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THE DREAIVI-L-AND;--
DX MISS M. MILES
• • Si/ver;/ and bright are the floatin g . clouds in the
beatnifigDream Land.?'
speak not!
am far away in the land 'of dreams,
•Wtindering beside its golden streams,
With those most dear!
The beriutiful and bright of earth,
Whose music was around my path,
All! all are here.
- Speak not!
Their voices low and bird-like fall,
Grief-has no shade, soiiow-no pall,.
'ln this fair land;
No cloud is on the.aunny brow,
Estrangement's shadow fleeth now,
From this bright band!
Birth his its hour of wo 'and blight,
Its flowers bloom; then fade from sight,
Darkness is there! 6 7 , .
Bin in the Dream land all is gay. •
Shadow and cloud both pass away,
•
, • The stars are fair!:
Speak ;tot!'
• Alas! the light words have been spoken;
The silver spell that bound me broken,
'rho Map-notes difd • .- • •
N.AF.atlir aiiit,lGW;ase.fairy bowers,
'Here sunshine is e'er. elufsed by shOwera,
. And bright, hopes fly!
uasm.mmTeeauomu.
LOSING AND WINNING.
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It was a bright and beautiful autumnal
ovenin'g. The earth Was clad in agar!) of
the riches and brightest hires—and theclear
cerulean of the heaven's gave place near
the setting sun to a glowing iSaffrOn Color,'
over which was hung a most magnificent
drapery of crimson
_clouds. - Farther to;
wards the north and south was suspended
hero and there a sable curt(iih fringed with
gold, folded to; but one - hand could fold them.
They seemed titting•drapery to shroud the
feet Him, who ‘ridet It Upon the wings of
the Wind.'
Such was the evening in - which Edward
Cunningham
. conducted his fair bride into
the mansion prepared for her reception.—
But had both earth and .heaven beendeck
edtvith tenfoki,splender, their beauty and
magnificence would have beerf lost on
for his thoughts„ his, affections, his wliolo,
being were centered in the . graceful creature
:that leaned othhis arm, and whom he again
and again welcomed, to his new abode-her
future home. .He forgot that he still moved
in a world that was groaning under the pres
sure olunnumbered evils—forgot thritgarth
ly joy is oft times but a dream, a fantasy,
.hat - vaiti - slies like the sliallownmer
cloud that, flits across the landscape, dr as
the morning veto! before The
. rising sun.:—
- - forgor,:that all ; on this side 'of heaven is
fleeting and changeable and false. In his
bride, the object of .bis fondest love, lie felt
that he possessed a treasure whose smile
would be unclouded sunshine to his soul—
whose society would make another Eden
bloom for him. ~ .
It was but six short months sinee'he first
saw her' who was now his wife—and for
nearly that entire period be had been in a
'delirium oriove,' intent only on securing
tier as his own. He had attained his ob-
ject, and life seemed spread before him a
paradise of delight blooming with roses,
taalccompanied by ,thorns.
Joy and sorrow in this world dwell side
by side. In,a stately mansion, two doors
only from the one that had just .received the
joyful bridegroom and' happy bride, dwelt
one who hhd been four weeks a wife. On
that same bright evening she was sitting in
'the solitude of •her richly furnished cha _
ber, her elbows resting on a table, her hands
supporting her head,wlyile
_a letter was
spread before her; on which her eyes, blind
ed-by tears, were riveted. The letter was
frdni her 'husband.. He had been gone
nearly three weeks, in which time she had
heard from him but once, and then only by
a Verbal message. The letter that lay. be
fore her had just arrived, itwas the first she•
had' ever received from• her husband, and
ran thus
• M rs.. Westbury—Thinking, you might
pvasibly'exp'ect to see me at home this week,
I write to inform you that business will de
tain me in New York some time longer 4,
Yours, &c., Fred'k. WeStbury.
For a long time, the gentle and feeling
Juliejndulged her tears and her grief with.
out restraint. Again and again she read
the laconic epistle before_her, to_ ascertain
what more might be made of it than first
met the eye. But nothijig could be clothed
in plainer language or more easily under
stood. kwas as biief,,andiieriauch to the_
- tPoint = tia --- thnse—interesting - letters — wifich
debtors sometimes receive from .their credi
tort!, through the agency of an attorney.
'Did ever youthful bride, thought she, 're
ceive from her husband such a letter as this.
He Wives to show the coniplete indifference
and coldness of .his heart towards me. , Oh,
why did I accept his hand; vvhieltwas
father his father's ,offering than hie own!
Why did I not listen to my reason, rather
than my'fond and'fooliSh heart, and resist
•the old man's reasonings rind FireadiagsT
Why did I believe him when. he told me I
s'hould win his son's 'affection! , Diii I not
knoW thht his heart' was given to another!
Pear old inati;lio fondly believed hWlrred
erick's'effections 80111 d net long be withheld
from .one whom:he himself loved, so tender
ly—and, how eagerly he drank in this am',
rance. Amid all 'the' sorrow Amt.:l felt
while 'kneeling bY,hia. rlYing 'lied, how did
my heart 'sive!, with • Undefinable ideasure,
4he laid his hand already chilled by death,
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upbn my head, gave me a petting blessing,
andsaid that his son would love me! Mis
taken* assurance! alt, why • did I. fondly
trust it l Were' - I tioW . frce
,i:t hen
have the knot - untied.tbat makei me his for
lifel- • Not for, a , world like-this ! • No, he is.
mine and I am his-lry the laws ofGod_and
man, we are one. ,He must sometimes be
at home; and an occasional' bour in his socie•
ty will be a , dearer bliss.than ihis world can
bestoW.; beside. - father's blessing-is still
warm at-my heart ! T still feel his handuid:
- my head! Let me act as ha trustal should
act, and all may yet be well.. Btities are
mine—and thine .heavenly father, are the
results. . Overlook my infirmities, forgive
all that meeds forgiveness, sustain my weak
ness,and guide me by thy unerring wisdom.'
She fell'on her knees to continue her sup• .
plication, and pour out her full, soill befere
her father in heaven—and whed she rose,
her heart,- if not happy; was calm—her
broW," if not cheerful, was serene.
Frederick Westbury was .an only child.
He never enjoyed the adviantages of mater
nal instruction, impressed on the heatt by
maternal tenderness—fur his mother died
.beforp he was three years old, and all reCol
!cora of her had Ended Trona his memory.
Judge Westbury was one of the most amia
ble, one of•the best of men, but with regard
to the management or his son, he was too
much like the venerable Isreelitish• priest.
His son ; like other sons, often did that.which
was wrong, and he restrained him not.—
He was neithernegligent in teaching or, in
warning, but instruction and discipline , did
not as they ever should do, go hand in hand,
and-for want 'of this discipline, Frederick.
•grew.up with passions uncontrolledwith
a will unsubdued. He received a finished
education, -and *his*ind which was of a
high order, was richly stored with know!.
edge. His pride. of - . character :was great,
and he looked. -down .Nilitlf ° ooplempt on „ell:,
that was.dishonerable or *vjciotis. , He had
a elfivalrous generosity, and a frankness of .
'disposition that, lead him to detest,deceit„—:
He loved oi hated with his whole rem!. In
person he was elegant, his'enhotenance was
marked with intellect-and strong feeling
arid - he had theheartrig ora prince. ..Such.
was Frederick Westbii Or at 'the age-of four
and twenty,.
About a year before his marriage, Fred'k.
became acquainted with Maria Eldon, a
young lady of great beauty orpe.r.son, and
fascination of manners, who at once•en
slaved :his affections. - But against Miss
81don, Judge Westbury had' conceived, a
prejudice, and foy once itihis life was 'obsti
nate in refusing to indulge his ' Sonlir the
wish of
,his heart. • He foresaw, or thought
he did,so, the utter ruin of that-solid happi.
ness should he so ally himself. lie had
selected a wife for . his sort, a daughter-in
law for himself, more to his, own taste:2----
Julia Horton was possessed of all that he
thought, valuable or fascinating in woman.
Possibly Frederick might have thought so
too, had he known her ere his heart was in
possession of another, but being pointed
out to him as one to whom he must trans-
fer his rail:diens, he looked on 'hey with
aversion as the e.hiel obstacle to the reali !
zation of his wishes
Speak not!
Julia was.born and had been educated, in
a place remote from Judge I , Vestbuis resi
dence—but from time io time, business led
him into that part of the country in which
her parenis resided. In her childhood she
en wme h&''setl around the heart of the
Judge—and fromthat period he had looked
on her as the future wife of hit son. His
vie.ws, and wishes, however, were strictly
confined to his own breast until to his dis
may, he found that his affections were en-
tangled. This discovery was no sooner
made, 'than he wrote n pressing feti' to
Julia, who was an orphan, to come. and
make him a visit of a few weeks. The . ling 'eyes and glowing 'cheeks, she
reason he' gave 'for inviting her. was, that sprang forward, her hand half extended to
his health was rapidly_ declining—which meet his—but his ceremoniousrbowand cool
was indeed too true—and he felt that her t good evening,Mrs. Westbury,' recalled her
society would be a solace to his heart. Ju- recollection—and scarcely able to reply to
lia came—she saw Frederick, heard his en- -his 'civility, she sank back on her. chair.—
lightened conversation—observed his pol- She thought she was-prepared to 13 . 6 e him
ished manners—remarked the'lofty tone of sold and distant—though she expected it—
his feelings and giving,the_rehitto fier fancy, but she had deceived 'herself. Notwith
without consulting reason or prudence—c-standim , all her ruminations on her Us
she loved him.' A ,,, q4 4b band's indifference towards her, there had
Too late for her security, hut'', soon been a little under •current of hope, playing
for her peace, she learned that he loved an- at the bottom of her heart, and telling her
other. Dreading lest she should betray her he might return more cordial than he went.
folly to the object of her unsought'affeetion, His cold salutations and colder eye: lent
e wished immediately to return to her na- her to her seat disappointed, sick at heart
tive place. But to this Judge Westbury and nearly fainting. In a minute,however,
would not listen: He soon discovered the she recovered her self-possessionandiriadeJ
"slate, - orher - feelings;itindirgrife hien on , those inquiries concerning his health and
mingled satisfaction. It augured well for journey, that propilety dictated: In ,spite
the success of his dearest earthly hope— of himself, she succeeded in ,some degree
and as his strength Was rapidly declining, in drawing him out.. Shelves gentle, mo
consumption having fastened h6r -deadly, dest, and unobtrusive—and,good sense and
fangs upon him to hasten him to the:grave,2 propriety were conspicuous' in all she said.
he gave his whole mind to the accomplish- Besides she looked very pretty. Her fig
ment of his design.. • At first his son 'listen- . urc, though rather below the medium size,
ed to the subject with disgusted, impatience was very fine, her hand and foot of unrival
-but his feelings softened as he saw his ed beauty. •
father sinking to-the tomb—and in an un- Shp was dressed with greati simplicity,
guarded hour, 'he promised him that he but good taste was betrayed in :everything
would make Julia his—wife. Judge West- about her person. She wore her'dress,too,
bury next exerted himself to obtain a prom. with a peculiar grace equally remote from
its from Julia that she would accept the precision and negligence. Her features
hand'of his son and he rested not until they were regular,
.anci,complexion delicate, but
had mutually plighted their faith.by the tred the greatest attraction of her face, was the
side. facility and truth, with which it expressed
To Frederick this was a moment of un- every feeling' of the heart. When Mr.
mingled misery. fie saw that his father, Westbury first entered the parlor, an ob
was dying, and felt himielf constrained to servermight have pronounced her beautifuli
pronal .. se his hand to one woman, while his as the bright-glow of transient joy diarkin.
iteart i wes poseesiemofianother, :--- - ,Aled.on-her..ebeelt..badziaded , .asvayand-lefir
Julia's emotions wereof,the most coat.' her'pale—so pale , that Mr.- Westbury in
ding:character. To be the plighted bride quired, with.some-little appearance' , of in-
Of the man she loved, made her heart throb terest, !Whether her health was as good us
with joy and her faith in her father's assu- usual?' Her Voieembich was ahvays soft
ranee that she would win his affections, and melodious, %as even softer then usual,
sustained her , hope, that his prediction as she answered 'that it was:"
would be verified. Yet when she marked Mr.. Westbury at, length went so far as
the countenance of liar future husband, her to make some inquiries relative to her occu
heart sank within hec. • She could not. per- potions during his absence, whether she had
'Shade herself into the 'belief,- that its tin• called-on ihe new bride, Mrs. Cunningham,
mingled gloom arose slowly from grief at and other qeestfons of similar consequence.
the approaching death of his-father, shefelt Foi the time he forgot Maria Elden, was
that he was making a i i eeirifice)of his fond. „half unconscious gial Julia was his wife---
' est wishes at the shrine of filial dUty. rant viewing her only as a emnpanion", 'he
Judge.Westbury died—and with almost Passed an hour or two comfortably. '.
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his last breath he pronounced' a blessing I One day when Mr, Westbury calm to
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upon ' -Julia :daughter'—the wife of his dinner, Julia handed hirda card; of c'beripli
son—most solemnly repeating his corivic- ments from Mr. and Mrs. Brooke who were
tion th at
. she would soon secure the, heart of about giving., splendid party.' •
her husband. _ - - ,$ I- have "not - returned .atranswer,' said Ju.
Immediately on the decease of her 'friend lia, 'not knowing whether you Would wish' to
and father, Julia' returned borne,• and, to accept the invitation or pot:
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'l*,;toii''NO:ifiiii.tiOt.E*44D;-:‘X:6i . ';i.t; l :o***'.'+:;io,:*.•oll:,i;iiF MY LiyiNo,AC,4!I(iNA;
three months,• Frederick fitilowed-herto ful.
ll.his_.promise.',He Ayala wietched,': and
would have given the Wilda, had he posess
ed to'-- be free from h engagement.
engageerit.
But.he never could 'be.' - His word. bad
been given to his father; and must be' re
ligiously redeemed. Twill make her my
wife,' thought he—q promised my father
that would. Thank Heaven, I never
'promised
. that would love herr Repug
nant-as such 'a union was _to_ his feelings,
dwawas-really impatient-to-have-it-complet
ed—for as his idea of his duty and obligit
ton went not beyond the bare act , of ma
king her.his wife he felt that once done,
he should be comparatively a free man.
art come,' said he to ,Julia, 'to fulfil
my engagement. Will-you nitric a day
for the ceremony?'.
His countenance was so gloomy, his man
ner so cold:—sct utterly destitute of :tender
ness, of kindly feeling, that something like
terror seized Julia's heart—and, without
making any reply, she burst into tears.
'Why those tears, Miss Horton?' said he,
'our mutual promise was given to, my fath
er; it is fit that - we redeem it.'
'No particular time was specified,'• said
Julia, timidly, and with a faltering • voice.
'ls so much haste necessary?'
• 'My father wished that no unnecessary
-delay should bermadestiid Orederiek r ittnd-
I see no reason why•We should not as well
be married. now, as at any future period.
_lfyou consulenriy wishes you will name an
early day.'. • .
Tjte day was ffxed, and at length arriv
ed, presenting the anomaly of a man ea
gerly hastening to the altar, to Utter• vows
from which his heart recoiled,, and A wo
man going to it with-tremblinm b and , reluc
tance, though about to be united to him who
possessed her undivided affections.
The
,wedding ceremony over, Mi. West
•-1-).oY.irornegialq4fAok.h.iOniw,ho
garitly•furirnsfiliatifi;ihreV iropen fora
week to receive`visits—and then
gladly obeyed a summons to New York- to
attend to some affairs of importance. • On
leaving home he felt as if relieved from bon
-dage. A sense 'of propriety had conatrain
-err hifri7thffetiva - th - e - congratulations-orhis:
friends with as air ofsatisfaction, at least,
while those very congratulations congealed
his heart, by bringing to mind 'the ties, he
had formed with one he could not love, to
the impossibility of forming them with one
whom he idolized: When 'he had been
absent ateut-ten days, he availed -
,himself of
an oppcirtpnity to send, a verbal ' me s' sage to
his wife, informing her that he Wad. well,
and shoUld probably be at - home in the
course of two - weeks, but when that. period
was drawing towa'rds a close,
his 'business
was not completed, and as his" house was
the last place hp wished to visit, he resolv- -
ed to protract his.abse,nee, so long as he
had a :Treasonable 'excuse. 'I must write
and infirm her of the -change in niy plan,'
thought he—‘decencydemtinds it. Yet bow
shall I write?' My dear' Julia! my dear
wifelno such thing—she is net_dear to me?'
~'She 'is thy wife—she is Mrs. Westbury
=she is mistress of my house :and must
share my fortune, let 61,,int suffice her!' It
must have been for these that she married
me. A nhme! a fortune! an elegant estab
lishment! Mean! Ambitious! heartless!
Thou, Maria—bright, beautiful' and tender
—thou wouldst ,have. married me for my
self! Alas, lam undone! Oh my father!'
Under the influence of feelings like these
he wrote the laconic epistle which cost his
bride so many tears. •
It . was at the close of about two meeltp
from - this, thatliilid was sitting one even
ing in her parlor, dividipg . the time betwixt
her work'and book, when the door bell Tang,,
and a• minute after the parlor door opened,
and Mr. iVestbury entered. With spark.
LMlcaraelen ciareOli pc),,iittptiticoaacOM 'i4%elaci.E*ll
':' ; --YVFAD.NfASIMYJ'tTLY.. :13',..1842.-
yeurielf y_occan do as you please,
VVestbury—Jittt.l•sliall certainly at
tend
4.} am quite indifferent about the party,'
said Julia, 'as ;3uch• scenes afford me little
pleasure, but should 'be *pleased' todo, as
you think best' 'Heuctice trembled as she
spoke, for she had not yet, become sufficient
ly accustomed4o Mr. Westburr'i brdsque
manner towards herself to bear it with per:
feet firITIIICBS. • shauld think it very suite
ble the tarif-Mr.-aridArs.Lßrooltd!this
',dry replied,'
lac to Vrs. Brooks at
Julia.repaired to her
Ai' for this occasion.—
. pleasing,in the .eye of, her
hushand was the sole. wish of her heart, but
hoiv to do this--wds the. questibn. She
would- bait) given the world to know his
taste, faVorite colo', and otber.trifies of
the like nature butof these ahe- was com
pletely ignorant,and must therefore be guid
ed- bv 'her own fancy. iSimplicity,'Elaughe
she:'simpljcity is the surest ray; for it never
L .offends,if it never captivates. • Accordingly
she arrayed herself in 'plain white satin—
and over her shoulders was thrOwn a white
blond-mantle, -with an azure border, while
a girdle of same hue encircled her waist.
Her toilet completed. Julia descended to
-the parlor her shawl clasped in , her ,hand.
Mr. Weitbury was waiting for her, and
just casting his eyes over her person, he
said—']f you are ready, Mrs. Westbury,
we will go immediately, as it,is now 'late.'
'. Most of the guests were already assem
bled at the mansion open' for their recep
tion and it 'wits not quite.easy , to get access
to the lady of the house, to make their com
pliments. The important duty, however,
was at length happily accomplished, and
Mr. Westbury's next effort was to obtain. a
seat - for his wife..' She ;would ha.ve prefer
red' remaining pd his, arm atleastfor
while, al few perseas present, were iidowil
to het, and she•felt somewhat embarrassed
and confused, but she durst rwt Say so, as
'from her husband's manner, .Vhe' law that
evished lo be free from such attendance
In such matters the heart of a-deliente and
-sensitiverivoman—serdoM-Aeeelves—her—AL
is that her instincts are,stirieriorto those of
trkeh;:
'Julia, had been seated but 'a short - time
before Mt:and Mrs. Cunningham approadt
ed her,
nni3 entered into a. lively conversa
tion. . This was a great relief to Julia, who
could have wept at - her solitary and neglect
edsittfation;-slone in-the midst of a crowd.
Mrs.- Cunningham was in fine 'spirits, and
=her husband appeared the .happiest of the .
happy. Not that he appeared: particularly
to enjoy-society, but his blooming wife was
by.his side; anditis eyes rested on her with
a look oltenderest love. 'While the . Sound
of her voice seemed Otonatantly - to awaken
(he thrill of pleasure in. his heart. - After
conversing vyttli Julia' awhile, Mrs. Cun
ningham said—'Do you prefer ,sitting or.
walking, Mrs NVestlitiry,. Pray take my
arm, and move about with us a - little-4i
looks so dull. for a person to sit through a
party.'
• „fella gladly accepted the offer., and was
soon drawn away* from herself; in listening
to the lively rattle of her cciinpanion, who
although only a resident of a few weeks in
the city, seemed already acquainted with
a!I the gentlemen and half the ladies pre- .
sent.
_
An hour had been passed in this man
nor,•and inpartakingof the various refresh
ments that were provided—to which Julia
did hut.little heifer, though this was of no
consequence; as Mrs. Cuunirrgham
made up all deficiencies of the kind when
the sound of music in another room attract-.
ed their attention. Julia was extremely
fond or music, and as their present situa.
flan, amid Oe•nonfusion .af. tongues was
very unfavorable -for its enjoyment Mr.
Cunningham proposed that' they should en-
deavor to make their Way to the music room
Alter considerable detention, they succeed
ed in accomplishing their object, so far a
least as to get fairly within the door. Con
sidering the number of persons present and
how no iny there are that prefer the music
of their own tongues to any other melody,
the room was remarkably still, . a compli
ment desei.Ved by the young lady at the
piano, who played and sang with. great
skill of feeling. Julia's attention was soon
attracted to her husband, who was standing
on'the opposite side of the room, . leaning
.against the vyall f his arms folded across his
_breast,. his-eyes - resting -on—the—performer-
With an expression of warm Admiration,
while a deep shade of-melancholy was•east
over his features .. , Julia's heart beat tumul
tuouSly: 'ls 'it the music,' thought she, 'or
the musicianthat rivets his attention?—
Would I knew who it is that plays and
and sings so sweetly.' She did not long re
main in dodo.' The song finished, all
voices were warm in her praise. _
'How 'delightfully Miss Eldon plays and
with whnt feeling•she sings!' 'exclaimed
Mrs.. Cunningham? never listened to a
sweeter voice.'
The blood rushed to Julia's head; and
back again in her heart, like a torrent—a
vertigo seized her and all objects before her
were for a moment an indistinct whirling
mass. 'But she did noreven betray her feel
inge, though she took 'the first opportunity
to leave the room, and obtain.a seat. For
a time she' was .unconscious of what was
phasing aroma her—she could , not even
was the first thing that aroused her atten
tion. He was standing near her with an
other gentleman, -but it was evident that
. neither of them Iverettsvhte - Of Item prat-
imity.
Mrs, Brooks looks uncommonly well to
night'—said ,Mr. Westbury's companion
'her dress is peculiarly becoming.'
'lt would be,' said-Mr. Westbury, 'were
it not for ,those blue rbbands—but I can
ihinlc no lady looks well whO has any of
that odious color about her.'
'lt is one of t h e most beautiful and
dQli
cate colors in the world,' attid the other zen 7
ileitis's. • wonder itt your taste: •
qt does finely, in its placer said' Mr.
Westbuiy—'that is—in the heayens above
our headsbut rimier about tha per4on of 'a
Julia wished her mantle and her,iirdle id
Africa—cYetwhyr thought.' she. ,L.. 1 dare
say he is ignorant that I have anY . : of the
ISOM
color he so much dislikes about. me., His
heart.beloils to another—and he cares not
—rainde,'not IloW, she is 'Clad whom he
calls'wifel' •
Mr. Westbury. and his friend now mov-,
ed to another part of the room, and -- . - irwas
a./ much 'as Julia - could do,--to answer-with
propriety, the reniarloi that a passing ac ! .
quaintance now and then 'Made her. At
length the company .began to disperse and
presently Julia saw Mr. Westbury leading
_ issEldon from the room. ' His. head was
inclined toward her—a -bright hectic spot
was oh her cheek—and he was speaking to
her in the softest tone, as they passed
,near
where Julia was sitting. -Miss Eldon's eyes
were raised to his face, while her -counte-.
nance wore a mingled expression: of pain
and pleasure.' :Julia had- just time 'to re
mark all this ere they had left the rbom.--r.
'Oh, that I.were away!' thought she, 'that I
were at-hopie—that I Were.--in my grave?'
She sat perfectly Mnconscious df all that
was going forward, until Mr. Weithury
came to her; inquiring; 'whether she meant
to be the last to take leave?' Julia mectian
ically
arose—mecliariicallY 'Made henekart
itivcoinpliments to Mrs. • Brooks—and
scarcely knew anything, till , she arrived at
her own door. Just touching her husband's
hand', she sprang - from the ea and
flew to the chamber. .For a while she Walk
ed the.floor in'an agony of feeling.
The constraint under which , she labored,
serv : ed.but to increase the violence of- her
emotion, now that she was fieej to indtilge it.
"Oh, why did I attend this party?' ak s length
thought she—'Oh, What have tstifferedr—
After a while., however,
,her retaion began
to operate.' '.What • have I-seen, that I'
ought not' to have expected?' she asked her
self, -'what have•l learned that I knew not
before'? except,' she added 'a trilling fact
concerning my husband's Mater „
.Juliii.t4Oghl !op . & and deeply=har stir
Vs teen une '.renewed former l re L E:
eoltitionscioked'io heaven for
.wisdotOto
guide, and strgngth sustain her—and
ettlittFr 7 tAide-the mantla,which would hence
forth be useless to-wear, she instantly threw
a shawl over her shoulders to conceal the
~unlucky .
ho_uglOte - boor was
late, deicecded to the parlor. Mr. Weit:
bury was sitting by a table,leading his heed
on his hand.. It
. was not easy_for4ulia ° tO
•eddress.him &Limy subject mit exciting to,
her feeling, and still more difficult, perfectly
to command her voice, that its tones might be
those of ease and cheerfulness y yet•she suc-
ceeded in. both. The question she asked, in . -
duced 'Mr:Westbury to look urcand. he was....
struck by the denthlikenaleness of her check.
Julia could by an effort control her voice
she could in a degree subdue her feelings
butshe could not command: the
. expression
alter countenance—could not bid the blood
visitor recede from her cheeks at her will.
Slus lc neW not; indeed, that at th!sitinie,she
was pale—her own face was the last thing
in tier mind. Mr. Westbury had no sooner
answered her question, . than he added—
'You had better.reti re, Mns. Westbury.: you
look 'as if the fatigues of the 'evening' had
been too much for you.'
'Fatigues of the evening! Agonies rather!'
thought Julia, but thanking him for his kind .
advice,
she- .initriediately retreated to her
chamber,
Until .this evening; Mr. Westbury ,had
scarcely seen Miss E. since his Marriage.,
lle lied avoided seeing her, being'conscious
that she retained the power of his Itearr,and
his sense of rectitude forbade his indulging
a Passion for one-woman, while the husband
of another. Miss Eldon suspected this,
and felt piqued at his power over himself.—
Fler heart fluttered witli'satisfitetion when
she saw hini enter` Mrs. B'rook's drawing
room—and site resolved to ascertain whether
her influence over his affection was dimin
ished: '
She wae..roartified and .chagrined, that
'even Imre he kept aloof from her t giving her
only. a, passing bow, as he walked to another
part of the room. - It was with'-'unusual
pleasure that she complied with u'request to
sit to a piano, far she well knew the power
of music over his heart. Never before had
she touelied the keys with so much interest.
She did her best—the best was pre.emintly
good—and, she soon found that she had fix
ed the attention of him whom' she cared to
I.please. After singing one or two modern
' songs, she began one that..she had learned
at Mr. 'Westbury's request,, at the period '
when he used to visit her almost daily. It
was Burns' Ye banks a' bonnie Won,'
-amiwas-wilh-hirry-a-great-firvoritei--;When-
Miss• Eldon came tathose lines—
'Thou 'minder me of departed joys,
Departed never to rerun.— •
she raised ker eyes to his face, and, in an
instant he forgot every thing' but herself—
'her happiness is :.sacrificed as well' as my
own,' thought ho, and' leaning his, head
,against the wall of the room, he gave ,
self up for ro.ime to love and melancholy.—
The song concluded r however, he regained
sorbs control over his feelings, and still kept
at• a distance from her—nay, conquered
himself, so far. as . to repair to the drawing
rooni,to.escape froMher dangerous vicinity.
He saw her not again until she was equiped
for her departure. \Then she contrived-to
get near him, and threw so much sweetness
and tnelancholy into her .voice, as she said
'good night, Mr. Westbury,' that he was in;
stantly disarmed—and drawing. her arm
within his s conducted her frotrithe - Toom.
'How," . said, he, in, a_low an d Jtenrinhai
sing that song to har
row up my feelings? Time was when to
be near thee—to listen to thee, was my fell
oitY=-b-iit now duty forbids that I indulge
in the dangerou - s' delight.' -
Miss Eldon replied not—but seised her
eyes to his face while she repressed a half
drawnlsigh. Not another word was Intel'.
ed untir thfiy had exchanged 'adieus' ai the
carriage, door. , , '
''"Two or three weeks passed away withou
the occurrence of any indident calculated to
excite uneasiness irk.the heart of 'Julia.—
, ,
True 'her husband was still the cold, the
ceremonious and of occusiorallY.lthe abrupt
Mr..Westbury. He passed b 4 little even
'of hid :leisure time at home, and she had
never igiet his' eye when it expressed plea.
sure or even approbation'. But he 'did . not
grow'more cold, more ceremonious; the time
,lo,_passed at hie own fireside,rather increas
el& than diminished, and for all this she was
thankful.. • • .
" Q~ - f
~IT4
Her , efforts to please him were unceasing.
Her: hoine was kept in perfect — Order and
every thing was done in time, and well done.
Gbod taste and good jiidgement_were_dis--
, pley_ed-in-eVery arrangement. • , Her table
was • always spread with great care, and if
- -her husband 'partook of any dish with. pe
. caller relish, she was careful to have it re
pealed, but' at such intervals:as 'to ghtify,
rather than clog:the appetite... Inlet dress
she' was peculiarly neat and simple, carefully
avoiding every article of, apparel that - was
,tinctured with•the 'odious color.' She had
naturally a fine mind, Which had the ad
.vantage of high cultivation, and 'Without be
ing obstrusive or aiming - at , display, she
strove to be entertaining and companion
able. Above all, she constantly endeavors
ed to maintain. a placid, a cheerful brow,
knowing that,. nothingis se repulsive as:a'
discontented, frowning face. She felt. that
nothing was unimportant that either.pleased
or displeased her husband, his heart was the
prize she was endeavoring . to..win,..ancl the
happiness of her life depended on the seal
ments he should ultimately enteitain to
wards her! Every thing that she"did was
done not only properly but gracefully, and
'though she never wearied in her efforts,sh.e .
would .often-times sigh that .they .Were so
unsuccessful. She sometimes feared that
her very anxiety to please, blinded her as
to: the best manner of doing so, •
. •
. The first thing to. disturb the kind of qui
et that Julia - p, : moyed,' was. the prospect of
another 'party. One morning, while at
ihe'breakfast table, a card- was 'brought in
from Mr. and Mrs; Parker, who were to be
'at home'on Friday . evening; , -After look
inaat the card Julia handed' it. to Mr..Westr
bury in silence. ..• •
'lt will be proper that we accein.the invi
tation,' se id Mr. Westbury.
. The remembrance of the,agony she en
dured at
,the last' patty ..,recurred to her and
— ; 4 liistas.you think best-4W for, my' wn
part I should seldom - attend a r -party for the
sakeofenjnyment.'
. •
. 411-Mrs. Westbury i th inks - it - . proper - tor
immure herself as inn convent, she can,'
said Mr: - Westbury, for ‘rny4cif 1 feet 'that.
gotietyliiiTelatins - upon rneil
discharge.' _ _
'I will go if you think there would be any
iinproprietylin my staying awAy,'saidJulia.
‘Situntedas you are,, I Ihink.there would,'
said Mr. Westbury ,
tSituated as I am!' thought Julia, what
does lie me - an? Does he refer to my sta
tion in socieiyi or does he think that the
worldivill think mOarr unhappy wife, that
-wishes to seclude herself from observation!'
In the course of the .morning, Julia call
-ed on' Mrs. Cunningham, and found that'
lady and her husband discussing the point,
whether or not they should attend Mi.s. Par-
ker's party;
'Are you going, Mrs. IVestbery?' asked
Mts. Cunningham. - •
'Yes, Mr. 'Westbury thinks we bet
ter do so,' replied Julia. • •
''Hear that, Edward?? said Mrs. Cunning-
ham, 'you perceive that Mr. Westbury likes
that his wife shodld enjoy the pleasures of
society.' Mr. Conningharn , looked a little
hurt, as he said—'my dear Lecy,dim I not
more than willing to add to your happiness?
I have only been trying to convince you
how much more comfortable we should' be
by our fireside i than in such a crowd as
must be encountered at •Mrs. Parker's.
'or myself the society of my wife
,is my
highest enjoyment, and of her conversation
I never grow weary!' 'Thank you. for the
compliment, dear,' said Mrs. Cunningham
—'and we will settle the question at anoth
er time.'
Ono of the first p . erions Julia diStinguish
ed amid the cumi*, ns she entered MrS.
Parker's drawing room, was Mrs. Dinning
ham, who gave her a - nodand an exulting
smile as much•as to say--oyott see I have
carried the day!' Julia hnd endeavored-to
arm herself for, this evening's'trial, should
Miss Eldon make one of the company—and
accordingly she. was not much surprised,
and not merlin oved, when,she saw her
husband conversing with that young Indy.
She was too delicate in feeling, too -refined
in manner, to watch them, even long e
nough to catch the expression of their coun
tenances; but turned and endeavored toenter
into conversation with the persons.pear her.
Mr. Westbury hnd not been in Mrs,-*Pnrk
er's drawing room half an hour, ere Miss
Eldon contrived to place herself in such a
_situation-ns-to-render-it—impossible-for-hinr:
to avoid addressing her, and. I his point once
gained, to escape from her was impractica
ble.
k strong sense of honor 'alone led
him. to escape, as to be near her was, to him
the most exquisite happiness—but the great
er the delight, the more imminent the dan•
gei—of this ho was sensible, and it was not
without some resistance that he yielded to
ber fascination: Could she-once secure his
heart, and at this moment when she was
sure that no ear heard, and no aim observed
her but his own, she let an ocasional touch
of the penserosa Mingle so naturally with
her half-subdued sprightliness,as to awaken
in their original strength, those feelings,
and those regrets he was striving to subdue.
,Vor the time he forgot every thing but that
they mutually leved . and were mutually
happy. 'rhey,hnd been standing together
a considerable length of time when
_they
were joined .by Mr. Cunningham; whob
rupily remarked= -
rl'ouaFin'C enjoy yotrrser lids
ening,
Westbury:'. •
.Whawnelies you think sui' Mr. West.
bury enqiiired." .. . .
.
look- trcirn out, just as I, feel,' .an
wrered Mr. Cunningham.. 'How strange
it is,' he added, 'that married men will suf.
ferthemselves to he drawn into such crowds!'
`Why not married men as well as bache
lors7',asked Miss Eldon
'Because they relinquish-real happiness
and comfort for a fatiguing pleasuue - -if
pleasure it can be called, answered Cun.
ninghaM. 'One's own' hearth and
for
wife, is the Place and the society, for un
alloyed enjoyment. Am I not right, West.
bury?'•,
Miss Eldon turned her eyes on Mr.,West
bUry, as.she'waited to hear his ansvrer,end
an; xpression •of • auriosityi contempt and
satisfaction met his,; eye. It lye's the first
time-he •had over.,i9A•parked an unainiable
expression on, heftetintenance.
BY R. WHITEIVIIDDLttrOIiI,
He calmly replied to Cunnitt'ghant-=-
'Unqapsjipnably the pleasures of domestio
life are the- mdst ~pure, the most "rational
that can be enjoyed.
'Oh, it is strange,' said Mr, Cunningham,
'that any, One canivillingly eichange them
for crowded rooms , and pestilential' vapors,
such as we are now inhaling!, There is
nothing to 'be gained in such company as
this. Take any dozen, or half dozen of
therth by themselves', and you might stand .
.some chance to be entertained and instruct
ed, but bring them all together, and each
one seems to think,it a ditty to give himself
up to frivolity and nonsense. I doubt
whether there has been a hundred sensiblea
words said here to.night; except by yonder
circle, of which Mrs. 'Westbury seems to
t•e the centre. There'sems to be some•
thing lik e rational conversation there.'
• Mr. Westbury turned his eyes, and saw
that Julia was surreunded by the elite or
the party, who• all seemed to be listening to
a ConversQtion that was 'evidently carried
on between herself "and Eveleth, a gentlel
inan who virus univerballyacknowledgedas ,
one of the :first in rank and talent in the
city. For rt minute Mr. Westbury suffer--
ed his eyes to rest :on Julia. Her cheek
was suffused with the beautiful carmine tint
of mo'Aesty, and her 'eyes were .beaming
with intellectual light—while over her - felt ,
tures wad spread a slight shade of eire, - as
if the heart were not perfectly at ease.. 'She
certainty looks very well,' was . Mr. West
bury's thought—and his feeling was one of
gratified pride, that she who was inevitably
his. wife did riot find her proper level among
the light, the vain and the frivoloui.
LTO DE CONTINUED.)
_Confessionl..-
Z.The folloWing confession is given, in the
Boston Morning Star as a true narratlye: '
- "Siate,en, years' age, •was the °wrier :Of _a die::
tillery,and was doing a large business-in the,way.
of destruction and death, and although the buli
mia was at that time comparatively respe4able,
I must acknowledge that °there 'was, selciom.a
time when I did not feel, in it greater or less de.:
greo, a sense of wrong-doing., An_proportion as 4.-
Lthisfeeling-inereascd, my - interest- in - 7the7butl ,- .---
ness declined, and the consemience - was a failuie,
which _brought nie_into- reduced -circumstances.
I then commenced a retail grocery trade, '
ding liquors of all sorts, and continued in this-for
some time, but could never get rid of a feeling .- of
: meannese, which seemed to me to attach itself to'
a business which I - lcnew - to be the cause of pov
erty anct misery.. '•
•
EVESM
"It happened on one occasion, late at night.
winter, a nighbor whom I knew to be very in
temperate, called as usual with his jug for a quart
Of Porsox. After it was filled and paid for, he as
ked me in an implorineway if I would trusthim
for a loaf of bread. I replied in the negative, but
told him I would take back the rum in exchange
for a loaf. This, however, he promptly refused to
do, and soon left the store.
- "My sympathy was awakened, and thinking
his family might be in distress, I went into the
house and succeeded in inducing my. wife to go
to their miserable hovel and ascertain the condi
tion of their family. ',She soon returned with the
pad tale of their misery. The drunken husband
lay stretched and eenselesi.upon a heap of, •dirty
straw In a corner of the hovel, while the wife
war liending over a single•coal of fire, the rem:
mint of their last stick of wood, and striving to
quell the cries of their lialf-frozen,and half.starv
ed children. The storm howled feakully with:
out, and Ithought of their miserable condition",
and felt that I. was the cause of Wall,
"It was enough.- 11y`eycs Wore opened, and I
made an e ‘erlavting vow that I would nedor sell
or taste another drop. Thanks to God, who -has
enabled me. tokeop that vow inviolate to this days
I-now feel it my duty to use all the influence I
may ever have, to promote the glorious cause of
temperance ; and ifpossible, to make restitution
fir some of the misery I hove. caused. But this
. .
I can only hope to -do in part,. and must Took to
Clod foi forgiveness," '
"What an example is this! Would that every
rumseller'might exhibit the' same magnanimity
of purpose, and,_yield to 'the same unavoidable
conviction of truth, before conscience shall have
lost'her power.or.the fire extinguished upon the
altar. •
Gratifying to Tailors.
Some one ingeniously proves that a tailors in
stead Of being the ninth part of a mart, possesses
the' qualities °finials mon combined, as follows:
1. As.an economist—he_euts his—garments
accordihg to his cloth.
2. As tigardner—he is careful °fhb. cabbage.'
3. As a cook—he provides himself with a hot .
goose.
• 4. As it sheriff's officer—he does much at' ,
sponging.
. 5. • As an executioner—he furnishes a. great
many gallowses.
6. As a gentleman—he brandishes not
sword 14ut a . bare bodkin..
7. As a sailor—he sheers off when he thinks'
it necessary.
8. As a lawyer—ho attends to many suits.
9. As a ehristian—and divine it is his • chief
aim to tbrm good habits for himself and others.
Brigadier General ATKINBOIYS of the U. S.
died at Jefferson Barracks,•Mo.on the 14th June.
Ile was buried with honors of war on the 16th
tie had been 28 years in the service.
. •
O-The following "word of exhortation," which
tte:clip from'the conclusion of a homily on "Hard
Times," in the Springfield Reablican t is our.
Judgment .excellent: • ------- (.1
• "We Have a Wordfor debtors whO . a .r ieliiified
,the wall, - Let diem not be.discourilged—let them
not be overcome by despondency: Hope like truth,
lies at the bottom of the deepest Well. On the
ashes pf a now burnt dwelling may 'be' laid the
foundition of a now After the night
comes the morning. If ;than stumble, and fall not;
ho is hblpen on his journey. Keep . a clear con. ,
science. Be honest in spiteOf temptation. Keep.
up your spirits, net by pouring spirits down, but
by doing all that within you lieth for yourselves
and yours, leaving the result to the hand that moves .
the world. Above all, meet* your ereditgta with
your shirt-sheyes rolled upVtietforfighting, buyfor
hard work. Mind all these hintseand YOu'll be the
happier now, and the better Whereafter., ."
whole Chapter to Credifini: D0'4...r0u
wouzzo 11,s..tpoxr., sr." - , , .
Coquetry is:the voice ofe aria all Mind; of a mind
whose frivolous varriepobleius.e itY vigan
thing oFen ? tiontzt anti 1...•
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