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"iWith sweetest flowers . poricied,
From various gsedens eull'd with eare"
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Linea, Written at Tfflidnigh:t...
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- 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
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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..
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I had lust 7 lat satisfied with
'rnie laurels, and the progress which 1 made in literary
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. 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
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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'
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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 ;'. '•''
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-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.
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""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,
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In& ch like matcheibetween cousins: but still would
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• 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
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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
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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
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• 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
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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<i oar
oSsumed a more lingering form. Constimption was
.
sloWly wasting, his Annie, and the color dint sometimes
mounted to his cheek, which comforted-Alice, appear
ing like a harbinger of health—Alan, poor.girl!' it was
the' hectic spot!,-the seal of,the destroyer!. But he
grew att;ngrtottgli to walk With her again among the
garden 'flowers, aild to sit with her in the arbor'; and,'
while herporents botched Over Min 05 one doomed to ,
ancarlygrave, hoping but to smooth the clencenttltitht I
, erishe;msltpartaking4hitrownfeelings4lirdetele47l
ful hopes and vain ltupginings- 7 thought.idi tighten. :
'tag flicker of the light of life a token of
,reco'very.- , -
.Edwardp - Itininelf, - was , :the - first.ttrberu s ndeecivekond-,
to give het a Warping Which, she 'heeded' of his fate:-
Alas! the green --sod now coVcia his grave, whieh'yoty
will find' in a leae;riHilAted , rural church=yard, not ,
:very far from 7.l:lr..RicltmonirstlWelling, whetherbo.
anti Alice had Often-strayed, to commune With the
dead of inOther age, antl,';w4*he had desired
None before hire r had'b_eitabalehred7there for near:
TO a cen ury.
OM over in silence two'yenrs of niotirtiiiig;
and give yon, in the Words of Afriußichniond; herself,
copied fro a letter which I received only a few days
age;yoine idea of the present . state of irer daughter's.
!'Alice sends her love. Slm - iaripAlte well, and I
flunk : in better spiltpaitri o .To.me she lathe'
same afreetiolliktei*illfidilli Child 'RA .tver, butgrows
daily Morinnamore indifl li rent-to the world around:
She is occupied •;almoit wholly With her booksovidle_
not engaged:in household •duties, which , yoMknoW
I have traineMter from a' chili, br in raMbitimpver
AOadjacentor - MTeif, — **77tte - sees
no company, and seems to dread the ideibrever again,
mingling in society,'especially in that of the otheraex,,
These feelings I have, perhaps too farladulged: I Mast
try to reconcile ,Iteragainto 'the AK91 . 1(1,.;,59 entirely ..
ermitid- - often , appeario lie-awallowed up her .
soul, bat one Wonld almost think her incapable of any.
strong mnotioa, but for her devoted filfal love. Once:,
- -=- ~-~
however,.ahout a week since t I surprised her in tears;
but shequiekly wipelitt)er eyes, and Soon looked cheer
:ful again, seeming--atixious. to hide all traces of grief.
I Teel much anxiety about her, which is confined to my
own breast. AMr. Richmond's business cares are- so
overwheltidng, that I do. dot s wish to add to the trouble
which he already feels 'oil this lea- adedtint—
;And, .yet . , , ;:wity- should weforebodo evil, while she is
well, and, in a good degree,: happy? Ah, my dear
friend, you cannot. realize all a Parent's solicitude for
a daughter, and an only child." • • ' .
"In thus comhuiniontingto you something of Alice
Itichmond's history, I have been insensibly led into
details, supplied by her mother's correspondence,' to a
muck ire_ ger] en.gth ,th mil at first, intended.—Terhaps
I may say, that, with more time tit'mY-diSposal,l should
have* written a ihorter letter. But, if at all interested.
intitenbove account, Ou will not thank me for ti Wire
drawn concluSion, however good the advice., or warm
the ezgressiona of regard, which itMight et-.ontoin. So,
•
• ' Artiht
•
"1 3 . S. Write to me sometimes-I Would say often,
, if not afraid that you would consider it • a.. twili,.rather
than :ti Pleriatire, to correspond with a Person of my
age . If you make any inroads upon the heart of Alice,
let me hear of your sureemi." .
the reader may easily imagine; that this letter, with
its characteristically womanish post-acrifilum, thotigh
of- suchAbrusidable . length, covering three, shects,, ht .
fine, close text,• was read from beginning to.etuf with .
deep interest •ycjith . .
the. self-confidence of boy of
nineteen, I felt .. quite sure malting.an impression
011ie seared heart of Alice; and, for the remainder
of thejourney;Whieb the -end of the next day brought
to . n conclusion , she 11:11113 continually flitting before me;
in day dreams or visions 'of the night. <-• •
CR APT:S3:: Tr.
Though nt atnrtiiw, I hnd boon 019 only ocenpiott of
the conch; it entereil-LorksborOnib . with it full toad of
litassengers - citattunlly collecteitbithe wayside nott'e,
tion, until, we. numberec
. _
"otiti; 3 . l not nicluditiig the'ilt;lver: youngl
e'st of the party; and my looks, Perhaps, 'being eittlntr
blyishaad deprecatory., the latter singled Me out as
rprypei. • victirn of his - forbesireaCe ; • atul • I had the
pleasure of seeing' all mieorimanions Safely - deposit;.
Led At • their respective stopping places, and-of watcb:L...
ing narrowly, as my fatherhatl - enjoined, the•gradual
appoetionnient of the" plunder,"- lest hr some mis
take my own trunk might beindueed to trill clinnge
of situation , before, solitaryas at first, I drove up to a
'rather respectable looking inn—" Hotel" it was de
signated on the sign - , Au theoutpkirtslof the town.;—
Tlila had "beent - fleCted — as 'the littlie — of my futtire
alicide for 'several inportanCreasons. .Thougli - iny
father ivotildhave preferred a privtiteltoarding 7 house,
_no* " all 'decent or.:colnfortable - was-tirlte
ie_511(111. ni.
friund ; and therefere,linvitig only ii - cliiiieetif - evilii,
* he 'had fixed upon the inn aforesaid, becaitse It was
nenver than 'any oilter. •to Alr. liichmOnd's—abont
half i? mile . distant therefrom—was blnioned forth in
golden letters or extra size,illustrited by. a 'sUbjacent
representation of a capacious black bottle, inverted in
token of emptinesi, ns'a "Temperance Hotel ;" and,
consequently had it g . (Lod name for respectability and
Lthe moral ileportment of its customers. Theenieli
-tloor wan.opened-by-fhe publican hintself,:_who:gaYe
`me es hearty a welcome,ns if the arrival of a new
guest had been quite an unusual and unexpected plea
sure. He 'WrIFI'a Winn of small stature, but othe'rwise,
of• portly dimensions, nnd his pc, rubicund face
seemed•to belie the fanciful conceit of the InVerted
I bottle ;
_Unless, indeed , th e latter were . considered
I-ns-the-approprinte-representative-vrnil-the-bottle
I which he might hate been aurposed to have emptied.•
: Hut, notwithstanding his enskiform appenrance, he
' Was exceedinglfnirrtawrit cti re, and huntled aboidto
i
f provide for my wants, with ns great alacrity; as if I
uttLhectusome_di_stinggished_s . trang . er "Captain! I.
futad . that he was called by, his associates, and of
1 course I - piri, with the prevailing mode, without
particular inquiry into.niy hOst's militiarp achieve
meats. I afterwards learned, howevef, that hiavalor
had been proVed chiefly in the command of a volun
teer-company of militiviitrpost of honor which he had
resigned some years before, as he found himself grow
ng too tin-Wieldy for the active exercises •of training °
days;and, Withal, very fast exceeding the utmLt
of his well-stretched suit of regimentals, -
On finding that I was likely td be a 'perm - meat
• guest, Captain Smith's attentions - if - ere redoubled, and
before the 'iiiipper which I had ordered was on the
table, he had conducted me over the whole. -hoOse,-:
showing the different apartnients,whielt, as he said,
happened, very hickilf for me; tohe ail-unoccupied,
and giving a full history. of the former tenants of each '
not forgetting the encohillums width any of them'
might have deigned to bestoW upon hi household • at ,
conimodationS, or good Cheer.- After fixing upon tt
Chamber, and ennoluding a plentiful taeal, feeling nt
a loss for occupation or 'entertainment, I strolled into
the' bar-room, Wlapre ttatnall company of the neigh
'bora 11111 collemeti was-W- pool- -
be' ,
baicirotiSTy,
merits some 'candidatefor.officeatthe approaching
electioM Upon my entrance,' the noise of di spade
vvell.meaTliag hit-- , wortliy prototype
ofCaptsiin Trtek— , Mok that ..opportunity, of. intro
;hieing me ; .t
- round alleafter: acieral heitrty.l
shakes by -the hand, I was admittedintci the circle.
My_ etiropaniotis, I fotiml; were men in the middling
ClaSseWot life-411emers and tradesmen, dressed"
thiordiniity'lfi*Vabor. The-'conversation turn;
ed : netiitiinlijeottr,lnt taocai discovered ti]
feral of the tornpanyramong *horn. mine 'kest was
not the leastgominent—forj had told him nothing
of my' 'purposes, further than as regarded , taking up
my quarters* his house= ;ware' very curious to know,
the ollject for. which I came.: ' I amused, Myself for
some time in ludiling their inquiries. The -school
committee of Larksboroughot few weeks previous
ly, had atiohlised for a perion to fill the vacant of;
nee of teacher in theT pUblie academy; and the sup
position whichaemited most prevalent was, that I in. : .
tended to oar Miself for that situation. sup
mise; I, found matterr ccor,a half, hour's, entertainment,
by. means, ofvagite- answer's and . reritki,
aysTinereasedtheir-doubt r tuull-appar ans. - lotus:
inquiries
,about the office, .witiebacerned 1 , to confirin
1 their At length , !toweyer, as I was deairotia
of asking'sundry;q6estiOns ''in My turn, I, set: their
minds at ease, hreyealing my . true object.,: '
... - "iilr.itiehmond is not, at itome ROWCheliTri
gotieM aft:end a coiirt"thirty mites off,' not
' be back for a 7weekor ten days," said my hPst.
4 1sIo, there's'Harry. Browne,"-. said _ tinother_of the
Company, looking.ata young fartner's-son,-who.stootl
beside the.fire-place. and bail as yettaken no part , in
the.cOnveraations "Harry's beeri trying - to ctit.Seli'.lli - e
g iini eyi.tiiii twelve inonths.; .but ahem) more looks
! at him, thanif he never pit ip his Sunday-go-tOmert
;amid all . , - . .
.
"Ali olio wouldtt't rather just took at such a 'girl
as Alice Hiclinipthl i - Withouther ever taking any, an,
tice; thaithaveJane Grove -s rain' her eyes tint. at
him; and marry her into - the bargain ?",returned - tli'd
young farmer ; casting . a contemptuone' loiik ---- ; on the
ilast speaker. ' : . - • • - ... 1 . . "• .
--- ,TIM fair: one alluded to in - sueli ia - slightlag - manner
must haye c been the h
other's_itended ; for the -blood
- rose to his cheek, and he seemed preparing for ant:-
, menilon r ii retort, when Captain Smith iiiterposed. -
"Hold, Bill," Willie ; "that's what I call being.
personal. I wont't have any quarrelling here. You
knOWmine 3 s:* temperance house, and you rinis'ut."
._ i •
fiehave as if you ' been spreen'it ourand - iout - 2at the
Blackßear." _
"You z need'at.go-sb -far_from _liame..,al,, the. Thic-
hear, Capfain - , for a - regiihrlitint spreik All yoil'e
iOt. to„ -- daiti to eiie - fitliat etinlioaril : 311er - i:a'S enough
there to put.us e'very'one oil the dead tist,.'slintin the;
neck,'" said Bill, with a laugh in Which the. others
joined. • , a.. , ....
. ..
I have - cailleil-the:apartment in which'we sat a bar
.room, ailal:itliatl i'he 'limit fiv.ares.pf-stok-:n1,10e-;--
Init the shelves behind the - bar were - empty; - a
inolassesjiig, a bottle of vinegar, and two or three
empty decanters being, their only furniture, But in
the corner was a small locker breloset, the suspicions
locality of which Seemed althost to justify Bills's in
sinnation. - • .
" and t
LIM
CM
"0 yes," said the host laughing; "quite enough' 'to
_pntAttall_on_thatiftdiist,dhaitgliles alt - W Idant
of doctor's stuff: - We have to lock. ,t up to.keep. - thc
children from poisoning themselves."
"I 'Wish you Ayoubd gh'e men dose of it, Captain,"
notsvery particular what sort flake."
"Now that I come to think 'of it," answered the,
Captain, "there's nothing there but a few drops
,of
peppermint, a little camphor, anti soms of the pa
tent hive-syrup. • I'm nfraid there' isntt anything to
-suit Your complaint—the cold water ague." , •
"What Will you lay me on that, Captain rill bet - ,
you_tlree's: some old cognac int that 'closet- 7 a- silver
dollar against a sixpenny glass." •
"Done !" saidthe Captain.. - "Stake - ynur - inoney;" -
Bill fbrihwith produced a shining silver. doll a r, nt
the si 'of which mine 'host., somewhat dismayed,
seemed willing meseape from the dilemma, in whirl,
he found himself;' hut the rest of the company, with
sundry winks mai nods at each other, cried out for
'fair phiy ; and the stake-holderk. contended that, as
-thensfipenny-glatt's—or-hrnmly7if-any-af-thsit-liquroe
there were in the closet, must be considered as in his
custody, he sould feel obliged to break %lel; the dnnr,
unless the key were instantly flirthcoming. So the .
Captain was nt fength forced to the proof, and rebut-
Jantly:_best penally?' 0 elserOnitstnly_sa_far_asin_i
traduce his hand, and 'ilraw nut a ttectinter half-full of
•tfi , s (WIT
brandy, without thVaYing its other contents,
Its nothing more than I told you," said he—"a
little doctOr's stuff: We can't give any of it without
'the prescription of a respectable physician,' as the
cold-water-ple,dge says." • - -
"0 - you won't do us in that kind or style," rejoined
Bill. "Here, pay me my sixpenny glass. -• The doci
tor allows me a little for nty stomach's sake." ,
"Yes, yes," cried several voices --;'Yes, yes, -Cap
tain. hair play !" " •
"You know, Captain, the wet season is jttst a coin
in' on; and, as a,, ounce of prevention is worth a
pound of cure, we'll all take a drop, to keep off the
dumb ague," said another.
"Well, Bill, I'll pay you your glass; but de'il
triForate - 'orator' shall any of the rest of you have.—
Hero, hold the tumbler." •
"Do you call that a turn Captain ?" said MB,
as the latter reached told:l'l,a glass of the usual este&
for dimensions, bra, funnel-shaped on the insider—
" Why. it wants boring out. Howsumever, 1111 it up ,
twice, and that. 'll come to the sante thing." ?
Bill extended the glass, and the-Captain began to,
fact administering a dose of medicine. -.Me key was
still in the door, and he glanced'at it for a moment,
as if tci 'beast - ire - the distrmce - hetw - emrititnd - oiie ofthe
company, who appeared to be sidling`up toward the
closet, still continuing,however to pour. Bill, watch
ing his opportnnity, clapped , his thumb -as, a stopper
over the mouth of the bottle, and grasping the - neck;
suddenly jerked it out of tho Captain's band, and re
treated with his prize to the opposite side of the room.
The-latterisprang-I;alf-aeross-the-flocuL-in-pursult;
' but the click of the closet lock just then fell upon his
ear, and looking back, he .beheld, to his great dis
may, the door standing svide open, and the inside nr
ssy of decanters, well filled and ... labelled, fully dis
phi) ed,to view. For an instant he scented untied;
ded, but speedily Faced abont, with a motion very
much like the flottmlering of some huge fish in shal
low Later, MA made for the locker, which he reach
ed just as another decanter" disappeared from the
shelf. To make sure of what remained, he hastily
closed the 'door, loCked:it Wand pooketted the key:
then, turning round, more delperately surveyed the
scene as if fttahning the recapture of tha ',spoil, In -4
the middle of tho floor stood the man wlio hadltei,d
the bottle, holding
- it up exnitingiytaylcirl „vittile, in
the, fltrtli'Fst corner, allthe Otheri;eaneptinz fhb yOung
before InentiOnedk; 4 io 4lll l l etritnedfkrapYo4'
around B 1l ;-- who hadjust oommeiiied takl4
usmalleelimaelf, toserve out the, Hiner to: them.
k t , nt se
t'"Vhat iiititaltteky," returned t. "Ilas he taken his
family with him 1" -
. •
"0 .no his wife and daughter are at Briar
mune they call his place. Perhaps you eau begin
yetir radiit' with 'Mrs. Richntotid . she.
knoys anotlgh . abOtft to tcach•ynn a little at first
like." And Captain laughed heartily. at Itim 'own
humor. : , .
"I dare say she would make a very' agrerableteaeli
er: I rejoined: "Rut you spoke of a daughter: ,
'Mttis her mine - •
'9 that's Miss A lieeq tuti tell you ititt, need'nt
be a speerin' after her. She's a dreatlftil . . shy, girl,
and it must be a devilish nice felhnt,that l)rings,llter
to her bettrings. but perhaps," enntinued he, sur
veying - me - trom - head to foot, -perhaps Itsugt-do-' fon.
her *there isn't anybody - in all Larltshorough that
look 1 . .
laaw smatazza, 7w eib-vachae.a
Seehfi ;hat he gas not likely tc;':"'r'eiiiiiir!.44iythirt
fniTiLle means, the Captain bgat n . parley, itnd
. length agreed to sell the contents of the first decaliter,-
provided the second Wati . t,•ettored to Ifs place .,. This .
at-renal-Mem : being concluded glisees riad a:- pitcher .
ofWater were call edfor, and alf iriyitetlto partake., .
EMii YlrOWneaml myielf deelinetOad were, at first,
excusedf - lnit as the glasses were filled up for the last •
time, Bill, who now felt the spirit-fire glowing in Ida
Veins, insisted that we should Loth drink.
lisrry,",snid be, "it'll hrighteitYeur
and no say.tomething Arnett . at:. last—
Conte, and weal drink:a .bumper 'to the health or .
your sweet-heart, Alice Bichtoond."
"Irou'd Leder:drink the health Of .. somebody that • -
.keeps such cornpri - ny as pities," returned the young
fa l
rmer stillenly. "Perhapi you can find one thatyott
know quite as well as Miss-ftichmond, .who would
"be:glad to hear that=a set of drUnken.loonirhadi giVen=
her a bumper." ".•
tongue,.PariTior - yon - andlwilEheve -, :
to &Mare neconfits..- Yob recollect how we settled .
the 1, st time, up at'Sqaire Comly.'s mill." '
This illusion Scented to kindle feelings that-before', •
slumbered in
,l - tarry'sboarrm. A burning flush mate '
tiedpter his cheek, whether from anger or some oth
er
enrtiiiiireonld not tell ; bat he turned aWay, 'ii ni •
•
was Silent.
=-' There' -}on-shall lixve•it nhetbervnunSll ornot,"-
notttinned And - he the Contents" of, the
• gins; irito his face. - • . . . •
- Here Mine host whOluid drunk - nOthitig; but Stood _,
:loot watching - with . gl'ent anxiety the,_progress of••af !
fair's, attempted to interfere: but qtdek as lightning
Harry resented the insult. A single blow sent Bill
Davis reeling froin his seat; and both le•and the chair
measured their length upon the floor But, in. an in=
stant, he rose to his feet again, nehrly sohereil.,l4the'
concussion, an& there
.stood-Harry paticutly_ wasting--•
the attack; his pale face with rage; his hair. still drip!
.•
ping brandy-and Water; and his *eyes smarting with '-
thi.)lot liqUor,tuulauffusettwith ham: - Bill confrot6 ,- 7 -
ted his antagonist fern moment, in motionless surprise _
at his-liardatood., He was a stout, sqeare-built man,
of middle height, abritti twenty-fire years , of age, and,.
Afterwardsruin& the htillynfthe 'neighborhood.
His clenched-fist, lookingliken sletike-haMiner,-seem
-4ed-as-ififmigh-trrusl),-byalleerweiglicatielfliri-opph!--7
neat nsTfarryllownef Who, neyertieless;thimglittliph!
rently little older than Myself, and of rt slight; but
'well shaped' frame, quailed not in the least.,:as their
eyes met in defiance; TheCaritain made a motion,
as iftn•step bet Ween the co mbatants; hutx significant
look from Davis, which plainly intimated that he
Wittild, not indult way be balked of his revenge, arrest
seemetliori much- forzified even -to-- - -
speak a-word to -prevent-the , hreaking - of tile - pastel
while the rest of the company, just drunk enough to
be ripe for sport of at-T.l6;d, cheered them.an to the ___
-Apdit.The---Captitin-ltad-presence-of7mind - enciugH
left, however, to put the empty decanter in a place of • •
safety, and to rock the !niter tbior,l,.ast any newcomer'
should witness the scene of disorder. All this passed
in a moment, enditremhled to see Bill's-fist raiSed and
driven with tremendeua force, though without much ,
precision, full 1•1 t his boyish opponent's head. Harry__
avoided the stroke, and I instantly perceived that he
had the most pugilistic skill,arrdthat the other, from
the of what lie haul drank, was groiving, tun- •
- toentarily, leis fit tiildliattle;Wliefille could re" ,
cover him Self, he received a blow 'directly , .between
the eves, which Made him stagger back several iincei
All that followed could - not easily be discerned, for
the combatants came ft) closer quarters, and blows fell
thick on either side, while each, altekately attvaneed
and retreated over the floor, the spectators giving
ire', Or pressirv . ,ll, at every movement. Ilitt
saW that whenever Bill drew himself back for a full
exertion e_f_llis.strengtl),-Harry-always-managed
dodge the stroke; or' to break its force with his arm:*
Blood hegad to streann - plentifully, from die mouth'
aud_unse-of-evielufimi hyatan.--,
ders seemed to be growing compiusinnate. At this
I Juncture, iirry, los; ng in the stnlie the conflict some...
what of ‘ his iresence of mind, 4tiff..red himself*, to be
cornered, and fmind Davis pressing upon him without
the possibility of his retreat. The latter til;operiieiv.,
,ad-his-aclyantage,m4concentrathig - iii - S-remai'ning
force for a single clibrt, annul ii fearful blow at
antagonist, Which threatened iil most t 6 annihilate him,7' , -
saw the imminent danger of his' situntion,,nnd •
nscrcr~t one
t4peetecl to seeiiira crushed, drop- , i h ,
"tied lightly on one knee,. and the hlhw fell Upon
closet door, just back of where his head had' been, , 1.
splintering the pannel from top to bottom, and Making
and havoc rating the plates and disliel piled uPwilit.; •
-niii was, himself, almest stunned .hy tlio;laen*rii .‘
of the, shock; his hand was nearly disabled, `arid. he
reeled iackwcird. Quick as thoughthie,pgiic foie Wits
iigain upon hip; a single well directed stroke sufficed
to.coMplete his discomfiture, and• he rolled - heivpy
Minn the floor, overpnvered, Perliaps,hy his ownlio.
lent es.ertions,. and the stupifying effects of liquor,
rather than by the. force °Chia-antagonist.
A „ mane A
•As be bad.not strength tome, and tne nost
wish,to.leara him Upon theltrroantloor`,- - ma -
on - ellThiTmigiiehance us en- .
ter, he was removed to anotherapnrtinciit, etill ann.
ciently in his senSes, to.mutter imprecations upon
-Ha rrAT's'heakandio4O'w-ievenge; ---- The - latter:after
Pulingtliiit'uo great harm was done, tind.rectAing its
, silence que congtntulatiens of the Spectators, who. :
hal wished him the victory froth admiration
• courage, quietly retired riom tTie iiinj and, a moment
Olen liifil:reaveil his, exit, and followed, I .
foun,l hirrocashingtha blood frcMilis facel'ildhands,
attire, um before the door. , : ,
"1 holm Ina are not much hurt,' . ! said I, iri444m
.
ronrtng tone
`O. no; - very little. I should'nt 'have 'r emu off' in .
well thopgh,orperhaps Bill thuds either i if he ha CO
lieu too drtink to light, • But 1 wo'tit allow any body -
..
toimPose on me in that Sort of Style, unless thU choose
to lick me into the hnegnini - I've borne , it: long
}laving fiaisbrd Avrashing,• - and ,Wip hys fare and • .. '
.hands with his handkerchief, he bidme good nightand.
walked-tilo,iyikoff... s flt was a clear Meentlight evelling,• : ' .l
and desiring toform it better, nequalntnnee, with the _
young farmer; .IprOffOtiod. acoompanying..him n•vhOrt:
, I *firr ll ?! —t l''''alc4 ,4 loh o4 k`esh --11 ) - 7.. - 41 1 ffrer , 1%. •• .
‘ and, 'Ave, •Nralked, - ,togetfmr ' along the rend,"neith(T .
speaking for aOTO iniOntOS.. •At length. he'lmo 0-;. ''.- •
' lenne. • . - ' - • - i ''' • • ' -
•_:„. 'l"..es,°_'.. *dim , hitterly,snd as if Some,.puinfalic •
4cqyiatkon..!ii,s,turlied himt "I'Ve horne# long eano. - •
Bill eiery.tiody is fraid.4l4l6; l ands he ?iiel': , ' -. i
to illa7 limbiilly. '' tontivirdld 4 1 1 0 k bi s etui7ld 4 4` : :
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