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AMBITION.
•'What Is its earthly victory?" WILLIS.
AWAY—thou tempter, from my side!
With all thy dazzling hopes of Fame;
Away with all thy dreams of pride
Which I may never, never claim;
Lure me not on to acorn and shame,
Let thy adducing whispers cease,
And I my restless heart - will tame,
And seek the quiet paths of peace.
What are the gift, thy hand bestowal
What, but anxiety and care,
And feverish hope, that mars repose,
And retrospection's pang severe!--
While all that could this life endear
Like the fair fiuits by Egypt's sea,
In outward beauty tempting near,
Thy touch will turn to mockery.
And this is all that thou canal give
For sleepless nights and anxious days?
For seldom do thy vot'ries live
To hear the town voice of praise.
Why should I tread thy toilsome way,
And live a burden'tl anxious slave,
Though all the world should kneel and gaze
With veneration on my grave? B.
VOiM
TBE BLUE woornafeil
A MARRIAGE ON CREDIT.
Doctor F'aleOn looktid ono way,and pretty Susan
looked another, as it has been customary for pco-
ple to do from the remotest antiquity. l'hedoctor,
Was a very pretty fellOw, hnd been to two unieer
siges, had walked the hospitals of Viennn, Milan
aftd Pavia, .and had . learned so much that there
'visas; not one of his craft better able than himself to
;pinst•his patients to a hotter world according to the
r. - -'innit'legitinate principles of the most modern byR.
int4afile medical art. But science, such as this,
• Lis nal to•• be acquired fur nothing; it had cost our
doctor nearly every penny of his modest
pattlntony,: “Never mindl" thought he to himself;
4 4ivtion I get home, I'll marry some rich girl or other
who may .take a fancy to become the doctor's lady;
.• and so both.our turns will bo served."
But whet are the resolutions against the magic
of a pretty face? Susan was as pretty as a loirer
could wish her; she felt the best disposition in the
world to become a doctor's lady, but then she had
no money.
"Never mind, my dear Susan?" said the doctor
as he impressed a kiss on the lips of the weeping
maid; '.you see a doctor must marry, else people
have ho confidence in him. You will bring me
credit, credit will bring nie palierzls, the pati.ents
money, and, if they should fail, we have good ex
. pectations. Your' limit; Miss Sarall Bugle, is forty
'• • odcl, 'not fat from flfty, mi.! rich enough for the
• seventh part of her fortune •to help ua out of all
our trouble. We may vehturo something upon
that!"
Heavens! whet will a young girl notventure for
her lover"! Suean's mother hid nothing to object,
nor her father either, for they were both in heaven;
and her. guardian , was well pleased to see his ward
form a respectable connexion. Her aunt, Sarah,
was also well pleased, though, in general, she was
little friendly to weddingsof any kind; but as long
as Susan remained untuarried,sho saw very clearly
that. she .would every year he obliged to make some
?". pe uniary advanies to the worthy guardian; and
.
Mies Sarah Bugle was rather stingy, m i ns she was
hirself wont to say, .4sho had not a penny more
than she wanted.",
Well. Susan became Mrs. Falcon, and thO doe-
ter looked must industriously out of his windows
to see tbecuatomers pour into his house on the
• animgthirbliinereased claims to credit. They
'cOpe iorpmsrinalyi but in their stead, there ap
peared evliir_yar ri little; merry face that had never
been seen irithe itotise before, to augment the pa
teijtaljoi.e.naloctei Falcon and his lady. Some
tiMea the .doctor. Would pass his fingers, cogitating-
Thli;lichinAiri'left ear; but what could that avail
biiitT'There was no driving the' Falcons out of the
They could nut cut their bread into thinner
slicks, for ttnkchildren must live; but the doctress
. .nlitilelleoOupo thinner; 'Ho " waver, they all seem
:edsAPAlyiye—fatheri'Mother, and the four little
• eiceS. 'They sat 'on'Wele3lll; benches and straw
chairs, us comfortably as they could have dmie on
quilted cushions; they slept soundly oil hard Mot•
trusses, and wore no costly garments, being well ,
contented if they could keep themselves neatly and
respectably clad. And this was an art in which
Susan was a perfect adept: every thing in her house
looked so pretty and neat; that you would . have
sworn the doctor must have been extremely well
off, "How' they manage to do it, I can't think!"
Aunt Sarah would often e*claitn, "It's a blue won
der to me!" • . • •
Not that it was always sunshine; there ware days
when the exchequer was quite exhausted; and
sometimes whole weeks would elapse without a
single dollar finding its way into the house. But
then it was always some coniolation to know that
Aunt,Sarali was rich, and sickly, and growing old;
and, the worse, .matters looked at home, the more
hopeful they always became at the maiden's pen
sion. • ,
EXIIMMrING HEIRS.
The doctor ,and Susan reckoned rather too con
fuiently in the, inheritance
.of the aunt; for, even
81 : 1 1)Posiug that . thedor old lady, had bien so near
beatification as her, loving friends imagined, still it
was a matter of speculation whether her dear niece
would or wouldriot Licher heir. The sighing pair
of we dd e d ; oil ers stood most in need of inheritance;
but it so, Happened thet- there was another niece,
married : to L a w yer Tweezer, riot to speak of
••
two r t ephovra, :the Rey. Primarius Angle, and , a
certain, doctor ofthe same name. Their claims
Were all as strong. is these of Susan and her hus
band, and lookridelorWard with equal longing to
the ascension of the blessed virgin.
!Ingle, the philosopher, bad perhaps least cause
of Idly He was rich enough; and, while enjoying
the delicacies of his table, and smacking his lips
after hill' lufflutidy,-hie philosophy was perfectly
edifying tc; his intents. 'We have a proof his acute
ness' iu i work'of his in five volumes, now forgot
ten, bpt once i:nmoitat, entitled " The Wise Nan
rucreurtifea to„tt the EVA) of lift ; '' in which he
proved that there 'was no such thing at Suffering
in the world ; that pain of every kind vva*themore
creature of imagination, and thfit all a man had to
do, was to contemplate every object on the agree
able side. ,
Accordingly, he always contemplated his• aunt
on the agreeable, namely. on her money side. He
visited her assitliously, often invited her to dinner,
sent her all sorts of tit•bita from his kitchen, and
was accordingly honored with tho appellation Of 1
her "own darling nephew." • . •
Ho would hive succeeded well enough with his
philosophy, had not his cousin; the Reverend Pri
mariva Bugle, by means of his theology, exercised
great influence over the aunt. She was very pious
and devout, contemned tho vanities of the world,
visited the congregations of the godly, in which
the spiritual bugle at times was heard to utter a
loud strain, and was mightily. comforted by the
isits of-her reverend nephew, who joined her fre
quently in her devotions, and gave her pretty dear;
ly to under . stand, that without his assistance, sho
would find it difficult to prepare her soul for its
future blissful abode. When sighing and with
weeping eyes, she would eomo from the edifying
discourses ocher godly nephew, she would cull him
the saviotir of her soul, her greatest of benefactors..
and promise to think of hiroin her last hour. This
was music to the ears of the theologian. .4 can
scarcely fail to be the soul legatee," he would think
to himself; "or, as our pious aunt was wont to say,
it would be a blue wonder indeed."
Nor would his calculation have been a bad one,
but for his cousin Lawyer Tweezer, whose legal
ability made him a man of great importance to the
aunt. The. chaste, Sarah did indeed despise the
Mammon of unrigliteousness, and sincerely. ',irk
the grovelling children of the world; hut on that
very account she did her best to detach them from .
their Mainmon, or at least their Mammon from
them, which is all the same. She lent money on
high interest atd good security, end 'worked so
diligently for' the salvation of those who borrowed
from her, that they were always sure to become
poorer under tier ministration. "Blessed are the
poor!" she would, exclaim When they were paying
her interest upon interest; "if I could have my
way, I would hive all the town poor, that they
might inherit tho kingdom of heaven. The less
people have in this world, the more they will long
for in the world to come."
. . .
It would sometimes happen, .however, that the
pious maid was carried too far by her virtuous zeal
for the future welfare of her neighbori; so that,
what with her securities,and her compound interest
and the wickedness of her debtors, she would oc
casionally find herself involved in dieputes'and liti
gation. Without the aid of Lawyer Tweezer,who
was universally looked upon as the most cunning
pettifogger in tho whole town, she would frequent
ly have seen interest and principal slipping thro'
her lingers. But between her piety,. and his cun
ning and obduracy, a poor debtor was fain to bun
dle with bag and baggage out of his•buuso rather
than a single guildershe had lent out, should miss
its way back to her strong box.
.4 should be a poor, forsaken, lost woman, my
dearest nephew," she would often say to Tweezer,
""if you were not bete to take my part. I may
thank you for nearly all I have; but the time may
come when I shall be able to repay you." This
was music to the ears of the juist. Ho hoped one
day to find himself sole heir, and fancied he should
he able to touch tho right note wherrit came to
the drawing out of the will. ,
THE PICTURE OF THE VIRGIN.
Miss Sarah Bugle, in her fits of devotion, talked
much of death, and of her longings after the , Hea
venly Jerusalem and hoe Spiritual bridegroom; yet
this did not prevent her from thinking, even more
frequently still, of an earthly bridegroom. Since
her five-and fortieth year, she had indeed solemnly
declared that she never would marry: nevertheless
sho.had her fits of maiden weakness, particulatly
when some stately widower would banter her, or
some gay bachelor look up to her window as he
went by. ..1 dare say he has some designs," she
would then say. oWell, time will • show; it's
wrong to Swear any thing rashly! If it.is to be—
well; the Lord's will be done! I'm in the best of
in years! My naMesake in the . Old Testament
was eighty when she christened her first child. It
would le no blue wonder if it did not turn out so!"
Thus she would soliloquize, particularly when
some single man had been looking kindly at her;
and as this seemed to her frequently the case. she
at hist began to suspe`et every man in the place of
' , evil designs,' as she celled it, on tier christe per
son: At length—for her imagination had been
wanton with her for more than twenty years—sho
came to look upon every single man as her silent
adorer, and every married man cis her faithless one.
It may easily be conceived with what invetera
cy idle inveighed against weddings of every kind,
and how bitterly alto abused the whole godless,
light-minded male sex, (for her quarrel was with
the whole sea,) and with what transcendent ven
om she inveighed against the coquettish mi-ixes
who had the Impudence to think of a man before
they were out of their leading strings; though
these same minxea in leading-strings were all the
while tvalkitur about in•ahoes such as are manu
factured for damsels about to bid adieu to their
teens. •
Some elderly maidens, pure and pious like hen.'
self, assisted her in the laudable purpose of prying
into the domestic concerns of the town, and, mot ,
Wiring over them while sipping their entree. In
this conclave, every new gown, every wedding,
every christening was conscientiously discussed,
and no time was lost in dispersing the result of
their amiable confabulations throng t every corner
of the town. A saucy sign -painter being called
on to paint a picture of the goddess of fame, anima
her with a bugle, instead of a trumpet; and when
some pre-eminent piece of scandal became current,
it. was customary to say, •the bugle lute been
sounded,", by which it, was intended to indicate
the quarter whence the report originated.
If to these amiable qualitMs we add the extreme
godliness in tho etrastog Sarah, and her invincible
partiality to compouhd interest, it is not difficult
to understand why, With the exception of the said
ancient maidens, and the four expecting nephews,
every creature was careful to remain at a respect
ful distance from her.
TIIE CARES OF LIFE.
She had not the least inclination to die. She
was therefore by no means displeased with the
competition of the font' faeulties for her inbesitanee.
"I WISH• NO OTHER HERALD, NO OTHER EPEAHER OP ffIrLAV/NdiAET/ONS 3 TO. KEEP MINE HONOR PROff DORIMPTION."--BHAEB;
itraututirouripraurta. IPQack uniztaLur. QariPagiPow U.StliVia
He took up his Irtit, but he did not run. The
little domestic dialogue still weighed on his spirits.
He thought only of the small number of hie pa
tients, and the exhausted state of his exchequer.
he thew his hat over his brow, and Joked straight
before him, like a rhymstcr; on his way be saluted
neithersight nor left; and. had , nearly run down
the superintendent-general, a man looked upon by
most people as one of the brightest shining lights
in the church.
When ho arrived at his dearly beloved, aunt's,
ho did not, indeed find her on her death-bed; but
she had mounted her spectacles, and was seated
before a largo book, from which she had opened at
Reflections on Death, af.d from which she was
devoutly reading sundry Prayers for the Dying.
She looked wretchedly; but it would have been
difficult, to say when her face looked any thing .
else. Round her head she had tied One handker
chief; and another, which passed over her head,
was fastened under her chin.
"What is tho matter with your' asked the
learned Doctor Falcon, as ho laid his hat and stick
aside.
"The Lord knows," sighed . Miss Bugle, in a
soft and plaintive tone; "I have suffered much for
several days. I feel as if my hour wore come; and
that would ho terrible."
The doctor thoughtfully felt her pulse, end said
unconsciously, fine, with a vengeance!" All
the good man'a thoughts were at home with Susan.
"1 thought as much," sighed the terrified virgin;
"do you think there is danger, my dear Falcon?"
' , Not at your years," replied the doctor, scarcely
knowing what he said. '
"Well, that is some consolation," replied the
lady in a more cheerful tone; "in fact, I am in my
best years—my strength unbroken. My consti•
tution must bring. me
. through.' Don't you think
so, dear Falcon? Only, no expensive •tnedicines,
if they can be done Without. Since bark, rheu..
barb, and mixtures-hare been turned into colonial
produce, there's no enduring' them. The Lord be•
merciful to us! but really, my dear Falcon, I am
at not all well." •
Our worthy aunt now gave the reins to her
tongue; spoke as she was wont to do, of a thousand
different 'things, none Of them in any way connect
ed with her indisposition. Pike doctor meanwhile
hummed a tune, and beat tho devil's tato° upon
the table, without listening to a word of what die
good lady was saying. At length he was begin
ning to Ipso patience.
..Whit then is the matter , with, you'!" he ex
claimed. a -
"Oh, my appetite! I have not relished a spoon
ful of soup these two days. And then my head
aches as if it would burst."
4.Sonwthing you have eaten has perhaps (ilia
groed with you; some philosophicalpecte tk foie
gran may he in fault."
"Gracious Heaven! No, Falcon, the stomach
cannot be in fault. I lit* so simply, oo frugally
Nobody gained by it more than herself. It brought
her the dainties of philosophy, the consolations of
religion, the protection of the low, and moderate
doctors' bills. Doctor Falco* was as dear to her
ae tho others, but not u hit more so: only when
soine transitory indisposition seemed to hint at the
instabilitity of every thing •hutuau, the doctor
never failed to become, fur 'the time, the dearest
of ell her nephews.
..Quick, doctor! pray conic immediately! Miss
Snail is dying!" exclaimed one morning the an
tiquated amid-servout of the aunt, us she popped
her head in at the door. , ‘My lady bus been look
ing most wretchedly for some days."
Falcon was sitting, when this news came, upon
his unpretending sofa, and with his arm round her
waist, was endeavoring to console •his weeping
Susan. He knew that Miss Sarah was not likely
to be .ve,y serious in her intentions of dying, so he
promised • the maid he would come immediately,
and remained nevertheless with his with, to coil
sole her.
But ho had little success this time in his attempts
at consolation. Poor Susan wept more bitterly
than ever, and the poor doctor sitt.be4rido her uu r
conscious of the cause of her tears.
, iLloine, be open-hearted to your husband, my
dearest love," he said, .'you torture, me,` - you kill
me, to see you thus, while you conceal from rue
tho cause."
•'Well then, listen to me. Oh!"
"What further, my dear Suaanl you said thct
before."
"We have four children."_
' l Ay, and the finest in . the town, if I am not
mistaken. They are all so gentle, au amiable, so"-
4.0 h they are little angels." '
..You are right; they aro angels, all of them.
You do not, I hope, grieve over the presence u
the little angelic circle."
..No, my dear husband, but whut is to become
of theluthrer
Oh, thou unbcheVing Susan! Let us rely on
Providence." .
"It is difficult for us to bring them up decently.
The older they grow, the more they want."
`hey have been growing older all OM; while,
and they Imo not wanted for any thing DA iet."
"Ay, but ir
aWhat thoni"
aAlas!" she sighed, and Sobbed Moro bitterly
than bef•re. • ' -
91te concealed her face in his bosom,'elung to .
him with both her hands, and in a - scareely audi
ble whisper, said, "1 am to bo a muther for the
fifth tittle."
The papa was half inclined to cry himself at
this unhoped-for announcement; however, he con
cealed his consternation as well as he could.
"Nay, sweetheart, is that all!" he exclaimed.
"Come, Susan; we shall have five little angels,,
instead of four. We cannot fail to be happy."
"My dear huitbund, wo are so very, very poor!"
"The little angels wilt bring a blessing upon as.
Ho who feeds the young ravens will also show me
where to find a crumb for my little ones. Come,
tranquilize yourself."
&man had her cry out, end so became* more
tranquil, as a matter of course; but the doctor had
found no vent for his uneasiness. He walk
ed up and down the room, looked out of the win
dow, but nothing could divert his thoughts.
4tEvery year more childien and less bread! Se
ery year higger.boarders and thinner slices!" sigh
ed he to 'himself. He would have forgotten the
dying Miss Bugle, bad not Susan reminded him
that it was time to hasten to her death-bed.
THE BLUE WONDER.
§erionsly. I don't' think I have for several weeks
eatery any thing likely to dissgree with me. Dig
sometimes I have a isothnche, sometimes qualm
ishness, heartburn, vornitings. Good Heaven! do
look at me, Falcon, and don't keep drumming upon
the table so; look how pale I am, how My eyes are
sunk•in my head; oh deur, I urn certainly very
nnwell." •
: ..Well. what do I carol' said the doctor ir! a
Pativi4h tone; his mind entirely occupied by the
Condition of his Susan; °You're in the fainily way,
that's all."
iful Heaven!" screamed the chaste virgin,
iri a voice that might have been heard three aquarea
. off. “Merciful Heaven! That would 'be a blue
wonder indeed!" •
_ sweat came over the doctor as ho beard
these animated tones from the maiden lips of Miss
Sarah Bugle. He immediately recollected that,'
:what,with ill burner, and allitenci . 4 Mind, he _bad.
been betrayed into a superlatively foolish speech,
and one that no chasm virgin was ever likely to .
forgive—particularly a maid who bad triUmphant
ly :preserved her painful dignity unimpaired toiler
fiftieth year; ono who bud never pardoned in. alto—
ther damsel even a gentle pressura of the hand:
and ono who was neither more nor less - than an
immaculate personification of purity and sanctity;
one who was, in short, that virgin or virgins Miss
Sarah Bugle.
will let the storm vent itself and seek safety
in flight, before the neighbors come pouring in to
■ee what's the matter,"
ANOTHER BLUE WONDER.
The other three faculties had, by this time, by
their jealousy, rapacity, and endleifsnaisrepresen
talon's concerning each other, utterly ruined them
selves in the good opinion of the virgin. DoCtor
Falcon-was the only one who at all bore nip against
the sudden storm. Ho could net, for the said of
him, help laughing at his own blunder. Susan,
however, on the following day, began to reprove .
her husband'l3 levity, though . she had at first joined_
in the laugh at his thoughtlessness. • He caught.
her in his arms stopped her mouth with hiikisses,
and said, “You aro in the right; I ought nut' to
have so rudely assaulted the maiden purity of the
Heaven-devoted vestal: But faith, When . I left
you yesterday, I scarcely know myself which way
my head was turned."
4 . would not say another word, my dear, if I
were not convinced that you have offended my
aunt forever. Such an affront can never ho -for
given by impious a maiden lady. It is ill for us,
and particularly now. We have a long winter_be.
fore us. I heat.thp. stove iio sparingly that the
windows scarcely thaw the whole day, and yet our
stock of wood is going fast, as you know yourself.
And for our exchequer, look here!" So saying
she, jingled. a few pieces of silver in a large purse,
close to his ears.
. .
A /slight tap at the liooT,nndfiiarali"a.aged sittt!ii
dputentered with a aealetl nate, and an µmeat re
quest frpm his aunt that thislocter,weiuld without
fail. immediately after dinner, precisely at one
clock, favor her with a visit.
44 stud! Iv sure to Como," said Falcon; ho took
the note, and disinissed the
,mnid. .
He weighed the note in his hand, and turned
jestingly to his wife; •}'cd, Susan, iv is as heavy
as lead. He opened it, 'and lo! in a Queen of
Hearts sundry delicate incisions had been made,
in which had been'alipped ten new-full-weighed
Dutch ducats. He looked at the env'elope; it web
addressed to Dr. Falcon: there could be no Mistake.
Such unheard-of liberalitY on the part of the
immaculate Sarah, justly excited the amazement
of the wedded' pair.
"Well, this is the blueit of all my aunt's blue
wonders!" exclaimed Dr. Falcon. ~ .Come, my
pretty one, how long is it since we had such a
treasure as this in our scanty house! Look! Pro
vidence watches over us and our children. The
•winter is provided for; so we'll have' no more
croaking. What! you are crying still?" •
“Oh,” sobbed Susan, as she threw her arms
round his neck, uit's for joy I um crying now.--;
""But," added she in a lower tone, ‘ , l was pniYing
fervently, nearly the whole night, for it was little
I could sleep." • '
Falcon clasped his wife to his arms: He said
not another word for several minutes, but he wept
inwardly; for .he was unwilling that she should
see how deeply he watt effected. •
BLUER AND BLUER.
As the clock atm& one, lie stood by the bedside
of the aunt. With real ,emotion, with , sincere
gratitude, he apploadied her, and—he had vowed
to Susan ho would'do it--impressed a fervent kiss
on the benvolent hand that ; had just dilfuscd so
much joy through the little family circle.
“Best of aunts," he said, .‘iyeur present of to
day has made Susan and me very happy,"
aDear nephew," said the sick lady, in the gen
tlest tone of which her .voicewas capable, for it
was long since her hand had been kissed so warm
ly, "I have long, very long, been your debtor."
"And forgivo : my rudeness of yesterday," con-.
tinued the doctor. Aunt Sarah modestly covered
her face with her handkerchief. After a while
she said, but without looking at him: i•Nephew, I
•am about to repose unlimited confidence in, you:
—my life depends on you. • ban you be secret?
Will you?"
Falcon wan rattily to'prornim every thing. Stilt
tho lady woe not 4fatiSfi.7,l; she promised him her
whole fortune if he would ho faithful to bur.. He
made the most solemn oath:
, 61 know," said alto, titbit you young people
are often badly off. Well, I will come and board
with you; fur iny.old maid; who has served me so
long and so faithfully,"--here she sobbed bitterly,
--A.l.coust turn her away.' But as long'as you
keep my secret, I will give a thousand' guilders
every year for my board; and when I die, you
shall have all I leave behind me'"
The doettii full nri flue knee hy her bed Side, and
renewed ,his oath with increased Solemnity.
“But you Must live outside the town; for I will
not remain here. - I will Make you a free gift of
my large house outside the gate, with the garden
and all the grounds belonging to it. You know
my honie close to the large inh—the Battle of
Ahoukir; the house was tell me six mouths ago,
by my mother's brother, the Director of Excise."
The doctor vowed with extended hand he would
move into it the very next day, in spite of wind,
frost, and snow. ' .
d' , As tong as you keep my secret, nepbOvi, I will
pay you my board hslf4eaily In'advancer, and tor
the little expenses you will, be at, in arranging
your house for your own family and for me, you
will find four roleaux of dollars in the little cup
board yonder behind the door."
The doctor swore all his vows of secrecy over
again. f..9he mist imagine . the day
,of judg
, ment, or t.lie millenium, at band, he thought.
thing else can possibly account for so sudden and
miraculous a conversation.
But, with all'this, Sarah came no nearer than
befor.:! to Me confession of the great s ecret. As
often us 'she attempted to begin, the words died
upon her lips, and she covered her face and sobbed.
These beginnings and breakings off and lamenta•
tions endured fora long time. The doctor rose,
seated himself by the side of the bed, wiped his
knees with the sleeves of his coat, took a pinch of
snuff, and said to himself, "we may pump a wet
dry in time; it would be hard if the lachrymal
girth& of an afflicted virgin could boast of an in.
exbdustible store of water."
ITIE BLUEST OF ALT.
Ire was in the right; when, she could cry no
finger, she believed she was recovering her Chris
hip resolution, and said with a trembling voice: . ,
' , Nephew, whoa you loft Eno yesterday, after
irit dreadful expression" ,
The doctor was about to fall onco more on his
need.. 4 , Pardon tho expression, angelic aunt!
t watt"—
"No, nephew, perhaps you were right."
t was unpardonable stupidity on my part."
"No, nephew, I believe you are not wrong."
.'lmpossible, my angelic aunt."
"Alas, only too true, nephew."
"Impossible, aunt! And oven if—even auppos.
ing,-no, aunt, you aro certainly. --"
"Nephew, you are right: I ought to have bean
wiser at my time of life, you mean. You are right;
bin now you know all: The 'misfortune has hap
pened. I was married -secretly; veiy secretly in
deed—hut all in an honorable way,all quite . order
ly. Now, who'll believe met. There be lies dead
hi the Tyrol, killed
. by a bullet; tyro are letters auct.
vou-hers. Ho is dead
.
“Who, aunt" exclaimed Falcon in utter amaze
ment.
!Alas! the trumpeter of the French regiment
1)f hussars,that was quartered here during the mum
mer and isuturod—God be merciful to hisioull—
He was no common trumpi ter, but' trumpeter to
the regiment; hie father and grandfather beat the
kettle-drums for many years with great applause.
But, gracious heaven! I could not bear to be called
a hussar's wife; and, before. ho could buy his dis
charge, the regiment was ordered to march. Hera
1 am now, a yOung widoW, not_ a soul knows it,
not a soul would believe it. It will kill me if it
becomes known; it would be a blue wonder to the
town. I care little for the trumpeter; but my
good name is all m all to fie." ,
The doctor ehoOk his'head; he could scarcely.
recover from Ins surprise. The-trumpeter had in
deed
been frequently seen at Miss Bugle's apart
ments; but had always laughed at Gothe's idea of
a chemical elective affinity. between a trumpeter
and a Bug'.e.. As to the immediate uneasiness of
tho disconsolate maid, for such the widow chose to
he still called, he considered it giotn!dless;' &et she
returned such strange replies to his questions as to
her, sensations. that .he began himself to have some
suspicions. Ho had no dillicult,now in accounting
fur the mlinificence of the young lady, who would
rather have lost her life than that the whole town
should have known that the brightest mirror of all
maiden virtue had been dimmed and breathed upon.
He now, pledged his word of honor that he would
keep Ler fiecret,and conceal her from all the world,
till she was able to appear again with ,safety. Till
then, it was to be reported that she was ill; and,
under the plea of receiving more careful attendance,
she was to live at the doctor's house, and break off
every other intercourse.
The gift of the country-house near the village
hotel of the Battle of Aboukir, was duly : and legal
ly executed; the Country-house was entered upon
in the midge of winter; the maiden 'matron becanie
invisible . there; and . no one is allowed to Wait on
her, but Susan, who she had heiself initiated into,
her,mystery.
GOOD RESULTS.
"Well, to be Sure," she would say to - Susan in
her cheerful .hours, for it was impossible to be al
, ways in despair; and as her niece anticipated all
!ter wishes, she had never felt herself halls . ° com
fortable as in the bosom" of this happy family. 7—
tWell, to. be sure, it is a blue wonder indeed,,to
think that I shOuld come to this! Who would hive
thought! Pride path before destruction, and a
hsuahty spirit before still. I believed myself too
secure.and : . ow I am chastenedfor my pride. 'Oh,'
tritinpeter! trumpeter!"
The event, meanwhile;bs.d e x ercised a very sal
u tiryinfluenee on the maiden lady. Throngli very
fear of
,Izctraying herself to the curious oyes of her
former companions and gossips,she weaned herse t lf
from al!intercourse with them.and acquired a taste
for more refined pleasures in the circler of pt.,. Fal
con's family. She continued, indeed, rather too
fond of the tittle tattle of the town; but then she
thought of her Maria weakness, and judged more
chatitablY that of others.. She become so indul
gent, so' niCidest, nay, soimmble, that the doctor
and his wife were eompleLly amazed. The change
..f circumstances and Fl oei e th o heroic resolution
by which she had divi:sted herself of a part of her
property-r-thenssurance 'of the doctor that she was
still rich enough to live at her ease—all this had
effected so singular a change in her charabter, that
she seemedto live quite in a new vrorld. She even
abandoned all her usurious dealings, which, .to be .
sure, she would have found it very difficult to con
tinue in her present seclusion.
The three faculties, meanwhile, were vomiting
Ore and flame. The two Bugles went apparently
reconciled, hut only that, they might unite more
vigorously, in their hostility against the pc4tifogger,
who watched their every step for a plausible ground
of action against him. The philosopher wrote an
excellent beok against the human 'passions,and the
worthy ecclesiastic delivered every Sunday most
edifying diseeurees ori the al:tontinatiOn of ingrati
tude, envy, cti,./it..speaking, end ,malignity. Both
did much-good by, their argitmeuts,,but their own
gall became more and more bitterevery, diAy.
THE PIOUS FRAUD.
The winter passed avrey, end tau succeeded by
spring., The warm Jays breams/or Were approach
ing. Dr. Falun bad very sun obtained tile edit-
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viction that his aunt had little eaurre*,herne*., , t
siness. He had told her:so, end had expliiitted:til
her the real nature of her rndispositione....lnoreinl:
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I the erring vestal would on no account be usideeiriv4;:-,-;:,„
Susan and her husbang were nt length obliged
to desist from every attempt to difpel the tidrigttic:lftf,-;,i'..;i
illusion of Aunt- Stash, who tht -atened that slati. l 44:,
should begin to doubt the doctor's friendship..shit
seldom left her bed. ,
"She makea s me uneasy, (said-Susan kateflloll, ',
bituil;) at times I fancy her almost crachid."..;-.
..And she is so, in every sense of ebb .wOrttir
sold the doctor. “It is hypochondrin—a fixed hien." , !':::
My physic is of no avail against the extravagiti t
cies of her imagination. L know of nothing Igart
do, unless it be to drive away one fancy.by skthstiii
tuting another. Suppose we pass our child off:
, •
upon her for her own." • , • -
“But will she believe itr . • -
-, 4" she does nOi,"it is Of little canoe name.' . !.
After a few weeki Susan appeared , no longer
Sarah's room—it had been so arranged by - tho'doe ;
w
tor; aid our aunt as informed that "Susan .1114.
had a misfortune.
4 , l's the child dendr.' inquired Sarah.,
"Alas!" replied the doctor.
' , Alas!" rejoined the aunt.
One day befdre daybreak,"Aunt Sandi wiisews•
kencd in an Unusual manner. HerfacoWas epridk•
led with water, and strong scen6 were held to her'
nose, till it seemed they ware going to' seml hery
out of the world by the very means apparently:nib.
ployed to bring her to life again.
She opened her eyes, and saw the doctor - Away
with her nose. • ,
'.Righteous Heaven! I am - dying! You" are kiiti
ing mo! Nephow r naphow, what ttroyotrdcang - to
my nosol"
"Hush aunt,-- . —ilon't speak woad!" said fha
"doctor' with •a mysterious look; ate hOw
you feel yoursOlV
•
4'ol , rably well, nePhow." . •
, 4you have been. insensible for four lkours sane;.
I was uneasy for your life: but it's all light noW,
you are saved. 'A lovely.
,w!" exclaimed Sarah almost rubbing fier'
•
nose from her face.
"A sweet little boy. 'Do you wish to see. the;
pretty fellowl If you will keep yourself tranquili:
and not stir a limb, why—"
üßut nophow—"
fir have passed Weft' upon every one :'hi
house for my vvifo's child.' • ' •
"Oh, nephe.vri your prudence, youtassistanoe,
your counsel?" 4 , 0 h, you are an angel"-
Falcon went away. Aunt Sarah trembled all
over with terror and joy. She looked`rmind
on the tablu were burning. lights; and countless
phials of medicine were Strewn around. A virc,mart
brought in the baby; it was in a gentle sleep. Ilcitah
spoke not a word, but looked at it long, wept bit
terly, kissed the little creaturo again and Join,:
and, when it had been carried ~ .wayslie said. to thn *
doctor. “It is the living picture of the trAmpeter
to t h e , F renc h regiment—tied be Merciful to him!
It is his, iving picture—l say his living picture!"
CONSEQUENCES.
After the prescribed number of weeks had been
punctually expende•l in the consumption of gruels
and broths, ihe chaste. Sarah perfectly • :wavered
her spirits, and tripped aboat the house more cheej
ful and active than she had been for many: yearie
before. She dmidled the baby,mould,acareoly al—
low it out of her id ghtoind evidently doted Unit with.
unbounded tenderness. She bad beep suceessfulli.
cured of one ridiculous illusion, by one yet mat&
ridiculous. Overflowing withvititinle, her first.;
visit out of the house was to the church,ml4.thenott.,'
she proceeded to a lawyer to executeittlecd.of
of her whole fortuhe to Dr. Falcon, reeervtlitlrlor
herself 'only a large annuity by, way of pocket
ney. Between 'herself ae.il the doctor, to, be , sure; a
secret article was drawn up, by which .he ,bound •
himself in due time to tmnste,r half of her bounty '
to the little livingincture of the regimental. trimi-.
peter. • .
In this way, the blue wonders of Misi Safah
Bugle Budd• nlys converted our Dr. Falcon into a
rich man. ,The triumph of tips medgail 1:4 7
ing irrevocably confirmed, the more fitri,ettaly dill
law, theology, and philosophy , rage spinet each,
other. They could not forgive one anotbertheltlsf,
of the expected legacy. Dr. Falcon was ready
cused, for he was innocent. With bttn,aU pa
were ready to renew a friendly intercourse,•for,
was now one of the wealthiest mania the',toW94,•
and a wealthy .mari; or rather his , molw..may,at o.
times be useful to the philosopher as well.as to Omit
jurist, and to the theologian as much as 404 •
. . •
Ott its ous.--By a letter from
. IChiderhook in' ;flu
morning's *(A ug. 4) N. Y. erimes, r it:stitjteitisOt -
President Van Buren and Edwitt OrnisweWhave ° '
bought lots on the bill at Kinderhoolt,. to Which'
they are to retire in a short time raise cabbages
and enjoy repose amid the doke far '
merry life to them Fifteen millions
hundred and forty-five thousand firmly, brisideit:'
much cattle, will rejoice at this grand news
. „
Poor old Burgoyne, from his experience
in America,.had occasion, WO believe, to art F
counter frequently such rebufFs as the
ing:-=-'q)uring the American
Colonel Burgoyne . commanded at Cork:
saw a corpulent soldier among the.specta
tors on parade, whom ,he addressed,
are you. .str? . You must be drilled twice
day .to brim; down your corpulency.
are you,. sir?" "Plane your honour,"
ed Pat, am the skeleton
men' of ro o t, who have just marched
from Arnerica." - The fact was Sin for such .
was the carnage of the disastrous wet , that
only this fat euklier and Captain
turned to . Europe out . of an entitle , regimen'.
that went to America... - •
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A Wtra.—A gentleman a t ilvertnies. Ind.,
one Of the Detroit piers for a 4 belFissasity ,
for life. He wants ono who *hal Ihe kle coarke
panion to his heart, hiti bend,.end hie let•'.
As to the tatter, (his lot being eleset4ol44l/ 1
a rich one,) he will find many is' lady-OlttLi ,„ ;:.
would like to he a companion of _
!or his heart and his heed, she : -
fiat indeed who would *illicitly belitld
penion to them. If the End, Intil O$llOllW ,
full of sap, he would nekir'hailllll6llll4lloC
for a wifi,' r
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