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MORE DREAMS.
FROM THE DUBLIN NATION
I have no joy but in thy smile
Save in thy frown, no pain ;
Come to my side a little white
I'll never ask again.
To 6ee thee, and thy looks to bless
To hear thee, and thy words adore ;
I ntver dreamed of more than this
I'll dream of this no more.
I know the idle tale I tell
Will wake no echo in thy breast ;
In thy heart's charmed circle well
I know mine cannot rest ;
But thou wert dear from earliest years,
And dearer every day ;
And love that's nursed in tho't aud tears
Cannot be wiled away.
If I could bid my heart be still,
Of what avail were this ?
'Twill never cost thine own a thrill
Of anguish or of bliss ;
'Twill follow thee thro' life and death.
True guardian by thy side,
Yet never ask a single breath
Of fon Iness for its guide.
Come to my side a little while
I'll never ask again ;
My heart is sick for one sweet smile
Hearts rbould not plead in vain.
Ah ! but thine eyes are filled with tears
They do not turn away ;
Thy hand thy hand the love of years
Has not been all astray.
THE HUSBAND'S SECRET.
LINES
r.VI VS OF THE CAPITOL AT WASHINGTON.
BY J K PAVLDIX1.
One d:iy, a good many years ago, a young wo-
j man knocked at the door of a little cottage, in
J the suburbs of a little town of Xewcastle-upon-
Tyne. The knock was immediately responded
! to by the opening of the door within. An aged
woman, neatly dressed, and who had evidently
j risen from her wheel, was the sole inmate of the
little cot.
" Kiess 3-'Mir heart, girl," said the dame, as she
' entered with her visitor, and sat down to the
( wheel again, " there must surely be something
particular about you to-day, for you did not use
; to kn.x-k "
ve cannot write them, Bather we could
.. nuw that it hns failed of accomplishment.
lie infamous menace should pa away for
r m the memory of maa.j Home Juut nal.
.r uji yon noble pile, at evening's fall,
the pale moonbeams mingled with the stain
Juk'uir.g fires upon the mouldering wall.
. ;ve strayed, aud mourned the ruined fame ;
:;ua stalked athwart my wayward path,
pel my musing, meditative way !
. '. ts its look, as if in secret wrath
tij.t revenge, an J shunned the tell talc day.
: 1 gazed with wonder at the shade,
i f moonlight nickered on its head,
- whitened honors hoary age letrayed,
ivL-ae pale seemed borrowed from the dead.
.ia Lour gl ss tremble in its "hand,
''n a scythe leclined its aged form ;
-lie though in ruin, sadly grand,
! i 'have weathered man7 a pelting storm.
TiaE and indignation checked my fear;
satiate fiend." I cried, in angry voice,
'. erne to view thy ruthless triumph here,
: jer thy work of ruin to rejoice ?"
!y answered, with a bitter smile,
voi'-e that se2med to come from some old
-rave :
is not 1 that blasted this fair pile ;
tfie to niourn the wreck I could not save.
erses appended be-low it is believed have
etofore appeared iu print. They were
vn. no doubt, iu the year 1814. Little did
-i:-r imagine that, in forty-seven years from
i.v:.e, the threat of a similar baibarinin wo'd
?V .m mi intestine foe. and that that iutes-
U wU b at the same time soliciting the j " 1 afriJ me one nii-ht ypu
- f . 1 i t i-.rt mother ,,J t the prl. rhi hal taken a soaJ
i foreign nation for a;u. it voiua almost . e
as if the i e-m had leen left in a species of j 'TP-site the spinner.
1 - ..A 1.11 -11111 1-1
, . - i i,f i;;r,oi ct.,r,7is "Ana inougu a neigriDor nau neen nere, re-
"iileteness. in trucr that addiaouai stanzas ; on
u-cord the second and more mournful in- P1 he nie, this, surely, would not have
Rut. were it otherwise proi-er to an- frightened you away. But the truth is, you
have something to say to me, vatnarinc,' con
tinued the sneaker, kind'y ; " out with it, my
dear, and depend on the bestcouel old Hannah
can give."
The young woman blushed deeply, and did not
speak.
" Has William -Hutton asked you t become
his wife, Catharine ?" said the dame, who easily
ami rightly anticipated the matter that was in
the thoughts of her youthful visitor.
He has. mother," was the reply.
"Well, my dear," said she, after a short pause,
is not this what yon have long expected, aye,
and wished ? ne has your heart, and. I sup
pose, it needs no witch to tell what will be the
end on't."
This might all be very true, but there was
something on Catharine's mind which struggled
to be out. and out it came.
Dear Hannah." said she, seating herself close
by the dame, and taking hold of her hand, "you
have been a kind friend a parent fo me since
m3' poor mother died, and I have no one to look
to for advice but yourself. I have not given Wil
liam an answer, and I would not until I had
spoken to you ; more especially as something
as you said "
" What did I say, Catharine V interrupted
the old woman ; "nothing against the man you
love, surely. lie is, from all I have seen and
heard, kind-hearted, industrious, and every way
well-behaved."
" Yes, Hannah," replied the woman ; "but you
ir.ow st, as I know, how a splendid baud, . . .,
ftir-farned Albion'. gentle bosom came ;
; know'st that they appli'd the reckless brand;
r behjld shall record the shame,"
-4.(1 and vauldied like a thing of dream !
n his wings slide through the air ;
bis scythe emit a parting gleam,
'' 1-Ke a meteor, stream his snowy hair.
"t-Hr-KS f the (1fvrs. A Tvid, iw bavinf
-'cijinlren, was called upon to give the names
J4g? of her children as well as her own, and
"vering, the following scene occurred :
taker 'Now, ma'am I have your name,
tell me your age.' Lady ! am thirty-
! years old.' 'What U the age of your oldest
::hter ? 'She is twenty-eight years old.'
old were you when she was born?' I was
- twenty-two years old sir.' 'Then madam,
i will make you fifty years of age.' Lady
Wt care ! I don't care ! I am only thirty-five.'
;i to this she did stick, at the same time telling
' census taker that he had no right to ask
-ii impertinent questions.
A wag called out in the pit of Drury Lane
-catre, " Mr. Smith, your house is on fire ! "
upon, a hundred and twenty-five Smith's
" It is Mr. John Smith's house, " said
:imd thirty sat down, showing but ninety
6 genuine John Smiths present.
Pretty nearly all men are benevolent when
t cost them anything. Tom never sees
Buffer but he thinks Sam ou-ht to
sort of low fits that sometimes fall upon him. even
while in your company. I have often noticed
them since, Hannah," coctinued Catharine, with
a sigh.
"Plague on my thoughtless tongue for saying
auth a thing to vex you, my dear child ! He
was a soldier, you know, a good many years ago,
before he was twent3-' and fought for his coun
try. Terhaps he may have seen sights then that
made him grieve to think upon, without blaming
himself. But, whatever it may be, I meant
not, Catharine, that you should take such a
passing word to heart. If he has some little
cares, you will easily soothe him and make him
happy."
As the worthy dame spoke, her visitor's brow
gradually cleared, and, after some further conver
sation she left the cottage, lightened at heart
with the thought that her old friend approved of
her following the course to which her inclination
led her.
Catharine Smith was indeed well entitled to
pay respect to the counsels of Hannah. The lat
ter had never married, and had spent the greater
part of her life in the service of a wealthy fami
ly at Morpeth. When she was there, the widow
ed mother of Catharine had died at Newcastle ;
and, on learning of the circumstances, Hannah,
into service there. Hannah and Catharine had
been two years in these respective situations,
when the dialogue which has just been recorded
took place.
On the succeeding expiration of her term of
service, Catharine was married to the young man
whose name had been stated as being William
Hutton. He waa a joiner by trade, and bore, as
Hannah had said, an excellent character. The
first visit paid by the new married pair was to
the cottage of the old woman, who gazed on them
with a truly maternal pride, thinking she had
never seen so handsome a couple. The few years
spent by Hutton in the arniy had given to his
Eaturally good figure an erect manliness, which
looked as well in one of his sex as the light grace
ful figure, aud fair ingenious countenance of
Catharine was calculated to adorn one of wo
mankind. Something of this kind, ar least,
was in the thoughts of Hannah, when Catha
rine and her husband visited the dame'd dwell
ing. Many a future visit was paid by the same
parties to Hannah, and on each successive occa
sion the old woman looked narrowly, though as
unobtrustively as possible, into the state of the
wife's feelings, with a motherly anxiety to know
if she was happy. For though Hannah, seeing
Catharine's affections deeply engaged, had made
light of her own early remark upon the strange
aud unpleasing gloom occasionally, if not fre
quently, observable in the look and manner of
i William Hutton, the old woman was never able
to rid her own mind altogether of misgivings on
the subject. For many months after Catharine's
marriage however, Hannah could never discover
anything but open, unalloyed happiness in the
air and conversation of the youthful wife. But
at length Hannah's anxious eye did perceive
somethmg like a change. Catharine seemed
sometimes to fall, when visiting the cottage,
into fits of abstraction, not unlike those which
had been observed in her husband. The aged
dame had felt greatly distressed at the thought of
e-f her dear Catharine being unhappy, but for a
loi.g time she had held her peace uAx.n the sub- j
jeet trusting that the cloud might be a temporary
one, and would disappear, j
It was not so unfortunately. Though in their !
maimer to each other, when together, nothing
but the most cordial affection was observable,
Catharine, when she come alonjj to see Hannah,
seemed a prey to some uneasiness, which all her
e2brts could not conceal from her old friend.
EveA wks sht btfcaruc f.t the Crel-timcivmctbcr
and, with all the beautiful pride of a young
mother's love, presented her babe to Hannah,
the latter could see signs of a secret grief imprin
ts! on Catharine's brow.
Hoping by her counsel to bring relief, Hannah
took an opportunity to tell the young wife what
she had observed, and earnestly besought her
confidence.
At this, Catharine stammered forth a hurried
assurance that sne was perfectly happy, and in
a feA' seconds belied her words by bursting into
te-ars, and owning that she was very unhappy.
" But I cannot, Hannah," she exclaimed, " I
cannot tell the cause even to you."
' Don't say so, my poor Catharine," replied
Hannah ; "it is not curiosity that promps me
to interfere."
Oh no, Haunah," replied the young wife ;
" I know you speak from love to me."
Well, then," continued the dame, " open
your heart to me. Age is a good adviser."
Catharine was silent.
" Is your husband harsh to you ?" asked Han
nah. " Xo," cried the wife; "man could not be
kinder to woman than he is to me."
" Perhaps he indulges in drink ; iu"
" Hannah, you mistake altogether," was Cath
arine's reply ; " my husband is free from all fcuch
faults as ever man was."
"My dear child," said the old woman, almost
smiling as the idea entered her head, "you are
not suspicious not jealous?"
" I never had a moment's cause, Hannah,"
answered Catharine. "No, my griefs are not of
that nature, lie is one of the best and dearest
of husbands."
Old Hannah was puzzled at these replies, as
she was distressed by the open a vowel of Catha
rine's having some cause of sorrow ; but, seeing
that her young friend could not make up her
mind to a disclosure at this time, the aged dame
gave up her inquiries, and to!d Catharine to
think seriously of the propriety of confiding all
to her.
Hannah conceived that, en mature considera
tion, Catharine would come to the resolution of
seeking counsel at the cottage. And she was not
wrong. In a few days after their late conversa
tion the young wife came to visit Hannah again, I
and, after a little embarrassed talk, entered upon
the subject which was uppermost in the minds
of both.
Hannah," sail Catharine, " I fear you can
serve me nothing ; I fear no living being can
serve me. O, Hannah, good as my husband
appears to be good as he is there is some
dreadful weight preying upon his mind, which
destroys his J peace and mine too. Alas! the
gloomy fits, which yon, as well as I, have no
ticed in him, are not, I fear, without caufe."
Catharine wept iu silence a moment, and then
continued : " All that I know of this cause arises
from his cxpiessions his dreadful expressions
while he is asleep at my side. Hannah, he
speaks in broken language of murder of bavin?
committed murder, Hannah ! Perhaps a w oman
deceived and killed by him." As Catharine said
himself a murderer in his sleep, and speak of it
without the slightest reality in the whole affair.
"Ah, Hannah," said Catharine, sadly, " these
dreadful sayingJare not the result of one night
mare slumber. They occur often too often.
Besides when I first heard him mutter in his
sleep, those herrible things, I mentioned the
matter to him in the morning, at our break
fast, and he laughed at it ; but he grew agitated,
Fiom the Hove Journal.
MATRIMONIAL INFELICITIES.
" BT AN IRRITABLE MAX.
Iii the Twilight.
What a co-founded ue.ise you make, my de-a,
with that piano.' 1 said to my amiable spc-e.
'For the last half hour I have been endeavoring
to get a wink of sleep ; but no sooner do I lose
and telling me to pay no attention to such things. myseit than yon come jown with a crcscendo or
as ne someumes tailed nonsense, he knew, in ! other kind of movement, which startles me as if
nis Bleep, and l have never mentioned the subject j a cannon had been fired by my side. Why you
again, tnougn f j rest is destroyed by it. And cDt rractieo in thc morning, when lam absent,
men ms ms e- ..aoness at ordinary moments! iastead of waiting until evening, when cvme
Hannah, Uauiwh, there is some mystery some iJOrue a matter I don't understand. You know
terrible mystery under it. Yes," continued the , weI1 cnou;.n that if there be one thing I dislike
young wife, " he is so good, so kind, so dutiful j mcre ttan aXK.thCT, it is the thrucming cr. a
to uod and to man. ne has too much tender
pianc.
ness aud feeling to harm a fly. Hannah, what J .t ly the ught,' ray wile replied, that the
oo, or I am wrcicoej at ajr j was paying would soothe and please you.
It used to be a favorite of yours before we were
am I to think or
p resent '?"
It was lonrrere the old dame renlied to this :
question. She mused greatly on what had been j "rieJ. I like it because it revives happy
told her and iu the end said to Catharine : : menaones-
" My poor child, I cannot believe that Wil- ! U11- 1 don,t to TOur 'reviving Larry
liara is guilty of what these circumstances lay S mnones ;' but you will greatly oblige me by
se-emingly at his door. But if the worst be true, kttia5 4' e kfc-vs tte Fno rest for awhile. I
it is better for vou to know it, than to be in this i llke to take a 3mt aftcr "r tut for sev
killing suspense for ever. Go, and gain his con- j craI da-vs 1 have tceu tDatj!e to do 80 l'
fidence, Cathaiine ; tell him all that has come to 1 cause 'ou woulJ Tctice your abominable mar.
your ear, and say that you did so by my advice." ' dlts aiid lkksteps. I hear enough martial mu-
Hannah continued to use persuasion of the MC wbcn 1 am dcwn town' anJ 1 dn' carc t:
same kind for some time longer, and at lensrth ! "V" w 1 E re
sent Catharine home, firmly resolved to follow ;
4 1 fear,' my wife answered, that vou are not
r T T .1. 1
the counsel giren hex. " '" " eu "fcre-
On the following day, Catharine onco more ' 1a ! 1 an patriotic enough, my dear,' I re
presented herself at the abode of Hannah, and i I'lied, and go for the Union with all my heart,
as she entered, exclaimed : ! l'ut tuen d-jn't want to I disturbed with Lav-
"Dear MotLer, I haAe told him all! He will ; ing Yankee Doodle dinned into my cars every
bc here soon t j explain everything to us both." ; hour in the twenty-furJ
The old wot nan did not exactly comprehend
this.
But I was not playing that air, my dear, it
wa 'Iive it ' 1 jItti nro vnn
"Has he not," she said, "given any i-xpl.ttia- I j-j. ,
tion to you?" " ! .....
' 1 erhaps 1 did,7 I answered, 'and I can but
j ou .- .
j "Xo, Hannah." said Catharine ; "but, O, he is j
not guilty. When I h..i spokeu as you desired '
j me, he was si'ent a long time, and he then took ;
me in his arms, Hannah, and kis.-ed me, saying, 1
"My darling Catharine, I euight to have confided
in you long before. I have becu unfortunate, !
not guilty. Go to kind Hannah's, and I wili
soon follow yon, and set your mind at ease, as J
far as it can bs dcne. Had I known how much J
wish now, especially that you keep me awake
with it, that I had followed the advice it gives.
I knew it was a march, too, you were playing,
f r all the military bands employ it as a stock
piece. But why will you keep drumming on
that piano when I have just told you I want to
uleep V
I had no idea,' my wife said, 'that you could
sleep when you were talking ; but, if you desire
vou have been sufferinz. I would have done this i
long before.' These arc his words, Hannah. O j 5t 1 wiU Plu-V no mere-'
he may be uuortunate, but not guilty." j ' WtlJ. 1 d'- deiire il' 1 ' and' what 43
Hannah amV Catharine said little to r.u-h : "' I : "ld P- V tly " 'e Lnorn
other until William came to the cottage. He ! an'l not in the evening.'
sat down gravel v by the side of his wife, ami ; In the moming, my dear.' my wife replied,
after kindly inquiring for the old woman, at ' ' 1 Lave i,U f r tLinSs to altcnd to- It is only in
once commenced to tell his story.
"The reason ef my unhappy exclamations in
my sleep, which have weighed so much upon
my miinl, dear Catharine, may be very sivn '
told. They arose from a circumstance which ;
has embittered my own peace, but which 1 hope
Come, then,' said my wife, 's'.t beside me, and
watch the twilight deejniag in the west.'
GooJ gracious !' I exclaimed, if there be one
thing I dislike more than another, it is to sec the
twilight dee jeering in the west.'
Very well,' my wife answered, ' if you elo not
care for it, I have nothing morr to say. There
was a time, however, when it gave you pleasure
to sit by tie ia thc twilight. You were more
gentle to me then than you now are, and never
sp ke a harsh or unkind word.
Why will you forever be talking to me, I
aked, 'alout things that happened years ago,
htn you know very well that I have forgotten
all .U.ut them. Knjoy the present 'a, mj moUo;
arid ir t the past and the future take care of
themselves.'
My wife made no rrply to my last remark, so
we Ix.th remained silent for some minntes. At
length sLe 4ai J :
'As you do not wish to watch the twilight, I
will lave the gas lighted ;" and, rising from her
chair, she went toward the bell. As she passed
ne I seized hc-r hand, and drew her to a place on
the lounge beside me.
' Xevc-r mind about lighting the gas at pres
ent,' I said; the bill for it is high enough every
month, without burning it before it is dark. I
want to ak you a question.'
My wife, folding her hands resignedly on her
lap, looked off through the window, at the deep
ening twilight.
Look at me, my dear,' I said, 'and not out of
doors.'
She turned her e-yts toward mine. There were
tears in them.
' I thought I should find it so,' I continued ;
you are klways weeping. Why can't you l
happy and contented, as I am ?'
Are you l appy and contented ?' she asked, in
reply.
' Certainly I am,' I answered ; ' have I not a
wife who loves to provoke me, and children who
always aTe fretful and engaged in mischief ! Tray,
for what more can a man ak V
4 It is cruel in you as cruel as the grave to
speak so.' my wife- said.
' Pooh !' I exclaimed, 'your heart is as soft as
douzh !'
4 Yes, and as heavy as lead,' she added.
You can't bear for me to speak a word,' I
said, 'that is not complimentary to you. But
how man) times have I been obliged to bten to
words from vou which have vexed me more than
is to be regarded as a sad calami I v rather
though a friend merely, and no relation, had sent
for the orphan girl, then ten years of age, and had ? this, she shuddered and buried her face in
that of ber babe, which she carried in her arms.
taken care of her until she grew fit to maintain
herself by service. On findiag herself unable to
continue a working life longer, Hannah retired
Hannah was shocked to hear of this, but ber
good sense led her to suggest for the poor wife.
to Xercatle, and Catharine immediately entered that it was possible f?r her huiband to consider
than a crime. When I entered the army, which
I did at the age of nineteen, the rccruting party
to which I attached myself was sent to Scotland,
where we remained but a few days, being ordere-d
again to the continent. One unhappy morning
as we were passing out of town where we had
rested on our march southward, my companions J
and I chanced to see a girl, apparently about
fifteen years of age, washing jelothes in a tub.
Being the most light-hearted among the light
hearted, I took up a large stone, with the inten
tion of splashing the water against the girl. She
stooped hastily and shocking to tell, when I
threw the stone it struck her on the head, and
she fell to the ground, with, I fear, her skull
fractured. Stupified at what I had done. I stood
gazing on the stream of blood gushing from my
poor victim's head, when my companions, ob
serving that no one had seen us, for it was then
early in the morning, hurried me off. Wc were
not pursued, and we were in a few weeks on
the continent. But the image of that bleeding
girl followed me everywhere ; and since I came
home, I have never dared to inquire the result,
lest I should be bung for murder, For fear
from the deadly nature of the blow, that the
elcath of that poor creature lies at my door !"
While Hutton wzs relaling his story, he had
turned his face to the window ; but what was
his astonishment, as he was concluding, to hear
old Hannah cry alond, "Thank God!" while
his wife broe out into a hysterical passion of
tears aud smiles, threw herself into his arms.
My dear husband,' cried she, as soon as her
veice found utterance, 'that town was Mor
peth? 'It was.' said he.
Dca William,' the' wife then cried, I am
that girl!'
'You Catherine?' cried the amazed and enrap
tured husband as he pressed her ic. his breast.
'Yes,' said old Hannah, from whote eyes tears
were fast dropping, 'the girl whom you unfortu
nately struck, was she who is now tne wife of
your bosom. But your fears had magnified tha
blow. Catherine was found by myself soon after
the accident; and though she lost a little blood
and was stunned for a while, she soon roused a-
gain. Piaised be heaven for bringing about
this blessed explanation ! '
Amen,' cried Catherine and her husband.
Peace and happiness as much as usually falls
to the lot of mortals, wei e the lot of Catherine
and her husband, from this time forward, their
great source of disquietude being thus taken a
way. The wife even loved the husband more,
from the discovery that the circumstances which
had caused her distress were but a proof of his
extreme tenderness of heart and consc ience; and
William was attached the more strongly to Cath
arinc, after Binding her to be the person whom
he unwittingly injured. A new tie, as it were,
had tieen formed between them. Chambers Jour'
nal.
you can imagine
the evening, when the little ones are in their
beds, that I have an opportunity of touching the
keys" e-f my piano. Still I will give up my music
entirely, lock Jhi instrument, and give you the
key, rather than you should go without your
nap. I wi.-h, though, you would converse more
with me than you do, and not le all the time
writing, or Teadsng the newspapers, or sleeping,
when you are in the house.
Well, you certainiy are a mot unreasonable
woman, if you think I have nothing to do but
entertain you. Don't I talk to you at the ta
ble V
Yes yon do.' she replied ; but what is the
subject of your conversation? Simply finding
fault with what you are eating, and scolding the
chiHren because they, taking their cue frerayou.
refuse to cat what you give them. You cerer
relate to mo what is going on in the woild, nor
say pleasant things to me, nor tell me you love
rrc.'
' Good gracious !' I exclaimed. bow can I tell
you 1 love vou when mv mouth is filled with
brca? and butter. Besides. I told you so once
and I don't tee the ol ject iu continually reitera
ting it.'
'A wife, she replied, 'never wearies ef hcarirg
her husband say he loves her. Why, even you,
beforo we were married, used to want me to say
over and over a;run. that 1 loved vou. loU
certainly have n t forgotten it.'
I'm sure I don't re-meml-or.' I said; 'but
please, don't say anything more alout it, f .r 1
want to go to sleep.'
Well, I have not forgotten it, if you Lave,'
my wife answered, with a sigh, 'and it is well
lr you, perhaps, that I do remember it
Now, my Jove, I cried, 4 of course wc loth
remember it ; but won't yi u stop year talking
sj that I can take my nap for, if there be tne
thing I dislike more than another, it is to be de
prived of my after-dinner nap
11 y wife said nothing ; but, closing the piano,
she left it. and, taking a seal near the window,
opened a volume of engravings. Rustle, rustle
went the leaves. I endured it for five minutes,
then :
My dear,' I said, 'if you expec t I can sleep
while you are rattling the pages of that book, you
are greatly mistaken. You might as well play
ou the piano.
You can't be very fcleopy, she replied, ' if
ihU keoDs vou awake. You are too nervous to
, m
go to s'eop.
But I will go to sleep,' I said, 'and I am tot
nervous, either. I don't see why you should wish
to provoke me, by saying I am nervous, and
seeking to keep me awake.
Sin k an thieet she answered. ' is very far
frnni beinf mv intention : indeed. I tt'LJl VOU
were asleep.
Of course, I 6aid, you want me to go to
sleep. You never se-ern to be at all sati.-fied with
me unless when I am asleep. Then, fortunately,
you can find nothing in my actions with which
to find fault.
Whv. then.' suid the provoking woman.
don't vou 3 to sleep.'
Now!' I cx Jaime.!, I will not go to sV.p.
' I am ."-re, raid my wife, I never Lave said
aught to you which has caused you half the an
guish which your words have caused me. If, in
spite of all you have said to me, I did net believe
that you loved me, I should, indeed, be broken
hearted. I make manv nllowances for vou which
r
I would not for another, as I know you were a
petted I y. spoiled to such a degree, indeed.
hrough indulgence, that I often wonder you pas
ed as scathless through such a trying ordeal as
you have. Naturady. ycu possess a good heart,
but
Say no more, my dear, I interrupted, taking
her hand, 'you speak like an oracle. I was spoilt,
and I fear my wife is not changing the early
treatment. You know, I am certain or else you
would not endure it as patiently as you do that
I am far f;om meaning any of tLe cruel and pro
veking word I often S3y, but that, even at the
moment I am uttering them, my heart actually
grieves f.T the paiu I know I am causing you.
and ye? xus to clasp you to my breast, as once I
did, and now agam I do, and, with the twilight
deepening iu the west, whisper, I love you, love
you, darling one!"
Ladt Etii'EKir:K- The laird had g ne to
Dumfries, much to our disappointment ; lM,the
lady came out, and. in her excess of kindness,
had almost pulled Ur.Jardine e-ff his horr ; but
they were e-bstinate, aod said they were obliged
to go to Keilhead ; but they delivered up Mess
John Allen to her, as they had no farther use
for him. 1 had never seen such a virago as Lady
Bridtkirk, not even am-n the oyster women of
Prestotjpans. She was like a sergeant of foot
in woman-clothes ; e r rather like an overgrown
coachman of the Quaker persuasion. On our
peremptory refusal to alight, she darted into the
house hke a hogshead down a slope, asa return
ed instantly with a pint bottle of brandy a Scots
pint, I mean and a stray beer glass, into whicn
she tilled almost a bumper. After a long grace
said bv Mr. Janiine for it was Lis turn row.
be: n:r the third brandy bott.e we Lad seen since
welch Ljchmiben the emptied to our healths,
and made the gentlemen follow her example;
she said she would spare me as I was so young,
but ordered the maid to briLg a gingerbread
cake from the cupboard, a luncheon of which
she put in my px-ket. This lady was famous,
even in the Annaudaye border, both at the bowl
and in battle ; she could drink a Scotch pint of
brandy with e.se ; aud when the men grew ob
st re-porous in their cups, she could either put
them out of doors, or to bed. as she round most
convenient. Aulibuyrtijhy of the Rcr. Dr. Alex
ander Cartye.
Big wosos are gnat favorites with people of
small ideas and weak conceptions. They are of
ten employed by men ef mind when they wish
to use language that may best conceal their
thou"bt PVi"tli few exceptions, however, illiter
ate and half educate 1 persons use more "big
words" than i-eoph? f thoiough educati o. It
is a verv commou but very egregious mistake to
,urw the long words are more genteel than
sbo't ones jr..t as the same ort of people imag
ine hlzh cvlois and flashy figures improve the
st vie of drrss. They are the kin ef fo'ks who
dJn't Wgi" but alwavs "commence" They
don't live but "reside." They don't go to led, but
retire.' They don't eat and drink, but 'partake
of refreshments. Tly are never sick, but
extremely indi-qxod And instead of dying,
at last, they -decease. The strength f tl.e
English language is in the shoit words chiefly
the"mom "syllable of Saxon derivation and peo
ple who are in earnest seldom use any other. -Love,
hate, anger, grief, joy. express thrtu- '.-
iu short words sud direvt -n'j-tii w '''
nir.g. lil.-ieh.O, and iriertati .i. d-':-:--1.t .u t..t
Iloraiei-illj eei?-r,:'i .-."; .-id i' IjI
a'id a half l.ii".
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