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FIRS COMPANIES
The (lotion lire Comp Any was organized in' 11/10.
l'4 -1 1 e at, 11. Corninau; Cien PreAdeut. Samuel
IVet.4ll..eeet,:ley, .1. D. Ilainimpu; Trt1..1111.1 . ,. P. Alen
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Qui.iley; D. ()nigh., 'Vito crmpony
m.,11 lite tilled P.O Willey et Jaliva - e'y, April, July,
ale( o,embef.
will was instituted in March,
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John W. PArle. The ronneirly insets on the first I'd
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RATES 0.1. 7 POSTAGE
l'oetar:o on 1111 lettoreof one-half ounce 'weight or un
der, 3 cents pro paid, encopt to Californlit or Oregruo,
Welt lo 10 eunii, prepotd.
Pokago on the"' {Loral d"—within the Coviity, from',
Withie the Stetol.P.-cents per year. Teeny pare of lho
United Stale{ 20 emits, Postage en all tranelinit Ipapero
nunus_ln-Avidelit. 1 , con Limelield-or_two,:eento:
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Aud aniniAls miming sheet o 1 fe,i,
For want of moans anti lalpirl
71) ,, ren:It bci,us Government„ ninth, with skill,
By ft loatitnr who always lied mit.h a will,
Some say in his grave he is Lying Still.
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Pride, 1111(i Puttleirle ; Or, the ',lenge
ttliee 01 sligl4tcd
The first scene of our pre-,int story
opens at. an old farm prettily
situ
ated in an hingit-It midland county, the
namc of \\Adel' is not of mitch conse
quence to hnow, Lot. it is fatuous_ fur its
pai,tures, it, fat cattle, .onl its ricultu
ral and for the lticlt state of
its cultivation As it to show, however,.
that there must be (as there always
be) exception , to prose every rule, there
was a utsr of die Lint! in Ilse preSUllt in
stance; that is to say, that while farming
matters WC) "1,1(1!:11i2 Ilp, " :Is the phrase
thion ;! lt oi the locality' in general, yet
a sot "Ws unforsecn mischances, and of
unavoidable disaster.-i, had occurred to
Adam Thornton, of " Broadlawis Farm,''
that,,, the day of utter ruin and humilia
tion came to him, and beheld him bank
-1 opt fu all his worldly goods and posses
sions. No man was. able to account for
the why or the wherefore; and the whole
took the aspect of a fatality which noth
ing could possibly avert.
This sad Imality--this dreadful visita
tion—which destroyed his harvests,
browAt inurrain anningNie cattle, I rake
the bank in which the of hi s capi
tal wa. , lodged—which added a hopeless
and a ruinous specidation to a previous
ra,ll. and venture—MiS all the
more deplorable that his eharacter for in
dustry and integrity sioial high every
where. Ills hos , ditality, his frank and
winnin: , manliness, had made hifil num-
Cl'oll, friends, but who, in the utterly des-
Perate state of allairs, could not he justi
fied, perhaps, in offering hint help and
succor. if the universal sympathy which
was thus awakened by t h e COllllll , misfor
tune of the stricken nail could have been
any alleviation to the blow which fell so
heavily upon him, lie might have lain
that "flattering unction" to his heart, and
derivo.l, so liar, some benefit from it. But
neither. slid his misfortune, nor the pity
expressed by all for the calamity experi
enced at Broadland-;, prevent his land
lord—a hard, exacting "City' man"—from
putting an exceution in• the house; from -
selling the cherished treasures; from scat
tering to the four winds the " household
goods," which the family had hoarded
with pride and reverence for at least three
geuerations.past; nor he himself from dy
ing of a broken heart on the very morn
ing that the sale was an'tiounced to take
place, and half- the country side was as
sembling to take their purchased posses- •
sion of the sheriff's spoil. It did not
prevent him leaving it widow, with two
children on her hands—one, a fine lad of
sixlfe - de, then at school, and the last of
hall-a-dozem -of which death had depri
ved them—ii-golden-ringletted little,boy,
barely two years old—each-and , all -utter
ly unprovided liar.
I know- of nothing more sad, disheart
011111;:c and bitter, hi tirir ' whelp course or
the, hard "battle of life" every mat. must
pass through, then a "distress'' in the
house, and the hrul, , r, with a crafty cold
bloodcduess which is this parasitic crea",
Lure's character, making out his invdn
-tory, and looking with ~calculating con
tempt
co- . --
tiiMpt on some cherished piece of ..forni
turo. It may be the youngest child's
toy; and oh I hew 'dear it is to these who
know-what associations are awakened by
it. Of all the cruel,- brutal institutions '
alloWed by the_law_pf_theland, we know
of none - so hard, - so - u4etesS, Se Utterly nu r
gatory as the'law which allows the selling
of the leS.t piece of bed-linen and the last
stick of .furnititre-that form the nucleus
- .. - AT - thoun'and - tri - -
we- knoW thatpeitfier creditor' noritind=
lord will coincide arid- so, 'there
fore, to our spiry . ,,
The elder boy,-.Araohl-Thornton'iftele
ver and promish g la i; itt this time about
11. S. RITTER.
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"THE SITUATION."
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of a happier Fit Ita ti•al
PV EDWIN E. ROItEIITS.,P'
daym- - -m2, won' TEEM WAREEE47:r CIERSM.
sixteen years of age, was at-school in a
town some twenty tniles away, completing
his education lie had here six months
Anon:, tuition before hi, n, his father hav
ing so far pa'd for his schooling in ad
cc ; and as this had reference to tt cer- ,
tain course he was intended to pursue in
life, Adam Thornton thuttdit, he would
give his boy a chance which it had not
been his lot to have. Our worthy farmer
belonged to that stolid class of excellent
and well-meaning men who are to he met
whit at this very hour, dealing with roads
and acres, and who will seriously ask you
of what , rood Ipmks are Arnold, inheri
:ing his mother's intellect and mental
temperament, wAs 0110 1.) do credit to good
:uitiun; and, whether for fainting or for
t Idglter order of pursuit (as some think.
'here can exist such grade or tic: , reej. the
:arent had intended to give hint the full
olvantage Of all that the youth could
2,.lcan at the school in question, which, in
Its way, too, was a really excellent one.
Ills father h nl, at one time, some in
tenti.et of bringing his favorite. Ley up to
a commercial career, s thiukin- he 'night
(010h;nc!:-.01110 of the gentility of file w:th
a " itur , uit —a mi.-take :till
vi . e.aktte- , .; Itc \\ ; , 111.!c in, rir
wa , , not tho first man wilt)
to.tle the itti.-tike in Ite!iovin that
10, ‘viliulillt111( 121 , i1 WiVei
il;lti „NIT. " low ;`:ld val: 4 ar" be
(..ttl-'(` I iii-y lie out-of the l'eniAl.:11111011 of
I'ICW :ithl
the v,-,11
i;:teriere 1 lVit..ll tho e k tre. , r thin
out in the.ffy, failel in het.
vroollyr o;`th, poor Nvitiow' ,
atane is too - vet slat Arrydd
Thornton, fricipl
o‘vn exertioh
wuriu; hut; what, eoulti -he do with her
litt.o in --Hie
t,l the f twily —t!to no.,t:in. , that lert
It i- not 11,.
c:at , e. poverty :ind titre priv:tiwn arty fol
low rittoel thene iN an (lac
tieily in hunt.tit mit , tro which recovers
the rect):l--4u,1 in2:enuitv, allied with
I,, , , , evoranee, has I.)ecti .11riown to rise : i ll
rwri., cirt•htill, lie hue
fnl lifo which is
to tho tir , t :teltievomorits that
have ethle.l dere.tt, a, in the I.re 4litt
inst woe, :on! ttt dice in ire la.-tine pronlise.
Iliert %Id, Lite gr...ate,t weight
upon the mind of the subbing mother,
Who w:p: rime livin= in small lodgitn , :s in
th:‘ to their old home at
upon a rnrdl ri.iniant tlrit
wis left her oat of the procei ds of their
prop,•rty. The house was broken up—
forever. The funeral was over. Sad and
,oleion poor widow looked
Lop, Arnold, had
comp to 1651 la, lit:r's funeral, haVile2:
tle(I t out for himself' sqmetiiing to rho
T.O re. —not very definito, perhaps, but
sow Ilium he meant to do, for his lumber
and his brother would Sono br depell:le , :lt
him, and It w.ts a lad of spirit and
of high prineipl-, and although - his own
bareaN anent, hi: , mother's grief„and the
los: of all their property, with not a little
of the sti ; qua whieh attaches itself to
broken ihrtiums and to ban ki.uptey, Weigh
ed upon him, he teas not One to 60 dis
armed by sorrow, and his youth and san
guine disposition enabled him to bear up
tad console his mother, whom he tender
ly loved, against what s.eetned at fir:..t to
he the great and clowning
..iprrow of' a
lifetime.
Mrs. Thornton was a mild-eyed,. intel
fig , nt Ivonfzul, who had lu.en broTrltt up
soule " expow.al pef Tie terw
r hein„ and wlu).-c refinytnent —to speak
....!atc,loti,2.llly--nuty be said to 1/(11'0 been
su ri,,r to the ruder routine of her bus-
hau :'s prose :ion !Ind Avoy of life—that is
to ,ay, if we take fl view of it Cron' that
stand-point the y, 1 , 1 world would 10, ,k
upon it. !ler lamily treated her pre:!ent
distress with a cold indifferenee, ttihich
revolted against her pride and senscrof
justice, and exhihitod the 1110511 (min/us
of those who as,erted she had married
beneath her, and mi marred their fine
spun marrituz:e schemes. She had "aO
- such as they were, and
these the without delay, bcgan to excl.-
Cise; so. that very shortly, - while Arm.hl
was yet at school, she hved in neat lod:r
-iip.2s with her little son Albert, torte-ht
musk., gave drawino•-lessors, and made
lace-work for such of the riii,for th e little
market town of 13roadhurst to: she could
induce to p itrunise her; and the iudefs•
tigalde little woman was thus enabled to
Mahe both ends
Mr. Gabriel .the "City man"
spoken of, and the wealthy owner of
Ilroadlands—which -- - of course had now
another tenant—had dark and dusty offi
ces in the city of London, and carried on
a large and thriving mercantile concern
there, the exact nature of which is of lit
tic consequence. At the time of Adam
Thornton's quitting his farm—and, in ad
dition, his quitting this life—an appeal
had been made to Mr. Blair's generosity,
which, however, was ineffectual.. Whe
ther he could not, or would not, extend
his liberality and forbearance to the he-
Teayed - family,- we cannot - 'What•be
did, say, however, was some little satisfae
: tien to the• poor widow: Having some
knowledge of Arnold's age, acquirements,
and schooling, lie offered - the youth a plUce
at hig desk 'in his office, and a salary of
thirty pounds a year to begin with, which
may have been a liberal. offer, and job
may not, just as the reader is enabled to
look upon., it.
To /Giiold himself-this Wits an opening
to wealth and independence; and the
hdoyant heart and sanguine temperament
of the lad Conjured up before him the
most brilliant vision of the future one can
imagine.. - Ho beheld his mother in a mo
dest home, head of the Small household,
a nd„uolon ger under the neCessity.of wear
ing her tingers,'-or of straining- her eyes
aver 111-paid needlel.work. Heat once Kin
4 maginatititi)... placed.taytifffeE2lll.4elt.
- school; and - hp. would have-such plen- -
did library! A.passion for reading -had
alretitly tatken , poistission of him while hd
foiishing -his last few months of
schooling gild devoting.his whole time to
CARLISLE, PA., FRIDAY,' NOV
the solving of the mysteries of commer
cial education of " book-kuelking by sin
glel and doulde entry," of whit 1 we know nothing, but all of which Ar. old easily
mastered.
We mtist take the read& by a leap
over the next three years, c . N . .nf - 4 which
Arnold has been punctual ei his desk,
and given to his somewhat C; Acting em
ployer the fullest sathactio which a
thorough man of business rives front
the attentive conduct of his' clerk, rind
i Arnold was but one of severrif. His sal
ary, too, had marehe 1 with thel . .itne—that
is to say, by an advance of .11 pounds
per annum! And the contE7lited young
man—he is now itchis twiniti. , 'f.h year—is
ileThzliteil with Phi .•'.40(11 nithr CT
! lli:4 mother and lir,their 11,,d; come to
town when he came up, and, flking a Inc
dest little shop in the nei4'aborhuod of
i Knightsbridge, had begun it - r;1 little way
!of business; and theiy wants sing easily
;satisfied, they 111{ , 1111 in 14:like "both
cuds meet," to live in inodeune comfort,
i awl to be clear of debt. - Alllert, too, was
int a day school. Arnold's iliitle library
was iiiioiviim alont. him. and his studies
were close and ardent, as Emily were, to
i his mother, in v.iferious.
lie had a little loom of his n• 0111 —a
a , rn - •trtr-srnloor ;12 the proud
inotlier donoinin:ll ,, l " c.t:nl . d—and here
v,,ini(l sit ;old write (iracious
g,,,odne , s thoo:„_!1:t, ‘• ../;tat eau lie
want «jta so ini0•11 pain - - But while
ii e\-eni TV hones WITL! tlts 1/1:`:t!':011
:1•111 tl -- while every spare
Inutnent thin tl r j t:p--tc , he -oeined
to b,. se
eaudid and
huuo , s to pry into ct, ex•triiiie pa
p.n., in :Lb-core.
like to 1::now." "She know one
day," he. said, in -cid; • :•.11:1, with a blush
and ;! lockod co iris dc,-1;:. And so
his ple•Katit labor. and their quiet daily.
'I/ t 011 11:Ippny 11; r.
Ve Ilf 11V ccif some
impormnec to Our -fury, to place before
uur readers. .
1t iy an elc;l:antly furnished 'drawing
room, the cumdned wied ,, ."s of which
command IL VieW HI: a r•tyaf iatrk ; fur the
Mansi...n lies in a choice ,inaeter of the
methoooli4, anti thi`re i, :11l air rd' opulence,
if not of ta , to aud milt are, tibtxtt thr mu
ll:intent of the room witio . o I etul:QH the
Lower and the mastery of wealth:"
I this chawucr,
grand pi
ano, told in to :•mi dashing
1-1,1 with some ipipatici,rit i g is a very
beauti:ul female, of about, .twenty-four
years of ag.,; sh, it very fair;..and the Se
vern fine , of fur beam *lnd deo, which
so cold and hatuzlovi i;z Intensified
by the l i c i t Grin , more than
morcky " \c11 . ,.)
orcailnit,; hair ;hat. in earif t i:.,
might have been the irC:•JCS ui ;1: Lulticu
young holy it, mina—With much
p 0 1;t,.. nt ...;:5, or course—we introduee our
ia , a d..r s is Mis, Annabel O•vcrend, an or
phan, a rich heiress, and at present the
wart (.1 . "ir. Gabriel Ifl,tH. Mr. O ve r_
end, defunet, hall once been a partner in
the firm of ()yeiv.nd and Company,
and had been also a distant--or near—
relative of 'ills. Thornton's family, and
was, in fact_ one of those who turned their
Lack, upon her mid her orplians,,iwhen
the r ii , lay c'tlmp, iu etwip:my with ruin
and de.ith, and overtook the little woman
on her way. To Mrs. Thornton
~`dr. ev
trend was dead ere this time, and fiwgot
t, n by Hi , • g"piritcd mother ere life had
eld-ell upo.l the wealthy, and, perhaps,
the ,Atiewhat unfeeling man.
Annabel Overentl knew n ,thin!; of her
porn- r,lative , , nor (lid Mrs. Thornton in
tend that she slmuld. ".I.`one who had
turned their backs upon tier and her chil
dren in the day- ot their adversity should*
know her or of them," she had vowed;
and the haughty, accomplished and beau
tiful heiress, who now and then saw the
handsome youth, who oecasioa.
ally came On business to Mr. Blair's resi
done() and who gazed upon her with so
much open and unreid ij ediudmiratir
an admiration which was hev:mhelessflat
tering to liar self-love--- little thought that,
lie was her cousin, once or twice removed.
Though She accepted the Moons° of his
fascinated eyes--tlicy were clear brown
eyes, too,--yet the " creature" was but a
clerk--something to run to.and fro, and
do the great man's bidding, and look ill
at ease iu the gilded i Ilg-room - -when,
indeed, he did not stand waiting in the
hall, treated with as much supercilious
ness by the big footman as the lady her
self could have sliown.
On this particular day. then, when,
dressed in a splendor which enhanced her
extreme beauty—baring finished the
" rondo" she was plo4pg with fierce ,
gathering chords, which, Jutd them
sound with a ringing/clangor—she
rose up, welt to the Ntindow and looked
forth into, the park, and watched for ome
minutes eagerly and intently for some
person she scouted anxieus'to sing out
from the thronging groups. alp p es
trips she passed over a little supereil us
-Iy- and - even 'those rolfing atiing,in the fine
barouches received but little attention.—
`I he. cavaliers on horseback were more
eagerly scanned, and an impatient tapping
of the foot showed that, as yet the expect
ed 0.110 was not in sight.
" V, by conies lie not ?" she murmured.
." \l' here can IM be ?--why tarries he ?
Of all my admirers, I think that Sir I'hi
lip likeliest-forhe is-young,
rich and' handsome, but a little too earnest ,
—I fear, too exacting;. and might wish 'to
control, as .a wife, the woman he now
would. willingly adore as a suitor." And
thmi she recrossed the floor, took up a
book.full of engravings on the tahln,,titru
ed a few of thein
, ovd, then flung• theni
together again, frovning in heavy dieplelt
sure, \ • -
_
At once a :violent tingin,, ,, and a sono
-6:6 it
her - ears: - 'Sifit fle‘ir , to the window; aid
b'eleltt;••a-•,groom holding •a 'richly capari
toned horse;-whose - proud bearing
, and
Military trapttingo indicatetl the rardcian4
the •proiessiou of the ridey. 4iiidently
FIBER 29, 1861
silo was put into a flutter by this arrival,
though he might be the wrong man.
" Captain Topham, as live !" she mur
mured, " and perhaps this may precipitate
matters." So saying, she hastily reseat
ed herself at the piano, and began to play
over a low, soft, whispering melody, full
of passion and of feeling, when the door
opened, am., a tall, big personage entered
with clanking spurs and clattering jack
hoots, and otherwise wearing the gorgeous
costume of the Horse Guarels.
Ple . cing his plumed helmet on a chair,
and stroking his tawny moustaches, and
with a mingled air of boyish awkwardness
and delight, he advanced with outstretch
ed hands, saying, "Good morning, Miss
Overenci.F I pun iny Rotor, lint you look
lovely, tiuite radiant this morning
"_end you, gallant Captain—you are
the very flower of politeness and the pink
of chivalry ?''
"Nay, now," he said, deprecatingly;
"don't laugh at me, You are so full of
wit and sparkling =Mire--that--"
`• That you fear it, eh'?—you plumed
Rolando! What!" she added, banter
ingly, ‘" a sillier, and afeard quoting
from "Macbeth."
" ft, now, you know,'' began Cap
tain l'ojihant, looking halt' seared ; " I—l
hoped to find a warmer welcome,
a.. I have ventured to bring you a small
ofr,ri,tg."
." A pre: , :ent she cried,
" I love present., (d . all thinAs!'—
A ii d intl,yd sh e Hoke the truth.
1 hope it, will plet•-e you," he ;aid.
"It nut noich--for you ; ptu know I
slettild liky to hang the family dianwnds
upoo you.
'• Alit! cru , ll ?no to the earth with their
weight: Oh, how vet.) 1,. autirtil !" she
added, in a spenie:-; rapture, as taking
rase out of his breast-pocket, lie opened
it tool displayed a dazzling bracelet, gold
and diautotok profusely int-rniixed.
" Let the but have the pleasure of clasp
in: it tilt your fair wrist, and—''
" And you a•di no lure !'' she answer
ed, laug'..ing, as she held out her finely
Ataped area. " Well, you ,ee, lam M
the humor to be indui:•ent to-day, and
)1.1 Play piare.
Ilri,h trembling deli2hit, and feeling a
deli - ei o us thrill at
,his heart, the youm-,
l,ut awkward Ilars, attempted to clasp it
on her wriA, but let it fall in the opera
tion ; and just :is he had :meeeded, and
the Captain was ;Ilium perpetrate an
act of' de , peratiou by kissim , : hand,
the c,otnln opened the dhiwing , room
door, and announced, " tit Philip Single
ton r'
Cur:ing the interruption, and feeling
caucht, as it were, inn guilty act,
the soldier lookisl up intp the bcalltirill
Fact. id the woman, and almost starte 1
back in terror at the e..;pre.siiin of annoy
!•no•arras,inent. hate :out :.agsiOilitilz;- ,
Lined, which fliAortoditsloveli u ers By
some Litt et instinct he saw the presence
~r dues new-cumer was Car Nom , desired
than his own, and felt that his foolish,
fond hope;, were destroyed in a nument.
•• flood morning, Captain Topham,"
said sir Philip, with grave politeness.
Miss Overdid, your servant. I fear I
ant ch bop.-
" Olt, dear me, Sir Philip, no:" began
Overend, with a powerful effort.
" 1001st compliment him, however, on
his taste inieweley," continued Sir Phil
ip, with his high bred air of irony, and
eas(ing, as he spoke, a look upon the
bracelet, now fastened on her arm. "
happened to be Store's when lie purcha-ed
it, that is all ;" as though lie wan reply
ing to the look of surprise which the
yumg and somewhat unsophisticated sol
dier cast upon her, to which she answered
by a significant glance.
bracelet it not mine, Sir Philip,"
she said, unclasping it and banding it
back to the dist:ollll . 'l—d Guarilsnian.—
" Captain Tophani was trying an experi- _
meta," added she, with an emphasis which
she meant the other to understand," and
he has 'aided."
And like one who bears a defeat with
the best grace he can muster," whispered
the soldier to her, as he put his bracelet
into its case, while Sir Philip walked
away Co the window. " I wish you a
good day, Sir Philip :" and he stalked out
of the room, humming an air from "Lu
crecia Borgia."
"He is lost," she said to herself, " and
with him a place in the world, a probable
title, and five thousand a year ! Well,
Sir Philip," she continued, aloud, and
turning to that gentleman with an aia.of
charming frankness, "are you going to be
so gallant this morning as to beg mo to
accompany you to the horticultural show
at Chiswick ?"
" I am sorry to miss.so happy an cp
portunity," was the grave reply, " as I,
too, must take my leave, Since I am about
to leave for Paris this evening."
" For Paris !" she repeated, feeling her
-heart sink, and a tremor seizing upon her,
as she undergtood but to well the mean
ing of this announcement. "Is not this
resolution somewhat sudden ?"
"Why, yes; it' has beeh made little
caviler than I thinight it; but it hasbeen
hastened:by a little ineident
whieh—
which has oceurred— T very recently."
there- 7 a bracelet—in the
affair ?" asked Miss Overeud, with one of
.her half-haughty sneers.
" Pardon we, 4.1 do not answer-a ques
tion put co directly, and which would not
becouee-auc to reply as frankly to."
" I understand you; SirliP," she
said,-withlaVoud toss of the.lread, - .." and
wish you Lora yoga gc
"I retire with regrbt,- madam, from
competition in field where_ the oddS aro
necessarily against me; and 'with a
_pro
found bow lie left the wilful and passion
al() beatity.to weep tears of rage and-. of
mortification.
111 r. Gabriel Blair iningl4but little in
the.fashithiable society of the day, and mi t ..
ry at heavy, solemn, and sumptuous din-
_ner..parlies,Zeoilli,L.litiss_ itheietallineet
those who constituted the most fashion - a-
We society of London. -ISt was ono of the
ruling' passions of an ardent iiiiPulsivo
which•had ever been kept in - cheek,
to mingle 'freely iu; the ;whirling pontes of
fashionable life , but her condition as an
I unmarried woman hindered this on ,the
one hand, and her want of a dm perone
forbade it on the other. Mrs. Blair was
herself so confirmed an invalid, that her
aid could not be counted upon. There
was, indeed; no lack of siiitors fur Anna
bers hand, and her fortune brought those
about her whose pretentions were on a par
with her own, and even more so. But
there was an inherent coquetry in her
disposition—there was a love of admira
tion in her breast—no doubt in some
measure justified by her charms—which
was, however, fatal to her interests.—
When men of the slightest spirit found
tin at they were only encouraged to out
rival one another, and to bedisinissed one
after the other, they naturally took um
brage at her capriciousness; and, on this
very morning., when, after laying herself
open fur at conquest, and when she had
decided that Sir Philip wa.i the man of
her choice, she timnd that she had defeat
ed her own ends, and that the chances in
her favor were more remote than ever,
This mischief was not a little height
tined front: tint flitit that she was thorough
ly cognizant of owing her defeat entirely
to herself.
What evil fortune pursues me?" she
muttered to herself. " I ani pimp:, lam
beautiful, I :on rich —and tct I am cursed
in I hose ,, ifts whirl' men prize, and which,
if they pm , se'ss them. they are pmud of
them--airl I---011;shaine !oh,vexation !"
And mutinying thusa.;ainst what se , med
to have been so remediable, she went into
her own room, and shut herself up ler
the remainder of the day, asking herself
the (ptestion—" W hat was to he. done
Not Inany weeks after—for time r o ust
march on leaving le, without the
chance of filling up it , details—she
heard that, Captain 'Popham h;:d married
a Miss Plummer--a mere ! 2firl, just home
front boardin , school, and who soon be
came famous for her brilliance, ton, and
the splendid parties she gave.
A little later, and Sir Philip Singleton
t,,ok home a hadv SinHelon to Singleton
Ilall, where :die was soon noted :Is the
/,,//,' of the county. Jealously and raYO!
took , pos,es-don of the unhappy Annabel ;'
she, that was inure btthatiful, gifted, and
aecouipli , hed than either of her more suc
cessful rivals, to be left outside the pale
—she, who should take her place among,
the fureumit, doomed to stand Without:
and tame:y looked on, while others passed
her by' No'. She would not brook thi,
dismal loneliness mid isolation. A d e ,
peratc step must be taken--and she took
it.
She had nut been quite blind to the
almit.ttion expccssed by Arnold Thorn
ton re- her beauty, ss we have said ; an 1
whether ke ,Duel or evil, it was lie
She 11 , /w finally seleeted in order to le ,
nvel*ed. Whttitlr tliiv v-mr,eauee was
to take place upon herself, or upon
who„ :e: she her,
was not so clear, but which c
will he 50..011 in the
One day, when Arnold, by this time a
fine and manly youfh —h is face aglow with
a fr,knk and healthy expression, and litee
and ti,,;ure being the perfect type of the
Angld-Saxioll—one day, when he came
to the grand house by the park. from the
crowded city, and was contrasting the
splendor of the gilded drawing-roont with
the dismal eitv ttlikee in which he burrow
ed, lieboil himself alone with Annabel,
and ddz:.leti by the overpowering radiance
an hri2htncss of her pre , .enec.
" You think mr beatitiful, do you not ?"
she a:hed him, as turning full upon him,
she abashed the modest young nem by
the strangeulow in her wild lustrous eyes.
" Beautiful !" lie stammered. "Oh,
madam, more lovely than a sculptor's
mat , terpiece, a painter's ideal, a poet . 43
dream
‘•U th ! and poetical, too—an enthusi
ast, it may be! So much the worse 1" she
murmured, apart. " But there roust be
no shrinking back now."
She was very beautiful ; but fair and
gentle as she seemed, her haughty and
imperious zispeet firm leok---t he so-
Stn11:4111 of power and
evil she had evidently summoned to her
aid--renderA her fir the moment almost
unlovely—almost terrible to him. "
ant young, beautiful, and rich," she went
on. " flow would you like to become toy
husband—you, who arc poor, and a slave
to an impetuous master'?"
" Madam," said Arnold, very quietly,
"1 ant a gentle titan, and to be poor is not
a crime. Moreover, my' wife must
,be
spotless, and without stain 1" -
A burning blush suffused her neck,
and face, and brow,' and her eyes grow
troubled as her lips trembled.
" I ant spotless and without stain," she
said, after a pause, " and I offer myself
io be your wife '
" Madam !" began Arnold.
"Not for ltive,but . out of pique, jeal
ousy, revenge—=what you will!" she
broke out. " You will becomeony hus
band,_but you Will not be my master.--
You shall enjoy my wealth, but, you inn t
be bound down by . conditions, which, if
broken, cast you abroad on
.the world
again, to find yourself more hopelessly sit
uated than now. 1 have made inquiries
about you, and am satisfied that you will
obey me."
"That I will obey yon?" he repeated
"That you will obey me 1 " she replied
And they were married.
Then began a" year of .strange and
unwonted-excitement-for Arnold _Thorn,
ton. Mr Blair was at first fuiions when
he knew that his clerk had married.-his
rich ward, as in some respects it thwar
ted a purpose of his own. Mrs. Thorn
ton enteredintt the giddy round:of "life".
and . fashionable levity with a zeal that.
was almost frantic. lier balls were the
most thronged, her parties the most crow
ded, her fates the most .brilliant of 'dim
Jrtetropeli4.antl_she- Made her husband
-subservient. -to-,0very..4...9 os - e - .7.utitili _She
had Satiated . her appetite for revengeitina
found the. *hole world lo• ookin upon her,
7 t yith jealousy; admiration and spleen..
1:116 Fiaocralie society is which Arnold
'Murton nis,w moved—although little of his,
5 CI 50 per annum in advance
t $2 00 If not paid in advance
antecedents were known save that he was the
last scion of a decayed but good "old family"
—101111(1 the cool, courteous, intellectual hus
band of the most beautiful woman in the char_
ed circles of the metropolis, necxeeptionable
in every way. The most supercilious were
polite to him—the most captious could find
no fault in hint. To his wife he was the most
humble and devoted slave pos,il.tle, and he
obeyed her most imperious cum mands, sub
mitted to her insolence with is humility that
at times might have commanded her con
tempt, only that she felt there. v. as somthing
in his iriner nature which der..(mtled respect.
Piqued at last by the uncomplaining man
ner in which the man fulfilled ties contract he
had entered into, she becatim :mute exacting,
in order to provolte him to rebellion. Ayear
passed by, and she, was a miller—a proud
and 11:lpfly 111,1111.1 ) but a sad, 3.,:T1M fill wire,
whose hello. was breaking. Arnoid Thornton
was with her no longer. Without "scene"
era parting word, he on? morning left his
splendid Mansion. and fora du): or ttt o all
was surprke, con lusion and ansiu s. A t last ,
Annabel enterin (r his study, toned the fol.
lowin , note addressed to her:—
—" MAll.Ol—
"I have loved yon, and I leave you. When
I engaged myself to become V 1111' thrall and
slave, I thought that under the twOrldliness
too seemed to show exturnally, there still
might linger a heart. When you' became a
mullter, I thought that you might recollect
that you had a husband, and that, as the
father of sour chill, you might be induced to
look upon him with a little iribNi womanly
feeling. Rut it is not so, and I restore to
you yottrliherty, ilyou will it. I surrender
the property I cover coveted. llt m earning
my own living , modittn, and the allowance
yen im made me is icl't in the drawer
a the tattle where y-m find this writing. I
ask yi. i to con —de my mother, to he kind to
toy votiog hrother, to love my child at least,
;outl fosse you:the prayers and blessing of
our LusL.tnil. " AwsoLi, Tuoi:NTux."
tirich was the letter which blinded Iv o' and
struck her dumb--'soh sure the withering,
words under which:die sank trembling to the
hush:mil [pined Tle loved me—oh,
1 know lie loved mo ald 1, 111:1 , 1 and wretch
ed cieatare, I loved him too deeply, now I
find to Inv eternal sorrow; and I know, too,
tha. 1 shall see him no more—no more.
These. words blind too! Stop! mother,
hit brother, I knew nolo!: them ! Stay, has
hr left their aihlrets ? Yes, here it is I"
and hastily lilting Up a hit of paper, she
the Mumble addrosP, at Knightsbridge,
written thereon.
Arnold Thornton I" she continued ab•
Nsiramkily murmuring the words. t Why
0009 that word strike me now as something
novel or Ntrangii? :.sitity, is it not the 511.1110 of
n crew and gilled author who has recently
nimie s , t ;king a reputation, so brilliant a
fain e. ;id. perchance a lorkine ? My wealth
s ;1 -iksud and ri 6t that it Nhould be so I"
And murmuring, thinking, and moaning
fairly broke down,and fell into a
revzsion ot
But, Annabella Thornton
wimiali of a..-; mtu It eileri„iy as she
wa; oi Icing a woman of deep Mel
ia- t. t, when her Letter fiat urn was awalien.-
and lilt occasion it Was so. Neither
did hu,ail r her:a:tit to let these long-dormant
feedinnr.. till into slumber, or inteutne torpid
any !Imre. She was nfl and away in her
tlie next mornintr, and Oil a matter Of
attito-t arath.
She tnialeit. comfortable dwell
in:f of Mrs. and ul her youngest
hoy then at, hi school. Annabel
made boown to the widow the relaiion itt
which she stool lo her, and on farther inqui
ry and reply, lonal that Arnold had a double
claiin upon her affection, being her cousin
as wolf as her husband. The; did nor, for
the time, relieve the shock alter disappoirit.
inunt : and 'then, when full confidence was
cslaldished between them, they took council
to : _reth. r, as to what should bring the truant
home to her again.
Such arrangements as they had to make
were Fe,.n cedcluded by the two mothers, and
the two children dwelt logeiher under one
roof ii, a sweet and pretty country villa, with
Adnaliel. in Devonshire. She ihspaddhed
alter her builtand (throtdfrh his publishers,
and to lollow him wherever he went) a letter
lull or love aid penitence, confessing- her
fault, anid-saving-, how they now lived, retired
from the world in the sweet seclusion of '
home. She appoint the eve of his return—
if he ever would return; and if he came not
then she would expect Ihim no more, but in
all humility confess her desefts, aud.that . it
was but a just return for the-cruel apathy she
hnd shown.
It was evening, the evening appointed for
his return, and the scene is a bed room,
where Annabel is just putting her little
charges In bell. Little Albert, a curly haired
buy has said his prayers at her kilees, and her
own darling, just beginning„ to lisp, is on
her lap saying his prayers; those words,
from those Ulltiullied infant lips,' which are
like the breathings of angels—" Gad bless
papa and mamma, and make me a good child!
Amen." And she, too, whispers solemnly,
"God blest papa, and bring him soon and
safely house I"
The winds are breathing low outside the
gables g She is living in a pleasant country
house, which is half farm—half villa. Ar•
nold•s mother is asleep in the most conrfort•
able chamber of the house, and she waits,
and li.tens, and at last the rumbling of
wheels is heard.
"It is he—oh, it is become home to me
at last I" and she flow down the stairs, just
as a servant had opened the door, and let in
a tall mall, handsome, radiant, girions in the
' gladness of heart that shone out of his noble
face; and as his cloak fell from off Ws back,
and was picked up by his obsequious atten
dant, she flung herself with a cry of trenalp,
ling joympon his breast, mthrtuttring ' "Ar•
Rohl, Misband! welcome, wetcomehomel n
"My wife, and my beautiful Annabel I
thanks for the wo:d1 And our little one?"
, "Itis an angel I Come and Fee it in its,
Cherub -sleep I"—and t t hey with,,,a, step as
snit and light as 11M fall of eider-down ; and
when the man who has borne so much of
heartache, nut doebt, and great trouble,
beholds it, and the proud, lovely mother
miling on him tl f iroogh her tears, - he sinks
on his kfit tis on one side, and murmurs a deep
heartfelt prayer of thanks, and she. does
alike on the ethen and - thpir , Worcla:go vp
heavenward together, above .thci little dinging
head wrapped in its innocent slebp.
~"Onr bond Of love and hope, for the future,
Arnold I" i3lie Said, lowly and humbly.
" Add'also to it the principle - which con- -
(piers pride, and oar happiness will be sealed
and perfect I" remarked Arnold, in the same
qniet - tone.
And ninny La. day- ebecittered with light
and shade - passed by, and many a plat
rolled over their heads, but neither "forger
thodildused - thre ll:1:
- Whleenewedilie sanaitiel
iel, - Immei and-made them - happy:in - each - other's ,
•society ever :more;' • •
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