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" G.‘LliltAtill, Mwhf. tir-t cam_ to the prt.bed bouso " "Did. tier hu.band *Teat tier ill?" - '•Nr, no; rtted her like a spoilt ehiltl; et bbe never seemed happy or couteuted-like ". "What made her unhappy then?" "lie could as' Just tell--women were queer •rcturs. Mayhap it was being au old man's wife that fretted her, and that was but natural, -eciug that a pretty young thing - lik► her might nave got a biLsband nearer her own age, which, for amnia, would ha' been more to her taste." •Was she likely to have any family?" "No signs o' the like. It had na' pleased the. Lord to multiply Noah's seed upon the earth " "Was be stingy?" "Nia, na; they lead alien plenty to yeat He was a kind ineahter, an' good pay. Thery was only their two selves, and Mrs. Cotton way area -.eel like a lady, and had everything brave and new about her, but she looked mortal pale and :ilia, an' he b'lieved that she was in the eon intoption." The man went his way, and the old woman talked to Mary about lex daughter half the uight "She was always discoutalited with her lot," she remarked, -w ben single. Change of cirouni :.timees seldom changed the disposition. Per haps it was Sophy's own fault that she was not happy." Mary thought that her mother was right; but •he fe4 _so anxious about her sister, that. she de term it to leayc her mother, for a few days, to the care of a kind neighbor, and walk over to F—, to ascertain bow *natters realty stood.— But her mother became seriously ill, which hin dered her from putting this scheme into practice; and her uneasiness on her account banished S.)• phy and her affair- out of her maul. Other events town took place that made a ma terial alteration in their circumstances. Mr. Rollins, their benefactor, died suddenly abroad, and, keying no will, the pension allowed to Mrs. i3rirushawe died with him. his nephew and heir hid given them, through his steward, or lers to quit their presP.ut abode, and poverty and the workhouse stared them iu the face. Hearing of their diem ss, NOsh Cotton came over himself w see them, and geuerously offered them a home with him and his wire as long u :Ley lived. Thie was done so kindly, that the woman forgot all her old prejudices, and she -hd Allay thankfully accepted his - offer. But when the time wine for their removal, the old women was too ill to be taken from her bed, and the surly steward relnctatitly consented that she alight remain a few dare longer. Mary was anaious to leave the home. Since the appearance of old blason'a ghost, a most us pleasuot notoriety was attached sti it, Slid the meet disorderly seems were constantly being ea acted bens* its roof. Pert.emi had been robbed so a omsiderable-anxmat uponhthe road leading to—, wbieh at last attracted the attention of the tardy magistrates, and a large reward was offered for the apprehension of the person who performed the prascipal put in this disgraceful drama. Still, no dimorary was made, until one Bob Mason was shot by Tom Walkups, who had sworn to take the ghost dive-or dead. The striking resembhmoo this prodigal, young man bore. to his father had enabled him to deceive many into the belief that he was the pagettrite reprocessed. Wm nether, who was not in the meret bad sever boweas sew wi th bet sae Aiwa ha Aging; umi she _ 12C1 r t retnette he ntadelipos kis father she cm:eiders& as a pessliarly insulting to . herself, mad his dreadful end drove her mad, and this nest of in iquity was_brokeu up. Such is the end of the wicked. Let ns now relate what had happened at the Porched House, to change the wormy &pity Grinishawe into a pale and care-worn woman.— She did not love Nash Coma, when she con sented to become his wife; but be was superior to her in wealth and station, and his presence in spired her with respite and awe. He was grave and taciturn; but to her he was invariably gener ous and_kend. r i my indulgence end luxury he could afford was lavishly bestowed on his young wife; and if he did. nee names his attachment with the ardor ors youthful lover, he paid her a thousand little tender attentions which suffici ently proved the depth of hisaffeetion ited esteem. He was grateful to her forhint; and Sophy was not insensible to his Sophyto raider her comfortable and happy. But happy she was not, nor was ever likely to be. Noah was a solitary man —had been so from his youth. Ho had been socnetoinedeto live so many years with his old mother, and to mix so little with his neighbors, that it had made him silent and unsociable. After the first week of their marriage, be had particularly retriested his young wife to try and conform to his domestic habits, and she endeavored, for some tinie, e to obey him. But, at her age, and with her take for show and gaily, it was a difficult matter.— Yet, after a while, she mechanically sunk into the same dull apathy, and neither went from home, nor invited s guest into the house. Twelve months passed away in this melancholy, joyless sort of existence, when an old woman and her daughter name to reside in a cottage near them. Mrs. Mania was a kind, greeping old Feely; her daughter Sarah, though some years Alder than Mrs.- 0./ttoo, was lively and very pretty, awl gaiued a tolerably comfortable living for herself and her mother by dress-making.— They had once or twice spoken to Sop h y, on her way to the Methodist chapel, but never when her husband was present, and she was greatly taken by their manners and appearance. "Noah, dear," she said, pressing his arm care lesely, as they were coming home one Weduesday evening from the aforesaid chapel, "may I in vite Mrs. Martin and her daughter Sarah to drink tea with us They are strangers, and it weuld but be kind and neighborly ti : , Low them some little a: L, toiou." "By no means, Sophy," he cried, with a sud den mart; "these people shall not enter my house.", "But why?" • "I hate wy 1C3901/11 They are. no frieuls of wine. They arc no strangers to me. They liv ed hero long ago, and wero forced to leave the plate, after her son, a tutschievous, turbulent fel low, was hang." "Mrs. 31artin'a sots vriatkii? I thought they had been ileceu•, t, ,pectable pc, ple'. ' "There is no judging people by appearance," ..aid Noah, bitterly `.l look a decent fellow, yet I have been a grea: stoner iu wy early tla)s.— And, with r,garut t , these Martian, ter_ less y have ul L with the at, Sepby, the better. I you, one.: f I will have n.) tH.TD " at, to 3 Lera..r ),014:1 thou 6a ti fig. u uxtd 1.1 M. )011.11A WILL Supla) wt, pig 4,1 ;.u,l t LL, v. , 4kosit; curtoui to nada a uiouL:".acq cluvst. •:.1 • t.1).' , .c )1 • - , old rq , Lint .uvti • fiw Fit rf.`%. 4.1 srik , m.)..ugt tly uLlk:f , 11*: I .U 1): j,et, 11.0 El,. Ltt 1)011," t •it -A „ , +Pie o (ott,u a differs Ut er, hilt.. ilt w..- acid 1- , -vrveti. :.11;13(1.1ut. it the chart Wit, uitlN ut Ills cvuutvuatwe, alwa) i pak at , d wyru, m,w ..t‘ore a trouluril still anxious cxpr , -,- , tuu, dud at, athletic firth wast td uutii Lw 6e catne Ir2rfettly VQry.bpcctre of his f rtu. r i i. In spite of his 'Stern prohitiitiou, Sophy, ti she did not ask the Martina to the luuse, often, du ring her husband's absence, slipped in r-i chat and gossip with them. Ere i mg, ht. t own cowl tenruce underwent a visible change, and her wasted figure and neglected dress led J straugr to suspect that she was either in a decline, or suffering from great mental depression Several weeks elapsed, and Mrs. Cotton had not been seen outside her dwelling by any of the neighbors. Mrs. Martin and Sarah wondered what ailed her, and both at length concluded that she must be seriously ill. But, as no dcotor was Etetll visiting at the house, and Noah went about his farm as usual, this could hardly be the ease. They were pusaled, and knew not what to think. At lust, on the day that Noah went over to—, in ord'-r to remove Mrs. Eilimshawe and Mary to his own abode, the mystery was solved, and So pby came across to visit her neighbors. ••31erey, child! what aileth thee?" cried the old woman, hobbling to meet her, perfectly as tonished at the melancholy alteration which a few weeks of seclusion had wade in Mrs. Cot ton': , appearance "You are ill, Mrs. Cotton," said Sarah, placing the easy-chair for her guest beside the ire. "I have not felt well for some time," returned Sophy, trying to seem composed; "and now, the alarming illness of my poor mother has quite up. set inc. 'I would hare gime with Noah to—to see her, but indeed I was not able,"—and she burst into tears. "How long path thee been sick?" asked the in quisitive old dame. "Only a few days. Noah took the horse and cart to fetch her sod Mary home to live with us. It is kind of Noah—very kind,. Bat, God for- give me: I almost w►sh they mayn't come." "Why child, it would cheer thee up a bit. I am sure thee vrautost some one to take care of thee." "I would rather be alone" sighed the young wife. "What has come over thee, &play Cotton?" said the old woman, coming up to her and laying her band on her shoulder, whale abe peered ear nestly into her face. "I never saw such a cruel change in a young cretur in the course of a few wee/u2 But there may be a cause—a naturAl cause," and alis smiled significantly. "No, no, thank goodness! You are wrong— quite wrong, Mrs. Martin. No child of mane will ever sport upon my threshold, or gather daisies beside my door; and I am thankful—so thankful, that it is so!" "That's hardly iu Incur'. Moat o' rumen kind love young children--'specially their owo." "My dear Mrs. Cotton," said S wish, sooibieg ly, "you look ill and miserable—do tell tu what wakes you so unhappy." "Indeed, Sirah, 1 cau't " Ani tiLphy wept afresh. "Is Nosh cross to you?" "Quito the reverse—he's tho knits' of moo " "lie looks very stem." "His looks belie him." "dud do you loie him" "If I did not, I should net kw 30 tatorrithle;" sod alphy laid her head down upon her kncds and rept aloud. "Mrs. Como, you distress us greatly," coati naiad Sarah, takuig her cold passive band.— "Wool, I au tell a friend and neighbor the rea son d tlus grief?" But &pal only wept, NI if her heart wire breskim. - weber sad ensidor *kid is mit itist, ERIE, SATURDAY, JUL 29, 1854. 11!2:MI 81 50 A YEAR, IN ADVANCE. . The old woman retun kr ed Npda the ebergot "Tell one who loves thee MB a feather." A deep, loeg.deaws sigh was On esti , answer. "Speak out your 'dad, deer,' said Sarah, prating alfectimately tie thin, wasted bead that lay so passively within her own. 'lt will ease your heart." "Ab, if I thought you livid tell no one; " and Sophy mind her &saw& gm; sad , flied her earnest e y es wourefai spies bet riatemegain, "I would amide to you ray boa* bus oh t ii Inc you were " so °Mel ai k ta bo both llle,it 'maid dm* mad. "Sure we can be truitdolt hes ttzent 0.1100 1 . " and the old women drew up vri.h an air of fended &pity. “Wkwit boßest would .840 talk and I here to betray treat web: tee hik rue' sips going clanking iron *newts house about matters that don't _concern it- Whirr csoald it do us to blab the secrets! doting. ." "It is only anxiety fee ifult weliste, deer Mrs. Cotton," whispered "that *ekes se wish • u to know what it, is that . fris zt ed So. "I believe yon my • phy: "I know should better it f had the &ualt thing of my mina. It b al to beer suer a burden alone." "Does not your husband know it?" "That is what, occasions me wash grief; I dare not tell him what vexes mei I oaoo hinted at it, and I thought he would hate gone mad. You wonder why I look so pals and thin how can it be otherwise, when I never get a sound night's rest?" "What keeps you awake?" exclaimed both women in a breath. "My husband'. Ile doff nothing but rave all night in his sleep about some person he mur dered years ago." The women exchanged significant glances. "Oh, if yon could bart, hear his dreadful tries —the piteous moans be makes--th ; frantic pray ers he puts up to God to firgice him for his great crime, and take him out of the fires of hell, it would make your hair stand on end; it makes me shiver and tremble all over with fear. And then to see, by the dun light of the rush candle, (for he never sleeps in the dark,) the big drops of sweat that stand upus his brow and trickle down his ghastly face; to hear him grind and gnash his teeth iu despair, and howl in a wild sort 6( agony, as he strikes at the walls with his clenched fists; it would make you pray, Mrs. Martin, as I do, fur the light of day. Yes, yes, it is killing me—l know it is; it is horrible to live in constant dread of the coming night—to shrink in terror from the husband in whose bo som you should rest in peace." "Loth this happen often ?" asked Mrs. 311:- tin. "Every night for the last two months; ever since you came t.a iiv.• near us lie used always be afraid of the dark, and sometimes Madd n)ise iu his sleep, he never acted as he now. On v I asi,. , l him what he way dreaming about, and Fh3 lie always fancied be had LlMY ,kri.d soma oi.. asl -p lle flew at me like. a 1.13.1DiJ,7, '1 i S Ore h ' would throttle me if hoev r iieard ask such ,lish questions again; p ..pi,: c not niurd,r in their they must be wile awake to shed '• Ay. ay,"z4d th- wimaf, with a i'bst•-•.z. 1t: kanw% lit- ev 1.4 , !U1'1u Mk! th.! •ts. 6e wurlvr..l, in bi lti 4 ;i r ‘•:autr3. — " "Did yin% . ~ tl• ;lam.. C trier.: But .•0 , 14111 41 . 1.1 au .a A. c' uge I met r race, iRY aids a ery of tri umph .;prang fr..m he %wit and eltippiti her 11.4tas in Att jo) t alight tither G. •t rue.' gratifivet r,vetvre. ••.Iv ' . ' he out at List My fig, l! I think thee' Yes, ye.."Yett ge.tue, 111111 V, I will rope), 4,41,11 fht: 1,9 A M) 11.11 : tuy kor.:.vc Bill: aul thee 'mist to die for thii wawa t2ttute: but lixl Las lighted thee L o g— i t } ls t, /0 ?pt.., of ti,ia riiLain's .rruce that thy . kuzfe . dil the cited, orlr:rt Le plunged it hinuteit tato the rich luau's heart. Ha, ha, I ahnit lire to he rereard upou'him—l I ah.LII !'. MEI "What have I d'ine'."' shrieked the unhappy wife. "I have betrayed my husband into the band: , of Lis enemies :" and she sunk down at the old woman's feet like one dead. Gloating over her anticipated revenge, Mts. Martin* spurned the prostrate form with her foot, as she cowman-, ded her more humane daughter . ..to see aftet Noah Cotton's dainty wife, while she went to the magistrate's to make a deposition of what she had heard." Shocked beyond measure at what she had heard and seen, ashamed of ber mother's violence, and sorry fur Sophia's% unhappy diaclosure; as she well knew that, whether the actual murdeder of Squire Carlos or only an acoomplice, her bro ther was a bad man, wbo deserved his fate, Sa rah tenderly raised the faintingSophy from the ground, and placed iro on her own bed. Long ere the miserable young woman returned to a consciousness of the result of her own impru dence, her husband, who had returned froaa without her sister or mother, was on his way to the county jail. ?LIZ NIOIIT ALONI &Thy returned to her desolate home, the mo ment she recovered her senses; for the sight of the Martins filled her mind with inexpressible anguish. On entering the little keepintroons, she shut the door, and oorering her head with her apron, sat down in Noah's chair by, the old oak table, on which she buried her face' in her hands, and remained si:eut and astonished dur ing the rest of the day. I "Shall I sleep with you to night, Mrs. ,botton?" said Sarah Martin, in a kind, soft eohse; as to ynirds the close of that long, blank /day,- she 'trued the door, and looked in upon 'Met desolate. arldaw—hat not of the dead.' "No, Sarah, thank you; I would 'Tether be alone ' " was the brief reply. Sarah liagered with her hand still On the lock. Sophy shook her head impatiently, pis much as to say, "Go, go; I must be obeyed;l I know the worst now, and wish no 'Renal person to 10 - ok upon my remorse--my grief—my hitter Weil latices." Sarah understood is, all} The door slowly closed, and Sophy was once /more alone. Many hours passed away and t night with out,4 dark and starless, had , deepert around her cold hearth, add Sophy still sat re with her head bowed upon the table, in a Sort of desqbir jog *tuner, unoonscious of everyilaing bat tbo overwhelming seine of intense misery. Theo came painful thoughts el' her past life; herfrequent quarrels with her good sisters; her unkindness and neglect to her mitering mother; her ingratitude to Gal; andebe iscontented re. pinings over her bumble lot, sr kb had led to sold her present situation. She h money; and the wealth she b deo criminally coveted, was the price of blood, land from its en vied possession no real enjoyailent had sowed The poverty and dimonafort of her mother's sot. tago were SNAIL when eempared to the heart,. 1 crushing misery she at that mlntent enured. Then she thought of her huldiand; thought of her selfish Imprudence in bentiyiag bit gu di,...... that in him approaching trial site must 'ppm , as I a principal witness against inns; and that her testimony would, in ea probatility, corsai,pi kin to the scaffold. She felt that, however vimb, the magnitude of his oriole, IsiiiarliTtatilereatid 01 it long aim this be bud aelbred seeeimi egeebiret re ammemii lipsaidow 160 ticriii 40 Wen more than his reason could well bear; that hi itad liallired more from the pup of eon mime than he ever Gould eapetionee from the heads of mu. AU his Madness to her, sines the day she became his wife, retvaed to her witimiame of seadsrame she sever had fehdor hint before. She sorer saspeetad how deeply she toyed him, till she was forced to part from him far ever sad her soul melted within her, sad she shed hoods of tears. Bbe saw him edam in the dark ditageoa, our tiaadied by the frightful phantoms of a guilty esasolonce, with no pitying voice to soothe his overwhelming grief, or speak words of peace or comfort to bit tortured spirit, and she inly as claimed, "I will go to him tomorrow; I wi ll at learn to hint, pity you, my dm i ir, unhappy ht I imay you to forgive me for the prat evil I have brought upon you." And with this thought uppermost in her mind, the allowable girl, overcome by has long fast, and wont oat by the excitement of the past day, fell Into a profound *keep. And ia, la the black dulness of that dreary sks s pht she beheld a bright, shirting It sad bright - mod, and towed aU around her ike the purest moonlight, and the centre condensed into a female, amilind and beautiful, which advancing, laid a soft hand up on her head, and whispered is tones of ineiLble sweetaese— "Pray—pray for hies and thyself, and thou 'halt find pawn." And the face and the voice were those of her dead sister Charlotte, anti a sudden joy shot into her heart, and the vision faded away, and ate awoke, and behold it was a dream. I?,And &pity ruse up, and sank down upon the ground, and buried her face in her leanis, and tried to pray, for the dm time in her life, earn estly and truthfully, in the firm bedef that he to •hom she addressed her petitiqn Was able to help and save her, in her hour of need. Few and imperfect were her words; but they flowed from the heart, and he who looks upon the heart gave an aasser of peace. Memory, ever faithful in the hour of grief, supplied her wile a lung catalogue of the sins and follies .of a misspent life. Deeply she ac knowledged the vanity and nethingu , ss of those things in which she had once felt -,ueh au eager childish delight; and she asked forgiveutiss of her Maker for , a thousaud faults thAt she liad never ackuorledged as faults before. The world to the prosperous has witty Attrac tions. It is choir parrAlLse, they seek tut 0 , ) other; ani ti pair wilu it. ehjoyulau!: e.inapriws bitterness of ib..1.11. Even the poor work un, and hopu'yUr Eetter days. It is 011 ' 13 tie b{l1:1(1- 1A in sptrit,,Aud sad of hurt, thaL is.j.s.t its Al lureinents, and turn with their whp. r G , kl. Out 1 , 1 mach tribulaziou th-y bArii to life=—that better life prothisel w thetu t)) their Lltd and Savior. Suphy Noll up HI ofll-11 t grey t;ltt 01 a ! etuy rruttig gl4.lualiy 'Arens, fIL tiLtl in: • y aut t tr tog, It setnutH t rifts a ;• 1 1 ,1 1 .•-, scowl avp him tu.4 wilt ; ;,k1 u I ex , I t•• 111. silo taneltik.is . • .ta . • pi: IA; lu. the wilistiair. "ttowilike- "But thpre is a A/U A t!At• exist•, ~.% 1.04 he sound of )l• appi ,AC rai ! l.l- ~' f ielltcluirt br. t •;: I rider. , Thcy were OF. • • .•. , tlucte4 _ Noah t pri.,;u, , "nil me," she cried, in weeoog had rendered hoar,-, en .air • ulatif, "something about my p.ir I he lie hung?" "&uthing non: certain," rertle t th; p..e, .1) thuis addressed "Small chance ..f f•ir hiqi, The txdish follow has confe-std !Then he did really commit the inur,i-r? Worse than that, Mistress, he tirt..a. lie 3 .0.4 n nick out of the noose, and let another L•itow fer the death be richly deserved 48 A . ibi account, hanging is too good for such a in He should be burnt alive " "May God forgive him:" .exelanned S .1 , ), y /wringing her hands. "Ales'. alt.: lie kind, good man to "Dou't take on, aiy dear, after that fashioh. said the other horseman, with a knowing leer "You were no mate for a fellow like him. Youeg and pretty as you are, you will soon get a better hushtind. Sophy turned from the speaker with a sicken iug feeling of disgust at him and his ribald jest, and staggered back into the house. She was not many minutes in making up her mind to go to her husfiaud; and hastily packing up a few ne cessaries in a small bundle, she called the oal serving mail, who had lived with her husband for many years, and bade him harness the horse and to drive her to B—. The journey was long and dreary, for it rained the whole day. Sopby did not care fur the rain; the dullness of the day was more congenial to her present feelings: the gay beams of the sill/ would have teemed a mockery to her bitter sor row. As they passed through the village, a troop of idle boys fotlowed them into the turnpike road, shouting, at the top of their voices— " There goes Noah Cotton's wifel—the mur derer's wife. Look bow,graud she be in her tine chaise." "Ay," responded soma' a linman bead , through an open window, loud enough to reach the ears of the rietetriekea woman; "but pride will have falL" The penitent Sopby wept afresh at these in. sults. "Oh," ale sighed, "I deserve all this.— I was too proud. But they don't know bow mis erable I am, oeth., would not eauselesaly in- Met upon me another wound." "Don't take eu so, Missus," mud the g•>cid old serving-man, who, though he said nothing to her on the subject, felt keenly Or her distress '.Surely it's no fault o' yours. You worn t bore, I guess, when Neuter did this fcarsomo deed. I ha' lived with Nett these fourteen yeah, an' I never 'speeted him o' the like. Ile'sabout as quest a-man es ever I seed. Ile wor oilers kind to the dumb beasts on the farm, au' you know, Minus, that's a good sign. Some men are such tyrants, shit they must trout their bad humors on sumo. If the survant don't crotch it, why the poor dub creturs in their power dew.— Nowt I illy) Noe wee a good ?Outer both to man an' beast, an' I prey they may find him in nocent yet." Sophy had no hopes on the subject. • She felt in her soul that he was guilty. The loquacity of honest Ben pained her, and in order to keep him silent, she remained silent herself, until they reached the metropolitan town of the coun ty, In which the assisses were always held, which was not until late in the evening. She could gain no admittance within the jail that night f and Sopby put up at a small but neat public Ileum near at band. From the widow who kept the home, she beard that the assizes were to be held the following week, and that there was no doubt bat what the prisoner, Noah Cotton, would be found Olt,' of death. But her eon, who was the jailor, thought it more than probable that be would cheat the hangman, as be had seareely tasted food since he had been 111 prison. Mrs. Cotton then informed the wi• tow that she was the wife of the prisoner, and esabled to her enough of her history to create too-bar a smog Wanes is the brow of As good mew. iM did ass hapiNerty tie w>fM feeling with tepid to Sophia, to her son, who reatised her sa early interview with her hus band on the following . atoroing, and to do all for leer and his that lay in his power. ' Cheered with this ilreatise the weary travel ler retired to her chamber, and slept sou udly.'— _ Before six in the morning, eke found t'salf in the presence of her husband. "My husband! my dear husband! and it was my imprudence that brought you to thisr cried &pity, as she fell werOng , upon the nee of the felon, clasping him in -...armir; and hissing passionate grief the tears from, his , an• shaven face. "flush, my precious lam`," he replied, fold ing her in his embrace. "Ikwas not yott who betrayed the, it Was the voice of God e through a-guilty conscience. lam t fulS— oh, so thankfnl,shat it has taken placo—that the dreadful secret Is known at left! I enjoyed last night tho first Vast sleep I have known for years—slept Without being hammed by kick" "And with death !paring you in the face, litcp.' iihr • - "What is death, /3ophy, to the agonies I have eudured?—the fear of detection by day—the eyes of the dead glaring upon me all night? ilk I feel happy, in comparison, now. I have hum bled myself to the duct—have wept and prayed for p.trdon; and oh, my eweet wife, I trust I ant forgiven-..have found peace—" "When was this?" whispered Sophy. - "The night before last." "flow strAnge!" murmured Sophy. "We were together in "pint that night. I never knew bow dear >iiu were to me, Noah, until that night.— How painful it would be 'to me to part with you for ever:" "It wa• cruel and selfish in me, Sophy, to join your fate to mine—a monster, stained with the' blackest crimes. Bat I thought myself securei fr)in deteetiau--th.inglit that my sin would ne ver find no out, that I hrd managed matters with such inc,ruparible skill that discovery was int p ,ssiblo, that the wide earth did not contain a witness of my guilt a Fool that I was. The' voice of blood never slieps; fram out the silent dust it calls night and day in its ceaseless ap- , penis fit vengeance it the throne of God.. I hire heard it in the still, dark night, and above the roar of the i!rowd is the ssvrrining streets of 4 Lrniou at own-dAy; and riven fel , a shadowy hand upon my throai.auda cry in my ear—Thus air th nia,t: ~ Thar were moments when, go:ided to twin aeia by that v tic:, I felt inclined to give myself up t but withheld me, and the .1-stnal fear of thoic haunting fiends chasing me . throuli eternity, was a hill I dared nut encoun-• ter My tm was parched with an unquencha ble fin; l was tort harkienA to pray." rpny, iquktug carne-tly into vy..-4, -you ire 11.4 a cruel man; you wt. kiti i z, , yut oil in r—have bten very ui t w, lion -1:11- you to commit such a dr,..a , 1 ,1:111e?" 'FI: in in , , i y, 4 ., he replicti— •lt prvi• fails,: shame of 'tow tort!. in I ti Ale,t pOverty, th;gt to the dee p rate t ' "1 tiavi t, It sow tthiug of this," ssitd Sopky, and h,r ti ass flowed afres'a "I now see that sinful th iught.i are hut the suede of sinful deeds, 1"Wl.1 liter:t . ; t76 l lli.r tern la t lUD to be guilty of uriute- great as that of who you 'nand . er,;t: • S b,iyi her hti-baitri. lemu!y. wish tut fat. , as a W.ll lllfig t.. other. Ll•te•ii ! 11.2 'l2 • 1 .ag .+•.o:. r veninp attei my in it her wrote a hi-tory of wy life I d... 1 I:, in le. er and trembling, any humeri eye •-•:1 :tell u, - at My 1.4-k, and learn my se eret u..w di it I am called upon to answer fur my erime. I weAii wake this sad history benlictal t mt ttllowifereaturc- ~i.. , ..! ~.. ~. _y.. ~nl 'll 1= ME 'After 1 4111 gout., dear Soptiy, and rare Turn •, titue to taking to y•oti... ,111,11liaktvg eouttortan'oe pour o,osor atflocted mo th rau 1 000ttn tor the tea:4llller tit their oityF. ite): Loo• drew •M•• trout but p,ocket— o.opo uot h.. ot.lota,hOoue I lourcau to •our oorrtepiug : oat la drawer uour,,r to the wisdom you WI 1 wy wtil, to which I have settled upou )oou all that l po, , esoo. l have uo rLlati.u, who. eta lispatc wit I )ou the legal rightostoothis pr o. per;) Tuere iv a slight tnol,,titure in the woo,' that form, tit, bottotu of this drawer; press it hard with your thumb, .11Illotraw it bick at the same and tt will disci ose au muer plaeo. of eaucealateut, in which you will tiud a nal of Hauk 00l liagoau.l oi coo , to tile amouut ot .4. 1 5t4. Fitts was tue to to 2) 'low trout 10. Carlow, the 'light I ward t 1 tom if is ,taitio . .l with his Wool, awl 1 ha%,• uever Isoked at it oor towelled tt stud: 1 p14e.:0l it tuere, upward; of twouty years ago I u •wt r 11.0/ t o • h°.11•4 to use It, 411 , 1 wish it to bet tart 1 to :11.. C.ttutiy "In Ulla draucr )oou wilt Oikewiso: ftuol the pa pers counimiug all SIM• 11141 of the circumstances that led to t.L commis:4 , Al of the critic. You and Mary tall read them tugtther; and oh: :AS yOarcul,pity i fo,r tho au happy ua urdo.rer lie stopped, and wiped tit,: droops of p e ,,p,r, t Lion from tits brow; and the distress °this „rut% wife almost equ.itled at she kissed away the tears that streamed down his pale face 111. , breath came iu quick, ei a l euNiee solos, and lie trembled in ever) limb "I fuel ill," lie said tu s fsint voice; recollections wake we b..). There is a stilinge fluttering at any liesrt, as if a bird beat its wings with nay breast. Suphy, my wife—my blf bsc,l wife: can this be death? S.ipliy serossautl with iorr.w, rocleti dimly forward, and roll to the gonadal. her feet Uer cries brought the j.uler to her assistunots.— they rataed the felon, and laid him 04 his bed; but life was extinct. The agitation of his mind had been too great for his cab:nested frame.— The criminal had died self-condemned under the wows of remorse. TIU SIIILDIaItEeIt 31.1a4t8Callor. Who. am I, that I should write a bookr a namelets, miserable add guilty wan. It ill be cause these facts stare ML: in the face, and the recollection of my past deeds goads me to mad near, that I would fain unburthea my conscience by writing this record of myself. I do not know what parish in England had the di-credit of being my native plate. I can just remember, in the far off days of my early childhood, coming with my mother to live st a pretty rural villne in the fine agricul tural county of B—. My mother was called Mrs. Cotton, and was reputed to be a widow, and I was her only child. Whether she had ex. er been married, the gossips of the place oonsid• end very doubtful. At that period of my life, this important fact was a matter to me of perfect indifference I was a strong, active, healthy boj, quite able to take my 01r11 part and defend toy own rights, .againat any lad of my own age who dared so ask a:pertinent questions. . - The groat elan of the village--Bquire Caries es he was called---lived in a grand hall, sum/un &el by a stately park, about a mile from F— on the main road lemurag to Leedom His plan: tations and rune preserves extended fat may miles along the public thoroughfare, and ay mother kept the drat porter's lodge sweet. the village. The Scathe kid bus immerimd, bet bis wife had boo a id Sw wiee rm. Se 115119 Oak Imsd- TUN KILITINO =9 I!GME B. F. SLOAN ? BRO.& *NTJAILBER ; some man, in middle life, amt boss ' Sionielam ..!, of having bean a very gar ones is lit • Aiwa was whiepeeed„ among tha' —.a sips, that these indiscretions tautabillMlll64ll4l days of his lady, who loved him pacsiePowtt , At soy rate, an died. of had completed her twent= "s yMett.. it leaving an hair m the %MON and lith .11111110 . emir married spin. . Tel* at • Mr. Culoe often came to the ledgpa(bigki -- Ar that he seldom panted "throssit the pihemillb S ' ol way to and from dm gig, hilliest jahr to Ghat with .my mean. This was was alms, amesqloided by limiffigie hi• 4100 1 notice of ea at *IL M. L. yileal sae to °pert the pre. Die. Bili mot dime call me a pretty, mks . great deal of small 'hasp lbws tag days. I reammbsr oat sheassisi Admit: opening the pts bar a imp poor 411110161111 1 1.4 with the Squire at their ineadObrit owe ANS - tapped my cheek, with hi* Wag silisoll4 iiis claimed- .. is _ : IV! a. •,, . “By Jove! Ostia, that's a basaisama,b4o.2 "Oh, yea," said asmisuri "the. Wry pioillth ILI his,Amic.". 44.4: • .:44 And the Squire laughed, and they hi l l IF and when I west back into the Wip e I. my mother a bameitel of silver I had and mid— . . . "Mother, who was my *here • :1• "Mr. Uuiton. of °aurae," is absyseid o Otbigiac ly, "bus wliy, Nosb, do you ask!" "I }.44 "Beams. 1 wale, W know suasedlas 4101114 him. But my mouser did sot choose Is sistruiste,! peruucut questing's; and, though Orally Wlq . ed to telling long stories, slip seised very utile shout the priurts Cotton. She informed- Oda .11Werfflift=NI had beet a fellow-servant with W U *" ovi employ; that be quarrelled wish imata= tea I was born , wad lett hen, sh e know what bad become of hits het oho hoNotmil • he went t t AiNdmikiled ktis bit' lug AIM she soodededaite ItillahoosiAesd tot ohm that APIA 1110101164110 had placed.Ver. tit hourtoostfortedde au* tion, that I most ebilirtiN Pal". " iMr. . C- " he lid ditioillt! hat b 7 she Wel du vinoiligiNg bokariwar. I I tor, %haat was taailod Noah, awe my fat CT. - The built sketch of oarWA, WOW, Wall perteutly satisfactory to sae at Sait i Asaiii t irs• meinher feeliug a su•otip:meritis4 oky ouluouts progenitor, and I lAJCAM 0.141,401611 i ..4 pow late about hid fate. r. Ita the meanwhile, I hurl it good polar/ ." :1 I my 111?tliet alacrity displa yed in waiting tips Squire and lits guests, never failed a NOW. ino narvest of smell coin, which gave Se. MA binsli importance in the eyes of the lade is die village, who waited via me wish tbe genee that I d.d 80i .otdor- Do , ib m doubt, to vow, m fur w sberb-a. • a love of acquiring witlitlit=4 tag admirers without any Vat early fostered in my heart, whiett=toolo' for nue dross and a hositful display of euretiotil. ty, by no means consistent with my low bhib and humble means . In due time I was placed by Kr. Clarks ot the village school, and the wish to be thoaglit ali Z and determivatitin of purpose, which saw at.: a: the top of my class .11611! There was-only uue, buy in the school-dist tare,/ to dispute my su premacy, mid he bad by nature what I acquired with great toil sad dilb eulty—a most retentive memo), which GRAM him to repeat, atter once reading, a task which wok' me several days of hard study to leers.--- (Low I tniviwi this faculty, which I jussellj N V. crud pesetas, si,) real merit is heed,- 'tsz d i natural gilt. It w.ui not learning .: • was were rtading. Ile wonki•jtaat ' over the ii.x;k, atter idling half his shois i and then walk up to the waster, ant without waking a stogie blunder. He wort careless, reekkas boy in the anhasllllllo eertiunly the cleverest. 2 hated hive, IMO tot bear that ue should equal, and ever sulio uke,*a let u in. took no pausal to learn. - it the ['buster lust! , done hint nownsiosquoini v • I 0 to,uld never, italic stood above fits_ Hsi *1 reasons, tx,st, known to himself, ha always ississ, ed ate, and snubbed Bill Martin, who, luivilliill, played Lama iluituktud iuspish winks, amid tossllln 44 the other buys t., rubes mat kin autharisy.". Bt:l casks' cu,s the ot.g,woigie °sag eteitlentart, and Mr Butien, sue at.s3ter, *pines Tosily4 • Thcrt: War eueistaiii war Lea sell alb klditsalt sae. We warn pretty i qually nisteheti tt = tut the victor to-us), 0ri..1 sure to be morrow; the boys ,y.u , rally took'part week ass• lla. Soh character* are always popalss,• wsiik he bad many iblustrers to Chu school. teem t wo/ to this troy tur.4e me restless and I reall, &tar l i 0,../.• tow some injury. atter / uad given [Olll a sound drabbuiedissaik. •,1 we ''.l, ban twin puppy: & beeps, mil 1111; . Jugas turf sell trite Chu rich saw's tads. Laming wll4 rage.-4ur a !Mind to Illy pile wAs4itr worse iu asy estunititoti than any pow ual injury---1 dostauded what he west bytendt in uitiug 1414%1A1 and be sneered is Sy Alter au to.d to go no and ask my wireaseteadinir, quota-less, was better quail/led to give ma. toimAtiou I desired. Aud I did mit awl Loot r, anti shy told me "I wan a foolish by W bow *soh nonsense, spoken in auger by a lag 4e had just thrashed; that &U Mania was a -Mt tattoo, sad envious of lay being better 4. thior himself; that tf l halo:tad to sash atmailass la. About her, it would wake her etietwakille, end shoekl never know a ham hear myssilm! • I felt that this was true. I Loved eti MAW hotter than anything in the world, lbw at won and tiosinesa to On WasilollllthiVr. ways WoltOatod too Wise with a mailliag .11mig and I never received a blow/ from her immillaary life. IME lIIIE My mother was &Peet sist-emdpeleavemesse ar . She mast have been basoMM Al* for she was still very pretty. Rae 4miesilegaree was mild and ratio, and she wee meat sod Olean was proud el saw so stoman to her task tMsßesebtlisi od with her, and say melt efemei ttr hat seated with my whole beers and long* i was too young to ask airezpiemisbas et dbi, clammy of Squire's viaim to ear bassi ani why, wises bemuse, 1 was seserelly on some mead to the wilier; and had rah espial:Woo bees given, 1 'NW sot Yaws NOON led it. _ . Mr. Cask* had s fumily, but his aspiarasad niece MIK twtte arm to speed their War at the old hall. Master Walter, who girl/ brit, was a Sue, manly fellow, about .sieeirs age; and Miss Nils, who was two yositringiS was s street, Sir girl, as beautiful el din iMil satiable. - 1 tab • I had just lessiOsed soy` teentwils per= was tail Sad alum for my sp. IRONS, young pas* were at the Halt, 1 sue druid soy beet *Oa, and west up way day Sr IA aro stran, it &boy weal fins, I conisit.biki b l okes mad redo, baited this books, svii boa est the best places los their sport, sri a = a i rti g ht l ow-boat it duty irfabsd sts sansblea further data riser. ae-. Obis we left toss sad seek* eaE lostiffli sks•s# *perm sad assidotra 1110.111111. ICUs Wit Asia mei wild ~Aft , Cl4ll . 11111 . 11111 ; 404 :.: I*. , • sgl =1