M ffillE ItalaQ—avc) avc, POET.Rr. "iWith sweetest flowers . poricied, From various gsedens eull'd with eare" Froin the South _Literary .71Iissenger Linea, Written at Tfflidnigh:t... I=l - through the distance break The sounds that tell.the midnight hour ! Time, swifily hasi'ning,seetns flis . . from i On. distant toner_;_ And to the sadness scrt his tale, The responsf-is the-low-wines-wail - But hark !. iris a funeral clime, • The passing mothents•.uow haveled The youngest child of father Time, Anti laid bim with the buried dead i :And who will stand upon the verge . Of that deep grave tb slug his dirge ! Midnight ! it is that fearful hour, . • When, as we learn by Uursery'lcii.e, Spirits malign exert their power, And walk -our slumbering planet o'er : Dark superstition stoops to hear ' s • • • _ • ,Theirsteps, au - d_quake„,s,:kelth_rektlesa feu-r. . .. • . . , ..._ qt-is-a.pleasant holm to think. . ' ' - :Whe rilbaronnil4s-ealrrrtmil - git . 1 ' • , ,The musing spirit then'may drink , • •', Atilionght's unfakling'fOiint, i 4 fill -z- - • : - AlrnatureThreathes a harmony. : ' , .. , : That sets thecapth : e . starit,-freer -- --- 4 04 quiet Yillsge 7 wl'apt in sleep,. ' From its still breast giyeanota 'breath, To tell 'of thosd who vigils keep-- . But all is calm and still as dead . 711e:breeze, as it sweeps gently by, Whisperi a mournful lußaby., MEE llow. many-a young heart beAting-there,_ n airy dreams of pleasure roves, Ynd freed froth waking pain and care, . oveisaround the form it - loves ; :Beauty's bright eyes are sealed in sleep, While Loves around their watching keep Yon mountain range, yid; lolly top, . Throtving its giale round our earth ; 'The pensive inoon; in fulthess up,— • eihafsweet thoughts do these give birth! "The milky bahirie of the sky," Can constant themes of thought supply. 1839 SELECT TALE. From the .Sout4ern Liternrj Me!qenger.. _ LIMB_ 121032 ME I had lust 7 lat satisfied with 'rnie laurels, and the progress which 1 made in literary „ . Pursuits, recollecting little of the past with regrecand ~----astticipatinga-bright-firture-of-Success-and-happiness., The next atep:l thought would bring me into the world, the glad, busy world, which, hi the distance, bad wags appeared so inviting. The privilege of laying -asidestutlica imposed by others, and making free choice of a profession, is so gratifYir;• to-a boys's restless and . eag,er spirit, that it - gives -him fine idensof his own portance. "...And the temporary confusion which itprO duces in his mind, liiakei him feel-like an independent -actor amid the world's bustle and conflicting elements. Soon, how,ever, when finds himself again °helped to a task, prescribed indeed by his own taste, tuft. ,su perintended by his former guardians, the illusion part . ly vanishes, and gradually the imaginary man becomes again a-boy: ' But this, latter change steals over him by 'slow degrees, and is °Nimes tfrec'eded :by..n , goodly. Batson of imaginary freedom; and of dreary pleasure. was now in the full enjoyment of this intermediate state of lialMinels, andif myTeelings had admittekof -anyligher elevation ; there were "around me a,plenty_ of kind friends to'give ready' ear and unmeasured en , 'coilltgeinent' to all my extravagant notions and wild -schemes. profession must .be chosen,..and I Ailed, upon the Stepping Stcine' i .,as I Aimed, toTheLnobler --- , ; ,- -ealliainfa , statesmart --- 1 - begrn-toidierinrtif - one:l3az-. • making a figure on the floor of congress; and even the :presidentialrchair-grew-and.gfittered_beforeff_ay,eysN until it lost very much of its plain, .republican look, and,secmed a throne shiningin p!trpie and gold. ” Mf resolved.that-I'should-cmitmence the-new:study, ;forthwith, underllle' guildaneer Of . Mr. Richmond, an old ft iend,and college class-Mate of hie, who tired a- bout a, hundred miles from us in vicinity large raartufnetUriiigtoWn,Where. enjoyed the rank of a ge.ountry:for-a_ 'circuit of fifty miles, and a man 'et:Wealth' and great in f. With ninny blemings and mune few ters very need lessly`apefitupon my and i mu6h good advlee, - td, Widchir &ye, if possible, still less heed, was Missed,bne bright October morning, in the coach l'Or, tarksbOroughithe town above mentioned,near-whiCh my intended precent'Or , ,residcd. containing ali naPverldly store of CletheS and books, having been'. carefedly fristened behind, with many-injunctions irrPn.ln.Yr l 4hPrt who -•,was somewhat proud of the • putation of being 4 arCold traiellei,'. and . of Having ' great'experience in steamtcand stages, that,isltapiA • look if all :my, property 'was 'safe it every stopping place; iltpi*'corniilet,e possesOion tlie'VeldOle;heing • .PriSiseagi.r4; : yitith thelast good hy,'. and the‘ first creek' . of the driieris forgot all' agout 'the luime. I *aisleltviug, and fell'into pleasing reverie,Xo. l yilikeh r theaoilthing away of tbe,coaofi-epi►ng?inv{tycd a thousand bright:fanciful images spiitinF gaily_ thra' • my brain. , . - . • . . . , . ..... . . . . , . . . . - , • . . .. . .. . __ ... , . . , - , . . , _ - - , , • . • . . „ i: 1 1 1 :1• . , . 1,. . ' . . , . . . ...... 1 . .. . . , . . .. • - ....- ....;....: ''. :1: '"---- '....- • J.,. . • ~ . . 41 . •-., . . „ . .. ' . .., .. . . , , . .. • . : . • .. . ... i .. . . , . . ''.' 6.'" .. , . ' . . .. At ' ' , ..' .• . . ._•. .1.-..;,..,..., ''''''' ' ; . „....' ~.... ....,. : ..:... , li . , ".. . . . ''. '-•• .: ..,.•_,..,, . . . . _ . .•.... • ..... . _.. .. . . . _ .._ . ... . . . . ..._ . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . ....._.• . . . ... . 11 I El EMI FAMILY NEWSPAPER: , DEVOTED. TO NEWS,. POLITICS, LITERATURE; THE, 4:4:TS . AND''SC)*NCES;4GRICtILICITRAAMITSEMENT-,-&C.,-&1 Atldst I bethought myself of, a letter from my aunt incycyvhicichad been puritito — my - hantliquat - iw - the hustle of starting, and which I had trust into mypoa ketwithout breaking the ,seal, intending to give leisurely perusal afthe first opportunity. . I laid Writ.- . ten to her a few days before, :requesting a lettO to Mrs. , Richmond,..With Whom I knew she had been Well • acquainted in her school-girl days - Her kind epistle, eaverinfivhatli de'sired and expected, a veryflattering note of introduction, was as folloWsi ;'. '•'' - .. • -04 DearlieniV: "Inchised you will find the letter which you .request, Always happy to do you any service in my power, I am. doubly. so in the present caiei knowing hoW advan tageous and lnteresting:may_be to you the acquaintan-: ces you are about to form. I have been intimate with Mrs. Richmoild ever since our days of girlhood; and, I thofigh for several_ years we. hi Ve; been far Separated, friendship has heed keptalive, if indeed it were.poisi ble for itt& languish, by a_ frequent correspondence. Wefirat - idet at. School While we wereiiiii3ethlete:th; .justwifen our young hearts were begidning to expand - to a cap'acity for loafing affection. The - loves of child- hoodari evanescentt_and the alliances of Mature yearo . ,., foundedon calculating selfishness ; engage riot half the warm feelings of ouisottli. Buithere is an interniCtli ate season, a time when the first bloom of spring. has faded, and before the fruits of autumn are gathered, which sheds a 'tint of rose,': more-permanent- than the colors of May flowers upon the feed of nature. There. is a season between the trifling sports.-and wayward . caprice of childhood, and the chatitened feelings of ripe age, when the alGtions gush forth, as oven wartn.titid: uncontrolled, hi streams that fail not even' when the sourci. seetna.tl4=when , therheartlinsiongzeeased:to beat with any new emotipn. of love. - . • ' • "When Mariy Harrison, soon after she liSt school, married Mr: Richmond, we parted, since then nave: ,seen her only at long intervalaandfor_a few hours af-a :time. For mi:salMahe will show You - kindneSS—ltind ness. which you 'should - :repay,iii-the: Only 'Manner it is .proyotr - ean Make anucturni by dgly apprecia ting and carefully acknowledge it. You will find' lies -Itrorhatitif cultivatmlmirika,grecablezmunters,- 1 and - above ill, Of a - WaTt affectionate heart:: Of Mi. Richmond jktariw. , t:ery little from rierscinal_acquitin tance. You' arewell aware of his liigh reputation as a 4awyer„a - nil diaY haStirekthat, as a Man', full worthy athe-tilint : which your father, - who' - has - 'has long r befen bn terms ,of strictest intirtiicy Nviiillitn; reposes in his •1 need not say t t a ytbing of you; duty . towards a preceiAtir, antrlvfather's tried friendv ono to whom he has tempOra"Fily confided Emit of a parent's guardian office. your own sense of right will regulate your conductfowards,lihn, and ,- your own,perception of moraLaryl.professional-worth-claimlOr hi orrespeet and repril.— . • • . . . "They have but one.child, a daughter narited Alice, -whoisjast on-the-verge-of-wcimaithood,-,being about.p_ 'year younger than your,self—lthink you were nineteen: last month. Si rice, by, pain. opporttinitidi you will _ie. intimate in the.family,l ought to give ych 'same insight into' hei: oi-rathel:hcrpecit liarity; for I believe there Matt asinglepoitit in . which she differs materially fromotheriOrls of th 6 age. ien . re seen her only pace, so that T. know little of_ her personal appearance except all agree that' she is very like n portrait of her mother, taken. just after _marriage.- If so,. She" is no doubt beautiful; but of this judge for yourself. - "It is n'oPitrt of my object to 4mcite in, ytitt,hy ' - anticipation, the least interest in Al iceHi chmood,bitt merely to tell you what you might not easily discover, and thoroughly understand, 'and, what; if not understoOd, might Caifse you some painful' Teelhin-s of doubt and. self-distrust. • "It is along story for a letter, lint isa;iii try to mike it as brief - as pOssiTile. at — Tlder sister, who, after living for some tirnt'a widow; died abobt five yelu;s.ago, leaving a san;the only survivor of four children all the rest had died in infancy. At the period of whichi speak Edward Stoekonwai3 near- . ly_vixtcen, anti, on lain deitthenoistaken=intfc' his uncle's _ family, where he resided, for almost___SWO IyearS; the constant companion of Alice, and treated in , I everriespect as-if he liaq 'been lier,brother:- Volt rtiay easily imnginethatintininey tindaff:!:etion which sprung up between these two yOung heartaWas of no_ondinary Together theystudied under private pkciceptors, an &together Werejoined in nearlidil theiritmusetne'nts. Illeing 'educated entirely at home, they knety nothing of the *oil), and had few acqpintancea of thcirown age even in the adjacent tOwn,;the population of -which is principally engaged in manufactures, snd did_ not furnish many young people of either sex at allim i ted, by birth or education; to becornpaniensfor EdW#d and, Alice, hate' 'ready spoken of haling once seen her. if wababtiiit a twelvemonth after her aunt's deathi when I spent a few hotirs only with Mrs, Richmond. She wasilieu a wild„light:hearted girl , and was just at that chatigeade season of female beauty, when the child's features are begining to settle into the lineaments :of adult age and when no one enn tell whiit of loveliness n year, or even a few months, may develope or steal away. I did not see Edward: he .had gone a hunting and though Alice was- sure he .would be back, in...sea son at least:to bid ,rne;good-hy - ,Lhigping with undis sefibled:interest - ottilyeloplaTiferdiiMittiiine - lhF time a'ppOinted. .When ithekistied my-cheek at ipart 7 ing,.and .rexpresed reeret at 'tiot`seeing him-it thought a-tear trrnbled kilter eyes, as she • ".." • • ' , lain afraid sometldng has happened fe him: he: pro.' _raised to be back twci.hourS :_not,o4ert "break his promities to'nie?. ~"Soon htterwardslniceiiciiieletterli:om 11pe. Rich; mood, in which; among °thee thing% she spoke, of Ed. lel-Alice in e spt , 'lO4 'low-before me i aiid. CM nscribeldew Hues i ME ""They are-; inseparable companions,' • she : Wrote; `and seem-never so happy as when together. Theyatody together,. , read together, walk 'together, and. play, gether.. :When :Edward itarts . .off with,' his 'gem, .to I spcnd 'Ailey shooting, Alide acconspanips: him some distance beyond the guidon gale y looks after him till out Of sight, and then, in the eye - Ong, , watches his • oturn for whole hours. She friioently gees with him a fishing ; and n; ' saii&Miliesmall laip_ which skirtii'the fart* on, the' west,‘ Often„ cencluidee. their day'f4 !holes and Pleasures.. Just now,whilelwrite,l catiile&them friAnt,uriy wlnilowl which overfOoke:ilie.wirden„ ,seated tog'Olr 9 1 qYOlPO ul d&' . ° 1 aa . arlsors,earli4etlY , ealiaged- Whh a book ; 11-eFarTa is locked in his, while lie holds the volume, a U ti tt alteriattely o they'rpad Olicntd, I will see *hot it is; wJich they appearso much iptertst rninttte. • they' are thp midst of 'The, - ,Fire - Wiiiii,6ll.' - all - t r iteneiglib - o - r`iS - pe* them as: olready affianced.. This is.not the casei ~though there is Certainly strong grciuod for, the report s Ido Printed and. Published,:lre . ekty, by , George .111...lethillipS, in Carlisle,,Cumberlund County, ,Pa: =I 1 mu In& ch like matcheibetween cousins: but still would ' • .-" • - . .. • have - no:gress - objectionlo - theiruniot4if sure thatthei reallY kneW . their own hearts in desiring it. ' 14either has yet' seen anything of the world, and therefore no just idehaTi be formed of the strength of their attaelv.. ment ' It may be the creature of 'constant companion ship alone, and absence may prove it too weak for trial. Well; in another year Edward goes to college; and will :then be cast more upon the world, and leain, something [ of its Ways. , If after such probation he'returns unchang ed, I cannot throw any'obstacle in the way of their hap- Piness—a happinessivhicifunion ulonecaheonsumate; `though of thie perhaps they do not often think serions "So Edwaririvent to - college., but _c' he parted with . Alice, ynWti ii,,a pailsed between them, showing that they looked farther into the future than Mrs. Richmond gave them-credit for:doing. Ile promised to write to her atleast °twee week and her answer's were to be as frequent • For sometime after. his departure, she tip-- -peered listlessand melancholy; strayingOverthe-scenes bf their happy companionship .'sitting in the arbor' Where they had been accustomed to read together;' lost in rbverie. "-lifer only pleasure seemed to be in writing to Edward, iitdreadinghis epistles. " .Gradually, itoW ever; she recovered her good spirits, and Was agaik.a most tintej, light=hearted as before;they relapsing oc easionaqinto gloom: For some Months Edfard's let ters arrived regularly at the appointed fienion; then they becarrte:both shorter.and less frequent, and fie pleaded Want of time and the 'pressure of study. Still, •thcise that ache did receive were inthe same style - of affection as ever, and Alice _accepted, the excuse, in her nest' fond epistle, begged him not neglect his studies on ber - account;but;ifailythitigliappeued te_hlm- , -ifite should be taken , Siek-to write immediately. This license. . . bad a very- evident effect upon him; for he became more' remiss than ever. . -"The first collegeracationbrought him hack to the longing'eyes of his fair cousin'. In all appearance, be am loved.as fan* as befarci their,parting; and . Alice, in tlieexcess• of feeling, was. wildly extravagent in her expressions adelight„. Again, for.several weeks;-they. wereeenitantly tagetherjoiningliti-theirfermensports; rending tlieirfaioriteniithors, and - visiting all thc. well rememberedhaunta of their retirement-seeking lovea: 01kbidding adieu the• second time; Edward breathed 'More fervent vows - Of constaney than had, at first, Warmed his lips; and Alice, fond girl, trusted •liim as Itnplicitlf,mi are Wonfifideitht;y : .Uho knOw..nothing of a deceitful wciehl. AnothCrseaSon of gloom tillow, ed his departure, but sborter than the last. }br-a time he wrote frequently and at -'great length; seeming to .poor out his soul without reserve; : bat, buiegreesi' became even ni:ore negligent' than: previouslY; ' Still Alice ifieitiiedntifiliat 'eve ke: ths=far-Ilie tifeefur= ed it by her 'change or di mi ni bli: "The next vacation came, and with it, cfgain,Edward Stockton tcrhis-uncle's-abode;--accompanied-bylr cotlege elass.:indtc ;With 'whekhe had formed a friendship; Sala Who'll his letters : had 'sometimes mentioned, in the highest terms of ::praise, as. a . good scholar . and'a 'clever fellow. On the:strength of such reconitiaenda tioils., Air. Richmond had given his nephew permission to invite James Elliott to spend n few week's at Maar- Hill- 1 -411e - natne' which Alice hod bestowed on her father's domain—and r the grea teat kindiiess, magnifyi, had-on ce-liad.wit.ll- the-young- man's-father,- into-a ju st gtottlid Tor hospitality- toward the son, i‘Jarues was indeed•ft 'clever-fellow,' al . ' the Prriper sense of the terms. He had 'been. brought up very dif ferently from Edward—in the cit', and Under 'the sole care of a weakvninded-and indalgent mother:his fath er being dead. He had always doheas lie pletcsedolnd -yet-did-not-exidhit-theyetulance-and-Overbearing-car riage which spolleachildren usualivnianifest.. Ile had not passed his life among 'servants nail boys of his own age, but had early lived eOmpletily in the world, al- ways.aspiring to tlic'eorripan3: of those older than hirrt --_antliTailily_-_icarning:theirjnaungsuutOttbit Having . excellent Natural talents, his education laid been''derived, young as be More from men' and ' 'woreen than from hooks; thntigh`the'tasks set. for him at schbcd were :so elisily accomplished,_ that, without much much stndy, he had usually stood among thefirst 'of hittelaiSradiatitictionw h elf he - still enjoyed in college; Ulla mental powers, however, had been thus early de veloped tit the expense of his heart: ile - Was - eold - and selfish, susceptible to'few.of. the finer emotions, and reghlatea every action by the dietutea of' pasaion or self-interest. Vet, to appearOke,`he Was the very re verse ()fall this—in manner, frank,. worth-hearted; af fectionate, and earnestthe insinuating inatiner of an accerapiished man c of the world, assumed. by a hay of eig,htedtt. Ile was not regal:loy handsome, but, the whdle contour or his face was good; and hie dnrk eyes and hair and strongleaturei did netcontrast,ttufaiora bly 'with:the more banitiful ballets masculine counte.: ance of Edward Stockton.. Thelatter was undoubted-. Tdaii.ledby hitt friend'iliparkiinkkeliiiils . and iipncr to refieet;iiitiOme faint degree, his chief traits,lhongh not at nil suited to the natural cast of _his Own mind; EspeOtilY did he aspire . to the o character Of a man oftheiverld; and - eVen._ tfectedisomelifq hcrselfralf , worldly-ItrinciPlesVticlr, yoeng.Jt !lion had unguardedly exposed; or' insinuateth— . • '• ! • is manner toward Aliee wasnowentirelyChanged. Ileprofessed indeed, though but ccildly,tefeel the same • strong4taelament att. _ _ dever; huticl not, as 'heretofore, 'teek tolytti'v heriiwny by herself, and enjoy her..eorepa nyalone;'- WordsOf endearment,though often essayed; , seemed to freeze Upton' his lips. -To be i snre he spoke . 7 . itlie — rittei — Miiiii - diCelehitcfriend,to whim nil his time . Inuit:be deVotek_mid 'Alke admitted , the force" of the ME Mil plenieven in llet` own Mind; brit - 0611 felt the change, whilehardiy 'crediting its reality. Mr:Riehmond and his i wite saw mbricletui? the -true .state of things, and the - alteration in Edward's character, yet tlid:not tee enough' of-James Elliott, to know what a dangerous, companion he - was. : The. latter 'paid Much ;more attention , to than 'OO her , cousin t hough he knew cf theiebetrOthment; hut she had soon taken an. invincible 'dislike to; him—which however, alied id natoften manifest—partly,becaune hiaattentions did not accord with' the Sadness or ter feelings; partly on aceountof sentiments which she had heard hint itt.; - -tei,lo4trialogtutitted_monientianttprinelPally: because : love had given acuteness to her perceptions, and-half . reyealed him, , to feelingyather . than reason, as the chief 'cause of Edivard'srscarce realized , alienation.- 7 . One day, in :bantering her upon the subject of. her at taehnenta,_lie.iiirded_tomething:olher loyeeti attention t o ethers, while absent at, college. .1 _fl~~tss-lieid this merely to e.xclt.e her jealously; ii.i . souroe of pas, sing amusementto - himstifi , or with tke serious inten- wmixamenslaz atunnamrtagi mairaztazaz 3. anso I • tion of aiding, , thereby, his own Snit; certainly,,the,ef -feet-upon-AliceWasatrevidentashe-pould havidesircd. - That was the . , ffrst Moment that any well defined sus 'piciori of Edwar&streachery had forced itself into her. Risinghastily, she left her nompanhin, With whim she had been seated . on the piazza at the back 'of the houSe, and hurried to the privacy of her own chamberthere to give 'venii - brti burst of scalding tearS,to thc!most bitter "'grief that had 'ever overwhelmed her yOung heart. "Yet she demanded no explanation, froni . Edward 7 - she spake not one word of reproach ; but only seated more sad, and - mroided• as much as possible his pre tienee. Her mother saw, directly the Change; and With ease divined its cause"; and soon, the talc ofa dmigh ter's crushed feelings and blighted • 130111 was poured into her bosom, now thitobbing with maternal anxiety, "The time . of separation again came, bid it was a and, to appwiance, a lietulless , separation; for Alice strove hard, and with a 'woman's 'pride, ' to suppress her feel ings r lestthey-shonld afford amuse ment:to-James ..Elliott,avlut had Several_times. shown_ a disposition _torally her npOn'her melancholy looks. Butt nbOdt'a" trionth - after - Edward's departure, there came to Briar Hill h ittiatiag . ruiner, that be was pay- , ing Can't to a young lady, residing in the town wbere T the collc , re was established. Mr. Richmond wrote, immediately, to a friend in the plaCe for information; and, in answer, learned that his nephew; had indeed; for some time past, been very 'attentive. to 'a lady' ml years - older than lilmself,to Whom, as was reported, his friend Elliott had onee'plighted his troth; that they. Were generally:believed to.be engaged, and That if not, • they certainly ought to be. 1 4staill not attempt to pie= ture the renewed agotiy'of Alice-at this announcement.- To the world her pale cheek and melancholy air alone, betrayed what she labored to; conceal; but to her mo thee. Were confined her inmost breathings of Inipeless . grief, with freedom and afftvtienate trust: 'That mother, though her own hairt Was very sorrow- - fill, dare not .give way to ftt:cling; for hers, ivaa , the . solemn ditty of binding up the'broken heart, and heal ing ilaircritslied ;.:-Of aWakening - new.laii)e — i, and renewing feint &Ah es. in her.danghter's lifea-Sf. "Mr. Richmond, on receiving this information, was TLITIO • sr days, durinb which •s-profc. o_ness was unu' sually pressifig, all action on the subject. - lle then de , eermined first' to write to his .nepitqw kit his letter - had-not yetbeen.mniled,'when he received intelligence of Ldwald's being seriously-ill.' «'itliout nit - . hour's delay he set oltfromhoMe, and, Orrthe evening refire second day, stoo&by the bed-side of the deluded boy, Ito whom.he laid been, and still felt, as a faller. The accOhnt of.hls illness had not been exaggerated: his rdigeffie •Was'aiYACAteiidlatiiatkn of,the chest, and the ritrugildWas one of - life and •death. But youth, and al Vigorousctiii&iloWecemed - to_prevalt,and;a few daya.- 'atter his tnrcle's arrival, he Was_ pronounced convale ! .. scent, though ids recovery advanced by very slow de grees,---Tiistressormiiut:Seemedlta-rchuid-tlfelicidyli_ return to health.. Oh ! how bitierwasthe anguish of that relientanee. The potir boy cduld hardly wait tin : , til his physicians allowed him to converse freely, to 'relieve his heavily burdened soul, by pAuck ..... g forth, imaccents half,Stifled by'pangs of sbameOnd remorse, the tale of his trencheY to Alice, and his. bondage- to woman; whom he bad.alWays in his heart despised; and a hundred times resolved, tho Ugh in vain e never to. visit again. Of Elliott he said little, but refused to see -him ;-and-Mr Richmond was-not-slowp.understand,-- that his nephdiv regarded this pretended friend as the chief cause of his niACrotis' errors. He wrote -daily to his wife, or Alice, giving account of 'Edward's • sit itation and, soon as the latter was strong enough l k o hear the journey, by easy stages, set out with him tddie return home.: iipprnacla Briar IlinTtawar( scented to - feel - great inisgiiiogs in regard to the meeting wish his Cousin ; and, when the white thimnies of the hotise and the tall trees around it rwst appt4red in 'sight, lie sank hack in the'earCiage; nnd, for n moment, elose'd his eyopas-11.0 shut °tit a imineul-object,--1.311t-MrAtieh- Jnond soir4lt to comfort nneiCe-iissure - him and in a . few minutes pointed out Alice, standing, in the arch -Way of the glue, anxiously looking for-them, and then, ;As the carriage drew 'nearer, running back toannounce to her mother its arriv:d. yls.lumstion from the jotir ileYfuld the folvo of:l4i 'emotions bad COVercome Ed , word's weak frame, and he-had to hecarried' into the house. An Alice sprang forward to meet him:already assured of his repentanceond returning love; he could only say, with an inquiring look, "Alice! dear Alice, forgiVe!" She did not : speak, but tears-warm, gush ing, delicious tears-started, in her eyes, And tickled . doWit Softly upon his Awe:, as she hung over him and pthsed his colorless lips. "Edward's disease was not eradicated t it ha