.Prniailke S'aturdag Ei.eavl'oat C telt I 4amn^ a 13 ca U • neat me, "A'ra ry what shall Ido ?" tia '.llnlia tia - r - anz'on to her 3te p-sister, as • 4 tlYe - fietteltee.t'eatling a note which the a.er ,., • vant gave lw a moment :before, "Here is 'note frau father, saying that Mr. Ken t . .;ltU Iris lately arrived' from 'Europe, ;Air)(l visit ua flab ei,valing. AVI,A Al, •• ." 'To't why receive hi ,rn as your father's ?"eqUaintabce should he raeived—with_cor di and frail Maly Lrr. ' • "Certainly—that s!tait endeavor to do, . -for he is toil good a . matO to be sent away by froivns. 'But that vas not Whael nreane,- Mary. Whitt ;hall do for dress? -1 can • • appear before him in any lint.the• latest faihlon, and my gown 'trill not treklope-uii to-morrow.", :"Why. can you not wearT4lur• fawn co lored your white ••one ?"- asked •Mary; " Neither . Of rthern are so old fa shioned, and , / •artn sure you look tvell in anythinr.t' • ••" What! 'appear. before him in such 'dresses? Why,' you must he crazy, sis. , Recollect he is directly front London, and has no . - donbt seen the very latest style.— . Woultritt I cut a pretty figure, then,•in his eye's hi alaslifon that basbeen . 'worn thes,e .five 'months Orr?" —: . . • "I am sure if he is a.man of sense,Ths ifo e - o ft enliCartlyour_father s will be' but, a secoadary object •in his Only le(him manage to get - a - peep at your - face, and 4 warrant me 4te over " tftlitAing.et •irny . thin,g uow you talk, Mary," said • the proud` - beauty, glancing in an .opposite mirror, and evidently,not displeased with the allusiop lv to her _charms; " But that is neither here nor there. I must" have my new dress this evening, but how.lo,get it .is tlie.point." • • obviate :pint - diflicultice; . You know._"both aurldreSes - Were - tote dome at- the same-tinte.,hn't if. volt must haye .yours to-night; why wait-for' ••••• - .Mine - until - nestAay,"-' • • sis, ;517)7ce. 1 • ni ."--""rin) 761 -. 777r f ii.e It J :1 1 i)1111„ .1i , - AO4- , she lift the,roniit. . •'„ , uliaina'rrington and Wr y fie db e were; as :_.AiecireaLin_chardeter.:asithey_Lvtere._in_per, -son„..The titan w, widioOt being overhear . -ing, was...haughtv.. • A. devoted member of the.wotld of fashiiiii; her weaknessesjair in her 'pride of (Wes, and the undisguised 'contempt in :rvhicli she-held- all .kinds.of Household accomplishments: 'l'o have ap _ .peared..in. any thing .that _Was _uot. in the very latest ancl,mos,t extreme. fashion, or to have been seen eogaffed Many such ut,eftil, or, as •slie - termed .tlieln; .vulgar employ t , ments,• as,_sewing'-er . eookincr, would lihve • been, She used to say, the death_ of ber.— •-tilwitcas abote:meddling in.suelt concerns; beeitles, , Whymeed : -she, bother her head a bout thetti,dier gold could always-eonttnand good servants. - She forgot that example•is 'contagious--that good servants. must have "filree'd mistress.- The captain df•a vessA • rhust be competent to command, or he is• at the mercy of his own crew,. So it is with the mistress of a household; unfit for •lver task, she becomes in reality a servant of servants,. •Ilad .ones take. advantage of her ignorance; .kterod• ones cease to obey her orders, satisfied 'that 'their knowledge is superior:to her•own. Iliut dolia Harting , ton thought not of thesethings. , To be the reigning belle, to dress magnificently; to be .the greatest in the .fashionable world, and Ultimately. to obtain eclat by marrying man, Of 'princely wealth, were. the alkm - portant things that-occupied her mind— _:...though as to _the . means_of making _that bus : - happy,•she never thought.-L--... %hid her-4pearance, she •-was indeed a. • master piece of Nature's : handiwork. In. truth she, was made to dazzle by the !Malty of her person, if not by . that of • her mind. She was rather above . the middle height, with a form approaching almost to en bon :point. and Whose every Movement vas full. •• of the most pliant gracefuldess: • Her . lea ; .:•tares were of the most regular order, clear, 'bold, and finely cud' her eyes dark as the raven's plume, and full, large, and lan luishing: her forehead broad' and high ; . and her skin, though of dSlight olive tinge, • • so tlear that one could almost seethe blood tte :h neatfiled•evet-her, &hocks.. • - was . v.different•belug.': She. - tiras rattier, if any tlifttg, , below the middle height:, Her form, - thhughAtit•so•very, de licate; Was beautifullyppropo'rtioned.•; her Vein compass, but 'sheik an one as eotiltFbe'elasped-vithout fear of snapping asunder.. Her features' - *eye not , ekactly regular, yet they :iwere pleading; h'e forehead, white .as, driven nbioF,--oVei Which her chesnut hair, was 4000 ••:Uth.••tuaker-like simplicity ; Itet cheeks,. as fresh and blooming as the open ing rose; her OYebrews delicately arched, and her eyes of (hilt hazel hue, whose happy, sparkling •expresSilaujilinsed itself over her whole 'cOtintenance. -..Without hf- S.teetation or forivaidheis, she- was gay and -Trptirkling ideotil` Panfi, and self - Was entire ty forgotten inAlie"tTealre 'to . 'plus& others. Unlike Jtrliai she4.nic not afraid of domes- 4id einploytientsi , inetaevit was to her en iietirneridence (botly‘tireir ,, mother's being dead)'that her step-fatter owed his comfort and happiness ; and that Stepfather loved her hone the less for the interest She took tiiereiii: Then, too, her needle was her rtittatent,;ecrinpanion whiii ai .lipme, - and itsuch ;Maio tiewiteitlug did she look emjiloyelli Tiny-may 'talk or women ilia. ball-room, in 7 lheyouLor on the proMeiii4e; .but she never appears to so. much' aim:liege as when plying that .ihright.little implement of industry and use ; or engiged in some domestic 44 domestic .circle is %imitated entrire'. reigns '"the bright .Paeilliar staff' 'erhere shel,s,indeed lifregard-Ak drese k .hlai;y Lee also dill; "ifered..front.her etep 7 sister. 6 r iiii,ple in her ,jaele; hetattire was neat and' becoifiing, as, • wotoau f s'eter, should, be.. :Would that *all the gentler let knew wherein their Pdwer The3r.,May trees gaudily, and , as, think. , bew4chinglYi.to !catcka betni;, as the saying is but wiit•littli4 - -Neanty vier, catch a 'man: of : sense !. it, is, mistaken Ahoughl. Every - man .it *lay 'be saicl i 'loves to look upon, a pretty wordan rid4y,„clreesed—ibut, there is.. a;vaet differ.: 'encefietWeen richness andlaudiness. • It is not always the brightest bolors that make the richest flowers. .11ut to my story.', ' • • When Mr . Ilartingtort libMe - that evening to tea, he•brought . Vritil him' Mr. Itt-inton. lie had known him frown his childhood up, and had 'known his father before him, for he had been . his dearest 'e and therefore •he had' no hesitation nt: once to innpr sanctuary of his home—tile family circle. alreatly-in-the-pwr 'former arrayed , in the -11 CW dress- 7 - which the mantua-inaker, by dint of great exertion,. had. • off, in the most fashiOnable style - ;..the latter tired simply and without ornament: in plain dress-of white muslin, that rival:4.4l4n purity the snowiness of her complexion.. --•' "RIM, Mr.:Kenton,s-t.said Mr. Barring ton,. upon entering the parlor - With his guest. - "Miss I Lee, Mr:iKenton - . 4 ' * - The usual fohniwerc gonnthronghwith,* and the'party seareilithemselves in conver sation. .V• ' . Mr. Kenton was 'a fine looking Man„ap; pare - ,ntly•sh - Zut five , and twenty., ;Ile was not what Might be called , a gentle man.," but he - was- rather above the middle height, With a fora well shaped and a face strongly .marked with intelligence, and em 'browned :by . travel and exposure int-forei&rn clithes. He was .frank in ,his -manners,_ and be glided 'ltito conversation with that gentieniatily ease.. - whichAlirows such an engaging charm around itslintsses soy. IHe no fop. 'No hairy , excres 'mite Sat upon his upper lip, or wreathed his well turned chili ; 'no glass 'dangled, from his vest; Ito rings :sparkled. on his fingers.; and he was imply apparelled-in a plain suit of black. : • • • - Some time after the gentlemen had ar tived,-supperswas announced, and 'they ad- journed thereto,- Mr. Harrington leading Julia. • It—was evident,-from the time thelatter gentleman. hail entered the parlor, that' the unsgrpai- 7 Finii•beanty . Of Julia had Made no lig,lttim 7 ufatel 10ilibbillitliErT:Mittimaiiils — tv.iibitistiinr of alielioldef -at first sight, and rivals , his ebehanted gaze until brought intrrternpari- : _son:_witliLooenere.perfect,,:though-:perliapi less dazzling. Ilia eYesf!lifid scarcely 'wan dered•an instant from, her face, there'soro dd a spell upon him. Miiry!s prediction seemed fulfilled, -for it was almost true that he could see nothing else.: In conversa tion, 'though ' tris , answers to .Mary -:Were strictly polite attil•alllirfile, , yet tincse to' her sister were-made in tones - that' inaile the proud beauty think she yvus in a fair way to catch the rich Mr. Kenton. •At all events she had made a good start—the race, how ever,d was not yet won. This She'svas perfectly aware of, and she determined not To. abate her zeal. Shia was__ bent upon winning, and that evening all her powers were brought - into - play. The slight tremb ling-of Mr. Kenton's hand as he pow took her own to' lead her to the table, told plain ly that he , lied-igreatirbegan , to feel thorn. They were soon seated around the plen= terms board. . . . It was • Mary's 'custom to dispense as much as she could with servants at meals, and do the duties of the table herself. This evening she dig. ..usual. How beautiful she looked, as - she sat there in her neat white dress, doing the hollers of the table! So, at least; 'thought Mr: Renton, now, for the:firsttime, attructeA Abward het:. • • ". Where. could have been my eyes t" said he to himself', " that I could not see her sweetness before. And, yet,"-he• con- IhmeGglancing at Julia; 4 tl_do noowsmder. -here is amore , bfilliant star':”- • •• 'Themagnetlhat had attracted his sight, now began to lOse a little of Its ptiwer— still a verylittle. H is eyes would imt dwell, altogether now upon Julia ; but .wander sometimes,'nay, pretty often, to Mary:-- Again they would turn to the former and. then to the latter, as though he was criti-.= cally contrasting them. Then, to6,..his conversation was more equally divided / and a close oberiier might easily' have ?die covered that thti scales, at least, were on the balance. "You'.must .not be surprised, Mr. Ken ton," said Mr. Harrington, during the mea "at the lack of attendants--you see: You know I invited, you to a family supper, and thus simply attended we dine and sup,. every:Any. >Mary, here, will not have the servants about her, but - chooses to wait upon ~ t he table, herself. •Indeed,,l do not see - why % -we should keep but >one-or two Aomesties, - "for- she is, in fact, my_house -keeper,-cOok -and all. .- I doubt not buythis very bread we - are eating