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TUNKHANNOCK, PA., WEDNESDAY, MAY 31, 1865.
jiturg.
The Beauty of the Crystal
Palaee.
BT FREDRICK DUFONT.
CHAPTER I.
There was no excuse for such an act of
folly, but I could not help it. I was madly
in love with a picture, tha mere semblance of
a human being up n the glowing canvass. It
is true she was an angel in the mind and
heavenly expressions of her feautures. There
was an angel in her soul, there was heaven in
her eye.
I couldinot help loving her. It seemed
not like a picture to me, but more as though
the pearly gatesj of Paradise had opened,
and she descended '.Hlfore me and smiled up
on me.
She was senseless and inanimate to the
reason, but glowing fancy endowed her with
all the requisites of a living, breathing loving
angel. She smiled from her canvass throng
and I felt that she loved me. My reason
could have taught me that she could not
speak, but my enthusiastic heart wuuld not
listen to its voice, and day after day, and
month after month, as I stood before my
idol, I fully expected she would address me.
It was very foolish of me to think ao, I
know ; but try as hard as I might, I could
not divest myself of the pleasing idea.
picture hung in the gallery of art in the Crys
tal Palace, and every day for several months
I had bees a regular visitor. I paused not
to gaze upon other scenes ; all the glories of
the whole world could not lure for an hour
from my blissful homage of the dear divine
ideal that had won such a marvelous ascen
dency over my heart.
Oh, I could have given all the world to
see the living form of the angel of that pic
ture ! I could have been her slave, and kissed
the chains that bound me to her !
Heaven has given me an abundance of tbis
world's goods. lam rich in houses and
lands, in money and in stocks, but I would
have given all, every foot of land, every dol
lar of money, to have taken the original ol
that painting by the hand. *
''Fred, what the deuce are you about here
every day?* 1 said my friend Karl Longford
to me one day, when he surprised me at my
accustomed devotion at the shrine of my di-
vinity.
I looked at him, and he laughed in my fact-
Perhaps I looked "sheepish." I have no
doubt I did ; I felt so.
"You are a little cracked, Fred, continued
he.
I pointed at the picture.
"Eh,"
"Isn't ahe lovely ?" said I
Karl deliberately raised his eye glass and
with the air of a connoisseur examined the
painting. I could hare knocked him down
(or his coolness.
"Passable," said he coldly.
"Passable?" sneered I.
"Very tolerable ; painted by Grund, I per
cciye.
"Karl you hare a soul."
"I like that battle piece hotter oxer the
stairs. There's coloring for you.
The stupid dolt! I determined to cut him
from that moment. Prefer a battle piece—a
daub of smoke and rod coats—to such an
angel as toy divinity !
"Fred, you are a fool!" said he, gazing at
me with a look of compassion. "Have you
been here every day for the last six months
to look at that picture ?"
'il have, I would have given ten thous
and dollars for that picture If I could not get
it without. But I have it."
"It is tolerable—nothing more."
I turned away from him in disgust; but
that was the most blessed "turn away" that
I have ever known.
CHAPTER 11.
Close beside me stood the original of the
picture!
I was transfixed to the spot. My blood
flew like a torrent through my veins, I was
about to throw myself on my knees before
her, when Karl slapped me on the back.
"What ails you, Fred ! Are you crazy ?"
said he.
"Do you not see her ? I wildly exclaimed.
"See whom ?"
"The lady."
"I see a lady."
' The original of the pictnre."
Karl looked at her for a moment, and then
turned to ma with a smile.
"She does look a little like it."
"Hush ! she comes 1" said I, with melo
dramatic flourish—perfectly natural, it is
(rue ; but it must, have looked odd to the
lady and her party, who were advancing
nearer to the picture.
The lady took s position by the tide of me
and bestowed her attention vpon the paint
ing. There was a gentleman by her side
who appeared to be lavishing extraordinary
attention upon her, which the bat coldly
received. WM he a lover? I could not
doubt jt.: • 1 .
Just behind them ai an elderly oouple,
whom mv fancy astnred me were her pa
rente. They were elf dressed m costly p-
parel, and by their conversation and man*
ners, I judged t hey Jbe longed to the arriatoc
raCy of New York.
The lady was the very counterpart of the
picture upon which I bad ao long bestowed
my insane admiration Was I indeed ao
blessed as to behold in flesh and blood a
creature so beautiful as my ideal t"
The stare was with me. She, was the
original of that picture.
"Lady," said I, stepping up to bsr side.
Her companion frowned at me.
"May I be so bold as to ask—pardon me if
lam impertinent—if you have ever been in
Germany 7"
Sho looked at me, and blushed like a rose
in summer. Whether it was the gaze of my
admiring eyes or the suddenness of tha
question, that brought the crimson to her
cheek, I have not been able to determine,—
lam certain that my aoul was in my eyes,
that she never encountered a more intense
look of love and admiration than mine. I
was sure she never did from the lover by
her side.
"I have, sir," she replied with a sweet
smile.
"Oh, how my blood leaped under the
warmth of that kindly smile 1 How heaven
seemed to open to my view, and she, the
brightest angel of the celestial troupe, seemed
to bid me hope I might yet be the blessed
recipient of her love !
"Well, sir," said her companion, harshly,
have you anything further to say 7"
I retired from his presence, but it was a
miracle that ray fist had not split the fellow's
skull. 1 took a position near the lady, and
continued to gaze with fixed earnestness,
spell-bound to the spot, upon her. I saw
her frown upon the puppyby her side, and
I knew that she did not love him. What a
rapture !
"Fred, you are a fool !" said Karl.
I made no reply, and never removed my
gize for an ms'ant from the fair being whose
image had been so long thronged in my soul.
The lady turned to depart. She saw my
intense gaze.
"Impet tinent puppy 7 muttered her com
panion..
"Poor fellow !" 6ighed the lady, in reply ;
"he haslost his wits."
They passed on, bnt my eye followed them
"Fred you are a fool, I say.'
"flush, Karl, you will dissolve the spell,"
said 1 nearly breathless with extitement
"Make a dissolving view of the whole
thing eh, eh 7"
"Peace 7"
"Do you know her, Fred 7" said he.
"No ; she is an angel 7"
"Not exactly ; I happened to know she
is old Sherwood's only daughter."
"Do you know her, Karl 7" I asked ea
gerly seizing him by the hand.
"I do not ; but she is betrothed to Col.
Kent, thejgentleraan by her side. And by
the way, Fred I will bet a thousand you
have got into a scrape with him."
"Why so?"
"You accosted the lady."
"Well V'
"Which to his nice sense of propriety
amounts to an insult. He will call you out."
"Nothing wouid suit me better."
"You want t to die 7"
"To kill him, or die myself.
"Bah !"*
With tkat Karl left me.
CHAPTEB 111.
1 left the place soon after, and was walking
leisurely down Sixth Avenue, thinking of
course of the divine being who had enslaved
my heart, when 1 heard a shout behind me.
Turning 1 beheld a span of horses, attached
to a phaeton, dashing madly down the street.
The vehicle contained two ladies and two
gentlemen, the former of whom were shriek
ing in all the agonies of deadly fear.
On came the mad horses, at the height of
their speed, their terror tenfold increased by
the criea of the ladies.
1 could not endure the sight. 1 was as
ready to die as live, and springing into the
street directly in the path of the infuriate an
imals. 1 seized the nigh one by the bridal
when they came up with me.
But my feeble arm was nothing against the
fury of high-mettled steeds,and thev dragged
me like a feather after them. 1 was deter
mined, just in the mood for the most desper
ate adventure. Life and death were the same
thing to me, and with an energetic bound, 1
vaulted upon the neck of the flying courser.
Grasping the reins with both hands, 1 tugged
and sawed upon the bit; but it was of no
avail. On they dashed, to certain destrue
tion.
It had coma to be victory or deAtb, and
that in an inatant, too ; for directly befhre
me, the afreet was blocked up with vehicles
on one side and a car on the railroad was ap
proaching in the middle, so there was only
room enough for us to pass between tbem.
Loosing my hold ot'.he outside reiu I grss
ped the two short coupling reins, and pulled
upon them with all my might. As I had in
tended, the effect waa to draw the heads of
the horses together,which checked their mad
flight. At that inatant the wheels of the
carriage struck tha railroad oar, the vehicle
became a shapeless wreck, and the whole
party, horaeaena all, were entangled m the
"ins.
T FiKMS 02.00 I*Bn A -yivn 3VE
My last impreaaion was the sensation of a
flying motion aa I was precipitated over the
head of the horse I had ridden,upon the pave
ment, where I brought up utterly senseless.
When I came to myself, I was lying on a
couch in a magnificent apartment.
Aronnd the bed stood two gentlemen, end
—blissful sight! the Beauty of Crystal Pal
ace—the idol of my dreams. She was look
ing down upon me with an expression of
heavenly sympathy oa her radiant features.
Her eyes was full of commiseration, full of
gentleuess. full of love and tenderness.
I opened my eyes; I could see the thrill of
pleasure leap from her heart, and colored the
alabasterlof her cheek, as she realized that I
was not dead. Oh, the bliss, the rapture, of
that moment! All the joys for which I bad
sighed in those loDg months of homage to
the painted canvass, were condensed into that
single instant. I would have given all the
reat of my life for theecstacy of that moment.
She blushed as her glance met the gaze of my
reanimated eye. I was 6ure she felt for me
—that her heart and mine were one.
"Ellen, let us retire," said Colonel Kent
her lover, as he saw me open my eyes. "He,
will do very well now^'
"Not till I hear what the doctor aays,"
replied she, in a tone that was music to my
soul.
"Biess you, lady !" exclaimed I, attempt
ing to rise.
"Do not stir," said the surgeon.
The admonition was useless ; I could noi
stir.
The doctor 6aid my arm was broken, and
that I was much bruised ; but with care, 1
should recover in a few weeks.
1 had been borne to the residence of tbe
Madonna of my dreams ; and I was now be
neath the same roof with her, and what was
more, if the medical man understood the case'
I was likely to remain there for some weeks
to come.
"How do you feel, sir 7" asded Miss Sher
wood, in the sweet tones of sympathy.
"Quite well, I exclaimed, ID a rapture; your
presence inspires me."
She blushed, but she was not angry. Col.
Kent, her lover, frowned ; his brow darken
ed, and he rudely led her from the room.—
He was not a lover of her choice, 1 after
wards learned ; she only tolerated him for
her fathers sake. 1 could read this much in
her looks and actions, and j blessed my stars
for the fact.
I have not time or space to tell how j pass
ed the six weeks of my confinement and con
valescence in the presence of Ellen Sherwood
how she watched over me with tenderness
and sympathy ; how her smile rewarded me
for the months of suspense and anxiety I had
spent with her picture in the palace; and fi
nally hgw her sympathy and tenderness
ripened in to love; how we plighten our
faith, and vowed to live and die for each oth
er.
I cannot tell how she hung upon words
fu'l of passionate eloquence, when x described
my devotion 10 the picture ; how she blush
ed when x told her my love—a love x bad
cherished and nurtured into a flaming pas
sion before t saw her face. She loved me in
return, and x was as happy as the dream of
sn angel.
CHAPTER xV.
Col. Kent looked all this time with savage
interest. He had sworn to drink my biood, ,
X doubted not; but x cared not for tnis. x
fully expected to be called out. He had the
reputation of being the best shot in the
States, had already killed three men on the
field of honor, and x had the pleasant proa
pect of being added to the number.
Eilen told me all this ; and in the same
breath that she both feared and hated hiin- -
She warned me to avoid him and pleaded
with me to decline his challege 1 could net
do this with honor, and though the thought
of parting wilh my fairy was terrible, x was
obliged to evade her petition.
Ooe day, after x had returned to my rooms
X was surprised to receive a visit from the
infuriated lover. He was cooler than x ®x
pected to see him. He promptly accused
me of treachery, and demanded satisfac
tion.
X attempted to reason with him ; and If
she had never seen me, would not have con
sented to be his wife. He thought otherwise
and demanded a duel. He was so cool, that
X tried to reason further with him ; but he
was obstinate, and insisted on fighting me.
"As you please," said x indifferently.
"My friend will wait upon you this eve
ning," said he, pulling on his glove, with care
less ease.
"Nay, Colons!, let us settle it here."
"Here 7"
He looked at me with astonishment. x n
spite of his reputation for courage and skill
in the duel, x had long since come to the con
clusion that he was a "bully" more "brag"
than man. As it was, he was a proficient
in the use of the pistol, while x was a novice.
On the field he was sure to kill me, and x
was disposed to meet him on fairer terms.
"Certainly, here," said x coolly.
"You are a gentleman !"
"X am."
"And x claim to be," replied x> taking a
case of pistols from my secretary. "Load
that to suit yourselfand x handed him ona
of the pistols, renaming the other myself,
VOL. 4 NO. 42
which x proceeded to charge.
He followed my example, and the pistols
were ready for use.
"Now," continued x, "we will fire acroet
the centre-table."
X saw his cheek blanch.
"Sit there," said x, giving him a chair mod
taking one opposite him myself.
"Who shall give the word—this is not fair,''
stammered he.
Hie re was acharch closo by my room and
the clock would strike in a few momenta, x
told him we would fire at the first stroke of
the bell,
"Take your position," said 1; "it wants
but two minutes of the hour." •
"Xt will be certain death to both as."
"'So much the better !"
We aimed at each other's heart, rod \ co r d
see bis cowardly hand tremble. His breast
Heaved, and his lip quivered j it wanted only
half a minute of the fatal instant by the
watch thaj lay upon the table.
"Ready," said x, fiercely. Fire at the first
stroke!"
"Oh, God !" groaned he, and x thought he
would sink through the floor.
"Only a second !" added I and 1 mentally
bade farewell to Ellen Sherwood, expecting
to be a corpse in another instant.
I saw him waver.
"Don't flinch." said I.
Suddenly he sprang from his chair, throw
down the pistol, and tied from the room !
I wiped the cold clammy 6weat from my
brow, and tried to recover from lhe agony of
that moment. He was gone ; the coward bad
fled!
It was an hour before I could become en.
tirely composed. I had passed the chasm of
death, and was a living man. My foe was
vanquished without a shot.
I have not seen him since. I learned the
next day he had sailed for Europe in the
steamer of that morning and I was forever
rid of my rival. My dear Ellen almost faint
ed wheu x told her how the affair had been
settled. She reproached roe for the peril to
which x nad exposed myself, asked me what
she shouldJiave done if 1 had been shot, x
pressed her to my bosom, kissed her beauti
ful lips, and told her we were rid of my rival.
We were married ; and when the exhibi
tion of the Crystal Pnlace closed, th* picture
of my wife was transferred to my rooms.
C3T Mr. Higgins was a very punctual
man in all his transactions through life.—
He amassed a large • fortuno by untiring in
dustry and punctuality, and at the advanced
age of ninety years was resting quietly on
his bed, and calmly waiting to be called
away. He had deliberately made almost
every arrangement for bre decease and burial.
His pulee grew fainter, and the light of
life seemed just flickering in its sockets,
when one of his sons observed—
-Father, you will probably lire but a dsy
or two ; is it not well for you to name your
pall bearers?"
"To be sure my son," said the dying man;
"it is well thought of, and I will do it now."
He gave the names of six, ths usual XHMB
ber, and sank back exhausted upon his pil
low.
A gleam of thought passed over bis with
ered features like a ray of light, and bs ral
lied once more. "My son, read the list.
the name of Mr. Wiggins there ?"
1 "it Is, father."
"Then strike it off"!" said he, emphatioal
ly, "for he was never punctual—was never
"Soywhere in season, and he might hinder the
procession a whole hour !"
TAKE MT HAND, PAPA.— In the dead of the
night lam frequently awakened by a little
hand stealing out from the crib by my side,
with the pleading cry, "Please take my
hand, papa !
Instantly the little boy's hand is grasped,
his fears vanish, and, soothed the con
sciousness of his father's presence, he fall*
into a sleep again.
I We commend this lesson of simple filial
faith and trust to the anxious, sorrowing
ones that are found in almost every house
hold.
Stretch forth your hand, stricken mourner,
although you may be in the deepest dark
ness and gloom, and fear and anxious sus
pense may cloud your pathway, and that
very act will reveal the presence of a loving,
compassionate Father, and give you the
peace that passeth all understanding.
The darkness may not pass away at oooe;
night may enfold you in its cold embrace,
but its terrors will be dissipated, its gloom
and sadness flee away, and, in the simple
grasp of a Father's hand, sweet peace will bo
given, and you will rest securely, knowing
that the "morning cometh."—Congregation
alist.
The beauty of a religious life is oae of its
greatest recommendations. What does it
profess ? Peace to all mankind. It teaches
us'those arfa which will render us beloved
and respected, and which will' contribute to
our present comfort as well as our future
happiness. It great ornament is charity
it inculcates nothing but love and sympathy
of affection—but it breathes nothing but the
purest spirit of delight; in abort, it la a sys
tem perfectly calculated to benefit the heart,
improve the mind, enlighten the understand-
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