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VOL. V.
POETRY.
liiirANZ AS.
BY 4811 E L 00W
The brazen trumpett calls to arms ;
The flag of battl eaves—
Young Valor flies (k.om Beauty's charms,
And every clan& braves;
Thro' dreary wasted and pathless woods
The volunteer 6es forth,
And shouts amid t4q solitudes,
The war-cry of 410 North.
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Above the dead of other days
The glittering files advance;
In passes wild, thee( cannons blaze ,
On many a gleaMing lance;
On lefty towers and dizzy heights,
On rathparts sown with death,
The Eagle of the girth alights,
And braves the battles breath
They go, the generous nrul young,
Their fathers' pride and stay ;
They lisped the paOiot's oath and sung
The hymn of gler:y's day ;
The swords of Sevdpty-six they bear,
The old drums lead them on,
The starry gag—Oh : it is there
As when its fame was won.
They fight—,they Vied-46y win—they die—
They sleep on every hill—
The Aztec maid, wrAti streaming eye,
Above them watches still ;
The rivers, whispering o'er their sands, 11.
Their names to mountains tell, 1111
And Fame reports to other lands
Hew Freedom's joldiers fell.
They fight—they bled—they win—they live 7—
They tread the rlyal halls— •
Their open hands rich blessings give
To Poverty's sactthralls ;
Their starry flag fl,+►ts wide and free
O'er Supetatitiores cells,
The valleys thundet liberty,
And high the anthem swells.
Who strews with horns the soldier's way?
Who calls him back to shame
Who scorns the brsOe in glory's day,
And brands his honest panic?
Who bids the conceierer's banner trail?
The lion-hearted turn ?
Oh! name t4e.m. !—but draw a veil -
Around their livibg urn.
W A SUING TON, Doi 12, 1847.
MISCELLANY.
Man the Philikleiphia Saturday Courier.
T.IIE UGLY EFFIE:
Or the neglecteil sue and the pet-beauty.
BY 31,. LEE BENTS.
Mr. Horton, a rich and childless widower,
made his first visitto his also widowed sister,
Mrs. Dushane. Nbeantiful little girl, of about
ten, was introduced to him as the darling Clara,
his little pet niecejvrho was prepared to love
her uncle better than anybody else in the world
always excepting lier mama. The child was
remarkably beautiN, and all the decorations
of dress were matte' to enhance her juvenile
loveliness. - The lkart of the lonely man melt
ed within him when he felt his neck wreathed
by those white ve4 , et arms, and his cheek kiss
,pd over and over by those sweet ruby, lips.
trod bless her ! ~ried he, hugging her to his
breast again and again. What a precious child
it is.
I love you, dear; uncle, riutteied Clara,, in
the softest voice. I have loved you a long
time: -
Mr: Horton gavh the ovely child another
warm embraCe—ten rel g her, turned to
his sister, with moistened byes. •
'lf Heaven had granted itm such a child as
that, sister r toclieer my widowed heart, I should
still be one of the )lappiest of men. '
Yon must lookpipon her as if indeed,sl4
were your own, my dear brother, Said Mrs. Dui
shine, drawing Clira fondly towards her.: I am
not so selfish as t wish to engross her exclu
sively, though I acknowledge I have a mother's
pride as well as affection.
But you have mother daughter, your eldest
born—where is she ? My heart yearns to em
brace them all. twine' here to see if its ach
ing'void could nooe filled.
Oh : Effie 7 said Mrs. Dnshane, carelessly—
Ido not_ know wliere she isP Bhe is very shy.
and reservedll, to be by herself—very dif4
ferent from Claratremarkahly
.ordinary in he •
person, continued: he in a lower voice; . and -
a great affection t:ti me; , but one cannot expect
to be blest in all Omit children. .1
Still I want ' to"Oe the child, said th eenev-i
(dent Mr. Horton4:-.1 loved her father hie my
own brother, and he miedlo.say his 'little girl'
was the image of himself;-ts-I cannot help lov
ing hisidaugliter.
I fear you will pot find much to love in poor
Effie, replied the Onother, . with s. deep sigh;
but you shall seemr : then ringing the bell,
she.ordered a servant 'to •btiog MitattEffie to
her uncle. 's'
Soon after, a dirk , thin, neglected-looking
child was ushered Ltu the rot...n, who hung back
on the hind of the servant,. and whosakkoks
and gestures expr e ssed sullet"mess and telne
tinee. Her long dark hair hung
gled masses over her neck and forehead, and it
was difficult to disfinguish her feitnT, for she
endeavored.t9 4x4r them with her Itir, is with
a veil. WWI Al steps and averted face,,ahe
approached the.mmtre or the room, Witin 44'
Mother called intone of authority
Put down yonOtandlfron your /Woe, 4 , 103,
and porne,,:and 400[0 your unelp—eonmi—
quicker 1
Effie looked at liwrianele :through ' her tong
tr ess es..:_then, letting'her band fall, she :.drew
nearer wjth.a nor 4 irillingfileP•
ALI that was tier father!. glance. o xekin4e-d
Mr. Horton, opening his es he spoke, _
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lightning to his bostim, and clung round his
neck with her arms,t i as if she would never let
him go.
Effte, said her mother, reproachingly, you are
too rude-4. did not=tell you to tear your un
cle to piece's.
Let her te,—let hefbe, said Mr. Horton,
pushing bapl r t her hair, and looking earnestly in
her face. ',Wfiy,,ber eyes are full of tears, and
her bearti-bei'dils if she had been running a
race.:Don't be 'Afraid of me—l'm• your own
uncle, who has no little girl of his owa to love:
I want lon to look upon'tne as your father.
That will do, Effie, said Mrs. Dushane; you
make your uncle too warm : opine and take a
seat by me.
Efte withdrew her arms from her uncle's
neck, and, sliding from his knee, took the! seat
indicated by her mother's glance. Mr. Her
ion's ;eyes were still riveted upon. her fac4.
! IsAllat child sick.? he risked abruptly.
replied Mrs. Dushane; she always: bad
thitilieitgre, half famished look. She is a freat
deal*Streifger than Clara.
M. Horton did not reply, but looked !ear
nestly at both etildren, while his sister \Nitta
ed his 'Countenance with silent interest. !Mrs.
Dushane had anticipated the arrival of the
brother with great anxiety. She knew thO int
! mense wealth he had acquired : that he had no
children of his own td inherit it; that slid was'
his only surviving sister, and she was sure that
the moment he beheld her darling Clara, he
wol?ld adopt her as the heiress of his fortune.
My dear, said she to her, the morning of her
brother's arrival, you remember how much I
have told you of your uncle Horton—your rich
uncle. Now, though we have a very decent
living, that is all; I shall be able to leave you
nothing, but your uncle is said t'o be worth a
million Wind I haye no, doubt will make you
heiress to the whole, if you only try - to please
I him, and be a desk, sweet.beautiful child the
wltolelti24 he is Fibre.
r*ill be sure to please him, cried
a'Ola
ra,l**incing befoi-e the looking-glass. ;'
withou't trying.
How are you sire of that, darling? asked
the mother.
Oh.. becausel lim so pretty, replied the
spoiled ehitlkiaytletng back the ringlets fr m
herb' it, , h'inita, aricl looking archly in her
mntb,' *Thee. '''
. : .;:ii', *now every body says I
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itMitretkyinam*,'#Mid that sister is ugly. t
li'lrt4tilotit you, - 1: ;tot repeat what every-
blndy..slys,bernT9 t , . -uncle, for he would not'
ist'
*ilease4ol - .' ; tliiiiiitit you vain ; and you
must bei "; . jpd affectionate to him—
gip
g turb,* ,
,4 : 41100r arms round his neck,
and 6resE l rintn *eat deal. You must never
get in a passion before him, frr it would spoil
your looks: you know, my clear, you are too
• apt to du it. Yolk must be very attentiv, to
him when.he is speaking, and be sure never to
contradict him: l recollect it always•di;-pleas
;cd him to tr.. intertupted in conversation.
; I hope he wilbribt stay long, if l've got to
listen to him all Ole . time, said Clara, for I
4 know , he must be 4 di) , old thing.
I Vow will uwt, think 'a million o'f dollars dry,
1 one of these days, 5,104 Mrs. Pushane; but
never mind, perhaps 116 — #011 leave it to Effie.
To Effie ! exclaimed Clara, with a laugh of
derision: to Effie,i the ugly thing ! Oh, no !
I'm not afraid of her. Yon see if I don't please .
I uncle, without trying, very hard either.
I A servant, whose, chief employment was to
wait upon Clara, was two hours curling her
-hair and arranging her dress, before the arrival
of :Mrs Horton ; and when the business of the
toiletlwas over she led her in triumph to her
mother, asking herif Miss Clara did not look
like a ; perfect angel.
A rapturous kiss on her roseate cheek was
-an expressive answer in the affirmative.
O ; mamma I you tumble my frock, cried the
little belle, in a pettish tone. I don't love to
l be sgiteezed: .
Shall I change Miss Effie's dress ? asked the
snrvant, as she was leaving the.room
lei of no consequence, said Mrs. Dushane,
coolly; she needn't come into the room to
night: tai ashamedmybrother should have seen
her, continued she; in a kind of soliloquy: she
is so ugly and awkward and wayward. I want
to keep her out of his sight as long as possible.
Mr. Horton had not been more than a week
with his sister before he discovered that; though
she was the nominal head of the establishment,
Miss Clara was the real one, and her varying
whims and caprices were the laws that govern- 1
ed the whole household. Effie kith= made
her appearance, and then she seemed more like ,
an.automaton than any thing else—never dis
playing
any traits of that sensibility which.had
so totichedler uncle's heart the first night,of
his 'arrival When company was present, Okra
arms
iummoned to the piano lo entertain the '
guest* with music, which she. had been taught
&linen froM her cradle, or she was called upon
to display her graceful little figure in the ma
zes of the hornigEie, or the undulations orthe
0164 &Mee, whidb 116 r master said she mei
' •On t4 O Perf ieveni te n t rlfr . 1 . Horton .' sat reading in an
ppm! Otali, which fronted the chamber he oe
pie& :it was ; shaded by luxurious vines
Wet traitedlheir flowery tendrils thrthighthe
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' mond trellia-wOrk and excludetithe rays' of
'tile settle' tom' . , ..- f,Mboweredin the rich' shade,
t4eFe, sat, unseen, enjoying the. sweetness • and
i selMese of the *tilting 'day. He -beard the
404 Of the children -in the adjoining roam,
bC.eoidd , not bat notice that Clare's Una
tinted soMet tf bin the dulcet softness of her
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WW I accents. ' ,bad scarcely - ever heard
theital sound of Effie'a itoiee, and be nowliist
'.coed-rieoinsciotisly to' a conversation which.
*Oiled to . detelope her -character to a most
ihtetestei auditor. • -•' • " '"I
r 1041' ekats, - press solar) sgaipst this sera
' initiS, said' , fie, in an espostnUting toneiyon
*nor
,' • ,will be very- angry if it is -brelg . o;
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; 1_,.14.341t,•., replied Clara, evidently , :perinkti.
In ti n -lie i,:oduanct.. (filieirilliot be angry ;Stith.'
A", - ,' ‘:',l,!C'- -, . 1 ~ .. -- - ,- --.•f - j;f.',:
1 •'::iitit 'sba• willAinth.rne, said Effie;- fot4= - .47e.
the'. iiiiiiii4 , thiirlinweri . andif any , hansiatipirii
t0..1t4 - phairilliFhlainie :-Pic:'-- You've . -- brokWo ;
-5. , ; pe:-.
sewn's! liiiieSildreeklT: .- - 1 ' --.''''. o'r•
there*as:s montetit'S silence, ani , thee
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MONTROSE PA., THURSDAY, JANUARY 4011848.
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suddeil, and vehemAt . , . oration from Effie Brother, erredshe, putting her handkerchief I Effiti, flip heiress of her uncle's fortune,, to the
again '4aroused the attention of Mr. _Horton. to her eyes, yOu are strangely altered. You exclusioh of Clara, was a circuinstanee too in
. Oh,;Clartt. see what you have done ! The, used to love me once, but now the stranger- I toleribbi to be endured. The ugly Effio:,chosen
most beautiful branch is broken ; an. .. did it ' within my gates would treat me with more kind- I in' preference ' to 'the ,beautiful Clara ! She
on puipose too.
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mess. You don't know what provocations •I I would gladly hire refused the request, but she
Ia r a laughed mockingly, ittd th . /- -
mo. have, or you would hot accuse me of so much !knew not what'plea to urge against it. She
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ment Mrs. Dushane was heard to en, .e a-, cruelty and injustice. I
bad her. elf acknowledged h
partmimt.
EffiC, Effie ! exclaimed she, angrily; what
have ion been doing? How dare you break
that geranium, when I've forbidden you to
toucica single led of it ?
I didn't break it, mother, answered Effie; I
wouldh't hare broken it for anything in the
world
HoW dare you deny it, yOu good-for-nothing
little thing? cried the mother, with increasing
anger 4 I suppose you want to make me tilink
that Clara broke it., don't you ?
Clara did break it, sobbed Effie,—she knows
she did; and I tried to_keep her from it. '
013,1,inamma, I didn't do any such thing,
cried Clara, with the boldness of innocence it
self;.--you know I wouldn't.
I should forgive you for breaking the flower,
exclaimed Mrs. Dushane, in the husky tones
of suppressed kassion; but tbll such another
lie on 'Clara, and irtni had better never have
been born.
Mr.',Horton started from his seat in µneon-
trolable agitation,, dropped his book, and rush
ed
to e open door of the apartment just as
Effie, Hniitten by a Violent blow, had fallen pros
trate fel the floor, her hand skill grasping the
geranium, whose leaves were scattered around
her; j .
Olatinda! cried Mr. Horton, sternlyNnjust,
unnatural woman ! what have you done?
She;is a liar, brother, and I struck her. She
deserred it, answered Mrs, Dushane, pale with
anger.;
She is cot a liar, and I know it; answered he, 1
in a raised voice, There stands „,the liar ll
pointiag to the now terrified and guilty-looking
Clara. a She broke the flower wantonly and - pur,
pos.ely.:; against her sister's prayer she broke
it, and then basely denies it. Rise, my poor
child, continued - be, trying., t ' t Effie from
the floor; you shall have On d. to protect
you, if your own mother casts u from her.
Effi was-only stunned by the fall, and when
she fo i nd herself iu the hands of Mr. Horton.
she st gglcd to be released.'
Oh ' let me go, cried She alai fr:ntieally—
fu
she will bate me worse than eve Oh, how I
wish I was dead—how I wish
i There was something terrible . , ~
!if
of the child's large, dilated black
! if in 4' wild paroaism of passion, as she Fepea ed
ehis fearful ejaculation. Mr. Horton shudder
' ed, Init „be only hdd her the more lely.
1 .ellrindar said he, solemnly, you re that to
i answ ' for which will weigh like iron upin
y I. What has this poor neglecte chid
do at you treat her worse than a hiffllini,
!and livisti all your affection upon that selfish
and Unprincipled girl ? ..
Clara, said her mother, leave the room in
' stantli. This is no place for you. Why do
you not obey me 1
1 Cltfra began to weep bitterly; but her moth
er took her by the hand, and leading her to the
door, 'oave her in charge to a servant, with a
wbisrVed injunction not intended for her bro
thee sear. .
Nov let that child go, said she. If lam to
be arraigned for my conduct, I don't want any
liiteners. Effie, follow your sister, and mind •
that Om is no more quarrelling.
Sl4 shall not g?, cried Mr. Horton. I fear
that ;Imre is no safety for her out of my arms.
ClariVda, I cannot believe the cruel, unjust and
unnatural mother I see before me, is the sister
whonii remember in the. spring-time of the
heart's feelings, and in the gentleness of early
womanhood.
Briether, if you wish me to speak, let that
child;"go. I will not be humbled before her, or
any Human being.
YO, let me go, cried Effie again stniggling,
I doirt. want to stay here.
Oae question first, said Mr. Horton, tell me
grulrwhy you wished yourself dead. •
• Weans° every body bates me.
What makes you think every body bates
you?:
Bicause I am ugly, cried the child, in a low,
bitter tone, looking darkly and sullenly at ben'
motlint.
I *ill love you, Effie, if you are good, as
wellips if you were my own child: But you
must' not give way to such violent -passions. I
Beentle, if you wish to be'beautiful.
lie put her down from his knee, where he 1
hadicated ber, and motioned that' he might;
depart. She stood a moment as if irresolute,
thent i t brew her arms around his neck, kissed
his peeks, his hands, and even the sleeves of
his gOanent, in a most passionate manner, and
ran nht of the room.
Ci i ff, Clarinda! cried he, greatly moved, what
a bet you are throwing away from-you! 1
'hi me she has always been sullen' and cold, 1
suidlldrs. Dusbane ; she has never shown me
anyiSffection, but' on the contrary the greatest
•diel*e. . 4
littc''' ause the fountain of ber young affections
has - been frozen, ind her young blood' turned'
togaff,' replied her brother. She has been
broniht up with the withering conviction that
she in ark_oblect of hatred and disgust to those
arotind her, placed in glaring comparison with
her beautiful sister, treated Lice a menial, her
dreati neglected, her manners uncultivated, and
her Sensibilities crusheeand trodden under
foot.' ,- ' Talk about her affections I ' Yoliti might
as well take those very geranium hives, and
grind' them with your heel, till ycu hot bruised
out idthSir fragrance,„ i ind then murmur that
tbey. l : gavii'iou back Oc.„.weetness. But that
' chibiluus affections. warm,
~glowine affections,
thouill you have : - r:'-ideeited them— r and a
tibia - too, thotigt ''. idiniv . er cultivated it ;
Wt . , God tratiii - oppOrtnnity, I will
A rrie
takeimasesson ifllielinweeded'irilderness of
lier Wirt ibillitid, and turn it into it bloom
tut *iiteitic olden ' yet, - 1 ! , i,,.,,,
,:: grs. , Duidlind wail thundeintruekfl. Silo maw '
ik: 'isocti:ie'hettr- darling Clarie: ifihirited,
''' She - knew ndt in to to 's Wtheitn
d;
" a 7alng abut* • ' '
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You forget, Clarinda, that I have been a wit
ness myself of your injustice. Ido not make
accusations, but appeal to self-evident tntth ;
and did you not suffer Chita to depart without
once rebuking her falsehood and guilt?
Brother, I believe you hate Clara.'
I have no love for her faults; andito speak
the honest With, I never liked favorit‘. Front
the time of ancient Joseph's coat of many col
ors, which. excited the eirvy and hatrid of his
brethren, to our days of inodern refinement, fa
vorites have been the fruitful 'source id' sin and
sorrow, and oftentitneti ofblood and death. Do
not accuse me of unkindness, Clarind4 because
I speak strongly of the .evils you have caused.
I would rouse you to a sense of you* danger,
and place before you, in all their leiagth and
breadth, the sacred duties you haveltoo long
neglected.
I may have been wrong, cried Mrs.,iDuslatne,
apparently softening: indeed, I knowl I have ;
but I never could govern Ef inny Other way
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than by severity: ghe is the most singtilar chili'
you ever saw ; and you are the oat person
who ever seemed to love her. You know bro
ther, when - I was a young girl,. I was Vtry much
admired for my beauty, and perhaps as led to
attach an undue value to it. ,My gr4test am
b' was to have a beautiful infant ;'and when
-E was said to be so reniarkabljt: ugly, I
could_ not help it, but my heart seemed steeled
il
againt her, and she was a very cross i' farit too,
and cried day and night. I coulk war the
nurse calling her a cross; ugly thing, - ill I was
ashamed to have her in my Sight. Ten Clara
was so uncommonly beautiful, an such a'
sweet, smiling, bewitching little i fant. I
could not help idolizing her. Every dy call-'
ed her an angel, and indeed you must eknowl ,
edge she his the beauty of one. ' Then she is ,
so affectionate and lovilfs. eon don't know
how she twines around one's heart.) To be
sure she was 'very wrong just now—but pray
forgive her. this one, fault. You saw low bit
'terly she wept. It was only for the dread of
your displeasure. .YOll- have no idea .b OW ten
derly ahe loves you. Forgive Clara for my
'sake. and I will be kind to Effie for yours.
Fe your own sake, my bekved sister, said
Mr. Horton, seating himself by her side, and
taking her hand affectionately in his, the con
sciousness co: a limit is one step'to.reformation.
Only cultivate a mother% feclingsiur Effie, a'
believe me, you will be repaid for all your
Late tbat- evening, as Mr. Horton was,
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ing pensively in the garden, Whose walks eild
arhorefere partially illuminated by the light
gof akvitninignoon, he Iris attrabted by a dark
object under one of the treas. t. 4 upposirig 'it
some animal which bad gained unlawful admit
tance, he approached to drivi it from the ,en
closure, when he was startled by the appear
ance of two large black eyes turned up - wards to
the heavens, flashing out from a cloud of gyp
sy-looking hair. -
Effie, cried be, what tire you doing hero so
late, and alone ?
Nothing. replied she ; 'springipg on her
,feet :
I was only looking
. at the moon and stars
You had better go and look at them through
your bed-curtains, said he,
.passing his hand
over her dew-damp hair ; it is time for little
girls to be in bed and asleep.
I cannot sleep so soon, said the child ; I think
too much r and wish.too much.
Oh, I wish to be up among the stars, out of
the way of everybody here ; and then they look
as if they loved me, with their sweet,"bright
eyes.
Mr. Horton took her hankand led her slow
ly and gently along.
You seem to want to be loved, Effie.
Oh yes, answered she, with energy ; I would
die to be loved only half as well as Clara.
Well, listen to me, Me, s.nd I willstell you
bow you may be loved even better than Clara.
You must not think that it is only beautiful
persons who are loved. p
But they bate me because I am ugly, inter-1
rupted Effie.
You are not ugly, my child ; and as you grow
older, you grow handsomer. But you must I
forget your looks, and think of cultivating your ,
mind and hCart. You must[try to be loved for 1
something better than. beauty ; and beauty,
perhaps, will come ywithout thirking of it.
Effie looked up . to him with a smile wilich
bad really a beautifying influence on her feet;
seen by that soft moonlight.
If I could only be with you all the time; said
she, I should be - happy.
Would ybu, indeed, like tO lefive your home,'
and come and live with me 5'
Would I? cried she, suddenly stopping—l,
would walk barefoot to the end of the universe ; !
I would feed on bread and water all my life, if i
I could only live near you.
Perhaps we will live, together, one of these'
fine-days, said be, smiling, at her enthusiasm ;
but 4 will promise to give you better fare than
bread and water. And now good - nikbt—and
God bless you, my own: darling Effie.
Effie retired to bed ;' but ,long after she had
laid her head upon her eillow, she whispered to
herself the clidearingeptthet, which bad rneltek
into ber inmost heart.. It was the first time
she had ever been!,so fondly addressed, and oven
in her dreams she thought a gentle voice was
murmuring in her' ear ; ' • my, own darling Effie.'
Oh, now sweet to the neglected, lone-hearted
child, was the language of sympathy and love !
It was like the g.in•gliffig fountain in the arid[
[ desert—the nightingale in the dungeon'S soli
tude=the gentle ;gale that , first wakened the
wild nffusie of her soul ! • It seemed to that me=
moot thsra hod been a chill weight of lead in
hertiOsern r eold'apil deadening, but that it was
now` fused in the glowing warmth of love, and
flowing its ono strewn of affection, reverence;
[ gratitude, and ahnost !worship, to the feefof
her benefactor and•friOlid; [ . .
[ • When Mr. Horton . ]lropcised to his sistei , 4o
take Effie hotneWitir him, she could n4t .disc
rasa bar monitleation and dieplaniiiirerr,..
_....,gect her Unnatural: dislike
to the child, aml her - neglect of_all'itether's
duties towards it, wit4,a too evident truth. In
vain she; sought to stifle the voice of upbraid
ing consbience. It would be beard, even a
midst the whirlwind of passion that raged in
her breaSt. Mr. Horton's determination was
to remotie Effie as far as possible from tbe as
sedation of her childhood—to place' her at
school, Where she could hbve every oppprtuni
ty.tor the developmetit of her talents and,,the l
disciplinb of her character : and -then, if she,
fulfilled his hopes, to adopt her as his own, and
make hei the heiress of his fortune, and the
inheritoii of his name.
*Clara kas outrageous when she heard of the
new destiny of her sister. She pouted, wept,
and stamped, in the impotence of her wrath.—
should not go - home with her uncle, and
get 41 his money, a whole million of dollais,
away frcina her. She didn't want to be pretty
any more She w:ghed she. was ugly, if it were
only- to spite her n hr
...., spite .. _ mamma; because She ' had not
made her uncle like her hetterthan Eke.
Her niother, instead 'of so'othing.and petting
her witlr the halcyon strains Of.flatterY, as she
was wont to do whefi her favorite got up's d7'i
'mestic storm, now vented apt her the anger
'she tia:•eknot manifest before yr brother.
It was your own_ fault, said she,.-3rou spoiled
ungratefUl child—you broke my-kertiniurn, and
then meanly lied about it. Yen had better not
wish yettrself ugly, for' yen will have, nothing
but your beauty to -depend upon, iwhen you
gro or up; Not ti.cOUt of money will you- have
fur a fortune, while your sister will bean heir
ess and belle—
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don't care, cried Clara, scornfully pouting
het - rose-leaf lips, I'll be a belle 6i:if- and I
don't want a fortune. I'll nnny! somehody
with a great big fortune, and you shan't live.
Keith toe; either, Madam Mamma. ' '
' Clara's appellation for her. mother, i in mo
iments of passion, was "Madam Mainma;' and
Madam ;Mamma began to feel a foretaite of thel
!anguish!caused by that '''sharper than a ser-
pent's tooth," the tongue of a -thankless child.
t' Havihg depicted a few scenes in I the child
-1 hood of the two sisters, and shOwn.thd, different
I influenci's emanating from the same souree; ,
I which operated in. the character; of both, the,
lapse ofla few years may be imagined, and those I
who hqvc become interested in the "Ugly !
Effie," tiny see her thore in the period of ado- i
eseerice—when released, from the discipline of!
i school; she fills a dangliter' place inher uth-.1
ele's hoUs.ehold. The mansion. of Mr. Horton
Iwas such as beeaine bliPprincely`fortune. It
was ou h lordly scal;, - and preseritcil an
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gance of archite refinement!elirre and fihementl of taste
unequalled in that lint .of the country where,
he resided. It was shaded on all sides by mag
nificent ;trees; and a smooth lawn stretched out
in front; intersected by an avenue of symmet
rical poplars, and surrounded by a hedge of per--
renniaf shrubs. Underneath one of the trees,
that shadowed the Walls,- and lookiilg out on'
this rich velvet lawn, sat the benevolent owner
of this, noble establishment, whose' dignified
person eorresPouded well with, the other fea
tures ot the scenery. A young girl stood near
him, holding. a bow in her leftland andwatch
ing the fliotions of a young man, who was feath
ering an arrow fitted for that sylvan bow. Her
figure bad scarcely attained its full height, but
it had all the rounded proportions Ad undu
lating outlines , of early womanhood. Her head,
covered with short raven curls, gave her the
appearnnee of a young Greek; but her clear,
dark cemplexion, of perfect softness ane trans
parencY. assimilated. her more to the Creole
race. her features were not regular nor hand
some i' themselveS, but they wore lighted up
With atiimat jun and intellect; and illuminated
by such large, splendid Wad: eyek that it
would be ditteult for the most fastidious con
noisseur of female beauty to !lave judged them
with any sev4rity of eriticisiri. From the bow,
on which she:partly leaned, the quiveh suspen
ded ot4r her shoulder, the wild graceof her at-
- -
titude, and thidarkness of her complexion, she
might have been mistaken for 'erne, of those
• ,
daughters of the forest, which American genius
has so often glowingly described.
Thai will :do, Dudley, said she, playfully
snatching the arrow, and fitting it to her bow; I
better reserve some of your skill tolfledge.your
own arrows, for you know I can' shoot like
Robin fond himself.
The young man laughed, and thei trial of
skill commenced. ° They shot alternately, and
scarcely had the gleaning I arrows darted from
the string when they each pursued 'its flight'
over the lawn, - etiiving I'o. the glory of first
reaching the fallen missile. At lest the young
girl hit: the target in the.very ,Fentr,e,!exid Mr.
Hortod pronounced her the vietor. 1 '
Youlmust surrender, DudleT, said Ihe, there
iis no disgrace inyielding to hffie— , ns' swift a
font, an true an eye, - and as steady a hand—
Aiul:as warm a heart,_interruptedi she, ap
proaching him, with a chek to whiCh exer
cise had given a color, like-the coralrimfer the
wave, anct seated,berself on the grats, at his
fret. But what shall be my reward,' dear nth.
ale? In the merry days of the .Lion-thearted
King,'lthe-victor always received sortie trophy
of his Skill er -valor:. ; • - • • - I ' I
. - While she was•apeskinir, IThdley had been
satheringsome:Aille flowers and perrennial
leaves of the ihrtilailberY, and woven_them• into
a math, garland, .o%hich i spertivelykeleeling, he
placed lupon' her brow. - ' • .1-', • - .
- I suppose, if I were iersed..)it th;ilseetage
of chivalry, said - the .Youth, Li:hoe 'l.address
yon sal the queen of love and beauty I
B ea uty! . replied' Effie, with a laugl-',.).00'
made die green,walkii ririg.-, *hat ivouldliiy
mothe and Clara sayif.theybCard•so - 'eb eh sip;
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pellatiqn given-to thew wily' ,- Effie 9.- You need
not look so Mockitigly,.-Dudleyi for son' may
ask mY uncle if, lour 'Mite:: 4to; I sn't the
ug li ee ti little gipsyibeeverilitihelik ll .-. - 1 ' --
• YoMbave, indeek:Chafigell'imst- ii.ellote
' ly, Effie, replied *OWN; bit bandlaitleitdy
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over the head:that rest • , against - Ague. ;
and you may thank the. 'plaily ,
open - air which
. you have been optliP4lo . 4o
take, for its invtgork*g l and beaniirying**-
-
ence.. _• - 1
I may think, rather,. .lithe . parental ,tender,- -
ness, the kindness, arid a* care, that have heels
pouredlike.bum into theliruised andweiinded '
heart, healing and purifYing lt,andshiniging, '
as it were, themery life-blood in my veine;•ex
claimed Effie;* in her" ppeuliarly linpuisioned
manner. Do: you remember the night When
- you found me under, tlia- aattaaretree, end
-called me your own &sir"); fi
l l'roni that
moment I elate a new - exitten ,_• f.rnt that ma
il
moot life became dear to ine, midi:l hOWdenr
—how very 'clear it has been to'mii' l incel ••• - •
1 Mr: Hortonlooked doWn upo r iliervilthillis
enint'ey'es, And blessed his 'God that it: a .
been hit dei*yAllappropriate inich4ol; ea- -
sures efintellect . andAensibility; , '
~0 he
looked' on the fair lande'stretehed . - iindlini,
far as the eye could resell, bl llrnalpiin,
that he could now leave t A ebehind idniviihrt
was -Worthy to' be the • tees of those heiati;
,
ful, possessions. .There ':was another pair of '
brighter, youn er4es,-looking dcwn upon' her,
and wonderin it were possible that she had
ever been al ed the , ukly Etffie.' Perhaps
she rea is:thoughts, fof - she sMilialeY said-- -
- Iwiili yon could see my sister, Clara.
I Any ? , ! , . - >, •
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BecauSe She is so exquisitely fain'.--setsult
,lessly beautiful. , -
Ido not like, faultless beauties, replied he,
they are always insipid. i I like to' - see ii face
that Chan - ges, with the changing feelinp—now .
dark,' noir bright,.like the heavens bending,a
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hove us. 7 i ..
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Do you think yourmother and Is' ter' would
know you ? askeoi Mr..Hortori. : .
.I do not think they would, she replied, for
I sometimes hardly recognize Myself, I Should
like to see them as a stranger, to see whatim
pressions I might make.` When shall I• see
'them dear uncle? Something whispers - me 1
may yet be blest with a Mother's and'a.isister's
love:' '• • • '..! -`
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Are you not happy with me? DO yin' Wish
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to leive me, Effic?
Never 1--I want no other home than thii.
But in looking back, I blame myself So much
for the sullen and . vindictive feelings I once
dared to cherish. I tried so little to deserve
the love which Was not sriontaneotudybostowed;
I long to prove to them that I am now not .nt- .
terly Unworthy of their irgard.
I licinor your wishes, chid M. Hontoni-kinil
ly. And when, we return from Europe, they
shall be gratified. Twol yetuis Al- 110011 ass
1 away. ' You'Vvill then halve aciluired all th ad:
1 van t ages of travelling iii clissic lands.' - d - -;
ley will havd completed hii education * the
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Germa universities, and in the freshne of
transatlantic !graces, 'clin. presentAimaelf to.
yourfair, sister, whose beauty you are str anr:
ions WBll6lllll admire: f' -
Dudley began FOreitekate his: etestation of
blondes ; but Mr.. Hortim interrupt:od hini i to
discuss more inipertant thatters. -7 •
Dudley AlStop was a ward Horton's,
the orphan son of the mpg,' intimatO friend of
his youth,.. When his father died, be left-hint
to the guardianship of Mr. Horto4 with the
conditions that be should finish his edneation
in Europe, and that he should "ntiver marry
without the consent Of Mr. Horton. - •
• (concluied nextveek.)
014 how Ifitegret
"'Regret What?" ~.'i Why, that idle'word,
uttered in sol much haste and with such rash
ness and . seVerity. If it was barbed with bit
terness for the. heart of, my friend; or covered
with caustic for the soul of my - enemy, it has
been franghtlwith both to my eWnlesoli." -
Such have been the bitter reflectioni - of many
who,.yielding to momentary impulse, have giv
en htterance! to sentirilents not their own.
When . their. choler has cooled, and their' ' ason .
returned -to its legitimate 'balance, the y are;
felt the disposition to fici anything' in o r er to
neutralize the influence - 41ta single Werfl, --- o act,
or look. - That writer errs wiry deeply, '' . or
ding to- - Mir . 'notion, wlio 'SW amiability sad
stupidity areidentical. 1 The 'amiable iteMbera
of mankind
.a!reto the *tilt' what - the sun is
to the vegettible kingdolta. - Divest the world
of their warming influence, and enrearthis - but
a wintry scene, where no flower can
. irli home':
Why cannot. people lake each oteit 'Why.
should face s'' become,habituated tortheirearing .
Of frowns; * ao smileslare 'so much tStS,llotei
becoming?' Why should curses andittipieett- ..
tions be used, when gentle Words wili f yearthei .
heart' in.o.- bitnible - the! enemy.. Are 'itetille
following sweet Ilines, *obi one *he --4Mibtletia
kneWlhe ftill effects of harsh Wordi;itlaftliful'
mirror?_ -t - • • i .• ' • i - '.".f,' -'l , ' 0 ;::."" ' •
I walked by the side oeti - wtraognit:stream,--.---
', - Which „flied sun had tinged
_Witfliiii:4o,rting
beam ;-. 1 • ..... 1:-:•• .....•... ;.
The water Was calm - end so ArystatAny,.,
That spray had, its image there;.!:, :
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And every ;ted that'6'4r it' oWek , f.- - .•-r. ..'-' -==: - •
And each Olen aire4;innd each floating cloud,
And alf tbetlitint :bright; andnittljaVorastair,•• '•
And all tht+Tyaigayt:Were refieeted - .there I. - '
But 1 took, itone.thtit 'lay .beside,
And east if. ar'iin the glassy " : -
And''gota'viii)ftlieibliiniolbiit"fdettired.Ociine;',.
Antl'thn AO, so bright and - tii'ilatidscatiefireiin;
lii that change, I-.saW - .bei an. Idle,. word4ri, .: .
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