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Raymond had now reached the age of thirty
years, and instead of finding that bis condition or
the state of his feeling improved, .they seemed
rather to grow worse. He became more and
more unhappy. Every morning when he rose,
it waj with a kind of dread'as to Low he should
contrive to kill time, to get through the day to
endure his own Hstlessness, or dissatisfaction, or
disgust. The idea of setting about some useful
or honorable employment, that would occupy his
thoughts, give excitement to his faculties, and
bring satisfaction to his conscience, never entered
his head. He had never been taught that no one
has a right to lead an idle aud useless life, and
that no man can be happy who attempts to live
only fur himself.
It is indeed a common opinion among rich
peop'e, that they are under no obligations to en
gage in the active duties of life ; that they aro
not bound to labor, or toil, or make sacrifices for
sociejy ; that they are in fact privileged classes
and may pcn 1 their time and money with an
exclrsive regard to themselves. Raymond was
educated in this foolish and narrow-minded opin
ion ; and here was the real foundation of all Lis
misery. Could Le only Lave discovered that hap
piness is to be found in exercising our faculties ;
in using the means, and employing the power,
that rrovidence hns placed in our hands, in some
! useful pursuit a-.d in this way alone he might
have been saved from a gulf of misery into which
he was n plunged.
At th'.s-1 tiiod, which was soon after the revo
lutionary war. America was attracting great at
tention, and Raymond having met with one of his
college mates who had been there, and who
gave Lim glowing accounts of it .he suddenly took
the determination to sell out Lis estates and set
out f.T Atm rica, with the view "of spending the
remainder of Lis days there, lie knew little of
tLe country, but he supposed it to be the contrast
in every tl.ing to that in which he had lived, ar.d
j thii.ki-ig that any change might bring enjjyment
I he sold Lis liroveitv. and takin" the amount in
gold and silver, set out in a ship bound for New
York.
The vessel had a pr.spcioug voyage till she
arrived in sight tf the highlands, near the ent-
1 p' :.rV- from iav view; 1 ranee i f the harbor of New York. It was then
burn :;:i'.tts do-vn j that, just at evening, htnart gusts begae to blow
J cli 'tat land, and the captain showed sighs of anx
I iety. kv.t he should mt be able to get in lefore
! the storm, should arise. The passengers had
j dressed them.-t'vcs to go on shore, and most of
:v iv.e buck my rn-stt gown,
'v , r:.j;o by the valley side:
.-( ' nothing :n this wilful town
. v cu;i ''! potrp ami pointed pride ;
.-".e i . i Lack ny garden chair.
. my song bird's call
re.-cnt there
.r li' lit is over a
'!
.v.-dol .-trivts are not for me ;
i ti.e L.-.-ir i-tue sny ;
riv-r l.ow
4 'VI OS
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et -ronu
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: r.-i t.v.T grt
far from pon p r n
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in-
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am ;
t:r
iain
His first idea was to yield himself to his fate
without an effort ; but the love of life revived, sis
he saw it placed in danger, ne was an expert
swimmer,and exerting himself, he soon approach
ed the insists, which were still floating, though
entangled with the wreck. It was in vain how
however to reach them, owing to tho rolling of
the serf. Several times he nearly laid his hand
npon tbem, when he was beaten back by the
dashing waves. His strength gradually gave
waj', and he was floating farther and farther from
the wreck, when he chanced to see a sp ar near
him ; with a desperate effort he swam to this,
anp laying hold of it was thus able to sustain
himself upon the water.
The night -grew dark apace, and Raymond
being driven out to sea, was parted from the
wreck, and could distinguish nothing but the
flashing waves .around him. His limbs began to
groTV cold and he feared that his strength would
be insufficient to enable him to keep upon the
spar. His anxiety increase! an awe of death,
which Le had never felt before, sprung up in his
bosom, and an intense love of life that which
he had so recently spurned as worthless burned
ia his bosom. So little do we know ourselves
until adversity has taught us reflection, that
Raymond, a few hours before, fancying that he
was wi'ding and prepared to die, now yearned
for safety, for deliverauce, for life, with an ago
ny he could not endure. His feelings, however,
did not overpower him. Using every effort of
strength and skill, and rubbing his chilled limbs
from time to time, he "was able to sustain him
self till morning. He could then perceive that
tho vessel had become a complete wreck, and
that the fragments were floating on the waves;
he could not discern a single human being, and
left o infer that all Ltsidi himself had perished.
In this situation, benumbed with cold, faint
and exhausted with exertion, he was on the point
of yielding himself a prey to the waves, when a
pilot boat came in view. It gradually approach
c i the place wher; he was. and at lat seemed so
near him as alnost to be within reach cf his
voice. At this critical moment she made prepa
rations to tack, and then change her direction.
Raymond noticed these movements with indis
cribable anxiety ; if she should advance a few
rods more, Le should bo discovered aud saved ;
if she would cLanga her route ever so little, she
would pass by, and he unobserved and helpless,
would psris. The experience cf years seemed
now crowded into one moment of agony. Yea-
them. aixous too st; friends, r tired of sea, were ry, cold and exhausted, the poor sufferer wished
j anticipating their arrival with delight. Ray- j not now to die, but to live. 'Help, help! he
T T-T T7 t. t f- rC
m
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lie went npou the deck. 1 wked
r. i t.. n
M.n
ksv.
vio.:
t:.(
r.rli by ll
v'. n
vi'l ;:. a vl".,.;--' near Loudon, a
.'.r..- !" K.4-;:i :!!. His pare::ts
:i y. v,: l.-.ivi:!g i.ini ta aiv.plc
t ox;.:, d m ot.o if t.'.e univrrs.:-
. tiav":-f'. fr t iy o;i tin- cor.tLc.-l:. and
c a t;c f twvr.ty-t'- ur, returned to ti e p -ter-r
i -.ns: :: s?id -".i' li'-i:-.' 1 Ll:o ve'f thre. I'einc
, -chest ersor. i:. the vdl.ig", a:'d descc-Lu .ai
e.-ti.ai'-'.vof a family of ..mo anthiuity. h"
r-:.' f : er-na"?f the i.lace. Ie-i.!:s
:u- T'""n;; I r'-ma; KaMy Landsome
lio:-- a'-corr.?.i;-hn;.iits. and Lad po'v
i.ij :.!::! s : n;oi;:i?;' g to fascination,
e.tf re c urt'.l and f.altered by tLe
ever, was an exception to oil This.
few moments
1 ooiioly rt the hand tint was visible low down
m tiiC L rizon, and then retired to the cabin
white he gnve himself up to th-. accu-tomel train
of,
nteiit and 1 itter thouc:hfa
cried with all his strength, 0h, Ooil. por.'l me
deliverance from these waves !' This earnest
and agonising petition was the first prayer he
had uttered for years, and it was in 1 ehalf of
that existance which, in the days of luxury and
splendor, he had thought a curse!
Watching the pilot-boat with the keenest inte
rest, poor Raymond now sat t'pon the spar, al
most incapable of moving on account of his suff
erings and weakness. lie saw at last the helm
put down ; Le saw the vess"l obey the impulse
he saw her swiug round, the sail Happing in the
T ;.v weahh--but how worthless it is! I Lave 1 wind, and then fillirg again ; he then saw her
" I .1
1:0.
thought he. of all this comjianv.
scni to to he n.isi r.iblf : all are lot. king forward
with pleasant anticipations of s.
some enjoy mi-: it in store for them,
what Lave I t h ;c ? 1 have
this is a L-.nd of strange rs to nit.
me happiness,
B-.t for me
friends here;
Tt is true, I
.t:;e
a'! iVs. L;
i rs of ; le '.-
Ilj as ti
who:,. !l(o.
r u': p-.vl
The o::.:;
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t lollt
'c tv are e.-
; triel it-: :rtnrs in Kr. gland, and f-und that it
j ce.uld not jrive ne pleasure. Wealtli cannot be
: stow happiness ; and I should not mourn if every
! farthing f it were lost in the sea. Life is indeed
i a bur l--n to me. Why is it that every thing is
1 and even lords and ladies of happy but myself ? Why do I see all thtoe peo-
ivt (i-s'.ain to visit liim. ' l'0 rfj'-k-o at the sight of land, while I am dis- ( he was taken on bard
k a-ound of eoiir-e. I-K.ked no tresse.1 at the idea of once more mingling with j New York, and put ur
!i: l where di-tii-i lion, in sc.- mankind ? Alas! lit 5 is to me a burden, and who rendered him ever
' governu.eiit, aiid wh.ere
I r such distinctions right
'!.. 1 ir. i:s'i:iiiv almost
i.i :t'.i: t.iU J.it t'l Co:
'e great, as thev are cade
;e i:t'.!e.
'eil i y luxuries, and flattered by ev-
irv;v. k v.-.u' l s vui inat ALivm 'nd m:g!it oc
was of a li: coiiteute 1 tr.rn, and
ne tbes things (leased Lim, he
Woish'j : .l 1'V
L;,p..y;b:,tL.
t::. v. ! i for a t
gr-.w tlix-l f tli-.-m at Liit, an 1 wishe 1 for some
s---ir-fs of pieasur and excitement, At the ni.i
v:rsitv he had imbibed a taste for re.adi;-!: but
the sooner I part with it the Letter!"
While Raymond was pursuing this train of
reflections in the cabin, tLe heaving of the ves
sel increased; the creaking of the timbers grew
louder, and the deck became a scene of uproar,
occasioned by running to Rnd fro, the rattling cf
cordage, and ti e clanking of heavy irons. The
commands of the captain grew rapid and stern,
and the thumping of the billows against the
sides the sides of the ship, made her shiver from
the rudder to the bowsprit.
Raymond wass soon buriel in his own gloomy
l,l ronM i...! now wl .?..vi-! fo ir roil, t mul i'i ntl "
, ...I, - f I r Lections, that he did not tor some time notice
p.easur,-s. lie Lai Veen m the gay so-iety of, '
inese events ; out at I isi iiie 11:11 i;e.ami; a nc-
mcnilou?. that lie started to Ids feet and ran up
on the deck. The sr-enc that now met his e3-e
Was indeed dreaful. It was dark, but not so
much so, as to prevent the land from being visi
ble at a littlj distance ; the wind was blowing
with the force of a hurricane, and urging ti e
vessel, now pcrfeoMy at its merry, into the boil
ing waves that fretted and f an. e l along its edge.
The captain had given up all hopes of saving
the ship, and tLe p.osscngers were kneeling and
throwing up their bauds in wildncss and despair.
London and l'ans, and ha 1 drunk the cup i f
pleis-jre so derp'y tha.'. nothing but its oregr; rc
n.aine 1
Raymond was therefore rest!- ss, discontented,
and miserable, whil j in possessi n i f all that us-n.-.'.i
v excies tiie envy of mankind. He was rich
l ey. u i his utmost wishes ; he was end wed with
manly lauty .'nd the most perftct health ; he
admired, flattered, cherished, and sought
af-.erbj. sl.1 ; yet Le was unhappy. The reason
of this he ill not know ; indeed, he did not look
very deeply into the ..matter, but went on from
one soei.e to another, seeking enj lyrueiit, but tur
ning with distaste and disappointment from
everything. He was, however, too proud to leave
the world know his real condition ; he kept up a
fair out -Me, sustained his establishment with
manlfleen-e. und dressed himself, when he went
air .a l, with elegance and care ; he affected gny
ety in company, often led in the dance, was ever
forem-t in the chase, and vas usually the life of i
the circle wherever he went. j
TLey arc few. perhaps none, who imagined
tint, under this aspect of prosperity, the canker
cf ilifcor.tent was gnawing at the heart. Yet such
was the fact. Of all the people in the village,
Riyinond was considered the most happy, but in
tr Uh he was the veriest wretch in the place.
And though this may seem a rare instance, yet
we have good reason to believe that ofter.very
t-fn, there is deep misery untold aud unsuspec
ted in the great house, where more elegance and
luxury are seen by the work! at large ; very of
ten the beggar at tLe door would not exchange
Condition with the lord of the lofty ha! if he
but knew his real condition.
shoot off in another eiirection. thus leaving him
destitute of hope. His heart sank within Lim, a
sickness came over him, his 6enses departe3, and j
he fell forward into the waves ! It waj at this
moment that he was discovere 1 by the pilot.
The vessel immediately steered towards him, and
In few hour he was at
under the care of persons
every assistance which he nee
ded for his immediate comfort.
It was several hours after Lis arrival at the
city bef jre Raymond had fully recovered his sen
ses. When he was completely restore.!, and be
gan to make inquiries, he found that all his ship
cornpanie-ns had pemhed. He who probably
cared lest for life who hail no family, no fronds,
and who was weary of existence he only of that
ship's company, was the one that survived the
tempest.
There was something in this so remarkable,
that it occupied his mind and caused him deep
emotion. In the midst of many painful reflec
tions, he could not disguise the fact, that he felt
a degree of pleasure in his deliverance from so
fearful a death. Again and again, he said to
himself.
How happy, hsw thankful I feci at being sa
ved, when so many have been borne away to a
watery grave !"
The loss of his property though it left him a
beggar in the world, did not seem to oppress him
the joy of escape from death was to him a source
cf lively satisfaction ; it gave birth to a new feel
ing a sense of elependence in God, and lively
exercise of gratitude towards H:m. It also es
tablished in bia mind a fact before entirely irn-
It.ivmond was rerfectlv calm. The thouzht
of losing his wealth crossed his mind, but it cost cown' r unrcmarked-that what is called mis-
him not a struggle to be reconciled to its destruc
tion. He thought of sinking down in the waves
to rise no more. To this, too, he yielded, saying
briefly to himself,
" It is best it should be so."
Having th is made up his mind and prepared
himself for the worst, as he fancied, he stood sur
vevins the scene. The force of the galo was
most exriui-
fortnne, is often the source of our
site enjoyments.
" It seems to me," said Raymond, in the course
of his reflections, that as gems are found in the
dreary sands, and gold along the rugged rocks
and as the one is only yielded to toil, and other
to the smelting of-the fiery furnace so happi-
nesst is he product of danger, suffering and trial.
1 have felt more real peace, more positive enjoy-
fearful ; as it marched along the waters u lasueu t ment irom my ceuverance, man l wa-n aoie to
their surface iuto foam, and burst upon the ship 1 find in the whole circle of voluptuous pleasures.
with a fury that seemed eveiy moment on the
point of carrying away her masts. At last the
vessel struck ; a moment after, her masts fell,
with their whole burden of spars, sails, aud rig
giug ; the waves that rse over the stern of the
stc.n of the helpless hulk, and swept the whole
length of it. Several of the passengers were
buried in the tb!, there to find a watery gaTe ;
some clung to the bulkwarks, and others saved
j themselves in various ways.
j Raymond himself was plunged iuto the waves. I
yielded bv wealth and tashion. l became a
wretch, existance was to me a burden, while I
was rich. But, having lost my fortune, and ex
perienced the fear of death, I am happy in the
bare possession of that existance which I spurned
before."
Such were the feelings and reflections of Ray
mond for a few days after Lis escape ; tut at
length it was necessary for him to decide upon
some course of action. He was absolutely pen
niless. Everything had been snnk with the fchip.
ne had no letters of introduction, he Lad no
acquaiatances in New York ; nor, indeed did he
know any one in all America, save that a brother
of his was a clergyman in some part of the Uni
ted States, but a coldness bad existed between
them, and he had not heard of Lim for several
years. Raymond was conscious too, that his
separation was the result of his own ungenerous
conduct ; for the whole of his father's estate had
been given to him to the exclusion of his brother,
and he had permitted him to work his own way
in life, wi thou j offering him the least assistance.
To vpply to this brother, was therefore forbidden
by his pride. rWules, lie bad every reason to
suppose that Crocf tT"taL-i yoor.
v nai tnen w.as to oe cone i ouculo. lie re.
turn to England ? now was be to get the mon
ey to pay his passage? Resides, what vashe to
do when he got there ? Go back to the village
where he had carried his head to high, and loek
in the faces of his former dashing acquaintances
acknowledging himself a beggar ! . This was
net to be thought of. Should ho seek some em
ployment in America ? This seemed to be the
plan. He began to make inquiries as to wLat Le
could find to do. One proposed to Lim to keep a
school ; another to get into a counting house; an
other to be a bar keeper. Any of these occupa
tions would have given Lira the means of living,
but Raymond's pride wvs in the way pride that
dogs us all our life, and stops up almost ever'
path we ought to follow, persuaded Raymond
that he who was once a gentleman, ought to live
of a gentleman, and of course Le could not do
either of these things proposed.
But events elay by elay, pressed Raymond to a
decision. His landlord at last became uneasy,
and told him that for what had accrued Le was
welcome, in ccm isiucration 5f his misfortunes ; but
he was himself poor, and he begged him respect
fully to make tlie speediest possible arrangements
to give up his room which he wanted for anoth
er. I have len thinking," said Raymond, in
reply to this, " that I might engage in tLe prac
tice of physic. In early Ufa 1 was thought to
have a turn for the profession."
This suggestion was approved by the landlord
and means weree immediately taken to put it iu
to execution.
" Dr. Raymond, late of England," was forth
with announced, and in a few weeks he was in
the full tide of successful experiment.
This fair weather, did not continue without
clouls. Many persons regarded Dr. RiymenJ
only as one cf tho adventurers so frequently com
ing from nglajd to repay the kindness and
and courtscy of the Yankees, with imposition and
villainy. Various injurious stories were got up
about him ; some having a sprinkling of tru'.It in
them, and for that reason being very annoying,
Raymond, however, kept tu Lis way, paying
little 'i-ed to these rumors, fancying that if left
to themselves the-y would soon die. And such
would, perhaps, have been the result, had not a
most unfortunate circumstance given matters an
other turn.
In the house where Raymond boarded, several
small sums of money, and certain ornaments of
some value, were missing by the boarders, frora
time to time, Suspicion fell upon a Frcuch ser
eant in the family , but nothing could Le proved
against Lim, he was retained, aud a vigilant
watch kept over his actions. Discovering that
he was suspected, the fellow determined to turn
the suspi cion agaitst Raymond ; ho therefore in
the dead e f night, texk a valuable -watch from
ons of the boarder's room, and laid it under he
pillow at Raymond's Led. This was dene with
so much address, the gentleman from whom the
watch was stolen, nor Raymond himself, knew
any thing of it at the time. TLe watch was mis
sed in tLo moruing, and the servart arrested.
But r.8 soon as the chamlxrmaid began to make
up Raymond's bed, the pilfered watch was there.
The servan t was at once released. Raymond
was arrested, briefly examined and thrown iuto
prison.
Tne circumstances in which he came to thai
country were now arrayed against him. The un
favorable rumors that had been afloat respecting
him revived; all the stories of swindlejs that had
visifed the country for twenty years back, were
published anew with embellishments. In short
Raymond was tried and condemnwl by the pub
lic, while be lay defenceless in prison, aud Ion"
before his trial came on. The subj;ct became a
matter of some notoriety ; the cireamstances
were detailed in the newspapers. A paragraph
noticing these events met the eye of Raymond's
brofher, who was settled as a minister of the gos
pel in a country parrish not far distant, and he
immediately came to the city. S.itisfying him
self by a few inquiries thit it wts indeed his
brother who was involved in difficulty and dan
ger, ho went straight to the prison, with a heart
overflowing with sympathy aad kindness, But
pride was still in the way, .nd Raymond Laugh
tily repulsed him.
The pie.us minister was deeply prieved, bat
he did not the less seek to serve Lis brother.
He took care to investigate the facts, and be
came persuaded that the French servant bad
practised the deception that has been stated ,
put he was not able to prove it Tie employ
ed the best of counsel ; but, in spite of all his
efforts, and all his pymyathy, Raymond was
foand guilty, condemued, and consigned to
prifoc
Up to this time, the pride of Raymond sus
tained him ; bat it now gave way. He had
borne the loss of fortune, but to be convicted
It was from the lips of bis brother, ard un
der Lis roof, where be bd been removed dur
ing his insanity, that Raymond learnt these
events. He had been released from prison,
and Lis character cleared of the imputation
of crime.
From this period Raymond was an altered
man. His pride was 'L-cualiy quelled ; no
loDgcr did tLat disturber of earth's happiness.
the real ferpent cf Eden. remain to keep
him in a state of alienation frcm his brother.
The two were now, indeed, as brothers.
Uat there were other changes in Raymond ;
his health was impaired. Lis constitution was
enfeebled ; bi9 mauly beauty departed ; be
was.iuiccd. but the wreck of former davs.
f?ut. strange as it may teem, he now, for
the Errt time,, foccd pease and happiness,
lie had now tastei cf sorrow, and was rr
quianted with grief. This enabled him to
enter into the hearts of other men, to see
their sorrow?, and to desire to alleviate them.
A new world was now open to Lim ; A new
wotld of effort, of Usefulness, cf happiness.
In Le days of prosperity, he had co cares
for anybody bat himself, aul mere selfishness
had left him a mere wretch while in possess
ion cf til supposed mcens of bliss. He had
MOfr made the discovery that pride is the
curse of the human race, and huaiility is its
only cure ; that trial, sorrow, and misfortune
are are necessary, ia most cites, to make us
acquainted with our o q hearts, an J those of
our fellow-men, and that true bliss is only to
found iu a plan of life which seeks, ear
nestly and siascrt-.y, the peace and happi
ness of others.
Til
CURIOSITIES CF COURTSHIP
A proposal was sent by the post in the days
when letters travelled at the rate of ten miles
an hour co the in ail coach The anxious lov
er for tho first week breathkssly expected the
reply, but i. did not come. TLe next wctk
Le pine J and was sleepless ; still no answer.
' A civil ack "osrkd jement ws his due. She
was l.earlkss, and a Girt." The next week he
despised her, and congratulated himself upon
his escapo. and. when at the cod of it he re-Ct-ired
Lis o jtu letter back from the dead-let-t
t e-frice, he Lad so comrleteiy outlived his
love that Le never proposed to that lady at
all.
I once siw a mM l'c ajod invalid makinj
love to a youuj laly After making great
efforts to ni"et her he drew his chair close to.
looked into her face, siahed heavily, drew
bis chair still closer, and while the looked at
Itiu in astonishment aud 1 in the distance
strained my tars to hear what tender remark
followed all thir prcpr.ratioD. I heard him
whsirxT iih n t emr-hasis. "Who is Your
i r? a - ,
I doe-tor?' I Eied hardlv sav that the prcp-sal
:
f-.L.-d which followed tLis w:l ju t jed com
mencement. A rao.e pirdenalle raso of amau's
ahsorbtion in Lis own pursuits was thit of a
slv lover, whose ona idea was horses. There
he spoke, and there she auswerd ys. Bui
this was natural and pardonable; a sly n.au
may need his vanta-re -ground, aud feeling
his own inferiority in the drawing-room may
yet be aware of his superior knowledge and
superior p- wer in the stable, where Lis hor
res make Lis thron-; arjd himself a king.
A marriage took place not many years- ago
in the great world, where two lovers, long
attached, but parated by the desire of their
iareLts, met under an arch viLile each was
taken refuse in London, from a sud icn rain
Neither of the-n had the least ilea cf the ne
ighborhood of the r.thcr, when the sudden
meeting occured which decided the coarse of
their lives
In another case the engagement was brekeD
off on account of limited means, and the gen
tleman went abroad. When returning home
after several years absence, he arrived late
on the railway platfom and rusheu into tbe
first c-rriae he reaehe l jn-t as the train was
in motion. Ia it he f und (with her mother)
the lady he had been so Ion; vainly endeav
oring to forsret. anl the meeting ended in one
of the nippiest marriages.
Ilins Anderson etves in one of his bo' ks,
an amusinc account of a oung man. newly
appointed to some .EcUl position in the court
of Copenhagen, ordering bis court cress in
great haste that he mitrht be present at a ball
where he meant to declare his attachment to
a Wutifu! e-rl whom ha hal long loved. All
List to tiie Mockln? KIrd.
A strong story is related by the Scott Leg
ion "hoys" at the expense cf one cf the cap
tains attached to thtir regiment. The story
in brief is this ;
Shortly after the arrival of the regiment at
, our cSccrs, while pressing near a
handsome dwelliue. were listeners to most
beauriful nv:sic. The unknown vocalist sang
iu tones so s ft, so tremulous and melodicu',
that they utraiced their ears to drink in every
note of the air. Ia the day time they went
by ?(juals past the dwelling, bat saw no soul.
Ouce thy pursued a syp'-h like figure, to the
very gate but alas ! she was net tLe Jaj
sought for. And so they lived on, each night
hraricg the ruuris repeated ; acd when it ceas
ed amb.ii jo ai d worldly interest went out
with them, nnd so that their dreams were
filled wish fancies of the unknown face. Ona
night when gathered together the Tciee struct
up ajrain.
Hy Jove I" saiJ one, "this ii agonizing.
I can't stand it. She trust be discovered.
Eager voice9 took op the remark, and W.
determined to reconnoitre the place, lie
crept on tip-toe toward the dwelling, leaped
the garden pales, and fiaalij, undiscovered,
but very pallid and remorseful, gained the
casement.
Sofily raising his Leal, ha peeped within.
The room was filled with music he seemed
to grow blind for the moment.
Lo! prone upon the kitchen hearti sat tae
mvstcrious songstress on c'sortj hv.ed ne
yress scouring tie tin kc'ttts.
V.'.'sliinls sank beneath Lim, when the
discovered, looking, up, shouted
"Go way dar, you soger man, or I'll Sy da
frjiag pan' at ycr bead. Don't stand dar
peakin at dis chile."'
YY. left instantcr, and the boys who tad
followed close ia the rear, escorted him back
to bis eruaaters with pea's of laughter.
To Day and To Moauow.-ilaif the griefs
of the world arc ideal. No matter to what
rank of life the man belongs, unless ha pos
sess a remarkably contented quality tf mind,
he is perpetually annoyel with small srrr ow,
arisng from the enticipation of evils which
in fact, never come to pass. At the end of
any year he can look back, if be cbeose. and
count his hours by the score, spent in this
manner over ideal misfortunes. Acd it is ex
actly the farce thing with our rcoments of
happiness; for -'man never is, but always ta
tc, blessed ; and how very much of our en
joyment is occasioned by the expectation of
pleasureable event which always fail to occur?
As a certain bishop once said to a fp"',? of
nobility, who asked for the loan of a rural
the reverend gentleman never ucd.
"Sir doo t you know it is necessary to
have a plae where you never go oplace in
which you fa.jcy yoa miLt ever be happy, if
you were th re ; but which you ali.-nt your
self because )cu know you wo&'t Lc "'
And the 1 i-hop in that remark announced
a great truth : f r delight, as well as sorrow,
lies so mu?b iu what is uever realized.
Common i.s , (air reader, ought to take a
solid hint frora this fact. In children's lan
guage ' never grieve a'ter spilt rtilk," tud
never over wh;t may occur. TLe past is ir-retrr-viab'e.
at.d the future brings u..alle c
nough cf its own Ljoy the present in its
inno-enee- ;:s circujustjijces n.ay permit. To
day is cert-.inly yours, asd to morrow n.ay
not be. And although reveling ia gratiiea
tions to come msy not l so objectionable ss
a chesp spb-ecs of happiaess, beware cf iri
du'ig".,: i an anguish over calamities equally
j,ssr, for it ii both idle aid unphii .s pa-ical.
The Falmxg Lsaves A sweet singer of
merry old England once wrote -"Leaves have
their time t fall" and that melancholy t'u.e
is here, an! as the wind whistles wiibout and
we sre the leaves siilinsj a'ortjr like vessels on
the wide oetsn a pei.siveness falls upon us
so much like the fading awiy of some dear
heart affrctionate and beloved, passing away
to the silent land. Eut ou'ht we cot lock up
to their mighty monuments instcal of beconi-
jaddcued at their
ho
14. 41 1 r '
oeeay : Jieaoiu now liir,
w far prolan -eJ ia arch aud sis.e, the avea-
.. ,i -v - r: ,.r t -
Uef CI tl'e Yail.'yss. wie irn!i' o uv mi-; - cj
stately ! so ete-..al ! the j y of man. the com
fort of all living b ings. the glory of tLe earth
they are but monuments of those poor leaves
which flit faiu-ly p'st cs t die. L-t theai not
.1. . ...A.n i-...4 vT.-triiJiont otir unoerstan.n?
vrnnt smooth V. was on i:i? pnuho. u. , , ...v, - . "
. -j" iv. ,mrr :.-,r 1 when ' il-oir IsM c .uoeI an d cxs.. p.e ; that wc also.
tt .! k:iti a. iitiv 11 . . i - - -
, , r .
corekss of monument by the grave, may
bu.li it in the world's monument by which
men may be taught to re;ee?u!er, not when
n l where we died, but when anl ho we liv-
So much for the less n of the leav-
button trave way on the histily tnaie court
dres3. The lover rushed abruptly away, an!
the lady, hurt at Lis unlooked for departure,
made an ensa-ioraent for a sleighing party
i J
the offer of another lover. I es" . . . .
Thus love, as well as life, often Lan-s upon i Tino the Knot. A young nn was tak
9 lhr,,l I44-, 4,4,444.-44 . .,. 44 1 ,r i in t i shill ride With a pret'y l T ! ,
as well as in war; this is a precaution nver ! m-t a Meth -dlst minister who was sect what
to be ejected. Mr A . a brother to celab-ated f -r tying the knot matroauot-ul on
the late Lord Z .whose proud and h ugh I short uotiw- He sto, pt-d lan. anu as. d tiur-
tv teainer was rroverbial. Afi, tk4;n ' -Ar tlaa von ne a ktct for tne ies.
refusal, the rejected lover turned aw fm. i c,M th minuter. "I cuess o ; wbea do you
he
her in trreat in.ngna lion, but fiodiog the want it done : (ll ni., .
gates of the garien locke I. was ohlised to j reply ; "is it lawful. lh uth. here ia the high
return to the lady to petition for the" key. j way ?' 0. jt-s. thi a - i. P16 " faJ
Another cae still more trying was that of j " afe1" tUe c;'V"cb ''Vl-'t.S io k -n
a een.Wn .ravelling iu North America. ? .ot . a JSld w.?
who after being -hospitab'y received in the t "c "ow shr.u ,d t e wis. wt
rofl of .n.ffirLiIb i command there. drove r.pidly - h.
; uiiui.-ii'. iu iiia rruiauu ii4.44,
tne evening
was refus-
freni
grcr
proposed to the h st s dangutcr 1
krn intended dcDartnre anl
ed. A dep fall of snow came on in the night ; ; fjr If a wnaien is truly beautifal let no
of a low, base theft, was what his spirit oould
not endure. His health sank under it, and j to play a game of drufss on it.
bis reason, for a time, departed. His sufF- j "
erings during that dark hour. God only A laly ie forms us that she knows a chap
knows At last be recovered his health aud down east whose lips are so sweet that every -senses,
wten be beard tl at, on his death-bed ; thing be utte- is perfectly cao-iicd, can
the French servant hai cocfesvei hla iniquity. I did.)
and the poorman. to his unspeaKaoie mor- ( Uer beauty be maJ. dim by the tlsU c cia
tifieation, was Ccn ioc i-r a " 1 uiulus
i :.!- .1,4. '.rti- u-lt rpipted Lim.
J Al osIUVE r ACT
n..v. .4,-J, Yl.v do sr.eculafrrs wish Vrik r
for the :i-Cicqm-r lifll ? Koeause they wish ; u.jt bald it to save bis life and so be
dlcii.
We once knew intu
who Lsd a breaih so f-tror z 'la
- i'.-itia, d
wi-h a ir. a it?
V'.hrtJini ItKiUi s.-U
"f- : , . ... .!
.. s. m.nv lOCKS. u; '
-hake of ihi: Lead, lhat ho did not ko.w.
Lucia d-b were a'.ays d ..c J ry-vaUl.
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