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J Provisions, !la rdwat e, Queensware, Cutlery.
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ter that he can • supply them w.th nth kinds of
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liA TLIFIII.. TO Tit LAST.
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"I say, ',did ;fellow, you'd better come
Make it the last, of Auguit; and :we'll go
in fdr the first fresh and lively; I'll back!
Curley Molar, against the . . whole country
for genuine sport, and you can't stop in
London while the game's abcint."
It must ha'ye been this argument:which
induced Arthur Goldthrope to go down to
Elartely halfi When:- the season in town
was at an end, and it was uo longer any
use making !mowing calls in. Irelgiave
square. The pleasaut time was over; the
luot:. 1 rides, the happy talks were past;
Lillian Hartley . had gone, and had left
behind 'her all sorts *of passionate love
raging id Arthur's heart. Of course she
lin+ he would follow her. Had not here
bee? a tender pressure of the hand and a
wistful look whoa they parted, that y ride
Arthur instantly remember Fred's invita
tion,. rod resolved to; accept it? Did not
he l whisperhr as much, and did not he make
his appearance punctually at the given
day, when Lillian was so terribly surprised
to see hitn, and had do idea he would care
to spare, the time ;far such poor spdrt as
Oarley Moor could offer. -
It was a glorious ,:autumn ; never had
the mornings been more bright and clear
Or the night more calm and still. 1 The
shOoting did not gofor much, and Fred
/ was very properly disgusted—but Arthur
; techemt;ered those summer days as the
I; happiest of his life.: If it had, hitherto
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beet) pleasant to have Lillian in a fashion
[able drawing-room, sor a crowded park,
what was it to wander through shady lanes
and smooth paddocks by her side?—to
have her glancing qp at him frdin a co
ifuettish straw hat, with the sunlight just
I ightitig, up her dimpled chin, and scat
; tering gold dust over her brown curls !
What was it to hold her little bare hand
and steal a kiss in the . nioonligitt, when
the croquet was ever, 'andeverybody .
-just took a turn before lgoing in !" Ar
thur began to wonder where his skepti
cism about love had gopel to ; how he had
used to laugh at the tender passion ; and
Mere was he, alinokt t i reMbling when he
heard .. certain step upon the stairs, and
greedily coveting , a littlil glove he- = had
=inlet a night ago.; Thank - heaven, that
however wise and knowing we get in our
~,..3.e-r.ii..., .‘4. all oi . us 'pi, some time or
other are willing to lay down our wisdom
and wog ship blindly . "erhaps the ob
ject is 'often unworthy,lperhaps in after
years we marvel at :the infatuation ; but
we,iinew purer, happie thoughts while
the delusion was'upon u ; we were lifted'
out ofouiselves, we thought we recog
nized something, higher and better.; fora
time we seemed to, forget the selfish,gras
pine: world, add through our love were
lifted nearer to holiness 'and God.
Titte promised fortnight flew on to three''
weeks ; every Iday Arthar felt he must go
0-morrow, when it, came the threatened
separation seemed harder; i he thought be
could have lingered on forever in idle dal
liance at Lily's side. What could man
want, more, with such al companion and
the "Idyllis" for literature ? Was there
business or, looney to be thought of! Had
not thoi world Changed toArcadia 1 would
not the sun alWaye shine, the birds sing,
;the fiowere bltioni T Could death, decay.
blight . andlsederation be only hanging off
a little time, before it broke through the
dream ? I
At length imperative summons came
from homel; the fiat had gone forth, the
lovers mus't part. Guldthrope senior was
'a wealthy _Leaden merchant, whose for
;
eign trade was principally Indian'; at this
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'precise juncture some important misan.
I destaudiii i rr Iliad arisen With the - branch
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est o blishm o ot, and it was necessary a
principal should 'go over and settle the
I matters. Mr.' Goldthrop - e delegated this
; office to his iron. ,
.','lt will admit of no delay," he wrote,
"come back instantly to town. Make
1 yoUr arrangements* and start by the next
. 1 mai!. As regards your engagement with
Miss Hartley, leave - thail till return
If" Todiii; when you come back, you
i will be myl partner,and at liberty to please
!yourself in that Particular."
Arthur !showed this letter to Lillian's-
father. It was not a cordial one, perhaps
but. Mr. Goldthrope was a reserved,purse•
prdud mat, do& it he offered no cougrat
ulatioos,Ji t least he !made no obstacles to
hie son's happiness'
"You •Will let' us correspond 7" pleaded,
A r ; tur ; q.ort will let mo consider her mine
the instant I return to claim her? I can
not go if our engagement is not to be
bidding—i" i 1 •
Mr. Hartley gave his consent and the
lovers parted. The spell was broken.--
A.i4hur r u shed home, and in a little time
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announced his departure.. Lillian put
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hie first l o tter in her bostiri, - and wander
etionce ore along the Gild pathway that
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!_they had so often' trodden together ; a cold
dibtl . sh Air the trees, dry autumn leaves
I fell thick e l nd - fast - the glory of the sum-
trier bad gone past; ho might have taken
. th 6 s unshine whit lit him it was so dreary
,e bad' ,l i
or. , agene. - 1
joul'ime'slisd on--Arthur arrived at his
rney's lend Lhe found' there that the
Y., \Chute
D. botaa to it Till - 160u of 'hie @el - 1)0014j, qqofhe i,,sseh)ib4fioli of Wohiiiy, Xitehttlii aka tiebv•
business would take longer than he hid
hoped delay was unaVoidable; and in
,
kha meantime be had Lillian's letters to
look forward to, to long for, and to read
ever and aver again:
At last a !mini space than usual elapsed
after Arthur's last. letter. Was he com
ing home ? - Had every - thing been sud
denly arranged, and might he, at any mo
ment stand at their{ own door ? The In
dian mail came in, but it broUght no let
ter; it was the first omission. Lily re
studied the last letter for some faint clue
to this. niystery, which might perhaps have
before escaped her. It was written in
hood spirits: it expressed the old fond
love, the tender recullections, the fervent,
anticipation.s. He could not have forgot-,
ten her. Was there any other cause ?
Was he ill ? was he—oh ! to exigence
bung ! to fe l el that he, too, was mortal,
and might die, away rom kith and kin,
alone, and abroad
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Just then, other troubles fell on the
Hartley family. Fred had turned out
wild,and got heavily into debt. Itetrench-_
Tents bad to be made,toineet , his respon
sibilities. The house io London was gi4-
d i ll up, and the family lived entirely at
the old country house. One night Lillian
stayed out late, wandering in the damp
lane , She came in languid and tired.—
She had been visiting an old pensioner of
hers, who was dying, and she bad loiter-I
ed wearily home. Mrs. Hartley's face
turned quite pale as she listened to her
daughter's account of the sick woman ;
then she quietly sent a messenger for the
family physician. When he arrived,Lill
tan had sunk into a heavy stupor on the
couch. All that night she raved wildly.
The next morning she groped feebly on
the coverlid for her mother's hand; and
cried out that the - daylight would never
come; was the night to last forever? She
was blind. Small-pox was raging in the
villiage, and Lillian brought it home with
'her. A month after, when the disease
had spent its rage„ and Lillian was feebly
returning to health, there was a letter
from Arlur waiting for her. It lay for
several days in her mother's desk'before
she ventured to deliver it. Lillian would
never ihoroughly realize the fearful ca.
lainiti that had befallen her until the
letter the v.old ue.cr read would be put
in her band She had not recovered her
sialat ! Her fair, pale face was unscarred
and the blue eyes looked as tenderly as
ever, but they looked into daikness, Lill
ian was blind.
Heaven only knows the agony the poor
girl must have suffered whn they told
her fate. In utter prostration, the turn
ed her ;face to the wall, and praeyd to die
Better that Arthur should come home and
find only a gravestone, than a useles bur
den with whom he might feel himself
bound in 'honor to keep his promise. Oh !
why had she ever recovered to this fear
fel glom, this eternal night ; to feel
warmth, and yet know no summer; to
touch 'flowers aud yet. not know them. She
grew resigned at last, and bade her meth- ,
er read her lover's letter. Even in that
kind voice it sounded strange and con
strained ; the familiar,loving words seem
ed forced arid unnatural; the light and
cheerful spirit of the writer could never
have been conveyed in the mere words; it
was the well-known band-writing that
made the familiarity. Let any of my
readers copy out a love letter in a new
hand, and the charm is gone; the words !
the thoughts are there, but all individu
ality with the writer-is , gone. Think of
h printed love letter, and how little it
touches us, how entirely the spell is bro-
ken, how we sneer at the want of punctu
ation, the repetitions, the absurdity of the
whole performance! ;
But Arthur said lie was coming home,
he said it with no congratulations, no ea
gerness ; he did not even dwell on their
meeting. Ah, perhaps it would be best
that they should never meet. If ho had
grown cold to her, if he had changed, let
her think to the end that her misfortune
and not his inclination broke - the sacred
tie between them. And yet she must feel
his presence once more; she thought she
could bear her lonely life after that,
and live to hear of him happy and pros
perous. Let them meet and she herself
would.break their engagement. So she
begged those around her not to let the
knowledge of her misfortune reach, his
home; and she waited patiently for his
Teturn. •
Weeks and months dragged on. Lillian
grew well and resigned to what was inev.
itable ; trouble had taught her a lesson
which in her prosperity she might never
have learned she found she could still be
her, mother's companion, and her father's
greatest pleasure ; they grew happier when
they saw-her emile again, and heard her
singing in the sunshine that she could
only feel. Never had she been so dear
to them as now--never had she felt their
love as she felt it now..! ,
Tiaiepassed—Artbur should bavearri
ved, .bat neither he nor his-friends made
, any sign; once Mr. Hartley, meeting old
IGoldtbrope, asked him Flint blank where
Arthur was. The old mans face darkened ,
_and he said he did not know.
"He has come home," the - tight Mr.
Hartley, "and dare not tell me that be
wants to break his ongagement with my
:poor girl."
Summer had come round Saab. One
calm evenino l " Lillian wandered slowly and
cautiously over the smooth paddock ; she
hadabeen accustomed to blindness now,
and could find her way about, with no
' other guide than the old Newfoundland
dog Nero, who might_ have known his
mistress's misfortune, he Was so careful
never to leave her aide. Lillian sat down
on the rustic seat benedth the garden
wall. As the twilight crept on she could
hear the jug jug of the nightingale, and
the faint whirr of the broad winged moths
as they flew past. Nature seemed draw
ing a deep breath after the still, hot day,
as:the faint breeze swept dreamily through
the thick foliage.. It was on such anoth
er evening as this that -Arthur had told
his first love. A tremor passed through
Lillian's frame as she remembered that
she could see everything thee, the fading
light, the golden sky in the far west, the
gathering clouds, the green trees—ah,how
little she could know bf nature now ! how
life itself had changed, and all the bright
ness gone.
Suddenly the dog at her feet sprang up ,
with an angry, bark, and dashed into an
opposite thicket;` Lillian started up, and
tried, poor girl to.look hor hardest in the
direction of the sound. Presently a man
issued out of the gloom, and stood' with
in twenty yards of her hesitatng to ap-
proach, or waiting for some sign of recog-
nition. He wore a broad-brianed bat
slouched over his face, and a long cloak
bung from his snoulders ; but the dog
knew him, and crouched with a whine
at his feet. Why then did she stand so
motionless ? There was only one expla•
nation : she did not know him. Who
Would know him now Who could real
ized the fearful Change ?
He stole a little nearer through the
tall grass ; he could see her white figur9
distinctly, and her face was towards him;
even her eyes seemed to look at hiin, yet
they dicrnot seem concions of his presence.
She waved her hand , and calked tho Ants.
I.kroro looked in his old masters face,Mute
ly asking why he stayed behind, and then
obedient to Lillian's second call, he went
slowly after her.
The stranger drew a hard breath,watch
ing the pair as they passed beneath the
old elms ;at the g ate the dcig turned once
more and looked back, then' trotted on.
Arthur sat down on the seat Lillian had
left, and covered his face with his hands.
An hour later the broad, 'full moou lit
up the fields add lawn, ''and threw sharp
shadows of the overhangingbranches on
the carriage drive, Arthur stole softly to
the front lawn ; the old fashioned win•
dows of the drawing room were open on
the grass. and be could see distinctly
into the room. Mrs. Hartley was reading
by the lamp; Lillian sat in a comparative
shadow playing the piano, no notes on
the stand.
Presently Arthur recognized the air
it was one of his old favorites that he had
heared 11 , tr play a dozen times. Did she,
remember who had once listened toit so'
lovingly ? Was it left for him to break
the spell of her happines, by betraying
his hideous secret ? Ah better that she
should have forgtten him ; better that
h i e should bear all the pain, than that she
Arnold ever feel a particle of the horror
be had gone through. •
"I will see her father," he thought t "I
sTill explain it to him, and leave
it in his
bands to decide between us. He cannot I
wish to spare her the shock of seeing me
more than I do; he cannot be harder on
Me than fate has already been ; and at
least .I have seen be once again."
The entrance of a servant disturbed
the quiet trio in thel drb.vring room.
"If you please, eir, a gentleman wishes
to see you in the library."
"To see me ?" ejaculated Mr. Hartley,-
only half awake. "Show him up, Ste
phen."
partieularly wishes to see you
alone,if you please, sir, and wouldn't send
up his name," said the man.
"Very well, I'll come," l s said Mr. Hart,
ley ; ,and he went.
"I wonder who it can be ?" said Mrs.
Hartley, louking up over h6r spectacles.
Lillian did not, know, and roamed her
playing. A little time back such a visit
or, would have made her tremble, now
i hope and expectations had too long
dormant to be so easily aroused.
In the library Mr. Hartley found the
'tall stranger standing on the Hearth-rug
he still wore the slouched hat,' and his
face was too completely shaded to be rec
ognized, hardly to be seen.. Something,
trowever, •in his bearing. struck the old
man, and he.started back.
"Good Heavens he exelnimed "tis
not- , .
"It -..ittlaur GoldthropeP returned
the stranger, in a low voice, and extend
ing his hand.
"My dear. boy "Vol to delighted to sea
you 1" cried the old man.; but take off
your bat, let me see your face-7 •
"Not yet," said Arthur gloomily, "yoir
will see me soon enough; you have recog
nized me with My hat on:; let that suffice',
for the present."
Mr. Hartley stared; then he began .to
wonder if tie knew of his dangler's miifor
tune.
"Yon dont ask after Lillian," he said,
presently.
"I have seen her already,','replied Ar
thur .
“Seen her. r ,said Mr. Hartiey.
"Yes, in the meadow ; but she did not
know me; we were quite near, and she
passed me like a stranger," cried Arthur
"and 'yet you remember me." '
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• Mr. Hartley sat down with a deep sigh.
Arthur did not know, then, the painful
task that lay l before him still. 1
I "No wonder my poor girl did not know
you,Arthur."
"Yes, yes, I know I am changed, fear
fully, horribly changed !" exclaimed the
young man, passionately; "and I come to
ask you whether I bad even better let
Lillian see me again. I will go away, if
you bid me ; I will make any sacrifice to
spare her the shock. Only think , first of
all I have had to bear, before you decide,
think hOw I loved her, and how the thot'
of this meeting, which I shrink from now
has never'beeti absent from me, night nor
day, since we parted."
"You misunderstand me, Arthur," said
the old man. "It is not you who should
shrink from meeting my poor daughter.
You have nothing to fear, nothing to
shrink from.?
"Sothing to far !" repeated Arthur;.
then svith a sudden effort he threw off his
hat. j Look at me, before you say that.
M Haitley did look, then half started
back, still staring at the altered face be.
fore him.
l•Good heavens, it is very tearfui" cried
lir' • Hartley,"it is very shocking."
"It is fearful !" repeated the unfortu
nate young man, bowing his head upon
his hands.
Two years ago Arthur Goldthrops was
a very handsome man. The face that
Lillian had last looked at'wheriihey part
ed was frsh with health, and color. and
manly beatity, now: he , was: terribly and
strangely ugly. The straight, features
the noble, broad brow, the dark full eyes
were still the same; but the skin had
altered completely from a healthy red and
white to a bluish indigo gray; face, neck
and hands, indeed his entire body, had
undergone that complete and fearful
change.
Mr. Hartley drew a long breath as he
recovered a little from his astonishment.
"I don't understand it, my boy," said
he. 'Won't it come off? Bless my soul
it really is a most , extraordinary thing. I
knew a different climate would do a great
deal; but anything so strange as this I
never heardof in my life."
"It was not the climate," said Arthur,
sadly "let me explain to you how it oc
curred. Directly•after I had dispatched
my last letter but one to Lillian, I caught
the yellow fever that was then raging at
one of the stations I bad becasion to no to
and neve' expected to survive; the na
tives were dying around me by doreas,and
I resigned myself to meet the worst as
courageously as I could. The disease with
me developed itself in its Worst form,there
appeared no chance open for me; it seem•
ed fated I was to die in a foreign !Ind,
away from home and my dear Lillian. At
last one of the native dhows told me
there was one remedy for my stage of the
disease that Was sure to cure me effectual
ly; bat which left behind it such terrible
results that nearly all preferred death to
such a cure. This remedy consisted of a
certain preparation of mercury being rub=
Fed ail over the unhappy patient at reg..'
ular intervals ; the result would be to,
change the white europtian skin;to' this
miserable blue• gray' tint. ; At first you
may imagine that I shrank from so _re=
pulsive a cure; but by degrees I grew
more accustomed to the idea until it'grad
ually-lost much of its . repulsiveness. Life
is very dear to the most of us, and Iseem
ed to have so mulh to lose. At any. rate
I reasoned that if;when I am so disfigured
life is td terrible ' l to be endured, and my
fridnds shrink from me I' can only die
then, as I should 'die no,i. So I gave my
Consent . .. The doctor cothmenced his work
and - cared me, - but left me what I sin."
Arthur GoldAropa paused, and Mr..
Hartley hold out ihts hand.
_
"You did rightArth.ur," said he "and
now, we have to
thank [leaven for what,'
had thought 'my le * reatest misfortune.—
Lillian shall never know of this, change."
"Nero? linow of this change.
. • "MaY I theti never -see her ! Ah, sir
you siealetoo kindly, and yet Ist the same
time rain all my hopes."
"My poor boy, the nhoino does not lie
in My:hands?' returned Mi. Hartley; sot
emnly. "Yon hitre'told-yorktalo; now
hear Me. - have
bTa to has'—Ltaliat -
" :And exclaimed Arthur. "'Oh
.:a
&
Heaven I this is very fearful; and, yet, IS
it is better so I She will never know me
as I am."
An hour later Arthur sod Lillien'itti
side by side; the first ripture of thit'ult•
expected meeting was over.
"And to think that after all thy priyia
you should havie been near this aftertmett
and I net kriowit 1" said Lillian.
"You would; not have known me,
darling," said Arthur. - --'"
"The Y-tell me that you are cluttitied
Arthur," said , the young girl, "let
touch your face. Ah 1 My'lovre there to
no change here' so terrible as mina: I ain
so useless, so dependent." - •
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"Lillian learn to thank Godes Ido for
that calamity," said Arthur >i "In your
/ove you picture me now as I oaoe war
if you could see me as I am, you would
shrink from me with horror- Every hour
of my journey , home I hav l epieturedique
averted Jooka, until I leartied tci,,dread,tha
progress . we were making, since intthghl
me, nearer to you and your airersion.7r
,
When I arrived, I dared not let you kiwi,
I was here. I have lingered rabout foil
weeks, dreading to hasteri Cur meeting,
and trying to teach myself thatt inuit en
dure life without you. My darl ing, cah
you ever bear to know what people will
say when they see us together—you ab
beautiful, I so repulsive I" '
"Do you love me as you used to do'"'
said Lillian. creeping Closer to l him.
"Love you !" he repeated. "I semi] 6)
have no thought in life but love for pd.;
"Let us be together, Arthur," said Lllll.
iaog
qr.:et us live for each other, away from
the: world ; never let it part as again, Ar;
thth." •
Never again, ,Lillian" said he ; "we
wil l be faithful tolthe last." - 1 •
The average_ majority on the : Unio n
Territcirial ticket in Nebraska is about 600;
The Customs recelpts for Octoberamoune
,„
ted to the unprecedented sum ot tett mill
ions in gold.
,
, ,
. ,
The receipts from Internal Revenue
during the_past month amounted to $3O,
457,983. 05.. The receiits-tridaiwirti
$3409,635. - ~ !
.tf
een. nonert E. Lee is said to have mark
a contract forth° publication of his history,
of the Rebellion with a pUblisher of Netyli -
York'
Funeral services over the body of Coll
Ulric Dahlgreh took place in . Philadelphia
An impressivo sermon was clefivered,und
the remains taken to Laurel e
HillCeMteiy.
Secretary Wells will urge npon,
gresa in his forthcoming report some en-,
actment-s by which, naval apprentices:may
upon meriting p.dvancement, become offo ,
cers in the navy:, . -
A dispatch from Ne w 0 deans - of 'the 20th
notes the fact that, for the rst time since
the ciaptiire of the eityjnA.pril,, 1E312,
New Orleans was then without a skip of
war in front of it. •
•
The Governor of Dakota writes to the,
Commissioner of Indian affairs that there
is no doubt of the'desireOf 411 the TO diof,
in that territory for peace) The settsoni
however, is too , late for making treailes.'
J'aines L. Orr, Governor elect of Saudi
Carolina, was pardoned, some _weeks age.;
but flays a Washington dispatch, as etas
State has not repudiated the Rebel debt .
she has failed to prepare, herself for thii,
official recognition as :a State loyal to the
Union. •
The quarterly report :of Mr. Preetnatit
Clark, Controller of the . Currency, 'elioittri
the louts, and discounts of the Natio nal banks at $4.85,000,000; their
. iir,inilatioti
$171,000,000. The cirtmlatimi . ..ot. the
State banks, is about $69,000 000: :
The Presdent has appoi nted Colorist
John P. Ta ggart, Internal
teeter for the First D,iitrici of Penriaryte
vania, in place of Mr. Heading deceakils`
There were tt least t4renty other imilioauto
.
for the posi ion,some of theM strongly
backed by political influence.
Col. Allen has biought snit amiosii .
Gen Ortega, for expenses connected isitfi:
the carrying on of the " Flolist.=
ment 'scheme. Gen. Ortega •Pronennitei
ihe proceeding in be trvonvpinicy - to ex.
tort money. The court-took- the - paged
and reserved its decision.."
The Fenian scare in Canada shOws to"
sighs of abatement. A.dispatoh from `>To•
unto states thatUmanifestototheOrango
men has been issued by an- ex-drand
Master of the Ord i er,in .tthinh they_ al4
exhorted to take up i,armato resist esi s is
vasion by the Fenianc.
The Government ' of ttre - attrittio
Jog heeif officially notified the 17th of
11afelile:st of the intention `of Ou`r GetMida
thent to terminate the Oantiditti
?why treaty, and only 13 . mntithritiiitta
for each teraiination being regarrs& to*
Seoittary of the treasnry Ittarlifeetuntnd
hig atibordinato offieora. - thiko tits treat"
till cease tcraillotate 0* thlattirtr i ldarab
rout.
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