Nrea.atmat aec, POETRY. From the Ladies' Companion . . 4 loons of Nazar e th Passoth RPM' - - • 7 -7 11 Y MRS. SIGOURNEY. - Watelter!who,Nvak'st by the bed OPaill, While the atom sweep.onmith.theit midnight. train Stifling thy, tear for thy loved one's sake, Holding thy breath lest hisnleep should hreakr, In thy loneliest hour there's a helper . . ' 4 '.Yesus of Nazareth passeth-by.7 . 7 - -- - - •Stranger, 7 -afar froni thy native land; • - Whom ng man takes with ahrothees hand s, Table.xincl bearlh, stone are glowing free, Casements are sparkling; but hot for thee;___ There is one who can tell of_alome on high, "Jesus of Nazareth passetkby." Sad one, in secretbendin A dart in thy. breast that. the world may not know, Wrestling the favor of God to win, 7. t r- His seal of pardon for:ilays of sin.. . . •, 'Press on, press on, with thiprayerfulery, Jesus of_Nfizitieth passeth_hy,'.! i3itt'st in 1116 Antral' Ytird.l6tic Scanning the lines on that marble stone, • . Plucking the weeds from thy childraa'alkil, ---- 7, Planting the myrtle and rose instead;. • • Look up from the tomb-with thy tcrirftil Ci-e, • Jesus of-Nazareth passethAy.7 - • Fading one, with the h&tic streak, I * --In thy veins of fire and thy-wasted cheek.- Fear'st thou the shade of the: darken'd vale? Seek to the .goide whiioan neverlfill; • -He hath trod it iiirnself, he trill hear thy sigh, — a Jesus of IsTazarettiliassetlt by." - - . SELECT - TAtt°. - 1 From the )..SofitkeiMliterty7Wo.9 niCuMOND„ (Continued.) CHAPTER IRS . . The TirSt sound that I heitrd iothO voice of inyhost, - Ivlmpute himself to awake me, and - ma aan apology , or the occurrences of tlfe. previous evening:- He assured metbat nothing- of thekhid had ever been known sinlis house..before;'and-thnt he nor= • er allowed any liquorto be drunk dn•the premises, ex cept as , a medicine; though . obliged to keep a little on •• - • hand as a provision for bickness. I inquiredater-Bil Davisiandlearned that he had - become sober;atal gone :kotne before-day-light.--Mybreaklast wonld-ba ready the Captain said at whatever time I cho - se to 'name:— As-soon as-he-left - mei - I - rose, - and - nor:without many , thoughts or Alice, arrayed Myseltin my beg black suit, wishing if-possible to Make.a favorable. impreS sionaf"Briar Hill; at my first appearance ; g t hii done, Isurveyed myself; as rrittelt at large, as a gin eighkep . Ales inches square would permit,withgreatsellesatisfaction. I should here inform the reader, that I was abOut five feerldne; standing my hoots, and,—if I may be pardoned for sayingse--L•of by no means an uneomely persom____At--least, I arrived attliis latter 'eon . elusion, before. leaving the:glasa: Breakfast over, i waited with impatience -till the handi - Of m watch, intheir now sluggish course,_point • od to eleven, and Mien tallied forth on the road to Mr. Richmond's. It Nwas'ai4iiit*lightful and the sun hd !liken - from the air the kteeding nj it I ani reached -Briar Hill. The house was v .Aofinely situated, about fifty rods from the highway, on Older - lee, from Whitt. the ground slop _ ._ed...almok_impereeptiblv2in...frontlitwao saLlai• - ;•e ?white, antiquated 'building, vith, a pdrticb before the _door, and two wings. A handsome_ pale-fenceskirted• the lawn on the road-side, at dither extremity of which • , Was an arched gate-way, opening upon a gravelled carriage track, that formed, altogether, a semi-ellipse, curving graCefully in front of the portico, and lined on •• the whole of the inner Circumference, and on the outer; alMost to the angles of the-Wings,:with-dimble-rowsTof towering .elm-trees, which, interlapping their boughs, -...- ,', ---- o.kliihited - trvitulted-coveringaboi7e, and nearly conceal- __,___ed..the_maneionlrom-view.._.The-space _inclosed Lido- in the curve as an- opein _velvet-Carpete.d. green, with butuiree or shrub. iletweeu the inner rows.of elms 'was the fonivatif,and along it I slowly sauntered up to the door oPthe right-hand-wing, on a tin fastened-Act which the word "orrteis'! was to he seen. The dnor stood ajar, and, after rinsing the bell I stepped in.— The rustling of a silk dress and then a light step on the (Ace floor fell upon my , ear: I walked forward, - and caughttkparting glimpse of a female figure making - her retreat by the entran(e 'from the wing into the body of the house, up two or three steps.. Her Was tufted from me,' hut: imagitlation supplied that With every charm; and the reality of what was revealed to eight fulfiled my ittosi ardent fancies of Alice Rich niOnti-__She_was above the-Middle height, and - dress , ed in'a tasteful neglige, which •eithibitett without arty agile common disguiies of fashion, the outlinei of an exquisitely formed Oerson, slightly inclined to emboh , _point,sunl a refined grace in every movement. Her dark chestnut hair 'vvas sidiered, as in die first . • • • ". days Of girlhOod, to fall in a rich - profusion of ringlets . • over her shoulders, confined only by a slight band of the seine eoloriround bar head.. And that ankle--fw displayed-sus she, bounded on tip-toe up the stair 7 - , tim perfection of nature's workmanship; - shaped in so • , dejitatelt mould'. The foot. too—so light its tread, 'that it seetnediest\ngon . the Onetroub led.with i fariesi susceptibility thin myielf i ntight haire fallen in ltwe even with the little shoe that. clas p ed .. etb7 9 ,29tienght .I;TR-sin:die etie.,rother -than- Alce; !Het:Tiered; and, the bright yisiOn 1.41!zo!" Ilook-• ed tir*(l.4. the ofdiei One of the book-eases Acts open, finds chair stood before its Alice had, perhaps, teen. searching afiersonie book. :I almost I had, entered withoutelngtog the bell; and pictured to' myself the hluslies mantling on her cheek, - and tho IttlenAisiorief' her loOks., Hon' glad would! have -11a*P aiosie . a.herin her. seari.h! The entrance of a'Serian( awakened me from the leljghtful trance„ intOlvideltAhlid been momentarily east, by the:lOvely apparition Mr: Itichniond I found was expected home' in a few daya: T Beni in s to Mrs tiityletters 'witlra - carty_slyt l i nggthat IShool_ti bui. bad - iicideely . returoed to the inn; when 'n6te fromprinr • Hill was put into mik , band.' Mrs. '• eipressed 4er regriii.* her . husband wad , eb ent, E . 114 beggeOthat I would takeltea , adth :her that • • evening. • The, remainder of the day 'Pissed :wearily' enough.;:--it was a.loyer's probation; fort loped Alice fanciful dovotiQ in La" • . . • • • . • „. •• - • * , . . . .' • ' ,• . . * • ' „ I N XP I . 1 3 . H . 1-41 : 1417 110 .1 * . • I. I • - . • • • 7 -.• , - • • • ' . , • •-. . .. 0 , 4.4 * low, "It Was never a very good likeriess;" remarked. Mrs. Riichrriondf"the - painter sacrificed something of the trait to •the beauty of his picture: . I value it . now chiefly-ftrrits' resUmblinice to Alice,,witicli is quite stri a is;perhaps; tithrelike her;thito .it ever was . examined tIM painting, as: ay easily be imagined', with no ordinaryfeelings,of interest As a inerewc;Vlc ' of art ii wesgf - extini - site beauty; andii Could not but be-. .lieve it nrnthfuk ilelititErition of the original; . not only 'from the still clearly, visible 'negcniblance-, but also - feom' off:ideal expression;giving,soul , anecharacter to theface, whieliAlone ifdrue,tq natnie,musthave'deter mined die likness; and whichno . pninter,imtl it been the creation of !drown fancy; 'could . have so intimately blended with the corpcnial -features. -- Iliall attempt to 'describe thepienfre. My love was fast becoming an idolatry. lei A :window oftlfe — iroTim where we sat opendru - Port the grounds back - of the house. — Firit came a large gar ,den,_thickly_planted_with fruit_tress,.with_ltere_and tliere a close arbor, covered with vines, bearing luxu riant clusters of grapes. On one side was a yard con taining capacious barns and stabling; 'Oh the other a large orchai4.while behind, a-rich meadow, skirted onbolksides by Woodland, sloped gracefully down to the borders-01a - sithalklakeothoitta:mile-distant -and ree or four miles in circumference, beyond which rose a hill thickly . wooded. The woods were clothed in the hues of autumtlie gay purple and scarlet, mingled with the rich or fading green, and the sober russet: .As I looked over the-scene; all the-mourefull story contained immy;aunt's letter came Pack to me as a sad rememhiance: then the prospect brightened; but Alice was stillthe companion of.myreverie-__!!There.p_ thought I, "she wanders—the fairy spirit of the hill, the forest4ad the lake. I Will watch her going forth, and infancy, at least, follow her , rambling footsteps." Mr4Bichiliond desired me to take my place in the office, without waiting for her husband's return. Ac- - cordingly, the nest morning .I began my studies; th_oughit.seeined:olo,lice had -breathed-such -an-i n fluence over the 'scene, that the .inspirsition-of, tßlack stone had lost its charm. Mr. Richmond returned in three days I need say only that I found in him all I could liiife - hT)Ved&Tin - a - preceptor and a friertdahnost a fathe'r's indtllgent kindness and care. . • T. i But I fear that lam growing tedious, indeed have not been so from the first. Imust pass lightly 'over eighteen Months, and resume my narrative at a point where it will be more likely, to interest the rea der. During this period I was dregular student-in Mr. _Richmond's Office 'and ii - constani,and-I &Reined myself,- a welcome visitor in his family. - Every sabbath morn ink; Alice, , ' with her father and mother,: attended 'ClirCh in tarkiborough, and I felt no temptation to -depart from-tlieway-in-which-from-ii-childlliiid-heen-- led; but was always ill tiny seat at thehouse of worship. Even the temple of God became the shrine oink) , idola trous devotion; and yet my feelings were so elevated and refined -by the tiesepee of that pnre, lovely crea. , hire, who appeared always completely absorbed hi the fervor of her worship, that they seemed to me less carthly 7 less allied to sense, tliad thei must have ar peered in tile' sight of a judge higher and more:impar tial thin, my own conscience.' Excepting in „church, where, indeed, the fear of giving pain to Alice, and of agirding' matter for'remark to the imectaters, 4a* a continual restraint upon me, I had 'only occasional glimpses of her, as she sometlinea.flitted past the win .dows of the hoods, while I was'approaching or leaving it. , Once.ortlice, When, on ifitildenfy loCokingback,l . saw-her- for'. an - instant-lingering at - tie - casement, - _l` unction to my soul," that I , had been the objcitaher litentien ! Mrs. Riclunond, as Our aealtiaintanee grew more fa miliar, talked to me of Alice with much less reserve; -litti-sadnesfi alwaysitelenvcr.her_,oettiltenauceVieT she adverted to the subject. - Proni tier I learned again -aedifferent times nearly - all - that - my - aUnt:Naney - bad `CorOtanticated.. _Btill.she often seemed to :think some apology . eor her daughter ' s ebsence necessary. • -- Harty botrue I salrfrequently after - the - adventure recorded in the previous chapter. IA I have 'already said, he . was the son - Ofitlimner residing - laiirsi short distance trom Drier Hi 11.... His father's circurnstancee, were slender', and since tho death of hie wifshad grad %ldly declined. ( Harry was by-nik mcans.fitted;sither by nature or edueation,for the lot in which, fortune hadidacedhint. Ills tnind,ktrong and irigorous, deem= end preying on itself for want-ef 'sustenance: Feciingi so acuteand sensitive Of being aroused into . the fiercest passions, yet eusce , ptl , bleolthe nicest ehltdcs of expression , _ and . the softest touches of Sympathy-- rhave.seldonikno ' Hid though' synamettir calfirtuneitpliciired-incapable- of : enduringithe - tei le - of busbandry; yeeivas he active and, energetic, 'and' never shrunk frorn the lhare dlabor which his .father'Selr-' cumstances imposed..; He had been his tnotber , i-ra:= "v'orite---' had lingered still atF her side, at an age- I'4lo' 'host boys undervalue a 'tnothent Companionship and -love} Herldeath had been p rndellshock- to hints loved oilier's, but none with such a carefully nurtured . . . wspAppn,:7 7 privo;riED: rib NEWS, POLITICS, .LITERATITnE t AND SC g.IIiCE% AGIIIMILTI4MAMILiSEAIENT I &Ca &(. . . had loved- her, before .the adVenture'of tile 'morning had given siny'dchnite shape-any reality; to the glo-: rious creature of my Imagination.- • • The evening: came, and, again I found myselff, upon the road to'Briar Hill. Mrs. Rlchinond received - me in the Most kind and affectionate Manner; bu4lice did not make her appearance. I inquired after her health' - and the mother made u sort of apology for her absence, , though-without giving any particular reason for it— Yet I could not help looking towards the door every time it was opened, with a sort of nervous expectation that she would at length enter; and I believe that Mrs. interpreted my feelingi. She was a woman ofahout' forty, r etainin g much of the comeii-,. ness.of poison 'and of feature ; which had distinguished I , in no comm"ondegke, her youth. A shade - of chast ened melanCholy lingered over her countenance, soft-- iningNhile it Slightly saddened, each lineament i ;—: - Her manner Inwards me Wail already that orfriendship; She made numerousinquiri PR about different memberi of my, fainilY; and, 'Mlked much of the time when she Land my aunt Stevenson lind . been schbolmates at .Beth 7 lehem. Tea was brought in, but still Alice came not; and,, at length, I was.so fascinated withthe mother's conversation, M . 3vliie'ltitbere' Was s- sprightly cage : and geace, her features_ becothing7i — tniinated,_and _losing. much of their" ustial melanehdly expression, as . she dwelt on toi4s in. - whieh she felt an interest, that :the (laughter's charms were for a time almost forgotten. A portrait hanging against the Wall,' t firstobsem:ed, drew my attention recog-, Lisedits likeness to , Mrk.liietimondAthadli6entakeii; she said, just alter her marriage, I remembered that my aunt's letter meethiiied such a portrait, Which: had been thought like Alice. • . =I Prisited Publisbeck inekly,'by Geoige4l.l. hi Ctirlitiltinsberldnit County, Pa. ~ . , affection. When the green sward had been levelled over het.' resting-place, the world seemed to him - the abode of - Spirit's -all' 'cold and uncongenial with his own'. 'But eXistenee;without)seme 'Object for the carefully trained tendrils of his heart; • torn froin..their.first-_ein. brace u to twine themselves arotiod, Was impossible.— And, over his motheris grave, apart of thelove which hohadhorne for her,went forth as a tribute to the kind-hearted charity of Alice Richmorid, who fellow-. .eti the mourners in the lowly fimeral. But what a Terence! The love of despair, glowing in; the fire or hopeless passion, instead of the serene, iinly, softly= gushing emotions of filial'affection! .He,too, Made the, houie of God the.scene of -idolatry;' sitting afar off., "from tjie object of hiS devotion, and gaiingat her with his lustrouit eye, until the left. the sanctuary; having been all the while unconscious of that burning . look. • - - Tothe neighborspoor Ifarry was.incomprehe . nsible:, they trailed him a "queer-fellow,"and-make sport - of his attachnientioAlice Richmond. He had no cont . - paniona, for hefound little sympathy, and still leas akin 'to his own sensibility of heart, in thoseaniong vjiom fortune had Cast his lot. lieioroing deeply interested in him, I strove, by various trifling'acts of kindness, to -gain his eonfidetice, and in some mensure succeeded. Ile seemed, at length to Conk my Societhand though lie aliv'ayilciriowned his love, I could atany_titrie call forth . the wildest expression of it, by the mere mention of the nameof Alice. Often-lie-talked-so-atrangeirthat feared-what he himself had hinted at on the evening of our first interview—that his intellect was sometimes .diserdereg. - -: diiclaiming w his ownyrissitln, lie frequently seemed jealous of- niei in the midst o his raving,. would stop short, and eyeing me. for a,mo mentwith a scare unglook of suspicion, ask, doubting . - "Do you love Aliee?!' I iawaysevaded the question; yet tie seemed-limit( satisfied wvith my , answers. "Poor 'lorry!" I , often tthought within myself, ichile . to the Outpour ingii of his melanelloly-- o Tiii loi - .4iliently, is i]ee ir aeon - slid] ,thy despair be mailnesi?" One morning - in thcsunny month .of May, I ittts sit ting as in the office at Brair Hill, my elbows ou the -table and a book -spread open before-me t my, the meanwhile, dwelling on things in general and on Aline in particular, when Mr. Richmond entered, and requdstedpe, as he hady . often done before, if an person should call on business, to step around into the garden and let him know- Very soon after his exit a gentlernan'carue in, and requesting ruin to sit down, I immediately - went to inform. • Mr. Richmond of hiti. presence,. Ile_happened to be - atooping over a bed, in ! one corner of the spachrus , garden,examining . n plan t which had lately sprung up, and I did not utfirst see ! him. After ranging through the principal walks in my search without-finding him;l turned aside upon a by-path, leading to one of the close arbors mentioned, the door of which being ajar, I thought that he might Possibly be withiro.o-reachinwitl.threwthe-door- Wide open; but, instenia. my finding Mr. Richmond, lo! there eat Alice, hey eyes intently fixed upoii a book which. she held in her hand!, I stood rivctted to the 'Spot by surprise and admiration.. Site evidently percei\ed my approach, and dropped the book to her lap, still' 7however, keeping_ lier.eyes.upon. it while she marked the place'. "Oh father," said she in a sprightly tone of voice "dud you see the flowers that! . She looked up and saw me standing before her ! faint "Oh!" escaped her, and the blood mounted to ' her cheek, suffusing her transparent complexion with a deep crimson blush. A smile seemed contending in her countenance with looks of embarrassment rind fright; her color went and came, and the book fell ,to - the ground:. - riliouglifihTlaidiever appearZ.S' ly. She eta dressed Very much at 'Mica I had Seen her. retreating front the office: - her hair still flowed hi luxuriant curls over her, shoulders:. her_deeP „bine eyes were fastened upon me, her confusion appeared to heighten every charm. In an instant I stepped forward, and f pieking up the hook, presented it with all the _grace .that I Could insister occasion._. beg pardon, Mist Itichmond,for nip intrusion.- was looking for Mr. Ilithhnind, and thought that* he Might be here. ' I should perhaps say," continued .I, .at ter a moment'ilieeitati on," amserryhaltinid . in - -: terrepted you, but excuse me- if My chief regret-be, that I must suffer the punishment of an intruder." . After defivering Myself of this - speechl bid her good morning, and, boning as I Spoke, haitened off in pun. suit of Mr. Richmond, who now appeared in sight.- - L The rest of the forenOonl., spent in pa6ing the floor of the o ffi ce, except When the entrance of some one inter ruPted me, thinking over the words in which I hadad: dressed Alice, and, practicing my hoW to her ; Until I came to the conclusion;tluit the adventure might have &kin turneit.i4 much - better account , and had prepared a brilliant speech, arid Perfected a most graceful form obeisance; to serve for any future lucky occasion of the same kind; liaye pasted beforethe beautiful vision began to fade away from my Sight' .. It was aborittlireeWeekC after'thig eccirrience, that I had been spending a day with Harry Bowie , in ,'shine out the Jake which,, lay at thelbot „Mier Hill. The rairrhadnot-Yetlieseendelio''his-bed'ofglory-behind the - gree' liiirriineniewhichiroselfroiU - the2W`estcrn:be4 , ; der Of .the lake, when, tired of our: Sports, which had beenrat4r unsiiceessfiii, we moored our boat, tun a set ' riff on the returithome. We did not takelhe mott.dt= teetpath,' lAA Went t4ttliiiid of min' Warta visit the ' . ieleluded grave-yard, in Which the reninina of Edward Stockton had found their" lone - resting pIaCC. - This ;spell:had olleh - visiteryndeed I had Made a pilgritn age thither the, day rafter.rey first arrival inclarks borough. It was situated on a gentle acclivity about .half mile from,Mr.4tichmondiii tionae, just on the edgeOia . wood, through which a narrow lane, now over: grown by the bushes that had once formed a hedge on each side, so as to be nearly Impasiablei terl.t4s the ad.; jsemithighway. Here had once Mood 'a ch i urcli, .of which Mailing remained but a portion of the . wall, and piles of gray stones, covered with •nuass'and, overshadowed by thewild 'shrubbery that hadstinggled up through eVery, narrow interval and creVice.... Few,. preliably; had ever . been - Sepulchred, in, thiii . qulet' s&' l clitaion, and of fewer still were the burial - plaCes yet , vißible "Here and there in irridting item. way througii the tangled bushet and. gradi you Would stumble against whieli nary; rut ionic:long. : forgotten. grave; but there , waanone to clearhw..4•t4lidrr, matted herbage, of n fortner year's growth, that concealed" the neglectcd'ipemerial. from view.--fin` ions hand to deepen the chiselled yecordOf mortal, Yet there witsone Allot 'within ilipse-rtdned precinets, which exhibited timMarks ern More rccent:sePulture, and the en& of a yet cherished. V%' TiILEMZUZILDIWZ' EMMEE2 ltittind ..affeetion. Around the grave of Edward Stockton had been placed a slight iron Failing inekosing aaierrbw bed of freshly turned mottld,covered with May flowers, and surrounding 'nplain marble slab, on which[ _peered no, other record than the simple"EnwAnp," and nto ornament but a delicately carved tireathuf roses twined with ivy encircling . the. :wood. :Without the 'railing the greertiod,for several yerdseround, aswell as a narrow path leading to the grave, had been clear ed. Here Harry, and myself eat down . apon the fresh, velvet sward. It was the first time we had ever been together on that sacred spot t andhavingnerer conversed With hint on the subject, I felt curious to know -what he retoembeied of him who Slept tindersthe cold mar -whatfeelingi the place excited. I found his recolleclion of Edward Stockton very indistinct; but he told me that he had often Wailed Alice coming to the grave, and seen her Icneel beside it, andgaze- for a long time uponfite nettle sculptured in , die stone. He then began to talk.of her in his accustomedwildlttrain; until, in pity,l gotight to tutv his thoughts in anothek. direction. - - . "The sun isnuite high still,'t I said. "It seems tin: Willing to bid good-night to our aide of the world." , - "In less than an hour,"•returned Harry, nteasurin With his eye the lengthened shadow of the,Old ehurch- W.41"1n less'than an hour you will have it playing at peep - witliyou - antong the trees on the top of yonder . hill - ,—But-I-promised-fatherljto -be-home-bercire-sun, ,down; so I foist say good-night." ; "Good-night! I will sit ltere a little while longer, os it a do not go any, farther in the sane , direction." • In p.. thoMent-Ilarry bounded over the- low atone - wall inclosing theyaril, and in another was loit from view in . the wood through whiCh the path led. 1 re -mainettaitting upon the grass in deep-reverie, "with iliediriglit vision of Alice; as Iliad "seen her in the-gar den', floating. Amid&lity eettsesi..and trying to picture to niyself,the.appeakanie . of Edward StOcktiii4 and, in imagination, to 'aisociate the young. lovers agnin in -their rambles .over'the scene before me. 1 hatt. , been . -sittingthusnione-forabouthalfanhonrwhen I4lm.ugh I hCpird a step on the dry, rustling herbage • near me, and looking up, saw a female figure:retreating:along. the path-way, at,the distance of_aTiw radsfrorn where. -I sat. 'She 'disappeared . , behind the church-wall, and I then fora moment was visible - again hurrying through the wood._ It was --- AlicefAiv hatreame - doubtless to pay her accustomed tribute- . at her lover's - grave, and, seeing me seated.on the turf, had cjiiickly retraced her steps, thinking to ha.;e'retired unobserved. Ilivetted to the !Mot, I "gazed after her as she walked rapidly away, - without looking back; until she was far out of sight, and then seeing that - the sun was near the horizon, slowly- followed in the same direction., Just at the_edge-pf the-wood :I observed apkeeof white ' paper, neatly-folded together, lying in the path; and, picking it up, fouiid written on thinside - these touch= ing lines • • "I sioddlik thee when aeatih his On'tby pale brow and quivering lip had pressed, Bat yet thy"partingspirit-seemed-ttriinger 'Thy cold cheek softly lowed on my breast-- Once more to whisper, in earth's lore; my name:- ----!-Twis the last broth theit stirred thy shuddering frailty , . by thee again when / death iveh, Back to the apiritlesig, cehl,ruiiie4 clay, The forms of beauty whichAliseOse had driver _ WeiLfrom the inemoriof love away; And fiindly watched theiniiis the light of heaven, reakhig_ution_the'esre_thellnatilay._ . . ii rh i.asiii•ed image shall love cease to cherish; . • - Thu OChocd whiipering of Ow voice grown 'till; Erermemory, itielfiit inins,tferiihj • Or-henreneartli% destinice Lite trembling o'er the beauteous repose; The wliiiper hushed where intuit fowl?- -4-44 Alasl - the'soblin - hopeiairtt.tiove — orm - esingle, - It now divided: other foims, unblest • Iliee „ 311 br . vi ion,. and glad imieei mingle . 'With the loft tones that murmur films thy mi. Where life iloWed coldly, warmer currenti tingle; § And hopes, which sadness breathes not, thrill my breast. i'tfy holier thoughts have fled, but still they hover Around thy grtoea spiOt keep=" --7 ' - It& with the incense of the that - cover TO' quiet bed, to upbraid me as I weep... Yet on the cold stone will I pour my griefk - For tearsthe tears of bitterness will bring reAlef." -- The -( verses were.. in hind -had gate -Internal evidence.of their authorship. I caineqtttince to the conchision that Alice had dropped them in the .. hurry of her retreat, and would probably return the next day to look for them. As the thought Struck me, I found my self, almost Without any well deAned ptiriiose , retracing my steps toward the grave; and, in .11 'moment ; was seated again upon the green aod. On the back of the Paper I wrote the folloiiting With my Pencilt ,a.S, °emery it this thy sorrow— . That on thine hourot darkness &mai a !borrow; That bright-hued tloweAts in thy path are springingi That happy voice* in thine ears Are ringing; That o'er life `e visage ie . not always spread , • The gloom that palls the dead? , . . . . - . - • "Would lie Whole isles • • Clay with its kindred clay, least aught eneumfiii • The spirit in its - rest, where pain and sighing ___Comemoii'all-tears are wiped away, and dying - Ineadeinsi more,rsior e'en flealleshrtither, steep-;- • fd - fier• bld'theejs . . pa*, and diopped it 'milk ipoi . Where I found it lying, - • On the - fellowinrifteitionn;htiout the, same kour at which I Wad been seated beitideEdward_Stotsktip's grave, writing the abtive"woftd ballad," 'as I t4psed .my book for , the evening, and made my„eait . from the . office •aE Briar Hill; „the recollection that - I had dot Richrtiond.for moth tiian" a Week; deier . pined me to pay her a visit. The servant that, ans. 'keret" Py kno6k; me Ito the . 'f tiarlor" r- and without lonking to ascertain the faiif; told lite that. she was theri, - Ond immediately'-retired: I found selfakin r e; obserVitig'thai . die s Sohling doors be- tween the front and back rooms were threwir open; Walked fiiriird, , eipecting to See . the latter. In a olirnerof thet reeess of one or the back windOWtyipen an °gentian, sat Alice phe rays Of the edoning,sLn , etreatifingobliquelY,npen the 4 'iosiie'corite'r, and 'r effected up on ; bet face; aprfistitn-; ing,liiipffid.M4r:w sat inn pensiVeittlittide;fier for'effeadiVe'iting' on one hand, while in thit' abet; up: oh Leis_ lap;Nvasa piece of ptiper,"whiehilitiatitiitrreir aoggised as tnt preiibus attertMon, in 'lei.Path' from, the - Act, - on drawinialittle nearer I could distinguish' the . : faint tia - eds of my 4:vivo peneil upon die side'tvliileh she held uppermost. - My step-was light; and ihe mins so nom. pletely absorlieitin-,thought, that-I stood at last wAin a.yard of heic.seat, withMit her loeing - iiiinficie - aa of 4;6.. presence. : , uniumi -LBZ . , Good evening, Miss Richmond." She started at the sound of lily voice if it had gi- Ven lien an'cleitrio sbock, and blushing deeply, and, at the smite tinie,shuiting up the verses -in a boolt, whisk I had not before observed, lyingopen in her lap, rose from the ottordan. "bood-•evening, Mr. Drayton.. My mpther has just let ihe'roMit: I will let her know thaeyou . are EEISI • "I. did indeed ask for ;qrs. Richmond) bug am not. on that account tile less indebted to forttine for having thrown me once more into your company. If I dared to hope that • the fickle gciddels wodld,be propitious, I slicadd beg ilia she_niiglit not eesoondesert..me." "If your 'prayer Were granted;" returned Alice, still blushing, but resuinfng_her teat, should: not sustain the pait ofrny mother's repreantative. How ever; she will return in a few moments." -- • ilfear tliiiiiiliallitoeltiolCiery anxiously for h-er return,lf on laying down ycluirepresentativa:a4pict. ter, you• intket - disappear from • theWeine. Though, even in that ease shall .have bright recol lection—the brightestone of all—tester° up In my memory. 7 "A truce to all eompliment, :Mr. _brayton......:You. mustremember that for the present I am but a proxy, and must address me asyouvotild my mothei." •- . • "I begpilydon , Mrs. RiChinothl. lay I auk 'bow llias_Alice is _this.evening ? The last time I had..the pleasure of seeing her', she . was in so great a hurry; that I had not an opportunity tc - Tinquire 'after hei! health." "What 1" returned Alice quicklr,her cheek again suffudedWitha crimson Ilush,--,!'Did you see me.?" and she looked earnestly in lily face. • 7 i had made the remark thoughtlessly, and saw that - had - given 'pain. InsWeFing her;' question - by a monosyllable, I instantly changed the subject, and' she appeared soon to forget altogether, lab t contin ued, in - the toiteplbaiiinage, to addreia her. as her _mother. Her conversation was sprightly and. play., tgough:reserved ; her. eyst.beanted_ with_ gence ; and a glowing soul seemed embodied in the exPressive lines of her:countenance.. It was full half an hourhefore Mrs. Richmond, returned: of course I shOuld haVe'thWught it just half a minute, if there had not been a clock standing 9n ;VC niantlepiece.—: :On entering the' room, She stood for a-moment-in evident surprise at , the spectacle before her,' and, as she greeted me with an unwanted expression of pia- . . - • sure, 'lthought st tear glistened in her joyful eye: *- "*ell, Alice !" said she. "So, .tp.Make up for past neglect, your first interviewwith iteni.y has been a fete-d-tete. Ido not understand by what art he has cronipassed ilds fairy region."' "0 niother, Mr. Oray_ton's visit te . yoil - : have heen acting only asa representative, during your ab- Sein., ; and I innst now resign my must beg that before.you accept the rel/40.10n; you-will taketime"l6 - judge .for yourself how MisT Richmond, has executed her trust. - I confess, that I have not br Jeer — Ft - 60e constantly . to hear in mind her re presentative character ; yet perhaps, am not much to blank Or this occasional lingetfulness.'i . - Mre..ltichnionkiniitedirie to itay to 'tell, 6a, 'as #tay be stipposed, I readily accepted the invitation, -and-spent the, rentainder ofthe evening at-Briar- Hill:- yhentea-was ordered, 'and Mr.-Illehmond'eanie -in from his officeihe seemed, as Mitch stnprised at the sight_OfAliceinEhg.mbOierhad_heen,_butiaidnoll t -- Ing on'thealbje'et,thoilgh I thotight his spirits , were lighter;lind his tone mo're gay than Usual. Almost immediately after :the table had been removed,Anisi iiess called him away; and I mulled With Mrs.. mond and Alice. . The latter joined occasionally ' the-conversation, and always with vivacity and easeT _butwhenever-slie-was-not-actuilly-itddressed i or-en-- gaged in, talking. herself, she appeared to fall into a state of abstraction or reverie, and to take little ins terest in what Was.taid.. ' • • . - - 144 - Richiihind informed that she had -that Merit ing received it letter from my aunt Stevenson, accept ing an invitation to visit Briar Hill, and promising to be there in a week or ten days; Mal 'thnt'ithe_had . asked two or three of Mr. Hichniond 4 s relatives to spend a feW weeks with her at the wine tine. 'fide I was delighted to heart for I had always heen a .fa-• Voritewitti my aunt, and felt a very sincere attachment -to her. Besides, her' visit would gi*e nie st..pretext. for beings great deal more at Briar Hill, than l could otherivise venture to be; and then I shoudii much the oftener: in Comparison with whichlasi cipation every other-iias The evening Pissed away, and I found ray.seif rine:e more upon the road to the inn. After walkinOome distance from Mr. Richmond's gate, 1 sawtwofigures on Elie. opposite 'font-path approaching; but, al it ivas a dark night, I did Rot disctifer that they were Harry Bourne and Bill,Davis, until they came quite . hear. Both recogniied rrie;and *Aced across dig road to nieet foe, the latter showing a dieetisition to haven' parley He had evidently been drinking, tlittughonly enough to ele tate spirits and make hint it little boisterous.. ' . . "Ship ahoy! How Drayton ? said it was you, but I tiOnld'rit leXite..that you'd be walking to fast away- froni s ili44;ind'noflook back Under other circumstances' perhaps I should itoi have borne this roUghreatitatiqn but I felt in good spirits tnyielf, mitt nor atall"dispiiseh to tin'ai rel with any bedY i'andltittW,` ,. ,ndiWithstanding .datYtness dint parry's l c flushed feign ill-atlli pressed ango. ' aYon are (Mt kilter late:iitiiltighi,q I - rejeiiiett4q Have yon.pild nUr.iiold444.bitptain a v glltirry itiai.believe, 4 re:Mined - #[6 ; I've been at the , Blacli Bear. ". V eit'ran gota glass thettc in a genteel ;, uie~t ay; though lint ( et- say-that 9 little nognarl:qiehd from, - the . oaptidn's lock-uis, tastes ' sweeter:'But: ou loniattlfymi hadn't seen' tt:drop to4tiglit, .. illaNa hindsorne I iiiittldn't; go 'to see tliceprit i tleit gal': in all_natnr if= they, didn't - put smiliethingne the sitletioai:d just tir'way: of splicite the . obniertuttloirt•eccillonally." - Disgusted with „tho follow's • thetn'gctod-eveni aygt 04,tInVgh",not :out serfOn's of mix , ! 'inS o ',,, • lentleinPer.'iand-'vernenOrod - parryteritahllity; and the ilushwitiett'lia'‘Unted higher in his .cheek at every , word , spoken by his .;:ectiupaniett,','duitithe peace, would' be broken .hefore kneWinithed that Bill DOIS' hi4neverreven.od hitn4 at- self for his defeatat; theliini and that he was,aslland tad taldme; ,Opil-hcitt* -f:tdtawAybenait4rtt I T, hougid i too, thatlya Wdry:dfurili:464ol , tb bp"tputirrelsome . l yet t Gould pot helplrkintbikeic ageo 4 , .. _d-inyeoM ,, erMittin-with-Aliceltichmond;-1 had spoken Jost as the feeling of the moment 'prompted i - but I had knoWledge•enotigh of the world to see, iir looking hack over what had passed, that I had gained - a great.advantage—nearly all.in fact, that • tim most. ardent lover could have hoped to gain 'in 'so short ii time, -- Friendildp;between two pennons of diffel'ent seies, and of suitable age and eendition,is Et4tainly . the high .[road to love. Some-ll:tie - doubted whether • - iiiendshii - can - oven - exist - ai - all - under - such — chentu - - - r .. stances. I think it may ; but only in the State of • a Chrysalis; and no one can ever tell at what moment a warm breath may bioiv over it, giving'it strength to ' ' burst its shell, and esPhutiing its wings to flutter in -. the tun-shine. . •- ~ -.While the company remained at, rifler hill I was a daily visitor, and saw Alice so otteii — that • ii-did .not seetnprehable that my aunt's depitatire would much, • disturb our intercourse. All , of theParty . took a walk or driVe every hear dii.i., and an invitation to me was nerd. omitted: Sometimes .toe. ittade pleasure excel' , • sions upon the hike . ;. in short, near a month glided away most agreeably ; and ne' one hailed the approtqh, -of the day fixed for taking leave ,vith satisfaction.'. it eIMe however, snit Alice Vied by me, on the &mil . _ . porch as my aunt's carriage drove-off, about an 1101u3 - . done foolishly: you have yielded to natural and . cinnz '— • I- ' I T •• i • lest d - • • • , • .in . --, • . -you after, the I ucae ets ia the door. mendable feelings, thusAhunning society .. If ".4- month - luta ' genii liken don Alice. - It 'firer lieen have" erred, it has, at ieait, becri a r t amiable - error." - •tecet delightfully ili,6i;. but 1 hope the • Miura. will "Yoe know perfectly well," c ontinued Alice , ' . ifer 8 ,. i : • lt e tee ea ca . se e ti,i; egt ,,,, t the pest, s . N, o t ee limi t s • y Mother, as wellae yoti aunt, has _told you, .tlie_ More and • - I shall have, finished my . ettecii; and reason. of this seclusion, l rkneW very little of the then- T - 4 'l hesitated. . • • . real world—indeed 1' know little of it even neW t . bat "''And &en, what ?" . •• - • ' . • -• . still Ipas - thepiihen the world which 'I had Cl:eked . J ~i t.t. don't know, Alice. Dm even hrottids and sister s and peopled for m yself-a World of bright faticies an d • 1 . • . , ~• • . , .„ , . _ mus t pmt, t count Um months and ‘ isien the, :Wye . artlAfeelings 7 —was made desolate. True roY moth. that i shall remain in 'your' fitheri ailiee',With a jell. • er and father yet remained, 'find you know I Joie . ~,,, • • . •• . . ~, .. ns ,aro, and they seem to eh:leeway a/meat impe l s. them ; but am I wrong:in ackfictudedging tat, tlpit ,•,, not for ti fo b r ly h . ope lla i rpily enciugh,liideeti;.4! r memo' tat affection was not the Strongest ieeling of my soul ?Ile . sides, We do not think of life . and liope in inourning " `• She did not speak, and aite.i . .ii fi,;# ttrinents ' I 'ad- ' l 1 over the dead—the lost. It wits hard to forget. Even 1 d ' • the ihoughfot forgetting was a Orotel visitimi.i! , • :` c _ al ' ve ll . I must not lota ( lie present in gloomy' i i iie.„ -. . .. I could.fel that Alike Sobbed convulsively as ship bodings. I hope ws; need not give i t i tp l you walk this.ottrramblei;. --- -. 7. ' „ spoke, it . oiiih'scartely an audible sound escaped her., because our, feleans li i k , ,i , e . 04. w The rest ofthe-party dere . SoMe dlstlintm in advree af t i en c;e r , ?,, n„ -.. • ~• - , , , _.,.,.... , _ -.-T. , and tipon another !lath. We Walked a few steps in . cry„ ; ' at g a ji past it4,. o , eleck - , if you v{. and . . _ • J , silence. '..... ... • ..2 . , .. , , nothing • . else to.do inen.",.- • ...._.'_ ' •,: ' - ' - ' • ' -----Alleep•Poieetititif-k`BOt-tientoir cannotiaatlhrerr-' .-. --. 4iiiiiirtiriertiie'. ----- Dt: ne-tfo-rg-ii • ,• ~ , . t er;- or if itlive in•the-liettil,-it -dies from-the -heart, — lllring - 11i - treat of the summer I continued to ride . Thee haigridualli"Okhged my fAings,though !Tot. on iiiihebapk, a 4alk, with Alice•aftnust efilty..:-"Hrt • . " • ''' alwaysioothing thetei" . for I , have sorrowed ':' l Ettdee - -- and - Mrk -- Rielostend 'nettled •tro - favor - Mir - iitirma - eft ---- ----- ,atibittet4y Over tile wearing away of my . first grief; an : iiiiil,,as I knew • that theY had seMi ton much of the oier the AeseititiOn that'esitated it-, '. The -hlei thaniYl'• 4orld io.fm deceiv646Y Mere Came!,: I. felt : Stwe of constanei tOutdf,ail 7 that I could isoitio_tie:4,e t, e t°.:iiteir apfirobstion; if Mice Skit& *Vey consent, toleoli. • h . bit—P'reyett iocessantly'Upen'inr spirit,- entir 'till* Sit MO M a s fi ll more enditiditgehaticter s ehet.l7.-,At of . - 1 has ilhainiehedeten that—that lest ConafOrtr-tor itiOrt . i •a friend.bebiother. :Sitar sus all ctioadence. ~,midtaf---'• _• • fortthough• nth ink eesirn'l 3 .-"M4' ' '•• • indeed a mutt . , you :. may : 1... . . f ee t iont ari d a pp eare d' e n be videally ,heepining mote' Eton wroth these lines- , upoe-,the2,3jaet of - die' eitt&e, unifermly,gay and' elibertid: 7HWlAttitiatibn had teen- .: . , i 'whicli`4 dropped in the - Woodt-1 IMO Your hail'', I Conducted entir' el'y ailibitte--* before Edwer4's delttle - - . ' • and besides, there was nettepihefr i'ci'do" it. '1 enilfees '' under prilick'tesitiliera i airdishicelhen;onder the ' eye • . i l that.they influenced !tit scrub degree iti• determina-' t of ber.father, who; in the midst of ;tong:4;loy present* ' tion, even pretiotisfy half formed, Of ',vetting, in re- hushiess, had always found ilme 4) t1.4.60.,1tht ', dairgli.... I viewed intercourse With the world, that peace of mind tee ' s studies -- More than ~ direction, : Idle 4 1 1 . -, ttKler•- 4.. _ 1... 1 which lieefitsitM,' tin Ihriger afforded.; Igy !nntksen 'S needed.. jn:fnet, her ; stierine ..,kticwiedge • of,',l . loplis I • . . 1 kneW of these feelings,and,Withatittplling me of !ter 1 09ruetirnoi pa we,tellie n '' hittiki - thetwls r„ .. kad - thetad- ieteetlen, inVited yotti aunt and our cousins. io ,;•isit. vantage in point Of tuarathielieee w:ii!'loef,r.:l' l 4 ,, ,A r e : , ~ Briar,llill is. thinking:that 'Manch society I might be'st frequently [tend itigethet,, tied. , ' s, *! .. : k ,mortv;?i trni , 4iiikt,eir inifiritdisttuothil ionpressiotisof thaworld. recalledttitMb mY . lent's , ,tleseilpflottsOf titt! !,. happf j , 'ltiitleitsidetitsilly I nittyoti.• , That evening semtang- 0 0Mititoreeat 1 4P of Mile itto PO 'free4l '.:i " ? ; la - . ,i 4Orriered L teittif;tomtPlittste`defilhe ttOr ' 7 J''' til ! A. ,* l- C,n r "Fir t 'br l l4 4 .'i i rr# 64 * - Jl - ! in ' r- 1ri 64 ." --- .. • I of'- ."• • • '•-• 0; - -,° i' l ..- , lAjb e ibi: I potions . or, iiinuieninnw One tdterocio% . ettirLhe . . Whit, tindl rein !• e• Per 1? ~ •„ ' • ;.•• • • .••• - .• • • ~• , .., • ' 1, • ' ' Shall' '' ' thine ; Oedonly knotete. Cet i Seil*ti*Wi. 4o e.'eeetremblkefl toZethere'sktrdie de: am* er h e'UPPle * .. , :-,•L • , •'' -•-' •it 440 d betwe en ' il 'At ''" .4'44' iili.. V i e° „talely;lc44. ilei6r:alo4o be-s!titlmillbt hki*••feee:'; and • l ' , i ' e ° l l ° 411 said - ~1 , ,...,1...; .. • . itt*/ seed u6pikiiiid'iiierbOntr4l64.l‘oo4e7 , appeared 101 i sad, and !iklc ' , 44 ± 6 . N - _•,t!, I NA'C eL .- , .. • '' .!!!r''' '' - - sepii - ble r riOin life • • ‘lt' `may liti:iroi .trot , .it ratiVa*o elong• the•ello44teftt); lo 4•l - ! , ',•; Te,Attli "''''' ' ,'' •'. : i "st ' .lininitnannbt . 0 fli. , 4!:9lo,*t:leinstAdoeentll ll then •• ._... 1 ° , ,M"!!P?!! - te.r...:_y„,.. ,11;:4"TF S,:yi - 'i- : -tWiiii4 itiiii -.t thus ce - i,o6:4litiiifiPciurt!d out ... 4 fere IttOilthiflit4 f Ile, the # 4 l,,radtrj!ks,• l ,4.4 9 :tYvniit .:: I c it - 0, 'iiiii 'oat i . ililik L l inke tdreeeed'hY her leettlei.apil. - iiltoit thy, iiogitico,tpik .crztteqd . ril .tilitif,,,:*?.t.'l'silit nftci