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• PR, WIYI. H: 000 H,
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Q"'TICE at his residence in Pitt
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lily 1'; 1864:
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,QAIVIES.': 'An infinite variety of awn
. islagandlnetrxrtivo Opmea 44 gairersiloWis Avg
4 , Batley MOTO.
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Within n Southern prison, whore the heavy air wee
rani,
And the gloomy walls wore mouldering, in the dark
ness damp and dank:
When Famine gaunt and. gloomy, sat brooding night
and day,
And human beings huddled, 11lie shivering boasts of
r
prey,
Lay a paleLrowed youthful soldier whose face ao saintly
bright, .
Seemed to have chught Its beauty from the far off land
of light
The heavy lids drooped lower, his cheek grew pale and
Wan,
And the light from out that kindling eye, forevermore
was gone.
And day by day * more slowly his feeble pulses beat, 4
Till the •ngrl of Death in pity rome with lagging feet.
Ile murmured sweet and childish things, and repeated
his infant prayer,
While a comrade whispered his mother's name and
smoothed the dark waves of his hair.
Then over his pallid features passed a smile as sweetly
An n beam from thn open portal of the radiant laud of
Then gathered ',mid him those pato, and men, and
rhan tel n fu nevi) psalm,
{ihllr thy le , .pcloppair of their capti vo boarts gavo place'
to calm.
The sternest spirits grew tearful and mild as they bow
ed, their heads to prey,
And the gloom of the living chelnel house grew bright
with celestial day.
Oh for one foist of the dear old Flog to sheoud him for
his rest.
Oh for one star from out its host to lay upon his breast,
Oh for a mother's or sister's king to press on those lips
of clay,
And a tender hand to hide those nyog afar from the light
of day.
O'er his grave no friend may weep but the mocking bird
will sing,
And the southern flowers wake to life, with the breath
of the routing spring.
And the ,ma.,11 of Wnr will come to that spot accursed
of Clod,
Whence the cries of our starving brothers bare risen
from ev' ry sod;
Swift as from out the murky sky, the livid lightnings
spring,
Shall be heard 'midst the bloom of their orange bow
ers, the clang of the sabres' ring.
The stately Palmetto shall bo.v Its head, while the
storm is sileeplog by,
And the light of many a burning homo, shall gleam
in the lurid sky.
But he o iii not ur situ 1 trOlll his rest when the
lly in; squadrons rome,
Or at morn and evening list to boa. the boat of the
reveille drum;
The angel of Freedom shall watch when he sleeps and
never a slave shall tread,
A spot of earth whose b /solo bears. the graves of our
rat, lot dead.
Strike man of the iron heart: strike man of the willing
hand
For the Union our Father's gave us and an undivided
land.
But wield ye:' surer, demiller blow when ye strike for
our Famine slain,
Whose gray: a as th^ stars above thorn, are thick on the
southern plain.
Strike for the living And the deral : to the traitor heart
with your steel
And pour the blaze of your murderous Oro where his
shattered columns reel:
PrOss to We lips the cup wohavo drained—tho cap of
crimson gore,
'Till the blood of our murdered brothers shall plead
from the ground nr. more.
Carlisle, Mareh 4th. 1,65.
11 , Prinrlpal of th
THE LETTER IN THE GOBLET
It was a brown November day, Na
turesuffered from influenza. She sneezed
fitfully a small rain, breathed bard and
uncertainly, and was generally chill and
discomposed.
About noon a respectable but ugly
dog, of no breed whatever, was seen trot
ting through the narrow, slushy streets
in the tu*rhborhood of Blackwall. Ilis
journey was clearly the result of design.
Whatever his end, it was plain that he
did not lose sight of that end for a mo
ment. He fbund it uncomfortable, no
doubt, to be encrusted with mud, and to
be subjected to all the difficulties of ani
mated pie attempting locomotion. But
neither discomfort nor difficulty could
check his steady, persistent trot towards
the East India Docks.
'Possum felt himself wronged. Why
had they not lot him come with the car
riage to see Blue Boy off ? Why should
he have been driven to the expedient of
slipping his chain at the last moment—
a dishonorable as well as a difficult feat
to accomplish ? Did not 'Possum take
as lively an interest in the Blue Boy as
any one ? Did he not know (as well as ,
any of the perpendicular animals could)
that Blue Boy was going t'other side of
the round world, whore his legs would
be sticking up this way; and that be
fore he could get back, dog-days and
sulphurous water must come and go once
at least ? Why, then, should ho be ex
cluded from the privilege of bidding Blue
Boy good-bye ?
As 'Possum trotted across the open
space which lies between the Blackwall
railway station and the river, ho raised
his nose inquiringly. ;
" Ocean Ripple" (twelve hundred
tons) was being warped out of dock.—
She was necessarily close alongside the
quay. The seamen grouped upon the
forecastle could talk to their weeping
friends ashore.-- 2 Possom -stood. -close--to
the, edge of the quay, regardless of haw
sers from which--he was in some peril.
Suddenly his tail began to wag . furiously.
A gold bound cap appeared abOve the
bulwarks. A sudden strong whistle was
heard, and a pair of eyes, staring witiolY
came in view. Not that. Blue Boy saw
anything particular, or felt inclined for
But - ,had - he-not-stared an - dwbis; -
tled, his throat.might have' burl, and
: certainly somethingshining,and,nnsailor
he would hlvetrickled-down•b*
JOHN OREASON,
. Grearon, Curb. Co
AT' RALSTON'S.
. An honest Saxon ]lead that, wits, with .
its fair hair, wido sweeping eyebroWs,
bold prominent chin, send olori-rdaybreak
VOL. 65.
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slllfini.
For the Herald
IN MEMORIAM•
He shall not die unsung, nor yet unayengett
MEI
11131
F 7 ~~:s~~~,~i11Rr~z,~:~:sz~~.
From London :.'ociely..l
" BLUE BOY,'
eye. A handsome, impudent, funny•old
head. It belonged to Blue Boy, mid
shipman (merchant service), aged sev-
enteen
"My stars I" exclaimed the lad in
bassoon-like tone, as he recognized 'Pos
" And what the dickens brings
sum,
you, old chap ?"
'Possum understood the question, and
replied to it, as it appeared to him, with
clearness. It took Blue Boy long, how
ever, to understand the answer. At last
he said, "I know. Come to see me off,
eli ? Good dog I Now, good-bye, and
go home. Love to the governor, and a
whole lot of it to Ettie. Don't forget
'Possum, when I come back." And
here Blue Boy abruptly disappeared.
'Possum,,oboyed, willing, though sad.
" Heaven bless us!" he said to himself,
as ho jogged home. "We dogs have
our feelings, although men ignore them
That boy now I I'd do anything in the
world for him. And yet what a life ho
has led me? tying every conceivable .
thing to me that was calculated to alarm '
or irritate a dog—throwing the most of
days into the pond, though he knew I
hated water like a cat—setting me at
harmless kittens which it went against
my stomach (or conscience—the two are
indentical) to interfere with, and at big
dogs which it was impossible for me to
lick ! But he has been true through it
all, and I'll stick to him. Yes, we have
our feelings, we dogs. Forget him !
Lot's see !"
It was a long way home, but 'Possum
knew the road well, having travelled it
a few days ago, when Blue Boy came
down to look after his chest.
little felt that day as if her heart had
been torn out. She scarcely noticed
'Possum's return, although her eyes were
watching him as he crept round tc), the
stable yard, looking at her mutely, to
deliver his message. But she stared
much out-of the window in-a vague, gen
eral way, thinking of her father's ward,
Blue Boy, and of " Ocean Ripple"
(twelve hundred tons); thinking, too,
sometimes, it was but right that Nature
should be holding a damp pocket-hand
kerchief of fog to her great blue eye, this
day of sad partings—and then growing
hot and moist again about her own pret-
•
ty brown eyes.
Ettie, though only sixteen, washer
widower-father's housekeeper. But it
was not easy housekeeping now. "What
quantity - of coals is fo - be ordered, please
Miss ?" She nearly answered "twelve
hundred tons." In sending certain com
forts to an aged invalid in her district
she narrowly escaped telling her page to
carry with him " an experienced sur
geon."
Amidst. Ettie's burdensome household
duties, Hannah, an old servant, was em
inently annoying to her to-day. She
continually urged her young lady to rec
oncile herself." Reconcile herself to
what? Impudence! what did Hannah
know about it?
This acidulated spinster and Blue Boy
had been, from the infbney of the latter,
on cat and dog terms. She had done
her duty by him with spiteful patience
while ho. was at home. But she exulted
inwardly now that he was gone. And
Ettie knew this, and was afraid that she
hated Hannah, and she watched her
pungent little lime, reminding one some
how, she thought, of the smell of gas.
Papa—lawyer papa, came home as
usual to dinner. The evening had no
wheels to its chariot. Blue Boy was not
there to sing " Three Fishers," with ef
fect, nor to play with Ettie • the accus
tomedblunderinggame of chess, in which
she would let him have back his queen
as often as ho lost it—which was three
times at least. .
Brown November and hoary Decem
ber both saw Ettie to disadvantage. But
on the twenty-fourth of the latter month
her spirits revived. She busied herself
in preparing for to-morrow's entertain
ment with relish. The party would be
small. An old maiden cousin, a batch
elor cousin, papa and Ettie would con
stitute it. But all should be perfect in
comfort and delicacy, so Ettie deter
mined.
It was a custom in the house, after
the Christmas dinner to fill a silver cup
with spiced wine, and to pass it (no mat
ter how many times) round the table,
that each might , inamei and drink to an
absent one.
Ettie , must bring out the old goblet,
never used but ,for this purpose. She
went to the plat: closet, thinking of the
laughing boy who had drank out of that
cap last year, and hid refused to name
arty absent person, because', as ho said,
he didn't care a rap for absentees just
then. She upfolded t,he green baize, and
took opt tho. , goblet, Why, there wail
something inside it—a note
Yes, a note. And directed, too, in
that'peculiar, satisfactory handworking,
which, as Plttie always thought, hooked
bike something good to eat—directed,
morpoYor, to !Wisp Violet (1, e., yAtie Ar-
Ettie's pretty retrousse nose felt white,
and her heart beat snyeopated
She epeued the note and'Fend:—;.
Did - yowthink
the lilue lloy had nothing to Say to yOu
before he went away ? It happened that
he had something to, say. But he we
CARLISLE, PA., FRIDAY, MARCH 10, 1865.
in an awful funk of the governor, so. he
thought he'd write.
" Arid after all, Ettie knows what he's
got to say, so he needn't say it even on
paper.
" Wasn't it', a good dodge to maker a
post-office of the Christmas cup ?
knows well enough who would be the
first to get hold of it ! But how did he
manage to seize the keys, eh, Miss Et
tie ?
" Mind whose health you drink ! And
wear this locket round that soft, white
little neck, which I should like to—
" But, Miss Violet; if you don't care
about the party whose hair is inside—
don't wear the locket pray—on any ac
count. Throw it away, by all means—
smash it to atoms—it's all the same to
me. And get Mr Author Popinjay
Prior (the brute !) to give you another
locket instead, with one of his own beau
tiful black curls in it.
" I am, dear Miss Violet,
"Yours very" (something with
two "Fs" in it scratched out faintly.—
Then " sincerely," struck through with
vehement blackness. Nothing else ad
ded.)
(Signed) "SEA-WEED."
" Papa mustn't know," naughty Ettie
thought.
Papa was a wary man, who did not al 7
ways allow even his petted daughter to see
how much he saw. And because ha wish
ed the little affair between. the young peo
ple to take its natural course, and, there
fore, appeared to know nothing about it,
they imagined him to be ignorant of what
was, in,fact, as patent as a sunflower.
The Christmas dinner Caine. Poor
homeless cousin Elizabeth, and well-to•do
batchelor cousin Jack seemed to enjoy it
equally. The Cloth was removed in old
style; the mull was brewed and the sil
ver cup charged ; papa had begun to in
troduce his toast :
"The first natno I shall mention—"
An instant afterwards Ettie was at her
father's chair. What had happened in
that moment ?
The angel of death had laid his hand
-upon the speaker's lips.
How the Christmas glow suddenly died
out of those three faces ! That room be
came as dismal as a grate of dusty, spark
less cinders, as sadly strange as the home
of childhood looked at careworn ago.
The front door was open, for some one
had run fur a doctor. The hull candles
flared and trickled into mock stalicites.
The icy, winter air came rushing in. Lit
tle Ettie stood shiyering by the door with
clasped hands, trying to be patient. "Oh!
when would he come r"
Ho came at last : that lnVgo grave doc
tor, with his patient corbel-head, hither
to so impracticable and remote, had sud
denly become Violrt's elooo friend. His
words were inspired now.
But he could not prophecy smooth
things. After one glance at the sofa,
his eye commissioned his lips to deliver
a fatal message. Alr. Arnold was dying.
An hour more, he was dead.
And 'Possum, who had been admitted
to the kitchen for a Christmas treat., came
pattering into the dining-room, and rest
ed his faithful ugly chin on the sobbing
girl's knees. She put a hand on his hard
head, and said, "Oh, 'Possum ! poor papa
is gone, and lam left alone. He will
never come back again—never."
'Possum whined out a solemn oath to
stand by Ettie through thick and thin to
the last moment of his existence.
Violet had put away the locket now;
her heart smote her about it. She ought
to have told her father. Oh ! she would
tell him all now if lie could only come
back and listen for one minute I,
Sothe Blue Boy's heidth was not drunk
that Christmas after all !
"It becomes our duty, my dear Violet,"
said the bland, faltering Mr. Prior, on the
afternoon of the funeral, while cousin
Jack, his co•guardian and co-executor
looked silently on the floor, "to acquaint
you with the provision made for you and
with the plans we have formed as toyour
home."
Ettie bent her head, her eyes filling.—
She looked a fair, frail little sprite in her
deep mourning. Good hearty cousin
Jack could scarcely trust himself to glance'
at her. She, however, kept his plain,
kindly, sensible face continually in view.
No realized property, but handsome in
surances—a probable income for Ettie of
three hundred and fifty pounds a year.
This was the pith of Mr. Prior's state
ment, so far as it related to pecuniary
matters. "And now let me say," he con
cluded, "we think it well that you should
for the present take up your residence in
my - family.
Ettie broke down hero altogether.
"I believe," added Mr. Prior, appeal•
lug to cousin Jack, "that wq aro quite
agreed on this point .Y"
Cousin Jack gave savage nod, 'and
then blew his nose with such a-tremend
ous ,crack 440 Mr. pior jUreped, and
Ettio , left off crying.
"It's best'for'A whije, Ettie," said coll.
sin Jack as be left, her a week later.--
"YOu will be happiest, at the Priors' noW,
•for -Katie-is--your closest , friend. ' But re.
member, I, too, am your guardian, and
we must correspond regularly. You trust
your old cousin ?" (kissing her.) ,11
"Indeed-7,iudeed t fie!!
‘.And love Wail" -(lci,i4'sing : her-again.)-
4 1.ou.'noy oaplusai.to a g . r.o.y...4tied_oll
chap like me:"' • • . • • ,
She confessed it by Teturulow his as
lutes with interest.
:glow]," was cousin Jack's aoknowl
ediiiient. "Now," ho continued, "don't
think:you've lost me—you haven't, I'm
at ;Oui. beok and call always. , Good by,
!hilt:Li:piss" (that was his .old name for
her.)
"Goodby, dear old cousin."
glfe had a terriblo cry after ho was
gone.
So the pleasant home at Walthanston
*Lis t left. Some of the dear old furniture,
which Ettio chose, was kept and put a
way somewhere ; the rest was sold. She
went' to live at the house of her senior
guardian, Mr. Adolphus Prior, solicitor,
who: resided Cavendish Square, W.—•
She: took with her to London Hannah
front generosity, and 'Possum out of love.
She-was not unhappy in her new home
Although she disliked Arthur Popinjay,
e4:loved Katie , yet for a time she was
naturally sad.
At length her little heart began to re
cover. Insensibly the sunshine crept
over her life's prospect. There came a
'brighter blodm upon that soft girl's cheeks,
and the maiden's step regained its else-'
Ilcity. Ettie took music lessons again as
F'..p'r,ing came on, reopened her portfolio,
and revived her German.—Thank God,
iptense sorrow does not last long with any
of us.
013ut there was one feeling of her heart
which had not waited even this short time
for regoration. The locket after all, had
only been set aside for two days ! The
"Blue Boy," she often thought of him
"Blue Boy ! she loved the name. The
lad's firstncw uniform and beamingyoung
face had put it into her father's head to
bestow the title, which was borrowed from
a famous picture, as the reader knows.
It suited him, Ettie thought, so well.
The color of far, open sea, and of cloud
less skies, spoke truly of his large pure
heart. "Boy" he always must Ler "par
excellence." Noisy, affectionate, old pack
of pulses I •
Ettie wrote to him in the spring. To
her amazement Mr. Prior objected to this
She-did not, however, oppose her guard
ian, except by quietly taking her own
way. The letter, for the most part, was
not wanting in occult tenderness ; but
ihero was a phrase of clear and concen
trated savagery at its close. Etti must
be guilty of inflicting just one torment;
-co-she hold her pen as though it had been
a dagger and scratched a sore place upon
Aid - 4 Boys heart in-this postscript:!Ar
-int, who is sittiag near me,' while I
'write desires to be very kindly reincm•
bend."
She never told how impatient she felt
at the moment, of Arthur's dandy dress
and mean-no-thing face, and of all his
conventional elegancies, and opinions, and
looks, each stolen from some other per
son. There is, as we all know, peculiar
pleasure in driving a virulent sling right
through our darling's heart; so ptiet;did
not tell Blue Boy what she really thought
about Authur Popinjay Prior.—flow she
wished afterward-, that she had dune so I
Summer decline I end "sea-side" came
to be talked of. One morning Ettie
came down to breakfast in better spirits
than usual. She entered the breakfast
parlor with light step, carelessly hum
ming "Wee" may the keel row." She was
looking forward to Filey and freedom
with keen young pleasure. The Tinie.s
newspaper lay folded upon the table; Et
tie took it up, and carelessly ran her eye
over the columns, which appeared drier
than usual. It was not long, however,
before the heading of a paragraph awak
ened within here feeling of eager, fright
ened interest, and bleached her rosy lit
tle face into a hue of ghostly whiteness.
FIRE AT SEA
The paragraph thus introduced ran as
follows :
"Her Majesty's ship "Conqueror," ar
rived in Plymouth Sound this morning,
from the Mauritius, reports the total loss,
by fire, of the ship "Ocean Ripple" (Syd
ney to London,) in lat. 42 S., long. 35 E.
The "Conqueror" has on board the sec
ond mate with ten of the crew belonging
to theill•fated vessel. These men aesert
that they were the only survivors."
Ettie. 44 terrified eyes ran quiettlY over
the dreadful sentence, and then, over
whelmed, the ehild.swooned s and fell.
When sho mime to herself, Author
supported her head and was bathing hor
temples. Assistance .from him at this
time seemed to aggravate her pain. With
what power she could exert, ,She raised
and disengaged herself. ,
— Her nppearanoe aE this moment was
Singular and beautiful. Her eyes, always
full of intelligence, shone with a preterna
tural lustre, as tboogh they were able to
discern objects invisible to others. Her
brdWn — hair, disordered in her recent
swoon, fell in a rich- wavy cascade over
her shoulders. Her Atoka were radiant
with a pet:mixer ghastly pallor.
A wordless Stillness, or flood of tears,
Would now have se,emed natural: But the
talkative, tearless unrest which Ettieca-
Whited; .was anomolous and alarming..—
She paced the room quickly, putting' into
plain words her mcst_distrees4ig-thonglitc-
l 4 Blno Boy is &gip. she said. ."40
was burnt to death or growaed: Nobody
was thorn to comfort liiFn, r Nopp,of you
uodorstood—what.sre—were to_each other.
:No - one can !mosole *me. - H p, is
,ion 0,. an d
I AM left alone for, Oer.' • ab orttellu-- ) '
kl aoh.in turn attempted to comfort ,her
TERMS:—S2,OO in Advance, or $2,50 within the year.
but without success. She walked for hours,
and would not hear of rest or food.
"He was burnt then," she repeated a
hundred times, "burnt or drowned My
worst fears have all come true; I am loft
alone. First mother went—then papa—
now Blue Boy! oh! cruel—cruel !"
From that morning there began with
Ettie a painful, puzzling dream. Once
only—her long long months—she seemed
awhile to wake from it. And that was
one day when cousin Jack came suddenly
into the room 'With tears filling his big,
long eyes, and when he took her on his ;
knee, as in years before, and kissed her,
and put his arm around her waist, and let
her head lie upon his shoulder; and when
he told her that be did not give up hope
yet, and that he believed Blue Boy—the
strong, spirited fellow! would be sure to
escape if any one could, and that it was
most likely he had stayed op board to the
last, like the brave English boy that he
was, and so those who bad been in a hur
ry to save their own lives had not known
of his safety.
To hear such words seemed like a brief
awakening. But the dream returned;
and although kind cousin Jack often af
terwards spoke in the same strain, his
corisolations soon came to be powerless,
like all others.
And then all at Mr. Prior's seemed to
grow cold towards Ettio. 'Why was this?
Mr. Prior himself, it was true, humored
all her whims, but;in a strange chilling
way. Mrs. Prior was continually glanc
ing at her suspiciously, and seldom took
notice of her remarlcq. Katie never came
IZfiler room as formerly. What it all
mean? And the dreary u,nyaried akligato
to these enigmatical combinations was the
evor present thought, " lie is burnt or
drowned, and I am left alone."
The peculiarity of manner towards Et
tie increased. Why did every one watch
her? Why might she not be allowed to
follow her own courses unnoticed, like
other people? Why had Hannah left
suddenly without wishing her good-by,
nd why had a new attendant come—a
person with queer, strong manners, who
gave 1 - er peremptory orders, and would be
obeyed?
One warm friend (besides cousin Jack)
Ettie had still. 'Possum would come daily
and rest his paws and chin upon her lap,
his honest dog's heart full of inarticulate
grief and affection. He would look up at
her absent eyes, and whine out how much
he - cared for - her; how• - well he remember=
ed the old days at Walthamstow when
papa and Blue Boy were there, and how
he hoped and believed that good times
would come back again, although lie might
not see how it was to he.
Then at last he would wid the girl's
wandering attention. She would pat him
gently, and say in a lois voice :—" !
'Possum, you're left to me still. You're
one of the old set. It was Blue Boy him
self who found you and brought you home,
just because you were so ugly that he
thought nobody else would. You mustn't
give me up, 'Possum. Whatever happens,
keep with me. Keep with me to the last!"
One day a strange gentleman and lady
came to Cavendish Square. The former
was tall and grave, but apparently gentle
and kind. The lady was a thorough lady.
Both expressed great interest in Ettie's
welfare. This surprised her; but she was
destined to be more astonished yet. They
begged her to come and pay them a visit.
She declined to accept the invitation. She
could not, she explained, feel comfortable
in going amongst strangers now. But
her guardian seconded the proposal him
self. It would be so delightful to her in
Wiltshire. Tho change was exactly what
she needed. She positively must go.
At last sbe consented. She began at
once to prepare for the journey, which
would take place the next day. At the
appointed hour Mr. and Mrs. Mensfort
called to fetch her. She was ready, and
seated herself beside her,.. future hostess
in the comfortable earriage--whiieli had
been brought to take hex; Jill the station.
The r earriage door was "about td beclos•
ed whhn ' a sudden scuffling sound was
heard in the hall. 'Possum came bound
ing out aoroqs the pavement. In spite of
the footnian's opposition, he scrambled
into the carriage, and took up his station
at Ettio's feet. -
Mr. Mensrort was sitting opposite to
Ettie. Motioning to the footman to offer
no hindrance to the dog's remaining, ho
immediately said; "Au old favorite, Miss
Arnold? Well, its only right that he
should come with us." •
"Ho must come, if I go," said Ettie.
" I had al l most forgotten him, but be doesn't
forget me. He is tho dog, Mr. Mensfort,
that know.papa and Blue Boy. Put per
hap you haven't heard—? Papa is dead,
and Blue Boy was burnt or drowned sit
sea. lam loft alone, quite alone."
" Well, ,my dear young lady, Nr.. Mona-'.
ford answered kindly l .".l.hopec; yea will
find that there'ara thOSpAqng yet who
love and 'care for.you . besides this faithful
friend at - yottr'feet?" '' -
7Ettie shook her lieltd. "But after all,"
she said earimstly; - "death, you know,
Mr. Mensfort, takes,nothing really away,
from. us. It may -make our dear one's in,
to flowers or summer Thit-every part
Of them is still: bore? Yon, will say' 4 .NO
their spirits 4re gone sway:" Bait yen are
wrong. ; Their epirits are witketiod, And,
is not he here .
. " True, true," replied Mr. Mensfort, as
the carriage drove off.
Some hours later, Ettie found herself
in a chariot more luxurious than that in
which she bad left her guardian's house,
with liveries before and behind her. A
short drive in stately conveyance
brought her in sight of a large and hand•
some mansion.
The carriage swept in at an imposing
gateway, with a Gothic lodge beside it,
and now brought the wandering little
traveler into a perfect fairyland. Although
it was winter, the sloping lawns and taste
fully disposed banks of evergreen, lit up
by a rosy evening sunlight, appeared to
her enchanting.
Witbin,the house all was as pleasant
as around it, Mr. Mensfort's and some
caber ladies and gentlemen who appeared
to be visiting at Healthfield Court, receiv
ed Ettie with the greatest kindness.
And in this place Ettie stayed on, sad
ly dreaming, out her wonderful, oppressive,
dream. 'Possum had his kennel here as
at home, and often walked with his mis
tress in the lovely grounds. Somehow
they both came to relinquish the idea of
going away again. Was not this far bet
ter, thought Ettie, than gloomy, smoky
London ? And if Mr. and Mrs. Metl9-
fort were anxious to keep her—and they
assured her that they were so—why should
she not remain ?
There came at last a sweet April day,
when the maiden earth, in a blush of
apple blossom, seemed like a modest
bride arrayed for her husband. Small
clouds of snowy fairness wreathed the
sky, and a magic veil of gauzy mist en
hanced the loveliness it softly shaded.
Ettie walked in the beautiful grounds,
noting, with a feeling akin to pleasure,
the purple iris as it began to push its
rich petals through their flat and folded
sheath, or the early tulip which painted
the well-kept beds with vivid splendors.
Sbe walked long, 'Possum, who by
this time was old, keeping at her side.
The grind of wheels upon the graveled
drive yonder presently caught her car,
and she raised her eyes towards the ap
proach to the house, whose nearest point
was some hundred yards or so distant
from where she stood. A. Hackney car
riage quickly swept round the curve of
the road visible from her station, and
disappeared. Two men were in it. So
much Ettie had time to notice and no
OEM
The French windows of the drawing
room, which were now open, faced that
portion of the garden where Ettie stood.
In a minute or two it became evident
that the visitors had entered that room,
and were talking there with Mr. Mena
fort, or " the doctor," as Ettie had now
learned to call him. Having no wish to
be observed by the strangers even at a
distance. Ettie turned her hack upon
the windows, and began to walk still
further from them.
As she did so she was suddenly puz
zled and alarmed at the conduct of 'Pos-
MEE
With a loud yell or whine he left her
like a shot. She turned herself once
more to discover, if possible, the cause
of this unexpected move. But no rea
son fur the dog's departure suggested it
self: He ran vehemently till he reached
the drawing room, where he disappeared.
For a few moments Ettie stood gazing
after her companion, wondering what
might have been his motive for leaving
her in this piecipitate manner. But she
had not long to wait for a solution of the
question.
Not many seconds had elapsed before
'Possum re-appeared. But be was not
alone now
Heaven: what meant it? this sudden
magic vision of a tall, well knit, well-re
membered boy's figure, of golden hair,
and a deep-bronzed thee, and glittering
buttons ?
Effie stood like a statue; her lips pale
and parted ; her hands clasped ; her
heart crammed with a nameless incred
ulous happiness.
Wonderful. It was not a mistake.—
There ho came bounding—bounding
towards her, while 'Possum capered and
barked a bark of joy before him. Yes,
there was the dear old face, all aflame
now with passionate love ; the eyes burn
ing with an intense pure brightness like
electric sparks ; the excitement of the
countenance enhanced by an indescrib
able expression of eager, wondering in
quiry.
A few moments more, and a great,
strong arm was clasping the fraE,ile girl's
figure two trembling lips wore pressed
upon the maiden's cheek ; and then,
from that true, manly sailor's heart there
swelled gp . such tours •as no ef
forts could suppress,
"111 y 'oWn darling," he said when ho
nould sob out anything like a word.,--
fc you u m) that safe aryl V491._ ,
I've been in awful peril, but tho good
Opd brought the through it. He
,sent
me back to you, d'earas't,fthatl • may niake
you well and- happy." •
."
And ''as';4 o .. his sqii'-poPsgssioA
InCline4l4, return', be hurried back
With . r ail its - Ho ''B%yr.4lO).yoll,
'sniffpd; •stared, raised his white eyOrows,
8et:44 3 .8):4411 )ips in the old dooldodit,P'oi
and 'lifted'his shapely chin with the, semi
-aefiiiiit air a :ti Then lie fell go.
to scanning the Silent girl's face. hO
did so the look of eager inquiry whioh
had oharaoterized his first gaze at hat,
gave plaoo to au expression of simple sat,
isifed love.
When she spoke, it was with the
greatest calmness.
"Blue Boy," she said, " You have
come to wake me up from the oddest, ag.
Heat dream I ever had in my life."
" YOP, my . darling. You have been,
ill, you know, very ill."
" But lam perfectly wall now. Let
me look at you, Blue Boy. How you've
grown, but you aro not altered a bit oth.
erwise. You are quite as—ugly as over t
No whiskers, that's right I God blesa
those brown cheeks l"
" Bless you, my 'Violet I But may If
call you mine ? Will you have me, put ,
ty lass, for your sweetheart ?"
" Yes, Blue Boy, I will, because I Mtn
help myself. Your eyes, sir, are forget
me-not. I thought so long ago, though
I never told you. The wide me obey
their blue command. I have never for-
NO. 10.
gotten them."
And then he took her round the waiai
and led her about the garden (which ap
peared to him to be Eden), and laughed,
and half cried again, and said if his great
staring eyes were forget-me-nots, he should
uncommonly like to know what hors wend
And he went on to toll her that she was
made of diamonds and gold, and sun
shine, and honey, and harmony. And hu
said that the bliss of to day would , hang
made up for ages spent clinging to charred
timbers upon a stormy sea; and that be
didn't care for anything; and that God
was too good ; and that the world was the
jolliest, happiest place going; and that
it was all right; and that (by Jupiter)
he'd never swear again nor have another
pipe as long as he lived. And he added
that Ettie must come away to-day, of
course, and that it was all humbug about
her being . And such a lot more be
said, that we despair of telling it all.
By-and-by he grew quieter, and then
Ettie looked up into his face and said ;
"Blue Buy, I know what's been the
matter with me."
"And I know," he answered, kissing
, "what's been the matter with me,
ever since that gloomy November day
that took me away."
"My mind has been affected," said Et,-
tie, "and this is an asylum that I am stay
ing at now. Are you afraid that I shall
get wrong again ?"
"I'm afraid of nothing. And lot me
tell you, Ettie, my mind has been affect
ed, and I, too, have found an asylum; but
it is one which I have no immediate in
tention of leaving, although the treat
ment I have received there has complete
ly cured me. Here it is," ho added, lay
ing his head upon her bosoni.
RE
„Ettie smiled with a smile so thorough
ly her own, that it was clear enough her
cure was in every sense as perfect as Blue
Boy's
"And now, old 'Possum," said the sail
or,-as-ho patted—tbe--uld—dog,-Eyou—de
serve a little notice. So you remember
me, as I told you, did you? And you
come just now to put an end to the doc
tor's doubtings and , head shakings, by
bringing me direct to my darling? And
you took care of her and stuck to her
while I was away ? A good old dog:"
They patted and fondly caressed Mal
together.
The ugly and aged animal panted out
upon his young master and mistress a
heart full of love, and thanks, and good
wishes; and then, feeling, perhaps, that
there was nothing left in this life which
ho particularly cared to see, or it may be,
unable to indure, after his late bodily ex
ertions, the bliss of the moment, he sank
upon his side, and stretching suddenly
out to an appalling length, while every
thing belonging to his frame bent in a
hideously wrong direction, poor 'Posstim
took his departure for that land whore
flies never annoy, where no ghastly moon
compel the midnight howl, and where
young masters (if indeed, any in the bip
ed form there exist) are as considerate
as they are fond.
Thp doctor owned to Violet's oompleto
cure. She did not now stay long
Hoalthfield Court.
That second gentleman who had come
with Blue Boy proved to be cousin Jack.
Although unable often to boar the sight
of poor Ettie while she had been stafering
from mental aberration, the kind, goeti
creature had continually been near her
He had never given up his hope that Blt
Boy still lived, nor his firm faith that the
moment of the lad's restoration to Ettie !
—if only that restoration might be grant ,
ed—would be the moment of the returg
to health.
Cousin Jack took a pretty ftirnished
country house, with a large garden, a eon::
sorvatory, and many other attractions
and there be placed little Ettie fur the
summer, sending poor homeless POOlu
Elizabeth to take care of her. And he
often camp himself tc see her, god we geed
not say that somebody else often came tool
And now Ettie learnt several new arid
some pleesant things relating to the 'pup :
She learnt, first that ber senior Info:dig))
was dead, and that his charming ion, Au
thor Popinjay, was engaged pe e Alas
Emptyhead; who, ac I 'o o o clad)
was pretty and well dressed. - )).0 yaret i
further, that Arthur had at one time de-
ten:Oh - led to marry her (EttiO,)
.and
hor removal to Cavendish Square had 'beep
pffeotp4 by tl;o` father in the
p' hiesilly eon's mishes; that oousinlikiolg
had, not approved
..tIM plan for Iler roomy,.
ul althoup,th, ier ignoranen. Anirole q
its real obi t, hi3'.lladrepommongeel-gttio
.to full.in with it rCIP the SaPr:promq ,,
Cousin eTaolc said, too (wiket trtiplifpcped
ket 0 0;) - ,k44 - he'Fift 111 0; giAtP,OO
he' died, •40 64id'IPliT-4 3 t 10 4 : 7 1 )et•
marry his •darling !no diy,,ang ApAge
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