.Who is that beauttf I girl?'. asked
~Ernest, of •hiS friind„as snou as he left..
the .room. ~ S uch,a vision of loveliness
I have selclohi'linet.with.' . -
'She is my adopted sister, anajclaim
'for her tile respect due, `as if she was
bound to us by the kindred tie... Inez is
no, emu mon r character,..and - some relay, I:
will, ive you her worY.' ' '
It was Ml's. Audly's hirt,h-day, and
Brst for many_y6rs_that___Cemsla_o_.
had passed at , home. - - Since • the . deltb
of her children,-she had never op • '
her-doors .io the gay ‘yorid, hut. now she .
every selfish .sand - :celebrate 'it.
Inez was ton beautiful, she said, to remain
buried_iiirobsenrity,,arid- there Wre. many.
who would 'gladly hail the return of
.her
sun to his own home.
Ynez.saLalone_in,beopm; a rich dress
was spread, out on the b , and many 'an
ornament and jewel laid up - on'her, dres;;
sing table, and yet she..heedecl not the
passing hours. Her head was bent Clow-n;
and a deep {lush upon h er cheek, and:a
trembling of her ,slight form, bespoke
agitation. Xate - Alto-risenleredTunpir-', -
ceivecl, side,_ threw
her arm around her. ' • ,
, Inez! sweet Inez! why flits cloud.
upon your ; brow to-night?: Tell, me,
dear,.when mirth and 'revelry reign tri
umpliant; v+
by this tearful eyes this,burro
log cheek? COme, my sweet friend, don .
your feStal :robe, and,.ict me, weave.that•
chaplet of pale roseP, itt,yOur'dark•
'!0!'!' would - 11y...far :from . this
*gay scene, "dace ' . otiltht not to he
ramidst the welithy anii'prordivho will
- throng - these - halls to-n*111.7=4- wish-mato !:
excuse my. apve - aring%:',.. and
.again't•h&rested her head upokhe,,l4ncl;
thit,l,ny (to frorn'the
but was wit in mood orihe fe~tPval,''
-ezdalined !ix.ely:4l6l
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VUES7)4IIII, JPITLItd‘I,7,3 182 S.;
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:'A truce to tlieSe Sorribre,4anciesf' and"
half by ridicule,:lialf -- by'jcaresses. she
roused Inez trOm'.her/.despondengy.—'
' 'Therp,-..sweet one, she .e.iclaimed,, as_stie_.
.assisted: at'her toilet,. _41:16 . 1 - not play
womantire
to p elfe - dtoiii, T h C.' to ut ensentble
; is exquisite.;.:only_thiillgre_eheek 'Shames
that w M - te ifre - ail ..t - ,..f,t, ne.'-- ------ * -
. 'Never had -- --Inez - ,been!:-tto-toilciiingly_
.beautiful _asTan that.,VVening, •aitd. 'none.
passed by that shritiesof.,lovelines.s with
out' bestowing the: meet- of voluntary
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h - droiriition'. - 'rnest-tuueente; since•the'
- day - of - hiV; - inei, uctidn'to" her, had ever
lingered by her tide-when:they met, as
if -tinder the influetice•ol some fascinating
- spell; - , --- . - ar - i - ei - t, the giftett,"prou - d - Ern es ,-.-
could not conceal from himself, that the
.protegee of Mrs. Audly t Was the Wight .
star to shed Its.beim upon his wayward
destiny: -.: Yei - l . . e.rnest loired—not with.
'the love ge• , man, .that is as Abe 'metebr's
- gleam;.but with.a deep: passionate love,
. that worshipped its idol in the inmost re
-ceises-of. the'deNoted heart.; but she --.-
; ,, Coldly•paSsed riimby,7 . • ..
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'Do you never dance,. Miss ,Audlyr.
asked. Ernest, asbe hovered_near. her.
-,, .I'.o .be, Sure -she , ' does;' replied Con . - - :
slant: : •A.nd meeting-.tier glanee--,..'.Nay;
- My dear.lnez, that . frown becomei you
not: 'There; Ernest, take: herhartd. and
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join-yen -gat cirole,' , , -- ---,-, ----•-•--!----
- . Inez could ,not yithoitt; infringing every
rule,nf efigziefte, refuse, and an expose Of
her unwillingness to"reeeive - even trilling:.
attentionfrom-him, her.good.sense taught
her. to: avOld in so.public an assembly;
therefore -she-surrered_him to.lead her to'
the dance:
upon
Jbere was, a smile of ttriumph,
s-- „ e-they-- 2 tu kll-thti it_
places, opposite Rose ..Lawrence,_ - (who - , - ,
as a child of one that dear to -Mrs.
had. been invited to thelete), upon
whose beautiful brow a darlc_ultud.'.
.eyed. Beautiful and graceful w4e.the,
. _
as,they Stoocrtogetheritt - th - allordly-o . irm
t-fe withliis'. -- glorioui'lyroW,-uiwn which
Intellect had..set...its,-,siknet; and,A light
in-the':raven eye—breathing-of-the=-noble
soul within, now.bent IC admiration 'a - pop
the s.weetface that was so pensive . ln its
deep-iovehness. - - Ile .was
few words of thanks ° for her favour, and
. .
" His v9idc lead-that lots and luta•like annifd,
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'ls not Inez Audly lovely!' asked 'Cafe
Morris, as she and Rose were standing
together. 'Methinks, my friend
. Ernest
owns - the syren's. - - Kate spoke
playfully, but not without .a little mali•
ciousness. She was delighted
. to.morlify
her proud comp,anion' t
L;sten_to_me,_Kate_llorris._..j_wou Id
rather see,,my brother, proud and gifted
as he is, Sr. dearly as I love hiinotretchea .
in the last deep sleep, .than wedded to
yon low born girl. You think of a bonny
bridal, but mark me, if you dream of one;
I will mar it.' And with these bitter
words, she swept away.
__Catharine , ' stoOd • as if 56 4 -bound.
She would not believe that 1 211 fierce
passions cotild reign in the ..heart of a
.woman._. she_cannot hale .
was her involuntary - exclamation,-as-she- ,
gazed_ upern4e. sweet, face of her.friend._
• , And- whokdoes - hate one so good and
faultless?' asked Mrs. Audly who t,over
heard her. 'Catharine sTai:qd; find ea-ger
,ly •detailed, the conversation that had
passed.
'God shield 'her!' 'cried Mrs.. Audly;
'from - ,the
.shaft of' wo.' 'Fla a. bitter
hatred Miss Laurence bears. She may
yet be : humbled.' ' • •.; . •
Tle. light of a vvirkter sunset was gleam
ing. full upon the cpinson curtains Of a
gorgeouslyfornished . room; and gazhig.
,outApon it, With_a_a_Letp_of abstraction,
was Inez •Audlre The shadows grew
deeper,. and,((.. 'she' stirred not. She'
had dashed lyel , cu of happiness.:from
her lips. • Erii . eilliY4iffitt morniog.breath
ed in• her - ear Ilie deOp .pasionale words
- oflove:Titti3te'velf:_whilst he.won from.
her the ccinfessio,n, that : that lore was
returned, even then did she bid him
farewell, for ever: 'I will ahame no man,'
ErnestLaurenee,
lea•t of all, you. Go.win for your: bride
• amougarthe.gifted . and beautiful of
your own land, and forget you ever knew
• ,_. 3 v_liVs;_tlestitt yll as he en ep w a y.m.ard '
• And Ernest. went from her presenceo to
roam far from his' own home,' so painful
-were-its.merinories
And,i9onthe'rolled on, and Inrz's voice
ti; as sil e kin the song, and het , step In the
dance: -
.'S-Yade.after shade gathered npon
.her.white'brow,and the rose-tint on her.
cheek had long fa i ded away. Do; by day,
'she administered to the comfort of those
ayOund,,Jhei, and whispered in tones of
fondoss to the kind-friends her youth;
but-they saw . t.hat-- change-was-upon-that
young faCe.
It was midnight, and.' atone in her
chainber, sat' Rose Laurente.. The
moonlight' was- gleaping• roil upon her
beautiful race, as she lingered; buried - ; In
:deep thought. Net';, windotvs opehed
upon piazza, 'and:the sort , an: or a South
ern clrMe . ,;'stolegently in. .A step s t a r t.
led 'her, but .she' was':noi. given to kar,,
and:ere:she had time to . retreat, the (Orin :
orKaie•'Morria, closely ntafired,: - stood
.'berore•her,' Rose . -tnarted`back, iii -rvi
dent Ittnazenient=aP-he—appeiirande-iatl
Such an I 4 wonted:hour , ' catharinewa
death.`:gs,.pale as •-.AW-exclarnatioti_ot
alarrn, burst irivoluniarilY froth ,her coin
; . psnion.• 'Nay, Rose Laurence, heed me
- not; • My .chrelc-`ma•y: - he - Aialo . but the
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The -cheek of: one more . .gentle'and good;
is paler yet: There is one "even -...n0w,
bowing.' Ve s neath •the ; blast—one sweet
tlowq ; .crushed to earthf. Come with
me, Rosel.aurence, *lron eliambtl, i ,
pointing-=to a window in Mrs., Audly's
dyvelling;*(Which Was adjacent) and from .
reaMedi
and see the change yourpride has wrought
to all - that*was bright and itsvely.
Unable to -resist:A-he im`petucisitY . of
datharine, who had caught up-a shaWl,
and thrown - over her,__and• awed in spite
of herself , she mechanically followed her ,
through the garden, that communicated
will) Mrs.. Audly'a grounds, and
--t through,
'them--h•ouse.___They eiriteredt _by a
side door, and-ascending Mid — staircase,
Kate opened the door of a.chamber, frOin
which proceeded. smothered Sounds: .
Roselaurence shrunk back appalled at
~the scene before her.'-. She had been
brought, up in the midst I::,f.luxiiry anck i
affluence, and had , never seen. sot row: or
siikness,' in - any of ; hi—various •-forths:
Supported in the arms of the_no6.e, wh,o.
watt rAinlyi,tryin.g to - soothe her, witislitez
Her king hair streamed tipon
-the pillow, and her eyeA - lighted' urwith
a brilliancy, terrifying` tothe"beholder.
_Her . :cheeks Were flushed , to crimson, and
her once so musical, was now
cordint - In its_siirillness. The :physician
wa s : 'lord frerTAitilie, and Mrs. Aidly;
wan out with . watching . , slumbered_. :
distant sofa. Kate approached the bed,•
'and gently took'•the„ place of the nurse.
Inez caught-lt•--v iew,=of--Miss-Limr6nces_
fOrm, 'arid rang - for - many
-a..w e eLin - ,the_Le a rs_:of_t_h_e:._ p rOud g:ivi:.
then , she sung snatches of • songs that
T;rnest—had—loved,--and-- ttirttiti,grto-_her,
murmured .
'lt is a beautiful spirit .come to watch
Over me. • Did you ever-love, lady? love .
one;.; whose' place was in stately halls,
and, his proud-kin : tire - 4 inacle„you'rtie it.'
claspingfieepAle4mmis,..she-would
entreat' Rose not to. tealThim
and sob; till it' seemed that the heart of
the• stricken - one was-indeed .breaking.. :
,:
-Again the chamber door Slowly cy - ened,
and another 'Was added to - .the:group
around that bed. 'Ernest Laurence-stood;
-with a , countenance on which many a .
passion was-contending for,rnastery, just
-- aliiifid -- bithe curtains. The • physician
grasped his arras, and 'Whispered, 'Stir
not=lier life is -at stake,'. Rose was
kneeling apart, her face buriecrin her
hands; her humbled and penitent soul
,going up in . .. Prayer. • •
The sobs of.-Inez gradually 'subsided,'
and towards niorning.she ref] asleep. Oh!
they who have kept The vigil of tear and
love by the couch-of the dearcan.'alone
tell the mingled — sensations of speTirbours.
They stirred not from-their places, even
to-relieve catharine,• upon whose bosom
•Inez was leaning, lest they should break
,that sleep.li-Deeper-and deeper it gre‘v,
till they held their breath in fear.
The sun was many • hours high,,,when
Inez woke from that slumber.. The phy
sician held a.dorliattoter lips; anti again
she closed her eyes,. but a spire was on
her face. Ile held her pulse, andTmotidn•
ingriltem to lake adVantage of tlii - s - sllght
i unconsciousness, . said softly, 'She - will'
live!' - An - d r onelir one; stole forth
to li - our out `the,,fullness-of their-hearts in
prayer. ' • : . •
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.Soft was the song of the summer bird,
apd the perfume -.of fragrant flowers.
borne on the wings of the-wind: stole in
,at the open winddw. The rich curls that
half-Shaded Inez's yet pale cheek, moved
gent 6 as the light breeze met - thena„
'But - there was joy inter dark eye, 7 -and
a smile • upon; her 'lip. -Ernest's hand
smoothed' the pi Low upon which her
head rested, and I e.bent over her couch,
with •a look"of anxi 44e.e, • There was
gathered round her, all that was rich and
litre, to cheer and 'amuse an •invalid.—
She smiled as Ernest held up his watc4
and whispered fondly, 'You must talk
no longer, dearest; here -cromes-ROse.'
And that once Proud girl held the cooling-
draught to hei.lipS, - and - kisSed her brow, -
. as she thanked-her sweetly. .-Yes—Rose•
Laurence, on her bended knees, be - sought
-her forgiveness. and rose not - till she gave
.
after years; when her own 'form Was
bowed with disease, and' her .reduced
fortune made heraninmate of, her broth
eves dwelling, then - sclitt she Weis - the
hour, whe .he had_ chosen as his bride, '
the once poor flower girl. 'Kate, too,
the generous 'Kate, 'met her - ,
reWiirel -Iti
then‘endearing loie and • devotion of the
_noble heart of...Constant..Audly ° ,-to-whom
She had been many years wedded.
Heavy Ta/k.7-"Look here, Sam Jon,
sing,-is you goin to d•e theatre, to-night?",
"Nu-,-is you?"
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Dat I is. • •Dori't- you -see de:great
'traction Jere on - de bill?". -
Yea; t: does. •
,Say„ nig, ,what's the
name .013 :tiat.l4 ; diiwn , dere aFtle
bottom,". pointing. - to. the announcOnent,
of *Master St. Luke. ••
•
Well, "1 .can't 'exactly speceniify •de
nerne oh: dat prece,/buttley say . one
dat possesses de "biggest kind of interest
• •
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!'f . Dat!s enough----dat last 'spr . ession-ef
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yours conivinces
0.1 t . June.' • • • • •
•
wnei%2e.-=There . aretwo men::living
on . While
~ R iVer,. Indiana, 'bearing ,the
nome4;Of "bry 7 breati".zihd" . l.tilo-sop.
r 'T'h'ey oannot live. very far frOm Mr. Star
vution.
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MORIAANFLIIENCF.' OF. :TOP
..WIFg OST HUSBAND. '
y:Oery:wi fe twit : it hi,hurrpower. to make
her husband better 'fir worse. -This
sultisi6complished, 'nut merely by -giv 7
advici - an - d — instrut
heir influence; ari rc. as. means,
t;shoOld not be neglected..
these
of im
uve
roveme,
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Bat it is by "t a general,tone - iiid - dpirit
of her .eonversation, as Manifesting Alm,
temper - and di,sposition of the heart, that
' , she maked the most abiding impressions. -
These are. modifying his character daily
and - hourly; sotnetimes ever; when absent.
• I a s - b ee trof - th'e - wi
Edwards', that_by -enabli •hj to -- "put
forth - his puwers unembarrassed, she con.:
ferred a greater benefit
-upon mankind,
than all ,thefemale chararters that ever
lived or ever will live. A similar remark .
might be-applied to-the * MOther of aleiost,
every
_great and - good . man ; -Woman's
true greatuesi-consists, so it seems t i o ,
in:rendering others useful, rather than in
being-directly usectil herself. Or,ln'oth
er words, it is less her- office to be seen
and known in society, thanto male others
seen and - known and their influence ,felt.
Lmight. give - iintnerooS elan-Ties. and_
illustratiduir of- the- principle :11-am- en=
deavoring to sustain, both in this country
and elsewhere. might speak .of the
mother and 'the wife of - Washington, and
the:mother of Dwight,---Franklin r WiLbei,
force, whit.4ld, Timothy, and htindi•edis
cif bthirs fur ix is by lie-exereisenf-tlie
duties not only of the Anothe,r, but of the'
- wife that tliesellfuStrions cliaractets Were
brought forth7to the wort .
confine myself-to-a Alp& -insta9ce ; and
that•one in which the influerice upon the
husband was direct. • '
The:6asetoivliich I referi ..th4t_ of
girJames'Macin.tosh, wi7ose_fame- as_a
jurist ; a atateSnmO; - and _writer
knewn, not - onlyin Europe and-in Amer
ica, but in tn. is ;:arEd whose efforts - in the
cause - - .0f7 - s.cience — and'•humanity --- hive
rarely_ been equ - alled: - Few men hive
done more, through the progess of a long
life, than he ; and few have at any rate,
bees more distinguished for extensive
learning, have views, and liberal princi
ples, in lay!, politics, and philosopy ; but
. _
especially in - his favorite department of
the law. ,It,was-he,of whom Sir Walter
Scott.saitl . on a certain
_occasion, that he.
made "the . most brilliant speech ever
made, at a bar in forum." Yet this great
- Matt-A f--we--may—be I i eve-his -mtv-atory
owed no small 'share of his greatnesS to
the 'assistance and influence bßtiarwife.--.
' Of this, the following extract, frorii,a.let
ter -to his friend, deadribing her character,-
after her decease,. will most abundantly
prove. The last clause includes, it will
be cieen,- a passing tribute 'to another
person,-probably - his miilli-ErTv-ilii-di-dbli
blea'the value of the extract 1--haye-made
in exhibiting the influenee of bar° feMales
in-the - formation - Of - character, instead of
one. . ...
!'Allow me, in justice to her memory,
to tell what she was, and what I : owed
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het'. I was guided in. choice only by
the blind affection of in •oulli. I found
-an intelligent companion, and a tender
friend, a.: prudent.: monitress, the most
faitliful,of wives,
- and a mother as - tender
as,
children ever had the --inisfOrtiine- to
loe. I met a woman who, by the tender,
management of my weaknesses . ; gtadually
corrected the most Pernicious.of
She became prudent
.from affection . ; and
though of the most igener(iuS7nature, she
was tail& frugality and econotnyby her
love for. me. • .
"Derin.7the most critical perip . d . of,my
- i
life.'she - preserved order n My . affairs,.
froM the care of which she relieved me.
She gently reclaimedme from dissipation;
sheprOpped my week and irresolute - na,
na
ture she urged my:indolence . all •the
_eiertions_that-have-been-tiseftil,or-credit , ;_
Able to me,' and she was perpetually at
hand ; to adernish. my • he*dlessnes`s and
improvidetice.Z.To her 1 :owe: whatever
['am; toleriyhatever I shall he. :biker
soliCitucle for my interest;shenever for a
moment forgot my feelings OT my eliarac
te'e.. Even in her occuSional resentments,
for which I but; too often - gave her caoe,
'(v - third - a - Go& l'eoulit_.iettiil th - O - se
meets,) slke hattllo o eimess. or aerimorijr.
Her feelitYgs AVeri'warto & inipetuous,.but
she:vas placable, tender and constant:
•"Such was• she w)iniu I !five lost; and
I, have lost her when her excellent iiatural
sense was
.rapiiliiimprovirig; after eight
years of struggle and rdi,trcNs hail . baund
us :fast - 1 - 0 - le - aih:oth - eri -- w hen - a kno edge
of.he,r worth, hail; refined , youthful
love 'lntiifriendship. before age ttepviieit
it-of Much of its ardor: lost her,: alas,
(the_ choice - of.myyouuth anti. thelm rtner of
my ntisficrtinies,) at ; a Moment when Thad
a .fmas.peot oflter'aliaelng My' better days,"
wife;: especially, ean.',rend
theFriaragrafitis - Without feeling a, desire
her
io' the world, not "isp - , ; tilti , cli - in,,
a oil faro i and't eni• on' o t her
Slid thOi becinoes tint IA mach.thinStro - ..
Mvnt of hotlian as the mov..
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1.. New method of Raising the Wind.
1,13 n Sunday eveninglast,"after the Rev.
Thomas.. Fisher had preached his•fareivell.
sermon, to an exeeedinglfcrowded audi
ence, the deaeOns of he church proceed
ed to taiie - a collection for the purpose-of
-defray ing-hi s--travel I ing,--expert.sesc -- :- , - ,-- - - - - -
- W - hite - the - deticons- were performinotireif
praiseworthy offices ; on the ground floor, •
- a- respectable - ; loafer- took it • i tonh i s bead__
to honor those of the gailery vviththe OH
iilege,of contributing therf mite into his
Own well-Worn beaver, and-for his own
special benefit. Whilst he was. busily
and successfully engaired in collecting_the -
needful from the good,people seatedlnthe
gallery; some one observed that his_face _
appeared a little•unfamilisr; , The suspi
cion was duly conveyed to - the sexton,
'who . accordingly arrested the new collet-
'tor as he was in "the full. tide of success
ful experiment,' and conveyed _him with'-
his hat and contents-before,the-offieers of -
the church below. Our soi distant et& _
l'ectorgave several gobd,init as the segos,.
shows, notsulfieient reasons; for entering •
into the duties - of his oflice•without being
duly cbm missionedf among others, thtir
as the gentlenien„were•collecting mOn€l ;
for others below, he - could see no reason -
able objection to his collecting some of the
same for himself above, especially as he
was much in want of a. little needful just,
at present. Moreover th'at his conduct
was-in- erfect-conformit that law
or our nature which says."thtt man is an
imitative being." These'vely reasetiabin___,
eiilanations were firm - 11:y overruled, and •
his-,body-was delivered over to the jailer
r - fo&safe - k - e - epifig, and his money was taken
by 'one of the-deacops.on special deposite.
Louisville Times: - • . _
Punctuation , --_The-'true-character--4 -
a certain gentlentati.
.•He . is an"-old
experienced 'mitts: in vice and TiOic4ednes§ . ,
Are is - never,kbirrin: in' opposing - the work-' --
ers.of he----takes DELIGHT in the .
downfall of his - neighbors- he'never . l3r. , -.:'-
totbzs Tifi --- the prosperity- of his fellow
-creatures he's always PLEASED when . the •
poor-are in distress he is always : ready
to ASSIST in destroying the; peace and
happineei j of society-he takes, no pleasure
in serving the Lord lie is
,uncerfmonly ,
DILIGENT in sowing discord among his
friends and -acquaintances he takes:no
raIDE in lalpring to pro - mote the cause
Christianity he hay. nokeen DiEGLEcr.4,
endeavoring to stigmatize all ptOti,Y!:
lic teachers he strives
Satan's Xingdom he-lends atnibr.the
support of the gospel ambrig.the heathen • .•
he contributei LAIIGEtY to the friends of . .
flieevil adversary he pays. no. attention__
to ilia advice he giYes g reat HEED to the
devil he will not GO to hreaven he will go -
where lie, will receive a just recontpence •
- of reward. .
N. B.—lf, in - reading"the above, you
put a semicolon ;it the end of every word
in 'capitals, the character of the per 7 •
son will appear that of a verrgood man;
but if you place the semicolon at the tar-,
urination of the words inFitalrcs, and leave
-it out at the .first mentioned,-you wilt
make him one cif the-worst of characters.
• Going the Entire.—A fellow was re
centry met in great haste going.towards '
'a pill manufactory Tu one of our not thern
cities. -
'Halloo, Jim, which Why now so fast?'
"The fact - is, I have taken ,two bastes
and all,,Without (Mini me any good. 7
,I'm going to swallow" the agent - . nOw,a,S,to
see what effect he will haVe.'
Beaiitiful Coinpari,sone- r As, the Os
trich.,.uses both his legs anal:Wing - a - When
the Arabiancourserbounds tin his rear—
as the winged lightnings leap from the__
heavens when they •haAie • unbound•their
bolts)--se does a tittle negro run. when a
big-dug is-after .- hin~,— . •
An Irish womarkialled on an apothol
cary with an .infant that• was unwell, , to
beg something for it. The apothet,-;--
gave her some powdery of which he order
-ed as much as - would- lie on aminepence,
to be, given, every morning, when
"Perhaps'yerhonor ;
-me -the ninepence." , -
An Inge ions Yankee, by 'the name of
has invented a machine to rock the
cradle, and keep cross babie4 from crying
and squealing.- . . It is.attached, to the' bot -
tomof, the cradle, and, has to 6e wounditp
every fty minutes. There \ is ) no end. to
the ingenuities of tnixither .Tonatlisn.-. !'he:; .
next thing, we suppinie, , will:he'•;-rbut•
matter, we shall see what we ihall 'age.. •
PoT.s.pdxS. 9n,Tuestlaylast,
ne‘y potatoes, raiseck,in--the v,icinity-of•-•
Frederick. were servio, : uP at the. table- ,
of the ,Unite:4l Suites ...1-letel4L, They, •
were of ioocl size atA excellent' quill;
ty. 'l•Vla, in the,same latitude, can
.tccs t
An 14shiniin received a 'Challenge to fight'
a dud, bin declined! On beirig uhked
reason-- ,1 0ch," said Pal, 'tivould you I,laNl •
iiie-leave-his-rnother-mother-orpirair?!:L------„-
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