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RHEEM & WEAKLEY, Editors & Proprietors
'lleorge Arnoldopens the September Harper with a mu
sicol little poem picture of '
• • SEPTEMBER.
sweetia the voice that calls
From babbling waterfalls
imealloWs where the doWny seeds arollying;
And soft the breezes blow
And elilylag come end go
In faded gardeni where the resole dying.
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• h AMong the stubbled corn
Theblitho quail pipes at morn,
T e terry partridge drums iu hidden places
And glittering,insects gleam
Above the reedy stream
'Where Inisy spiders spin their:filmy laces.
At eve, cool shadows fall
Acmes the garden wall,
Anil on.tha clustered grapes to Purple turning, '.
And pearly vapors lit, , .
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Along the eastern 54y .„ .
'Where the broad harvest-moon is redly turning
And patriarch swallows call their'llockii together
T • cOy from frost and snow, • •
' And seek Tor lands where blow.
The fairer blossoms of a balmier weather.
,„ The pollCmdnsted'heen
. Search for the honey-lee's
That finger, in the last flowers of September
While plaintive mourning doves
Coo sadly to their loves
Of the dead slimmer they so well remember
The cricket chirps all day,
"o ° , fairest summer, stay!"
The squirrel eye's askance the chestnuts browning;
^ The-Wild-fowl ily-afar
Above the foamy bar,
'And lufsten southward ere,the slci6 are frowning.
. Now comes a fragrant breeze •
Through the dark cedar trees,
And roman about any temples fondly lingers
In gentle playfulness
Like to the soft caress
Bestowed in happier days by loving fingers.
ket, though,a sense of grief •
Conies with the falling leaf,
And memory makes the minim& doubly-pleasant,
In all my autumn dreams
A .fnture summer gleams, •
Passing the !Wrest glories of the present
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From Fraser's Magazine.
HECTOR GARRET OF OTTER.
BY THE AUTBOR OF MIEG OF ELJEANK."
ONE winter night Leslie, in her.deep
chair, observed Hector '=Garret turning
0101:. the _leaves_ of—an-,-old—pocket-book-i_
catching her v,eye, he offered it to her
with a "See, Leslie, how my father chrOn-
Wed the fashions"—fie never did sup
pose
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her susceptible of very grave inter
ests.'
M., Professor of the
In , the dearth of other amusement,
Leslie pored over the diary, and found
-more suggestive paragraphs than the en
try indicated: "Abel Furness has sent
me a waistcoat an inch and a half, short
er, and a pair of clouded silk hese for
the black ditto, ordered." There were
—"Three pounds 'English to my boy
Hector. to keep his pocket during his
stay at Ardhope." "A crown to Hector
as fee for fishing out the black scot that
broke its neck over the rocks." " A let
ter from - Utrecht from my son Hector;
a fair hand and a sensible diction." ..!I_For
ty pounds over and above paid to please
Hector on the bond over the flax-fields
of Ferndeati." " A Small stipend se
cured to My thriftless kinsman, Willie
Hamilton, by the advice and with the
aid-of-my-son-Hector." . "To Earlscraig_
with Hector:" this notice was repeated
many times, until the recoid closed ab
rubt)y with the tremulous thanksgiving
-- 7 -" My dear son and heir, Hector, recov
erect of his maktly, by the blessing of
God."
Very plainly lay the life-clew of that
silent heart, traced in the faded ink of
thiiie 'yellowing pages. 'How old men
cherished tl eir offspring ! What did Hec
tor Garret think, of those mute but potent
witnesses of a regard that he could know
no more on'earth? She knew he prized
the book,,for she had seen it carefully
deposited in one of the private drawers
in his study. She ol.ened it at thelae•
ginning, and slipping her fingers into its
gilded pockets, discovered a folded paper.
It contained merely a sprig of heather,
and written' on . the inclosure—" From my
dear wife, Isabel; bef first gift." Two
dates Were: subjoined, with thirty years'
interval—that of the receipt of the to
ken, that of the inscription of the mem.
orandutn.
,With flushing cheeks Leslie sat, and
spread out the crushed; brittle spikes, so
fondly won,rso dearly held. She was
sure Hector had not one leaf, riband; or
ring which she bad given to him.. Once
when he was gayer thanhis wont, and
plagued her with his jesting petting, she
took up the.scissors-and cut off,a lock' of
his hair. He did not notice the theft
till it was accomplished, and then he
stood half-thoughtful, half contemptuous.
Ho had not a hair of hers, the whole head
was his; but his father thought other.
This earlier Hector Garret—she bad
heard Bridget enlarge upon,, `his merits
"A fine pan, like the master, but frank
and 'light of heart until , he kit the lady
—ay, a real lady! grand and gladsome
—the old lady of Otter." , Lealie.longed
fora vision of those old oceutitints of her
place and her husband's; to have'a vivid
ekperienoe of how they looked, spoke,
and lived: to sea them in spirit, in their
morning good wishes, their cares,
their evening cheer, their, nightly prjiy.
era. Was their union 'only apparent'?
I were they severed by tr dim , shapelebs
V~.~ ~ilr IY.S:Y ~7S:So
Ah, soon on flold nod fall
The Oilslie chill,
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CHAPTER IV
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insurmountable barrier, forever together,
yet forever apart?
These shades lingered and abode with
Leslie in her lonely vigils; ore. she dis
tinguished whether their language was
that of warning' or reproach. She stud
ied their material likenesses-the last
save one in, the picture-gallery—honest
faces; bright with wholesome vigor; their
son . Rector's -was fine physiognomy,
but the .light had left lip and eye, and
Leslie missed it as she gazed wistfully at
thesd shadows, and compared them -with
their living representative.' Stiff and
staring these two portraits,,but abundant..
ly characteriStic---the . bluff gentleman in
the green hunting'coat, in which* had
leaped many a thickset hedge, and scoured
many a 'height -and holltiw, for he had
been a mighty hunter in hiS day, as . well
as a loyal lover;„and generous master
-the handsome, portly lady, likewise in a
gold laced_cap, for she also had been a
rider; and, followed her lord in his pursuit
of the , hounds'as in every other- , --Wheth•
er s•iperficially or heartily,, Leslie was
sadly puzzled to determine, for indeed the
Otter chronicles classed the two as one,
and linked them inseparably until death
dissolved the union, and the laird remained
a widowediiiin — ftsl.li - e - remnant of his
days. The laird and the lady planned
the . garden ; the laird and the lady brought
in the cultivated acres of moorland; the
laird and the lady were even allied in h'er
yards of carpet work, fur had he not reared
the sheep and dyed the wool which her.
fingers worked indefatigably? Here was
a novelty to Leslie which she w,ls not pre. •
pared to admit.
A stranger came to Otter : that was an
unftequent event, even when the sPring:
was-advancing r -and-the-beats_which
been drawn up for the winter were ag'ain
launched inethe cove, and the brown nets
hong anew to dry on the budding whins .
and j; April go - ,WanS coniert
ing the laugh ti."TITY lea." . Their
nearest-neighbor, only an occasional resi
dent among them, lounged over wish his
whip, dog call, and dogs, and entered the•
drawing room at Otter, to be introduced
rot the first time to iis—mistress.
instincts . were hospitable, and they were
by• no . means stratriedTlYtiFilledid --- iiiit'
like this guest;' she felt 'an involuntary
repugnance to him, although he. was very
courteous to y er—with an elabbrate, os
tentarious hot frg - erthat astonished and
confused her. He was a man of Elector
0-arrett's age, but even in his rough coat
with marked remains of youthful foppish
ness and pretension. 1-1 e was a tall wan,
with beard and moustache slightly silver
ed, his aquiline features were sharpened
and drawn ; his bold, searching eyes sun
ken. He was a gentlemen, even tin ac
complished and refined gentleman, in
manner and accent—and yet there was
about him a nameless . coarSeness, the bru
tishness of self indulgence and low aims
and ends, which no polish could effue or
conceal.
-Leslie, - , -- notwithstandin her slight
knowledge of lifp; approhended this, and
shrank from the man ; but he addressed
Hector Garret, with the ease of an intl.
mate assoc!ate—and Hector Garret, with
his pride and.scrupulousness, suffered the
dearapproachTandonly-winced when-the
stranger,. Accosted Leslie, complin ented
Leslie, put himself coolly on the footing
of future friendship with the lady of the
house.
The day wore, on, and still the visitor
remained, entertaining himself and—dis
coursing widely, but for the most part on
practices and motives strange at Otter.
"So you'velnarried, after all, Bector,','
he said, suddenly, as they sat together in
the twilight: "well, I excuse you," with
a laugh and a touch on the shoulde'r.
The words. were simple enough, but
they tingled in Leslie's cars like inso
lence, and Hector Garret, so hard to rouse,
bit his lips while he answered in difficul
ty•—• 4 And when does your time come,
Nigel? _ Are the shadows not declining
with. you ?"
"Faith, they're so low, that there's
not light left for the experiment; be
sides, French life spoils one for matri
mony here, at least so poor Aline used to
say no galling'bonds , on this side the
Channel—the peaceful conventgrille, or a
liglit %marriage de conversance among the
pleasant southerns—not that, they are so
pleasant akbey were formerly."
Hector' Garret got up and walked to
one of the window recesses ,his brow knit,
his teeth set. ,
Leslie rose to steal from the room.
_"Nay, stay, madam,'!_urged-the bland ) .
brazen intruder, "don't rob us so soon of
-fair living apology for/at - les souvenirs."
But "Go, Leslie, we, will not detain
you,!' Hector Garret- exclaimed, impa
tiently; and. Leslie hurried, to her own
chamber fn a tumult of surprise and in
dignatien, Lind vexed iiiiifiticioryistr:
ries, had not ceased; and what was this
mystery to which Hector Garret deigned
to lend himself in disparaging company
with a sorry fine gentleman? • -
Bridget Kennedy was there before her,
making a pretence of fumbling in the
wardrobe, her head shaking, her lips
working, her eyes blazing with repressed .
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. rage and malice. -
"Is be there, .madam, still?" she de
imrd,:d impetuously. ' "Is he torturing
and maddening Maater Hector' with his
tones.and'gestUres? 'Re I—that ought td
Carlikie, Pa., Friday, September 15, 1865
crouch among the bent ,grass and fern
sooner .than pass the other on the'high
road. Borrowing and begging, to lavish,
on his evil courses :.he whopould not, pay
us--Lot in red gold, but with his heart's
blood—the woe he wrought. They had
guileful, stony hearts, the Boswells, be
fore they ever took to foreign lightness
and wickedness ; and evil to him who
trafficked with them in life or death."
" Who is he, Bridget 7" I' o not know
him ; I cannot understand,'? gasped Les
lie.
"Don't ask me, madam—you, least of
all."
"Tell me, Bridget, tell Me," implored
the girl, frighened, yet exasperated,
catching the old woman's withered hands,
and bolding them fast.
" Don't ask we; madam," reiterated
Bridget, sternly. " Better not." -
• "I will knoW ; What do you mean? Oh,
you hurt Me, "you hurt mei I will ask
Hector Garret himself. I cannot . bear
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this 'suspense. ;, ".
"Child, do you- choose what you can
bear? Beware!" menaced the nurse;
then, as Leslie 11, mild have broken from
her=
Have it, then. He is the brother of
that Alice Boswell why. perished in the
burning of Earlscraig nigh twenty years
ago. '
"Poor lady, Bridget," Leslie said, with
beWildered, excited, sob. " Poor utF
happy lady; but what has that to do
with, him, with. me?- I understand no
better. Help me, Bridget Kennedy—a
woman, like myself. I will. not let you
go."
" Madam, what good will it serve ? It
is small mattcr now :" then half relii'dt,
an tly,----balfwith---that—possessi-m—with•
which truth fills its keeper, slowly and
sadly she unfolded the closed story
Whit had -Master lieetor to do with
Alice Boswell? Ele.had . to_do with her
as a man has to - dd with his heart's de
sire, his snare, his pitfall."
"HO loved her, Bridget; he would
have wedded her. I might never have
been.his—•that is - -
-" Love. marriage," s -I `copi.fully ; " I
know notfllat lie spoke die words,. but
he lay_ at her. feet. Proud as, Master
Hector was, she might have trodden on
his "neck; cool as Master Hector seems
to others, he was fire to her. I have seen
him come in from watching her shadow,
long hours below her window, in the•
mind and rain, and salt spray. I have
known hi!a when he valued her glove in
his bosom more than a king's crown—
blest; blest if he had but one word or a
glance. But long gone by, Madan].
Master Heetor has gained wisdom and
gravity, and is the head of the house;
and for fair Miss Alice, she has gone to
her place. Yes, she was a beauty, Miss
Alice; she could play on stringed instru
ments dike the heavenly harpers, and
speak nn:ny tongues, and work till the
flowers grew beneath -her fingers. She
learnt to wilemen's souls from their bo
, dies, if' nothing.more, in the outlandish
parts where she was bred." •
"So fair, so gifted—did She care
.for
him in return, Bridget? Did she loVe
him as he loved her ?" asked a. faint
MEI
"What need you mind, madam?"
" It is ill speaking harsh words
of the dead. Did I not say thaisTe . had
gone to her place ? God defend you from
suchna pas Sage. Let he l ir rest. Sure she
cared for him, as she cared for aught else
save herself. She scattered smiles and
favors on scores. He' knew at last what
she took and what she gave, if he did not
guess it always?'
"Why did he not save her, Bridget?
die with her ?"
' " Madam," bitterly; "he did whatniiiti
could do. They say he was more like a
spirit than a mortal;. but if he was to lose
his love, how Could even Mgster Hector
fight :against his Maker ? He was fain
to follow her ; -he-dallied-with death for
weeks and months. Those were fell days
at Otte:, but the Lbrd restored him, and
now he is himself again, and no woman
will eyer move Master I I octal. more."
There was silence in the room for a
space. At last Bridget broke it : "Do
you want any thing more with me, madam,
or shall I go ?"
Haughty as Bridget Kennedy was, sho
spoke hesitatingly, almost pitifully. ' She
had stabbed that young thing sitting pale
and cold before her ; and no sooner was
the deed dond, than her strong deep nu ,
turd yearned over hey , victim as it had
-never - done - to Hector - G arret's - girt Wife,
in the first rosy lush of her thoughtless
gladness.
" Nothing ti more." The words
.were
low and heavy ;' and when Bridget left
her, Leslie raised her hands and linked
them :;together ; and stretched them out
What was this news that had come to
her as from a far country?=--this blinding
light, this,burst of knowledge that had
to do with the very springs of a, man's
nature, this
.*fountain so fall to 1:11
, Boe s 4o
empty to others ? She had heen,,4;le'oeiv.:
ed, robbed' liectOr Garret was Alice
13oswell's---in life and deoh, Alice Bos
well's. •
This ove, wino she had l known so ,
slightly, measured BO earelessly—oll,
light, shalloW heart 1-:--had been rooting
iii his .very Is ? , had constrained him
as a Conqueror his captive, had 'been the
very essence of the man until it spent
-itself on Alice BoSwell's wild grave: 'lie
had, come to .her with a lie' in his right
hand, for he was Yound and fettered in
heart, or else, but the blue, stiff corpse of
a man dead withio;. he.bad.,betrayed her
woman's right, her best, dearest, truest .
rioitt her call to love 'and to be loved.
Another might have wooed her as he had
wooed Alice poswell ; to "another she
"might bave been the first, the only one !
She kneW now why she was no helpmeet,
no friend tor brow ; Vhy his hand did not
raise her to his eminence, his . soul's breath
did not 'blow . upon,bers, and. create vigor,
goodness, and grace to 'match his own.
Peep had not cried unto deep; heart •
had not spokeuto heart : thedry bones,
'the vacant form, the empty craving, Were
her portion; and out of such Annatural
holloWness have arisen, Once and again;
deadly lust and sin. , • •
. Why had none stepped in between her
and this pruel moeltery and'terelitation ?
" Mother, Mother, how could you be false
to your trust ? Were you, too, cheated
and bereft Of your due ? left a cold,
shrinking • woman, withering, not sud
denly, but for a whole lifetime_?"
Leslie sat..long weighing her burden,
until a tap utthe door amfßridget Ken s .
ne,dy's voice disturbed her.: "Eiirlscraig
is gone, madam ; Master Hector is sit
ting alone with his thoughts in' your
YOOlll. Maybe, he is missing his cup of
tea, or, if you please, madam, his lady's
company that he is usedlt- at this hour."
Leslie rose - mecha.nically, .walked
. out,
and entered her drawing room What
did he there, his eyes fixed on thebroken
turret of Earlscraig, defined clearly on
the-limiwd-horizon r his-moinory-hoverin
over the fate of fair Alice Boswell ?
Was it horrible to be jealous of a:dead
woman ? to' wish 'herself in that ever
present grave, sacred -to biln as the holi
est, though - no priest blesSed it, no house
of God threw over it the shadow;of the
finger pointed to heaven—the cross that
bore a world's Saviour ? But that swift
and glowing passage from life and light
and love, such as hiS to darkness, forget•
fulness:--eternityl, •Bow could sho•have
fhced it? • :Bridget,her old enemy, had
prayed she might be.delivered - floin it,.
whatever her trials. -
" Nigel Boswell is gone 'at last; he was
an old playfellow, and fortune and he
have been playing a losing': game ever
since," he said, in unsuspecting expla
nation, as he joined her where she , sat
indier favorite window.
She did not answer him; she was stun
nad, and sat gazing abstractedly on the
wall flowers rendering golden the mossy
court wall, or far away on the' misty Ot
ter sea. She thought he had relapsed
into his reveries, was with the past, the
spring tide of his life, the passion of his
early manhood, while she was a little
school girl, tripping demurely and safely
along the crowded Glasgow streets. If
she had looked up at
_him she_would have
”en thathe_was observing her curious'y
—wondering where his young wife had
acquired that serious brow, those fixed
eyes.
"What are you thinking of, Leslie ?"
" Nothing; Lcannot tell," hastily and
resolutely.
"•That sounds suspicious." He put
his hand on her head, as he had.a habit
Of doing ; but she recoiled from him. '
" What a sly little brain that dreads
that a finger of mine on its soft covering
Must diScover its secrets ! Are they
treaiures, Leslie 7"
Oh, bliUd, absent, reckless inau, what
treasure-keeper kept such ward !
Lightly won, was lightly held
Leslie struggled with her oppression for
several dull, feverish.days ; then, driven by
her own goading thonghts, her sense of in,
jury, her thirst.for justice and revenge, she
left the-house and wandered out on the bench
to breathe free air, to forget herself in exer
tion, fatigue, stupor. It was evening, dark
with - vaporgloomy; with a rising gale;"the
sea beginning to mutter and growl. Leslie
sal shivering by the water's edge, fascinated
by the sympnthy nature with her bitter
hopelessness.. A voice on the barks and
meadows, even in the Chill night air, whis
'pored of spring advancing rapidly, with buds
and flowers, with sap, fragrance and warmth,
and the tender grace of its' flood of green
but here; by the. waves, a passing thunder
cloud, a stealthy.; mist, a whistling breeze i .
darkened tile scone, and restored barren dis
mal water in a single hour. The night
drooped down without moon or star, and still
Leslie sat listless, droivsy with sorrow; until
as she rose she sank bticic sink and giddy; and
then the idea of premature death, of passing
- awity - Wlthont - fr - sign; ofhidiit Tier pain un
der the silent earth that has cOveredsomany
sins and sorrows; first laid hold of her.
The notionywas not fairly welcome ;' she
•
was young . ; her heart had been recently
wrung ;
,she bad been listless and dinappoirt
ted—but had loved her few isolated en
gagements, her country life, her household
dignitY, -- thw.proteetion - of - her husband -- Sh o
could not divest herself of these feelings at
once: She feared the great unknown into
'Which she shOuld enter ; but still de . a.th did
not appal her as -it might Ifni-none; it was
'something to be scanned, waited for, sub-_
initted to; as a true sovereign.
The cold wind pin:bed her through and
through ; the rain fell ;, she could not drag,
lerself•tram,the shelving rock though the
tide' was 'irtiing. ; She- felt . froznn, her limbs
like lead, her 'mind wandei4ng, or' lafipfzig
into unconsciousness. • ,
, ,
She did 'not:, hear a call, an approaching
foot :•, but her' sinking imlae:s:leaptuP with
sudden :Oyer and passion when
,Hector; Oar-
TERMS:--$2,00 in Advance, 0r•52,60 within the year.
ret stooped over her, and endeavored to iaise .
her. , .
"Here, Bridget, she is found I Leslie, Why'
have you remained out so late? *You have
been sleeping; you have made yourselt ill.
How can you be so .rash, soArnprudent ? It
is Childish—wrong. You have caused'ule
anxiety-distress! Poor old Bridget has
stumbled farther in search of you, this squal
ly night, than sh l e has venttired on the sun
•niest morning for many a year."
He was excited, aggrieved ; he upbraided
her. He had sympathy for old Bridget's in
firmities; he knOw nothing of.his wife's mis-
Leslie resisted him as she had done since
that day, slipped from his clasp, strove to
steady-herself, and to - walk atone in her
weakness. , iii:idget put her feeble arm
around her.
X.,can on me, madam, and I will lean on
• you, for I am frail, and the road is rough,
and the wind 'blowing fresh, besides the
darltnnss. • knew that would quiet :her,"
she muttered: " Poor old. Bridget!" .said
Master Hector, 4, poor oolleen 1 misled, mis
guided: :Cruel makes cruel. 'St. Patrick '
could not save himself from thenecessity."
Hector Garret was content since ho saw .
Leslie safe; he accused her of miptiousness
and ,nervousness; but it was the wayward
: ness and perversity of illness. He had tried
her'imple nature with too much nictitation
from:har kind; she had groWn morbid on
-the-baneful - dief - tutored - thtitigh she lradibeen
to self-dependence. 'He had been to blame ;
but her merry temper would . come back,
with the Tose to her cheek, and the si• ring to•
her foot, with, Om; ties, other occupations'
—dearer, more sufficient. •
CEAPTER .1r
THE MOTHER AND CHILD
"How is the pqor child,.Bridget Kenne
dy ? Does,almjaite as she should do ?"
. "The Child is as fine a child, Master Hec
tor, as if she had been a boy, and a Garret,
on both sides of the house, and will thilvoif
her.mother will let her. There are mothers
that would hinder their bairns in the'death-
rattle, and there are others that so watch,
their little ones that the. angels of. God are
displaced from their cradles ; and the weary
human care haunts and harasses the infant,
and stops its growth." ,
6 . , I am not learned in these matters ; Brid-.
get. You brought me up; I trust you to .
"rear my children." • .
" None shall rear: hem but; their mother,
Master Ilectorf, none shall co - m 9 between her
and them. I have ruled. hing - itt 'Otter; Ina -
I dare not dispute with her there."
- ,
ii.Settle.it_as_yattlike I slid not mean_
then; —I was not thinking of them at all. 11 1
asked for their mother. You have expe
rience His she well—happy asshe should be?"
" I wish you would not provokatiah mis
takes, Master Hector,'' said Bridget, pettish-;
ly; "I wish yoti wculd find some other name
for your wife. You should knewbest, but
is it Sultabie to term the nursling and lino
parent by the same title ? lam a foolish old
woman, but it seems. strange•to me. Your
father did not confound them."
"At ! I daresay not. We will find a
Christian name for the ne,w-comer, and end
the Comedy of Errors, since you dislike "it,
and Leslie, too,._doubtless ; for women are
nice on these points."
" Leslie, what shall we call the baby?" in
quired Erecter. Garrel the next time'lle steed
by his wife's side, wishing to divert her hy
plea ant difficulty, and to vary the expressiori
of those large 'eyes—larger now than ever—
which, he knew not why, fascinated him by
the intensity of their gaze. "I cause Bridget
to blunder oddly between you ; so set
her at rest by fixing, as soon as you can, the
momentous question."
" I have fixed," answered Leslie, quietly.
" I commend your foresight; a Irian, now,
would have.left the alternative open to the
last:" • -
" Mrs. Garret's gra daughter -must be
named for.• Mrs. Garret's mother,"_declared
Bridget, authoritativelY.
"NO," denied Leslie, hastily; " I have
named her for myself—if you do not object,"
she added with Allush, half shlime, half pride.
• 4 I ? Oh, no; do 'as you will. It will not
solve Bridget's puzzle;• but I am content.—
Leslie is a bonnie title:"
Leslie compressed her lip. .
My moth Or's name is bonnier," sIM said,
abruptly ; ."rorinothePs name is Alice."
He started, and pied at her keenly, while
she continued, falteringly, but with Li stub
born will in her speech "
" I wish nly baby to bo mine in every
thing, particularly as she is a girl. lam not
wise nor clever, nor strong now.. I fear I
am often peevish; but you will excuse me,
because lam a weak, ignorant woman. Such
- defV - Cts - are not tatal iri a motlior iliuhdredi
have overcome thorn for their children. i
trust-that I will be, if pot what a better NVO
man-might have boeri, - at iciest more to - Thy
child than any can be.. Efor mother l—so
holy a tie,ynust confer some . , peculiar fitness.
Yes ;.% baby is mine, and must lie on my
knees, and learn to laugh in my poor face.
And so I wish her to have my name also,
that there may be a complete union bet Ween
He know now what intelligence had reach
ed her;'but while the old wound" burnt
afresh, the shyness of the still but sensitive
nature, the pride ° OI the grave strong man
were offended and injured. He was only
conscious of thopetulent,unreasonable, un,
kind surface; he did not sound the deep re
sentment and jealousy beneath ; ho did not
dream'of the anguish of the secret cry whoie
outward expression struck npon his vexed
ears;'he did nothear the inner -protest, " I
will not have my baby bear his love's Arlo ;
recal her to him, be a inemorial of her be
addressed with fondneis as much for the saki)
of old times as for her own er the innocent !
be brought up to resemble Alice, trained to
follow in her footsteps, until, if I died, my
child would be more Alice Boswell's - than
- One. Never, — nover "
- Hector Garret little knew Leslie Bower ;
slowly ho arrived at the discovery.'first a
troubled-saspicion, then'adireeertainly. Not
the transparent, light-hearted, humble girl,
`whom a safe, prosperous country home,- an
honorable position,`"' a kindly; - reg 'left
more than satisiled 7 4 happy ; but:the vision
cry, enthusiastic woman, confinding, but
clOming confidence for zonfidence;, tender
,and tree, but fiemandinglike sincerity, con
stanoy, purity, and power.or odoivoti9n. ;Rad
ho but known her the first; but a man's fate
lieS in one'woman; had he but left her in
her: girlish sweetness . and ''gaiety„;. Had he
never approcked her with hiS cold overtures—
bis barren, artificial expedience and benevo
lence. She erred in ignorance and inex
perience ; but he against the bitter fruit of
knowledge, in wilful tampering with truth-L.
reluctantly,,,misgivingly-.4elfishly cozening
his conscience, hardening himself in unbe
lief, apPiying Salve to the sold vital. stab to,
his independence, With an egotistical: and
presiamptuous condeit of protecting -and.be-'
friending the young full life which without
him would have found for itself tin outlet,
and flown on rapid, free and rejoicing, hi
lie only refrained from 'diverting its curaent
into a dttll, dark, long-dratned channel.
where it was damned up or oozed out slu;-
.gishly, gloomily, despairingly—without nat
ural spring -time, sunshine, abundance, glad
ness, until lost in .the great
He had viewed but the soft, silken bud,
whohe deep cup was drunk , with dew,,—its
subtle, spicy fragrancii-prevading, lingering,'
fled ; its rich royal hues were yet to come.
In his blind coarse blundering he had mis
taken the bud for the flower, the "portal, for
tht church; he had 'entered with heedless,
profane foot, and blighted the blossom and
rifled the alter. For -the leal;es had been
unclosed, the gates unbarred under his neg
lect; and Leslie, with a noble woman's frank
ness,_generosity_,_alisl_Meekness---that—true-
meekness which' oftenest cleaves and melts
theringing metal of a high spirit-,-Leslie
had begun tolove him, to fix her heart upon
him, to grow to him—stolid, sardonic statue
that he wasl—until that shock exfaised his
flaws and wrenched her froM her hold. Bet
ter to he thus rudely dissevered, perhaps,,
than to was e her womanliness, puny and
pale from its vague, bald nourishment, on a
fraud and a farce.
A PITIFUL CASE ---Very many years
ago a man was apprehended in Ham : hire,
England, charged with a capital offence—
sheep stealing, I believe. After being
examine. le ore a justice 'e peace,
he was committed. to the county jail at
Winchester for trial at the ensuing assi
zes. The evidence against the man was
too strong to admit of any doubt of his .
guilt; he was conseqnently sentenced, and
sentenced to death—rigidly enforced for
this crime at the period alluded to—pro
nounced. Months and years passed away,
but no warrant for his execution arrived.
In the interval a - marked improvement
man'Sconduetid - bearingYeaaine
apparent. His
_natural, abilities were
good, his temper mild, and-his general
desire to please, attracted the attention
and _engaged the confidence of the prison,
who atiength employed hini z as a -domes
tic servant; and• snob on
his integrity that' he even employed 'him
in exeeuting commissions, not only in the
city, but to places at a great distance from
it. After a considerable lapse of time,
"however, the o awful instrument, which had
been inadvertently concealed among oth.
er papers, was discovered, and at once
forwarded to the high•sheriff, and by the
proper authority to the unfortunate de.
'linquent himself. My purpose is .brief
relation only; suffice it to say, the unhap
py m e an is stated 'under 'these affecting
circumstances to have suffered the last
penalty of the law: Notes and Queries. •
BE YOUR OWN RIGHT HAND MAN.-
People who have been bolstered up and
levered all their lives are seldom good
for anything in a crisis When misfor.
tune-comesi-they-look- around for some
thing. to lean - upon: If the prop is not
there, down they go. ()nee down, they
are as helpless as c'apsized turtles or un
horsed men in armor, and cannot find .
their feet again without assistance. Such
silken fellows no more resemble selfmade
men who have fought their way to posi
tion,.making difficulties their stepping
stones/ and deriving determination from
defeat, than vines resembles oaks, or
sputtering rush-lights the stars of heaven.
Efforts persisted into achievements train
a man to self reliann, and when he has
proved to the world that he cant rust
himself, the world - will trust him.
We say, therefore, that it is unwise to
deprive young men of the advantages
whinh - result - froin their energetic action,
by boating them, over obstacles which
thelought surmount alone.
Inounu. WORDS :—Bewalif of impure
words. Filthy conversation is a fruitful
means of corruption. It is a channel by
whieji the impurity of ono heart may be
communicated to anothd. And we know
who bathe said, " Evil communications
corrupt gobd manners.'' Words are an
index of the state of the heart. Hence
says Christ, " By thy words thou shalt be
justified; and by thy words thou skalt be
condenined; for Avery idle_word &it men
shall speak, they shall give an account
thereof in'the day of judgement." There
are those whose conversation is filthy and
disgusting. Parents should guard their
children from such They should
selves avoid every indelicate expression,
and chea t the first appearance of any
such thing in their Children. Avoid-fool
ish talking and jesting. Childyen, let
your words always be pure.'
One of the high courts in Ireland has
just decidelthat a ,nun is not dead in
'Bobbi;who Us kissed several says
".they are ',not; I deaW any Byron
was of the same petitiasiun,:
Fubbs says; " if there is any, one thing
that he hates to See worse`,than: anothar,
it is to see a girl ' , invariable Wipe 'her
mouth iftei he 13119 i ift*PA her.", It dges
leek suspieloUs, we oordess.
A gentleman who'has been in the lee
trade at St. Thomas, relatesfunny awe:
dotes about the natives there and tbe'M
luminous idea of Bokon - hard.wator
He once sold a lump - in a gentleman,
who sent a colored servant ,for- it, with
directions to have it kept fOr the dinner
table. The servant took it home, and
inquired of the cook how it was prepar
, ed. After considerable discussion in tbe
kitchep_ cabinet, it was decided to have
it bead. At dinner the gentleman call
ed for it, and was in high glee, for, he
had drunk iced champagne in: the State,
and be felt a mighty hankering for a
second trial of the same beverage. (-
; oon Sambo v thade his appearatice,with
eyes rolling on the outside, grinning like
a frightened monkey. '
" Where is the ice, Sambo?" said the
gentleman. ,
" Oh I glory, massa I" replied Satnbo,
"I put him in de pot and boiled him for
.more an half an hour, and when I went
to look for him, he was not dar."
NO, 37•
viljn the village of K--, Welk Vir
ginia, lives an old man, known 'as' Uncle
Paul, noted for his eccentricities and
fondness for Natural History. Quite a
cniwd had collected at the Post•office
waiting anxiously for the war news.—
Uncle Paul entertained
,the crowd by tel
ling the old^cat'story—,how they fought
till nothing was left of them but the tips
of their tails,' &c. A rough looking spec
imen of humanity from the country seem
ed to drink in• every word the old man
said about the cats; and then, to be even,
remarked,
Why, Uncle Paul, that's a pretty good
cat story, but it is nothing to what I saw
yesterday. I was corning down_the_moun
tain, and. saw near a little brook a water
snake trying to swallow a toad."
"All right; nothing strange about that;"
replied:llnel° Paul. "Just read Natzerl
al History, and it will tell you that water
snakes live on toads."
" Yes, maybe itovill," said the coun
tryman ; " but you gee the snake, when
1 first saw it, bad the toad's hind leg in
his mouth; and the toad Squirmed around
until he got the snake's tail in his mouth;
and,in less than a minute they swallowed
each other, and you
,couldn't see a sign
of them !" . .
A enjoyee the yarn but Uncle Paul,
wbo'left for home, anying it ,was a lie,
and that there was nothing in Natural
History like . it.
MANNIt§.-1 make-it a point of mor
ality says 'a writer, " never: to find fault
withanotherfor his manners. They may
be awkward or graceful; blunt of polite,
polished or rustic, I care not ,what they,
are if the wan means well, and acts from
honest-intentions-without-eccentrieity -or
affectation. All men have not the ad
vantage of ",a good society," as. it is
called to school themselves—in-all its fan
tastic rules and ceremonies, and if there
is any standard of good sense and not
upon these artificial regulati2ns. Man
ners, like , . conversations, should be ex
temporaneous, and not studied. I always,
suspect a• man that meets me with the
same perpetual smile on his face; the'
same bending of the' body, and the same
premeditated shake or the hand. Give
me the hearty, it may be rough,—grip
of the hand, the careless nod of recogni
tion and when occasion requires the home
ly but welcome salutation. " How are
you my, old friend ?"
A MARRIAGEABLE FEMALE.—Proba
bly the richest woman in the United States
is Miss Hester Robinson, a young and
beautiful girl, lately of NeW;"Bedford, but
now a resident of New York City - . Her
father died recently, leaving her one mil
lion outright, and the income during her
life of about four million more. Her aunt,
Miss S. A. Howland, of New Bedford,
who deceased about the first of july, al
so left her a million, but at the same time
bequeathed large Built& to various other
peisons who were not her blood relations,
among the rest,,giving to her phySician a
hundreCor a hundred and fifty thousand
dollars. Miss Robinson is dissatisfied
with this will, and has employed five of
the most, eminent counsel in Massachu
settes to endeavor to have it set aside,
though on what grounds the public is not
yet informed. Probably, however, the
motive is a passion for more money.
INTELLIGENT NEGROES.-A norres
pendent of the . Newark (N. J.) Advertis
describjpgthe season at I.ake George,
says that at one of the hotels the servants'
department is .filled with oolnred men,
, neatly unifortned with white jackets, and.*
every one skilled - in - his business.- One
of the best vocal and instrumental sere
nades ever heard was got up by them one
mellow_ moonlight night, in front of the -
hotel. During an afternoon stroll 'in a
Wood adjoining the lake, four tiolored men
were seen writing, three reading and one
sketching the scenery. In enswer to an
inquiry one of them
,replied, that out of
forty or fifty waiters employed in the ho
tel, every one could read and with one
exceptioirtill - e - dilld write. Cin you find
the same number of white servants in
any hotel in Saratoga - or New York equal ,
lilintelligent and educated? or better fit
ted to exercise the elective, franchise'?
RESPOIsISTIIMITY OF FATEIERS —On
this subjeCt, Chancellor Kent holds the
following-language ;---"-A--father
bound by the contracts of his son, even
for articles suitable and necessary, unless
an actual authority' be proved, or the
circumstances'be sufficient to imply one
Were it otherwise,a 'father who, had an
finprndent son, might be prpjudic94 to an
iad e f kg fte extent. Wino is necessary for
he child,- isleft-to-tlie-Aiscretion - rof - :the
•
parent; and where theiti an .t.' is` under
the control of 'ltiECparent,', there:lt:Macho
a clear omission of duty as to ueaea arses,
before aiibit4persOn a nlutorfere and ;;
" or h . '
furnish: hem au o Argo a op,
Teed Champagne