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VOL. V. ,\
POETRY.
From thd k •llnion
THE T►LISMAN.
BY W 3140. BICIIAILDS
This motto I give td the young and the old—
More precious, by fix, than a treasure of gold
'T will prove .to its 4wner a talisman rare,
More potent than magic—'t is ' Never Despair!'
No, never despair ! iyhatsoe'er be thy lot,
If fortune's gay sunithine illumine it not ;
Mid its gloom and *spite . its dark burden of
Cftrg,
If thou mast not be l eheerfttl, yet. ' Never De--
spair I'
Oh. what if a sailor a coward should be,
When the tempest 'climes doily, in its wrath; on
the sea,
And the mad billew4 leap like wild beasts from
their lair, -,,
To make him their pi , ,ey if he yield to Despair ?
But see himlmid tht fierce strife of the waves,
When around his frail vessel the stortu,demon
• raves,
ITcw be rouses his sOul up to do and to dare !
And while there is life left- r —will !Never Dc-
ill
spair.'
tin, art a sal*, and Time is the _c‘ . a,
Ind life the frail veS,sel that upholdeth thee ;
Fierce term of migortune will fall to thy
share,
•
But like thy bold prltotype--‘ Never Despair.'
Let not the wild teirtlieSt thy spirit affright,
Shrink not from theitorm though it 'come in
its raight,
Be watchful, be reatky, for shipwreck prepare,
lice, an eye on the go -boat, but 'Never De
spair !'
TUE TIIRO - ILNG FAMELY:
sr uns. I; U. szuounsFv.
rhu.father lives irk Washington,
And. has a wort of cares, „
:;ut gives his chil4rcn each a farm,
Enough for them and theirs,—
Full thirty well-giown sons has he,
A numerous raelp indeed,
'Married and settled, all, d'ye see,
AVith.boys and iirls to feed,
And if se wisely tyi our lands,
We're sure to et;ia a living,
And hare a pennyjoo, to spare,
For spending,• or for giving.
A thriving family ire we,
No !Grilling nee deride us.
F.r . we know how - to use our hands,
And in our we pride us;
brothers, hail—
Let nought on earth divide us.
Some of us 'dare the sharp -north-east, _
Some, clover fields are mowing;
And others rc - . - Id the cotton plants
That keep the 14oms a-.going;
Sonp, , build and stelbr the white-wing'd
And few in speeil can mate them;
While others rear the corn and wheat,
We grind the flour ,o,freiglit them.
And-if our neighbOrs o'er the sea
Have e'er an carty larder,
To, send, a loaf then- babes to cheer,
We'll work a liktle harder.
.No old nobility haye
Nu tyrant-kinglo ride us ;
Our sages in the 'Capitol
Enact the laws ilia guide ni.
Hail, brother, hail— •
Let nought on ,(tartb divide us.
Some faults we bake—We can't deny
A foible, here and there; ,
tit other househOds have the same,
And so we'll not despair.
'Twill do no gocs3. 4 to fume and frown,
And call hard nUmes, yon see,
And 'twere a burtag shame to part
So fine a family',"
'Tis but a waste off' time to fret,
Since nature *le ns one,
For every quarreliuts a thread
That healthful:tave'hath spun.
So draw the eordSiOf union fast;
hatever may betide 'as,
And closer &lig tirough every blast,
For many a stOlim has tried us.
Hail, brotllers, bail,
Let nought - on liarth divide us.
MISCELLANY.
NEWS.— havdithe pleasure of announc
ing that John' 31ipotiBottls is about girt:deem
one of his promises. • . 1 14 r. Botts, it will be rec
ollected, promised t lead Captain Tyler or
di e . Not heading this Captai!, it was his duty
to die. He has me"ely waited this length of
tint to arrange his a#aira. Having
- settled his
business, he will noic walk up to the Captain's
offi ce and settle. *twill thus pay two debts
at once—the debt ti. the nation and the debt
of nature. 4r..80tt5 , 611- please' to consider
triiis a receipt in S. B. No postponement
On account of the ;weather. N. B. the 2d.
W e must positively decline opening a new: aa
count.—John Donkt.
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McmcAL Castro:As:l—Mr. Crittenden, lead- ,
er of the Whig orchestra, begs leave to .an
mace , that Mr. Webster will play second
fiddle during the seapiop ; but will frequently
take a horn for hit( okra gratification. Mr.
Benton, who is a peifeet master of thorough
Lase, has now joinectrtte .orchestra, and his so
lo performances are 110 nowledged to be excel
lent—in their way, an in the way of over) ,
body else. Mr. Johli . Sale has been engag
ed, at his own priee.../rni instrument will be
the serpent. Arran 4 ements are being e ff ected
with Mr. Calhoun, ose execution ona single
string would be gratifying to the Democratic
lovers of harmony. ;"1 Mr. Weatoott t will give
some of his airs oa< a ; penny whistle.—John
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Godera"Aden Book, for January.
A lit pliant: Magazine Story.
ATAMNTA UPON SKATES.
.DY GRACE GREENWOOD
Somewhat more than twenty , years ago, in a
fins old mansion on the St... Lawrence, agar
livAl.General Paul Leroux, formerly
of the•Frenekarmy, and a devoted Bonapartist.
Ori'the.final fall of Napoleon, be bad emighted
t 6 Paha& with -his family, and a portion of his
onee princely fortune. •
General Leioux was a widower, with two
twin children, Henri and. Eugenie, at your ser
vice, my reNder. These two, having lost their
mother in early childhood, had spent some
years with relatives in Switzerland.. In that
I wildest country, in the midst of a large house
hold, herself the especial pet of her.grandzunele,
la veteran soldier, Eugenie Leroux was alloWed
all the wild a4d healthful freedom of a peasant
1 girl. At thell'o of sixteen, when she accom
pealed her father and brother to the . New
I World, she eohld boast but few lady-like ac
complishmenti and aristocratic airs ; but she
was lovely, with the promise of extraordinary
beauty, bewitehingly naive in manner, and as
brave and vigorous as a young : Zingara. She
was passionate in :spirit, impetuous and way 7
I ward ; fiery and fearless in her resentments,,
i-but quick and generous to forgive ; at dent and
devoted to the death iti_her loves and friend- •
ships. Henri Leroux was possessed of a fine
intellect, but wa‘ of a delicate physical organi- I
I zation ; gentle in spirit, sensitive, studious and I
religious, the fair blauty his face,. the sub- I
deed tone of bis'yoice and his quiet manner, all
went to render him a most remarkable contrast
to his sister. Brit I wilt not dwell further up- I
on his Character, as his future life is to form
the subject of a subsequent sketch.
On reaching his Canadian home, General
Leroux procured a governess and masters for
' his daughter. Mademoiselle Eugenie soon ae-
quired 4 good knowledge of English, and made
rapid progress in music, for Which she possess- j
ed remarkable tident ; but she indignantly over- i
turned her embroidery frame, tossed her paintt
brushes into the river, and sent her Latin gram- I
mar aftel' them. Her poor governess Soon re
signed, in despair, nil hope of makinr , a fine
lady out of the wild girl of the Alps, whom an
indulgent father, good, easy man, permitted to
follow, in all things, her own untrammeled
iin
pulses.
Our heroine's early re , idence in Switzer
land had colored her entire after-life and char
acter; and thF daughter of a soldier, she was,
perhalos not unnatorallY., soldier-like and s-orne
what masculine in her tastes. She neither
trembled, fainted, nor di - ticked with cxquisiTe
sensibility and delicate nervous-.ess at the roar
of ordnance, the peal of musketry, of the sharp
crack of the rifle. Ohe loved them rather, and
at-the gleam of arm's and the exulting swell of
martial music, there ever flashed from her kind
ling eyes the bold spirit of a Joan d' Are- As
:a borie-w.tnan, she was absolutely unrivalled
I in 01 ithe Caundas—at least, so said her riding
master. She could row like Grace Darling,
swim like a mermaid, and then her skating—
!,42t Her skating? Good gracious 1" cries my fair
reader, 1 feminine consternation. Wait a bit,
honey, and consider. Skating is an amuse
ment which has been too long monopolized by
our natural enemy, as some lady writer—
Miss Martineau. Miss Hannah Moore, or Miss
Robinson Crusoe—calls the sterner sex. It is
a graceful, a delightful, and most invigorating
i exercise. I speals-not unadvisedly, fur in my
early girlhood, I too, acquired this singular ac
complishment, and I now only blush for the
false delicacy which has since prevented the
from keeping mlSeg in practice.
But Eugenie, fearless of the censures of the
over-refined, and scorning the impertinent ob
servations of the canaille, pursued with enthu
siasm the favorite pastime of her Swiss-Winter
lifer, and no . soonerilid the ice of the St. Law
renCe become of a reliable thickness, than,. ac
coMpanied by her twin-brother, she might.be
seen performing'her graceful evolutions thereon
for hours together. Her skill and swiftness
became proverbial, arid many were the delight
eclwitnesses of her varied rind extradrdinary
feats. But it is time she was introduced per
sonally' to my readers.
On the afternoon of a keen but sunny day in
January, Eugenie and Henri Leroux laughing
ly descended the bank of the St. Lawrence,
and - mit#d with a small company ofkaters.
Mademoisielle'Engenie, then a strikingly beau
tiful bruhette of eighteen, was suitably though
siemewbat coquettishly, attired in a short skirt
and tightly-fitting jacket of dark blue cloth,
,richly trimmed with black fur. Upon her head
she wore a small fur cap; her raven • hair was
put plainly back ; Abe rich brown of her cum
, plexion,was brilliant with a glow of pleasure,
and her large dark eyes were flashing back the
sunshine.
.:, • .
A.114# amusing . herself as usual for awhile,
Eugenio 'obierved a . - burly English Oorporal,
with Whom she had a > slight skating acquain- '
tance, loregressing.leisurely toward her, draw
ing a miniature sleigh. - This, she presently
saw, contained - the first-born of the corporal's
house, a stout. boy, of itbont• 'half a year old,
I well. wrapped in furs 'and flannel, and rosy . -
ehecke'd with the. healthfuli wintry air. Ea
{ genie glided along by the little vehicle, chat
'
tang pleasantly, and delighting the proud father
by - •berpraises of his pretty Uhild, till suddenly
i
a • - -thought darting through her brain, she
ex Ole infant from the. Cushions, laid it on
I her, i d ;; after the Swiss' *riser; ' putting up
1 one dto steady it, .and Was' off like a flash;
1 As .fentlie corporal, " his seiniationtweramore
aaeilyi; , : l'etthan described," to umea novel
expresait - - -i.lEtostood stupefied and transfixed
f . 4.. a moment, then gave a cry, between a - groan
and.a yell;4kr.ittuted in pursuit. He was a:
tolerable skater ; but he knew not 'with • whom
lie had:toa entupete, _,. Eugenie was now,. !OOP
-4'64 klific loci kin; fiack• and ,aangldni, pro-
nkiig. ,- , lmw - pain!ang.tin. near that he' almost 1
graiiinid-liet.'_ f drisiq. , ,AClOr . Circling about'ldni - i
.withlearfill'rapidity;': . (Aflast the poor . min
bensinii furious, OTOre roundly at the tuischiev:.
MONTROSE PA:!, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1848.
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ous gi and called s for aid' in rescuing his child.
Three r four, Henti-antorigthe number, laugh
ing healthy, set outin eager pursuit; but
(Eu
genie, sifter eluding them et ever I point, flew
ba?k-tii, the little sleigh, lowered t e child from
her he 0., kissed him hastily, laid im _smiling
and lit harmed upon his pillow, and . was off
again. ''.
Among the interested though inactive spec-
tators `t this strange scene, were two British
officers4tben stationed-al Montreal--Vaptain
Hamiltun and Lieutenant Thurston. The for
mer Wah' highly connected and the heir to con-
isidernble wealth, had a soldierly appearance, a 1
symmetrical form, and a fine manly face, hap
-Ipy, andiwithai, innocent in its expression. 1
1 - i
Thuton was a man of the world; with a pe- ;
iculiarlyiEnglish physiognomy ; was considered
) handsetoer than his companion, to wheel he was
(an attached and devoted friend.
On Waring the river, after Eugenie and her
; 14 ,brotheihad disiippeared, Hamilton maintained
l'a thoughtful silence until be reached his quer- i
, ters..wken he exclainted--.0 Thurston, we must
~make the acquaintance of General Leroux, tor,
!;by the powers, I would give my commission to 1
''know tat girl ! She is a glorious creature—
ra glo-r-ous creature!"
i - Fuhge, Hamilton ; she is a merciless little
savage-3—a very ogress, running away with ha- .
hies, anti frightening worthy fathers out of their
wits." i• • 1
Our 13ffieers found little difficulty in gaining!
an en: r 4, ti.t , the hospitable mansion of the
cortrte•Ais Gen. Leroux, and ere many months,
! ,were pa 4, they were on a footing of familiar in-
tereourii with his family. Captain Hamilton's;
!admiration for Eugenie finally deepened into:
love, imo many things seemed to augur favora
bly
for the success of his suit. The father-and I
I
brother uf the ludy were both won over by the !
; many excellencies of the young soldier's char-'
aster,
his intellectual qualifications and the I
charm off' his manner; but the heart of Eugenie'
herself Was not so easily
„conquered. Her lov- 1
I er soon ascertained that many of -her feelings, 1
i tastes and early prejudices were opposed to the
I interest; which he sought to create. First of
all, her amor patrie was far stronger than that '
of mostivomea; she passionately loved la belle
Franeehand as passionately hated her enemies. ,
Then slie cherished in the depths of her soul, ,
that wia enthusiastic, adoring love for the l
memory; of Napoleon which none but - a true !
Bonapaiiist can fully understand.
When' a mere child, she lad seen the great I
hero—s, e had a distinct recollection of his
face, of is winning smile, As he addressed a
.
few play. ul words to her. Henri Leroux even ;
declared to Hamilton that her right cheek, ,
which had received the imperial salute, had'
been tabooed trim that time, no less august
lips having pressed tie sacred spot. To her r
father and brother Eugenie never -spoke of the'
ehoriona:; days of the empWe but with nidarriful i
enthusiism—of the emperor but with tears;
'et to•Oaptain Hamilton she talked preudly of
the deeds and reign of the great kingmaker, ,
and °milted into many an animated discussion
of his merits as a ruler and a general. .
Ilamijton, like every English soldier, was a
worshipper of Wellington, and could never be
broughtito admit that the generalship of the
eonqueq d Surpassed that of the conqueror !
Such :llisetu3sions sometimes add a piquancy 1
to friendship, but no degree of discord is health
ful
for /ore—and our lovers had some serious '
disagreements. But reconciliations always fol- !
lowed, r 2 Eugenie •usually concluding, in her
calmer moments, that a live friend was better
than a dead emperor, and frankly sending to
the aggtieved gentleman some pacific message.
DuriOg the summer and fall, General Leroux
was absent on a tour through the States ; and,
' as Hetas was much engrossed by studies, Cap-
tain Hamilton Ras left a fair field for his woo
ing
ope6itions. He rode and walked, sung and
read &Wish with Mademoiselle, and all would 1
hav e gotie on smoothly bad he not also talked.'
But the ghost of Bonaparte was never laid ; I
j and 'that unfortunate last battle, when the I
I 4 ,' little :eorponil" was defeited by fate, not by 1
Wellington, was fought over again, almost dai-
I.Y.
On the
, '
return of the general, CaLain Ham
ilten th:i . iught best to. consult with im efore
I
k
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making's formal proposal to Eugen ~ o his
-great joy - , the kind father made no opposition
to his spit—Leaving the matter wholly in his
`daughter's hands. But Eugenie was too arch
a coquet.te to decide at once—again and again
requesttd time for consideration, until weeks
slipped by, •and the merry skating days had
I come rotind again. _
I . It, wtts a clear, luminous moonlight night, late
in DeceMber, when Captain Hamilton and Lieu
i
tenant Thurston met at the house of General
I Lerou ~ Thurston had tint that day returned
Fromoebec, where he had been spending some
(
f month i atid was, therefore, not altogether au
' fait of Itihe state of alTairs between his brother
I soldier Mid Mademoiselle Eugenie. The friends,
I though )i,hey did not come together, found they
were btilind on the self-same errand—to solicit
the bonbr of attending upon mademviselle to a
militark; ball which was to be given on New
Year's rave. As neither gentleman would re-
Sign biificlainis in favor of the other, a playful
altereltion ensued—Eugenie , declaring herself
unable 1t decide. At this point, Henri laugh
ingly proposed that, - ,as the night was magnifi
cent, t*i important 'question should be decided
Iby a skkting match ; or that Eugenie: should
play " iAtalants up cu Skates." -
The gentlemen Toyfully assented; ::Eugenie
Olappedther bands pith childish glee ; and re
tired td don her skating costume. _ This was
,somewhat different from the one which she bad
liven' eyear before; the trimming
~being. of
liihite fOr, and for the sake of greatertkppicu
ousneswon this occatiion, she bad pia ~ d 7 i n her
. •
[ Cap a le . iag white ostrich plume. Ihe effect of
this dregs was to render her more bewitchingly
I beautiftd than ever,] as she came bounding into
1 the drkiving room for{ her Companions. • 'Gener.
al Lercini, after piing! on ter proudly for a:
inotnen4 embracedler tenderly, and declared i
his intelition of join ng,thd little party,' to seal
14
that - am befel i n., and that all went fair
in the r ~.i ce •l'
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In tifOr way to the river, Captain Hamilton,.
a taken, whose arm • ugenie h en, looked with
'sudden seriousness into the roguish eyes of his
- companion, and whispered—,
" May not a questiod4 m re,momeitt than
that of escorting you to this 'll, be also de
cided to night ?" .
" In the same manner, Monsieur ?"
".Yes, and may the swiftpess of my heels
avail, where the eloquence Wien adoring heart
has failed ?"
. „
,
"A's you will," she repliedjlangbing merrily.
Overtake me, and I stirrender 'prisoner for
fife ;- but flit 'and it is On lost Waterloo of
your - wooing., Repiemberil" 1 r
The moon was at its full, an, d the ice-bound
St. Lawrence lay-like a b!oad sheet of glitter-
ing silver.
The race as soon. fairly begun. Thurston
-at first seeined likeliest to win, but laying out
all his strength in desperate efforts to head Eu
genie in her marvellous evolutions, at length
sank down, utterly exhattited; and the'provo
i king girl turned and flew past: him, like a wild
bird on the wing. The. field was now left to
Hamilton, Who had infinitely more at stake, and
he swore n mighty oath (to himself) never to
Yield until the victory was his;
It was a scene of singular excitement.—
Hamilton, though an admirable skater, never .
• stewed to gain upon Eugenic, except by her
own permission; for she %Could now and then
flag, as though about to pause, place her hand
on her side, and drop he; head, as from weari
ness. Hamilton would rectouble his efforts, and
the next moinent she would be , flying about him
iu bewildering circles, nearer and nearer, till the
ring of her skates, and her merry laugh were
in his ear • and then, away shot her lithe form'
with incredible swiftness, till far a,down the
river her long white plume, was floating in the
moonlight.
At length, Eugenie called beck— '
"I am getting tired of this, Captain Hamil
ton. Yon can never overtake_ me; but stop
wbere you are, and I will come to you!"
..Hamilton paused, and soon beheld his inam
orata swiftly approaching. As , she drew near
er, however, she glided along more leisurely
aid coquettishly. Ah, moment of thrilling
rapture to the lover, when he watched that
magnificent creature naming slowly, but stead
ily toward him, with her head archly inclin
ed to one side; her . lus.uriant hair loosed from
her cap, and falling over het shoulders ; her
arms crossed upon her own bosom ; her lips a
part, and her eyes flashing gloriously, and not
unlovingly, upon him ! ,Nearer, nearer; he
reached forth his arms with a cry of joyful wel
come! Nearer, nearer, he could see her breath,
silvered i n t o small clouds, by the frost of the
still night ! when she boWed her head, and
shot beneath his extemil arm, 'like a ,winged
arrow!
The baffled 'officer turning ton 'quick
ly, alas, for his feet slid froth under him, and
he measured length on the:ice ! He suddenly
recovered himself, to . behold Eugenie pausing
at a little di-Lance, ard resigning herself to ex
travagant merriment ; her wild laugh ringing
out like a peal of bells on the clear frosty air.
Vexation and; mortification gave our hero new
strength ; and he again set:out with all the en
ergy of desperation. This time he gained up
on his treacherous lady-love. . Eugenie became
really alarmed, when, looking, backward, she
saw him dashing on like an eagle in pursuit of
a devoted wood pigeon. §he strove eagerly to
reach the bank, but in vain. Hamilton saw
with exultation that the prize would soon be
his ; he already stretched out his arms, when--e
she was. gone, gone! and at his feet yawned a
chasm in the ice ! Fearless of death and the
rheumatism, the gallant captain leaped to the
rescue; and, as Heaven would if tre it, Euge
nie rose in the same place where he sank, and
was safely lifted from the water, and borne to
the bank by her alarmed .lover. She had
chanced upon a spot but thinly frozen over ;
the thiek ice having been cut and removed on
that very day,
The poor girl was chilled into partial uncon
sciousness, and Hamilton knelt -by her side and
tenderly strove to revive het. Her father,
Henri and the Lieutenant had'reaehed the spot,
but no one interfered with the 'office of the res
cuer. He seemed not to notice the presence
of others, as he kept over the fainting• gi'rl
and chafed her hands and temples. At last he
pressed - his lip to hers, and called upon her
name in an agony of love and fear. As though
she had received a powerful galvanic Mock,
Eugenie instantly sprang to. het feet, rejecting
with indignation and hauteur; the further as , -
Fistance of her presuming lover. Supported
by her father and brother, she proudly and si
lently walked homeivard, turt, and mortified by
the tragi-comic termination of the evening's a
musement. ; •
The adventurers reached the house, with ici
cles deponaing,from , ,, every point and edge of
their attire, and fouud themselves pretty, thor
oughly chilled; but a change ' of clothing, and
a trifle of eau de vie, soon Retell right again.
Eugenie maintaitied her proud and silent re
serve until, -as `.Captain Hamilton was :about ' ,
leaving, General Leroux, grasping his hand,
said in a tremulous voice— '
" My dear young , friend, you have savedithe
life of my cbild ; receive a fa'her's bleating'!"
Eugenie's heart mat tout etl; she speang
forward impetumislY, seised amilton't other',
i i
band,, and looking up with; tearful eyes, Said, in 1
a tone to.be beard by all present : ' 1 _
" Let me also . thtik - yen, - ray preserVer ; I
have been .ungra :: ful, unuMmanly; iorgivb
me !" 1:„., ' 1 4
A Short time subsequent to, the little adven
ture which we,have,.narrated, L Captain Hamil
ton was ordered tu ie l iknother station, where hi
remain during d winter ! ; : his affaire de
pety. c n
I!
tinuing in the mean ' time pretty much.
in star quo. o in ate spring time be returned,
but only to bid his OiendSiadtmi, as his comb
pang bad been recalled to England. .i , tf I
On his an*lanneiig this ,to Eugenie; she
threw aside her re's vii at' ; one, eseliiming-_?
1 " Holy matille, !ditto t and I—bond an li
to endure the parting?'' ` ' : 1
" Great [Heave ' Eug enie ! is it: possible that you 14ve me *Cleat '1 1 111.
" I do o truly, ten erly ; Ica never lave an
other—wilt never ed another 1 I q'll /tt
this my 'friend, Cute fl cannot wail with
you ." ..
. " Bay no t no, deafest , be my •
m
e to Enoimu lillmake ally
'your love' !, Say th word.and 1 1 wilt' . ' the
army, that I. may n ver bed the, active One* of
4 ir
. yOur natitmlUountry Tell Me; inky ' loY>., will
you not bO - Oersuade4r . - 7- -1 !
"Oh I &Sinai. urge me, II entreat. y 'r 1 I
cannot listen ,to y u—l Must
. )tot Ipettie my
other I'A stra , in aj strange , his
country, his em ' his daughter-416st to
pa i l
him ; would he not of It brOken heOrt ?
No, no ; I will nev4 'forsake him !" .aod the
poor ebildiraratin tears ! i ;11 '
Captaia , Hamillstrod,w, and tip the
apartment, pale and earl -l i yfith : tend
ing cmotiona ; brit e weljtoo onoragt, too
truly noble long to hesitate, and res tfully
taking Eugenie's hand in bit' An.. said
" lboupr, you foyour tieeisian • IltiVe you
the more tenderly f r this beautiful ethibition
of filial piety.. 'Ma God give tY strength to
it*
1
endure dont:non trial, and peradit melte re
turn at no distant, 4 y to elaini-this WA.'
Then, ifter folding better the irst *ne to
his breast; .and kissiig al* they tars r which
hung, on her, long; dark eye-lashes; he i'l urned
hastily, and itratigdae. BA be returned in a
'moment-4e had left a glove, and retur4ed to
find Mademoiselle Eugenie pressing OA same
glove to her lips anti heartom her ptiaionate
sorrow. -She - was overcome with cousion,
and could , searbely raise her eyeato her ver's,
as he hun4edly requested her 4 Info her
father that he would' wait' upon him the
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morning to make hip adieu. ~. 1
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• Early the next mbraing, ( Fugeaie sougs i t her
father in thd libral, and rtit at muckralm
nese as she could c mmand, related theroccur
renee of the .precedmg-eveniiii. '
.11 .
The General, surprised aad agitated, eiiielatm- 1
ed— . ! ,' ,' 1.1 • 1
" Is it pofaible that you love this man whom
you rejected?" . : 1 ' 1
" As sincerely ai my departed moth must
I
have loved you in year youth ; but I c old not'
make lonely thew hearth of our home.;could I
not forsake you, my father." I.
" You are an angel ,. •Eugenie! , Th .l
e best
daughter that ever blessed a father's: heart.
Yet 1 cannot accept this sacrifice; I nnot
separate yen from the mah you love, ari, who
is worthy of t you—it would be selfish, ihrful to
do this. Go with 'Hamilton to : Englithd, his'
happy wise ! Go, and take with you h ther's
blessing ! ' God foOld„ I I should
„clot , your
yoling life - with sorrow I"
. p,
Father, dear father, do not ca ll thy a sac
rifice 1; The spirit pf my mother,will at . mein
my datiful decoder' to you.. . 'Heaven w''_ smile.
upon me, and I shill be happy.": '4
General Leroux Sat in thoughtful sile.)me for
a moment; then, blushiag like avery*y, he
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said • 1.1" ;
IP , -
• ,
' Look here, my !daughter I" as he to** from
t
his bosom a miniature, set in brillian —the
portrait of a young and handsoine , 1r an—
not the long , dead mOtherof Henri and! uge-
MCI
" What does this mean, father?" slid our
heroine, turning deathly pale. 14
i
"It means,' he replied, " that , forlseeing
that I could not always retain you tofireside
over my household, I have provided a substi
tute.". /
~.i
" Who and what is 'she?" -
Have patience, my love, andl will4ll you
•
all. While on my tour ithrotigh the Mates,
last autumn, I met with an old friend nlid fel
low-soldier, an emigrant like myself, and his
only child; a good and beautiful, girl fn she,
who has promised to fill- that void in m)' heart
left by your mother, the place bmy iheartb
soon to be left by you.l though t to h#e told
you this, long ago';' but 'it was an aiiikward
subject to broach ; and the marriage_b4 been
once postponed on account of the - death of' a
relative of Marie's" - , .
" And so, my grand sacrifice Was 101(i:tiled
for ?" said Eugenie, making an effort t4l le.
" Yes, my love—l shall grieve deeply, part
With you ; but I 'shall not be comfbrti .
Now, lam going out : ; when Captain il ' ' on
calls, you must receiVe him here, and eaa ex
plain to him the change in your eireunnitnoes
as regard's me. Pohl weep, my ,ebile, -d on't,
I pray ! I will visit yOu in Bngland !with
Henri and—and my wife, in the eoursOkif the
summer ; and you will return to Canad i some
d ,
time. Gild bless you, my darling !" d the
exemplary fithertoOk himself off. ..-- ri ,
Eugenie had hardly time to dry he
w tears,
compose her face, and smooth her ringl ets, be
fore Captain Hamiltim-alked into th libr
a-1 •
1 7. I , .
He was somewhasurprised at meeti' g. Eu
genie again, and e ressed ranch regretint
n ot'
being able to see' h r father.- ' The , r girl
i i
was sadly embarralled, ind cotild tit ' little
more than briefrepli rto the questions of her
lover. After a few - monis of yisinfiiily con
strained maverick* , tidi Captain roseilkisseu
hastily the hand of h s ady-love, and no trust
ing himself to look pmilber face ;; left it once
in
I n
aga to her tears; She stood like ass t he of .
Oaf, and, listened - t hisrieriatip as' e der
speeded to - ihe hall below, ' Thew sca ' con
scious of the set, she fiew,rather than: l down,
ni,
the stairs } ifer lever heard 4rifght s p, add
turned towardher. She ; grasped his ar ' 4 , !miff
ed her head'on his shOulder, and bin red=
"" If yea must go; George, take Me wi yea I
lii' am not needed here . I shall din if y;' leave
' e in
I This 10is. the first time Eugenic b . , ever
4114 her lover " 0004'0 - Xy ,gen letlien
reader will please : recall the feeling with which
he first heard his own name, frian - the Mips - of
the woman be loved. . , r , .-1, 4.,.
n
, t ztis
Under ob e m =,
Captain aimi4 o ii 1001 i 14airott liiiied
for a short' time biti 'aii 4 nia 7- 14 Si
0
and in the emissecof a ' -; , his Mirrii
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Ebgeniii took place, with all - the ritirilifihe
Inghsb end Retain chttrotes:
Of In*, the bridegnxinc :was"' pronenneed
• elegannifiditi.e9ves and waisteoar; and4be
bride adorable • lnt satin and, orange „blosEense.
The nstial-,innber. of jokes and r ibariPaiiia
lbettleveskierieked,:at the expense of t4fos
'pier rifirlfrres ; and sashes soiled at. the expo
of the latter.:.
Thin follows fereek . sreiles, blessings, tet#p,
the prirtoik--= - , „ -;
J -
That niiht;
• hoer tater honi, f le the - Jopely
room which had once been" Etigenie's; over 84
harp, *Baia - strings the delicate of tlia
mostlorec•'ski ti , walte,tikjaortiAmaned &pale
and fairlinurpd 40, Yre4.oBloiit a nd bit. •
terly, with the, eeling that his ' twinned:hi*
had been 4.ern , maunder. . ,
,i ' -4 , ,!
That eight hilts own room -Sall -:-: and
bandsmen Amin; yet in the 1 golden ; iiiirideukt of
life, going
ski ll
beautiful Oil, as • Ong costame,,Whiatqln;
againsttht 'mkado li. There wa s strange
(eye*
. r thelip f the: soldier, ":a stem
gimienms' LP hit 41,1 Then he drew froni-bit
breng another pktnre, and helgazeC on kW
talthe smile of he. Jover ;shone through.. oba .
um of shefather. - -, • - ~
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'th dist • "
It . evening-- e vemng nt -'sea, and
Captainlintailten and - hisibride'- ire- on, dank,
watching 'the laSt point" of Americairland e task:
fides into the blue of the horizon. ,
The l i tind blews fair ;thevessel fettle.
The p . , siire of the irisinkhreese ;
And sirttof a thotniand heels,
She baps o the careering seas 1 . 4. '
Eugenie'e sweet eyes are filled with teas, as,
~
stretching her ) arms toward the dinsliere,:abe
"'Adieu, Aeavadopted land ! fatherAlrother,:,
adieix _ - I -
Her husband :folds her his liosom, And
whispers--t You have indeed resigned Winch
to follow mi."
• "'Yes, home, friends, and it Maybe; my
religion. And now, dear :George,'-' she addu,-.
smiling tbr4itgblirer tears; "will-you not admit:
that Napolion was the greatest her) tbeworld.
has eveklalownl", : .
" Yes, yes, 'I yield at last ; but iii return
for this coricession, I. take the liberty; my littler
Bonapartist wife, of kissink you on the Enipe
ror's "pice4l" . ,
: I
ranitee jilt. •
A Yank4 . o tyelling in:the Southern States,
stopped at an i n for the '
night. Ile saw his
horse well lodg din a barn, and entered "the
i d
I house, Where h found a party of Southern gen
-1 tlemen assenibl :on thefr return from a horse
race. The Yankee (lurid* the evening amused
the company with jokes. ! . ,
- In the , morning, on preparing to mou nt his
,horse. to resume, his journey, he found him. too
lame 'to proeeedany further. In this dile mma;.
'tile Southerners met, him in the yard,. where,
they were ;preparing to Mount some-of thei; )
fine reeds. ; Says one of the Southerners to :the
Yankee --- ' ! 1 0
1 4 My friehd, we have h eard much of Yankee
wits and tricks ; do how lus a trick before yet
leave us." ?\ 1 - I , . .
.The Irankee atte red 'to assure themibat
heiWas not witty ; not had any tricks to exhibit;
but in vain.
' WhereupOn he says, "'Well, gentlemen, if
you insist upon) it, I will Show you a trick, let
any of you start as he pltlases, and I- will bet'
you a ' five spot' that( I Ivil . Lrun'aad jump - up , .
behind." I 1 ' L. - , "
" Done,"mried several voices at once.
- One rider brilmediately set forwardlat l gull
speed.' 'lle found. no - Yankee on, Sh e creeper.
behind -him', Re stopped to , claim the
-bet;;::
but then diSeevered that tle Yankee\bad run
after him--on his startingr--for a few redN and
afterwards eonfnued juniping up in-, tlitair ••
1 1
he bad ," juinpe up belied.".. lt was decided.
the Yankee:had won the bet.
"Who could not do that?' exclaimed. the
mortified Snuih er, as be forked over , the
money. ? ; t • . ..
" You can't," said the Yankee,
• i " I'll bet Iny horse of .tbat my lad ;.:hero.;
mount,him.„ There start a-head." : -
i The Yankee momaked the heine,and 'idler-.
ward at :a steady pa W. Mut just as the South=..
enter had run forward some rods, and was a-
.
.
bout to " jump. np bebitul" to his infinite ella.:
grin he saw ;the Yankee face about, tiding ;pith
his baek to yhe Lerse!s head ! The Southern-' ,
er looked fire-binds and daggers—and .itimp
tinned to look, until the Yankee and his.bories:
were out of, :sight; And ho;lias never snen e#Lii . .
of them since. ,
, . . .
Hows,—Whit can be more
• beattifd than
the
the following passage on this, subject from'th e from
1 fruitful pen ? 'of 14. P. Willis ; ,.. '
~ How many 'thinights land skeetlens' niiii. :
around the Word home I IT fie ' traveller iilie'
wanders o'er the rough pathwiny - of Somi'sdis-
tant clime, Os o his , recollection the:l44oes:
of his own liivel :borne,- and bOholdsiiiin*giy
~
nation, seatiA , mi d his own tireliiliii))** * -
i i
fectionate spou s, and lovly'efilldreii: eagerly'
awaiting bia ret ' n boine. ;The yOnngliisk-ts
he ar , riYee et,'liii' ge cppable,of.`‘,d4Ogfor hiia r
l t
self," andidatti j out in the ircirld - td seek. 4 for= ,
tune . in a'dihting State, oak - 8%61nd along and 2;
lingering-loOk at his
i earl i r borne, and minenp
11.
srs tbaklisi liiiii left fl ier 'all tha endesimentv:
of yi.l.ebildliood ,and early,o'outh ; a kind inetli-,' -
Or rhiilid iuccored biro n infancy, and 1.45.0 7 4
et Over iiiiiiin'obildbood ;Lan affectionate atet
-ter 140144 been through
,-. )• - nii - ihIA: - .,
- and Solace iii 'affliction ; Ind the compa ni ons eiCy
his earljiiiiYa: Stiff remain st l 'his - obildheOd'ai,
home ;,:,Ine k ait:ke wandetij nioug:o'# 1)111#4i,
dalii;oseatelinflin abiding pleieeit' ail* eii...;''
-0014ertiaii6tulties,- and a' nvrs firtikkoiiiii*- - :
i
as . tiiinlitatiene intervene d iiiiiifttuiiiiiivilii - ':',
be-iii'ististstlibere brio, !see likiio4 4 .! , A s ,
thii,lesAirii!g!"therieer
tide.;'iii'lni'is : tossed t o o_ aid*) ; *ia l ,-. th a,,,
foimbff wave, I P oardl - gfilddil*triliau*Oliai
11441gr011a the terSIOY:-. 4 00 i - 41 1 . 4 5:TrOthictions
n l hose in 4,1419ntint. , *:! - _o4i( if in
ces,
`delay.
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