Ird,t . '.o - 1- , 4& 4 4i,13 --.' With Meeetest flowers earich'd, Prom vartonO gardens can't! with care." Hurrahs .IFice, LAugliing Love! • , "A fig" for those who Sigh--; " Hurrah! hurrah! for the bounding heart, And the bright and Sparlicling eye! There's care endtigh to darken ,still . ' Life's path where'er'we roam; ' , • Tlioughmelanclioly'brood - ncit o'er ' 'The festive board at home. • - • Hurrah ! hurrah The stately forte, the haughty brow, • • And the Cold'inaijestic air, • ',May awe the slaves who worship them— • • they cannot share . . :• tut the Smileiliat parts the rosy lips, -- '• And the look of -artlessilee, That speaks the.warm and cheerful heart, ti:/4"thlit'p the love for me! . :11dreall! Ittirralt! fOr laughingloce, "A fig" for those who sigh; . • 041tirrslif litinrah! for the hounding heart, /'!And the bright and sparkling eye!' _ . .'.! ; . 21. 6 7.13 tt.s2seauswzre, THE ily the an ixcLuniliFitbm cam LAST. It wasioward thelatter • her when Mri number of weeks. there,-,,ins9toyitiarked change in Helen's healiii.'She,*asreally:'' happier than she had been'TforinSritcßuipy long months—for, she noW , had inferforin Un heartless duties; she had to pay ne heart ' Jess attentions. A burden• Was removed • from her mind. • She was a.very tender • motheit and during her husband's absence,. she resolved to forego society' as' mneri-as • possible, and devote herself to The comfort and' education of her children, and to- the — 6tiltiVatiotrof- her own -mind. -.She. receiv.i • ed Three or four letters from' Mr.. Howard. '- They were- full-of. interest, as-he detailed all that he Saw or heard, which,:conlcl.eith -. er entertain or instruct !lei. There was, too, :a ',peculiar...kind of tenderness about Them. Whenever his own . feelings-were •Theitiliject; he. wrote like a timid love, es - if in doubt whether what he said would"aid ' , or injure:his suit. In each letter he urged . her totell-him'A , erything concerning her 7 -•• self and the childienas the -- most trifling i m itients—,e-Ven--the-prattleioLtheiiitle one: - of interest to him. and : well informed that was in progress emong, their frii3nds and-ac quaintances; him' . all there was, communicable about' the children - their, ..health, their improvement, their fond and, untiring questions about—theirfatliftr,.-and their impatience for his returp; but of her - self ..she said nothing, except to answer his direct inquiries for her health, and this she • •='--* did in the most indefinite. manner possible. "She was as well -as usual," . "her health was midi the same," or,. ."There was no essential change"—was the whole amount of the matter. She was truly ingenious in contriving to close her letters with due courtesy, and vet without any of that ten , -- when t lug to the husband she loves. In receiving .and writing letters;" ißetteniling to her chil dren, and in reading; in the occasional calls of her circle of friends, and in the frequent 'visits of heifather and Dr—Miller, Helen's time passed away without weariness or dis content. But, thOugh scarcely aware of it herself, Helen •was much altered. Her strength had so ,gradually— declined that she was hardly sensible of its diminution; her flesh had wasted by Such slow degrees that she scarcely perceived it; and, like all,persons laboring under the same disease,she flatte.rl; ed herself that each day she felt a little het-' ter than the last. Her friends laughed.at her for pining on account Of Mr. Howard's absence, and her, fattier almost chid her on the same ground, but Dr. Miller looked' on with.deep solicitude and anxiety: Still his hopes were at last as'stroogas his tears un til about the ,beginning of February. At that period, Helen one day took a drive with the children when the air was very humid front the,-dissolving snow, and she took a severe cold. Its fatal effectwas soon obvious. She was at once confined to tier room. Still Helen herself was not alarm ed, but calculated to be out' again in a.few days. It devolved-on Dr. Miller to give the alarm to her father. He pronounced her to be in a hectic; and the father bet,iity-: ed to his daughter the Doctor's" n At first it was a shinning blow to:her; then - blie thought theDOcto i run,nicessarily alarm -ed;--but—the-remeMbrance!4iflier mother, her brOthers, and her rushed upon her mind; she looked fairly at her own symptoms, and felt that her doom was sealed: The confusion; .the rush ofthOught, and feeling incident to the first shock,-soon passed away, and Helen calmly set heiSelf ; to . examine' , present • the Seriptutes •expresses it, 'ism' hei.hl2oo . .ir .in order,". preparatory to the lieti:-fgreat • ...change. The first thing was to reilew. her • past life.. Leo ling . back from .amOng the shadows of death which now surrounded her, bright %And cheerful appeared - her youth.' in the tioiom of her father's, family! how surtity;Mid,joyful ; tbefiret years of her. , mar Tied life! 'how;dark . the'Clonds that had . • .more recentlyoyeishadowed her! For this , tlast; who was toLhlaine? Het', immialrfree "; dam 'froth 'a.` - selijostifyin,g'spirit; - together: with.:theS,fdaanl . .tholfght,that she was soon . ~,te,appeat he.fore'heßinat: Judge,,disposed .rher .ta - boodeinri • .herself.-. Still justice, ietited•lier)r,igliti-Ond Heled. mss ,eonsc ions tO.Pl.eatie,befhuShtink:intl'rendet him the . . first object of , her leer!. • • Yet notwithstanding thie;she'was, Willinglo believe that :she had often given :Anal just , cause' for',,displepsure: . - .en'siety - iabe Tovi9wichlii•lisr,f4Nyir and'lS 'half, and asked herself 'what Ishii - had 'cdone:' for hie ilsppi pest:ClA] ile" he r_affeeti ons for lijin had been dorniant. -- .."ShS,couldfin . d . ne'spi,elayfiegleCt ;duty:`Of:Which to , "\e!liee.lierselfr-,yet t6e,resocipbrarceef du tteshi heartlessly nperformed, give little satis=l the l whele dark,; and troubled, and; guilty ; droam'. `Now that-eh - 04as atinkink it - eft:ilupest gloomy , and And-Y*l4a si*J* l 4lll4)B • neri•bewi'Mkeliatipg her eaeleg4,•.4lies/ ...; , : „ Yilreitad,:heeo.;ol;fl'Elo47k 4 00:446 1 0,', t6waril ;11er? : - ;., prospect - of-her pioachip4" - dissig • k•t•i• •.rs ;• • •- , ..••••1; •.• , . 1, -*- 4ultiliave.il, Otte .; -- ..,1118;in; : creasing gentleness; `his : -tonderneBs, , . delicacy; tatfor,bearanceity.hich,.:ltaA4itfieril came.oll'6llo l eon; lien memory, sp at= mice the 'beloved ',of - 444,0014 thelllol , 4 her 'early wedded, life,:* . e,l3 restAte4: - (Oflter, in all ids ."nerfectiOldi:'':Her and. gushed ; rorth' in iiiv. ‘ e,?l:W.:gtatitOde;iind penitence.'; hlis' recent_ letters -tt%ere ;_ ill brought fatth, and re4perti#o4.o4aflArtpser ocpreisionS of love and tenderness'that liaili beftwe falletc,as-on_a irtick;:eatisid her' r hearr she, "how constant has',that hear(liceti me, in spite of my c,ql(inekii;, iffy heart 4, less indifference,.and,. supietiMes, ,I, fear, m'y tliSdaiti!" • •. . For .the time`' since 'Mr. Howard's departure:from home,did. Helen - fe'el a, pang • un aceount'of his absence, but'now she felt. her loneliness asin fortrier How ,was she . to. endure' .the ',remainder 'Of the: tedious session of Congress? - ANs,.'wOuld , she still be an inhabitant of earth when it should. have cone to a chug? • But not-' withstanding. this re-awakened ,regret account. of her husband's absence.and the:. awful :solemnity of her .situation; - ;how sweet. did she find it agailite with tenderness mid 'ardii4-and :With fer vent gratitude did' she raise, her eyes' and thoughts to : - Heaven. that:-her heart Was:ii...; ,roused from its lethargy:- ' Helen's Oeit lett - cr. - to :Howard was• very different from those - ,which hind preeed, ed, it. Sliejlid not, indeed,49cpress;in di rect:terms her new-found love; but its spirit breathed in every line. -. Toward the cloSe she mentioned having taken, a severe cold; and gave some intimation - of Di.-Miller's opinion as to the . result: Site subscribed herself—" Your own truly grateful and af --feetiOnate-Helen."; - -This _was the last let .t.e.p she, ever . sent _him, though not the last" 'B4 . wrote. , EMI Irinidteg." . `-:Joy.and.grief contended for the mastery in the heart of Mr. Howard'ashe read this epistle; joy—exquisite and tinutterable,that the affections of his wife were 'restored to him—foriut knew lier.too well to have the shadow of a dOubt respecting hersineesity -aud grief and alarin: , themost harrowing with regard to W . I. 116tilth:.`.Mhad:iii!ohOr, proof . .of her iiitliepOSiti - On - dnil (Will:Ay-than any expressions made use of iri'the:letter. The 'tremulousness of - hand - - that. -had: written it, was but too- obvionst'-- 4.was entirely;- tliffurent from Helen's neat and biratitiful hand-writing,when in - tisuathealth.: On the instant be wrote 'to Dr.• Miller to learn the worsthe had to fear. ?fen tedi ous days must pass before he coup hope to relteive--an.ans-wert,for at that tittle the ,mails were conveyed in lumbering stage-, &ladles, pita to aliffavt_raelted - by-.attxieo, they secincil•to travel et a snail's-pace. • When• Dr. , Miller's letter arrived, it more than confirmed Mr. Howard's worst ap 4)rehensiohs.- „The Ductearad adenally - be:•. gun to write . befere he received his friend's letter, it told him t h at Helen was uniloubt edly.in a confirmed hactic—and, that her life Could not be protracted_ni many weeks; and farther, that if Mr. Howard wished to utake.,certain _of- seeing her again, he had best not wait for the close of the session. It Was a kind and - syinpatliising; but,per feetly honest letter. Mr. Howard's resolution was at once . taken. Ile aSked.aniobtained leave of al); Bence frOm thingress; andafter the unavoid.: able intervention ofAme day from the re 7 ceipt of did Doctor's letter, he commenced his homeward, journey. Ample ,time had he to reproactl himself, and. purr., riOt. - , WI S atea in a coach, the horses attached to which seemed to him to be alt ' the time in a leisure walk. , "Why had lie been so inexcusably negligent as not soon er to have written to Dr. Miller? Why did doctor wait till the. last possible mo ment before writing to him? Why had not Mr. Atwood. informed him of his daugh ter's danger?" These, together with other thpughts, far more bitter. and grievousoverc ' continually revolving in his mind. . • , With regard to, Mr. Atwood and Dr.• Miller, the fact was : that they both knew the frequency of Helen's letters to Mr. -Howard, and lied .no idea of the degree of ignore nce—u nd er — ielrlielatior - ed they would. certainly have. • given.him the truth. - , . Slow as Mr. Howard's progress was compared with the present rate of locomo tion, he:at length reached the place of his residence in safety. He occupied the back seat or the mail coach, as it drove up to the post oifice,,,he involontarily drew himself back,; dreading to read fatal neWs in, the countenance of an acquaintance, who might, perehince, get a view of . him. From his partial conee . alment he glanced around, and ameng otheis, saw Dr. Miller.a few rods .diStance, comimtowards the carriage. In hiS,eagerness to read the Doctor's fite,'-he leaneTa little forward and their, eyee,:nnet. :the..Doe tor, as, lie Sprang:.t . o"the side - ,efthe'eoach, thank HeaVen,,you o Ward actually gaSiie4lnr •Eiresth, and,,With difficuliy commanded his voice;o. say—"then'fam -nbt too late?" ,said the 'doctor, ''site yet lives,"' and the coachman that*.instant draivingt up the reins,*Dr. Miller took the seat 'nt, • his side; and ,vas driven to Mr. • Heivaiirs: 44 Te11.me," said Mr. Howard, as he a at his' own -dooK l and . grasped his frientrihand—"what haveTto hope? what is fear?" • • -•• • • The dector sl►ook his head. "The fever has made dreadful havoc with her strength;' said he. *.• Within 'the jest week "she has sunk rapidly... I sometimes feared,that all would be over before you could resell' us." "Will sh know me?" asked Mr. nom- • "0, yes, but she •will.hardly be 'able to. speaL.to you. Since yesterday,' She , has spoken one word only. at a titnev'and that in a whisper. But I ,must histen to pre 'pare' to !fleet yeti;l.•hai . ie'SOniethnes thoughOhat ,the hope,.. of seeing you 'has •Itelped fa . keep 'her alive." • • , The Doctor left . the rcioin,'and . ard walked thelloar, with sensations which the feeling heart 'may conceive,. het which no;ono should 'agent lit 'describe. It ' , . seemed.an age. before :Dr: Miller re. turned,,,but he..carne nt , leitgth;' and taking hiti.frieuirs.arn within.his,.terlead hiun tu the ,chamber;,said— --kiNcisi-cmppoie-yotiraelf my near sir.' - iteine4ber, That Downril is.., -not in .a situation to bear strong ciehisinent." • Mr., Witvard,itdke'nott . but, the Doctor felt helenned on' •hii arm. Helen's' eyes; were faStenOd the dticira's it opened..' .Tliersparkletl like s~laitidns ; and etieeha',Were like